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THE INTELLIGENCER IStfABLISHED 18?. Pnlillshfeo. ?very morning except Monday by 'ibo Anderson Intelligen cer at 14? Wost Whittier Street, An derson, B. O. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays L. M. GLENN... .Editor and Manager Entered as second-clsss matter April 28, 1914, at the post office st Anderson, South Carolins, ander the Aet of March 3, 1870. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES telephone .821 SUBSCRIPTION BATH DAILY One Yeer .8R.00 Biz Months. 2.60 Three Months . 126 Ono Month.il One Week. -10 SEM'-WEEKLY Ooo Ysar .,.8160 .MS Months .76 Tbs Intelligencer ls delivered by .arr fe ra lu the city. look at the printed label on your taper. The dato thereon show? when the subscription expires. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct .tease notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will piesse state Sn their communication both the old and new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, com plaint* ot non-delivery In the city of Anderson should bo made to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m. sad a copy will be sent at once. All checks and drafts should bs Arawa to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADYflBTlSlSG Rates will he tarnished on applica tion. No tl advertising dis coe tinned ea sept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief ead rational letters on subjects ot general Interest when they are ac companied by the namos and ad dresses of tho au thora and are not ot s defamatory nature. Anonymous eommunlcatlons will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be ro tor ned. lu.order to avoid delays on account st personal absence, letters to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any Indi vidual connected with tbs paper, - but simply to The Intelligenoer. TUESDAY, SEITEMI3EK 21, ll?" Cutting about Ump to have anqthor president lu Portugal. ' ' ' I t'a a dull day when there Isn't a olido lu Panama Canal. -o Twill soon bo time fa" London to rise up again aud denounco Zeppelin raids. -o What- has bec nine of the old f?sh loncd neighbor who used to build a spite' fence. Wonder how our forefathers man aged to get along without Charllo Chaplin pictures tb haw-haw ovor. -o From the number of good snnko otarlos coming out of Georgia you wouldn't take that to bc a prohibition state. o Vincent Astor has graduated as an aviator. Don't blaine thc chap a bU, If wc had bia money we'd bo a high flier too. A fashion noto nays women will wear fur around tholr shoe tops this Season. And next thing you know they'll bo feather legged. -o Currant rumors aro to tho effect that they will bo fatter and- juicier this season than ever before, all of which augurs well for tho success of the Thanksglvnlg fruit cake. -o ..' The Grconvlllo Piedmont says an "avalanche" of buyers are expected there Tuesday. Out let's hopo tho recoptton accorded thurn will not par take ot tho temperature of an aval anche. -o It remained for the Greenville News to dig up this glittering little nugget: It was said that tbo blind tl gera of Charleston would \otc In favor ot prohibition, but this statement ls evidently not true, as only about 860 veto? wore cast for prohibition in the City by tho Sea. -o v ! li General Carranca would only cot tiff his whiskers, so the American powers could soo .what he looks Uko, he might be more'acceptable. And never can tell. Those manly whisker?'may cover weak lips and a v/ot>biv chin. Which is precisely what ' a lot of .blustering bluffers ase whisk err* for, and thochlof reason why mod ern Awe ica repudiates tb?ra? TIIK SA*M!W WAY. Coverndr Manning i?> receiving th< congratulations of friend and io? alike un the very happy solution ol tho Columbia stre-t raliway strike which he brought about The car men and tho company officials, il seems, were in a deadlock. The com pany had made only partially success ful efforts to resume thc operation ol <ar?, making use of "scab" motormen and conductors. Tills resulted in near rioting, and tho venture gave promise of proving a failure. . At a rather critical moment Gov ernor .Manning Interceded-not UH the reproneutatlvc of the strikers and not im the representative of thc <ompuny, but an the Interested representative of both sides to the controversy. By tactful and skilful diplomacy he brought about an amlcuble udJtiHtment of thc differences, und the cars were started going uguin in short order. Neither side scored any great victory, and neither side went down in defeat. It was just H kind of "meot-you-half way" affair, and ended most pleas antly for all concerned. Governor Manning has a great many friends throughout the stale, und he has a great many enemies. A lot of thc latter ure his enemies without uny special reason. He Just doesn't represent l> cir tnstes in the line nt what a governor should ht?. Some of his enemies are enemies for cause. And a goodly number of these ene mies ure enemies not because of any wrong the governor bas done them. Tliey are enemies because of some er ror he has made-not un error of 'the heart, but of the head. In other word?, they are at outs with the gov ernor because wo. have a governor who 1B not an expert at the sly, slip pery, sloppy game of ''politics." But his honest enemies, and all of bis friends, of course, unite in recogniz ing tho sincerity of tito man, his de termination io do what 1B right and manly-regardless of political ef fects-and his incorruptible purpose to be scrupulously fair and honest to ward all interests, both his friends and those who arc not. MU BRYAN AND l'IOl'AKKDN F NS. Former Secretary Bryan, In an ad dress delivered before a Boston audi ence last (Sunday, drow, ?esBons from the war in Europe, 'and again voiced his seatlments on the question of "preparedness." Excerpts from bia address, according to dispatches, were like this: ... VI bollovc if we were as well prepared as some would have us be, wo would now be in this war. The preparedness now asked, if effected, will probably lead to war, instead of preventing it. If you would realize the reBults of tho doctrine of preparedness, Just im agine what condition we would be in if we had In the White House a jlugo with a hnlrtrigger pat riotism. We have reason to bo grateful that wo have ono who loves '.J.Jce and longs to keep the nation in poaceful ways. If any ot the madmen of Europe should challenge us our nation would be justified In saying 'no, we will not batte with you; we have 100,000, 000 of people to guard/ we havo countless' ideals to preserve, and we will not go down and wallow in the mud of war with you.' " All ot which la very- trne, and very find, to those of Mr. Bryan's beautiful conopUon of the ideal rotation of ca tions. But the former secretary's re marks will hardly have an deterrent effect on tho very marked Increase tn efforts directed at "preparedness" which this government has instituted since tho advent of tho European cataclysm. Everyone however, will admit that Mr. Bryan ls right, that Is, from the stand* oint of idealism. But ls his ideas on this subject the best, at this time, from the atandopint of wisdom? Belgium was prepared, but her preparedness was not responsible foi her having been crushed under the iron heel of Germany. Had she been less prepared than she waa, the status of affairs In Europe today would, in all probability, have been ' worse. Paris, it ls likely, would havo been In ruins, and Prance overrun. England, too, might have been invaded. In fact, there's no telling what the status of affairs mlgh,t havja*>eJejp^ $h% d&y. It is entirely possible' 'tuhvthe war might have been at an end and Ger many In completo mastery of tho big gest portion of Europe! * ? ' Suppose some power, Germany for Instance, had subjugated England, and, having done that, desired to in vest all territory under British do minion. Suppose the victor, drunk with the blood ot her enemies, desir ed to possess herself or Canada. If Germany found lt desirable or nccea ! sary. In order to carry out this plan, to make use ot any American port and push the campaign from across the American-Canadian border, is it to he sappooed that ahe would hesitate to make use of ''the good obi U. 8. A.-" 'aha hesitaleo:' to vloato Belgian neu trality and crush the life out of that little kingdom in her lurch at the throat ut France? Mr. Bryan's idea of "preparedness," aa we see it, is: "golng-around-with a-cldp-on-your-shoulder." And if that 1H lits Ideu, then "preparedness" ie a bini thing, for the Individual or nation that Htruta about In that attitude 1? going to get into a scrap aure. But preparedness need not he that, -?nd w? do not believe a great army and a jgrcat navy would ?vcr place the United States In that attitude. If no home in Anderson had firearms In it, and If the police machinery of the city and county were dispense^ with, that would be a pretty strong h'd to burg lar? to pasture in these f?elos. Knowl edge that Iti almsot every house there ia a gun, and that be would receive the contents of the same were he caught poking about at night, and 'hat there aro armed officers of the :aw in pretty close touch with every house, hus a tendency to make Mr. Bundill- less bold. The illustration, crude as It is, can he made to apply to nations. IF YOU WERE HTEFANSSON. iStefnnsson, .he Arctic . explorer, long thought lost, has been heard from agiln after a year and a half of alienee. All this time he baa been busy lu thc frozen wilderness, travel ing on the great Arctic Ice pack and discovering new lands. The world ls glud to hear ugain from this brave young explorer, and to know that he is safe. And doublleaa the explorer ia glad to hear from the world again. But what a change from tho world he knew! Suppose you had withdrawn from civilization in April, 1914, and heard no word whatever from the world of thought and act on until just the other day. Imagine the overwhelming ef fect of thc news that a dozen nations of Kuropo are engaged in war to the wenth, that every great power in the world except the Uuitcd States is in volved, that tho belligerent ar. is nearly half the habitable world, in cluding every continent but South America and involves tho majority of enlightened mankind. Imagine yourself pondering In an Arctic solitude over the Incompre hensible story that civilization waa engaged in the most tremendous In ternecine s* niggle ot history, for no apparent reason, with tho possibility of ita ending in solfdestructlon. Perhaps you'd fool Uko the future traveler from New Zealand, pictured by Macaulay aa sitting on a broken arch of London bridge sketching the ruins of St. Paul's cathedral, when tho metropolis of our civilized world Bb*ll have becomo a desolation. Vilhjamur Stefanason must feel something like that. THE COST TO VATE. The Britlah war debt, including tho now ijBue of $1.250,000,000, will amount to about $7,000,000.000, mak ing a total national Indebtedness of $11,000.000.000. A.\d the figures will keep right on tnountiu? up to tho ex tent of at least $17,500,000 a day month after month, indefinitely. France, nf ter hor next loan, will have a bill of moro than $4,000.000.000 for the war to dato, and a total debt of nearly $11,000.000,000. Russia, by tho end of this year, will have doubled her ante-bellum debt, making a total of over $8,000,000.000.- Germany has spent nearly $4,000,000,000 on the war, and owed beforo some $1,200,000,000, in addition to her various state debts. Austria-Hungary ha? borrowed nearly $2.000,000,000 already for ber share of the war expenses. Italy's contribu tion is rapidly running up toward $1, 000,000,000. The cost of the war in all tho bel ligerent countries together ls esti mated to bc. BO tar. about $18.000,000, 000. It may be double or triple that by the time the war ends, for tho dally coat keeps constantly growing. And before the war bogan, the nations were all tax-ridden. This vast sum. too. representa only the operating expenses of tho war, .leaving out of account tho billions lost in productive energy, In tho destruc tion ot Ute and property, the liabili ties for pensions, etc., plied up for the future. If we include such items, the total can hardly be less than $40,000. 000,000. lt is worth while to take a little Inventory like tilla occasionally, and see precisely what war means as part ot a nation's business. The more any body ponders on these figures, the less bellicose he's likely to become. Even ?if humanitaria r; considerations are waived, these are hsrd facta that can't be dodged. v And what ha? Europe got for its $40,000,000 #00 expenditure? Well, nothing very definite yet. That sum seems to represent the price paid for Austria's determination to punish iSer via for something or other, ?nd ter Germany's decision to let Austria have her way about it Servia, by the way, hasn't yet got her punishment. " BRINGING ABMKMANS TO AMERICA, The Turks still persecutes the < 'li ri s timi Armenians, as he ha's done from time immemorial. And the pres the persecution is said to surpass all previous atrocities. It is estimated that since lust April from .100.000 to 700,000 Armenians have died from massacres, starvation and disease. The Turkish government hus been carrying out a systematic and heartless deportation, seemingly with the purpose of destroying Um race. In extensive regions the whole Armenian population bas been expel led, women have been outraged and sent to Turkish harems, men and boys have been driven into deserts, fami lies have perished by thousands of hunger and exhaustion. The government gives tue spceioua excuse that "the Armenians are spies and revolutionists." But when tho Austrian ambassador asked Enver Pasha, tho 'turkish war minister, why tiley were so cruelly treated, he re plied, "Because lt arouses us." Tho American ambassador has In terested himself in the matter and proposed a plan to solve the Armen ian problem once for all. He suggests bringing the surviving Armenians to this country and settling them on our vacant land. "The United States," he says, "might be the Moses to lead the Armenian people out of bondage. They could be put in the unsettled regions of the western states, in parts of Washing ton, eastern Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California. They are a clean, in dustrious, intelligent race, the best class of immigrants, farmers and lab orers, eager for education." He has asked and received the ap proval of the Turkish officials for his plan, and submitted lt to Washington, but no action has yet been taken. Ambassador Morgenthau suggests fthat each state needing settlers raise a fund and send a ship to Asia Minor to bring the Armenians,, It might cost as much as $5,000,000 altogether. There are 600,000 who need help, he says, and they could be brought to America for $100 apiece. It would be a great and worthy act of philanthropy. It remains to be seen, however, whether any of the states will turn philanthropists, if the race is saved by deportation to America, lt will probably be through private generosity: Weather Forecast-Local showers Tuesday; Wednesday fair with some what cooler temperature. -o-" There was a legion' of disappointed ladies, & force excited clerks and an irate management yesterday at the popular store of thc Moore-Wilson Co. And it all came about because The Intelligencer ls such a splendid advertising medium. Now wo wonder if tho advertiser had thought of lt in that ligut? Betcher lie didn't. The chances are he thought the causo of all this trouble was a "bonehead" piece of work on the part of the makers ot Tho Intelligencer. But it wasn't. Tito error on tho part of tho compositor was not the fault, for if The Intelligencer was not closely read every day by thousands ot people such an error would never have been Been, and nobody would huvo known the dif ference. Getting down to details, how ever, the compositor in Th? Intelli gencer shop neglected to eliminate the ,three words "Fall Millinery Display from a cut used as an Illustration in the Sunday advertisementof theMcore Wllson Co. And because these words slipped through-these three words announcnlg a foll millinery opening Moore-Wilson company's ' storo waa besieged yesterday by hundreds of la dles, calling to "see the new hats." And when they discovered there were no new hats on display, or rather that lt wasn't a millinery "opening" they had come to, they were MAD. Tho clerks were excited, and Ralph Wil son was "up in the air" arid ready to guillotine the Ad Mao. A truce waa declared, however, and/explanations duly made. And now ff ls all right, and the ladies who were so disap pointed are patiently watching The Intelligencer to see when the "open ing" will really take place, Moral: If you dont waut your store besieg ed by t> host of Interested and deter mined customers, then don't advertise in The Intelligencer. _o The board of election commission- i era began making the official conni A LINE\ o' D OPE [ lt Shoes- ^ con tor THE se rv: ii ho\ ?asti Exa here be h The Hats- Tf and iied Aga hat ; ?: of the cluction returns on the prohi bition last night. They will finish sometime during the day and tho of ficial count will be published in Thc Intelligencer. Manager Plnkston stated yesterday moaning that the Palmetto theatre be closed until Saturday afternoon at 1:3" o'clock owing to the fact that he wished to have some repairs made In the interior of the house. He stated that he had no vaudeville thia week because he could not get the kind ho wanted but that next week he would have a good show. {Speaking of shows it might be well to mention that the four reel Charlie Chaplin, "In the Mixup," which was scheduled for next week, will be shown at the Dijou Saturday of this week, Sept., 25. Manager Plnkston says that he will open the house at 10 a. m. in order to give all tho people a chance to seo thia wonderful "chas er of the blues." In addition to tho Chaplin service which is to bo in augurated at the Dijou and tho serial picture, "The Broken Coln," another continued picture, "The Diamond in the Sky," will begin on next Tuesday and will run for 26 consecutivo weeks. Thia is said to be a wonderful picture. Tho Jewelers have been advertising and selling the bobolink bracelets, and adalink bracelet and the bobolink ring but a man from Memphis, Tenn., is thc man that originated the ada Ilnk ring. This ring is proving very popular and is made up with about 12 different link'-. They may be seen In this city at Walter H. Keese and com pany's store, they having received a shipment yesterday. A fashionable lady of Anderson and hor husband wero standing before tho show window of one of the leading store of Anderson the other night apd remarked that she did not see why -does not j?eop a light burning In the window no poe-' plo could what was on display. It seems that this lady had the right idea. In- most towns of Ander son's size all show windows are bril liantly lighted at night. WlndcwB are one of tho best advertising med iums any concern can have and it seems with the many people passing down the streets of Anderson every night going to tho movies the mer chants ot the city would have their windows lighted up. It would siso be a great advertisement for tko city, o . Today the children will be made happy by Manager Plnkston of the Bijou theatre. He stated yesterday that he had enough of caps at th? Bijou to give every child In town one if they could only cell around. His place will he popular, no doubt. -o ?Some unknown person entered the store ot the Quest Paint company Sat urday night and removed a one dol lar bill that waa stuck on the window bs a I sign The dollar was very tempt ing and the party evidently could not stand the pressure The "?ah register was also examined but ?Aero waa ao ie Store with a G ie to be the favorita of Anderson busin Si ERE are good reasons for tl ice; choicest stocks; unlim re all, the sincere desire to ng satisfaction. optional values are anot ; you'll always find here tl ad for your money, we bel price range is from $3.50 i new style ideas now show quite unusual; a triumph i; men's and young men's he in the price range is large; J service in fitting added. money left in it that night. Besides the dollar bill the burglar grabbed a few paint brushes and left, taking his card with him. -o People might know that this is go ing to be a good year. Liook at the ?hows booked for Anderson: Gentry Bros. dog and pony show, 13 cars, shows lu Spartanburg, Oct. 13; in Greenville, Oct 14, and In Ander son, Oct. 15. From here it goes to Gainesville, Ga. Hagenback and Wallace, 52 cars, October 21. Barnum and Bailoy, 82 cars, Octo ber 22. This show stops at Columbia, Oct. 21i at Anderson, Oct 22; at! Greenville^ *0*tiTS3jS?nd at Spartan burg, Oct 25. It wilt spend Sunday, Oct 24, moving from Greenville to Spartanburg. John Robinson's shows, 22 cars, Oct 31. From here these chows go to Greenwood. -o Mr. Samuel L. Prince, secretary, an nounced yesterday that a meeting of the bar association would be held thia afternoon at 4 o'clock In the court house to arrange a roster of cases for tho approaching term cf common pleas court. o . Gov. Manning has appointed more than 100 delegntes to the Farmers' National conference to bo held Sep tember 28 to October 1st at Omaha, Neb.', J. H. Patton of Belton is assis-. tr?r.t secretary of the congress.. Among tho delegates appointed are ' tho following of Anderson county: J.j W. Hothrock, Sanday Springs; J. Ci PrulU. Starr; H. F. Cely, Piedmont and E. P. Gambroll, Belton. -o Mayor Godfrey has Instructed the city engineer to make arrangements witb the Southern Paving company's contractors to have that portion ot Main street, on the east aide of the ; square, where the curbing waa moved back a few years ago, paved before their contract-expires. This does not come under tho direction ot the pav ing commission but will be done and paid for by the city council. The brick used will bo tho same hind aa will be used on Main street -_o 'Mr. Julian B. Cray ton of B. Fleish man & Bro. returned late (Saturday evening, and reporta a very success ful trip to New York, ' Baltimore, ' Philadelphia and other eastern mar kets. Mr.. Crayton says the eastern Jobbers and manufacturers report that the southern buyers In general aro buying In larger quantities than' they have bought for years, and that every thing points ip a great big fall and winter business. Mr. Crayton states that the market has stiffened np right sharply on almost all lines of war ing apparel, and that this ts a very good Indication in itself. Mr. Cray ton saya that '?e and Mr. S. Fleish man scoured the eastern marketa In search of the very heat vainas te he had in the ready to wear linea par ticularly, and that he la proud to say he believes they secured some except tlonal values tn up to date fall ready I [ onscience" has 3 shoe distribu ess men of all lis; modern efficient i ted range of styles; please and to give her strong feature ie greatest values to ieve. o $6.50. ing here are correct n fashionable, digni iadgear. f>2 to $$, with expert oilh a Conscience to wear. He states further that the people from whom they bought this ready to wear have instructions to ship at once, and that they look for it overy day now. Thia well known firm will within the next few days partition off a liberal portion of the raised section of the rear of their largo atoro room for this ready to wear department where it will then - be sep?rate and distinct from the men'a wear. This Arm ha? handled ladies ready to wear all along, but not on such a Beale as they have now gone into it. -o Dr. E. E. Cooley writes to Judge Fowler that he Bailed from New York on September 18 on tho steamer ''Chicago" for Paris. Ho will Bpend three months at the American Ambu lance hospital at Neu illy suri-Soine, France. Dr. Cooley is a sou of Mrs. J. B. Cooley of thia '?city "and baal h?en, lu Philadelphia foi tho past tow "years in school. Hew as recently in Ander son on a visit to his mother. His many friends hero will watch his career with interest. h ?l|;t I 'I m\ HELD BUSINESS MEETING Epworth League Attends to Bootine Stottere. The regular business meeting of the Epworth league was held last night. Sevoral items of business were brought up. The question of fi nances was thoroughly discussed, and tho league was fouud to be in good fi nancial condition. In the near fu ture the members of hoe league Intend raising some more money to be used in the way that the most good can be accomplished. / 'ur. John H. Owen was .elected secretary and ! treasuier to succeed Mr. A. B. Seeland, who has gone, to another city on account ot hts. bust' ness interests. CHANGE IN GLASSES Few Temporary Assignments In First Baptist Sunday. School. Dr. A. L. Smethcrs, superintendent, announces tir?t, on next Sunday In the Sunday school at the First ? Baptist church Dr. John E. White will teach Miss Bessie Major's olass, Mr. E. P. Major that of Mr. C. S. Sullivan, Jr., and Mr. C. B. Earle will teach Prof. Faithful's class. These changes are only temporary.^ WHAT WAR COST FRANCE Monthly Expenses About $310^00,000 Says Minister Rthet. (Paris Dispatch to New York Sun.) France, already baa advanced 650, 000,000 francs (6130.000,000) to her allies since the.war began, according to memomanda submitted by M. Ribot, Minister or Finance, in the Chamber of Deputies today, together with a bill appropriating 6,p00.000,000 francs ($1,240,000,000) for the war coat of the last four months. Minister Ribot alluded to tho early Issue of a French war loan. He esti mated the average monthly war ex penses of Russia and Germany as fol lows: Russia 1,800,000,000 francs ($360. 000,000.) Germany 8,500,000,000 francs ($300,000.000.) Great Brltain'o monthly expenses, M. ?Shot said, exceed this amount. According to M. Rtbot'a figures for the last four months, France's war ex penses amount to $310.000,000. Bis ships-are already detained at th? cat. Eight moro vessels are expect ed today.