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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80, IMG.
Stofanoson, tho cxploror, is the
.Bicklost man on tim. globe. He .was
in the Arctic regions.for a whola year
und didn't know ,the war was going
an.
A find' time for n man to marry
ia when ho gota old enough to . know
nil about women," opines' tho York
Nows. Wo aro astonished di Bro'. Bell.
Doosn't ho. know that a man could!
never qualify.to marry under a con
dlU?n llkoiitmi. . ;
, Tiio big Amorlcau bankers wore
very dubious about that $BOO,000,000
war loan-until lt was put over on re
inar kably favorablo to rms. Thon ev
erybody scrambled to subscribo. It !
looka as if Wall Street fooled, that ?
bu?ch^ot-'Britiai??ftnanelorB,
; .JJQ . ?
y General von lWslng, military ? goy
. ?rnor-Kcn?ra? .;ef?Be!sfoiu, bas iss?od
a dooroo forbidding * tho ' artificial
blinding ofcvi'ong birds. "It ls a cruel
ty which I can by. nd means tolerate,^
ho says. Birds i probably bayo^ j more
feelings than Belgians, still, it there
had been a fow B?ch decrees in behalt
??t$;tbe natives a year ago last sum
morv
-o
..Tho scientific hygienists Bay that)
rats and fleaa are far greater do
ll troy ero of life Utan tho war. And
tuoy uro superior to human tain gs la
that they don't destroy their .'own
hind. Sumo day mon will learn from
.h.yl ?xesp enemies, and'fight them, instead
'wasting combative energy In mu*
fy j- tual slaughter.
"There ls such a thing ns being too]
- ' proud to fight," said President Wil
&on. ob a certain memorable occasion.
? There ia siso such a thing as being
too tired to fight. And lt scoma to ba
Gonuahy'a policy to reduce us to tho
requisite Btata of tiredness, by pro
5 Oracling Um submarine controversy
through an interminable exchange of
diplomatlQ not?s. ' ,
. tegarditi?-iae question.^stlllwarm
ly/ di8p?id lb many states, whether
women -would uso tho ballot (ti they
had lt, H Wyoming woman risos to ro
ark that th**women of her state
st 38 per cent of; tho votos, although
lix**'. conaUtbt^ only 32 r?r cent of thc
adult; population. Maybe that'll bold
tho "'antla*'; for a whMo*-rand miiyb* lt
won't Women are skilled in ' con
^^l^irig ntebi bbt it's awfully hard for
H f?*??e. woman *? ?onvfnce .unnthn'r> of
' thine.
FOOLISH MR. FORD
Not nil thc foolish things In con
nection with war aro happening on
tho other sido of tho "Pond." Amer
icans, living in America, aro giving
us sonio good oxumplcs occasionally
ot how folks supposed to bo possess
ed of a reasonablo amount of men
tality may do ?onie mighty queer
things. If reports he true, tho high
ly esteemed potentate of tho auto
mobile manufacturing world, Henry
Kord, Is tho latest to glvo us a glow
jiiK oxuiupio of ?j?rrow mlnuCdncuS In
this respect.
Sir Henry, lt would appear, In al
lowing his hatred of ? 'ar get tho up
per bund of his better judgment, and,
Incidentally, his humanity.
A dispatch states that tho Russian
government recently placed with tho
Kord automobile plant on order for
150 ambulances, with tho assurance
that they were to bo used solely for
the Red Cross service. Then Mr.
Ford, so tho story goes, learned of
tho dual auO vetoed it, returning tho
chcckB which had hoon passed ns an
advance payment on the machines.
It's pretty certain that lack of am
bulances in which to transport tho
wo,mdod from the battloflodu would
not bring tho war to a CIOBO. Am
bulances aro not a menin; of carrying
on war; they are merely contrivances
for use in ameliorating thc suffering
of tho wounded ofter ' war" has dono
its terrible work.
It strikes us OB about au sensible
for Mr. Ford to cancel tho order for
umbulanccs as lt would bo for the
hoad of a big laboratory In this coun
try to cancel an ordc-? for.a consign
ment of ot Ii or for use. by tho surgeon?
in tho war hospitals in amputating
shattered limbs of soldiers who had
boon wounded in the trenches. "No,"
says the hdad of tho . laboratory, "I
will not furnlBh other for the sur
geons in putting tho wounded sol
diers to sloop while they saw their
limbri off. I will show my disapproval
of war by lotting tho wounded sol
diers groan and wrltho 'in agony
while tiny, wldo awake, lie on tho
operating tables and have their anns
and legs sawed oh., their jaw bones
taken'oh' or othor parts ot tho body
alarmed, hacked, sawed and repaired."
-"Tho quality of mercy lu not strain
ed, -, otc."
' %rf08E'OBBMAW BOMBS
'The arrest and confession of Robert
Fay, tho self-styled German> army of
flcor,"vtnid-Ul8 accomplices ~ Jn- -tho ?
r^li?mo*^l?~1??lowJ^ mein
chant ships, have revealed the most
pretentious of anti-Amorican plots.
And yet thia Booms but a detail of. tho
great wob of conspiracy woven by
Germub .influences and backed by
German ***".*r7-_ ,
flubsidlsed propaganda hoe given
pince to brime. And tim question of
chief .tutcrostjn the American peo
ple nov/ In, wottfef7 stich crimes as
Fay's mun; havo planned and such aa
ot hors havo actually accomplished
have really been subsidized by tho
German government and perpetrated
with the jald/or acquiescence of tho
German authorities of Berlin and
Washington;...; ' 5,
, FayVanahacnpiz tho'rest aro in
thcmsVlv^/o^%tj^9' importance. ? The
atjsaB^jn .whd shot J. Pi Morgan and
pissed'ji?Qf?te. on Aniprican;ahlns waa
of ? little''.Importance.. Sqch' moil cqb
stltuto. ,W; grave h^^aca to . American
life, property' " and. oat;-', \bn,t.'- ' they
can be doalt with aa-:oUieV criminals
?re.. ??' .
if, however, such erinn o are being
directed from Germany, hy a sup
posedly friendly government, they are
aa; serioctt aa were tho Slavic plots
against Austria - which culminated in
the assassination of tho Austrian hair
to the crown and gave Austria her
pretext for precipitating the great
war. \ \
Wo do not want war, as Austria
did. But we do want to know whether
it is Germany, rather than-Irrespon
sible individ?a] Germans, that is
blowing up our ?hips, and factories. .
? '? - '" ?' ? ' i '
LADT STRIKE-BREAKERS
Ono o?' tho ? o trankest things about
women ls tho failure of the "shelter
ed woman" to sympathize, with her
working sister. It ls soon in most
household whore maids are employ
ed. . it ls seen ta, women's treatment
of waitresses and store clerks. It ap
peared .in a surprising degree when
comfortable Women" .''o? Colorado! ?tf
fended tho starvation and slaughter
ct' miners* f ami I s c s. v^era'-?fit''- ? new
and striking example ?n a rubber fac
tory at Tr on ten, N J.
Thlrtyrfive girls employed tn this
factory vent on,? atrit?
demand a reduction bf their ten -hour
nayj nor higher wbgesV.-' , AU they
asked was that 'their'woritrponv ha
mada more sanitary and comfortable.
/?hy man would suppo*a that auch
a characteristically feminine demand
would enlist the sympathy of other
women regardless of class prejudice.
And that Is where nny man would
fall to fathom tho feminine mind. For
this ls what hnppcned:
Thc wives of the officials of tho
company, clevcu in number, marched
to tho factory and took tho girls'
places as strike breakers.
Hov long will these women, unman
to labor, keep on trimming rubber
from 7 a. m. un.?. G p. m., in a room
which poor working girls found Intol
erable, remains to be soon. Thc ladioB
in question aro dciermimid io demon
strato that tho place ia sanitary.
To a great number of American
women, thoso strike-breakers aro her
oines. To tho women of tho working
clasB they aro contemptible. It mod
ern feminism means anything, it
means that theso two classoj of wo
men must bo reconciled. But how re
concile them? Class feeling ls still
far stronger than sex solidarity. Wo
men diger ulong economic lines just
as men do.
SCOUTS AW? "FEATS"
High School fraternities have fall
en into generol disreputo In recent
years, and In many cities are abso
lutely forbidden by'the school author
ities. The crowning condemnntlon of
them comes from tho Boy Scouts.
Ono of tho eastern Boy Scout or
ganizations has publicly expressed
ita "unequivocal and unalterable dis
approval" of thc high school "frats,"
because of tho demoralizing influence
thoy exert o the students. In al
most overy case where a scout joins
a "frat," ho seems to deteriorate. His
school work suffers, bis morals tend
to becomo lax, his ideals aro dimmed.
When it comes to a controversy be
tween tho scouts and the "frats," the
public.has no difficulty In'choosing
sides. Tho admirable character of
tho Boy Scout movomcnt is recog
nized amost universally. It lum en
listed tho natural interest and In
stincts of American boys and turned
them Into wholesome and construc
tive channels, giving them a love for
clean sport and fair play, building
them up physically, stiffening their
moral fiber, teaching thom self-re
liance, showing thom how to get tho
keenest enjoyment out of healthful
activities.
Tho high school fraternities repre
sent a striking contrast. However
praiseworthy they may bo. In intent,
their results aro poarly always ob
jectionable. The trouble ia that boys
ot tho high school age aro not ma
turo enough to be trusted with secret
social clubs. ' Inevitably they make
mistakes,, abuso their isolated free
dom, lot tho fascination of lt inter
fere with study and exercise, and de
velop a class spirit inconsistent with
high school democracy.
Collcgo men, being moro mature
and responsible, can be more safely
trusted with tho privileges of frater
nity Ufo, al thong even they'abuso it
sometimes. For moro, boya' frater
nities, however, there is no excuse. (
COMMON SENSE IN THE TRENCHES
What would happen it the war were
loft to the men who are fighting lt,
Instead of to the kings and diplo
mats, is indicated in this story, told
by nn English officer:;
The day before the big British
attack .near. Lobs, In northern France,
tt?evBrRi8 t soldier's Vin - thc first
trench Baw a.board shoved up by the
Gormans in Ute trench opposite, it
bore tho; inscription:
THE ENGLISH ARE FOOLS.
Nobody tock the trouble even to
shoot at it. Soon tho board w s low
ered, then raised again with tats ad
dition
THE.FRENCH ARE FOOLS
The English " soldiers ignored that,
too. But they began to wake up When
the board was lowered again and
hoisted with Ute legend
WE ARB FOOLS
That drew loud and prolonged rp -
! plauso. Tho next time tho board dis
appeared tho Brinah waited eagerly
for lb) re-appearance, and burst into
an uproar ot applause when they
read-' .
WHY NOT ALL GO HOME?
For once, in ono UtUe segment of
two thousand miles of trendies, com
mon SAO se reigned. Tho nest day they
ran buy one ta through each other's
rihs.
-;-i ... , .--v: ? is
s A -Nsw Genluw
.-. A famous botanist, whose ' oxpori
! t?ceis told hy AUB were, found a plant
that he did not know. At that .tho-:
ment, .a ehook-headed , lad strolled
along tho road and, stopped to gaxo
open-mouthed at him.
M?Wl"' called Uie botanist urgent
ly. "See that plant tb oro- that paie
pink one in. the corner?-De you know
tit"
MOh-huht " said the country boy
/briefly. /. '?.?.; ;
"What's ita carnot Do yon katnf.
what family it belongs'to?" .
The rad; jerkin? ? crabby thumhr
over ht? shoulder toward a little cot*
tace, ?aid teraciy, "IgginscB!" i
' v; V ?' ? V '
. . ? , . \
Weather Forceust^-Falr Saturday
and Sunday.
-o
Mr. A. D. Oliphant, assistant sec
retary o? State Charities and Correc
tion Commission, stopped over in tho
city last ni?ht enrmitn from Walhal
la and PlehonB to Greenwood. Yes
terday Mr. Oliphant inspected the
county Jails and convict camps o?
Oconeo and Pickens county, and at
Greenwood will inspect the county
jail today. He reported finding the
Oconeo Jail in splendid condition, al
though that Pickens Jail waa well
kept, too.
A meeting of tho members cf the
Anderson Association of Lifo Insur
ance Agents will bo-held this even
ing at 8 o'clock at Hotel Chlouola. As
is customary at these meetings, din
ner will bo served, 'otter which tho
business ot the occasion will bo
transacted, lu making the announce
ment yesterday of tnc meeting Presi
dent Dickson asked for a full meet
ing of tho membership.
TEUTONS ARE
TRYING TO TRAP
MAIN SERB ARMY
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
London, Oct. 29.--The Austrp-Ger
maus and Bulgarians completed the
first phase of tho campalgu In Serbia
by Joining hands ? in th*3, northeast
ern corner of the'couP'.ry. They also
enhanced Lins military advantage by
procuring of free'passage down tho
Danube.
A flotilla of steamers, it IB said, is
already waiting TO transport war ma
terials ,and if Serbia can't lntA'foro
with these arrangements the Bulgari
ans' ammunition shortage nhould soon
be relieved and her officers' powor
greatly strengthened. The progress
of tho Bulgarian!troops east and
northeast of Nish) threatens the city
and places tho^fwrhlan army In an
Increasingly dangerous position. The
capture of Nie? -^??ld make possible
by the establishinent of the railway
communication : ;> through Belgrade,
Nish and Sofia' between the Teutonic
allies. ->??v? .; .. > -'..{/ >
* Tho 0armanJav;a-s?^Au3trmh3 oro" ad
vancing over a wide front from tho
north. Th? front tiona from Valievo in
a broad course.sl?ihtly^aoiitheaet' to
the Danubo aVKladovoi ,whero It joins
the Bulgarian Jrtrfb? whig.* ' ' ' {
Rumor continues vW^oscrlbo* to ilho
.Greek g?verom?nr Intentions hostilo
to tho ontonte pdfcyers and' oven goes
Th? inactivity jfnarklng Mo situa
tion on tho woswrn* front for som o
timo IB still unbroken* - .'
. In. the east Hindenburg's attack In
the Riga diatrict dhters'no new phase,
to tho entente powere nqd.ovcn goes
BO far as to gay that Greeco bas an
understanding with Bulgaria and at
tho psychological moment will . fall
upon tho allied troops landed at Sa
loniki. No such designs are really
credited to Greece'in London, but Eng
land and Franco continuo to watch
tho political situation at Athens with
Ill-concealed anxiety.
Slr Edward Grey; foreign secretary,
said today that tho Greep ospousal of
tho cauBo of tho Germanic! powers was
an impossibility? Similar assur
ances, come front authoritative Greek
sources.
\ f ,>? * ?* > -
London, Oct. iD.^rvjutors Athens
oorrjospondont Ifchrns from Serbian
sources that the ?F^c?n>* op?r?t lng in
the Stiv.imitsa rogion. , have. occupied
the heights of Valandovo,' Rabi.ivia.
and Tartar Lizoire dominating Qtru
milsa. The Bu?garla?B?are not ex
pected to hold out much longev, Thero
is no recent news at Athebi, from the
northrn Serbian .front* it ia reported
that Turkey is about to yasclpd ita de
cree for the confiscation bf tho prop
erty of belligerents ^wlcfi?o oithjroat
of . the entente Owe?, to confiscate
German property In the bolllgoront
countries. . \ ?. i ?i* ?'
Who Lo ve th J?i ch.
In certain villages of H?rault, o
province of Franco; <* surlous and
touching custom has r'?wu up since
the great war besang cays The Now
York Evening Post. Tho villagers
write upon tho doora of their houses
the names of any members of their
families -who aro fighting: for tho de
fense of their native land, and after
each name they set down tho glorious
or tragic details of what has lm**,
pened to these loy&a.qneajfg^
There you learn thkt'the son of the
hour.?, is wounded ; and . ? preener,
there that the fat ho:-bas nesn decor
ated, and a lltttft<iat^r '^oii' that the
son-in-law has been WUpd.
Upon one dotfr '-ii ?ri??r-by found
thia eloquent . and pathetic Inscrip
tion;
: v^ean Musir?, mrt??^a has been
mentioned for ir?l?antry ?in army btv
de?. The past ia no moro. : T forgive
him. May ho borte "t?rtrio again I x
will welcomo him, with open arms." .
-...i;.;. , ?
Lover (passionately, )~r?lr, I love
the Very ground your .daughter walks
on!"
Father grimly? )^'l^iJottbt you do
-Wa wort h$200 a iront foot. "-rTovrh
, ' ; , - vyO?i: i
Toplcc- __J_J^^.
neSs fronvthe ^^S^i^
district seems to be o?V*? - > - -
HTHE B-o-E
and bc
shown; our sale*
AMERICAN NEGRO HAD
CLOSE CALL I? FRANCE
"Niggah John" of Boston Tells of
Experiences in Champagne
Where Foreign Legion Suffered
Heavy Losses.
Paris, Oct. .8;-^-(By Mall.)-The
Foreign Legion's Avaorlcan con
tingent was nearly wiped out in tho
great Chatnpagao advance. One of
tho few who carno out whole was
John ? Frederick Brown, ordinarily
kaown as "Niggah John" of Boston.
I saw him In the hospital here.
"Where are you wounded; John"" I
asked, ufo. .??..?> !> Vi?.;? \i ?.!.-.' j,
"I ain't- wounded," 'grinned John;
"I's Jes par'llzed. We waa goin* up
a slopo with all binds of things corn
in' down at us an' a groat big Oer- I
man Jock Johnson hit me right in
the middle of the back, and 'lawzy
mo, m hi tah! I sh o' though ma days
was ovah."
Tho Jack Johnson, the nurse ex
plained, only bruised John's back
and probably deadened his legs, may
be temporarily.
John used to work in aa automo
bile house around Warre nand Tre
mont stroots, Boston, and it seems
Buch a long cry from there to a
Champagne battlefield that I asked
him why ho joined tho Foreign Le
gion. ? t '
. "Lawsy, mani" said John
through his parpebaal smile. ",I
guess I allua did have mo c'uoslty
than intelligence, i>J ^ j
"Still, you Baw tho big battle;
that'a something^"
"Yoab bet it was something,"
said John. "When. I loft Paris wo;
wont to the Vosges first. Thea they
sont us to Ch?injrag-ue z?f the B????.
We started lu thc fight from, a place
Just north of Swipes (Suippes.)
"That Sat'day tn?win* we started
off in cloris fo'mation. Uko the''.?>r
mans, and we was all mighty wor
ried 'cause if any ono of them- shells
had hit tis it would a wiped out tho
whole company.
"Well, yre ata*ht?d up; a hill that
aways, j Then I say out loud .'hopin*,
tho officer would hear me, 'why don
that man spread us out tin a ii lour
-that'a what tho French call ?
skirmish line yon know-but tho '?*
fleer didn't pay no 'tentlon to me.
When all the fellahs ata'hatea say
ing the same tiling hut tho . officer
didn't change his mind till he. ; got
good abd "ready,
"But after ja whllo he dfe? order
us to1 spread outran* wo -?hob
obey. For .coming down that hill
was a whole arsenal tull ot machine
gun "bullets aa' cannon balls an'
chunks of - dirt and every thin g. *. ,. 1
"The officer told ni to entrench
and keef, our heads down, but ho
didn't lites to-our heads lest na?
chually ^xagrcd all by -.their owe
selves. : . ,
; ."Ever* .: ince and a .while we'd get
up an' ruii .fo'w??.rd. Whee we got,tb
the top o? the hill tho. Germans got
skeered an' beat "backward? -Wo. kept
after theia till finally we got caught
in a pocket where we ; bsd machine
guns te front of tia* ?a .on both
sides an* shells - bustln' in the mid
dle. -. .. - - - '.;, .
"That'? whero s ? got ?nine. : They
told us to lay'down flat an' keep un
der them mitrailleuse. bullets
that*?1 what.,the French ?ali a ma?
chine gah-'but ? Jest. wanUr say yuh
simply-* . <t??n,t;r.''d???t/;- tthem ;.-' bullet?;
they seem. to. kinder hop, skip and
jump along ttva ground.
: "When thai; Jfaok johnson: hit ma
lu the'hack. 'Oh L&wdy,* 1 ?old to
mahsef, .'I gue)? S ?^ittV that cent
o-day air right KOW, but the futuah
looks mighty,flatc."
"How many days were you ia the
9
stocks are ready a
>ys* apparel the bes
3 are also the larges
its for men and young mer
extra value at $10, gi 5, $1
ys' knee pant suits; maxiir
ce; handsome watch free v
?re. $3.50, $4, $5 and up
ts for discriminating dressi
every taste. Stetson's nt
, $5. Evans Specials $2, $
Des that offer you the ha
le, comfort and service,
rchandise. $3.50, $4, $4.!
fight?" I aslccd.
"Jus' a little po'tion of one day
was enough-to hold me," said John.'..
"What other Americans wore in"
tho battle wltli you?"
"To tell you* the hones' truth
MIstah," ?aid John, "ah didn't have
time to look ; around and sec. I was
fairly busy koepin' track of one fren
of mine from Boston.
Just then the nurse came in with
lunch.
"Dat am som? food!**' cried John,
wrenthon in smiles. "Jos' smell dat
bacon! If Gen'ul Joifryll listen tuh
mo he can end dis war In . half a
day. - Jes' set a million plato of dis
bacon ?long the top of do French
trenches aa' . the Germans'U Jest
catchally crawl ovah an' beg to sur
render."
Of tho American ' in tho Foreign .
Legion, John finally remembered
tbat. he had heard William Dugan
of Al Albany, R? Y., and Christopher'
Ch'arles^'of Brooklyn were missing,
as were severalv others/ and ' ?that
Jack Casey,, former cartoonist, of
San Francisco had . beeb wounded m
tho foot.
"In the Legion," ho s*.id, "they
iiav^-? all sorts of charms to - bring
good luck but I reckon the left h'nd
foot of ? grave yard rabbit we Am
ericans nso ls about the bes' of all." '.?
"Waat makes you think so?" I.
asked. I
"Ah'm boah, 'ala't ah?" said j
John.- - - -j
"Docs your boyjtak? kindly to farm
life, now that ho hbo. finished col
lege?" "Oh, yos," Topltbd Finner Cob-. .
bles. "Ho Bays that after tho streu?
uous four, years ho's been through lt's ?
a pleasure td loai around homo and
watch the hired mea at work;"-Bir
mingham Age-Herald '.
Wi -.: ?' pplp
nd right; men's
it we have ever
it in our history.
' % %$?& . :-" .
i; a liber?l percentage
8, $20,. ?25; ^ *..
tum quality, at every
/ith each suit at $5 or
to $12.50.
3rs; styles and shades
3w features at $3.50,
3.
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50, $5, $6.50.
Conscience"
- . Germany's Weakness.
. (Atlantic Monthly.)
There is a residuum ot truth in the
assertion that dermany during tho
last "generation has overreached her
self, -writes Kuno Froncke. So far as
this ls tho case, she bears her part
of the guilt of having conjured up tho
present world calamity. In saying
this, I am not thing or Germany's
consistent ipoiicy of formidable arma
ment. For I fall to see how Germany
could have afforded not f.o prepare tor
war. so long as she found herself sur
rounded-by neighbors evory one of
them anxious to curb her, rising pow
er. What I am thinking oV, Js a spirit
of superciliousness which, bs '*a very
natura! concomitant of a century of
extraordinary achievement, has de
veloped, especially during tho last 25
years in'the ruling classes of Ger
many; ' ' ';
Tho manifestations of thlB .spirit
haye been many and -varied. In Col
man dorpesttc conditions it has led
to the growth bf a capitalistic class
bs. snobbish and .overbearing, as it,1s
resourceful and intelligent, counter
acting by ita dncompromioing Herren
moral the good effect of the wide and
provident social legislation-inaugurat
ed by Bismarck. . It has lett to 'ex
cesses of; military rule aud to asser
tions of autocratic power which have
embittered German party - politics and
have driven largo numbera of Liberal
yoter? into th? Socialist ranks, as the
only party consistently and unswerv
ingly -upholding nar Haran tn? ry r ig'j ts. '
In Genna ny'?r loreign relations it has
led tb a policy'which was meant to
be firm, but had oh appcarauce of ar
rbgaue and aggressiveness nd ..easily
Aroused susypiclon, /Suspic/on of Gor
maba led to her Isolation', ?And -her
isolation has. finally brought on the
war.
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