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THE INTELLIGENCER Ifrif?BLISHED im. Published every morning except Monday by 'fix? Anderion Intelligen ter at 140 West Whltuer Street, An derson, S. C. BEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Published Tuesdays and Fridays lt. M. GLENN....Editor ?nd Manager Entered ' as second-claaa matter April 28, 191?, at the post office at Anderson, South Csrol'na, under the Act ot March 8. 1871. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES felophont .til I. i -?.?^ . . - - gPBWCBlPTlOy KATES DAILY One Tear .16.00 Biz Months .8.60 Co reo Months .1.26 One Month.42 Obs Week .pmm ?* BEMI-WBEKLY One Tear .11.60 Slz Months .76 The Intelllfoncer Is delivered by carriers In the city. Look at the printed label on your sapor. The dste thereon shows when the subscription expires. Notice date an label carefully, and If not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring ths address of their paper changed, will pluses state In their communication both ths old sad new addresses. To Insure prompt delivery, com plaints ot non-delivery In the city at Anderson should be mad* to tas Circulation Department before lin. and a copy will be sent at one*. All checks end drafts should be drawn to Ths Anderson Intelligencer. ADYBITTSOre Mates will b* furnished on applies Sen. No tf advertising discontinued as sept on written order. Yds Intelligencer will publish brief sad rational, letters on subjects of general Interest when they are ac sosnpantei the names and ad dresses of up authors and are sot of a defamatory nature. Anonymous eommunsgsj?fjbns will not be noticed. Rejected w&nuacrlpta will not be re tnrned. In order to avoid delays on account I at persons! sbsence, letters to The) Intelllgenser Intended for publication should not be addressed to any indi vidual connected with ths paper, but] simply to The Intelligencer. _,_i_:_ TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 6. 1B1G. Innea-Nelms Case Will Be Up Again Soon.- Headline Atlanta simply cant' help It With cotton .>t 12 cents tho region below Mason's and Dlxon's line can spell It: South. Our only regret Is that those New York fellows didn't pirate Charlie Chaplin na well as. tho films. All tho Greek reservists here are no* roughnocks. Many aro mon ot polish.?Tho State. Shining sons, so to spoakT . --o - Tho war . news la always pretty clear and definite?until you road tho dispatches from the other sido. We'vo haa something new in tho annals of history lately?battles won by both Side, if tho reports of the rival com man dor a bo accepted. o Former Mayor Smith of San Fran Cisco failed in his effort to obtain a "vindication" in the recent prime ries. Ho doesn't understand this new San Francisco that has grown up since ke was sentenced to the penitentiary ?but San Francisco understands him better. New York City has raised its tax able personal property valuation more "than ?3.000.00Q.OOO. This Is the moat ferocious drive" ever recorded against the trenches of hidden wealth. ^ Dut inasmuch as the metropolis has 'saver succeeded In cillocttng the tax on 2350.000,000 personal Ity, it's going to have a tough }'jh collecting on $3, 800,000,000. :y \ -?*h(hT ?lecretary of (^Amerce Hedfleld has promised government protection for manufacturers who are trying to bcild up a domestic industry In dye stuff. HIther?f>;*uch efforts have al ways been frj?$*ted by the German anilino monopoly dumping Us pro duct on our market at leaa than coat and driving,.Wr^manufacturors oat of business. -1 # -o Orphan asylnmn report that there is a far grtt&S demand for girls than bays in thb} ^country. It's another SMgef of 'our' peaceful proclivlttes. Warlike VMffa? alwayo pr?ter boys.' It's safe 4s> say that In the European Wer EOfi?.tedav one boy la rated as worth about three givls. Only ta America ts ih? temlntne sex rsted at its real valuo or?as some cynics as a*rt?aiore than its valu*. CIIAHLEHTOVN QUA DRESS! AL Sttt.ll* A week from today the Democratic primary for the ??lection of a candi date for mayor of Charleston will be held, and, as usual on the eve of such occasions) the political spirit is aflame in the old City by the Sea and the quaint streets of the ancient met ropolis resound with the hurrying of henchmen's feet hither and thither, mending this fence and bolstering up that, plotting how the day can be car ried for this faction, and scheming now the safeguards of the Australian balloting system may be side tracked to tho undoing of the opposing clique. And on and on it will go and as the day of balloting draw nearer more In tense will the feeling become, with on election day a portion of Charles ton^ voting population will bo tem porarily insane. If the day passes ofT Without serious disorder .' will be ulmost a miracle. A little prelude to the occasion, a !(ind of whoop-'em-up mooting, for tho purpose of getting tho embers of political hatred glowing bright by Mayor Craco, for tho purpose?ho stated?of taking official cognizance of a rumor to the effect that Gover nor Manning was contemplating as signing special deputies to preserving order at the polls.' Tho meeting of council lasted far beyond an hour, we are told by tho newspapers, but, strange to relate, a very small por tion of the time was taken up by con sldcrtlon of tho rumor as to Gover nor Manning's alleged contemplated action with reference to preserving order at the election. An hour or more of the meeting was consumed by Mayor Grace In a speech in which he roundly denounced?for the 'th tlmo ?his bitterly hated and greatly-fear ed pe'ttlcal enemy, Sheriff Martin, who, he alleged, Is at the bottom of tho effort to have special doputles at the polls to preservo the peace. Membera of council suggested that It was not becoming In that body to take cognlzanco of street rumor??, that tho thing to do was to v. tit until thoy had heard something in an of ficial or rellabe way from Governor Manning on tho subject. Dut the sug gestion was not taken by the mayor, and his resolution, impudent in spirit, telling the govornor to keep his fin ger out of the pie, was adopted by a vote of 10 to 8. Anyone at all familiar with the manner In Charleston elections are carried out, and particularly the may oralty election, know that If Governor Manning Is not contemplating taking some measures to Insure peace and order at next Tuesday's election he ought to have such Bome such plan In mind. And the reason Is not dif ficult to understand. The extent to which the pollco participate in the mayoralty election is notorious. The i police nre appointed by the mayor and naturally the police In office owe their Jobs to tho ruling mayor. Should thore be a change of mayors there would, In all probability, be a general hcjso cleaning ht the police depart ment, or certainly from tho chief down through the staff of officers. It naturally behooves the police, there fore, for the administration who gave thorn their Jobs to be maintained. Indications are that a desperate ef fort is going to be made next Tues day to dofeat Mayor Grace for a sec ond term, and it Is very likely that the election Is going to be one of the most bitterly contested on record. Mayor Graco may not take very kiud ty to the idea of the governor of the state putting deputies at the polls, but he should bear In mind that the anti Grace element?and It is quite num erous?Is entitled to protection from tho pro-Grace police machine, which does not hesitate to show the strong arm In the interests of the boss, Just 'as much as the followers of the mayor are entitled to protection. Governor Manning Is the logical mediator between the two political factions In the coming fight. Were Sheriff Martin to attempt to place deputies at the polls, there would he trouble sure enough for, be it said In fairness to the Grace followers, Mar tin Is ?. past master at the game and he' baa probably as many unscrupu lous followers as Grace. Special dep uties appointed by the governor from among men as near neutral in the mayoralty scrap as could be found would be a mighty sensible and logi cal way to Insure a fair and orderly .primary. CARBINEA*B PROGRAM With Gen. Villa's army driven. In the last five months, three times as fsr northward In Mexico as the Rus sians have been driven eastward by the Teutons, with the resistance of the Constitutionalist rebel practical jly crushed, sad Gen. Carranxa appar ently Ute destined ruler of the new iMexco, it IS Ol special Interest *? know what the "First Chief is go ing to do with the country. According to an interview with Car ranza printed recently in the New Vork Times, hia Intentions are clear and good. Gen. Carrauza maintains that the revolution has been economic rather than political. The restoration of the political administration without trouble he seems to take for granted, once his army Is in complete control. The problem ho has set for himself, then, is the economic regeneration of the country. This, he taltes pains to explain, does not mean at all the confiscation of property. Whatever wealthy Mer ,icans may suffer, the rights of foreign ers are to safeguarded with scrupu lous care. All foregn-owner property destroyed or taken during the revolu tionary struggles Is to bo palu ?r, ac cording to the Undings of an Impar tial commission composed of Mexi cans and representatives of Interest ed foreign nations. Mexico, ho says, possesses such great national wealth that both these obligations and the present national Indebtedness can bo taken care of without difficulty with in a few years. Foreign business men and foreign capital, he says, will be welcome in Mexico. The country needs them; Its resources cannot be developed and utilized without them; its domestic prosperity depends on them. Dut there is to be an essential difference from tbe old Diaz regime. "During the days of Diaz," ho re minds us, "the natural resources of the country were exploited by a few rich friends of Diaz who were given special concession. Only those few developed the country. Others?Mex icans as well as foreigners?had no opportunity whatsoever. Mexico was a land of special privileges. The re sult was the present revolution." Hereafter all the mines, oil fields and other great sources of wealth are to be exploited on a different basis. The owners are to be protected, but the government is to derive a fair revenue from their operation. There will be greater, more democratic op portunity for foreign capital than ever before; but there will bo no for eign monopolies, no toleration of for eign graft or foreign tyranny or for eign meddling with Mexican pollt'cn. The Mexican government will be the business partner of the "gringo" cap italists, on, an equltabe business basis. There 1b nothing in this plan that any foreign capitalist, creditor or gov ernment can legitimately object to. It is merely what Mexico should have done long ago. If Carranza can put these principles into effect, he will uo a friend not only of the Mexican peo ple, so much of whose natural heri tage has been stolen from them, but of all the citizens of this country who have or expect to have legitimate In vestments In Mexico. CONDF.MIN? CHRISTIAN MAtRTYRP Ambassador Bernstorff's position on the Armenian question Is unfor tunate, and disappointing. Americans have been horrified at persistent and apparently truthful stories of the de liberate efforts of the Turks to expel or exterminate their Armenian popu lation. We have been told circum stantially of the sacking and burning of villages, tho depopulating of crowd ed and prosperous regions, the doath of hundreds of thousands by mas sacre, sickness and starvation. The American minister at Constantinople has sent earnest appeals to our gov ernment and public. The terrible Turk Is seen at his worsi again, The courage with which he has defended the Dardanelles Is obscured by the shame of the atroci ties he inflicted on an unarmed Chris tian population. All the cruelties per petrated against the Armenians for many generations seen*.' trivial com pared with this last groat persecu tion. It seems to be as terrible as any persecution of the early Christians by the Roman Caesars. Only one power can stay tho hand of tho persecutor. That power is Ger many, One word from Raiser Wil helm to his obedient allies at Stam boul would check the slaughter. And If any influence might be expected to Induce tho Kaiser to speak that word. It would be the Information, convey ed to him by his American represen tatives, that the /rjerlcan people ardently looked to him to perform such a Christian service. And in tbe tac* of this opportunity, the German ambassador has Incom prehensibly tsk<m the position of apologist for the Turks. He Insists that Germany's Mohammedan allies are not committing the atrocities they are charged with; or, If there Is any persecution, the Armenians de serve it because of their treasonable attitude toward the Turstsh govsrn ment. Rarely we have a right to expect something better than this from Count von Bernstorff sad his Covern ment lu behalf of a martyred race which, since Gladstone died hau bad no powerful voice raised in its de fense, and which now has no Influen tial friend among de nations except the United States. EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM Fifteen hundred students of the University of Pennsylvania have add ed their names to the great volume of signatures protesting against tho ex pulsion of Pro?. Scott Nearing from the faculty last June. This is the most significant rebuke yet administered to the trustees of the university. In the long run, it is the students who control a college or a university. Their opinion represents the new mode of thought which is fllkeiy to prevail within their own generation. It is more trustworthy, in splto of the immaturity of the thinkers, than the opinion of their ciders which finds in new ideas course for alarm and reproof. It Isn't necessary, however, to Infer that the students agree with Prof. Nearlng'n economic opinions. Wheth er they do or not is a secondary con sideration. The Important fact at is sue is freedom of speech. It is a (liiestion whether tho trustees of any educational institution, representing, as they may, the men who provide the endowment, shall have power to pick instructors and direct their instruc tion according to the ideas held by the donors. Knowledge has always been supposed to be free from the trammels of wealth or individual au thority. iC.*en If clasrroom .instruction Is to l>? harmonized with the view of bene factors or trustees rather than the conclusions of scholars, Prof. Scott's case would represent. a peril to the progress of education. His economics lectures are said to have been ortho dox?whatever that may mean at the moment, In a branch of knowledge where orthodoxy is constantly chang ing?1m t ho was condemned for ex pr?s: In g radical opinions privately. If that test were applied to all col lege professors In economics, political and socialllgical departments, how many of them would -hold their JobB? And if they wore all "fired" for their private opinions, what .progress would be made In these vital branches or learning! I A LI W" E 1 o" DOPE Weather Forecast?Showers Tues day; cooler at night. Wednesday cooler and partly cloudy. -?o Owing to a slight accident at the sub-station of the Southern Public Utilities company yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, for some reason or other, there spread quickly over the |city a report to the effect that a man 'had been electrocuted down there. There was no truth to the report but It Is supposed fhnt it was caused by an accident which happened to Mr. A. M. Patterson. He was up on a lad der when it fell, and having some wire in his hand, this fell across a charged wire. This caused Mr. Pat terson to be slightly shocked and burned on his right hand. He was all right within a few minutes and suffered more from the fall off tho ladder than anything else. A few days ago The Intelligencer carried a story about an old rust/ pistol which had been found by Mr. Masters, the contractor, while repair ing tho Bailes store room for the P. & N. ticket office. The mystery of tho gun was cleared up Saturday af ternoon Tom Haskell, an Old negro, went Into the building and kept look ing around in tho corner where the pistol was found Mr. Masters sus pected something and asked the negro what he wanted. "Woll. Ill tell yer boss, I saw In d tr paper whar an old pistol was tound here, and having been wld der nigger when he drapped it. in dat hole, and a"so a pint of rye whiskey. Jest thought I'd come around and see If I could And der Rye. caus? you know 1? o-. ght to be ripe?rby; now." Upon questioning the1, negro further Mr. Masters learned about 24 years ago a negro man'got Into pret try close quarters is the rear of the bjlloing and put his pistol and bottle down In the hole In the wall, think ing that he could go back and get thent. Mr. Masters stated that he tound the bottle but it was broken. -o Mr, M. B. Richardson was a vial tor In tho city yesterday and was show rig seme very One stalks of cotton w? ch came oft his farae about 12 an**!, above the city. The cotton was of the Improved Richardson variety. originated1 by Mr. Richardson, arid wi s very flue. The staple was es poqta'i) good, measuring about one nul '.ne-eighth inches. Mr. Lefolle Tucker, of the Lebanon aectlon has accepted a position with the People's bank. Mr. Tucker grad uated with honors from Auourn la^t June and will doubtless prove a valu able addition to the already efficient force of clerks at the People's bank. The rcpulnr monthly meeting of the city council for October will be held at the city hall this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. -o Receipts at the Standard Ware house for the season up to Saturday night 2,284 bales, against 1,414 for the same time last year. The fall term of the court of com mon pleas was convened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The roll of tho jurors was called, all 30 being pre sent. By direction of Judge Ernest Moore tho court was adjourned until 9:30 ao'clock this morning the 9:30 o'clock this morning. The judge was advised by letter a few days ago that the public sales would probably interfere with the business of t>e court during thirf forenoon, anJ the judge wrote to the clerk and In structed aim to adjourn immediately after convening until Tuesday morn ing. LATE REV. HOWARD L. JONES Beautiful and Glowing Trlbunte by Distinguished South Carolinian. The following beautiful tribute to the memory of tho late Dr. Howard L. Jones, brother of Eh*. M. Ashley Jones of Augusta, is from the pen of Mr. C. C. Frown, a well-known and dis tinguished South Carolinian, and was taken by The Augusta Ciironlcle from the columns of the Courier of Green ville. S. C: My Brother?Howard L. Jones. "This is Weduesday, September 14th. I'm afraid he is dead, though the sad news has not yet reached mo. I mean my friend and brother. How ard L. Jones. When last heard, he was very ill, and those who kept Watch said he could not last much longer. I burned a hole In the dark ness of last night as I lay with open eyes, looking out upon tve stars, thinking of him?now as dying, next as dead. The waters rose high on tho river in the night, and I heard Mie lap of the waves, lifted by thi winds, and tuoy seemed to bo- moan ing with memories of him. To me ho was a brother and friend, and tin very choicest of comrades, full of wit wisdom and good humor. There was no man who so won by admiration in tho pulpit.- His thoughts were rlc.i and ripe, an'* his voice as full ot music as a silvo veil. "I bopo he Is not dead. Friends worth the having?friends who appre ciate you. and whose presence Is a charm?are so scarce. If to has gone away from me, there will be a great blank place in the horizon of my de lights. There will be nothing that 1 can do but sit and recall him as he once was, and sorrowful reflect upon what I have lost. We nave sat hort en this very piazza, where now I'm sitting?sat here for hours at a time, and read books and talked together and once we were so silly?or athei he was?as to take notes ot som: things each said. We went boa tin-; together and swimming and fishing, and he laughed and whooped and romped like a boy. Death seemed 6o far away. Even with its seven-league boots, it would have to travel years and years before It could ever overtake him?it seemed to mo. I knew he could face death cither as a Christian as as a pLi'osopher. He had thought and fought the problem through, un til light broke In from the other side. Ho had had visions of God above thoso vouchsafed to the common run ot men. He used to tell men of them. His mind was full of visions, such as John had on Patmos *m'.d his apoc alytlc glories. "But still, I don't want to think about him as dead. He was our pul pit chief tien. The white plume upon his helmet of salvation loomed high aloft. So beautifully he held up the banner of peace In a hand that was clean and full of nerve. The merry call of his voice la the pulpit was like the summons oi God to duty. He had a gladsome gospel, full ot good cheer. Those he met ta tears ho left In smiles. His llfs was twined about with a gentle goodness, tho refine ment and perfection or a!! gentility whilo his soul' was strong to "do the riffbi. He had the blood of a Hon. throbbing through the heart of a dove. "I hope ho Is not dead. For a long time. la the night, I prayed that he might not die. But all was still, and I knew nothing. O if but now and then God would break the long silence and talk bapk to mo, and give tne some aaswer to my reeble cries cries which go up in the night! "But If he la dead. I know this?a prince has fallen In our midst, and If by God's grace, my ?fest shall over stand within thy gates, O ?-.eavonly Jerusalem. Ill see my brother again, foremost among them who do honor to the Lamb amid tho glories of the upper world. "I'm afraid to hear the news. I reel that ho has left mie. Then III close this dull paragraph with words at tributed to One greater than he? "Now he is dead! Far hen se he lies. In a lorn Syrian town: And. o-A his grave, with shining eyes, The Syrian stars look down.** - ? "Beaufort, September 14, 1615. ' "i*. S. Late yesterday afterncon, sitting on ay front porch, pencil In band, X scribbled iha above. Today Yes, sir, this is your store Every one of us here knows that after all, you are the boss. Your wishes are our laws. You are the one that must be pleased. That's why we sell MICHAELS-STERN <#w*. C1 o t h e s We know you'll like their style. We know, too, that your pocket book will like their prices?and that once having bought, you'll come back for more. The Store with a Conscience" WANTS INDIANS AT BIG CELEBRATION SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES SENT OVER MOUNTAINS TO CONFER The committee in charge of the Pen dicton Farmers' society Centennial celebration are determined to have some real live red Indians at Pendle ton on October 12-14 and yesterday a special representative was sent in to the mountains to confer with some, ot them about attending. This matter of having some Indians attend the celebration was taken up with . the Southern ' railway ofllclals and the following letter was receiv ed by the society .from Mr. M. V. l'.tlchards, commissioner of industrial and agricultural department, Wash ington: V/aatafcigton. D. C, Sept. 30, 191?. Mr: J, N. Harper, Corresponding Secretary. Pendleton Farmers Society. Pend Jeton, South Carolina. Mr. Dear Sir: . Reply to your letter of the 22nd Instant: I regret to advise that the Southern Railway management cannot furnish you free transportation for tho dele ga4.cn of Indians desired for - your parade, on account of taws governing such rast tara, o With regard to the. matter of se curing such a delegation, oar Mr. Mcrrltt today called on the commis sioner of Indian ?ffet**, interior de partment and. was assured that a delegation of Indians could be trad on condition that they would be gift est proper supervision and their trans portation and living expenses paid from t\ie tithe of leaving the r?serva-, tlon to their return. This assurance is based upon the supposition that tad Indians are to be used not as a snow, ont as illustrating, also, their progress. The eemtntsfdoner of fcr> diau affaira insists that there must, at least, be two floats for the In dians?one showing them in their na tive costume and native condition, an suggested in your letter (but not war like;) another, following later in the parade, showing them in citizens clothes and under modern conditions. He suggests that a tepee, on the first'float, with women and children in the garb of the early Indians, and an Indian following on a pony, bare back, migiiit represent their original condition; and another float showing the products of the soil of th? In dians, as now produced, or a modem Indian school house or home, with an Indian following on horse, sad dled (or something of this character,) would be agreeable to him. The nearest Indian tribe of which control, ia tho Cherokee tribe in Western North Carolina; and possi bly it would be from that- tribe that you would wish to secure representa tion. Some of them are located along our line between Aahaville and Mur phy. In order to get the Indiana^ will bo necessary tor your organisation to make direct application to lion. Cato Sells, commissioner ot} Indian affairs, Washington, D C, atating what you propose in the matter bt floats, and parade and how you pro pose handling the Indians during their trip and stay in Pendleton. The commissioner states that they must have careful supervision, be well kepi and atot allowed to coma In contact with intoxicating liquors. .It is outy under these conditions that tho Indians ca?? be secured through the interior department, and if they are acceptable to you it would be well for yo? to promptly communi cate with the commissioner .of In dian affaira. j Yours very truly, #1 M. V, nicharda. ' Commissioner. ' In speaking ot the society vester* day Col, Strlbllng stated that Dr. J: It. Maxwell of Green ville was the. oldest honorary member of the 'so ciety'end tost he himself was tho oldest active member. a telegram from Major Cokor tells of my brother's going away. Ma> God pity ua la oar bereavement 1 MC. C. ?Town." Hard da Blinks "Blinks says that When 1 young, he was thie. archlte* own fortune. -DVJoH thoy have anyr Inspectors ia tSuake days delpbia Ledger. of waa bis. .building "?Phils