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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
The Bulgarian king has gone Fin
cetjean ono, better.
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Fer thc proofreader's sake lt ls to J
be boped 'that war la the Balkans can
he averted.
lt Roosevelt should revise the na
tional hymn, ho would begin, "My
country, It ls met"
A true noutral ls the bachelor who i
sidesteps an Invitation to act as
judge at a baby show.
Missouri rlauds at the hoad In rais
ing mules, WIBO old state! That's
the only safo place to stand.
. ' When Greeco calls her scattered
sens to colors, the blind tigers colony
in Charleston will have to call for re
cruits.
It's poor business to poke into
other people's affairs-unless you are
a lawyer. Thon, If you are on your
jon. you get well paid for lt.
Our idea of retributive justice is
?hen a roan gets hi the course of
the plugged nickel be put in the
Election plate the Sunday before.
'O'
A man never knows how many|
its he has until'he reads the con
Utution, and he never knows howl
?W he has until ho tries to enjoy]
tem. ! , j-'r
--e
Routh Carolina is a model marriage
te, every^husbaod being strongly
ttachod'to his wife. Ho Just simply
ie to be. for there ls no legal way
be detached. ',
??* ?i,
American dollar will now buy
more foreign money than at any time
la our history. Bat what the poor
consumer wants to know Is. Why
won't lt buy more groceries and
clothing?
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Old Aesop disguised the ass in the j
foote with a Hon's akin, but the mod
em college has hit^pon a cheaper
awl more-practical plan. It accom
"Ishes the same end with the aid ot
pekin.
Any boob trill give yon accurate In
formation in the. art ot love-making
wnd tell you just how to win a wife,
but al {or marriage. Ebeneezer, you;
belcher life you'll have to shift in
gloriously for yourself.
THE MIIADOW OK THE
BUBttTANCK1
Th? Berry muddle In which Colum
bia find? Itself bas stirred the good
people of that eily to uctlon. What
ever the rcBUlt of the Investigation
may he, there in bound to be a bet
ter moral and political atmosphere af
ter it IB all over.
But many people In Columbia and
elsewhere arr- doubtless asking, "Why
did ic happen?" Tho answer is easy
enough.
The forces cf evil in every city are
always active and organized to per
petuate i policy ot municipal govern
ment that wit) give them tho largest
men?ut'? of freedom to continue their
violations of law, while tho forces of
Mood wake up only now nnd then, win
a victory or two, and calmly go back
to sleep.
Columbia's experiment in commis
sion povernment has been of short
duration. It has been long enough,
however, to give thc new systm a fair
trial, lhere is nothing wrong with
I tho plan, an excellent one to be nure,
I but thc delusion that many Columbia
people fell lulu was a common one.
They thought that commission gov
ernment would cure all the Ula of thc
body politic, ami. once having dis
carded the tattered garment of old
and donned the new with a great
Ilourh h of fute und feathers, thoy set
tled bsck Into a false security, think
ing that all would go well in a kind
of automatic fashion.
As city management goes, Columbia
bas been a well governed city. But
the point we wish to make here ls
that no city can set up a form nf
government-commission, city man
ager or any other '.ort-and expect
to got the best results from tho mero
form of lt. Bsck of any system Ile
tho strength and character and hon
esty of the men whom the people
choose to administer the city's'- af
fairs. Coed men will give good gov
ern m ec?, under any system; and, con
vente!/, bad men will give bad gov
ernment r 1er any syBtem.
lt ls i sad mistake to think tint
commission government of Itself will
protect a city. Those who look mere
ly to tho shadow are bound to be
pr?evnuMv disappointed; those who
ooo hoyond tho shadow and regard
Ihr substance of good government by
electing the right -kind of men to of
iico will get what they want because,
os rotors, they aro always on tho job
a bon election time comes and see to
it that tho destructivo forces of their
community aro kept in tho minority.
V/'ether a city has commlsson gov
ernment or not. it would do well to
take to heart tho truth of Pope's oft
quoted couplet:
"For forms ot government let fools
contest;
That which is best administered 1B
best."
COLORED COTTON
Tho cottou mills making print
goods have suffered heavy financial
losses on account of the war's inter
ference with the shipment of dye
stuffs, but, if tho experiments of A. W.
Brabham of Olar, South Carolina, are
successful, we may In future grow
cotton of any natural color we desire.
The production of cotton tinted by
nature seems rather a revolutionary
departure, but that it baa been done is
an undisputed ?act. Chemical dyes
aro Bald to be Injurious to the fabric
ot cotton goods, and commercially lt
is now -very hard to obtain dyestuffs
in satisfactory quantities or of sat
isfactory quality. There would be no
danger of fading, of coarse, in the
natural colors, and this is an advan
tage also to be considered.
Our Southern cotton ls all white,
but In other parts ot the world where
cotton in grown on a more or less
limited seale lt ls of different tints.
In Peru a cotton with a reddish lint
ia grown; brown cotton la produced
in Egypt, Peru and Hawaii; yellow
cotton is grown in China, while India
has a gray cotton. Down In Mexico
thors is said to be a jetblack cotton,
but this may be only a myth or a re
flection of the darker political condi
tions that prevail In the republic.
Mr. Brabham claims that the dif
ferent species wUl breed true to color
jin whatever soil they may bo planted.
Peculiarities of earth have nothing
to do with the production of tinta. If
?the primary colors can be produced,
'then all-intermediate shades caa bs
produced as well by cross-breeding.
By breeding white sad red together,
for Instance, a pink cotton would be
produced, and so on with other shade?
according to the fixed natural laws
governing the blending of colors.
The experiments being mads by Mr.
Brabham have tho possibility of rev
olutionising much ot the cotton manu
facturing industry, and his work, if
successful In a practical degree, may
be aa Important as that accomplished
by Lather Burbank- In other fields ot
plant Ufa.
SNOBS
Did you ever walk down the street
of a fine morning, in the free and
easy manner of a plain, decent every
day American citizen, and meet one
of those fellows who looked down on
yon with coldly arched eyebrow? and
then bite off a frozen word or two au
he passed IIIH greeting? You may
have known bim UH intimately as one
could since you played together at th?
mud-pie stage of your childhood, and
you know thut his demeanor toward
you is in no wiso duo to the drubbing
you gave him that day down by the
"crick" when he insuited you with
some supercilious remark about your
folks. That. long, long ago, was sent
by him to tho attie room of memory.
Since you've grown up and attained
the ago of pur?al discretion-no man
ever reaches the full measure of lt,
UH some wiseacres would have you
believe-you've learned the plain, un
varnlHhed truth. The poor fellow
can no more change his manners or
his opinion of others than a chame
leon can regulato Iiis lines. You feel
moro charitable, to him on that ac
count, although you can't help a
sneaking disposition to take hold of
him and shake him as a terrier does a
rat.
He Is a rare bird-a Bnob-if you
know what that means. You may be
versed in the fine arts and skilled in
ali tho selmces, and yet you may not
really know what a snob is like un
less you have seen one at CIOHO range
?-or unless you havo felt him-and
then you'll never forget the type.
A snob has no place in genuine
Amorlcan ifc. Ile is an exotic, n
hybrid creature, a cross between a
mollycoddle and a run-to-seed aristo
crat. Ile is a victim of old-world
caste transplanted in a new-world
democracy, whose spirit he can
neither interprot nor appreciate
Do you over. In a moment of weak
ness induced by the applause of your
frlet'ds for something unusual you
have done, hnd yourself thinking that
you are just a wee bit finer clay than
other folks? Honestly now, do you?
Well, if you have committed tho dead
ly sin, you have set your foot in the
path that lends straight to Snobland
nnd you'd better revers? thc machin
ery of your good common scr.se and
take tho back track as rapidly as yon
can before it ls everlastingly too late.
Saint Paul had some very sensible
things to say along this line, cau
tioning every man "not to think more
highly of himself than ho ought to
I think," and so on In a vein ot rare
wisdom and sound teaching and rich
human experience. And th our own
day Henry van Dyke more than any
cue el?e has voiced the spirit of true
Americanism when he said that "de
mocracy means not that I am as good,
as you ore, but that you are as good
as I am."
Remember that a snob, unlike a
poet, can be uade by training and en
vironment But, like the poet, ho ls
usually born to hts fate. Turn the
searchlight of truth Into your own
life and see what the dark places will
reveal. If you can stand up. honest
ly and sincerely, with Paul or with
van Dyke, you can cheerfully dismiss
from your mind all fear about your
self. You're no snob, bless your soul,
and you havant a taint of the breed
In you.
THE ARMENIAN TRACI EDY
In times gone by the atrocious Turk
used to fall with fire and sword upon
the peaceful Armenian and slay and
pillage until a horrified world stayed
hts bloody hand. The burning ambi
tion In the heart of the Turk haa
been extirpate the Armenian nation
and thus wipe from Its bordera every
remnant of Christianity.
Hie present war hss (Ivon to the
Turk the long desired opportunity to
gratify his religious hatred. In tho
name of Allrh his hand has been free
to strike, ano there has been none
to Intervene between him and his vic
tim either with bayonet and bomb or
with the peaceful weapons of civili
zation.
Turkey in all probability will he
made to walk Ute plank of dismem
bered snd disrupted nations after the
war ls over, but In any event abe will
have to her credit--or rather to her
discredit-the satisfaction ot having
sent the Christian Armenians on the
long Journey that beams with death.
It ls a grim and savage story. Tho
Turks bars been frank enough to ad
mit that the Armenian persecution la
the first step In their plu to drive
Christianity from the empire. Next
will come the Greeks, the Jaws, and
lastly the Amorican missionaries.
"Turkey for the Turka" ls the nation
al cry.
Since tMay more than 360,000 Ar
menians have been slaughtered or
have died from starvation. The rem
nant ls dwindling avery day. Some
have gone Into un exile which munt
end In starvation ca the desert or In
a worse fate at thu bands of nomadic
tribe? of Moslem?, and ali must face
death eventually in some form or
other unless tho policy of the Turkish
government ls modified or changed ?
completely.
There is but ono power that can
Bave the Armenians. Germany can
hold tlie Turkish government lu check
if she will, und it is to her national
conscience that a helpless world |
stands by and appeals.
Dut will a national conscience that
applauded the sinking of thc Lusitania
be keen enough to appreciate the
plight of tho Armenians? It looks
like a hopeless case.
A LINE
o' DOPE
Weather Forecast-Local rains
TMrsday; Friday partly uloudy.
Supt. J. II. Felton yesterday an
nounced that Dr. John E. White would
address thc meeting of tho County
Yoachors association which is to hoi
held on Saturday at noon.
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The Piedmont and Northern will
today make announcements in regard
to special excursion rntee from
Greenwood, .Spartanburg and Green
ville on account of the Clemson
Aubum football gamo which Is to be
played in Anderson on October 16.
These ratcB may bo good from Friday
through Sunday, or rather week-end
rates.
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It was not convenient to have the
meeting of the committees which are
to seo about plann for thc Clemson
Auburn footbanl gamo last night and
tho meeting was postponed. It is
thougla that it will be held tills oven
Ing.
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Judge Ernest Moore will be the
guest of honor at a dinner this even
ing which will be served at the Elks
club and which will bo.given by the
members of the .4 -dorson County Bar
association. This is a regular ovent
during tito terms of thc court of com
mon pleas. Tho committee in charge
of tho affair consists of Messrs. K. P.
Smith, T. P. Dickson and M. L. Bon
l.Um.
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Col. Camufbcll, who lives a few
?miles cant of thu city, ls preparing to
make a quite unique exhibit for Mr.
I 8. M. Byars to take to the state fair
in Columbia. Mr. Campbell la plan
ning to build a little cabin out of ears
of corn. He states that he intends to
mako lt complete In every detail and
; Intends to win a prize with it.
Mr. Byars in speaking of Mr. Camp
bell's corn stated that he had some
I with the largest ears he had Been this
?year. He will get about a dozen of
these to take to the fair with him
I among other exhibits. 'Mr. Byars is
I anxious to get up a good display ot
prolucts and will be glad to receive
any contributions.
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Aa tho result of a touriBt running
over and killing a cow with his uuto
, mobilo lh Georgia, and also for break
ing the spied limit In Elberton, Ga ,
he waa accosted by the police when
ho reached this city and lt cost him
exactly $35 before he got out ot town,
$25 for the cow and $10 for breaking
\ the speed law. The wires Were put
Into UBS and telegrams' from the
[ points ia Georgia informed the local
police to aee the tourist.' Upon ar
riving lu Anderson Officer Brown held
up the driver of the car and extracted
$35 according to instructions.
The bad weather of the past few
days has greatly Inconvenienced tho
paving crows in the city and have
caused them to be delayed with their
work. Tbs weather forecasts predict
cooler and1 fair weather and ? it is
hoped that this will be the ease. Win
ter is now coming on and the contrac
tors are very anxious to go right]
ahead with their work.
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Mr. Joe Galley of Iva was a busi
ness .visitor In the city yesterday and
stated that he never remembered see
ing the tannera being In such a hurry
to get their cotton crop gathered. He
stated that In some placea nearly ali
of the totten waa picked and that
the crop was going to be ?hort. Mr.
Galley was also proud of the rains]
?*fu b? Si?i?u ??iai fail iufSip? WS?
now growing some.
Mr. Martin Seltgman, the capable
window trimmer and display artist at
tho'Lessor company baa dona himself
proud thia weak. Upon entering tho
lad tea dress goot? side of the tv.
store, if you will glace np toward f.e
calling above tho dress goods section,
yon will behold a very 'aeai and at
tractive display of blaser coats, in
faut B wool sweaters, bootees, baby
dresses und baby cap?, sud infant
cloaks, also silk sweaters for ladles
and silk petticoats, together with
some very pretty muslin underwear,
'bose goods are displayed in a very
unusually clever manner; they are
pinned to, or fastened to S(|uaro pieces
of heavy card board, so that each
piece of merchandise that is on dis
play stands out tn bold relief. It is
a very clever piece of work, and well
worth seeing.
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Several penny scales have boen
placed over the streets of the city
and these arc causing unfavorable
comment. Mayor Godfrey slated at
the meeting of city council on Tues
day afternoon that these scales would
bavo to be moved and that be had
SQ instructed thc man who bad them
put up.
Judge and Victim in
Russian Munitions Row
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I ^w^HSaPISI
fi SBL^SF*^ '^S* ?
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General Nicholas Petroff.
Ex-War Minister SoukhomllnofT.
The loss of Warsaw and d?llela by
tho Russians, duo, all experts in
sist to the lack of munitions of wa
by tlhe Russian armies, has resulted In
a scandal which is tn bc aired at n
military trial. In great liri tn in the
lack of munitions, which bas caused
the loss of thousands of British sol
diers at tho front, has had no such re
sult.
General NicT.'.olrs Petroff has been
appointed president of the superior
court to try the high military officials
who failed to Bupply the army. For
mer Minister of War SoukbomiHnoT
will bc one of tho first lo bo. tried by
the court. He has been chiefly blamed
for th'j failure %to equip thc army
propel ly.
Retain Sager Turi ti.
Wa. ngton. Oct. 6.-Because of
war conditions the administration
will ask congress to retain the sugar
tariff and emergency tax law, Sccre?
tary McAdoo announced tonight.
John 1). Jr., Inspertlng Ames.
Son F.iise, Wyoming, Oct. C.-John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., arrived, here to
day to Inspect the Sun Rise iron mme
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany.
Game Wardell For Hampton.
Columbia, Oct. 6.-Governor Man
ning has appointed J. K. Un;neon of
Gifford in Hampton county as a game
warden. J '
Cast Reside the Water.
A lady whjp lives at Oyster bay, on
going to her front door the other
morning was startled to find a burly
policeman preparing to ring, relates
The New York Kvoning Post.
"What do you wont?" she asked.
"I'm sorry marm, but there's been
a man committed suicide down there
on the shore."
"Oh, horrible!" broke In the lady,
trembling.
"And Tm mighty sorry to tell you
that the coat he left behind him has
your diusband's name in lt.*
"Oh, oh!" shrieked tho lauy, and
promptly fainted.
But her Irish maid, who had a good
head on her shoulders, even beofre
she tried resuscitation called up her
master's town office, and get ffie re
assuring news that he was there safe
and sound and doing business as
usual.
. And the lady speedily . recovered
from her swoon.
"It's had ono good effect," the hus
band remarked later: "Jane doesn't
give away my nice, comfortable old
clothes quite as freely aa she used
too." - j
"Yes, I do," quoth Jane, "only I cut !
the name out ot the lining first.'
Sanitary Precautions.
"Hey. Moiks, and nhwat do you fink
of these new sanitary drinking cupsr*
?'Sure, Pat and soon well have to
seit on bur hands wi& an eye-drap
per!"-Gargoyle.
Longtf oreman (after protracted
conversation )-Be yon one o' they
G-armans, turf
Visitor-Good gracious, no! Why?'
Longshoreman-Well. you 'nant I
asked If I wor thirsty 1-?London I
Punch.
Men who come here "just
to look" are as welcome
as those who come to
buy; one usually leads to
the other; but look all
you want to and buy
when you get ready. The
values are famous; we
mean to exceed your
money's worth.
Here are specially designed suits
for men; models for young men;
styles for "prep" and high
school youngsters; clothes that
in every instance stand supreme.
#10, $15, $18, $20, $25,
Complete showing of rainproof
coats; rubberized, mackintosk,
do?ble-texture, plain rubber fac
ed;.lengths from extra short to
extreme lengths. $5, $6, $7.50,
$10, $15.
Cravenetted Overcoats, $10 up.
Water-resisting, comfort-bring
ing,, taste reflecting shoes, $3.50,
$4, $4.50, $5, $6.50.
"The Sion with m Conda**
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
GREENVILLE MURDER
Young White Woman Dead From
Wounds-Three Held for
the Killing.
Greenville, Oct. 6.-An unfathomed j
mystery'Rur rounds the strange cir
cumstances in the Anding of the dead
body et a young white woman known
as^Minnie^ Brookshire, who, the coro
ner's 'rory wa?- yesterdaj^t?ld stag
gered Monday night interine home of
Mrs. Lizzie' Pruitt, pear Lima, and six ?
hours later died from a horrible
wound in her side inflicted with a
shot gun. Mrs. Pruitt her 20-year- ?
old son, John, and Charlie Tapp, the j
only occupants of the Pruitt home ;
who seemed to know, anything of tho ,
tragedy, were brought to Greenville
last night and lodged in Jail in face
of the verdict of the coroners jury,
which held thc young woman came
to her death from wounds inflicted by
a shot gun at the bands of the named
persons. The accused protest their
innocence, and insist that the woman
declared on her death bed that, she
had accidentally Bhot herself.
The tragedy, which became known '
early yesterday morning in Cleve
land township, fairly startled that
community. Magistrate J. H. Cleve
land, open' whose place the Pruitts
live, despatched his constable, B. F.
Couch, to tho scene. A.. sedulous
search was instituted for tire facts in
the case,-end as the investigation pro
ceeded, circumstances grew sensa
tional, but continued to mystify the
authorities.
I?osJgiiailon Necessary.
London, Oct. 6.-A dispatch to
the Pall Mall Gazette from Athens
says Voeixelos in an Interview de
clared the retaliation of the cabinet
Monday inevitable because of the im
possibility of rcconsitirfg tho pre
mier';; iritcrprctatica ot Greece's
treaty obligations toward Serbia,
with the king's opinion on the Sub
ject. H o formation of a coalition
cabinet ls considered probablo, the
dispatch adds.
Athens, Oct. C.-After a confer
ence with Kin? Constantine, premier
Venizaloe returned ?to th? chamber or
deputies and made ? statement ot the
causes of disagreement, efl thea an
nounced tho resignation of the entire
cabinet. Sittings of the chamber.were
euspended.
U. S. WOULD USE ALL
WIRELESS DURING WAR
Commercial and Amateur Sta
tions to Be Organized for
Emergencies.
Washington, Oct. 6.-AU commer
cial and amateur wireless stattom: in
tho United States are Boon to be or
ganized by tlie navy department for
immediate use in case of emergency
by tho intelligence bureau of the navy
dopartment. In the event of war, op
erators all along the coast Unes will
be instructed to listen in on any radio
conversation within range ot.tho'.r in
struments, the Intercepted message to
he promptly reported to.the navy de
partment. Arrangements will bc mad?
by thc state, war and navy building
here so that tho chief nf the navy op
erations will he In close touch with
all points In thc event of trouble.
Wireless io being installed in the
building.
UK ST HOY KR REACHES TORT*
INJURER MEN WILL RECOVER
Now Port, IL L, Oct 6.-The de
stroyer Cummings with two"' men
burned In the explosion and fire at
aea yesterday arrived here early .to
day. Thc men were taken to tho na
val hospital and will recover. ? The
destroyer was slightly damaged hy an
explosion of Cuel oil. Thc Hoot "which,
put into Naragahsctt bay as ? part ot
the defensive operations of the,-; war
gamo sailed,during the night.
ThHeetrlelans Strike Cronin?.
Schnestady, N. Y., Oct. 6.^-The
union workers in tho Lynn and.'Pitts
field. Meseachusets and (ha Kort
Wayne- Induna, plants of thc General
Electric company may join tho ,,ton
thousand strikers at the local plant tn
thc demand tor an sight hour day.
labor leaders reported, lt ls esti
mated that sixty thousand men aro
employed in the four plants.
Luxembourg Eaters Proteol.
Berlin, Oct. 6.-(Wireless*-Th?
Overseas agency says . thq . grand
duchy of Luxembourg has protested
to the entente alliua against (ho re
cent aeroplane attack on the pity.ot
luxembourg. r
Geiafeerg** Potato Chips Frosh,
land Crisp Daily, Phone No. 733*