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?HEANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED ADOOST I, IHM. HO Wv st Whltncr Strew*. ANDERSON, S. C. W. W. S MOAK, Editor and Du*. Mgr E. ADAMS.Managing Editor. IU M. ULENN.City Editor PHELPS SA8SEEN, Adverting Mgr T. H. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. Entered os sccond-cliiss matter Ap ril 28. 1914. at Ibo pool office at An derson, South ?"urolius. under tho Act of Murcb 3, J 8'< 'J. Member of Associated Pres?} and Receiving Completo Dally Telegraphic Service. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.321 Job Printing .693-L SUBSCRIPTION RATES Semi-Weekly Ono Year .fl.Go Six Months .75 Dally One Year .jfi.oo Six Months . 2.50 Three Months .... 1-2.*>I Tho IntelllKonccr ls delivered by carriers In the city. If you f?ll to get your paper regularly pienso notify us. Opposite your name on the label of your paper is printed dato to which our paper Is paid. Al' check? ?nd drafts ahould bo drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. THE WEATHER. Smith Carolina: Generally fair Sal urdu} and Sunday. CAN YOU SPELL? At Kokomn, Indiana a few days ugo the superintendent of the Hchools held a spelling contest. Every person of tho city was eligible and six hundred took tho tc3t. Of that number only fifty-two made a perfect score. Newspaper men. doctors, lawyers, merchants, teachers and scholars sub. niUted lists of twenty words each from that total, twenty words were selected. The complete list with thc number of times each word was mls Bpelled, follows: Miscellaneous, 304; Calendar, 324; parrallel, 273; priv ilege, 270; superintendent, 24S; prin ciple, 242; niece, 223; lose, 201; sep arate. 1 !>?'.; disappoint, 177; disease, 101; principal, 142; necessary, 137; business. 130; relieve, 125; rocelve, 109; truly, 85; government, 84; gram, mar, '?9; believe, 73. One woman, who made a perfect acore, had been a servant for sixty throe years ana had had v>nlv eight j weeks schooling. *A county offich-i, who had been tn business all IIIB life, ml&acu ?very word. Another man only got..min right. One woman missed ull but three. Herc are the words, arranged in the form of two sentences. Hand to to a friend, ask him to dictate the sen tences to you. write down the words and seo how many you miR-spell: "Tlie privilege of separating 'ninety miscellaneous calendars, arranged In two parrallel lines, was against the principies bf the superintendent, so Iii:- niece; not*to disappoint the gov ernment, nor cause lt to lose business, removed the principal calendars and thus relieved her uncle of u fcirnin which nfciiht have brought on a dis ease. Then eho believed lt had bo Roine truly necessary for her to rc .eive her Instruction Ju grammar." 1 M LE JOSHES RE PLA*. "Citizen" JOBII Ashley, of Honea Path, writes again to The Intelligen cer in reference to thc good ronds liond Issue. We deny tho charge that wo have misquoted Mr. Ashley, "more or less, either by mistake or inten tionally." Wc have not misquoted him at all. Mr.'Ashley*Bays: "You sold that I had asserted that 1 was In favor of good roads but wanted them by direct taxation." What wo said waa: " Mr. Ashley asserts that ho ls in favor of good roads, hut thinks that a direct tax would bo moro to tho point. .YT st Mr. Ashley said was: "Now, Dear Editor, don't keep on say ing we people who are opposing this mensuro are ngatnst good roads, or that wo don't want good roads, you know very well that while we have splendid roads, we would all like bet ter ones." . ;. 'Continuing he said: ? Now, Mr. Editor, you say if anyono he? a better plan to come forward with ii. Now don't you think if wo would take all the money that we a.'e going to pay all these highway coni -missloners and all thia interest, we are going to pay from tinte to time and DY ; A pUtECT APPROPRIATION give it to bur supervisor that In forty years wo will hato a better system ot roads ' and b? bi a bettor financial condition." Now we ask. where does'tho mis quoting come in?- How would the monoy be raised from a "direct appro priation" except from a direct tax? 3'he editor o? The intelligencer ad mit? ihnl. ho lins been a resident of Anderson County for only a short willie, or io be exact from October 27, 1913. Tho moat wo know of the members of the commission cornea it ls true from their reputation, or wlini od .- say o! (beut, Sonic membi ra < I tia' commission we Know personally, and v.rii. wiir.t wo (mow of Urem and what w<? liovo beard of them js good, with the exception nf what .Mr. Ashley and ono or two other writers against the bond Issue tay. and thai is only by insinuation. Wc have asked thai if there bc unything so bad aboul any members <>f liiis commission thal someone como .mi boldly and state in public print what ii is. What dons Mr. Ash'fy know against these gentle man tba: disqualifies them from handling Ihls rand? Another distortion <>f what wc said: '.Nov.. Mr. Editor, you seem lo talk like thc whole objection of ns peo ple in i i.irn a political standpoint." What we sahl was: '"rho Intelligen .er does not charge this, but we have ii'ard it said Unit tho county is being divided along political lines, and lt I seems thal those who are most out spoken ugninsl tho proposed bund is sue are on the anti-administration side politically." Wo ask if this state ment of ours is not true, absolutely? Who lias written against tho bond I? Buo? to what side politically do they belong? The remarks about the pact of the lax being pu id by the cities and towns, the cotton mills and cotton oil milla und the railroads, do not need any reply. Of course, tlie entire county ls a unit. Wo have said this and wo have regretted that there ha3 boon an effort to array town ngalnst Coun try in thia matter and In ninny others. What affects one part of the county affects the entire county. If, ns Mr. Ashley says, tho corporations of thc county arc supported by the country, then the people of tho country should feel specially interested in thom. Judging from tho financial straits 6i>me of them are in. and have boen lu. they are getting very p~or sup port from the countrv. How nbonl the cotton mills and the . Block In them? How about tho value of stock in other corporations? Tho Intelli gencer has never said that "you and the corporntions" will pay seventy per cont of Hie taxes. Mr. Ashley In a former article mnde r.omo romnrks uboit the bond Issue of $35.000 for a C??rt house nnd jail, and that lie Biipporod the debt was still hanging over '.??c county. This war. for $35.000, und wm to bo paid for In seven years by i. sp?cial tax. This has" b-sen done and now there Is not a cent of- indehlednesn over tho coun ty fer thc court house au?! JaHi nr.lpsn the bill for the repairs of a few months ngo ls unpaid, or Included In [ Hie county's indebtedness. ? It ls a I pity that "Uncle Josh" should have opposed tliis matter. Had an nppro ! priatio:i of $50,000 been made original ly, na was contemplated, a court house could have been costructod in a m.ire quiet place, and larger. Thc preset building ls too small und much money Will have to be spent enlarging it. Only a few months ago about $1.500 was Bpent on enlarging the quarters of thc clerk of court, and still there ls need of more room. Sometimes too strict economy is bad business, as In the case of tho court house, and as In tho case of tho present bond issue. If it bo defeated ?nd for the causes ns.?, cribed by thc writer from Houea Path. ? Anderson County must have good roads if she is to keep up with the procession of other counties, and to build them will cost money. No bet tor time cnn bo had than now for building them, and no better method than the bond Issue. "Unelo Josh" would hardly believe tho editor ot Tho Intelligencer when ho says that the prime, consideration he han in favoring tho bond issue for good roads is to give th? people of tho rural districts the same, advantages of transportation that aro enjoyed by the people of the towns and cities. Tho editor of Tho Intelligencer was raised tn the i|>untry and'on a small farm. He "knows how much Inconvenience ls caused by tho miserable condition of the roadB. He knows something of the-ycarnin&and the longing of (he country hoy Tor some of tho good things his cousin in tho city lins, or Bccms to have and Tho Intelligencer's editor will always stand for the help less boy and girl who has aspirations and longings for better things. Good ronda will bring schools and churches, and social life In reach of thc poor boy and gir?. in the country, and will gd lar towards making them able to copo with those who have had better advantages. For tho future'men and women of Anderson County we are pleading. "Cncle Josh" and the men of the older generation will hardly profit, long, wo regret to say, by the presence ol good:.roads. Their chil dren and their grandchildren will, however, .find for these we, urge thc voters of Anderson County to. cast (heir ballots on the 30th of this month. **A King?? psnrhter" At Orr VIH. I The Orrvlllo Epworth League will but on a 3-'act comedy, entitled "A King"j Daughter," with music, songn. and r?citations between the acts. Afc Orrvlllo skating rink. Friday night at 7:.>o. March 12. \d mlsslon 10 cents at door tor benefit of parsonage. AV. T Melvin. pUDY LUXURY' CHARMS LOCAL THEATREGOERS ----- ANDERSON SEES HER FIRST MUSICAL COMEDY OF STELLAR CLASS FLORENCE WEBBER j And Original Cast Captivated Capacity Audience at "The Anderson" The Tust. Edward Van L'uyler....J. W. Herbert A common-sense titan, sah-without frills, ma'am-whose home and ideals arc a generation old, as his huller. Harper.Nam J. Burton who, however, adores his young mistress. Eloise Vun foy1er.. .Florence Webber an American heiress whoso fortune has been held in.trust for her until t!n- hour the play opens although her brother, Jimmy.Donald MacDonald has been spending his share and ls just home from abroad on the same boat with Mrs. Drupcr-Cowlcs.Emil Fltsroy an English chaperone, who comes to assume charge of Eloise's social campaign, accompanied by Maude Draper? Co wies... .(Jene Peltier lier daughter, destined for a rfch marriage, but secrettly in love with a very different type of man from Sam Wurren.Forrest Huff from Texas-not used to. modern girls, but anxious to learn from Eloise-who has engaged Mndonip Mlehkown.Emilie Lea a Russian dancer, to appear during tho birthday festivities and who be comes frantic over tho loss of her |< wei ease that resembles one car ried iv Count I'inlnselll.Arthnr Albro whose own losses nmke him wel come of Detective Scntro.E. H. Crawford who endeavors to solve the mystery before the fall of the final curtain. With F'orenco Webber starring in I IM- title role, and supported by the original New York cast, Anderson theatregoers bad the rare privilege lust night of seeing at The Anderson in "Lady Luxury" un line a Bhow as i ever played to a South Carolina audi ence. *It Is nothing unusual for an opera tic star to show in the larger cities of ! this State, but it is rare that an artist of Miss Webber's calibre comes sup ' ported by tbs original cast. And in thia particular Anderson with her ele gant new theatre Is nu fortunate es any city of the State, and Manager Bleich of The Anderson is to be warm ly congratulated on securing this ex cellent attraction and thereby giving Anderson theatregoers their first in troduction to the stellar realm of musical comedy right here at home. No more the ?rips to Greenville, Co lumbia. Augusta, Atlanta or any v>f the other large cities of this section where Andersoniuns had to go to see real first-class theatrical offerings, for the best that has ever come to this section or is likely to come in future has been brought to their own doors for their enjoyment. For tho third time since The An derson saw its formal opening on February 19 this elegant* new play house, which ls second to none In the I Carolinas,. Baw a capacity audience. : Enthusiastic they were in their praise of tho enow, and it is a foregone con clusion that if Miss Webber ev?r c omes to Anderson again no advertis ing of the fact will bo necesary to bring before her for an evening of rare enjoyment Anderson's most cul tivated citizenship. Dut as to the attraction itself: Plot enough to enable it. if necessary, to stand on its merits as a comedy with out the musical embellishment; lines that have; plenty of snap and a suffi cient seasoning of real humor; songs and choruses that won repeated encores; men that look the part in stead of resembling overmillinered "willy boys;" girlB who have good looks, voices and the knack of using both without in any degree verging on the immodest-these arc some ot the Ingredients that go to make ''Lady Luxury," the kind of medical comedy everybody can enjoy without acquir ing a had taste in the inou:.\. The book, by Rida Johnson Young, is pyod enough to stand alone, and the music that William Schroeder has written for lt enlivens almost every other minute of the two nels. The story ha? to do with the mis chances that befall Eloise Van Cuyler -Miss Florence Wobber-when, or her twenty-first birthday, she becomes into the fortune held in trust by her old p.iiool uncle. Edward. Reared 1A ur. atmosphere of almost nunlike simplicity, the heiress deciden to "cut loose," and does it with a vengeance. Uncle Edward's effort? to win her back to the ?imple life, In which he la aided and abetted by 9am Warren Forrest Huff-rancher from Texas, and the complications which ensue when Uncle Edward leaves a startling note and disappears into a secret chamber over the great fireplace In the drawing room, make the story. Uncle Edward, played by J. W. Her bert, and Sam ?yarren furnish moat of the comedy. The tragic, ea fr.r as lt goes, is about equally divided between Eloise. Mme. Mlschkowa, Russian .dan cer and ownor of half a million dol lars' worth of jewels; Count Plnaselll -whom Uncle Edgard persists in calling vthat Peanut Kelly"-and Maude Draper-C'oT/l?s, . daughter of Mrs. Drapcr-Cotvleti, imported English chaperon, who smokes cigarettes like ?. fiend and criticises Uncle Edward's taste in Scotch. Misc Emile Lea has trie role pf the dancer, and In the Recoud nef docs a \ ?i Last Call Get Here Today The life of your greatest clothes buying opportunity is now a matter of h?urs-this sale positively closes tonight-with the closing of this sale there passes into history an event long to be remembered by the thousands who have come and bought. Men's Suits and Overcoats. $10.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats $6.95 12.50 Men's Suits and Overcoats 8.95 15.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats 10.95 18.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats 12.95 20.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats 14.95 22.50 Men's Suits and Overcoats 16.95 25.00 Men's Suits and Overcoats 17.95 Boy's Suits. $3.50 and S3.00 Suits.$2.45 4.50 and $4.00 Suits... 2.95 5.00 Suits.3.75 6.50 and $6.00 Suits.4.45 7.50 and $7.00 Suits.4.95 9.00 and $8.50 Suits.5.95 10.00 Suits.7.45 12.50 and $11.00 Suits.7.95 Seasonable Underwear $ .50 Underwear now.$ .40 1.00 Underwear now.80 1.50 Underwear now.1.15 2.00 Underwear now.1.45 3.00 Underwear now. . 2.25 3.50 Underwear now.2.65 Men's Odd Trousers. $2.50 and $2.00 Odd Trousers . . .$1.75 "3.50 and $3.00 Odd Trousers . 2.45 4.50 and $4.00 Odd Trousers .,. .* 2.95 5.00 Odd Trousers now . . ....... 3.75 6.50 and $6.00 Odd Trousers . . . 4,45 7.50 and $7.00 Odd Trousers . . 4.95 9.00 and $8.50 Odd Trousers .... 5.95 Men's Shoes. $3.50 Snow Shoes now reduced to.$2.75 4.00 Howard & Foster Shoes now. 3.25 4.50 Howard & Foster Shoes now. 3.45 5.00 Howard & Foster Shoes now. 3.75 6.00 Hanan Shoes now reduced to. 4.75. Auto Gloves. $1.00 Auto Gloves . . ..$ .80 1.50 Auto Gloves .. . ,.1.15 2.00 Auto Gloves. .\ 1.45 2.50 Auto Gloves. 1.90 3.00 Auto Gloves.2.30 3.50 ?uto Gloves.2-.7.0 1 ? S Urd?r by naree! nost\ M. - - - ?r > we prepay. "The Store with a Conscience" Order by parcel post, we prepay. 0 I' marvellous terpsichorean number as well as a real Russian dance." Thc count, played by Arthur Albrio; Miss Draper-'Cowles, by Miss Flynn, and her mother, by Miss Emil Fitzroy, compose another version of the . eter nal triangle, the efforts of the count and Maude to (ind opportunity for a little lovemaking on their own hook being cr 'stantly thwarted by ' the mother, desirous of better things for her daughter than an impecunious Italian nobclman, and also with an eye on the commission that is to he hers when the count weds-Eloise, the heiress. To tell more of the story would be unfair. It is sufficient to ,say jt is a real story, unhackneyed and presented in a fresh and vivacious manner. Also that there is not a poor voice in the cast. Mr.'Huff's hr/.-itone beim? a gen uine treat, while the soprano of Miss Webber shows a flexlullity and range that should he equal to the require-1 meats of grand opera roles. The en semble norabers, of which there 'were j none too many, and the accompanying dancing are done with a verve and ap- i pearance of actual enjoyment on the part of thc chorus that is refreshing. It is not often an idea which ls not ? threadbare, effects that are fresh and j pleasing, real humor, music that 1B SC- I tually musical and principals and chorus that seem to be having as much fun as (hey are supposed te , have, are combined In an evening's entertainment; but t':at is'the com bination Manager C. H. Blebm gave patrons of The Anderson last even ing. CAPTAIN MAKES A STATEMENT (CONT?NUED FROM PAO* ONB.) mouth or Plymouth for orders. ' Un der the British proclamation qn con traband. It. was pointed out. that foodstuffs were classed as cce.diUon al contraband If consigned t? a for tified port. Xhlps Tactics rbnnged. Captain Klehns also threw 'addi tional light tonight on the coming of Ute Elthel Friedrich to this Ameri can port and insisted that the Ger man commander did not choose Now port News hnxardly as a port of safe ty. "After February 10," aafd the capt tain, "the Germans entirely changed their Utiles. Up to thal time, wken ever a smoke smudge was -sighted. Hie rc was a cry ot 'alarm, alarm.' Every man was ordered to the guns ami tlie ship sailed straight for the i-mcke. After the sinking bf the ?Villerby, there was a change. "From then on the Frierdrlch ran from everything. On this last three nlgh?3 I knew that the officers were getting the wireless from British cruisers. On the last two nights, be fore passing into the Virginia capes,-' the order to the crew was. ;'Every body to the guu3; nobody to sleep.' On tho last night two of. thc British cruisers .vere within ten miles of us." Captain, Kjehne said that several ot the German officers asked him 10 or 12 days ago if he knew where they were going to land. "I told them I knew they were go ing to Newport News, where. they I could find a good shipyard."- said Kiehne. v "They they asked me what I con sidered the beat couran to follow to escape detontion. I told them to hang to the longitude right up and then to strike due westerly into the coast. That is exact.y what they did." Some Retase Pay. Two of Captain Kyehne's crew re fused to accept payment today be cause of decidion based on statutory law, that they wero entitled to wages only until J.uuary 28, the day tba Frye waa sunk. All other members of the crew accepted payment under protest and urged that the German government should pay them for 43 days spent on board rlktar. But despite their shortage of pay, the crew of the Frye touigbt de monstrated - their .'?>clprocity by .sending "with their complimenta" to the German cruiser eight kal a of beer for tne craw and cigars for the officer.! mess. Hoard Inspect"? Tessel., I^te today a naval board ot Read Admiral Beattie, headed by Naval Constructor DuBose. inspected the Eitel Friedrich. They cam? to the shipyard fronf Norfolk. Under regu ? laitons which require that all wor ! fchips\ coming Into American, ports j be examined/ they raadf a survey of [the ship. Naval Constructor DuBo.vs would not discuss his report which will bo forwarded to Washington ut wee for information in guiding offi CU4a with reference te the request of the Friedrich's request fer time to repair bia vessel. Other members of the board were* lieutenant Com M ' . . ~ - : ,Vl ' ..... mander Norris and Lieutenant Al len. Following this inspection, the Eitel. Friedrich, having been scraped and painted below the water line, it was announced that she would withdraw from dry dock tomorrow morning and move in the shipyard piers to await information from Washington as to tho request for repairs. tatter to Commander. Collector of CUstonls. Hamilton to day sent Commander . Thierlehens the I following letter after he had been in formed of the commander's opinion that it would require three weeks to make his ship seaworthy: "March li, 1915. "The Commander, the German j .Cruiser, the Prinz Eitel Friedrich: * "SS*: -Repleting further td your] letter of March 11th, 1 have the hon or to request that you advise nie j definitely at the earliest moment within your power, of the necessary repairs needed and the longth'of time required to make your vessel sea worthy. "You will also please be good | enough tb advise me ot the character' and quantity of stores and fuel pee- 1 esuary to carry yonr vessels to thc nearest port ot your homo country. "Being charged with the .enfom -j ment of tUe neutrality of the United Staten ii *hese waters, I have the! hon jr to r ?quest that yon advise mc ot | all the supplies yon destre to pur chast n:hile here. "Respectfully. (Signed) "Norman f>. Hamilton. "Collector of Customs. ? The collector did .not expect to re ceive a troply to this letter tonight. PARAMOUNT Tl 'PATCHWORK For the children, 1 MARY PI "EAGLE'S M 1 to 10* Read Summary ol ow foi A formal report on the entire inci dent of tho Friedrich's arrival here was forwarded by. Collector Hamil ton the secretary of the treasury. It will reach him tomorrow morning. Immigration officials still are hold ing on the Friedrich immigrants tak en, from the French steamer Floride. Disposition of them is under con sideration by the immigration au thorities tomorrow.. American Citizen Murdered in Mexico (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) sumed- control of affairs in the city have promised that everything In , their power will be done toward bringing In the much needed supplies tn relieve the people. The Zapata chiefs have expressed their appro- > elation of the efforts made by thc * diplomatic corps to help the city. They also have promised to do every , thing possible to .maintain order and i give protection to foreigners . and nationals'. t - ? "It was stated in these advices that the International relief commit tee, would meet on the 11th and that th0 Zapatas would send a represen tstlvfe to discuss the det&tlrof tho. pian to obtain transportation facili ties. At 4 p. m.. March 11th. tie city was still quint and more Zapa tista forces were coming in." FOLEY WDNEY PILLS FCP tfACKACHt KIDNEYS ASO ?LAITOBT ?EATRE TODAY : GIRL OF OZ" 0 au nt. to \ p. m. CKFORD ATE" 5 Reel? 30 p. m. itara? it* The intelf?gencer