The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, May 23, 1915, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1915.
And yet a gallon-a-month can get
you In a peck of trouble.
o ?? .
Who will be the Julius Caesar of
Italy If she goes to war?
''"O'
If silence ls golden, Teddy wouldn't
know pig Iron were he to see it.
Charleston Boy Tapped.-Headline.
W* thought they were called kegs.
? ... O' ? ?
The Kaiser should bear In mind
that a soft answer turnetb away
wrath.
When Italy geta luto Ute war we will
expect to see that "fine Italian band"
at work. .
England's Lord Fisher ought to be
handy at angling for German sub
marines.
Well, Blnce no one has expressed
the wish, here's hoping it will prove
a safe and sane Fourth.
City's Sheep Sheared.-Headline in
New York paper. . New York ls pret
ty good fleecing anyway.
The per capita wealth ot the United
States la computed at $1,956. We'd
like to know who has our share.
If wealth ia a burden, as they say
lt ls, then why do some rich folks
.wing on to lt aa though lt were life.
We would be In favor ot pardon
ing Leo Frank, provided he would j
sign a. contract not to go on the atago
or write a book.
' '"O'
Mount Lassen, out in California, ia
erupting again. Ought to be a great
drawing card to get nisi tors to the)
Panama-Pact fie Expo.
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Farmers G i In For Potatoes, says ?
Calina newspaper headline. In
e absence of furrier lnformatlon.1
surmise they go In the ground for
-m.
lumbla ls to organise a drama
in the fall. They would have
bt0 getting plenty of comedians
would walt for the convening
legislature.
lon e*7? ih? Balkan war gave
u?e Balkan blouse. When
wa Ota' ?word we suppose
?be long until well be wearing
if?aronl trouser legs.
m -o
paper speaks of the
tigers by the sheri*
call any names,' saying
bee? imada public. There
aa well aa blind tig
MK. H'UEK'H HAU.HOM).
Mr. K. H. McGee of Greenwood IR
on tu a 'Mr Iniagi a new railroad, and
w<* liop?- he will be able to put it
through. Wo need nother railroad
in this part of the Stat- and we need
it badly. There are nonie fini* sec
tions of county thal are walting to be
developed. They ure walting for th?
railroad. The railroad IH in many
respecta Un* beginner of prosperity
a? well ax of civilization.
Mr. McGee has his eyes on that flu*'
section between Oreen wood and John
Bton. And its flue alright, good soil
and virgin timber, beautiful round
yellow pine.
Hut wc have been wondering why
.Mr. McGee wants to carry lils road
from Greenwood to Augustu. We al
ready have direct connect luna with
Augusta.
What we need is a direct connec
tion with the lower purt of South
Carolina, with Charleston, with Sav
annah, and with Florida.
Now il is Just about as far from
Creenwood to Dentuurk as lt ls from
Greenwood lo Augusta. And whut a
difference that would nuike in tho
railroad business- in South Carolina.
At Denmark we would touch the
Southern to Charleston, the Seaboard
to Savannah, and the Coast Line lo 1
Oraugeburg. 1
Now whenever any one goes from 1
this part of the world to that part, he
IIBB to go round by Augusta or round '
by Columbia. There ls no direct out.- '
let from this section In that direction. :
Such a short cut railroad would be '
a prize that these roads would like
jump at like jack Ash once lt v? '
built. But we think the Seaboa.
would be the one that would want kt
most, as lt would connect their lines 1
to a (IUIBII, Denmark to Greenwood
and Anderson.
THE IDI AL POLIl'E CHIEF?!
In the death Et Greenville Friday i
night of Capt. h. H. Kennedy passel '
one of the most gallant gentlemen it
has been our pleasure to know. For
26 years he was head of the Green
ville police department. He always ?
struck us as the ideal police chief.
His general appearance was the most
commanding of any officer we ever ,
knew, tall, erect, broad-shouldered i
and large of frame, with an eagle i
oye and a countenance that did one !
good to look upon. While he was !
firm and unswerving in the perfor
mance of duty, he was never cruel,
and was only harsh when the other
fellow forced him to be. But it was
In his bearing that Chief Kennedy im
pressed one most. He was a prince, i
but was never given to gush, and to ?
women and children particularly he
appeared a Chesterfield. He was such
a man that when Ode beheld bim
riding lils horse at tbs head of some
public parade the onlooker felt a
distinct sensation course through his ,
veins, a sensation of pride and admi
ration.
"Capt. Kennedy was not a commuU
cant, hut was s sincere believer In the 1
Christisn religion and the greatness ,
and goodness of God Almighty," savs <
the Greenville News. He was more 1
than that. He was absolutely incor- '
ruptable. He was braver than a lion,
kind-hearted ss a saint, true to his
friends in the sublimest measure. 1
There are men, formerly news- (
paper reporters in Greenville, scat
tered all the way from Russia's coast
to Samoa, who will testify that in ?
those old days Cspt. Kennedy was J
tholr best and truest friend. A re
porter had to but show this ga nt
officer that lie was worthy of . ' uti- ?
dence, and thereafter he had no fears 1
about not being able to get " on the
Inside" of any big "story" that was
brewing In police circles. No report- (
er who always toted fair with him <
can say that Chief Kennedy ever I
"threw him down" on any story, or (
ever withheld one fact, though often
lt was not F rtible to publish all.
It la with a sense ot "uty that one ,
who as a reporter never had any 1
trouble getting a "scoop," or "seor- ?
lng a beat," because he stood four
aqua re with the chief and the chief
always came clean with him, comes t
forward and Ut? drop a tear at thia r
old ir'end's bier.
The Cae! ead tee Orchestra Leader.
"I should think," remarked Mr. *
G rowdier, "that the chef of this res- '
tauraat would be envions of the or
chestra leader."
"Wayr l
"Because lt people dont approve of <
the food they can make a protest <
But they've got to sit np and take the (
music whether they like lt or not"
Washington Star.
At lae Font. !
Once upon a time a small boy I
about three yeera old was taken to
the church tb be baptised. As soon
as he caught sight of the bowl of I
water in the minister's hand he re- c
membered hie antipathy for the bath <
tub and straightened himself up for ]
the attack.
When the minister approached him.
reverently dipping bl? band In the t
water, the little fellow said: < ?
"Ii you put soap In my eyes 111 bus c
rou open/^Natteaal Moo thin.,, 1
GERMANY AND PUBLIC OPINION
(New York World.)
The Berlin correspondent to The World reports that he has found "no
disposition to seek deliberately a conflict with America," and ijuotes a high
official of the government as saying, "Germany la not quite tbHt mad."
The comments of the German newspapers, nevertheless, are generally an
tagon ii in- to the United State, and nome of them are openly hostile. These
' ommenta need not be taken too seriously, however. The Gennari govern
ment can change the tone of the Orman newspapers overnight whenever
lt is so disposed.
This was shown In the earlier months of the war when German opinion
vas llrst mobilized against Russia. Week utter week. German newspapers
und German writers fixed the responsibility of the conflict upon Russia, and
Russia alone. Suddenly it suited the purposes of the government to faBten
Hie blame upon England. Instantly the attitude of the German press to
ward Russia was softened and the campaign ot hate against Kngland began.
That campaign has continued without interruption. ' '
German antagonism toward the United States as reflected In the German
press is of compurutively recent origin, lt all centres around the aale of
munitions of wur to the allies by American manufacturers, and obviously
draws its inspiration from government sources. This sentiment has grown
steadily in bitterness, but it eau be checked whenever Berlin -sees flt to
iheek it by admitting the truth-that there has been no violation of interna
tional law In American trafile in munitions of war.
German sentiment need not worry the imperial government. The sentiment
to which lt owes most consideration is that of the United iStates. and this sen
timent is not only unanimous but ititself-ereated. No government has had
a hand in manufacturing lt. It is the deliberate opinion of the American
I'eople.
In his despatch to The World from Berlin, Mr. von WIegand says that "lt
?eems to be pretty generally recognized in this instance that there is a firm
Hand In President Wilson's velvet glove." That fact cannot be too clearly
recognized.
The German government has hitherto been miserably informed about
\nierlcan opinion. It has taken our partisan differences seriously, and has
.ven deluded Itself Into believing that there would be civil war in the United
States if wrose came to worst with Germany. Unless German representa
tives in this country have failed miserably In the performance of their duty,
Merlin must know bv this time that the American people are completely
Milted on this issuo that President Wilson's policy of strict accountability
is their policy, and that his note to Germany ls their note. Knowing thlH,
Berlin must know as well that the American people are hoping for a peace
Mil, honorable settlement of the issue, but that the whole responsibility rests
upon the imperial government.
A public sentiment that can be made or unmade by a government means
nothing in such a crisis. But a public sentiment that is the voice of 100,000,
D00 people means everything and the future relation? between the United
states and Germany depend wholly upon Berlin's ability to understand that
neaning.
AMERICAN "GAS BOMBS"
(Augusta Chronicle.)
Americans who have condemned the use of poisonous gases by the Germans
ire likely to receive with mingled emotions the news that the United Statep
i-overnment ls conducting a series of experiments at Fort Sheridan, with a
chemical bomb, Invented by Dr. L. H. Fowzer that the purposes of the bomb
ls to cause instantaneous death through the rapid diffusion of gaseous poi
sons, and that the govern uent SB thinking of adopting lt if the tests demon
strate Its success. It is further reported that the chemists of the war de
partment have been working for a year to perfect such a bomb.
It will be recalled that at the last Hague conference the representatives
Di the United States refused to join In a prohibition of poisonous gases as
weapons of war. declaring that asphyxiation was no more inhumane than
mutilation, and that gas bombs might really prove to be more merciful than
shrapnel as agents of death.
Dr. Fowzer, however, makes no such argument. He alms, he says, to elim
inate war by "making war so deadly that men will recoil from It in horror."
Vet all the inventors of new modes and implements of slaughter have pro
fessed the same laudable purpose.
In view of the unfavorable impression created in this country by the Gor
nau use of deadly gases, there may be public protests against our govern
ment sanctioning the practice. It is possible, however, that all the belli
gerents will soon have adopted the new weapon, in which case we. should
be obliged in self-defense to do likewise.
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Authentic records show that cinders
from a forest lire in the treetops in
northern Washington lost fall were
:arrled twenty miles.
The emperor of Japan is the repro
tentative of a dynasty which claims
o have possessed the thron? since B.
\ 660.
The official Inventory of the clocks
kt Windsor Castle Alls two. large
volumes and contains entries of 200
jntepiccos.
To pr?vient any shade of blue from
'ading soak for two boors in a pall of
irater, to which one ounce of sugar of
ead has been added. Then he sure to
iry well before washing snd ironing.
All hunters know that, the stag
reaps and lt ls asserted that the bear
iheds tears when severely wounded.
The giraffe ls not less sensitive, and
?gards with tearful ey*a the hunter
vho has wounded lt.
In Corfu sheets ot paper pata tor
noney; one sheet bays one quart of
Ice, or twenty sheets a piece jf hemp
loth.
Lake Erl? prod ucea more fish to the
iqusre mile than any other body of
rater tn the world.
Moles, clumsy and almost blind,
become perfect demons wheo they
luarrel. No one knows whst they
luarrel about, but when onco they
itart flinting one has to die.
Went a safe candlestick? Drive a
imall nail Into the bottom of a candle
o make it float upright, then place
a a trr.ibler of water.
The -highest temperature ever known
a, a human being was recorded in the
?ase-of aa Dalian recently. A victim
it lung disease, hts temperature was
38.
The coldest inhabited country ls said
o (he Province of Werchojanak. in
ttberfa. The dally mean temperature
?f the entire year ls *. 7? degrees be
ow ?ero.
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Horse* En Kout??.
Agents of the ullies are not yet
through with their purchases of horses
in America, judging from shipments
which have passed through Greenville.
On Sunday a train of 17 cars, cars,
each car containing 30 horses, passed
through this city en route to. Newport
News where the 'an?mala will be
transshipped to France. This was the
second trainload of horses to pass
through Qreenvllle within the past few
days. It ls understood that the horses
tbst passed Sunday came from Texas.
Casual Investigation gave one the Im
pression that the animals were of
good stock, and capable of making
first class food for German cannon.
Greenville News.
Growing Strawberries.
Strawberries have been ver; plenti
ful In Abbeville this season, and as al
ways have been very delightful to the
taste. The berries are selling now for
two quarts for a quarter. Mr. John
Duncan was in town several days ago
and brought with him 40 quarts and
then Bald he bad only gone over hlaf of
his bed. Mrs. George White gathered
a bushel from her bed on Friday,
while Mrs. Oscsr Cochran nas sold
$18 worth of berries from a bed ot
six rows.-Abbeville Press and Ban
ner.
Trees Are Cheap.
You often hear the remark from
some man that he would give a hun
dred dollars to have a nice tree In his
front yard. Not all of them stop to
think thst there ls a way to put a
nice tree In the front yard. Larg*
alxed. trees can be replanted at much
less expense than $106, and lt ls be
ing done right now in many places
throughout this a?d adjoining com
munities.-York News.
Pride o? Fire?**.
Lou sod Herb, the famous Iowa
bones owned hy the Marion fire de
partment arrived Saturday afternoon
for the tournament, and are quartered
at the atables on Maxwell avenas. An
other actable animal ls the Btshopvllle
educated horse abd still another ls
"Prince," the 22-year-old celt from
Columbia. Prince took first money at
Florence last year.-Greenwood Jour
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Palm Beach Suits
Spring is here ar.< the "Palm Beach" is calling!
Come with me, they say, out of that heavy winter
clothing and enjoy something that's really life
like.
These Palm Beach Suits that are sold at our shop
can be trusted, because they exemplify the charac
ter and policy of our store-QUALITY.
There's about fifty million of these same Palm
Beach Suits giving the utmost satisfaction to an
equal number of men; that's what they were creat
ed for; they are strong and sturdy and they keep
their shape, because they are built to reveal your
personality, and you hold your own shape, don't
you? .V, . ..
The price of these suits are from seven to ten dol
lars in Mr. Woodrow Wilson's money.
"The Store with a Conscience"
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? WIT AND HUMOR. ?
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How to Make Fat One?.
Anna Carlson's advice: "If you
want a baby girl to grow into a big,
buxom woman, just name her Dot,
Fairy, or Dolly."-Kansas City Star.
Doing Fairly WelL
~Mrs. William Evans had the misfor
tune to fall In her home last Friday.
S'no ls recovering from the effects,
but lt pretty well Jarred up.
Hamilton (N. Y.) Republican.
'? Where Death Never Calls.
"Is Loneville a healthy, place?"
"Healthy? Why, they'll have to kill
the the population on Judgment
Day."-Philadelphia Ledger.
f* Outrageously Funny.
'TU never again Invite that pro
fessional humorist to dinner," ex
claimed Mrs. Newly riche. "Why, he
made our English butler laugh."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Christian Assemblage,
George Christian and family and
William Christian and family attend
ed the Christian reunion at Grandma
Christian's In Otterbein all day
Thursday.-Lafayette (Ind.) Journal.
Practical Pa.
Suitor-Your daughter, slr, ls will
ing to trust me: why cant you?
Her Father-She doesn't care, how
much a thing costs, and I do.-Boston
Transcript.
Her First Ft?.
Mrs. McBride-Oh, John, dont cut
your pie with a knife.
McBride-Huh! You ought to be
thankful that I dont call for a ?an
opener.-Boston Transcript.
Easy Money.
Mr. Meekly-Our neighbor's son ls
always thrashing my boy. What shall
I do about lt?
Lawyer-Teach him how to fight.
Ten dollars, please.-Boston Trans
cript.
Weedarra! Maa!
The man who caa pass a dog fight
without stopping to rubber possesses
a brand of dignity seldom seen out
side ot a lunatic asylum.-Forest
(Os.) News.
Unseemly Delay.
No agent has been around yet
soliciting orders for a History of the
Great European War. "Why," ?ak?
Charles M. Harger, "this delay?"
Kansas City Star.
Sae Knows Her Werta.
From his netter halt Benedict got
ibis advice early In the course ot mat
rimony: "When in doubt listen to
me; when not la doubt listen to me
say wuy..'WAUant/v Journal.
The Part Cotton Plays Io Powder-Making
One thing that has not been considered in its influence on cotton values
Is the tremendous use of guncotton by reason of war. All the powder made
in the United States is manufactured out of guncotton. The same statement
Is true as regards Russia, France and Germany. About 70 per cent of the
powder made in England is manufactured out of guncotton. From *0 to 70
per cent, of the powder made in Austria, Italy, Sweden, and Norway is made
>f guncotton. For making powder Unters are preferred to the cotton of com
merce. Linters are. the parts of the fiber that adhere to tho seed after the
sinning. There are machines not only for cutting this fiber from the seed,
but, later, for shaving from the seed what rerfialns of the fussy stuff. The
powder-maker takes these fragments of cotton and chops and grinds them up
into particles so small thar?not one 1B more than three one-hundredths ot an
Inch in length, and than treats them with nitric and sulphuric acid. Then,
I ? washes them and gives another treatment to them, this time the dose
lielng ot ether and alcohol. That makes powder and for practically every
pound ot linters used one pound of powder is the result. In America tier*
?re five great powder plants. Two,-those at Dover, N. J., and Indian Head
m the Potomac.-are owned by the government. Three,-those at Karney's
Point, opposite Wilmington, Del., and those at Parlln, N. J., and Haskell, N.
I.,-are owned by private int erects. The normal output of the American
powder milla ia 10,000,000 pounds a year. The extreme capacity TB about
15,000,000 pounds. That means 80.000 balea of linters.
Europe's powder making capacity la from ten to twenty times aa great
is that af America. It ls possible for Europe to produce perhaps 300,000,000
pounds of powder lo ene year. It linters were used in all ibis powdeHmsk
ng lt would amount to 000,000 bales of Unters required by Europe. There
s a suspicion that Europe ls making and using all the powder lt can. If tb at
suspicion la warranted 460,000 balea of Untere would not be an excessive
sstlmate to make for this account If the powder people have not Unters at
land they undoubtedly will turn to cotton. It necessitates more chopping.
Put that does not signify If the need ls great. Some ot the cotton bought
by foreign agenta recently probably will be shot away In rifles and big guns
xcfore the war ends. Recent newspaper reports Indicate large orders for
runcotton ?or the belligerent governments.
It is the gun of large caliber that eats up cotton. In the firing of a> 12-Inch
ran SOO pounds of powder arc required. That means 800 pounds ot cotton.
Due shot of a 12-ijch gun requires as much powder as 48.000 shots of the riff o
in Infantry-man uses, or 160 shots from an ordinary field gun. It ls in a sea
ight that cotton comes Into Us own, however. Theoretically it ls possible for
i battleship In firing all Its gun to use 5.000 to 6,000 pounds of powder a
nlnute,--that la ten to twelve bales of cotton.
Linters ar? used in a multitude ot manufactures and there ls a demand for
ill that are put on the market, so, In a broad sense, all the guncotton used ld
powder-anaking in this war means that much less for commerce.-From
The Improved Otulook for Cotton," by Richard Spillane, in tao American
[tevtew qt Reviews for March.
A Yoong Logician.
Sunday School Teacher-William,
what most we ? do before we caa ex
>ect forgiveness of sine?
William-Sin.-Judge.
Literary Ifete,
"There is hack work and back
vork." said the literary man. "Think
>f what I get for mine and what the
laskman gets."--Philadelphia Ledger.
Befar* Ganga*? Day.
Amateur parlor entertainers could
tot have been quite BO bad In the old
lays, before they had Gunga Dhlo to
adte.-Ohio Stat* Journal.
Never!! Forget lt.
"When I left home ss a lad," said
Mr. Dustin Stat, "I had $10 In my
pocket"
"You'll never forget that day."
"No. air. It's "-o only time thst I
have felt that I could settle upon ?
moment's notice and be absolutely
sure my asets wrald cash In for more
than my liabilities."-Washington
Stan
Meten (Rowland says a husband ls
not one of the things money won't
buy. Who wants to buy a hush***.
Holen T OM of our subscribers would
like to know.-Toledo Hade,