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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1W0. Published every morning except Moudny by The Anderson Intolllgen ccr et 140 West Wbltuer Street, An derson, 8. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN....Editor end Manager Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the post ornee at Anderson. South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DI8PATCHE8 Telephone .821 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DAILY One Tear .fS.OO Six Months .2.C0 Three Months .1.26 One Month ..42 One Week . JO SEMI-WEEKLY One Year .$1.60 Six Months .76 The Intelligencer ls delivered hy garriera In the city, Look at 'he printed label on your paper. The date thereon show? when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and If not correct please notify us at onee. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will platee state to their communication both the old sad new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints of non-delivery In the elty of Anderson should be msde to the Circulation Department before 9 s. m. and a copy will be sent at once. All checks and drafts ahould bs drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer ADVERTISING Retas will ba furnished on applica tion. No ti advertising discontinued ex cept on written order. . The Intelligencer will publ'sh brief and rational letters on subjects of general interest when they ara ac- ] companied by the names and ad dresses ot the authors and ar? not of 4 defamatory natara. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be re turned. In order to avoid delays on account sf personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer blended for pubricatlou should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with the naper, but simply to The Intelligencer. tSUNOAY,'AUGUST 8, 1915. WEATHER FORECAST Gonorally fair Sunday and Monday; general south winds. Dull fighting t* stll going on In Spain and throwing of it in England. If torpedoing fishing boats would win tho war, there'd bo no doubt of Germany'.! success. g Along the River Dug would be an appropriate pince for hot worm to | turn with tho Russians. -o-. Tho State of Georgia ls to hnvo a now wrinkle, a public defender. Nec essity ls the mother of invention. It appears that thc UBt of A, B, C J bowers is hoing.extended to Include moro of the Pan-American alphabet. That helps to spell peace for Moxico. The State Federation of Labor will hold n meetipg In Charleston noxt week, but tho working peop?o will re main at their Jobs and pay tho con-J vcntlon bills. -lo nyway, there's nothlnr. hypocriti cal about Bulgaria, sin ?rankly ad I that she "seeks only her own ad tago and wishes to realise only] L; r own ambitions." ^Bnia tiw flowered skirt cloth ls in-1 tended for the ladies, hut, of course lt a men *oels that ho must, have al pair of pants mado of lt, thore's no?i-j l?g'to hinder him doing so. < j ? Q Sstanct. the f?ljow who climbed the ?l tho othcr'idfcy, is profesfJionally known as a "sjpfplo-Jack" You are nt liberty to add one 'A" and two "Ss" to tho titi* & you choose. ?fMo ?? Tho whole Mp?neso cabinet re signed beoattSSK?ae of Its members waa accused of faking an election bribe. Maybe w**vo been doing the >s injustice m our estimate of Oaetr Heal morals. YTto'd nave thought i'd over mtnd a little thing Uko it Ia highly gratifying to learn that i net increase ot our foreign poptt !>>n in the taft' year has been lesa tn 48.000, the smallest number of Ojlgrrnta In any year alnco 188?. e behavior of our foreign-born pop ulen since Ute war bogan baa not s to make native Amerl os yearn, for any immediate in Mue o? alles raw material. AFRAID OF' Thc law is a curious animal. Now comes into court Lawyer i of South Carolina and alleged deft plc, and contends that the prohib ttonal because the general assemhl on it. . , In their petition for an fcijuncti :? 11 cl his associate counsel contend in the manner indicated iii the ac power and authority vested in thc people at large will be to place thc responsible parties and negro eleci And so the white voters of Soi sible parties." Can't trust the pee you may be, for prohibition is goi an overwhelming majority, and " have a great big hand in it, too. to nothing, and the prohibitionists tion. Citizens of Greenville and Rich preme court and asked that their dared unconstitutional because thc vote on the issue. These people, right that belongs to them. The ened on them without their conser Citizens of Greenville and Richi are unconstitutional because the l awyer Blcase says the prohibiti ifiere is a popular referendum. lt is a poor rule that won't wo Thc law is a very, very curious s latch 'em "gwine an' comin'." LET THE PEOPLE RULE. Tho offortH of Hie friends of whis key to secure and injunction against tho prohibition referendum election to be held on September 14th will greatly help the cause they are fight ing, If we mistake not the temper of tho people of South Carolina. In 1S?2 the liquor question was sub mitted to a vote in tho Democratic primary to determine the sentiment of tho people. The party referendum then was agreed to In good faith by tho white voters of the State, who by their ballots expressed an emphatic desire for the enactment of a general prohibition law. The wishes ot the people ns voiced at the ballot were summarily rejected by the party lead ers then In power, and instead of tho wholesome bread the majority of tho votera demanded they were givsn by the general assembly, under tho lash and whip of powerful leaders, tho slimy stone of dispensary regulation. The graft, corruption and general rot tenness bred by the old dispensary system noon sent their recking smell to high heaven, and tho people-the good, law-abiding, law-loving men and women of South Carolina-are yet Bick and sore over the shame of it. Will the enemies ot prohibition be allowed to deceive the people again? Will bte flimsy grounds of objection to the constitutionality of the act, as ta hied by the two lawyers seeking to overthrow the election, be considered ou ly by the supreme court? Wo have moro respect for tho court than to think it will obstruct righteous legislation by giving "\ favorable de cidion to a trivial and inconsequential ibsue of law. The referendum act was passed by the general assembly because the law makers felt that the best and fairest ?vay to settle the whiskey Issue was by -iubmittlng it to a vote of tho peo ple. In this they were right. The po >ple are the court ot last resort, and lt ls ridiculous to argue that tho general assembly had no right to delegate Its power and authority, to tho people. Who elected Ce general aaaen-bly? Whose business ls lt to rule-the peo ple's or a small coterie of "patriotic" ein/.- ns hired to flghe the battles ot the whiskey trust? This effort to prevent a vote on pro hibition, lp ::*:,BurdUv and silliness, ls on a par with the frantic argument of the whiskey people that prohibition d'.es not prohibit. Soma people think the dollar mark ls necessary In order tor . one to be a man ot mark. OUR GRIEVANCE AGAINST ENG LAND. Germany is reported to he delaying her reply to the last American note until she sees whether wo Sro going to treat Great Brttald with "equal seventy." To this lt may logically be objected that there ls no occasion tor equal b-i"< rity toward Great Britain, be came that power has not been guilty of M-, aal crimes. The offenses com mitted by the British admiralty, grievous ss they have bean, ara of FHE PEOPLE. Cole. L. Blcnsc, one time governor -Mider of the rights of the dear peo ition rederendum act is unconstitu y gave the people the right to vote on against the election Mr. Blease "that for the general assembly to, t hercinabove mentioned, take the nt and transfer it to a vote of the ; making of laws in the hands of ir tors." ith Carolina are dubbed "irrespon iple, eh? Afraid of them? Well lng to carry on September 14th by irresponsible parties" are going to As to the negro vote, it amounts want him to keep out of the dec land counties have gone to the su respective county bond biils be de ; people were not given the right to in our judgment, arc insisting on a bonds ought not to have been fast it expressed at the polls, and say that their county bond acts re was no popular referendum, on act is unconstitutional because rk both ways. Take your choice, ort of animal. It can be made to tho "Justifiable" sort, susceptible of settlement in court As the Spring field (MIL-ii.) Republican says: "Arbitration, which Britain pro poses, is a suitable moans for adjust in. commercial differences and asses sing dumages; a course which de stroys human llvd* ls not a matter for arbitration so ong as lt ls adhered to. Ufe ls not a matter of compro ri .?? " Thc tone of our representation:? to (Iront Brjtaln 1B necessarily softened a little hy the fact that she has not destroyed the live? of neutrals or non eon, h?tants, and that she has cour teously offered to pay for whatever injuries her policy Imposes on our citizens. That, however, does not ob scure the fact that her policy ls Il legal, and that for our own lnter e ts and tho welfare of the cl ?missed world lt ia Incumbent on us to tr> to make England obey the civil luw of nation^ aa we aro trying to make Ger many obey the criminal law. It does not obscure the fact, either, that in 11 he application of her policy, even If . Rs legality were granted, England lm posoB on our exporters and ship own I ors many needless vexations and ex penses. Concerning tho fundamental right of England to blockade Germany, there can be, to the American mind, no i question. We are forever stopped from ! protecting against such a measure bo j cruse wo Invented the national block I ade-never in history has there been I so complete an embargo placed on the ' commerce of a country as the United I * j States imposed on the Confederacy In , t ie civil war. That blockade ls now j England's model, and on tit she basra her plea of Justification now. The last British note, however, ?overlook]) important differences. The two fundemental requirements of a [ blockade are that it shall be effective . and that it shall apply Impart tally to 1 all nations. The British blockade is ] not effective, because it ia not oper ' utlvo against Germany's ports on the Baltic sen. It ls not impartial, be cause while R bars commercial traf fic between Geonanj. and America it does not bar Gerar, ac ?raffle wMh Hol land and Scandinavie. It is Objection able, however, be cause Jt includes a blockade of Ger many's neutral neighbors, preventing ?our legitimste trade with those na tions. The next note to Great Britain will set forth these facts vigorously; but pro-German partisans need not he surprised or shocked if lt falk? to ad dress Britain in the same tenor as if she ha? aunk American ships and slaughtered American citizens. TH? LIMIT. In the Gorman Music halla they are said to be getting a lot ot fun out of a marching song, by Rudolph Kuhn entitled The Destruction ot the I Lusitania." It ?ells bow the ship sailed from New York with thousands on board, and "our submarina smelt a choice dish." A rousing chorus, and the thread of the narrative *% rssmn I ed as fol lows: "The Lurrkaala sailed merrily along ?on her criminal course; but the sub? marines were on tho watch off Ire land's roast. She carried Americans, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Greeks, and Dutchmen to the dance of death." Then the rousing chorus again, fol low, d by further pleasant details. An Amsterdam correspondent reports that the piece is very popular. in the light of that cong, what hope 1H there of persuading Germany to yield to tho dictates of humanity? A LINE o' DOPE J. W. Hicks, the weather man. was in the city yesterday and stated Hint t li i rf en-tire section would bc visited by good rains about the middle of this coming week. M.r. Hicks also pre dicts heavy hail and wind storms. -o Mr. 'f'.en Watson stated last night Illili be was above Pendleton late yes terday afternoon and that section and on down toward Anderson as far as four miles abovo the city, was visit ed hy a heavy rain. This section lias been buffering much of late and was not fortunate enough to get many of the showers that fell this past week. -o Louie Ledbetter and Chevls Cromer returned to Anderson Saturday morn ing at 3 o'clock after spending thc past three weeks touring the north in an automobile. They report a per fectly spendid trip, and from what they say, a la auto ls thc way to travel these days. They returned to 'the city with three of the same tires that they started with and the air in the front tires brought back with them waa the same that they rolled away from Anderson on. These young men traveled a dis tance of from between 2,600 and 3,000 miles and the automobile tires suffer ed only four punctures, and a wrench was not touched on the entire trip. Among the cities visited by them were: Washington, Atlantic City. New York, Albany, Buffalo4; Rochester. Niagara Falls, Detroit, Toledo, Colum ? bus, Cincinnati, Louisville; Mamraoath Cave, Washington, Chattanooga and Atlanta. They left Chattanooga Friday morning and came to Anderson In ono day, by way of Atanta. J. P. Noblitt, formerly with the Spot Cash grocery, stated yesterday that beginning September 1, he would be agent for the Buckeye Cotton Oil company. His territory will be in the city of Anderson and his many friends will be glad to know that he will con tinue to live here. -o Mr. Herbert Speeres returned to his home in Townvllle yesterday af ter spending several days In the city, being clerk In tho office of J. B. Fel ton, superintendent of education. o Fu rm an Smith, the seedsman, stated yesterday that turnip seed were going fast those days, which 1B a good sign. Mr. Smith says that ever ?Ince last summer the people of the county have been 'buying more garden seed than previously. Tliia goes to show that they are trying to raise as many food products as possible at home? -o The play "Topsy-Turvey," which waa given by local talent at Eureka Friday night proved quite a success. Tho attendance was good and the sum of $28.00 was raised. Last night the players went to Williamston where the play was presented. o Petition asking that the mill start up again are being circulated among the operatives at the Anderson Mill, these to be presented to the manage ment at an early date. It semen that the il rat petition w~.s started up by the women laborers. -o Tho following, taken from the Chi cago Evening Post, will be read with interest by the friends of Mr. Le Roy Campbell. The article in that paper ls accompanied ty pictures and pen sketches of Campbell which show up to good advantage. The article follows: This ls .tho cSory ot a hoy who, un der modern conditions, has lived the life ot tho hero of tho old college remar.ee. Ho ls Le Roy Campbell of tho University of Chicago He work ed to help support his family, earned his way to college at the same tune, worked his way through tho institu tion, became honor mau of his class, won a medal for efficiency in athle tics and study, waa voted the most popular fellow tu a great modern university? was a fraternity man and dancing man and emerges ready to take op the practice of law. Before hanging out hts shingle Campbell wonts ono more triumph. He wanta to win the national A. A. II. championship In the 880-yard run A BOON FOR BOYS And an added economy event for all mothers and fathers who buy for boys. Beginning Monday, we offer our entire stock of boys' knee pants, consisting of all weight serges, worsteds, cheviots and tweeds in ages from 4 to 18, at these reductions: 50c Boys' Knee Pants at.$ .35 75c Boys' Knee Pants at.$ .55 $1.00 Boys' Knee Pants at.$ .75 $1.50 Boys' Knee Pants at. . .$1.15 $1.75 Boys' Knee Pants at.$1.35 $2.00 Boys' Knee Pants at.$1.45 $2.50 Boys' Knee Pants at.$1.75 This is a most excellent opportunity to get him an extra pair trousers to match his suit-it's economy too. Here Are the Suit Reductions $3.50 and $3 Suits Now. .$2.45 $4.50 and $4 Suits Now. .$2.95 $5.00 Suits Now. .$3.75 $6.50 and $6 Suits Now. .$4.45 $ 7.50 and $7 Suits Now.$4.95 $ 9 and $8.50 Suits Now.$5.95 $ 10.00 Suits Now. $7.45 $12.50 and $11 Suits Now $7.95 By Parcel Post Prepaid. The Store with a Conscience* and will compete In the big meet at the exposition In San Francisco Au gust 7. Campbell's father was a member of 8 prominent southern family impov erished by the civil war. The father wm crippled, and Roy, at the age of 8. began to help support the family. He worked night and day, selling toilet articles, pickling cotton at 30 cents a day, working in a mill at 40 cents a day, cutting wook for neigh bors and doing other odd jobs. In the meantime he studied, for he could not go to school. Finally he entered school and passed through eleven grades in three years. When ho attempted to enter Chicago University he was advised to attend University High School, Chicago, first. He arrived in Chicago with $10, got a joh as walter for board and room went to high school in the daytlmo and worked as night clerk at a hotel so he could study while working. Twice his health gave out, but he kept tip the fight. He entered Chi cago University in 1911. He earned his way by caring for furnaces, tutor ing backward scholars, working in the library aa u;her at a theater, col lecting bills, clerking in stores and canducting school dances. He had so r. any duties he figured out a daily schedule In which he allotted a cer tain number nf minutes for each duty. Always, during his grinding and working, he had on ambition to excel in athletics. For seven years be bad exercised and trained. Ho could never do better than 2 minutes 1 second in the half mile. iSeven weeks beforo a big meet he determined to win. No one at the col lege ever saw such grueling training. He was told he would kill himself. Finally the big day came, and Camp bell, the fellow coaches hoped might land fourth place, ran the hearts out of the best half-milers in the mid dle West He won in 1 minute 53 3-c seconds, within 0.10 second of thc world's record. in the trials for the right to com pete at Frisco ho won the 880-yanl run la 1:54 1-5. fleing the A. A. U. re cord. . Campbell will toe the mark against die country's best at Frisco. If ht wins he will complete the moat re markable career a college athlete hai haxL ? PRAISE FOR POLICE ? ***<*??*?+??*?#???***?*< Anderson, S. C. August 7th, 1915. To the Anderson Intelligencer. Anderron. S. C. i1 As a. stranger lu your city I wlsl to ask. the courtesy of space lu y:>ui valuable columns to extend m j thongs, sud appreciation, to the pullet force ot Anderson for their common dahls efficiency, as well as the ver; great consideration, and courtesy shown me, in the recovery, in lea than nour hours siter being notified of my little boy's wheel which was taken lu front of the Bijou ilicatrc yesterday afternoon. Thank fc-.g you in advance, and concratulat Ing Anderson on the efticlency of "The Force," 1 am Yours very truly, U. B. Howard. A TRUE INCIDENT. Rev. J. W. Bishop Protesta Against Publication of Parody on a Psalm. (Abbeville Medium.) A parody on the 23rd Psalm entitled the "Ford Third Psalm" was publish in The Medium last week. After it was published we realized it waa a mistake and wan sacrlligeous, and re gret its publication. Rev. J. W. Bishop, ot Lowndesville writes as fol lows iii reference to lt: Lowndesville. S. C., July 2G. 1915. The Editor Abbeville Medium: I notice in your Issue of Friday, July 23rd a parody on Psalm 23. This parody is copied from tho Hartwell Sun, and In your locals it ls highly commended. I am very sorry you did this, and I for one protest afalnst the prostitution of God's Word in th's sacreligious manner, and would like everybody to know how I feel in re gard to this treatment of the Scrip tures, and I am confident I voice sen timent of all true Christians. Keep the Bible sacred. Respectfully, J. W. BiBhop, Pastor Lowndesville BaptiBt Church. Speaking the Public Mind A "Valley System" of Highway? for Augusta aai Her Territory Vf hat It would Mean. To the Herald: Suppose there were no highways In the Augusta territory, and a board I of engl neera waa engaged to locate a 1 highway system fo- the territory t putting the roads . where lt waa best for them to be-where would they go? It ls well-known that a level road ia the best; it takes eight horses to pull a one-horse,load up an Incline of IIB per cent; that is. having a rise of lift feet In a hundred foot. Every ln ! dino, therefore, hurts the vmciency of th? road. It ls well-known, also that lt is the inclines that wash the worst; level roads need ver/ little working com ! pared to the portions of roads on in clines. If a system of roads, therefore, is put as. nearly on a level aa possible not only can heavier loads be. carried but the roads will stay in good con dition with the minimum of labor and expense. Tbe most economical road fro, every standpoint, after it is made, is th? level road. The level road System, therefore, ls the desired thing. if there were no highways and this board was locating a syst om for the territory, fha board would lay out the ?yrtem to. go np and down the val leys-where Nature has cut an ap proximately level "way" th.rmgh the territory-through tne mighty hills. The roads would Tallow the valleys of the tributaries, large and small, roaching the entire country This Is the European system. Up sud down the valleys run the main highways ?di over Enro?e. - - The Augusta territory, with Augus ta as the principal trading point, is peculiarly well placed for the deve oproent of such a "valley system" of highways, since the city is on the great Savannah River, which has made a mighty cut, greater than many Panamas, through the hills to the omuntains, with tributaries of Brainier rivers, creeks nod branches, reaching every portion of the terri tory. Unquestionably this ls the di rection in which the future highway system of Augusta and her territory should be developed-new roads will bo?needed and they should be put Ih the valleys. ? A hlghaw would follow the Savan nah Valley, above highwater, on tho. Georgia side, away up to Tallulah and beyond. Branch roauj would go up the main streams whenever they were .encountered-Klokee Greek, Little TUver,( Soap Creek, Fishing Creek, Broad River, Beaverdam Creek, etc. As tributary branches on these streams were met (if af sufficient im portance) branch roads would follow these valleys, and have tributaries. The Klokee Creek road, -for Instance, would "drain" all thc central portion of Columbia County; the Little Uiver road would "drain" all the northern portion ot Columbia, McDuffle, Tal iaferro, with a good portion of War ren and Green counties, going nearly to Unico Point. It would serve tho southern parts of Lincoln, Wilkes and Oglethorpe. The town of Washing ton, Ga., would And its best road to Augusta down Little River and the Savannah River. The Broad River would serve an immerse territory, penetrating Lin coln, Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Clarke, Madison, Jackson, Banks and Franklin Counties. So on the way up the Savannah River on the Georgia side. The system on. the Carolina side would be similarly noble, expansive and serviceable. Wagons could draw heavy loads throughout tbe territory. Automo biles could make time; auto trucks could handle heavy tn*Mc; the roads would be almo'.t on a lovel; th? ronda could be established with the least work, requiring frequently merely to be laid out, with little cutting or fill ing; and could be maintained at the least cost. ' . On the South Carolina aldo all of ?d&efield county, through the val leys of Siphons Creek. Horn's Creek, Turkey Creek, etc., much of Saluda, Greenwood. Abbeville, Anderson, Occ nee awl Pickens counties would JO Penetrated by these level roads. At present'the highways, as a rule, run up and down the hills; they ar? located off some miles f rd mt he rivers, etc., snd go up and down'every de clivity. This is not engineering snd maintenance. The roads) -vhen they strike hills, rosily go u and down In the bottom of the gullies; which con tii.je to wash Out, leaving bad roads most of the time. AJ respecta Augusta, ths ?*p-rlver system would be to her benefit, aa the level system would "flow* In this direction from all aver the '.errltory. The system is equally logical for the entire Savannah River Valley but below Augusta the develonment ot tho "valley system" would "flow** away from Augusta. It must bo kent In mind that the small tributaries finally reach Gie tops of dividing ridges, where descent ls made into other rileys For in stance, the Savannah tryst* m would connect over the ridges with the Ogee case, Ocouee, etc., systems in Georgia and ?he Saludo, Brood, etc., ayr. terns ?l South Carolina. H C. lit?dlet-m.