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WEATHER FORECAST Partly oloudy Thursday and Friday Probably showers near the coast. i Those Russians ought to make good luise runners. I Hereafter it can truthfully said that Warsaw saw war. -o The more picnics wc havo tho moro the chickens will got it In tho nock. The photographers o? America aro to hold a conference and we look for many exposures. . The photographs of the heir to tho Austrian throne make it appear that he ha? a hair Up. ?-u Lcgcrdemaln Eovcnts Continue tn Mexico.-irileadlino. In other words, the course or events ls natural.. -o Wouder if (Secretary Daniels will Include In his navy invention board tm official press burea t' whose duty in times ot war will be to Invent lies. ' .Wtbon the humidity in Charleston si high -you aro bolled and when it is low you aie roasted, so what ls a fellow to do who goes there In the summer Wo Bee. where a howl is going up on Sui fl jim'4 Island for artesian wells to furnish drinking water. So they bal? been brought to water at last. Well doue. Manning. TO WORK STREETS. It will be good nows to the people cr tho city to learn that work 1B td be dono ou tho etrcets which are not to be affected by the permanent street Improvement. During tho past several weeks tho etty forces have boen busy putting down cement drains and Inking up belgian block drains, etc., preparatory to tho street paving, and the other reeta have been neglected on this aunt. bo heavy raina ot a fow weeks ago a great deal ot damage to the .ot </ and since that time somo ot lem nave not received any work, some places deep holes were wash out atld otherwise they were in condition. On account of thc bad condition of Kese airee!. o fact that tho the oliy have been resay fer he paying, fort, especially lu automobile?, Sev eral complaints bnvu been Itearjl, and no doubt thc ?ondition of tho streets ( aili d for complaints. As stated In another colum. the elly will now rent a road scrape from the county and with u force of hands will work the streets which are not to be effected by thu paving. (;i:HM\>..\MF?irAMM.n. In a recent Issue of the New York Times there was printed a document which deserves u with- circulation. It ls n letter written by n mon who might lay claim to being thc fore most exponent of German-American culturo-Prof. Kuno Franke, curator of the Germanic museum of Harvard University. For thirty years Dr. Franke has | labored unremittingly, and with run understanding, "dedecated," ns he says, " to tho one iden of serving Ger man culture in America." The letter, nt first circulated privately among Ocrninn citizens, was written "tn re move the edge of bitterness against Germany evoked hy the propaganda of the German-American National Al liance, and to muke the American pub lic once more accessible to Gorman arguments." Dr. Franke admits, to begin with. that? American public opinion lins been, and still ls, on the BJIIO of th? nllles. "Wo cannot ?chango this fact| in a moment," he says. "Wc must reconcile ourselves to lt. Perhaps | there is gathering a gradual rencllon toward the other direction. To co operate with that it the tusk of every German-American." How can such co-operation host br effected?- Of ono thing, nt least. Dr. Franke ls sure: "The most Ineffective and in judicious way ls thc way of tho j Gorman-American Alliance, which he calls "An attempt lo transplant thc national diff?rence*- of thc European war upon thc Internal politic ; of the United Staten." There is in this coun try "no Polish, no Irish, no Czechish question, antf every attempt to create such an issue would bo repudiated by tho overwhelming majority of tho American people BB a crime against tho fundamental principles of the po litical lifo of tho Now World." "Did tlio ' movers',"' t?o 'ask'sT ''really think they could do a uervlce tn thc German causo in tho United. States with this program? Did they believe that an appeal to anti-English senti ments and thc protest against sup posedly adverso discriminations ] against Americans of German descent! woutd create friend* for Germany in tills country? Did they believe that j there really was even the slightest! prospect that their demand for an em bargo on tho export of arms would bo taken up by congress or thc govern ment? Did they not sec that they morely embittered tho pro-English majority aF^nst Germany?" It was necessary to declare pub- j [Icly, ho remtuds them that un cmbar- j rn on arms export*? w??ld bo "a stop ilrectod Indubitably against England,' which carried with <it thc possibility >f a conflict with England." Dr. Franko hopes that public senti- ? j nont will como in time to demand [ luch an embargo, .mt if lt docs, lt' viii bo purely "os a defensivo meaB-1 ire to compel England ' to respect Vmerlcan trade interests." To demand | ..nhargo In the name of thc German- , Vmeriean National Alliance, ho de dares, can only cvoko tho reply that t Germany herself han always sold i inns to belligerent nations "without his having been * considered In Ger- , nany a violation of the dictates o? inman I ty and justice." Dr. Franke then proceeds with an j .loquent appeal to his fellow - German .iti/cns to conquer whatevctr allen >rcjudlcc may blind them to the In crcBts of their adopted country, as I \ necessary pre-requtslte for "pro-| airing for thc CUUBO ot the old Fath irland a hearing and nn understand ng ntnoug one. new fellow-country nen.'* Meetings of protest again',, "sup tosed adverse discrimination" arc tho 1 vorst possible moans, he says, "to < iclp tho German spirit in America to i ?blain recognition." The way to sue- c oed is to point out actually and free 1 rom exaggeration, what Germany has t ontnlbnted to human progress, and t o cooperate quietly in the upbnild- 1 ng of American life!" f To bring German Ideals to rec og- 1 kited Importance, for that we have i ho most abundant opportunity here I n America: and oven If this rocog iltlon is not so strong as we might rlsh, we ought to seek the answer for h?t rather in ourselves-that ls to I vy. In our lugging behind with our 1 wn ideals-them tn th? ddetlntercstod- i tess of oar environment." ( Ho hopes for a union of Americans t f all parties ?hfi |gfj|?Aftfi|lTl*pr- < ?t of peace. Above all he vants no 1 sciatica of the Gorman spirit, either ? a Europe or in America. i not only lo heal the physical wounds anti renton devastated lauds, but above all to build up again the empire of the Hjiir't. whtich Included all races and lands. And where could this upbuilding bc undertaken more auspiciously than here in America. Germana must not keep aloof from this rebuilding if for no other reason than for tho sake of the children of German-American parents, who must not grow up with the thought that Germany ls a self-exiled stranger among tho races and has no commun ity with the Ideals of the rest ot tho world." T1IK M V A ll 1,1 ! TOWN. Why un? so many country towns going backwards? During the past 10 years 650 towns In a middle western State have decreased in population. The rural districts of another have lost 180.000 people. Practically every other middle western State bas suf fered In the same way, and it is be lieved flint shortly every State of the Rocky mountains will face this con dition. At the snme time every large city in these States has shown a remarkable growth In population. This indlcativ? that the young people of the rurnl districts nnd smnll towns are gravitate to the larger towns be cause of tlie pleasures (and belt ter living cc iitions they hope to find there. Until wo make our small towns attractive we cannot hope to hold the young people. There must be amusements for them. We mutet stop the continual nagging, thc passage of narrow laws, tho constant fretting of tho older people who sec In the pleas ures of youth eternal damnation and thc end of morality. Times change, and with them goes the narrowness of puritanism. In years gone by, dancing wa? condemned. Now danc ing it recognized as a healthful pns tlme. It ls encouraged, or should be. If tho young people desire to dance tho new dances, why not lot them? The old peoplo of today, If they dance at all, waltzed and two-stepped, where their g rand fatnern and grandmothers danced square dances and the minuet. Simply because a fad is new, lt ls not necessarily immoral. Encourage tho young people in all tho harmless amusements of tho day, regardless of what you did when young or what your parents taught you to u ?. This ls a new generation wc are ti mg to keep In thc small towra, and youth demands Its play. De broad and lib oral. Narrowness in teaching or by law can only result in disrespect for authority and law; in making harder tho llvos of those who don't think as wo do or In driving them entirely out [>f tho community and to those places whero they can luve some fre? dom >f thought and action. 4 WA STING MON KV ON NKWSPA PK US." It's really too bad nbou: the sub scriber'who wrote to the Cimplvlls rl\\o (Ky.) News-Journal thc follow ing lotter: "Please send mo a few copies of the ?.aper containing the obituary of my mut. Also publish the cuclo3ed dipping of the marriage of ray niece. ?ho lives In Dobnncn. And I wish rou would mention in yprj; local :olumn, If it does not cost anything, hat I have two bull calves for sale. \s my subscription is out, i 'ease stop ny paper. Times aro too bad to waBte nonoy on newspapers " Ot course, this newspaper hasn't my subscribers like that. ? F I IN I' \" mWm% Ii?.?? A L I N E \ o' JJ O P E I ililli-'?wu , ", i, nt-BBJB Notices are reported to have been mated at the Drogon Mill to tho ef fect that the. big plant will close lown August 2 tor a period ot two reeks or longer. It ls customary for totter, mills gen oral ly to close down 'or a couple ot weeks or so during he midsummer, and lt ls supposed he closing ot tho Drogon Mill la In cooping with thia custom. Tho mills ire closed for a dual purpose, first o allow the operatives a vacation ind second, to allow for the cloan ng and overhauling ot the mill ma ?biuery. An Andorsonlau x;bo bas recently ?turned from a erip to Tybeo ts loud' n bis praises of tlio beru ty of that ?sort Us made the trip by way of rolumbla, leaving Anderson one af ernoon and spending tho hight In 'ulumbie. The following morning he ott Columbia a>--"'t 5 o'clock via the leaboard and arrived In 3avsnnah 10 o'clock. Tybec, lie slated, ls one of tho prettlorjt seaside resorts on tho South Atlantic seaboard, and Is very popular with people throughout a wide section of country. The Sun ?day he was there, he stated, there were almost a thousand people in the surf ut one time. -o One of thc bent known business men of the city, and one who has been living In Anderson for a num ber of years, stated the other dav that ho saw many more strain i faces In Anderson now than ever he tore and that he was at a loss to un derstand the reason for this. - o One cause of the number of strang ers here can bc attributed to the fore?; which aro now In the city In connection with the street paving. The Southern Paving Construction company hus sent a number of men to this city, Including superintend ents, foremen, surveyors, etc. Many of these have brought their families here to live during their stay and will for n time call Anderson their home. --o There's no scarcity of tish in Sene ca Hiver, Judging from reporta o? the number caught by at lenst one farmer who lives not HO far from Portman dam. This fellow, it is understood, has fish almost every day on his table, and catches them all In Sene ca River. Recently he mode a record haul of CO pounds at one time. -o Tho current Issue of Tho Baptist Courier contains an interesting edi torial with reference to tho distribu tion throughout South Carolina by Mr. M. M. Mattison, General Agent for thc Mutual Benctfl Life Insur ance, of copies of a maagzlue, The Pelican, issued by thl? well known company. In which the subject of al cohol is treated from tim standpoint of nisurance. The editorial is as fol lows: : One of the greatest'arguments for temperance that has ever bec riadt is that which ls given in The Pelican for March, 1915. The, ^Pelican ls a publication ot tho Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, N. J.', and this special number bas been scattered pretty widely la South Car olina by Mr. M. M. Mattison, of An derson, the general agent of thc com pany for this State. Wo aro not authorized to say BO, bnt we suppose ho would be glad to send copies ot this issue to those desiring them pro vided his supply holds .out. This issue of The Pelican was not gotten out for tho benefit of prohi bition. What lt ha,; to say on the alcohol question' is said solely in the Interest of its own business and for thc guidance of its agents. But lt in of immenso value to temperance sim ply because it gives the collective experience of a large number of In surance companies. Before giving some i'.eins from this oxporlenco wo will ask our friends to read this statement concerning the Investigation. We take lt from a let ter sent out by Mr. Mattison accom panying the copy of Tho Pelican we received : "In 1909, forty-threo of,. the princi ple life insurance companies in tho United States and Canada decided to analyze their collective experience on tho various classes ot the insured, rbis Investigation was put Jato the hands of the Acturlal Society of America, and the Association of Lifo Insurance Medical Directors, Rec >rds of approximately 2,000,000 lives ?ero Supplied, and these records cov ered a period of twenty-five yeal?. It required three and one-half years of :ontlnuons labe/, with the most op ie-dato electric sorters and tabulators Lo secure thc final result." This waa tho greatest investigation >f tho kind that was ever undertaken ind tho results and conclusions reach-' ni by lt can be relied upon on final ir as nearly final ns lt ls possible for inman Judgment to no on such sub lets. What this investigation re pealed as to alcohol ls e?niply start ing. Tho general conclusion reached ?ras that tho whole whiskey realm sae In the 'danger' zone so far ns Ife Insuranco is concerned. Those ?ho sell whiskey and those who l rink, j the wholesale dealer and the etall dealer, those who . drink mod irately as those who drink to excess, -all belong to thst elana which con it Unto a heavy risk to life Insurance empentes. Tho Pelican gives two tables which -egtcfter the results of this Investi tion as to tho whiskey classes. The trat table ls about the dealers and he second about drinkers. Ar to the dealers: - We have the acta concerning seven CISS?CS of bose; and concerning them at four titr?rent age periods. We can note inly two of those classes, hat tho loath rate, among sil o? them ls above he normal and twaonj; s?cete of them ' COING VACATIONING?' .Your "week end,, is our strong end. Here's everything for you men to wear that will add to your gayety and comfort. When you get away from work, get away from your business clothes. Palm Beach Suits in various shades; natural color, gray, and blacks and blues with stripes, $6 to $10. Light weight two-piece suits in summery worsteds $10 to $20. Silk Shirts $3.50. Sport Shirts $i up. Newest colors in cravattings. Silks and tub fabrics 25c and 50c. . "Tht.Ston.icah a Condo** nore than twice aa great as the nor na!. But the two classes we select iro those who own and attend their laloons and those who own but r-lio lo not attend their saloons. At the age period of fiftcen-twenty ilne, Bay, at twenty-two years of age, br this Ls thc medium ago of this ?eriod, tina death rate Is almost twice he normal. It thc normal ls reck mcd at 100, then thc death rate for he first class, those who attend their laloons, is 201. Tho death rate o? he other class, those who do not at end their saloons tai still greater. It s 208. They have more leisure and onsequcntly drink more and dio fan er. But the figures show that for a oung man of twenty-two to go Into ho whiskey business is to surrender ne-half of the remaining years that ie could of normal right claim?. But take the drinkers: The table ives thc facts as to five classes, but he heavy drinker is not one of these, iifc insurance companies do not take eavy drinkers. Wo will note only wo of the classes given, those who re in thc habit of taking ono glass f beer, or its equivalent, a day and hose who are accustomed to as much s four drinks a day. Both of these lasses have always been considered mong tile moderate-even temper to users of alcohol. And we have cen accustomed to look on such a ?oderatc use as practically innocent nd porfectly safe. But the facts go trongly tho other way. A young man of twenty-two who Is. t tho habit of taking a glaise of beer day will give for this privilege four ears of his life. It might be thought tat he began too soon, that if he had alted until he was, say, forty-five, L> would have been perfectly safe in ich a moderate uso. But not so. At >rty-flve a man has, according to the ormal reckoning, about twenty-five cars longer to live; but if he ls in io habit of taking only ono glass of ser a day he will pay five years out [ hid alloted twenty-five for thia .bit But look at the othor class-and 0 all know it to be a large one tose who take, say, four glasses of >cr, or their equivalent, a day. At renty-two their death rate ls 173; to ie normal, 100. That ls, they short t tiieir lives by about sixteen years, t thirty-five their death rate Is 205 1 the normal. . That, is, such a habit the middle sud prime of a man's to cuts the remainder ot his days ore than half in.two. He could have red thirty-one more years and go to, xly-aix but he will die at about fifty. Those figures prove concins'vely e tremendous danger In any oort of hissey drinking. There are those bo think, that all the evils about Iiiskey are In tho nefarious saloons td blind tigers and the other forms the liquor business. What they e seeking ls a reputable way io sell tfiskey; and they feel that lt such a iy could be found there would be no rm or but little harm tn drinking, it the insurance companies have rever killed thia del aston. They ive conclusively proven that the Mt moderate use of whiskey, at y and at every period of life, ta a n ge rona thing. Prohibition ls tho ly remedy. i i a i,ry Saturday, July 24th, has hean de viated as Pendleton Farmers* So ily day at the Iva chautauqua and X O O A Y One lot White Silk Hose for Women, worth 50 cents pair, 4 d*1 AA pair for.?P * . IfV One lot White Canvas Pumps for Wo men and growing Girls, worth $1.75, on sale Thursday for, a ^? ij 00 One lot Evening Slippers in Red, Pink, Blue and Yellow, worth $3.50 and and $4.00, Thursday, a J J 00 One lot Tan, Cravenette, Velvet and Suede Pumps and Button Oxfords, worth S3.50 and $4.00 f\?\ Thursday for, a pair .. ?P 1 iUU One lot Sand and Putty Top Pumps and Oxfords, worth $4 on d? 1 fWY sale Thursday, a pair ..?PS. .\?\? One lot Vici Elastic Side Oxfords with rubber heels for ladies-good for house wear, worth $1.75, on sale here Thursday for, a Q\ 00 NO CHARGES NO APPROVALS Geisberg Bros. Shoe Co. Under Masonic Temple Shoes That Satisfy. ire urged to attend to boost the Pcn lleton mee?ng which is lo bo hold Au :u3t 12. This will be tbe last regular ucetiog ot tho society before the cen ennial celebration. ? o MT. Raymond E. Cochran returned o the city last night siter spending ho past several days at Alta Pas?, N. J., and other polms Mr. Cochran itated tibet the weati.cr there was tesl and tho scenery along tho Clinch - leid & Ohio railway was simply rand. Mrs. Cochran will remain at illa Pass for awhile longer. \ Every week this paper, snd every ther paper in the country, has a umber of errors-typographical and thOTwise. That's one of tho reo ons a good many people think the dltor should have beeb a blacksmith. Int what of tho editor's viowpolnt? t there's ono thing bolter calcularse > turn rosy youth to dodderold age ian, for Instance, to get- death no cos and weather prodictions mixed ? that the darned thing comes out in ie paper "Mrs. VT. ll La*. Williams (ed last night. She has gone where . ts-116 deg?..?j tn the shade and rlth rising temperature tomorrow," -Well, wo'd like to know what it is. laybe you ' think lt pleasant to walk awn the street and hear' som o grin?, lag Idiot with a head Uko a German aneake and. a brain like an addled lg holding up the shoot to elastic Hoi " to hear soMe memb'c ot the.vacuum: family remark that the editor must mako up his paper with a shovel! Or some Pinhead Percy wonder why tho editor doesn't lesrn how to set typer No doubt you think it excruciatingly delicious when an item announcing that Miss Merry Merryvale is to be let, to tito altar gets into the paper as led by a halter!" Funny, Isn't it* tf?s lt tts! It depends on tho poin'. ot view. Some people may thing a para lysed man with the Itch in the height of thc ridiculous: but what does the paralysed man think about it? We are all apt to make mistakes. Don't for get that. Wthat vvould you think If Jio editor put tonie of your mistakes Into the paper? . Remember wheo -, who shaves himself, came to church with a fine patch of whiskers on hie chin which he had overlooked? Abd whon Miss-?-- let the shoo string on her rwitch h??jR down her back? And blSw Elder-caught the tall of bis lo?g coat over the neck of th0 Mottle in ats 'hind pocket and wont down the street showing that sometimes the strongest tn faith are weakest in thc flesh} But .we have uo Intention of telling these; things. As sn editor wo wouldn't be much of a hair-pin if wo wore bent tbnt way. Just remember, though, that *we are nil prooe to errors, sfid the next ti ne you see something tn the paper which you regard aa a sura sign ot Ute edt 1er'? feeble mindedueea, Just say fie devil lt, and, by beck, we'll ??.?-., -