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In order to avoid delays on account of personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer intended for publication should not bs addressed to any indi vidual connected with the paper, bul simply .to The Intelligencer.^.hh THURSDAY. MAY 1?, 1915. Carnegie made a .mistake when be didn't fortify his phabcT palace. ' ' Medora dancing ls mostly sitting around watching some one else do iL The gran??* will now el?vete the farm population by teaching tit:' tho one-step. * -o-' Some of the congressmen are at tending to their duties by pending their secretaries to Washington. --o-: There are days when th? official dispatch?? from the war ere nearly a? correct sa the unverified rumors. The giris wc*v*d probably be willing tb knit eccke td* the Belgians, if the boys woufc come around and keep them company. The new Reserve' banks are propriate to their .name In showing conaideerble reserve when anyone asks for a loan- -; The United ??les' military aEd narai forcea may not be prepared tot w?r, b??t they are always prepared fdr the next ejection. Many prayers tor peace sre belnn offered in th? churches, hut no one has as yet boen heard praying for thc health of the JBur^iean kings. Many churches are trying news paper advertising;this. winter, lt lt the eaatiest way to shake hands witt tb? whole town ?nd invite 'em all In It ls claimed that the United Statai is defenseless, bul anyway the arms is scattered around at inaccessible spots where the enemy can't get St Some jJeople will kick on Increase! railroad fares because tt will hittdei tfcara from uoing to some btg city ant buying gooda that they wilt afterward want to return. In view of the protests of our gov eminent agatost Interference will our coeuaer?.e, it lo believed that th< warring power? will let hymn-books ' be axpotted aa not contraband. . . ibo farmers .tfffifo parts of the ctstthtry ?re selilhg their horses and i poses. An auto j au>Mie is much IwjHiar to go to tows [to se? th? n'ov&k^ititure* with; mt SA VI.Mi CITY'S MON KV. By conducting the city's affair as though they were their own. and by applying the same strict principles of business that they adhere to In the management of their personal mat ters, the paving commission has lu the letting of contracts for street paving saved the city fully $25,000. The details of the manner in which this was done ls Interesting, but it ls not necessary that that be gone In to in thia connection, it (a a fact that by giving close attention to the matter of securing the best contracts and on the best terms, for doing the city's paving the commission has sav ed a large sum of money. It Is a fine testimonial to tho ability of these men composing the commis sion, but that ls not the point of this comment. The Incident ls cited to show what can be done in the man agement of the city's affairs when competent men arc placed in charge, and when they make a business of managing these affairs as judiciously, as they handle own personal matter*. Those who had the pleasure or hearing the splendid lecture hy Mr. Dixon at the chautauqua ^desday night on the sabject of "Tb* Social Survey'* or "Taking Stoik of a Town," will appreciate probably more than those who did not hear ths dis course the accomplishment of the paving commission in the matter of the street paving ' contract letting. Mr. Dixon's treatise on the commis sion form of government for muni cipalities waa' for ceful and convinc ing. /" The truth of much that he said about the advantages of having a etty's affairs looked after by a paid manager or managers, of unquestion ed business ability and Integrity, who would make lt their special and only business to conduct these affaira along strict business lines, ls borne out strikingly in lois rxshievement of tho paving commission in saving the city of Anderson this largs aum of money tn the letting of contracts for the pavement.. While the paving commissioners do pot receive pay for :helr * services, they sr? looking after the city's in terests a? closely au though they were paid large salaries to do that and nothing more. They are exceptionally patriotic citizens, howrr?*.,-and busi ness men ot rare ability, and trey JU*; to be congratulated on' the ad mirable manner fls^hl? thsyr ha?e hdndled this matter and sr? deserving of the highest i-raise and thanks pf the public generally. AN AKBRRSON BOY. There I? nothing of more value to Anderson then her young mee. and p?ihlng of which tho people ought .to be vuore proud than the-Bucees? with which thea? young'men are meeting In their lita work. Especially pught lt to bo ot source of pride with citlaeos of Anderson when ?ter young men go out in the world away from heire and achieve success, and are rewarded for their efforts.' For of what is i community to be proud if lt is not ber sterling young men and her noble young wo men, na whose shoulder* tho'respon slbllltles ot the country are to fall are many years. What ls of more value to a community than these, whst ls more lasting? These thoughts were prqanp'.ed by a personal letter which the editor re ceived from sn old friend, and in which he tells something about the success ot an old Anderson boy. liv ing away from here. ' Th? Anderson boy In. question ts Marshall Craig, than whom there were , none more popular and moro highly esteemed by ell at the time "ho msde his hom? here. Following, his graduation from Forman University a few years ago he went to Wl?mnlton, N. C" where, be served ss assistant pastor of the First Baptist church, one ot the lavg est Baptist churches tu th? Ststo of North Carolina. The pastor of that church has resigned and Marshall Craig has been appointed ar?Ung pas ter by the congregation, which num bers some 1 .SOO; as large or larger than thai of the First Baptist church of this city. The letter aler, teds of another honor conferred opon this Anderson boy. We had lt la mind to writ? an article teaed on the fact'? giver, in' this personal letter, but as the Utter Itself, or portions of it which moy be printed, tell th? story so well, we quote it: "I thought the people of Anderson would be fruin u? hear pt the success of MT-'uaH Craig, or perhaps I should say the Rev. W. M. Craig. He graduated at Ku man two years ago. aa you know. ?Since thea ho has been assistant pastor of First Bap tist churo? here, Dr. Foster, cur postor, is leaving ta become president j ?f Bessie lift, Jua? 1st Bo last Sun- j MsrshaH . wa?, sallied aa acting I pastor of the first church lu North Carolina, having about 1,200 mero < ber. He waa recently called as professor of English in Bessie Tlft College, Forsyth, da. This he refused on ac count of unsettled conditions in tao church here because of the pastor, Dr. J. H. Foster leaving. The peo ple here all love Marshall and he 1B one of the most popular preachers In the city. "I think his many (rienda In An derson would like to know this, so I am writing to you tor you.know him. "To .be called aa*Bcjing pastor of a large church jr,, this and UH profes sor of English .to a college like Bessie Lift la quite a compliment to a man as young a? Craig. Piesse don't men tion my name in connection with this He does hot know thr' I am doing this, and I don'* want him to know. He ls in Houston. Texas attending the convention at this time*." NOT BEFORE THE COITIT. Nobody who knows Justice Hughes ever supposed that he would consent, even tacitly, to become a presidential candidate next year. In the Washing ton correspondence of the New Yorli Evening Pont; some weeks, ago thc subject was taken up, and" the predic tion was then made that If the tall of Hughed ss a possibility came fror under cover, be would give it a qule* tus, This he has done. His state ment is very flat. The reasons he assigns for not per mitting the use of his name do Mm a great honor. He ls so jealous r the dignity and unsulllied repute ' the supreme court that he considei any members of lt as removed from even the suspicion of desiring a political office. So there will be no Hughes candidacy, for Hughes will allow none. The question remains, however, whether a nomination unanimously offered him br lils party, as the only way to meet a great emergency, would oe peremptorily declined. To that contingent question Justice Hughes does not address Liraself. It Is not yet before the court. PRACTICAL TOWN. PROMOTION. The question is often asked, what practical things caa be done to ad vef tise oar town. In some places the citizens weer "booster, buttons"-except when they go out ot town where the advertising might do some good. Some towns take write-ups of trade papers. If these periodicals have a real circulation, tbts ahould have value. Frequently the circulation ls confined to people who buy the write ups. In some cities busniess men print cuts of local scenes on their corres pondence envelopes. But you ' can't make a town seem attractive merely by a photograph of the brick walls of some factory. You nsed tb show pleasant streets, attractive building trees and other foliage, to givo some Impression of taste and civic self re spect. Statements ot a town's advantages are often circulated on letter heada and envelopes. These are so detailed that few people read them. Still they help the citliens of a town to respect their own achievements. Many towna display a town slogan gt the railroad station. These mottoes are often boastful and Impossible. If U.?y cor^ntrate in a phrase some real seri ? th? town ls rendering, the iov> ls excel lent Campaigns for new Industrias are common. These ar? hqpefut where the citisens are wi" ?lag to devote tinte snd money to the effort . All these Ideas are good If well .handled. But the most effective method -s the cultivation of town spirit 80?? Pispes are full of people who always disparage their hon? place. They think Otis shows that they are per*0*18 ot nne discrim ination. Thia attitude repels would be resident?, and dlscoursgea how? enterprise In oth?r towtis th? rltisens Uk* all possible occasions to speak w??l ot tt?lr own community. They com mend its school, churches, social Ufe, an? business puah. They ??dd away program* of . entertainments, pictures of attractive scenes. Lnews popers containing report? of notable ?venu. Wh?r? a town baa that spirit it becomes widely known. It can't help growing. " A correspondent seka what hs? be. come of th* old fashioned boy who used to walk three milos to school to get an education. Well, last now he ;? fitting on ? roek at the cross roads waiting for the transportation wagon to take him half a mile to the house. * .? *rr + ? ? * * ? + * + + * i I PRESS VliwS. i .:. j * + * ? * / After the War. Chunanooga News. Itf 1? greatly io the credit/of the English public tuat lt Is frowning on t?tt*inpts of some raVllcala/to foster hatred between the Brilia! and Ger mans even in war. There are two ?Movements to carry 00/ auch a pur pose. One of them if the Antt-Ger laaa league. The oth/r is the British iVtriotie league. Tile Anti-German League has a pledg/as follows:' I "We, the undersigned, agree to gether to use oujf best efforts to com bat German trae and influence in Great Brltaityand undertake to t-m pley no German labor in our cftlces or home, nor handle knowingly any-1 thihg whist is of German make or origin. We will deal avith no shop", ban UM ur hotels where German la hoi Is employed or German goods uold." The following very admirable com-4 me?t is made by the London Dls-T patch on this league: ..'i he whole thin? ls on outrage od ommon sense and no national nig iiity. We want no. autl-Oermaj leagues or leagues to prevent En? llshmen from doing business with or talking to Germans. We want leagues to get soldiers to defeat G?w many, crush Prussian militarism and alow the subdued common sense and humanity of the German nation ?to assert Itself. We .want leagues to ac centuate the- magnificent Impression made by the king's example in inn ning the consumption, of wine, sprits and beer in the royal residence. J We want leagues to encourage the work men in our ammunition factorie? to. Increase their output, leagued to deepen national efficiency for thrfpur pone of the war on which our whole future depends." lt is but natural that hatred should be intense between Germany and; Eng land during this war. But if there is any reward the' world hopes Jo get, from this terrible catastrophe if is the sweeping away of the armed rivalry between the two great power? How ever thc war turns out, it is ton lie in terest or civilization that the ?alanc? of power question, the international hatred, the miltarlstic questiop all he sett Ide. To begin at this time to fos ter bbtred for a period not only.tast ing as long as the war lastn.wut run ning after peace has been secured.' is foolish and vicious. When tie war is over the world prays that it will be lover. a . M k Rights eloCHttrflj ' Philadelphia Record. ? The man who publishes/a book or puts a play on tba ?tage-! challenges public opinion. He desires favorable opinions, but wo do not gee that his rights are impaired If helgfta upfavorf able ones: If an audience may ap plaud, why may lt not. hiss)? Ic chur ch it ia not good mannent-vtorexpresa any opinion at all. Applaus* jwceni.occa sionally tntabernacles, ann tot used to occur lu Plymouth- durch when Henry Ward Beecher w^? the preach er. In courts and in legislative bolles lt .ia a violation- of proprieties and of rules to express favorable br'.unfavor able opinions. .But whine the author or publisher, actor or manager, in vites expressions or apijroval lt ls dit-, 'rtcult to Bee why expr salons ot dis approval should be rei arded as dis orderly or libelous. \.n A dramatic critic In',, Mew York ex pressed disapproval of,/a play, and lie has been excluded frym the theatre and ls now trying to get Ute legisla ture to enact his right to enter. A book reviewer fn New York Is being prosecuted for 'libel because he ex pressed energetic disapproval of a book written by a rain about his do mestic affairs. It la s Very unusual thing for a man to do. and not a thing that commends itself to the general taste. It may be said that the <*r!t.~ waa excessively caustic In his com ments. But the map Who publishes a book solicits the public onlnlon. ..He hopes that the opinion will be favor? able; but lt it is unfavorable he h is no grievance, unless the court in this case shall hold that ht- haa. We do not attempt to decide the case; we shall accept the decision of tho court as, determining the author's" rights. But it doesn't look as, though a man who sought publicity han any substan tial grounds of complaint If the publie does not buy Use book, or If persons employed to express opinions about books express unfavorable opinions shout the honk, or about the act ot Ute author In writing such a book. It may be that sc thors and publish ers and actors -and managers have a right to favorable opinions and to pro tection from unfavorable-^nea. But lt will certainly seem a tittle singular if a man cac object, in-law. to an un favorable opinion from the court tot which he appeals. 'Books and plays are' appeals to'tho court ot public opinion. No one is obliged to go Into that court But if be goes, ba voluntarily be ought to. accept avadvsise judg ment without squealing. O. course, he has Uio time-honored rltht ot all defeated Iftigtnts of "going down to the tavern and swearing at '.he court." But lt he appeals for punta applause ho ought td be "game" enough to sub mit to. r-ubllc excoriation. '-_ * * ? ? 4 ?*. + ? ? * * PALMETTO SQUIB5? * * + + ? + + +-+ ? * ? + * Bean Doubt lt. If yo? doubt for a single moment -that oar babies aro not growing prettier^ ?nd prettier, fust ask the fond mammas!-Bickens Sentinel. Hwd ^Training. An>;-Sthe pity of lt le. China ts be ing nragited Into the ring before ?he gets a single days trataing.-Green wood Journal. " ? Itle Thon Tfeere. Be? ea yost guard fer ?he fellow who will now anon be grinding out l.khsaTsyilii?. tales .about the ivmber and ala* ot the fish he cog?r?t, WIT AND HUMOR. r* * + * + * ? * + 4v* * * * + ? Both Garrulous. "Here's a writer saya that it's the j Pcb and the aristocratic who are the j ?rst gosHips and scandal spreaders." "On the principle, perhaps, that money talks' and 'blood will tell. Boston Transcript. Partial Explanation. . The reason you can't get Central i ?when a Are alarm ls turned In ia that everybody calls at once. Why you can't ger Central other times la?t known.-Walnut Valley (Kan.) Times. Good Cans? for His Happiness.. What makes Blinks BO ple&aed. then his rich uncle didn't leave him penny?" ?Hi? lawyer promised him half, if! he'd contest the will."-Philadelphia public Judger. _^ ty v' *? ? A .Cold Bouche, John McDowell tells nf a famous ?Princeton professor who supplied the pupil one Sunday in the hamlet nt Penn's'Heck. He preached his finest sermon and ?thrilled the congregation in the little ?country church as lt had never been nthrilled before. At the close ot the ?service! he waa feeling particularly j ?weil satisfied with hlmaelf, when the leading elder approached and asked j him: , "Well. Doctor, what'a the damage?"] -Newark News. The Ideal Keyhole. It ls claimed that the phosphores cent keyhole bas been replaced by ?ons with a raised rim that -makes lt |easy for even the most unsteady hand to force .the key into it. At the same time, the only keyhole j that will fully meet all the nocturnal conditions will be the one that gets out of its frame and goes down town and hunts for its owner.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. . It Reminded Hint. He waa listening open munthed to tbs description of the way In which ?the great battleship f eet was. preper. ? ?tag torrita wo.'k of destruction. '^Hundreds o! thousands of tons of ' fuel are' necejsary to keep 'those mighty fires going." the reader., went ^ The listener slapped his knee. "By gum," he cried, "that reminds me. I atn't got In my winter supply j of coal yet."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.-j An Honorable Xtr-sie. Marjorie, aged four, was in the li brary with her father '?hi!;, ber moth was superintending the prepara-j ?tton ot dinner. The attention of thc head of tbe house. was attracted by a Hecretchl?g novad, and he looked up to ? ind his daughter ct work with a pair : Of scissors on the top ot ? polished table. "Marjorie," he Said sternly, "go ' ' yoe*, mother what you've been | dt*^ * "I won't do it, papa," she said. "Do think I'm a tattle tale?"-Judge. Offends Her Local Pride, An Inquiry by Mrs. Homer Hoch: ] "Have alt the mea who hate to shave moved to the little town? Or, are they tba only on ea who have time to stand on Oie station platform and watch the train pull In? Ai any r?ie they are there and give their town a very shift lese, hairy appearance as viewed i*on? the car window."-Kan sas City Star. K^'i*&,:-' Eseurfaioa Hates. The excursion train wa? well filled. Whoa the conductor eame around, a comfortably seated passenger **dd to him, "Der Ucket dake? ma fwo vaya; for rca price, dcri*t lt?". "Yeo." replied t?ie eo??scttvr. "VelL d*a. sbosl dell rae rich la dar vay dot'cost nodlngs, 1 vant to enchoy sse der fsa? rids.'*-Beaton .^fJripr script. . ? t May we have p you? Our talJcjn^?Tiach we will let the ct fabrics converse v Novelties in silk soft cuffs, at $3.Si in in adras and p< silky summery, f. double cuffs, $1.5 Eclipse ?hirts, $1 or laundered cuffs Sports Shirts-th absolutely corred from bank door They're for the la .a ABOUT Tl Rival For Baseball. The people ot Sumter seem to have the "fishing fever" worse now than at any time in recent years. Nearly every day there ls a party to go down to Black river or the. Wateree or come where else to spend the day fishing, not to mentloa the crowds who go out to the nearby mill ponds prac tically every morning. The luck of tito fishermen 'seems to have been Indifferent mostly.-Sumter Item. : Another Storm. There was a very severe storm in the vicinity of the Catawba dam ' about 2 o'clock Friday afternoon ? Large forest trees were uprooted by! the fury of the wind and a number of barns and other outbuildings ?vero blown over or. otherwise damaged, j .Fortunately np jr^>eraons'^fe^^tinred. The area offne storm was small,''as I lt traversed a narrow path after the] manner of a cyclone.-York. News. . I Snip Beef Cattle. The Camden Beet Cattle Farms shipped 23 head of beef cattle from tho Lugoff siding Wednesdayc They were all free of cattle tick and were consigned to dealers in Richmond, Va.-Carndhu Chronicle. I Alfalfa Bolac Well.. A citizen of the Bullock's Creek sec Mon who waa in Vorkville Wednesday, remarked the floe appearance of aev- ? eral alfalfa' patches In the section be- j tween Sharon and Hood town. Several! alfalfa growers have recently cut their hay and are hopeful of good results tba year provided the seasons aye fa vorable.-YorkvSlle F-nqulrier. O ingham is so celled because it' waa. I originally manufactured in Culgans, j !n Brittany. > . . . ? *n The original home ot,tho potato is! Cbiloe. say scientists. It has. been cultivated there since early in the.! fifteenth century. Cbiloe is an island] off the west coast of Chile. Che-Foo baa an American hospital ! Which ls stated to rank with the best tn the laraer cities of China. lt stands In fotir acres of ground on Temple Hil?, overlooking the city and harbor of Che-Foo, ?nd cost $60,000 gold. Ths bulletin of the Merchant*? as I sedation ol ?'ew York Oates thai the city of New York invested nt,20?, 251 last year i> the now Catskill wat er supply system, and $20,640,771 tn new subways. According to a recent official state ment issued in Petrograd, the inhabi tants of the Ruswtaa capital paid $10,-? ! 090,000 more for actual necessities of life in 1114 thr.n Uley dirt tft im: The advance In prices waa duo to OT !war. The foll?wtnf? Ure the articles; thwt showed lu isl? th? largest p*r- ; esatag? of increase Ho price over the .preceding year: Sah. ?9 per cent; des. CS rwr cent; groats Tf per cont; j *oar. 18 to SO per cent; batter. 12 per ! cent; mea*. 2d nw cent; sugar, UI per cent; sugar, 14 per cent; ?ggs> S per coat. , As tthowlng the possibilities for Use grewih in regions where irrigation bai to be depended upon. ?I is point ed out that Boise. Idaho, ha? as many I aa 94 different gide, of., araatweat leasure of showing ine is out of order- - 3lor$, patterns and /ith your eye. Manhattan Shirts, ). ManhatUn Shirts ?rcale, also in the ibrics with the soft 0 and $2. , and $1.50. Soft at newest novelty; t for wear anywhere s to waxed floors. dies too. 5Oe tb $2. I Sktt.tlBhjO /Onufl) wu "M 1 .'lim.'. ,n> mi 'I J" I H" ll ll .?W^WMMMI^WWl?WtW? IE STATE " Sunday Selling. Contrary to the expectation of some, the soft drink question for Sundays did not come Up at the meeting of council Thursday night. - It had been reported that applications to sell coca cola und cigars on Sunday would be made, but nothing waa heard ot it. This means that the law will be en forced on future SUndaya as lt baa been since the new administration took charge.-Greenwood Journal. Complimentary. Offer. Mr. Ellison.McKlsaick. who is to be graduated from Auburn this year, has received a very flattering oifer from the Westinghouse Electric Company at Pittsburgh, He has not decided yet as to whether he will accept or not. The plier heron; gradussw?|s.'a high com pliment.-Green woolf Index. Invent? Vehicle. vljiif'.ltv?/px7r$.: '? r -. '''/'? Prof. Joseph Alfred, of Lyndhurst, was in he city Tuesday and poid tis an appreciated call. Prof. Alfred has invented a spring motor vehicle which promises to be a great success. He has kindly left a . set of the drawings for. the vehicle in our office, and any one Interested lr- thc proposition ts knited to come in and inspect tuero*-Barn well Sentinel. Beady for Fires. The new anse and reel house for the Bamberg, fire department,has been completed and is now in commission. This ts quite an addition to Uk? fire fighting equipment of- Bamberg and one that was very much needed. Bamberg Harold. ... Only one modern sawmill'in operat ed in the territory of Hawaii. Egyptians tn < th? third century used to burn butter in their, lamps instead of ott. _ Tb3 tim? which elapses between the utterance ot a sound and Its return must be-moro than one-twelfth of a second to form an echo. Maslin was. first ? m*A? at (Mtosul, In Mesopotamia, and waa 'introduced In to Knglsna in the middle of the sev enteenth cenjg&Jfc - , Th? bvonet ls so calle? from the fact that the first once were made st Bayonne, France. The story goes that a Basque regiment,'being hard pressed awd if? ammunition gone, fefc ed long knlve* in their ann barrels and la this manner mad? the first bayonet charge. The ebarpa succeed ed and the new implement of warfare was soon after generally adopted; \? Sixty per cent, of FSngllah words a;>? of Teutonic origin, Sd per cent, arv Greek aud Latin, and 3? p?r cent, comes from other sources. The term , .'espita? p?uta?meM" ra ters to the obsolete punisfcn?at af (beheading, which affected tho hoad, j or "eaput." of a perso?, Ceneral Joffre only bee ame ? ge a er aUsshuo of the FrW* funny ia lilt, ba the refusal of Oecerel Pap to ac cept the od en Th? torwa forest o? Baden-Bsden. Germsny, yield? m annual profit of *6.*e per acre, or a te^l nat pront of nearly |?7.05t>.