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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915.
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.
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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.
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Lcgcrdemaln Eovcnts Continue tn
Mexico.-irileadlino. In other words,
the course or events ls natural..
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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.
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A L I N E \
o' JJ O P E I
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ??.?-., -