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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED i860. 'Published every morning except Monday by The Anderson Intelligen cer ?t 140 West Whittier Street, An derson, S. C. SRMI-WEEKLY i'rJLLlOENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post office at AUdersop, South Carolins, under the Act of March 3. 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone.321 SUBSCRIPTION KATES DAILY One Year .15.00 Six Months . 2.60 Three Months . 1.25 One .Month .42 One Week .10 SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .fl.50 Six Months .76 The Intelligencer is delivered by carriers in the city. Look at the riyinted label on your paper. The date thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, end If not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state in their communication both the old and new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, com plaints ot non-delivery in the city of Anderson should be made to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and a copy will be sent st once. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Rates will be furnished on applica tion. No tf advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects cf general Interest when they are ac companied by the names and ad dresses ot the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be re turned. In order to avoid delays on account of personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, but aimply^ to The Intelligencer. TUESDAY, MAY ll, 1915. Go to Chautauqua and forget about the war. -o- ' African savage: "Civilised, warfare. It Is to laugh/* Germany seems to be a bad crimi nal run amuck. Give us a new definition ot civiliz ed . warfare for our dictionary. "Women Out Stripping the Men." Headline. Depends on what you mean. Tho farmers of the northwest com plain that the eelworm is play'.ng 'eel' with crops. The more we hear of the Germans the more we think of old Vic. Huerto and his gang. ? "O' ?? Aa Booker would say, add to the Joba we dont-want: President ot the United States. It's about time for Brother Booker of the Spartanburg Journal to give us a report on the blackberry crop, o Lord Beresford says the Lusitania - should hare had an escort of battle ships. Well now alnt he original. A Savannah man got 20 years for stealing liquor. He ought to have . been given a hero medal for drinking lt. Aa yet Col. Aftermath hasn't told un how to pronounce the name of that Russian town, Paxytutnuywsut kyx. -o Potllcker ls that which a politician loves to tell his rural constituency he ate when growing up "back on the farm." e ? In conducting the. Injulry into the sinking of the Lusitania Lord Mer sey : probably will not be inclined tn ahow any. ' ' o The pen Ie mightier than the aword; bat when it comes to comparing the former with the submarine we are ' somewhat doubtful. -?- . We don't suppose. Kaiser Bill will take time to read, these mean things we are saying about ht?, but we mean it just the same. Th? Nations? Association of Hosi ery and Underwear manufacturers, be Ins believers le. a protective tariff, Insist that the Wilson administration bas knocked the nock? off business - Greenwood Journal. Some businesses aaa?e'd'tnat very feing. THE MSITANTA ASSASSINATION. Moralising as/to the. depth of bar barism In wbtoh such warfare as that exemplified In the sinking of the Lusi tania by a German submarin?, off th. j Irish roast last Friday |H a m liter which may be left to the unofficial presentation of Hi?' American senti ment, for the ?Ituatlon ls noi oin- that calls for fin?; words or phros.s. hut for the most direct und clean-cut pre sentation possible of the American point of view to the German govern ment. The blood-curdling sacrifice of de fenseless neutrals' Uves In this lat est of horrors muk?s the position of the United States perfectly clear in this matter. While th?| torpedoing of the Lusitania does not differ from the case of tile Ka 11m, except in magni tude of the crime against humanity, and while the Gulfllght ?ase is one wholly one that belongs to the United States In Its every phase, the case of the Lusitania, us stated, calls for tho most dlrwct presentation of the Amer ican point of view. And we believe thal In President Wilson the United Stales has a representativ^^who can and will do this In a manaor perhaps I more effective than any other individ ual that could be had. The. world, BO to speak, is on tip too awaiting the presentation to Germany wjiich the president of the United States will make of this matter. Whatever position the president may take, we have the assurance, from his past conduct in clrcum stain ? K that must huve tried his soul to the limit, that it will be the most lofty one; that lt will be calm, but not suggestive of uncertainty: firm but with no hint of the "bully," free from anything pertaining to un kindness, but not to be mistaken in Its menning. This presentation of the American point of view should embody: 1. An immediate demand on the part of the state department on Ger many for an explanation", regret and apology for a deed which, the State paper should leave no doybt in the minds of the recipients, has pro foundly shocked the world-conscience and stired a neutral and friendly gov ernment as nothing else has dono since the war began. 2. The Immediate assurance that the abhorrent practice as exhibited In the Lusitania and other like cases shall not be repeated. 3. W0?IleLk2aW>?<id-pe made clear that reparation and indemnity for tho loss o? life of American citizens ls demanded. tn no sense can there be any adetflKlte reparation or Indemnity for so inexcusable an .. International crime" " 4. While reasonable time for the ascertainment of facts must, of comae, be given, it should also b> made clear that unnecessary delays and a recalcitrant attitude will be viewed as entirely unfriendly, and. if persisted in, will unquestionably lead to a decided change of attitude on the part of the United States govern ment, with possible reprisals, if ex planation and reparation,, which is a thing inconceivable, be refused. 6. Id order that the German gov ernment may be made aware of the moral, as. well ai the legal aspects ot the case, the fact that murder is no less murder even If, the murderer or his aiding and abetting agents notl ey the victima in advance, and that piracy ia' no less piracy even if in ternational law be thrown to the winda and national acts beyond mor al Justification are) indulged) tn on the ground that war breaks down all lawa and restraints between people and nations, should bo set out. 6. Above all. and beyond anything else, must be tho firm demand, how ever, that the practicer, drat revealed In the Balaba case, continued In the Gulfllght and reaching Ita climax, a? far aa American interests are con cerned, in the destruction of the Lusi tania, must stop, and that the United States insists upon the absolute as surance that this kind of Inhuman warfare shall cease. MAKE BRITAIN YIELD. According to Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who ls. closely observing developments in the matter of cot tonshlpmenta to European countries tba next congress will be lo favor ol giving Great Britain the choice be tween modifying her orders In coun cil or facing' an embargo on tba ex portations of arms and ammunition from the United States. Following a discussion with state d?partaient officials, Senator Smith declared that there waa no recourse left tba United States except to re. oort to auch means aa lay within it? power to compel tba British to re aped the neutral rights of Americana; All may ba fair in love and war, bat wbat's fair may not be alway? haman. Sinking of tl Editorial View? Fros* Home of the I War B) A ssa-'.I nal ?un (New York Times.) FfMII <Mlt i (Cpl I I I, .. Ill of State I lif rt- mutt go I'I the liiipcnnl government nt Berlin n denian I tlmt tin- Omnana ?'lull rio i. i..-. r make war like nvagi . dnillk ?kith blood, I hut they shall eeaac to w<ek Itu- attainment ?if their hy I hi- u>*ujuiiiation of uon-rouihalnnt? arid irn tr?l?. In thu In-.'.,iv of war* there i? no single tlr?i ran pe rabia m it* inhumanity und Ita horror to the destruction, without irarninji hy Geminn torpedoes of il-.- great steamship LUM tania, with mona than l.xoo wmi* on naurd, ami among them mort- flinn IOU Anni.un?. Our tim ia nd must ls* muir, and lt ?ill li? heeded. uni??? Germany m her mailne.? would hu ve it undent ood that uhr i* at war Hil li Um whola civilised world. For many hon;, v.M ir.luy iii? hope wo? cherished timi th? p?? .angrra and new ol the ?hiii luid baan caved, hut Infer it ara* made certain that there hm! Iieen mi appalling IIMJI of hf,., mut than their wa* here full realisation of the ext rettie, serum? - uc?? of Un* Loiret art of barbarity mid of il* ?fleet u|>oti (Mir relation? to the war. lt will Mit tin- Aineriran |>cople a? they have not been Stirred inure the destructiMi of the Minne in ilie harbor ol Havan*, ami enveniment mid people will he untied in the resolve that Germany iiiu-t lr railed ni..,:, to bring her |.rar I ice? into ron* fortuity nilli the litige? of civilised warfare. Germany bia ?nntonly and without provona lion atilt ti. .heir death n lari/e. thrauth n? yet unknown, number of American*. The Ameri tan p. ?-i m. i- niionril the Lusitania were go* ifig alunit ll.eir lawful concerns, tiley were en tirely within their right, tor nu effective and lawfully established blockade annulleil Ibeir privilege to take passage lor KURIBIUI n hun rd a British .ship. 11 j,! Mich a blockade I,. er estab lished, even, it w.mld have t.eeii n monstrous rrim? for n Oarman aubmarina tn -.?mi the ?Ino In the bottom ?ill MM warning mid without affording an opportunity' to save the live? of the -lilli'-- company. The romniandrr of the (?cr inan Mlbmar?na had n right to destroy thc Lusitania, en enemy -Inp. ginee it i< obviou* thnt lie could not with eafety have attempted to ink' her a? prite to a (?en.ian port, hut it ha? alway? Iieen the law of ?rn ot ?ci that ihe passenger* und crew of a ?hip ?topped or fci-ed mu-t lie Inkeii off l?efoie ?he ia muk. The lo*? of M) gieat a utimlier of the passengers ?uni clew ot the l.u-ilaiiia ?how* that thia humane nile wit? inlhli-s.ly disregarded hy the German cap lain. It U an url, therefore, which tall* c-Lvr Jv within the ?cope and intent of our soleum admonition tu Germany. It ?II on I vin UM i v 10 flint our Ambassador nt Berlin nu? Ulai rucad to ?oy io the German government that wc roold not assent to thc poliry embodied in it? declaiatioii of a war zone ul..,ni the British Ihlaud and tu request that governmeu' "to confider 'lefore uctiou i? taken the critical situation in tr*pert to the retation* between tin? country and Germany which micbt im-.- wrie tlie German naval forrvi . ? * to dertroy any men-bant ve-?el of tiic United Ktotc* or caune the death of American ritj*eii?." Wc further warned Urnnan>' that it would lie difficult for tin? government to viet' aurhs art? in any other light than u* an batta? fcnsihle violation ol neutral right?, "which lt would be very bard, indeed, to rreomcilo with tba friendly rrlatbn* .now happily subsist mg be tween tba two govemuienta." Proceeding then tit employ a diplomatic fonnula . ju-.y i?ecc? aary in nitereourer between two friendly nation*, we further adnioni.hed the Imperial government that we *bould lie const rained In bolt! it to .tnct arcoon jbilily for Mich act? of ita naval authorities, "and lo take any step? it might be necessary to take to ?a fe gu a rd American live? and property juid to ?ecure to Aineriran citi aeua tba full enjoy nient of their acknowledged right? on the high ?ea?." Gemiany ba* disregarded thnt warning. Th? aerie* of ?rt? which include* the attack upon the dishing, the sinking of the Falaho, hy whirh the life of an American passenger ?rai bait, and thc destruction of tin- A.nun ?hip Gulflitiht flying Ihe American flag, now tearhi-i it* rulniiuation in tho sending lo their death !?>' dastardly asaanaui method* of a large number of American passenger* on the l.n?itonia. lt i a maller of Ihe gravest import for Oertnaiiy that in this case there ran tte no disch^mrr ol' responsibility. The evidence of deliheratioti. of an intent to destroy tbi* particular .-.Lip, i* too neurly con clusive to be ignore?!. Upon the very' day the Lu*itar:" ?ailed the Imperial German Embassy ' at \Va*hii.a,ion caused to lie published in the 1 newspape-* of thi* country an advertisement warning traveler* that ?hip* flying the flag oi Great Br,*.* in were liahle to destruction in thc water* abott the British Island* and that pas sengers "aaCing in the war aone "oo abip* of Great Britain or her "allie* do so at their own rink." There were other warning* . They were not heeded by the passenger* who soiled on the Lusitania, simply because it wa* impassible for them to believe* that a great civilised nation > like Germany would wantonly destroy ? mer chant -Inp carrying only peaceable non-com batants. Wa have learned much about Ger IIIT <. since the war began, much that has ?hocked UM world'? arasa of buiuanity, but thia I I ingot.ul deed waa held to he within the do , main of the incredible until it wa* perpetrated. lt transcenda in atrocity anything our govern ' ment could have apprehended at the time it - issued ita warning. Now, aa a necessary eeuuence of our note of I February 10 thee? munt be a further ronununi cation, and it must be something more than ' a protest. We must demand that Germany i shall not contiiiin? to make war on us. We may present the demand with reasonable con fidence that Germany will pay herd to it. She bas dca te herself irreparable barm by ber .pro cedures in the war. beginning with tba devas tation of Belgium, and it ia harm in thia* ale?; dreadftf instance without any compensating gain. Th? Germana cannot advance their causa ; by forcing the world lo perceive ?nd admit , that they are a people , apart, that the)- ara bent upon making war by ptetboda and prac ' tice? whirh civilised nations have long since ^ renounced arni condemned and try exhibiting . a deg!M of brutality which ia commonly aa , aorialed with madneac. lt ls not to ba behav ed that ' Mtber tba German government or 1 lu derman people ?ira wholly ina*!, and the notice 1 wa ara.' compelled to lake of tba destruction of tba Lusitania will, we hope, serva to recall , them to sena? aral reason. They cannot fail to understand lha effect lbw ' dead will have 'upon public sentiment in the i Uni tad Stats?. Whlla there ?nay bara baan . come among tia who, up to thia moment, ware ( inclinad to hold a suspended judgment a* to the Justification* and proc?dures of Germany, now ' Uta American people will ba of om mind. We , nra proverbially a people not easily aroused to pa asl na, there wilt now ba lit las of tba*. Tba Ararariaaa paopH wit Uti that H ia their ditty to ba calm, because tbs ocoasaoa ia too serious for ir-iulgeoce la vain eiritement. And happily tbera U a) Uta havd of tba nation h man cf ie Lusitania lent Edited Pupers ot the Country. proved KUMiflth mu? balai* .-. Presiijmt Wilson, I ?pru UM <>i lu? M rennth Bini ll** (labil'ial -.drer nea* of Iii' judgment, will-ii .-i oil promptings lo imreiis"i,ul,|e or I.:, 'v sr two Mut hr knows lin- |>eople who luive out linn r.l the head of thc nation, h<- will in*l fort i rr-1)1 :.i ... und un ilrrMinnl Ihr ixl 11 lg tim! pervades ihr country today, unii hr ?tU-rrspAnd to it hy lui, mg thc rum, wier roufM which pn-tice, right, uni houor drfiial.d. < i Time.tn Keep Cool. (Atlanta Constitution.) -]...;?. i rn WP ur? in osnmi.ii with lit? real . .I I hf wmld over th?? htrrnr of the appalling hi? of liff ntl thf lusitania now. inorr linn rvrr, our country should keep cool and I?' gnid ? il liv judgment rather than hy . mot mn Wr tnov Jiltiut rverytbiiiK thut ?nay I* char**.* ?I in connection with lin.? hundir disaster in which thrrf is int Uni thr added mull ol pifOlfdilatiiML Wi> ..inv rutulanUI Ihr want on disregard of thr livi-r of neutral?, not to spent of tho-* of nniinomtmlntit?. Wc tuny prides! (Jermany'a munnin: ??ur warume. ihm for loa* of American liff in hrr minn: mir I ?Ofral inns she wixild lie hrh! to "strict accountability.*' Alni lifter nil I? ?aid. ?ta pill?t Mill-|to 'low, eiffpt ii? to making clem Mir protest and thc fur? I hut reparation w ill lie demanded. Germany ia tusking war. seriously, intensely, -hr irevo thr world due warning of hrr pur* I OH- io niakf undcr?en attack on Knglish ci .in - infrrf. More limn that, pfinr to thc sailing of thf I.iiMtnnm. due v. ar mug was l(ivfn of thf at tempt Ulai would hf umdr. Advert uement over the ri gnat ure of thr German embassy in Wash ington forewarned those MU Lng upon the ginni Cunardfr n? lo what, they might r?|?ert. Bul all thal ?I??'? Wit excuse the hriitality ?rf the Lusitania horror I Our protest inudf lo Ilia Gem?an government nt the beginning of thf undersea campaign was riglit: we -lu.iilil rrpejt it. now following the Lusitania horror, in languette, if possible, even more emphatic; we should (jive Germany to un derfund beyond ult question that we will de mand* u reckoning mid enforce tint derunnd. lint tliHt does no' tvecessurily tiienii war. Thf people of t'..- t'niieil .State? do not want a war; they have no ri rsi re to lieronie euihroile?] in thu? European upheaval, and rouservativr Amer ica will coiiijrululatr herself that lhere is ut the head ol the govennnent a niau who boa (tcninuitruted his cupuhility in dealing coolly, ralfuly and dispassionately wt di each individual, incident that han brought us into contact with the quarrel across the Atlantic. It is this .-ame dispassionate coolness that is Heede?! now more than ever, and wr do not doubt that President Wilron will br equal to this occu ton. as he has shown himself lo be to others. As long as I herr is an honorable way for the United Stairs) lo avoid hostilities, not alone with Germany,' rast ?rith any of the wur ring ?Mil inns, it is the Sroursr^for us to pursue, lu no single incident yet have we Huffered abra dion o' our nat ional honor: nor U there any rcanou to believe that, in eb-taimng from bys- ' terieul liante, we will do'so in this instance. There are in the porta of this country sonic 170.O00.0OO worth ?>f rs?nnin -i.ips, inti-med here i or the war. Hrrrin may lie found Germany's bond for the satisfying of American demands: omi that we will rte tu it ?iui those demand? ar? enforced to tire letter cannot be doubted. Steady to the Shock. (.Charleston Post.) Plainly the destruction of American live? on the Lusitania, at thr sudden a-?ault of a (irr u?an submarine boat, bringa the United Slate, fare to face with a situation long for seen us the gravent possibility of complications between thi country and Germany. The American govern ment, upon receiving notification ir>| Germany's purpose to sink metchaiit vessrls plying british water*, put itself upon ?record as tlrtenninrd to hold Germany to "rt "?rt arcountahility" fo. Ihr sinking nf menean ship by "uccidenl" and to a lurga "measure of responsibility" for thc loss of American lives on peaceful ships of other nations ?lrstroyed without full opportunity, ac I cording to the usages of nations, for the safety of those a* nani. The precise "measure of responsibili: whirh would be assessed has not bren defined. The matter is still open, hut the incident of the Lusitania brings it to tbr point of definition. The attitude of the United States wag baaed on general principles, not on specific complaint. Obviously, Germany's art is not directed against this country, anil any injury suffered by the United States or ita citizens ii an incident of tlie German warfare upon British commerce. Thc Cn-nnan doctrine is that the belligerent hat the right to mark out a too*/ of war upon the high seas, within which all rules ure suspended and all rights lost to neutrals. Tho*e who enter it come at their peril and have no rediras for injuriea suffered. Within that tone the Germans ish ship they can reach, according such oppor havr declared their purpose to sink every Brit tuuitiea for safety to those aboard as the rt tgenriea of the situation permit, and no More. They have given extensive and repeated warn ing of their intent iona and have moreover, given many examples of their ability to carry them into execution. The American doctrine la that neutral ships have tba right to pass freely on the seas: that tb? buRMaa of war must stand aside for the bueincee of peace; that the belligerent en croaches at bia peril on the right of the neu tral, rainer than that tba neutral encroaches at bia peril on tba right of the lielligerent. By the rights of belli;*rent or neutral in thia definition ia meant auch aa ara areli rstabllabed and rec ognised in tb? international code. Ona of 'tba moat clearly defined and firmly established of thesse ia the obligation of a lielligerent to spare tba H voa of peaceful persons aboard ships sub ject to captura at aaa: Then? ht no provision for such method of warfare as tba Oermans baye, instituted through the a gen ry of aubma lines. Tba possibilities of tba submarine have not baan estimated heretofore in tba prepara tion of codea gswarning war. Tb? Germana evi dently bold that they are not to ba bound hy a coda that i* not up with tba developments of war facilities, wheo they have eugine* at bond whick may eave their national exfastence. Thora ia aorrtethini in that arrurneot aa it; applies to tba enemy, but it bai very little for?a aa ta tba neutral totareat. On the other hand, if tba prea anea of a neutral aboard an enemy ship balda that ship immune against attack under tba Oarmaii codas obviousty tba whole system may bedefrated by tba very ?impfe tlc vire of thc enemy taking always a neutral aboard. 80 tba problem begin* to spread unrhedistel- tba point of division la paaaed. Tba whoa* tat n ia as to tba right of way upon tba aaaa between tba bel ligerent and tbs) neutral tt?iit?L It ia precisely UM amino issue aa that p reata.led ia our disputo with Groat Brits m over aaterfereoco wit? Amer ieaa wsmaramaj. In tho one case, tba losa of property wad profits alono bi yaarorned, in tba otho? hura an Ula-ia tb? c-nsMoratioa. Ia puro wagon tba* lg no rtiatfcrtia-. but, tbatt U a Summer-Proof Suits When the mercury creeps up above the 80-mark, it's high time to hike for a low temperature suit. We've a wonderfully cool, collected lot of zephery, feather-weight gar ments fresh-blown from the finest tailors. Palm Beaches, Mohairs and Tropical Worsteds. . We've ordered them cut in lithe, bouy ant lines that make them LOOK as airy as they FEEL. They're the best comfort-insurance you could possibly buy, and fully as fashionable as a trip up north. They'll bring the northern coolness to you from now until Fall for from $$ to $15. Boys' Palm Beaches $4.50 and $5. "TtW Stm .mB? m Cmmkma .point ni which rernon vanishes and ?entunen*: dominates. Ha* tlint point been readied with thc iii i li m j: out of a hundred American liven in a twinkling, a.? thc Lusitania irj? destroyed? There has been ample opportunity for ron-id eration of the possibility of jus; such n tlnng ss has happened. The finking ?>f the Lusitania has I iee n many times imagined, and especially on her fated voyage was the matter freshly in tile mind of the world. It can hardly lie said that the desi ruction of the vessel is a .-ni prise. The loss of life incident to it is a shock end a horror, however, to a word already mk with the woe of war. The people of the United States will not lose their balance suddenly in the force of this blow. There will be com paratively few to follow the foolish lead of ex-' President Roosevelt in denouncing ihe art as "pure piracy," and calling for swift action by the government, whatever that may mean. The great body of Americana will await in patience and confidence tbe weil erm.Jeered course of the president of the United ?taie-, wno is charged with lise welfare of the country, and who bas shown a full uppr? -intiou of .oe resopnsibilitira of his office and un bbi!!i? to guide the nation m troubled waters. When, upor a full inves tigation and ascertainment of all tbe farts, tho president determines the course for the country to pursue, he will have the loyal support of every true American in it. |f Germaay Triampur*. (News and Courier.) The Springfield Kr publican concludes aa fol lows a discus-ion of the Kinking of the ' Lusi tania : "Revolutionary* changes in naval warfare, such as the Lusitania's fate may forecast, can hardly fail to throw the established rules of naval warfare into the melting pot; the very success of the attack on thia splendid ship may unfortunately stiffen the German? in their de termination to maka the meet of their oppor tunities on the sea, utterly regardless of thc murderous deterioration in the moral character of the wartaru which submarine attacks on pas senger ships involve. The base, inhumanity of torpedoing such ships without warning tends to piare the submarine on tbe level of the assassin, und from this point of view modern civilization will be neible to escape ita fearful responsi bility in reshaping tbe laws of war when (bc final accounting takes place in the great ulti mate ossiie of the nations." This sounds well; but what dora it mean? Suppose Germany should win-aa ia possible, as, indeed, is not improbable, if aha is to be per mitted to resort to the use of any and all meth ods for the destruction of ber enemies-what force in such event will exist in "modern civi lisation" which could comped the action which the Republican urge*? Thia is a reflection which should help bring home to many the truth that it ia impossible for the United Slates to be merely a disinterested observer of the great European death-grapple. The Embassy Warning. (New York World.) The Observer gives a copy of the advertise ment which the German Embassy caused to he printed in the New York papera, and which waa disregarded by the Lusitania owners and the people who took passage on the ship. It ia conspicuously displayed in targa .type, and in "box*' form-that is, with nues around it. The warning ia to this effect: NOTICE! "Tra vd Wa intending to embark on the At lantic voyage ara reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and har allia?: that tba ?ona ol war includes the watara adjacent ta the British Isle?; that, in accordance with forma) notice given by the I meriel German government, v.v srl> frying tim flag of Omit Britain, or of any of ber allies, are liable to t>-atructiori ia thoa? watara and that traveller* sailing ia tba war son* on ships of Great Britain of ber allies do svo at their own risk. . IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY, "Washington, D. C.. April M. IMS." It ia said that tba embassy'* warning "had never been officially rcamm imieated to the Mate dnwri-ment." As tba gmarnrnent is in no way ras*ort?ble fra- tba Miling, bf British ship?, thc failure of the embaasy to give notice to tb? ?Uta department Trill scarcely have much legal bearing on tba atatw* of tba case. Undoubtedly the Orman government -?rill art much store hy tba warning it caused to ba prie*ed. -latseasatc Policy." (Cbariotle Obeerver.) It ba* often kappwaad tba* tnen in their das Deration hara become outlaw*. But wa treal! no other in*t**in? ia which a great nation bat deliberately adarted to betxarive aa outlaw. Thal ia tba tragedy of tba ! nara ?ala policy tba? tb? German gti.irmuwU 1? pursuing and. eventually .tia German people will pay a staggering price for their gu maiga ?fa folly. If tb? world fa again to ba -ruled by barbarism, tat K ba a bar barism that-doa* not aa??quirad? aa Xuhur. Cl vibration night -better pariah than to sur vive mo tba tarta? that Gananny otters to anna ?ted._i_?V ODDS AT> The blue or sulphur-bottom whulu ls one of the largest animals that has ever existed on earth. Although tis mouth ?8 so large that a dozen men can stunt upright in it, HP throat is only nine Incbea In diameter. An other curious thing about this enor mous creature is that its diet consista chiefly of tiny crustaceans-shrimps three-quarters of an inch long. New York City ls declared to be "the greatest philanthropist in the world." Jt spends annually in caring for dependents and the sick about $17.000,000. A species of bird found in British Guiana has claws at the ends of the wings, to aid it in climbing trees while young, but which drop off when the bird becomes old enough to fly. The mountains of Porto Rico are so magnetic that they attract surveyor's plumb-lines, and lt has been found that some old surveys are Incorrect by .half a mlle or more. . . Young female eels make their way i from salt to fresh water, and wheu full grown return to the sea. ABOUT Tl Big- Pigeon Balser. Judge Davis made his first ship ment of pigeons thia week from his pigeon farm. The shipment, which included 100 pairs of pigeons, was made to Capt. A. C. White at Flor ence. It is understood that Judge ! Davis received a fancy price for the| birds.-Dillon Herald. Compulsory Education. Marilee District No. 3 ia the first district in the county to observe the compulsory attendance act Harli co ia taking advantage of the provisions of the act and the trustees are mak ing a systematic canvass to see that I Ita provisions are enforced. Harllee| I ia to be congratulated upon thia pro- ? gresalve step. May others follow its] example.-Dillon Herald. *!."'? Bounding Vp Horse?. Another train of 18 cara of horses bound tor the Virginia coast for ship ment to the allied forces, ? passed through Seneca last Wednesday. There were about 360 animals in the lot. A few days before this a load of 700 horses passed Seneca. Agents of the belligerent factions of Euro pi) are scouring the whole South for these horses, taking only the choicest stock that can be found. Thia means, of course, that within a abort time thia country will conaequently suffer horses will nearly double in price and a aerioua loas.-Seneca Farm and Factory. / ? ?? + ?.>+ +/+ + * + + + * ? * ? WIT AND HUMOR. * .fr ? ?????? + + + + * ? + *> ?i Tickle? and Decelr*d. An egg plant bearing tomatoes ia a nature freak ' being exhibited by Thomas Hill, an expert gardener of Bevler. Mr. Hill 1? fond of conduct ing experimenta with plant life, and explains that the misguided egg plant la the result ot seed inocula tion.-Kansas City Times. Nnam*! Mr, Stubbs 1 What, in the meantime, has become of your old Armageddon friend, Wal ter Roscoe $tKbbs? .Boy, kindly pago Mr. -Stubbs. Cal 1-1-1 for Mls-a-ater Stub-b-bss!-Kansas City 8tar. DisappelKted Winner. "Did yon ?ota tor prohibition rv. .?I-did." replied Col. Bottletop. "I thought lt would please my folks and make no difference. I had ' no . idea so many , other people were going to rota tba same way."-Washington Stat. W ENDS To smooth rusted flatirons, take n rough piece of towelling and cover it with salt. Rub the . heated iron on this, then rub ovor lt a piece of clean rough cloth. Paint the inside of bureau drawers with white enamel If you would have ? them fresh and easy ut clean. Before cutting newly baked bread always dip the knife in boiling water. After fowl of any kind is cleaned the inside should be rubbed thorough ly with a piece of lemon before the dressing is put in. A bag full of naptbloin suspended Inside a closed well or cistern will drive away the female mosquitoes, which Beek these places to lay their eggs, without Imnjrtlng any unpleas ant taste:or odor to the water. The so-called "death watch," with Its mysterious ticking at night time, ls due to nothing more serious than the'furniture'beetle. The larva of this insect burrows in tbe furniture, making the pinholes which are often to be seen in old furniture. IE STATE Erecting Stands. Work i. s begun on tv/o grand stands at the race track on Hampton avenue for the accommodation of the large crowds that will attend the fire men's tournament in Greenwood May 18. 19 and 20. Bach stand will hold 2.000 people. Mr. W. W. Fouette has the contract and will finish the work in a short time.-Greenwood Journal. Buys a Spring. Col. J. T. Harris, who discovered and developed Harris Llthla Spring and later White Stone, baa bought himself another mineral spring. The lateat purchase IB up at Campobel lo, a spiring that haB a fine local reputa- . lion. , It was one time owned by Dr. J. T. Calvert and associates of Spar tanburg. 'A farm of over 200- acres goes with the purchase.-Greenwood Index. Oxford Student Bnsy. Mir. J. L. Glenn hus received a let ter from the Belgium relief authori ties in New York stating that Mr. J. L. Glenn, Jr., who left Orford univer sity several weeks ago with other Rhodes acholara to do relief work lu Belgium, is still at Namur and ta do ing yeoman service. Owing to dis turbed condition of tho mall facili ties ia it very difficult to get letters through, and lt has been several weeks since a letter waa received here direct from Mr. Glenn himself. -Cheater Reporter. + ?*. ? * +' + + PALMETTO SQUIBS. ? + - .?*>'. 5? Proal. Here. There ls no ut for tba: weather man to adhere BO strictly to the dry propaganda.-Gaffney Ledger. Playing. Quits. We dont like tho way some people farm, ma 'a store or practice Jaw a bit better than they do tho way we run this paper. So we ara quits - York News. \ - . i ii ? I i - - - . - - ? Some CemfeiV Ii win be encouraging to the chil dren ,to learn thru front the; seed? of the ca?*?* oil "plant a Oermtn chemist bas . extracted what is aatd to be th o ? moat powerful pol eon known--Dillon Harald. Ok, Yea, Of Cearae. Tea, gentle, reader, lt ls entirely proper to ; send - the editor strawber ries by parcel post if yon caa not de liver them in person.-Abbeville Med- < lam.