The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, September 04, 1915, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1?15.~
WEATHER FORECAST
Threatening Saturday. probably
rain; Sunday cloudy.
Life tn Greenville is just one big
court trial after another.
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The vice-president of China has re
signed, says a dispatch. Well who is
the vice-president of China?
Tho lt usu hui s have retreated from
the Bug, but wo botcher tho bugs
haven't retreated fr .n tho Russians.
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We know of only ono thing that ls
better'than a glass of muttermllk,
says Booker of tho Spjrtunburg Jour
nal, and (that is another.
Tho Cobb county grand Jury In
dicts no one in connection with thc
Frank lynching. Rage on, thou Chica
go Tribuno edit ir, rago on. .
"To Stop practice of Boating
Wives," says a head line over a Spar
tanburg dispatch. What, is it so bad
as to bo spoken of as a "practice?"
Hearst's Atlanta Georgian calls it
self "tlhe South's greatest newspaper."
Yep, a lot'of other folks think the
same thing-great in certain ways.
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' Connecticut reports u suro cure for
rheumatism. All you' have to do le to
bc struck by lightning. Yes-a 42
centinietor shell might do Just as well.
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Judging from the demand for cotton
as raw material for explosives, the
peaceful business of cotton-raising
will soon be classified as a munition
Indurtry.
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Aro Wc I Ivin^jjjpiet?k Government
cf Law or of PersonawFuJl? <:Hks the
Augvsta Chronicle, ; (\Vo don't ?new
about the pull, but we know there Iv
a lot of bull about lt.
I j ls rumored that old man von
TirplU ls going to resign. What
mots' could Woodrow Wilson wish
from Germany than tho acknowledge
ment of Gae principals for which this
country contended and the firing ol
th? old renegade who caused all Gie
.rompus.
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Bones, Gunn and Tickfl are candi
dates for sheriff against each ot hot In
a Virginia county. . Which would you
wu for If you lived in that county?
Sparenburg Journal. To suppress a
Ticket, wo would tote for that son-of
a-Guun and niako no Bones about it.
ITH NO HA 1?) M KT Kit.
TJte fac? that ony about 150 gen
tlemen und fifteen ladle? were present
at the meeting in ti e courthouse In
the interests of iState-wldo Prohibition
is no gauge lo tho sentiment of An
derson (?Minty on the liquor question.
And the fae! that thc meeting sched
uh d for Pendleton was called off like
wise is no barometer indicating tho
extent of interest voters of this coun
ty have in the election to be held Sep
tember lilli.
it is pretty generally understood
that Anderson ls freer from thc curse
of liquor than any county in the
stale and abut prohibition sentiment
is stronger in this county than any
other in the state. The fact that th"
county is so overwhelmingly prohibi
tion in sentiment is exactly why
there were nut more people In atten
dance on the meeting ut tho court
house last night. People ure not suf
ficiently aroused one way or thc
other over 'the question to draw a
crowd at a prohibition or an antl
proliibltiun meeting.
We want to make a prediction, and
that ls that the result of thc election
will ?how that of thc number of voles
.cast in the election next Tuesday
.week Anderson county cast a bigger
percentage for prohibition thnn any
other county In the state.
It ls announced that John Hull
Went a-selnlng and caught 50-odd
Gorman submarines In his nets. We
e.xpi et to hear of Russia going mus
cadine hunting and picking up four
thousand Austrian siego guns.
GOGH WILL FROM" BELLIGERENTS.
It ls hard to credit ?tho cable news
from Germany and England those
days. It ls so astonishingly full of
crpresslons of good will. Tho for
eign situation has changed so sud
denly that we need u little timo to
get used to lt.
Germany, which only lately was
breathing (Ire and slaughter, purrs
with friendship and promises repara
tion for her offenses and better be
havior hereafter. And England, not
to ?be outdone, hastons to modify her
blockade for our benefit.
Tho blockade-*n>u8t stand, British
statesman explain, but lt will bo con
ducted In a "spirit of consideration
for the Intorest^nf neutrals";*' avoid
ing "unduo hardship" to American
commerce.
We are to bei permitted io import
from Germany goods imperatively
needed In our Industries and our
Christmas trada^Not only, may wc
get the shipments already paid for
and held up in foreign ports, but in
general Great Britain will let through
tho blockade .lines goods which have
morely been contracted for by our im
porters. And evidence of such con
tracts may, for convenience sake, bc
presented to tho British embassy at
Washington inisend of to (the British
government at London. Tho dyestuffs
which wo need so badly, England ex
plains, havo really 'been held up by
tho Goman government; orders went
from London long ago to let them
pass.
Apparently nothing is to hinder our
receiving more of such supplies il
^Germany wants to sell Hum to ns.
?Tho blockade ls to bo strictly opera
tivo against shipments to Germany
und Austria, but not against ship
ments from those countries. Whether
?he present irritating embargo against
the entrance ot our goods in the neu
tral countries adjoining Germany it
to bc relaxed romains to bo seen.
Wo know, of course, that theso con
cessions aro not due to mere good
will. Germany yields because she sees
at last that wo are in earnest, and
also because she thinks ?Hint by yield
ing gracefully in tho submarine mat
ter she can induce us to do the gen
erous and graceful tiling in return
uso our influence to make England
modify her blockade against Germany
And England likewise is actuated by
motives of Interest; she, seeks to dis
count any such tendency on our part
by showing ?beforehand that she can
he as generous and grateful aa Ger
many can. The two great 1 enemlei
are simply competing with each other
in placating this nation. Each ls seek
our good will to usc as a weapon
against the other.
All the more reason, then, chy wc
.ap on ld in all. matters Involving Inter
national law preserve absolute neu
trality, seeking to make both Germaaj
and' Great Bri ?tain live up te the stand
ards of International ?conduct that pre
vailed before the war, and preserving!
those standards as the baals for build
ing a still better system L ?realtor.
According to an El Paso dispatch,
General Villa has solved the problem
ot dealing with his political en ?tales
He simply puts the men to death and
exiles the women and children. Villa
roust have been reading the history ol
Belgium.
ThTLV-Hl KAL SCHOOLS.
In Herbert Quick's farm novel, "Tin
Drown House," tho farm-hand hen
becomes a school teucher. ami pro
coeds to teach without any respec
for cultural traditions. Ile treats tin
pupils as friends and associates. Hi
regards lil? sci ol as a sort of labora
tory ID which the children help hin
work our practical problems of theil
own homes and farms.
Ho doesn't make them sit stiff um
silent for hours at a time. AH hi:
business assistants, they are free t<
move about and consult him and cacl
other, like men In an office. There'i
a constant low hum of conversation
which doesn't disturb anybody, be
cause everyinidy is Intensely interest
cd lu what he's doing.
Tlio boyn and Kiri? Hock to schoo
an hour before the bell rings, wit!
samples of grass seed and cora ?mu
,and insect specimens .md things, un?
they can hardly bc driven home whet
school closes. They aro not crammei
willi book learning. The usual text
books occupy a minor place in the!
education. Their arithmetic example:
deal with auch mainoru as tho perccn
tages of loss in a wheat crop based 01
a given proportion of weed seeds ii
thc sown wheat and thc cow popula
lion of tho township and the ratio o
bultor fat to milk and feed. An ossa:
on corn culturo it valued moro high
ly than one on poetry. Heading les
uons are as likely nu not taken fron
farm journals Geography is not ?
matter of maps, but a live suhjec
connected with tho food tho childi ?]
eat and thc clothes they wear and th
treasures in their pockets and th
crops in their barns-where overy
thing comes from or goeB to.
And book culture? They get tba
too, as a Hort of Bido IBSUC. It come
cosily enough, because their mind
aro kept at such a pitch of activity b;
vital human interests that they cai
pick up in odd moments tho forma
'fncts considered necessary. "Let u
ceaso thinking so much about Aprical
taral Education, and devote oureelve
to Educational Agriculture," says Mi
Quick, "So will thc nation bc mad
strong."
And Isn't he right? Isn't agrlcul
;itre itself so big and all-embracin
a thing that lt can bc used in th
country schools as a medium throug
which tho country boy and girl ot
tain mental training, a knowledge c
the world aud genuino culture?
'Shouldn't country children, lntsea
of being crammed with artificial stu
based on antiquated standards or cit
standards, be (treated frankly as jin
enile farmers and farmers' wives, an
bo taught to love their work and er
vironment, and bc prepared to live ii
telligcntly and joyfully thc life fo
which they arc destined?
FIRE PRETENTION.
October 0 Ii FIro Prevention Day
The ".Safety First Federation of Amci
lea," seems responsible for the add
tlon of this day to the many days w
celebrate^ Certainly tho extent of til
fire, evil makey it desirable to dire<
public attention in the strongest poi
slblo way to practical remedies.
In a single generation wc havo sat
riflcod moro than $5,000,000,000 to th
fire fiend. Tho cost has been ?teat
Hy mounting, more than keeping pat
with our growth of population. In tli
last three years wo have averaged
property loas , i f $230.000,000 a yea
We have by' far tho highest fire lo:
per capita In the world.
That fact, lt may ho admitted, 1
partly due to the preponderance <
wooden structures In tho Unite
.States, Instead of the less destruct lb]
houses of brick and stone In most foi
eign lands. But the biggest factor ?
plain -elcssnoss.
?r?N>s?Y t*>row matches about cari
ledsly in their own houses, and net
ieet leaky chimneys and lll-adjuste
stovepipes. They leave matches an
inflammable material where little chi
dren can play with them, and tc
many of them still tolerate old-fasl
toned Fourth of July pyromania. Thc
uso matches from mere force of habi
when there are many sorts of Ugh
lng devices just as cheap and far sa
er. They toss cigar and cigareti
stubs In waste ba^^ts and dry gras
They build bonfires ntar houses or i
the woods and let them spread. Worl
men take chances in factories. Fa<
tory owners try to save money t
cheap construction and by sklmpln
on safety devices, and pay for it i
big losses and high Insurance rates.
It ls a shameful record. Persui
sion can do much to improve lt.
would help powerfully, however,
every city would do what Kew Yoi
has done recently In ono or two case
making an owner who has neglectc
proper precautions pay the expense <
having the fire department put out b!
fire. It might help; too, if the tnsui
ance companies would devise a wari
able system of cutting down fire ku
payments In cases where contributoi
ftegilgence is provable.
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? COMMUNICATION ?
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Editor Intelligencer:
In your ixsuo of September 2nd,
yesterday, there appeared on the edi
torial page an article entitled "SCAN
DALMONGERS." conspicuously dis
played, signed by one "(Dr.) I. M.
IsraelHon," In which the following
statements are made:
"If you want to know if our
town bas uny scandalmongers just
step In some of thc drug stores
and it won't be very long before
your blood will go to your bead.
You will hear prosperous-looking .
nu n, dressed in clothes bought ou
the Installment plan, slander the
characters of pure Innocent girls
-girls who would feel ashamed
to call Buch men brothers."
As itho writer did not designate
what drug stores he meant, and as
every drug store or any drug store In
town may be included in thc class of
those where the writer says that
.Such Bcandulmongorlng occurs, the un
dersigned druggists hereby request
the writer of said article ito say
through the same newspaper whether
ho meant to include their respectivo
drug stores among those where ho
says that such language Ss used.
And since you, Mr. Editor, publish
ed an article that might bo construed
as a severe reflection on any drug
store in town, thereby appearing to
believe or approve the statements
made, wc also request that you like
wise say through tho same medium
whether you intended to Include any
of thc drug stores owned by us in that
classification.
We request that Gio same conspic
uous position In the paper bc given to
this communication and tu the replies
of yourself and tho writer above re
ferred to that you gave to his original
.article.
Tho Intelligencer ls astonished and ^
regrets that lt ls possible, by any
stretch of the imagination, f/>r Ute
signatories of the above communica
tion to assume that when a newspaper
prints a communication over Gie sig
nature of Its author tho editor is "ap
pearing to believe or approve the'
statements made" by1 giving it space
in tho ^paper's columns. If you care
to send to this paper for publication,
over your own signature, a declara
tion that after a trip to the moon you
wish to announce -to the world that
our lunar sphere is composed of pule
green cheese, your communication
will probably bc printed. But the
mere fact that wo allow you to set
your conclusions before the public
through Gie medium of the newspaper
does not mean that we j believe you
have made a trip to the moon, or that
we are In accord with your assertion
that it is made of cheese, pale green
or any other shade of the spectrum. (
The columns of any newspaper in '
the land are open to persons who Wish
to have appear in print brief and
rational articles on subjects of gen
eral interest, provided 'the communi
cations are couched in propjor lan
guage and are not of a defamatory
nature. A newspaper dares not re
fuso to print a communication that
complies with the above conditions,
rcgardlesn of whether the opinions
voiced in tho communication coincide
with those ot the editor.
In our opinion Dr. Israolson's com
munication violated none ot the tenets
laid down by newspapers regarding
Gxe publication of con - unications,
and so it was given sp e in this
paper. But as we havo sa 4* our print
ing ot his signed statement did not
signify that we "belioved" or "approv
ed" , vhat he said. The editorial coi
jumus of a newspaper ia . where a
newspaper gives expression to tts con
victions. What it believe* and what .
ft approves will not be found set;
forth in its news columns. !
While Dr. Israelson is not known
personally to Gio editor, and while
we cannot vouch for the actual mean
ing of bis words, we believe that his
reference to the drug stores was mis
construed. In fairness to all, we
think that Dr. Israelson did not mean
to say that you would hear "scandal
ising" going on in any particular drug
atore. We believe thai he used the
word "drug store" In the sense that
one uses the torin "streets** or "street
corners" when he wishes to (mention a
general and not a particular locality.
Frequently when one repeats some
thing tbat he has heard and another
asks him where ha got his informa
tion, he ara oat invariable aays he
"heard it on the streets," when, as a
m.??ler ot fact, he may have heard it
in a barber shop, down In a cellar
or in bis Sunday-school clase. As we
have said, we do not know Dr. Israel
son but wo are charitable enough to
bellera that he need the tenn "drug
F. B. Clayton.
W. E. Atkinson
Owl Drug Co.
Orr-Gray & Co.
Evans' Pharmacy-.
stores" In a general rather than In a
particular sense, as wc have illuBtrat
ed. And we suppose, too, he, like
most people, thinks naturally of street
corners, clubs, hotel lobbies, drug
stores and 'barber shops as places
where mon aro wont to congregate,
.Wc are charitable enougli to believe
that ho was unfortunate rather than
malicious or deliberate in the uso ol
the term "drug stores."
At any rate, Tho Intelligencer tooh
this view of his communication. Had
it occurred to na that Dr. Israolson
had deliberately and maliciously
Bingled out thc drug stores for thc
purpose of emitting a slander against
them, his communication would have
gone into the wasto basket, along with
numerous others received in thc
course of *hc day's work. However
Dr. Israelson, no doubt, is able tc
make his own explanation of thc mat
ter.
The request of the drug stores pro
prietors that their communication
our reply and Dr. Israebson'B be giver
tlie same conspiclous position thal
was given to Dr. IsraelBon'a article
is cheerfully complied with, occupy
ing the same column of the some pagt
and set in tho same size type, etc., ai
the communication in question.-Ed
Intelligencer.
Editor Intelligencer:
I wish to correct ? word In my let
ter you publ? /uea uio other day. Whcr
I said thru you can hear all kinds o:
talk In the drug stores I did not mear
that tho drug stores are the onl:
places where you can hear such talk
I have the highest respect for. ead
of the proprietors of the drug store
In our town, and I would not think foi
a moment that any one of these gen
tlemen would allow any one of theil
customers, or anyone else enterinf
their places of business, to use tall
that a gentleman does not approve of
'When X said drug stores I meant ai:
public places where people gather ant
talk about everything In the world
not knowing what they are tul-kini
about, and it la not the fault of any ol
the proprietors and, therefore, it can
not reflect on anyone of them or tAeli
stores.
,' Youra respectfully.
Dr. I. M. Israels m.
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I o" DOP E
The records In the clerk ot court'i
office show that Anderson county nos
has 976 automobiles. Thlo also lu
eludes motor -trucks and motorcycle)
but as there are so few ot these I
might be ssid thst thors are this nura
ber of autos.
The record also shows that durlni
the past year lt? automobiles havi
been bought In thia county and dur
lng, tho month of August approximate*
ly 40 were purchased. It might b<
added also that -since in some cases
machines owned by the same man tm
under tho Bams. number, there an
Fall Shoes ai
i GentleiT
ir men's Fall shoes in all tl
ferent qualities are lined u
2 service. y. x
i have the best shoes mad*
it we can please you in styl
.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 ar
3ut you know a shoe pria
til you see the shoes.
"The Store
probably over a total of 1,000 auto
mobiles now in Anderson county.
This does not exactly look like
bard times."
Three new bales of cotton were
.sold on tho Anderson market yester
day the price paid being from nine to
ten cents per pound."
The first one was brought in early
yesterday morning by Mr. John Mc
Clure and was tbe second new bale to
be placed on the Anderson market this
season.
Tho other two bales were sold by
^Messrs. Berry Cromer and L. O. Dean.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee G. Holleman and
little niece returned to the etty yes
terday morning at five o'clock after
having dr5 ven In an automobile from
Chestertown, Md., Mrs. Holleman's
home. Thursday morning they left
Danville, Va., and drove all day and
night before reaching Anderson. Mr.
Holleman stated yesterday that In
Virgiania he encountered bad roads
and that for awhile ho made very slow
progress.
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Janitor Wunama has the court room
in splendid shape for the session ot
court which commences next Tuesday
morning. He has everything cleaned
and placed in the proper position. The
windows have also been washed and
the floors oiled.
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Tho peoplo who live on East Whit
ner street are rejoicing because that
street has been thrown opon to traf
fic. Several hundred yards of Belgium
block paving has 'been placed and this
has been covered wi'h cement. The
street ts now in good shape and will
be properly aypreciated this winter
when heavy hauling starts over it,
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Dr. Joseph Jacob, the propriteor of
the Jacob cut price drug stores in At
lanta, Ga., and his son, Mr. David H.
Jacob, passed through this city yester
day in their Stavens-Duryea car, be
ing on their way back home after two
weeks spent at Asheville, N. C.
Mr. Jacob stated that they came
from Asheville by way of Spartanburg
and after leaving hero would gd to
Augusta by way of Greenwood. He
Stated that they were through Anden
son about two weeks ago and made
the trip -over this way ?gain because
they wanted to look Use town over
more closely. He also stated that the
city of Anderson favorably impressed
all tourists and that he considered it
a very live, hustling, little city.
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The oflVe in the store room of Gets
berg Bros., has, been moved from Gie
center cl th? house and placed back
In tba rear in order to give mora room
for their fall end whiter stock of
shoes.
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The naries of E. P. Grambrell of
Belton and W. P. Cook of Iva were
drawn ms grand Jurors to serve to the
United States court at Rock Hill
which convenes for the first time in
that city on September 14.
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Monday is a national holiday and to
many placea the business nous's will
.e ready,
len!
ie correct models and
p ready for call to ac
?i '?* y,
; and we're right sure
e, flt and shoe service.
id Hanan's at $6.50.
D stands for but little
$14 if y ?4
bc closed. In Anderson tho banks will
in all probability close buf'the stores
will remain open as usual.
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As announced this week court .'"ill
bo called Monday morning by the
clerk but will be adjourned until
Tuesday morning at 9:30 when all
jurors and attendants summoned will
bo expected td bo on hand.
RIGA MAY BE
CAPTURED BY
GERMAN ARMY
(CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE.)
agency. The surrender of the sur
rounded troops ls said to be imminent.
British Vessel Gone.
London, Sept. 3.-Tho British
steamer Roumanla of sixteen hundred
tons has been sunk, presumably by a
submarine. Tho crow was landed
safely.
Riot at Paper Mill.
Watortown, N. Y., Sept. 3.-Riot
ing at the St. Kogls paper mill, at
Defcrlet, last night caused ji; Company
official to ask Go* ernor Whitman for
troops, to protect toe property- today
from strikers. . Shots were . fired
through the -windows, telephone wires
were cut and several workmen were
assaulted.
Developments in Haytl.
Cape Ha?tien, Sop t. 3.-The Cruis
er Tennessee arrived and debai - - '
one hundred artillery men with ma
chine guns. General Cacus the rs*
volutionary leader and lils followers
declined to lay down their arms and
roll md to tho interior. They left
coin? men outside of the city to shut
oft communication with the interior.
To License Experts.
Calcutta, Sept.' 3.-Exportation ot
cloth and bags, except to Great Brit
ain will be prohibited henceforth, ex
cept under license. These Remses
will be given to the dealers on'y af
ter the government baa be?** tully
supplied.
British Transport 8unk.
Berlin, Sept. 3.--A British trans
port was mined at tho entrance of
the Dardanelles today and sank with
320 officers and 1,250 soldiers and
a crew of 300, according to Sofia
dispatches. Six hundred bodies
have r-jon recovered.
Will Remain at Capital.
. Washington. Sept. 3.-The presi
dent has givton up all hope of going
.back to Cornish chis Bummer. He
considers his vacation ended* He wilt
stay hero to ho in close touch with
European and Afexifan affairs, and
prepare for the "next con grose.
C. E. Trail Bleetroeutcd.
Raleigh, Sept. 3-Charlea E. Trull,
a young white mna convicted at Char
lotte of killing Sydney Hayne, an aged
merchant, was executed in tho electric
chair. Trull confessed to ? clergy
man Wednesday.
Storm Expected on fi alf Coast.
Washington, Sept. 3.-Hurricane
warnings are* ordered .Replayed be
tween Nsw Orleans and Cedar Keys
and storm warnings displayed on che
south Florida coast. The ?tory now
near 'Bermuda in expected' to strike
the gulf coast tonight or Saturday.
New York M&rket,
New York, Sept S.-Foreign ex
change values - soared in an upset
market. Opening quotation;"showed
overnight gains ot from 11-2 to 12
i-2 eenfts.