The journal and the Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1913-1920, February 02, 1917, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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iilbc ^loitrtial ? AND? THK rMUM.lNA SI'AKTAN R^artant'ursf, s? P. 9* CAIH'l-l) C. Kdltor Published d illy, except Sunday, ut I IS Mnirnolia >t reel by Jou.o.il i'-.blishiiiK Company (Inc.). i TERMS OP SCUSC HI PTP ?N? l. , ^ Ar; IN CITY: ??no year. ?.">?< . six ( moiulis. $'.'.60; tlireo months, $1 26. ono month. 12 tents; one week, 10 cents. Payable in ;ulvanc*-. BY MAIL: Outside of city?Ono JQf year. $6.00; six month.-.. $-.60; three months. $1.26; one month. 60 cents. Payable invariably in adv.nn e. Mail jKm subscriptions stopped at expiration. WKblKl.Y: One year. ?o cents; six months, 26 cents; three months. L'6 cents. Payable in advance and slopped at expiration. uiihTtd as second-class matter ..i the po.Hiottlce In Spartanburg. b. C., en October 11. 1910. Ilatcs on adveriisititi will be mailt known on application, and are the line to everybody. Drafts, cheeks and money order. MieHilet be made payable to Journal i'u bhshlna' com puny. I lllll.W, I lll'.lll \I1Y >?. PUT - a horror*: They ai r K<?ing t" ha\ * .1 ration.-i i?u> -up wool; now. W'.ii 'o r ii t lu- war .rare ' ill.-ail till* m nipi-rat ui < a I -?> It woni>l i t- awfully hat'tl Io no lgl I" unitt all airtiyllt prohibit io: .a w . :n.. liar lu' .* < ;; S:.. I' SP If w i wo'utt have .soiae coin weather it I 'chrtia ry. 'Alilt Mi-ail .Markets Shot to Pieces' headline in spa rl a 111 > ii i o livtalii i'i.at a i\\ a ; 11Ko. Siofjios arc trotting cheaper now. Tim will help solvi the hinh ost oi living jirohli in to ,-oinc extent. Jiii ii> the t motional vote." o\. aimed Tlio ? ihio State Jotirnul "anil vo euro hoi who Kt-ts the thoughtful on Tile I 'it tshu i'kIi Post notes thai while opportunity > alls only once at every man's door hard In. f is ? whole l>.t more sueia i>Io. Something not to worry about; It is reported in Mexican newspapers that hundreds <>( men tire wanted to work tn the Conhuilu mines. Gary Hiott ot th? I*Vkcns Sentinel |k| thinks ??.?> Alt might ,lclp ?omo i inainil'actnro*s of ladles' shoes wouh leave several dollars worth of heel ,?fi , each shoe. Kor th.e benefit. ot' rlie trensnrer of the I'niicd Slat' we will say tttat we heard two peo| say this in rni'.r-; that they did ii"t like tho tietv niottcj ;.s well as they did iho old. That was an awful loss suffered 1 \ a Crrenxillo tanner tho other day. He dropped a sh >e i.ox '.ntainimr a dozen en#- whi'h it" was inking t, town t" sill and ? r? K. e ery mi'' <.i t horn. 'on- idea. of the biggest Mutter ir the world is a. defeated candidal* when he tells frietnls who are ympathi/.injr with him <*ver his d'-fern that "it was ready tl.<- best thing tha eotild have happened l'jr n.t a..; way." There is a waiter tn i hotel jj\ Mi, ii igan rnmed Thendoreouipoiirdnrgenty louponl'is. That looks a lii'le hit Mk? tho rsftine of the ii-!i M at Kdttoi Hanks wanted to order in that Chinese restauranr in Columbia but i.uldn'i because ho couJdn't pronounce it The Journal Is today j.. .in- j *. thrift edition. Tomorrow r....- been set aside by the hanker." as 'Thtiit I . and tve would join titer' in ursrinv that It bo observed ir this t.on. T'.ir idea is a 3001J eiui; an" should i>j on. ouraped. 'ff the Germans head tot ' Vreenvdle, there's nothing to stop eirt t?11 r r oast dofonsvs at Charlostnn don't amount to a liilh of bonus." Green ille News. Yes. but tree wool ! have to brush Hilly Hanks arid .lee Sparks aside before thoy en 11 pet <hrouph Columbia. I Tins, is from the Indiana pelts NV\v?. " Yesterday in Texas th'? thoruinniet' r was S?!, and in the Hookies nosr th?; Canadian line it was 2" b? low zero. Yon can get uny kind of wcill.e; yon W?nt In flits- ronrtry if yon are willing to go after it." Can anyl>0'l.v fell why it is one will stay in bed ai d let the rook stand ?mt i:i the biting < old a morning lie 1?i ; and rap five or six' times win n it would bo .Hist as easy to ?et >ip and open tlie door after tl.o first rap a ,t wouid after the sixth? That former Spartanburg man ? now lives in Anderson says tin*, t wo hours after the people there hear I yesterday that war with m.roiarr* very possible, nearly ? < : \ man met: was elthor wearing pin.--so ,,, limping or had his arm mi a simp. Col. J. Rion ?.TcKit??dok of The Greenville News after Landing j : K* Mj . - days in a. hospital. is hack at lus work. I VV?' understand that his. ehlet I rouble ' was that he hail hcen readintj thu J ' Ilow-to-Keep Well" columns >f Dr. Kians in The News an?l had decided hat he had evcrj diseaue which tho [doctor had described in the past six | tnontlis. t ;ii. ?.! K>: \s ' IT A; ION. T.. t'i i :i . iii 'a c; i p. .;!.< \ til. t ...e c'i .1 11 < 'l colon <>T i ite* 111 ttnlia ttons Willi lieriti.itty will la. The sitiialion is yrave. That much iiui-i In- and is admitted by every one. Itut we have faced othei sanations during: the past two years thai we11- just as therententnt; and we came nut without losing any of our honor. It is possible that, tho wonderful man who occupies the office of chief executive of the I'nited States may attain he successful in apain steering; | its I h touch the troubled seas. Personally w< have never felt : h - t the I'm l.-il States was going to In- drawn in ' this war. Wo still tool thai way. ' Tin ri* i- in> a -nial ?'i the fact, howt m r, that it the Hermans carry out ' tl.-ti iniiniiiii i d intention <>( sinking a!! ships that war seems almost iilia> mil.ilili . "m* only hope lies in tin ina''ild\ of the Hermans t'> carry on; : th< ii Min at or in their failure to ilo so ' through other reasons. \ \ 1.1 II I A KM l?l t<H?l ITS. t;> i.ir the l.ug? a iansi value o la hi plod lets in 'up cMinty is.i. i aehed in ' '.< I a, a ecu rdtiij; t? estl'-.mates made by the 1'nited S'atcs do' jpariiio nt ot Xgncilire The total ol | crops and aiiimal pro.lticis v as ? I h I i;i. uiit.il hi. an increase of $U.ti74 ' I(iiiu uiift over the total of lai... whieli 1 'was itself a hi?h water mark. The I inert increase is greater than the eeti' Ml:- iirnss value of fa nil pro Im-timi in . is-'.' and is marly as targe as the II . nsiis erop value in I-.fi. The inI. reuse of I!' 1 a oxer It'll was j Oil no Oil. The gross value of farm pro, duet lop iy the total of crops and -in i I i 111:11 prodii'is, and takes m> aeeount i of t!ie use of a product as a material 'for oilier production; nor are any Jeosts of prod la"1 jot; --ilistantial. t'oni jsentiently. tin- xalue of gross producjtmn should fregarded as an index {number, ntul not as so many in t J -1 liars put into ?hc farmer's poekut. j The \alue of the net ptodilet of ( a t.iIt 11 oil farm has never In en dc ) i< rniined. :iin] can not now l?o estimated. Tlir items fur t)i? estimated yeais are expressed 111 j?ross value and are made to eont'orm to the census plan so as to be comparable with thole for tho census years. ]| the BTots vMue of the cenBV' f\fur*i production of 1 Ko _> is representijeil'by 100. the valine for 1S79 wjtn r M?:.!>, ft,v 1 SS9. for !?<?:?, 1M.-I; (for 191-1, 1*09.S ; for 19 1."., 7 J V I: and j for 1 9 1 d, l'Sa. 1. In the su! .lit is.on of the \nlue of d-'o:pro i : ?! <n into ,ts two to a In oliiii-iii: . . .ij..; :.n.| animal products, appears that tho total estimated crop value in 101 > was $9,11 1 ,?mi0,Jomt, an amount greater than the' sum jot' the estimated values of eittps and 1 of uiiitu.il proiluels for any year previous to 191'j, greater than the total t-n.p \;iimc ? ! i'm.. I.y ' i m. (.in.i>.mm. . ii.1 ..f 1 }' M I.y JfVJlPJ,I (.1.... f)IM,l. Tin- t ?ii<I e<t value of animal , pm.liiets in 1!' I was S t.MS.OOO.Oi'O or 111oi. P, a <loui>lr tlir v..liio for l.iil, l | \\. i; i It was the loule-st amount to that t ; lime It wa< ; renter t > ?- n iPe esije.a. . 11i value ..i' a? a1 r? ?<'> ?? in '.1)1 "> J )?v $ I V" iiihi.I'" : I i ' litl | i - i < V-r l ?v r< .1 w" ' ' ? i":' i ' f * * I i -'crops in 1 i | m .-m in f 1 i.y III". l j i "! j i . 11?:? !'. ? 1 fait was 1 s .1; for 1 ! 1 !. " t ? : f"i' I HI.*., -"u.".; ami for 1 ! 1 ?i. ,\ similar comparison f<?i* anL (Irani prmlM'ts results in a percentage j i - iTn.7 for 1 I'L'a.j f,?r I ? 1 -I. j i<>: : ami f..r i: i j T'ao crop vain.- f>>r I ' 1 inn-easel a" I |.y !>< r rent, of i.y per ?-n?, of ! ' 1 4 i,y |;l per ' [cimi, ami of P.m.'. I.y ".I.a per rent. . ' 1 ie >f animal prome i in- rensc?i in !*. p. r i mc.i i.y i pei cent. o\er limn i.v P. : p.-r ?ant, over Pal l 11., i - ' i'- 1 > . >iu 01 1 11> i>v 1 per ei.i. V'roiri r<"\ m 1 f> 11 The total crop valoe, ;.s .i fim.tlon of the shIuo <.f , tut i! irr.i.- : in pr<><| otioii, ?;'? 111- 1 iii'in oi'. in ''.I,1, per 'nt. iii i:?ir?, ^ on Mm: i ni i .ii y, this tendency Kiui not onlv arrest eii, imt v.is sharply reversed. anil I ho crop wtliio then hero no* ilJ. I p< r rrjil nt' the total of ,i i >!.-- 11>< I :ii ni.al prodm is. ii.il .\vmI Ii" another sharp aiivnnee t< i'.T." per I rent in 11* 1 'l. l-'mii crops I 11 ?i each excelled a ' I Pillion dollars in value ,(i 11,? fnim n ; j iii*. The i >t irn ; c for corn is ^-Y-JMi..'i.io no'i; ciittoii lint. I'd f?n pro-s W iiCli' . $ I . I J X.illln. nil |?; ci.it i <m 'Top, iim i olinu- iiiii a mi .-eo?l s I. I nii.init'.nO'i; ' I.ay, i.line end wild. ' i. 1 t'2,f"?0.'i0 i; ni I'm. $ I . jii.iino.niMi. other crop- that i n ii e\<' < ! a iniinlroil million dollar* .in- oil . ;' ipin.iMin , potatoes $417,iiOn.iia'i: fa riii w??od-lot prooiii t -. ' J 1 .nan.ntiii .fppio-, ? 1 X <1. lll)0.l<0ll; to'P.oro ?' I fiii.aiHi.noii, Parley, $ I <">h.0(irt, lion. I ' i i ? ; ' ') II I'll' ? r ii ,t ', i , ' ? i ? ;e , n. " ,!i . r I ' in !. . a . . II- i la <- ' | . .< I ii 11< i* . i.'. i tiio years la lore, and ?IV" x per cent hia!o r than tl ? i erapo of 11., j r< p ii- < r'U ye; r- on '< bi r I. The year IS* 10 was one of iviuparativcl.x low ? r<>j> piodntioii, hoi tin' prices a* d villi* s of tin si ?.' the er?>i? were extraordinarily high. or It la X I'OUT I'XII.INtiS. I'ossihly ,\ in m an manufacturers hjvi* i** ei slandered According 'o he XationaI Foreign Trade Founcil, is an exporting nation Wc'.e nol neary s*> sin,.:.; ? . . *m * : s we've l.c.-H l"'l to i.filL'M, Tile derelictions tn which Aiiiciicnn consuls and commerclal 01 ga luxations have s?> often called attention are declared to he exceptional. Particularly the Foreign Trade Conniii the charge that American firms ilmi't know how to pack goods for foreign shipment. This supposed defect lias grown to he a sort of tradition. "\\'c ourselves have, accepted it as a matter of eourse Some day, i \vc'\o hoped, our manufacturers would learn to pael* goods properly. , Then tho world'.- tr.nl. would i.e ours llut now we're t .1.1 that the charg* ,ls unfounded ? that o.-eusional lapse: urn the part of a few exporters have : been magnified into a national slan ! dor. Foreigners have taken advan l!t:ii;e "f ns, repealing the lie endlessly to tlic disadvantage of American tradi , iin every quarter of the world, j "We hear little about Knalish 01 Merman coods being poorly packed,' says the report, "vet a \ isii to tin { steamship d> ? K- in norma! times v\il s tslp'W the extent of damage sometimejinflieted. for lack of proper packing 'upon importations front the elder in' dnstrial and exportincr nations." \V? laic 110 worse than they. Aiul as f"t goods not being up to sample, and tin i failure to Infill contracts in various | w.ivs. the report insists thai "there is i I no more reason to believe that it i> more frequent In American than in |ni:v Other export or itnoovt trade." I in corroboration of 'his view the j Foreign Trade Found! points to tin fact that before the war. in the short, 'normal period from M'fba to MM", our . i export of piaufaotwres- irl" doubled I Mow could it have afowt. s,, if our e-x * porters were so no pf And they've unproved greatly sitae the war bcjeati Wet uiiuh: to have lirflr trouble licroIafter in selling umiiit anywhere. Tin: st i i n \?.i: i t'Mi. j Pnhlit? opinion will approve of the .way Mrs. I'afrie t'h;i|ilil:ill Catt, the i woman suffrage leader, plans to use j t lie J1 .'om'.iiiio bequeathed to her by Mrs. Frank l.cslte for the promotioit <if the suffrage ;;!Mrs. (7att anI niiinn'ou IV. .t ..<> . (.? ? ?- - ?... ?? mvum: VI I ilf IIIUIl*-*y is ie I be spont, gjis many critics feared it 11 would b?Y' tn financing' politico | campaigns^ If will not bo used v | drive the fi)i|i>ial amendment throng] j congress n?r to lift the bunion of n state campaign front any suffrage organization. If any of it is spot t in connection with any campaign, it- will bo inert 1" a.-. .1 co'Vato'itl enterprise, ] undertaken t- r its general edit":',t'onal J \ a!tie. This i-ig tin <1, ii> short, i? to be used an c|neat iona' fund. To safeguard ' its c\|>r-ndit nrc. Mrs c'ait has appoint' i I i National Suffrage t '"Miniissiotl. to \\ ill.-.' I...C and direct i he | ibii:.m-iiiv of propaganda recognising i no polite at t?.?i tisansiiip and ho sitj t Iona li - in. Tills is 'Ik- w s>--' way All that is ' j n< .'. ,|. tor til. s.i. i-css Of tlic suffrage 't.in-i-, mot <1 a'ion. Mali- vuii-'s < lii'ni inctl ics; irilini; I'm valu. i' woi'k-m'.- co-opcration In ( imi'-n! aim womin new' '< V.? ni" > ' Vl d ' , U <>< .. . I,'ft \ t a- i.iiiov i.?:?-nnii- r<--1 < I \ iur *. " ; : ' i * a" vr ::t:oiiiiy \m ' . : I'll.-- or 11 niilili-. r\K \r.t cosi \ msii<>Pi;i< r Kofusnl t<> *mi|>|it I1-- I'iucon 1'aralilo ! *m ill - In 11 t>\ loill-li I\iiil;. . I Will;.i ii I. j ii 'ij ii-ani, "I"*"" ' j Win ti I at I Pr-li-h ; III.I.iim i . |.;.. | nil : ; KlIILt 1 iiM/rso til I M< ii fn-i mi* bint i l'i |>i' made 'i i I up i' p. pi |-i'-i,'il j in publishing 'mm parable of il.i pi-j! . "us. h( j ... Pa' .. .p. |. I 1 Well, i i. -i|i i j i . j i . .i ,i ip 1 i if ; : tnnd " l! ? : u"l. < in. 1 ' ; i' i: <1 .ii.n | on' vimr ha | .< ? d 1' . . ' refused to ?'iri t. 11 : in ' ! I ho l'.l lie 'in i i; t I? !'|,||,.,| (States i 1111? t ii i 11 ; 11, bin h!.- p ;:. t. 1 rstill has nuanil.K. I lire : tit' vrr -ion piven byv Tin I: -itimiil Joan a 1 of litliirs: "If you should s< a i ''l. pigeons in a i hi of coin o l it .nstend of i ni-h pi'-kim? win i , a hat it Jikeil. take imt a:? lira i. i i, wauled land no moii i >on -ho id 'pi ,,f jtiiorn jratlirrlnu all ' into i 1 heap, keopinu this heap lor one, and that tin- V.T'ilx' pi t hap "oi'M. ply?j Con "f 1 in tloi-k -1"ia;; iioar. I and looking on all ?i win'ii. u ni< t|i? ? ope \vn s 'I' loiiii'i., " !u o-.i 11 i? alni.it ami \\ nst tnu it. ml it ptu'on morn I hardy or littnvtry Mi m ii. rest touch1 f-(l a plain of tP. hoa d all the nihil s instantly tlyiny upon it and tcarI ilift i' 'o pi'i i - if von should ih,- 'hi v oil d not hitin more thin what is pi'ii day practiced and . I ' Hl"l! UK II. AlllOM'-f 111**11 * in! see il. ninet *-;i mi-nine toihiic ifiiirl 'M-i'iipine inr*tliei :i heap of Kii|K'i'(lult! *. ini on.' (and this ono, too, iftt-niifnr tli?' f < hie-t and worst <>t the \\ho)o soi, ,i rhilfl. ;i woman a minimao 01 a fool i. uetimtc nmliinif [for themselves all liic while Jan i liii tie of l lie coarsest of the provision j which tin if own imli'.-ii> |Iin-.s: 1 looklii" <|uicl|v on while ih< . see the fruits ot .'It Iheli labor spent ..j- spoil* eil: ami tt the number tat.e or n.iii li a particle of the hoard "he o'l'i is joiiiinv itair.- f him and ban i.i^ "ii ..I ??' .a< t !.f ' f .1 ; h.r m I.. (The ("lic i'i i T'iiii x I'mon.i 'I't O S v\ i in li T"| il.nOe \ s; #'.\1 |1l?o i'Ii toe 11' | o I ..f.ns lost the fcleciion las: fall thev have ret;.lined national !i seeiidiiiev." ,\ I'loridia n ie-| j it .< i K I iii a parath-l i .inf. ' liveiv . i II' '..i? We tn.'W I I I PRESS COMMENT Chivalry. tlu* Ft crinkling. (Sa\ ami: It I 'i css. > Wo have thrown so mcustoniod t< laments over i In ileal li of chivalry that it scarcely occurs to us to <iues lien whether the corpse is really colt am! i he puis" t-til\ sti'l. stotrjeone, sisjniny himself Sol llcr shdnrper., ri-*s t" oronoimeo ohivntr; 1 still alive. , Mi Ilershtlorper sees ehi\ airy demons! i .d ink itself in the Nov York subway. ' ?l" course. it isn' tleuti, he says. "NeU time you ride ii the subway look ami see." See that sipieak of a youngster win sudtlenly leaves his seut?wtthou looking at the old gentleman?to rocl on the platform many stations befon , his own. There tire many like him, youni I and old, who do not distinguish he tween old men and women, for nin years?half, of my lift?* have boei watching Thtm. 1 am proud to say am one of them. Of course, chivalry isp'i dead, he cause it belongs to the t Mines eternal Its fornv* .Malice with changing cus ttinis and tin emi.aist ineiits to net things and m w i M' is. hill as long a i the Miialite t of kindness, sympatic i suitl protection remain in the heart , of human kind, chivalry lives. I'er haps we no f h where hiiught; - wealth dispells Usclf than in Hi democratic subway v liere all sorts am conditions oi m< a meet together am realize that broad kinship of the hu a man race. Chivalry may cease to deck itself ii field lace'amt announce itself in firam r f.est tires. It n cease to ronci-i: iiself so chisel with the call of s. \ whorevftr there is consideration fo i t ho bur&m tl. i-eiiipasston for the tin 1 i ort uria^fT. >ponsc to the app'M , | for protccum wliieh weakness un J consciously iPuiuuls of sircngt 1 . | there Is c!.i< ahy. Without i* life wouhl indeed he (struggle of hums In ihe world nl linnce for i1" ' \'<'inn >>r tn rights and li fii' - all nntloin , which our i>r sidetii i t> pietured ii such impcliuii; wads. tin- appeal o * 'ho littlo liat I")* ' ' '' ' I>< "I I'd ion o ? the great nations 1> the call <>f chivnl ry. Every go?1 ai d porle< t thins i ' human life -.p'',-v' from this tiod-llk i quality of ehlnlr.v. which lias stcadil domonstra'' ! its? If In tho develop mont of --1:i< lie *lrst departed ) t ho hrute * i ne. > J Our reli-eai is .? i 1 is?i??n of chivalr as our Go.l i- a Hod of love and o ! protection The tend* mess and sncri fill" of met- toward women is l>ut on of its hi . .! i \pt' -sinus. t'hlvalr can no noo. ' tni'i wed down to Ihi rolationsh ' men and women thai the love o;' i em " mtfined with in speetal .vu ;>o 11 ieular donom Illations. i - air-, is a pari of thu glorious I. Wind'' likeness mai wart or;.- formed, and tron which, <1< ! ! all distortions, perver sions a in I d k :niu?ie??g. iir iias novo entirely lost. "Anything lo Ileal \> il-on." i : .'lotto News, t Senntoi lainins abuses the presi ! ! dent ah.> late address, hut yoi r I must, rei r thai Senator t'utn ( ! niins is i "i t In* IduKcst republican [in tliis i '.'iv. 'I'iiis is a hard say 1 iitK. but situation that -has de , | veloped congress of the Unite Ist-ttea, -lifies tho statement tha have never beers s 'Jwwn. Senator Cummins i la aiHiunV debater, a statesman. I > * '? p'easi , hui he arises to dcclar i thit the presid- nt's address woul i 11 ii< involvo this country in con I slant warfare or it would instaiiil ad lo a. condition of world suvei i ui'V. W" are not so mueh at this mo !. i i t concerned with a discussion o e uc.nt of view which has been la Inn I Senator Cummins as we ar I., discver to what extent Hie line nan. affiliations are being draw I in 'ess. It imisi by this time b (!"!: tiy apparent to everybody i > nt ry ami In evi ry other wher i'tlo'o -re observant cities that th rep o lir.in.1 aro seared to death o l'r> ' Wilson. They fear him he !'-a : his late political triumph, hi . I" : I victory over the masse* repui>llcan strength. The t'e.it r im now because of the pop n f the man himself as wel J if- what he may he able to lea I i m tv into during the days tha t. rno?a. place of such flit ' I 1 lL-oroiis hold upon the mind i tinii-nts of the American pco 'he republicsns v 'I not 1> hake their antagonists loos I 'mm no'.v. I'nr this rea v>- i . > r.well lie preparing t'o f p irti nry tlnrug th t "it - II.. in c. ng.-csr which w en before, a yielding o stat( sin.i. hip for the sheer sake o politp'.ii p.iposc and preference. The l-'llfts ill tile CilSO. ( >. vvs and Courier. I Xohod' mods to he told how sol ton a tin for the Cnlted Slates i orma ii\iclaration of unrest rain ,''l natal"-,, rfare. It means tha this riiiinii-' must either make a sin render of ri;ht* and a retractioi ??!* t!s v. ? . r ?i nut t *r?i 11 f > r 11 i It li? wit1 i honor and ,p|f respect or else that i (must i?? prepared for the probabl j <'onsfifik-ii' ps of a break with flor many. Tli' 1 nolo sent by tin? I'nltei i Si.it' , < b t many after the tonkin i f the i. \ saitl: "If i' i *- till the purpose of the lilt pen.i! :11\ e111111eni to prosecute re bn'.. ami indiscriminate warfar vrs' ? ! of commerce by th use of siibuiai ines without reifard t w'iat tin I 11: | Slates must eonslde 'the it re,| in ispnlable rules o niti rnaiion.- I vv tind the unieersall i e< o'-rni/.e<l 'lie itcs of humanity, th government of he 1'nilcd States is a last foteeil ! the COHCl llslort t ha there is but course it can pursue I'nlcss t lie imperial frovcrnnien should non 11 mediately declare an "ffert an : t. nnieV of lis presen method* a, submarine warfar airainst pa . , ljnd freight earr> nip: vesseS, , government ot th I'nited St. . ean have no choici but t,, * , diplomatic relation with the i; i', , empire altoirel her. i' is i! . , of t:|it solemn till' evpliri; mi that t?rrin:iiiy tu'i opi-nlv in.. polity t>l relentlos t ii<i ii 11 in i*o warfare ? ven tnor out rai;f?.ii. tlmn that whifh month iko i'loi.-i. tiii . ountr.n to i ho vertf u i hit ik si. proclaims tho imme ilinto 11tl11j ipts pulley. sn jives iis i'll" : ii. v in which to nio i i'rnti-i < |? ..i nn tirunmont. no 1 in0' of a lift ria's ultima nun in s< in i wtis more offonsi'. i iiuii tho i illii. i in v. hlf-h ?}orman' has 11n11 i- s .|i i .!!. ? in our tooth vi-i t\.ii : in i is not the whol inn. tin- i iii'. | hikltn has boei siii\in-r it. i iii.- peace to kuropt t >nl\ u lew vlu.n 'l.iys auo the prosl , tit in of tie i states ptoponei (o all ilit- wot hi .i plan drhlvncd i l ilt i u .'||>i |ie:u :i ,<| ;i pcai'c th:i \\<>i io 111 i 111 i,. 1*111 ii ii v *k answer h thi proufi-.ii u prokimin of iiithles . i ?1?i \? s> if'lalu i (f . mi't'ku iii of \ it 1 ; american i i-his t-\ .ii to the point o | i,i hi iii.- american lives. | if it. i -ot hi n the tlellherato in ten iitin of ih" vmioids of rerlin to in . piie iii the atuerleun people thus I (feelings and those sentiments most eertaln to mouse their patriotism to the defense of American honor and to rally them around their president in enthusiastic approval and support of , the linn stand he must now take?if t ho warlords of Prussia had deliborately sought to accomplish this, they could not have chosen a better way ( to do it than the way they have chosen. j Arain the W?r Cloud. (Columbia State.) A ruptu 10 of diplomatic rela*ions I wish tiermany may again i>e avoided. I _ as it has been avoided before, lull that does not dispose of the fact that t it is more than ever hard to see a , peaceful way out of the new entanglement caused by Germany's deolu, ration of intention to enter upon unl restricted naval warfare. It is just as well this morning to t'aec the truth e that a rupture is not unlikely and thai a rupture without ensuing war , would he improbable. On the other * side, the most and the best that can " l?e said is that the belligerents are | two and a half years ueare to peace . than they were in August. 1614, and that peace lias heen a topic of general discussion. Immence of enlarge- \ " ment of the conflict might bring the i world to its senses. on the other hand, the involving N of the T'nitcd States might prolong s | tlie war. Clerniany may lie convinced \ I of her ability to maintain it a long 8 J time and the addition of the forces "'and the resources ol this country * would certainly hearten tlie entente allies lo tight on even if tlie destrucJ -tion of their conimorce should now j '* be greatly multiplied. In the event of hostilities between | ?i... i "..i. . ...t i iiiiru iiuncs and Germany '] i an accompaniment might be the ' I active participation of the .rapnn11 j ese In the Atlantic an<l on European soil. In short, there might r be realized a do facto league, lirst, to - compel peace, and tnen to enforce It. * If the United States should enter the - conflict the explanation would be that ' Germany, pursuing her "course of amending the laws ol' nations after a the commencement of war. ' had - dragged her in. The. United States would l>e not merely a defender of neutral rights but tin .enforcer of reea ognized and established laws of maf rino warfare. It seems certain that f in this role the smaller neutral na tions, Sweden. Norway, I?enmarK. 1 n Switzerland and the South American j e republics would be sympathizers with y her. The participation of the United - States would relieve them of fear and il .lealbusy of Russia and Great ISrltain. I in the duty ot policing. Japan prob-! y ably would take a more aggressive j f pari. No more Is the United States] - than Japan a European country. e \\V can only hope and pray that j y oni country may he spared war with s the central powers bill If war it shall u he our countrx should go into It with uiiiescrved resolution, with lull willingnucss to iiiiilc the necessary saerlt tiers and not without understanding lt thai the eost in men and treasure u would be heavy. That peace would come before it became necessary or i ,. practicable for this country to send | grout armies to Northern Kranec 110 j one can say. I'rom the beginning of (lie war] counsels of desperation have ruled in Germany. . The pita of "lighting for " existence" lias .instilled the violation of treaties and the. setting aside of , whatever laws of civilized lighting > 3 ha\e been welded out of centuries of J coutlnt. in these circumstances, with! J a great, powe-t iiii> .tn.uck, that any comnii rclal power should escape enil* hroilmcnt would lie cuuso for surpriue. "" In the Path of IVrsliing. (Savannah Press.) d 'Jen ibregon lias announced that 1- a determined effort would be made >' I?y the t'nrrunza government to control northern Mexico after the with I <11:i w-iI ol tlio I nilod Stiitis lorccJi, [ j ? imI ^'ioI: an e ffort Mhotij?| involve ;i | if i new catnpuign against the lorces of I - Vi'.'a One of the least satisfactory! o 1 e.'titles of the ovaetliition ?>f Chihiia 1 S htia province !>y ?Sell. l'ershitig is tlio n ftiet that numerous Villa hands are I e i nppar: lit ly ready to occupy the tor- j n t itory aiitl light for its possession. ??t | e the I all odd Mexieans who raided the j <> | American town ot t'olnmhii.s tinder ,f | Villa's leadership, the I'ershing expe. I dition killed or captured toil; and 'J I s of them :iie hetiiu brought hack with d ! Ho I'nited States soldiers for trial in v N'i tv Mexico oil the charge of nuir. dcr. Ill 'litis result satisfies approximately ,1 j the senate resolution, adopted when , i l'ershitig crossed the boundary, de? .. I elat ing that tin ohjeet of the cxpedls lion was to capture or disperse the ( hand With h had invaded the I'nited I i States. It it Villa himself escaped, j f> Iplaying on Mexican pi eiuiiiccs against America lie was aide in the succeeding months of tnc stay of the I t niteo states torees on Mexican soil > to recruit nis following, ami there mav Inivc Im'cii much truth in t.'ar' ran/a's assertion that every week of tin- American acenpation during the summer and aa'amn miaul iner?aseii popular strength tor the Villa opposition to the del' cato government. The situation has now changed so r; ilically with I'crshi hk's withdrawal1 s that <'arian/.a should gain in popular I ' j prestige mi the noi th: and it lie can M st ionyt hen himself as against Villa's " appeals, hy claiming to have "i'oreI ed" the withdrawal ol the I'nited '' I stjit,-; a? my, he is welcome to tin II advantage gained with Hie M? xican c I populace. For nothing could please " us more than to see Mexico now restored to ordr r and some degree of . ptospci'ity imdi r < 'a rra n/.u s auspices. ~ In much the larger part of the , canity his talc sc< tils to he lirmly - I ,.,ln lilisliel I (iWi'U'i weak in tin financial .iinl economic sense his :i?le| ministration may !> . The l><>|><- is "I that, with tin* I'nited States troops ? | wholly rnniovcd, Mexicans may < ?>n| s) lidatc in tlieic preference far .. 1 fairly stable government and give y ' little support to insurrection. 0 Hail the ruling class of the soiithf I cm people of the i'nited States alter ' ! the i111 of lllchmond and the sur' render of tlen. Lee and Johnston ' . persisted in a guerrilla warfare in the ('! Appalachian mountain ranges. the ' situation would have been Homewhat ej comparable to that in northern Alex ico today. The resort to guerrilla c. J warfare i?y defeated factions after a " | civil \tar may easily prolong the s| struggle for .tears after the coinple. J lion of the mn.lor military operations. ' ' i The southern people of the union I v j were so advanced in their political s conceptions and their estimate of the I e J need for order and stability in gov- I eminent that guerrilla operations in j e ! the South after Appomattox wore , - ! shortlived ami futile. The aftermath o of banditry in the Mexican revolu- } a : tion is naturally prolonged owing to t i the back ward condition of the Alex I Jean peon and the exceptional ail- j e vantages for outlaw chieftains which N the spa i sely-M-ttleil northern states of Mexico afford. o a I.aid Ijiittson In tlie Shade, i. (The Washington Star. > As a congress startler, President il Wilson attained results hevond am | ii i that Mr. Thomas l.a\vson ever dream- i t ed of . " I No Wiiri'v. (The Springfield Kepuhlicin.> fj "The brains ate on our side of the ! house." observed fonKressntan Card ner with entire accnraey. The demo -fats will never let that worry them a so loan as tltey have the \otes. THINGS THAT Copyright, mT^TTTrr, n> -HiatT!w. "? Xk wK ASSTO \ / 11 LE550NS \J FUAV l M 4|%-: [i! I-"-*X|l:""!:<i.'~~ pr ??? \UVlH ! s r | QUESTIONS I Subscriber?Is tlicre any premium on a silver half dime dated ISU'.t?? No. II. N.. Mrookstnn?Is Wilhelminu v??n llillern. the Merman author. Mill living??No inoiitioii of her found. Mrs. I7. S Newcastle- Whore can 1 yet the music to th?- song "hil'r's Hallway?"?Itusiness add losses arc not printed lure, hut you might try join- local music dealers. J. \V. 1).. Williniusport?ApproxlniauT. how ninny neroa are there in a triangular lield the sides of which arc approximately Si.13. 7 I and I?-! loot long'.' ? Approximately one and throe-ouarters acres. 17. It. It.?Who was Itluelicr and in what way was he connected with Napoleon'.'?lie was a famous general in the l'litssian army and commanded the Prussians in the battle ot Waterloo when Napoleon was dcIcated and overthrown. l'\ F.?Mid an Indiana man ever invent a submarine boat??In 1845 a shoemaker, living at Michigan Oit\, named Phillips, <le\ iscd a mihmarinc boat in which lie made freuwuent descents, sometimes taking his family, but we do not think be ever took out a patent. Kcad? r. Iiiriningham?tuitside of Indiana, wiio's who in American literature??It would he impossible to siimniari/.e the whole ticld or Aiuerionu literature here. (?> Who arc the heading writers of Indiana todn\??Among Indiana authors now living arc: I Sooth Tarkington. tleoige Mct'utheon, tJcorge Ade, Mereditii Nicholson, Mrs. <S<ne St ration I'ortcr, Carolina V. Kront. Mary 11. KioiiI, Mrs. \lhjon fellows Macon, Anna Nicholas. Kvaleen Stein, Jacob I'. Mnnn, William Dudly Kotilke, Frank McKinncy Hubbard, W. M. 1 lerscell. 17. (!. Weal lield - I'leasc give a description of the Atlantic cables, also the number and size.---The Atlantic cables arc composed of seven wires, one large wire in tins center, stir rounded by six smaller ones in contact with it. forminu tin- conductor: t ti i>? is suroo'indcd bv several distinct layers of humn pcrcha fur Insulation, followed I?\ a cover of .into; outside of this is n piutoctiiiK tirinur of ten wires of iron, each enveloped with line strands ot niaiiilln liomp. The rahlo is about an ineh in diameter and weighs about two tons to the mile. There are now between and .to Atlan'ie ranks in operation. Header |s "leneher of expression" what we used to call an elocution teacher7? Yes < J i l?<?cs she Much her pupils to Hive readinn-s? Yes. A. and K.? I >o the members of the ):oiis'i <>i eeicnions receive a salary whi'e the body is in session 7?Tliey are paid too pounds a year, except those inemhei.s wlio receive salaries is ministers or a> otlbcrs ol the house. News Header. t'lay t'ity?fan tluead lw hoiinht already wound on inueltine hohhins. ready lor use 7-? \o. Ilohhins are sold separately. i'J i ll a paten*, is applied for and not allowed doe-. I lie patent com In issionel* refund the ^ | r, cost of applieation. - No. K. I*. It.. Shelhwalio - lias tiermany control >! all of Heiuium 7 She occupies and controls all of HclKinm oxer pi a narrow strip at the wt stern end. < ?n Aueiist .'a. Hill, the Itelnian government removed from Itmssels to Antwerp; August 70 Itrusselr was oeenpied by the <?eriiiun.t and the Ihlgiau armv retreated to Antwerp; < letohei f>. It'l l, the Hclgisin government removed from Antwerp to tMtond; ' ictober 13. it removed from-t istepd to llavre, Hianee, and Oxtend was oeenpied by the tiiinians. Nora-- I'id John the Itaptist Know Jesus personally before Jesus was baptized in tin Itivor Jordan 7 ? l'roba bly not, at least there is no evidence that they had evei met before Jesus en me to he baptized l>\ John. Jesus was horn ill r.ethlehcru. siv miles south of Jerusalem, and John was horn in what was called "the hill country," some dislslice limn there. John was six months the older of the two and Ml l-l III | II !? I ! MM I |l| eat I. II K 'lllll ' il|lll/.. in*; before hi- had ever kith Jesus. St Mark says: "Ami there wont out unto Itiin (John) all the land of .It don. nr.d they ot Jt rusnletn. and wort nil baptized of him in tho liver of .Ionian. Aral it came tn pass in I hose days Unit .leans came from Nnxanth of tSalilee, and was l?a|?ti/ ed of John in . ordan." We ale i>lven to i.p.deistand that this was the he^intiiiiK " i heir personal aopi.aintaiit (>. tliolici' John had said "TI.ei e comet h one mightier than I aftei me. ilie lalchet hi whoal- shoes I am not worths t'< sloop down and unloose." II. II K. ?Why do we sax "as rich as < 'roesusWho was t'roesus and hoxx" rich'.'- lit was an ancient l.iiof of l.ydia. 1 country in Asia. who lived about Ti'ifi H. iNo ultimate m i was made of !n- wealth, hut as he he 1 tiea; opportunities to necunty X 1 * ?* NEVER HAPPEN fl ** vX >^ME i'ft I t I HE HAKIM5' or \ / I ;/i iUNCH A- LOAftRS ) f >'.' H OU6HT TO BE J \ < i\ |. .;' join* -rntiR /) 1 INSIUO OF I \ t y W BASCB/M.L? J ,|.^1 >.*V< I ? ANSWERS 11 ulatc. it probably was vorv large. Me seems tc have been a pure-proud tnnn ami a braggart, for history re- ? lates that when Solon, the great Ath, enlun lawgiver, visited hint, Croesus I made an ostentatious display of his [treasures ami pressed Solon to acknowledge him as the happiest of mortals 11 ;t the story goes that the ! wise eld \ih< man answered: "Count | no man happy before bis death," .a "Is j saying which litis passed into a mod- ' i'.-efp j orn pro\? rb. Many years afterward, . when Croesus was dele ited in one ** ' of his long wars and was taken prisI oi.er and was ahont to he burned /MJfs I alive, he recalled Solon's prophetic ' remark and saved his own lite ny T??yi It-Ming the story ol Solon's visit. His t captors were s-<- impressed by the ;JEI| ' stoiy and the spectacle of his $$35 ! broken fortunes that they released t'rees'iv. but he ne\ ??r had a change to beast of his wealth tg tin. Hcriiiuity Desperate. 1 . (Ashovllle Citizen.) it would seem that the imperial Herman government has reached a desperate state of mind when it informs the I'nitod States, in suhstam e, that Cetmany will virtually repudiate the pledges and promises made to ' President Wilson following the Sussex negotiations. In that pledge. It will } be remembered. Herntany hound herj s??lf to respect the rights of neutral t ...... ... ,/.w.,v. II ?.>IV ; ah the hieh son?. In other words, she i?l <1 uo?1 herself to conduct submarine 'warfare In nooordanoc with tho rec' o:.*iiizcd codes of wnr and of human. iiy. I tut. yesterday t he American | a??\erniKont, through its represent.*!live at I'.orlin, Ambassador (Jerard, | was politely informed that after l*V.?jriiary i. that is today, ?}ern;any w 11 I eonduet an unrestrietod warfare In ! n< w war zones to lie laid out l.y her. ami that vessels of nculral nations i i*otild expeet no protection if found I within the prescribed zoiu s. Tlie vr.*. sel*- of all neiilrnl nations now at ports in tlu barred zones are slvi.n j in til I'eliruai\\ o to f< t out. This, i lien, is (lermaiiy's answer i in Pr? sideni Wilson S nlealislie proluan iamento extendi.i-.; 'In* Monroo j do. trine tn the w hole world: tills is jthe kaiser's eliailenne to the presi dent's tliem \- that there ean he "peace | without vietory." How well does l (ieriuany cniphasi/e her "yearnlntrs j for pence!" How anxious is she to preserve "friendly relations with the jm* it Anierlean uon-inniont," as outI liie il in lit e reply to America's note i on ilie Sussex incident. And that re| minds us the' in the famous Sussex j mUe President Wilson specifically do' elared thai any further attack oti I tieiitrnl \ essels. or attacks which Itni < i il?-i1 in any way the lives of Auier ieati citizens, would he followed by tin- s? vet mee nf diplomatic relations with (Sertnntiy. Mow now'.' Shall the '' nnan pirate eontlnuo his cowardly | i.it.iders on the liitrh mms 'hrotiirh the i ,<-!i im? n? \ i" list' simma t ute nni I still maintain wltls tills rmintry the ' c u-dial relations" tvlicirnf AntbasI sinl-ir ('erait! boasted in the rxuherj :I i:< ol at. lift ci -<liitn< I spt cell .it llfi-lin ti few xvffks ago Will our w ii uo\eminent send out n now cdition ??f notes in scholarly protest. 01 will it take, once and for all. a firm stand ncrnlnsl murder ami piracy on t Iie hialt seas" t >ur duty to mankind is plain ami clear: not only do we owe ' tlie protection of our ?li11>1 *tnto ourj stives, but we owe a measure of proit ion to all neutral nations of ?he world, lor did not the president In his recent address t? the senate imp|c such an obligation on our part? I'.iii we shotiid n?ti bo unduly ubirm I This iii.t> be a nt'w form of (Jerinan bluff, perhaps no oittre to t?e rolii d ii|?on than were tlii kaiser's reeent "yea '-ninys for peaef," Ins Imjdj Iv i \pressed desire to stir the world | 11 11 ill fu i 1 liei bloodshed 11 ma v be .'In cry of tli" trapped rat, that | i It a i el: \ a rd I'm i r. i;e ometimes evtnc{ id be the man who is driven to the wall. Postmaster I'iko. t And M'sott Mail ) i'oncrressman Nteholls ha.s announced that lie will ret oinniend P. M. Fine f"i i i-.t ppoiut tiient a- post master at SpartanhurK. This will be good news 'a .Mr. Pike's many friends throuslii im.i the State, inst as it was good - in mo pnirini.s 11 im Sp.irt in, li'ii y poatnfllne. .VIi . 1**1 Utj Is 0110 ni tlu> hi'Hl follows in ili<- wurlil, and ho : lias innilo ono oi Iho hrsl |miHniuator in Iho onnnlry. Wo Know imtliiiiK ol" inc..I polit it* in Spaitanbura. hut wo have in idoa that <'onflfrosHmnn Nloli>111<l not liavo done a bettor iliinu uh nnard* the |iontof!loe at thai plioo. Wo oonnrratulate T'.ist1.1.1-111 fiko. ami I'onitrod.man Xicli >lls an well. Ili'ltish ICailcoail I'n I'p. 1 Tin Hallway ARe-Gnzotie.) All railway fares in Groat Britain ha . boon increased .SO per cent, bcp!ii,nin^ .lamiury 1, 1917 I . I