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K. in okra. ' Carranza talks as though ho might think that our National Air ls hot air. --o I There were thousands of bushels of corn in those generous rains this sroek. What has become of tho old time ll; j nun te who argued that "prohibition won't prohibit." -o Slayer's Weapon ls Grape Juice Bottle.-Headline.' Respectfully re ferred to W. J. B. -o Th?,,. Columbia. ?Uato'H-.Idea of the tug of war ts. Haiti's navy. And you might call lt a Bib of war. An exchange says that money ls the big problem in Mexico now. Not so far off tho normal after all. -?-r We have three thousand millions of ' surplus cash In our country reads an announcement. Surplus, mind you. -p-i. An exchange remarks that tho Kaiser may have paralysed the Uns sla.'is, but not from their waists down. D'vpatches announce a shipment of ?f^.OUO.OOO ia geht received in New York from thc Bank of England. It's comforting., at least, to know there's that much gold In tho world. -o The Duke of Mecklenburg has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Turkish forces at tho Dardanelles. We suppose Charlotte, N. C., will offer no objt ctlon to that. -o The most Incompr?hensible thing about Mexico ls that tho lower the country sinks In Ute eyes of the world tho more * tho Mexicans brag about their "national honor." -o A University of Washington pro fessor suggests that If Abraham Lin coln hsd accepted President Polk's offer of an- appointment as governor of Oregon In 1840,' Lincoln would have buried his talents bi the then unknown west, and the course of His? tor; would have been vastly different. But really, tho professor ought te know that you can't keep a good man down. NK.VHINU A CRISIS. The mo: t sanguino nrinda do not. hesitate tn admit that indications that the United State? will be forced to usc ufern measures to bring Mexico to her senses were never stronger than now. Within tin; pant few days the situation has reached an acute stage. I'arran/e and Villa, leader? of the re spective factions that have kept Mexi co in a state of turmoil f?lr^ tho past several years, hare both given ex pr?s-lon to their contempt for the l ulled States, the former announc ing that he would pay no attention to the rail-American Peace Conference now ul work In New York in an effort to bring about peace in tho rebellious republic and Villa calmly Inviting us to "go to hell." Warships of the American navy are now on their way to Mexlcun waters, to protect Ameri can Uvea and property, apparently; hut to our mind? they have gone there for the purposes of lumling marines at a moment noticu if the United States, falling In it? efforts to bring about peate, orders them ashore. We would he sorry to see armed ir-i tervnntion In Mexico, but If the situa tion contin?en a? it is a* present even for ii ?hort while longer we do not see how the United States will bo able to stny out and preserve the dignity of the nartion. We do not put much faith in the reports of a Mexican plot to invado Texas along the Brownes ville border and capture a strip of higlily desirable territory. Somehow we glvo the gangs credit fer having Va little more common sense than to at tempt a thing of that kind. It ls not the threat of an invasion of Texan that makes the situation appear criti cal to us at this time, but the fact that matters appear to be going from had to worse In tho -ebellion-torn land and tho patience of tho Washing ton administration has about reached the snapping point. The peaco -con ference between representatives of the Latin-American iStates and this gov ernment in New York for the pur pose of formulating some plan for settling the Mexican problem appears to be Mexico's "lost chanco" to save herself. If that plan fails-and it looks now as though ?'t will-we see nothing left for. the United States to do but resort to^forco to pound a lit tle sense into the heads of Carranza and Villa. - ' ? AMBITIOUS NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans ls engaged in a cam paign for commercial expansion moro pretentious than that on which Bos ton entered a few years ago. It be gan, UH did the Boston effort, In a plan to take advantage of the new trade opportunities opened up by the Panama canal. Tts outlook has been greatly widened and its energy intens ified by the changes, the war has brought. Just now New Orleans ls, in the words ot Walter Parker, president of its Association of Commerce, "clear ing the decks." It plans to get far more of thc Mississippi valley's for eign trade than it has ever had be fore, especially with Latin America. For this purpose, it has built a muni cipal railroad belt line facilitating and cheapening the switching of cars; lt ls digging an industrial canal with ship basins; lc ia erecting big rlver rail-aceah warehouses. The terminal facilities aro open to all shippers al ?ko. And v. nile tho etty ls becom ing a great shipping centre, it plans also to become the storage centre for southern products. "With low cost storage," says Mr. Parker, "cheap money and low rated Insurance at tho gateway of the val ley, lt la logical to expect that ex ports moving down the Mississippi will pass Into Borage In great quan tities, and be held there until the foreign onsumors are ready to take the products. In this way New Or leans ls preparing to become the world's surplus supply storage ware house especially for cotton, a distinc tion now enjoyed by Liverpool." Obviously Liverpool-not to men tion riv?. American port?-will have to look out for New Orleans. THE SOUTH IS BUST. Referring to the Industrial activi ties of the South for the week the Manufacturers Record calls our at tention to the continued and Increas ing activities in shipbuilding Inter ests. A Baltimore shipyard has Just secured a contract to build two steam ships for a Norwegian firm at a cost of 1500,000. and could Immediately close contracts tor $4,000,000 or 15, 000,000 worth of additional work for American and foreign ship owners lt lt had the facilities for taking on ad ditional work. It la now preparing to enlarge ita plant tn order to handlo more business. At Newport News, Va., contracts, have been closed for two more big oil steamships, making five under construction or contracted tor at that point, for Ute Standard Oil Company; while another oil ?teauier recently damaged by lire ls to be re paired at u coat of $500,0"0, the total amount of work now under contract nt that yord aggregating about $!i.r>0, 000,000, with nearly 6.000 hands em ployed, yo active is the demand for shiproom that u Norwegian ship own er, who came to this country six weeks ago, recently purchaacd Ave large American schooners, and ihe same day chartered them to load lum ber at Southern ports for the Uttlted Kingdom, the freight to be paid as soon as loaded, and the total freight for the one voyage exceeding by $30, 000 the price paid for the vessels. Within a few days he sold these five vesselH, for delivery ti poi,'' arrival lu Europe, makiug a net profit in the deal of $100.000. The .crowded eon ditlon of American shipyards and tiie aitivitie in shipping and tdilp-huild Ing is indicated in tho fact that an Atlantic const company has just let a contract for a large steamer to be built on the I'ac I lie coast. Coincident with this improvement In 3hlp-building activities there are ..?gus of betterment in railroad financ ing and construction work. Tho Sea board Air Line has sold nearly 000,00 worth of bonds to pay for new roads purchased, extensions to bc made and to caro for financing for the next few years. The Southern Hallway during the week lot contract for its double-tracking work on its main line In the Carolinas to the ex tent of $1,400,000. The Baltimore & Ohio has contracted for $1.000,000 ? worth of rails and cars, following con tracts for $2,500.000 for equipment made n month ago, and ls now bavin? planB prepared for a $1,000,000 coal pier to take caro of Increased coal exports from Baltimore. The Western Maryland let contract during the week for a six-mile extension, at a cost of about $400,000, to reach new coal fields. There has been a marked advance in the price of oil and reports from Oklahoma Indicate that the increase last week added about $11,000,000 to the value of thc oil now stored in that State, and at the same time greatly stimulated the entire Industry. Notwithstanding the stagnation in all lndusrial activities during last summer and fall, following the open ing of the war In Europe, the im provement In cotton-mill conditions in the South has been so pronounced that the consumption for tho 12 months ending July exceeded by 100, 000 bales tbe consumption of the pre ceding year, having amounted to 3,-1 160,000 bales, compared with 2.600,- J 000 bales of American cotton consum ed by all other mills in the United states. During June the consumption of cotton in Southern mills reached 300.000 bales, a record figure, which, If continued during the coming 12 month, would carry the South's con sumption to 3.600.000 bales. Reports from Birmingham show a rapid improvement in the iron and steel Interests of that section, with a (urge advance in the price of iron, heavy sales for future delivery, and a return ito work of some thousands of mon who have been idle for a long time. The imports of manganese at Bal timore from Brasil for shipment to steel works in Pittsburgh districts aro increasing rapidly, and are now run ning at the rate of 22,000 tons a month, ono veasel having arrived dur ing the week with 8200 tons, said to be the largest cargo of that ore ever received in the United States. A large number of steamers and sailing ves sels of American and foreign registry are now on the way from Brasil or loading lu that country with man ganese destined via Baltimore for the steel works of Pennsylvania and the west. LI N E DOPE Mrs. Daisy Wilkey of this etty hah received a letter from her son, George, who left Anderson several weeks ago. He states that he Is ot Gibral tar and that he ls 111 with typhoid fever. Mr. Wilkey went tiona here to. Norfolk, Va., where he took passage to some point bi Europe. His friends here will regret to learn thst he ls in, o ? ? Those in the city who attended the Antrevtlle picnic on Wednesday state thst Uley had a delightful time. They, state thst several hundred people were present and. that the order was perfect. The speakers of the day were Dr. James P. Kinard, president of Anderson College, and Hon. A. P. Dagnall. Friends of Henry Canon will be .lad; to learn that he ta rapidly im Come On Now-The Time Is Ripe! This is certainly bargain time in this clothing store. The quality of the goods we offer is the principal thing for you to consider; the prices are significant because of the character of the merchandise. ?? * Men's and Young Men's Suits Value-distributors; that's one of our functions in this town; we handle the goods that do our customers good and when we clip the prices, as in these suits, there's a double value to our customers- ? $10.00 Men's and Young Men's Su $12.50 Men's and Young Men's Su $15.00 Men's and Young Men's Su $18.00 Men's and Young Men's Su $20.00 Men's and Young Men's Su $22.50 Men's and Young Men's Su ts Now. ts Now ts Now ts Now ts Now ts Now $7.45 $ 9.45 $10.95 $12.95 $14.9? $16.95 Boys' Knee Pant Suits $3.50 and $3 Boys' Suits Now.$2.45 $4.50 and $4 Boys' Suits Now.$2.95 $5.00 Boys' Suits Now.$3.75 $6.50 and $6 Boys' Suits Now.$4.45 $7.50 ancf$7 Boys' Suits Now.$4.95 $9 and $8.50 Boys' Suits Now.$5.95 $10.00 Boys' Suits Now. .$7.45 $12.50 and $11 Boys' Suits Now_$7.95 Men's Manhattan Shirts $1.50 Manhattan Shirts Now.$1.15 $1.50 Adjusto Shirts Now.$1.15 $2.00 Manhattan Shirts Now.$?.50 $3.50 Manhattan Silks Now.$2.65 $3.50 Eclips? Silk Shirts.$2.65 Men's Oxfords Reduced T $3.50 Men's Oxfords Now.$2.7S $4.00 Men's Oxfords Now. ....... .$3.25 $4.50 Men's Oxfords Now. . .,. . :\. . .$3.45 $5.00 Men's Oxfords Now. . . ... . . . .$3.75 $6.00 Men's Oxfords Now.. . .$4.90 A few pairs (very few)' of Hanan $6- and $5.50 Oxfords clearing at.*> .$3.95 ' Men's Odd Trousers \ 1 $2.1 \j and $2 Men's Trousers.,. . .-. .;.$1.75 $3.50 and $3 Men's Trousers... . . .$2.45 $4.50 and $4 Men's Trousers, v. ?? . .$2.95 $5.00 Men's Trousers. .,-$3.75 $6.50 and $6 Men's Trousers. ...... ..$4.45 .-and the prices are the same by prepaid parcel post. / with a Conscimcc < proving after undergoing an operation in Chester. A letter from his mother to Harry Oelsberg states that the op eration was performed cn Tuesday and that Mr. Cason 4s getting along nicely. o-? Lieut. Commander Louis C. Rich ardson, U. .a. N., was a visitor in the city and among the party with him were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Richardson, A. N. Richardson, Dr. W. M. Richard sou, Misses Nettle Richardson and Lots Richardson. They took dinner at the St. James -md it was there that Lieut. Com. Richardson got to talk ing about bis pleasant: stay bera and bia work back in New York. He stated that ho was enjoying the month of August right at home with his parents and by visiting friends. Saturday ls home coming day at Leb anon and Mr. Richardson'stated that he was glad that he was going to be at home for lt Mr. Richardson will returu to New York about the first of September Dr. C. Singleton Dreedln has gone to Rochester, Minn., to attend the celebrated Msyo Bros. surgical clinic and he expects to he away for several weeks. Dr. Rreedin stated before he left that the work on Si. Mary's hos pital waa progressing rapidly and that Mr. Owens, the contractor, will posh things toward a rapid completion. Wbilo avrav Dr. Brcedln will look after tho equipment of the hospital, which he says will he second to none In the country. -o- . ;\v : Mr. Clarence T. Lanley, represent ing the Columbia Chamber ot Com merce, was a visitor in the city yes terday morning calling on some of the public officiais and manufacturera about arranging to put floats in the parades of the Harvest Jubilee which will be held in Columbia October 25 30, inclusive. He stated this waa going to bo a big affair in connection with the State Fair and that .thousands of peo ple would be in attendance. - Thc Patho weekly motion picture man will be on the Job and will take pictures which will be shown all over the United SUtes. -o- . Chief W. L. Jackson, ot the local fire department, has been sppointed to places on two important standing committees ot ?be State Firemen's as sociation. The appointment waa made by Chic? Lents Behrens, of the Char leston Fire department and president ot tbv association. The following from Ute Oreen wood index will bo of Interest to Anderson laos: "Mr. ,8am N. Branson bas accepted a position with the Balles Dry Goode I coin pan?.< of Anderson and will leave ( S reen wood to begin hts new work about September 18th. He baa a num ber of friends both In town and In the county who will regret bb) deci sion to move away." ? o- . V Manager J. j. Trowbridge of The Anderson, stated last night that he waa well pleased with the patronage he waa getting. .Many people have boen1', attending every afternoon and night and seem to be well pleased. Mr. Trowbridge ( stated that on Saturday* his theatre would open-at ti o'clock and .'remain open until ll at night. He intends starting early In order that the people from tho country who come to town may have tho opportunity of .attending. -o--' Mr. J. S. Allen, city engineer and consulting engineer of Greenville, Miss., was a visitor in the city yester day and looked over the asphalt that ls being pur down on Weat Market Street. He stated that the surface was one of the prettiest and smooth est that he had ever seen. R. W. Pruitt has brought a caBO against the Blue Rld&e Railway for damages to the estent of $260. Mr. Pruitt claims that a shipment of cat? '???i to Richmond was unnecessarily delayed, thereby eauslrg the cattle to lose In weight end siso which pre-i .<". ?. V - i> ?'cVr'.?'??* ftfi ? ' ?Si if' - f - : ?'. ' - .-'V vented them tn reaching; Richmond before the market closed for the holi days. After tho. holidays the market bad fallen off and the cattle did not bring as mock had they been sold before'the holidays. ' Reads and Tails. The visit of Hailey's comet recalls sa incident that took place many years ago when another great comet was visible nightly In the sky. A well-known astronomer and mathe matician was on his way home one evening, after having spent an hour or two In an observatory looking through a telescope at the celestial wandered. \ Directly opposite him in the car eat a man with a loud voice, whose misinformation 1 concerning comets would-have supplied the material for a library and who-appeared to be talking for? the benefit ot the passen gers. ? Tho astronomer listened pa tiently for a time. Then he said in a low tone to one man sitting next to him: i . "Our friend on*, the other side of the aisle reminds' me somewhat ot a comet himself." "How sof* "Ho is empty'SK his head tc make a long tale."-Youth's Companion. An elderly wonsan who was ex tremely ?tout waa ?endeavoring to en ter a street car, wben the conductor, noticing her difficulty, said t'o her: "Try sideways, madam; try side ways." The woman looked up breathless* ly and said: "Why bless ye, 1 ala* got no side ways r-^ulsv411e Herald. u