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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916
The moro wo look at the way the
Brittjh nation ta' behaving In ". thin
war, tho more wo admire France.
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Medical sclentlsta have discovered
that brown rugar ls the best dressing
for woundB. 'Most anybody's grand
mother know that.
This proparodnesa business IB all
right, but wo hope congress will
leavo enough money in our pockctB to
buy tobacco with.
-p.. "?
That patriotic line-up that Presi
dent Wilson announced a abort time
ugo doesn't seem to have started yet.
Is lt the sheep or the goats that arc
hanging back?
When "tho Sick Man of Europo"
fights the way he's been lighting at
the Dardanelles we frankly admit that
we'd a heap rather tackle .a porfectly
%vel) Christian ot *most any national
Ity.
An Indiana woman, who was mar
ried to and divorced from .tho same
man seven times, Orally shot him tho
cthsr day. ' jSUs just couldn't hear the
thought or having to marry , that man
again.
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When you como right down to it,
tho, only Simon-pure non-hyphenates
lu tho country are tho Indians. Even
thc negroes have got Into.a pernicious
habit in late years of calling them
selves "Afro-AmericanB," .
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Porter Charlton, tho American on
irlni ?or murder in Italy, ??s't com
plain that ho Isn't getting a fair trial
according, to American precedents in
mich, ca.iofc-..- There's a .typically Amer
ican corps bf .- alienists mobilised in
tht> court room, and their testimony
regarding Charlton's sanity ls given
Impartially ,to both sides itt she typi
cally Amorlcan way,
:'Wo$'^fa'BXo;'informed by an antl
anffrajij^^^
ihechnse women went , into . politics,
jost tho btltor day an English writer
Insisted., that it foll because Rome
abandoned military conscription in
'f?vor'cf voluntary service. Prev
iously wo had learned that. Rom?? fell
because ita mosquitoes, because of tho
Gorman/ because ot Christianity, bo
.canee' cf absentee landlordism, ned a
domett or two other causea, i- The ono
sure' thing about Rome ia that it felt
And 'what a'lucky thing ttat waa for
modern moralists.
MHSIAN Fill EN D.Sil 11'
Thcro hu? just been organized in
Russia a. Society for Promoting Mu
tual Relation? Between RuBsla and
America. It baa (darted giving friend
ly dinners to Americans in Petrograd.
It la going to give lectures ?Ibero for
di" benefit of those same Americans,
and it expects to send lecturers to
thc United Slates to disseminate
friendly Information regarding Rus
sia and tiic icm,.lian people. One of
tho foremost leaders of the move
ment is liaron Rosen, formerly am
bassador to this country.
This ls all very well. We shall
I welcome missionaries to Russfun cul
ture, and lend an attentive eur to any
thing they may have to say, so long
as they limit Uielr efforts to praising
whnt is praiseworthy in their own
land''and people, and do not attack
or slander tho nations with whom
they happon to bo at war. Wo have
had enough of mutual recrimination
by war partisans on our neutral soil.
Wo ought to know more about tho
Russians. Americans in general aro
ignornnt of their abilities and vir
tues. We judgo thom by their worst
representatives-tho ignorant and
bigoted peasants who vent their tra
ditional grudges in "pogroms" againBt
the Jews, and the undesirables at the
othor extremo of tho social scale who
have made Russian aristocracy a
synonym for corruption and, injustice.
And thus we misjudge a great peo
ple, of whom the aristocracy is mere
ly tho froth and tho.bigoted pensants
Ute dregs.
We misjudge them all bocauso we
BOO so few nativo, representativo Rus
sians; wo do not go to Russia, and
tho pure-blooded Russian seldom
comes here. But from their literature
and art, which aro today as great OB
any in tho world, and from occasional
glimpses of sturdy and admirable
qualities In the average Russian, we
aro coming to suspect that wo have
not grasped the soul of RuBsia.
If Russia, however, really wants
to win our friendship and admiration,
she can persuade us far moro quick
ly by acts than by words. She should
start by -removing the causes that
have turned us ngalnBt her. Ameri
can:! cannot be will' disponed toward
any nation that is characterised by
political and religious tyranny.
Let tho Russian government give
its people freedom and genuine gov
ernmental ' representation. Let lt re
move the political disabilities ot the
Jews dbtl dkicourago and suppress thc
popuor outbroako against them
which, but for government tolerance,
would be no moro significant than are
our own occasional lynchings. Then
we shall, bo ready to take Russia by
the hand.
And perhaps, when we como to un
derstand each other, we can ' learn
from that great people-who are de
stined some day to bo supremo in
Europe-things just os valuable as
anything we can teach them.
ABANDONING, CHILDREN
Since Mrs. Finley J. Shephord, who
was formerly Helen Gould, adopted a
five-year-old waif from an orphan
asylum, several hundred men and wo
men have written and telegraphed
ol ni min g to be the boy's parents. li's
bard to understand the point of view
of thone men and women.
If we may judge from their num
bers and their readiness to claim
parenthood, In this case, tho crime of
abandonment must be amazingly pre
valent, and must be held lightly by
the criminals. Every such claim; is'
an implied confession of a deod which
al.' moral parents bold in abhor
rence. It means tho deliberate cast
ing off ot a helpless child by Its
father or mother, the surrender of lt
to thc; mercies ot a society that ls not
merciful in such matters, the betrayal
or their own flesh and blood either to
early death through neglect or to a
life made unhappy by the lack ot U
home, tho' absence ot all family ties,
tbs * . i.-?p?iiiai sitado?? . o? a dubious
origin. .
A brilliant Americanlawyer who
began life aa a foundling and who
rose to eminence in* bte profession,
and then sank into compar?t Ivo ob
scurity through alcoholic Indulgence,
was Oijcc hoard to exclaim, .'.May you
never, know the .bitterness ot treading
the winepress alor*!" Tho burden ot
bis isolation, v-as what dragged Mm
down. Every abandoned Child that
amounts to anything feels that , dead
ly Isolation,'
/ In any tva.10, tho offenso ot aban-'
donr-ient 1B looked Upon ny ri g ulm lad
ed parents'i a'unpardonable. And yet
there are 'hindreds of men and 'Wo
men who havo either abandoned lit
tle . sons, or ptVcnd that they havo,
and f}??ht> the* dlsn^aco of lt for the
doubtful advantage 0? claiming a sort
of connection with ri ih and famous
foster-parents.
j It's a shameful.ibi'js tor Amer!'
. -.',v '.-.v i\" - . I V. . ;;'-'<H-'v.
tu contemplate. Child abandonment
IB common enough abroad, particular
ly In france and England, and the
great author Jean Jacques Kousscau
was not ashumcd that he had aband
oned his children in their infancy,
lint tho United States has been sup
ported to be pretty free from that
sort of thing.
MISDIRECTING LETTE 118
The postmaster of Chicago is quot
ed as saying that 43 per cent of tho
1JIU? liuiiii?c? vj Hiv. C'hlC??O pOot
olllcc ls not properly addressed, and
that it costs about $1,000,000 a year
to correct the addresses and see that
the letters get to their destination.
Maybe that's an excessive estimate.
Hut there's no doubt that tho care
lessness of the public is responsible
for an Immense amount of unneces
sary work In the postofhce depart
ment; and an expenditure of many
millions of dollars a year which
might bo put to a worthier purpose.
Tho man or woman who misdirects
a letter through carelessness or lazi
ness IB in thc same class with the
ono who gives a telcphono number
from an uncertain memory, instead of
looking it up. It IB harder on the
postofTlco, however, than it ls on tho
telephone company. It may take days
to clear up a dubious address. The
delivery of ono misdirected letter
may take moro time and trouble than
a hundred letters addrecBcd proporly,
but tho department gets only the
usual two cents for it. And of course,
in supporting this public Institution,
tho careful people pay for the ex
penso? causod by tho careless.
Wouldn't lt bo a good thing If the
sender of a misdirected letter were
mado to pay something extra for thc
trouble he causes the postofflce?
PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT
Tho Emporia (Ka.) Gazette, com
moating on the fact that the people
of Leavenworth are dissatisfied with
their commission government and are
thinking of returning to their old sys
tem, remarks:
"Wo don't blame them. If we lived
in Leavenworth, we too wuold be dia
na thined with it. The 'commfssion
form of government has failed In
Leavenworth -Just as the council form
failed, and just as any other form of
government will fall in Leavenworth
so long as that city is the kind of a
becr-drlnking, law-defying, hide
hound, party-minded town It is." A
[ stream cannot rise higher than its
source, adds tho Gazette, and even a
model plan of municipal government
can't gather grapes from thorns or
figs from UiiBtles.
It's a characteristic weakness of
Americans to believe that an abstract \
political system is capable of running
Itself. The commission plan, because
it has worked extremely well in many
cities, has been taken by others as a
panacea for municipal ills, adopted in
I a spasm of reform and then left alone
iq. run iteelf. They might as welly
expect a mental concept of a con- [
erete-mlxer oporatlng in vacant space
to. grind out-real concrete. .
| .. Good citizens can get better results
out of'a bad system than .careless
citizens can get out ot a good system
?The.commission plan has certain con
BPICIOUB advantages; but with or
,without if, the. chief essential Is a
I spirit of civic responsibility that
keeps citizens on the Job.
A FEDERAL INHERITANCE TAX
How are we going to raise tho hun
dreds of millions required for creat
ing an efficient army and navy?
Obviously unusual methods, will be
needed. The nation's Income, is al
ready running behind its current ex?
penses, and there is no prospect ot
breaking even while the war lasts.
A..few millions, of course, may be
saved by economy ot administration,
and a few moro millions may be saved
put of the congressional pork ber rel
if legislators are sufficiently patrio
tic. The tariff might bo re-adjusted
to provicio a largor income, though
lt ls always hard td tell wb?t a tariff
will or will not produce. But Xl ino
plans ot army and navy building are
Jo be carried : out on anywhere near
the scale indicated In the administra
tion's poliiy, it will be necessary to
raise far more money than ,ean be
expected .Tem all Ihcso sources to
gether,
vThe Chicago Tribuno remarks that
direct taxation, is inevitable, and PUg
gests that the least objectionable
form ot direct taxation for such a
.purpose is the inheritance, ta:.
V.^Jt is not easy to evade.' It fall??
upon those who are most ablo to boar
it. It It ls sufficiently radical lt will
accomplish a general social reform AB
a cheek upon Inordinate concentration
of irresponsible trsilUi." .
,Thero ls,no doubt that the money
could be raised In Ods ? way, and it
Is likely.: that that. '.. method .would
urouae lesa opposition than uiiy other'
device. Ita elflcacy IUIH already been !
teated on a small acule in nearly all
the states, although thc federal gov- '
ernment has not yet resorted to lt. ?
Ju neurly every foreign country the
Inheritance tax plays an Important
part in paying .national expenses. It
is rccoguized that, aside from its eco
nomic value in breaking up huge,
fortunes, it appeals to certain weak
nesses of human nature. It ia easier
for a man to pay taxes after his death,
and It Ia easier for a citizen to give
up part of an inheritance than to give
up what he has made himself.
"GENTLEWOMEN? IN BUSINESS I
Ethel Barrymore, who ls playing
tho part of "Emma McCheanoy," a
business woman, waa amused at tho
critic who said that Miss Barrymore
herself was "too much a gentlewo
man to Interpret tho part of a busi
ness woman." It Barned to her that
tue very quality of human sympathy
which ls characteristic of a true gen
tlewoman ought to help an actress
who has lt to understand and inter- j
pr?t the life of a business woman or
any other type of woman. ?
It was a "gentleman and a scholar"
who first stated the truth that there
is nothing inherent in ditch ^digging
which ia demeaning to &4 educated
man. No disgrace could come to him j
unless he failed to dig a better ditcli
than the man of less opportunity. 1
The "real lady'' goes into her
kitchen to asolRt or take the place of
her maid, or Bho docs all her own j
houROwork, and loses nothing of her
gentleness thereby. The labor, how
ever, lowly, la'graced and dignified by j
this very gentleness. It is the "get
rich-quick lady," tho woman with
superficial standards of aristocracy
who dares no.t,woshihpr;.4l|Bhes> lest
abe lose caste. .
Miss Barrymore's own statement in
regard to the j. busiucss woman , and
the Indy was:" . Y . :.
"I've been working for a living ever
since I starra! to grow up. -I've heenl
on the road longer than Emjna Mc
Chesney. Dut I hope- that hasn't any
thing to do wittt'my being .-a.'lady. Wc
may work forgiving, we may not all
be buyers; we >may be teachers, We
may be manicurists, wo may bo
stenographers. ' But lot's don't any of
us get the ide?;w? aren't ladles."
Only meanness of thought and nar
rowness of son! are "ungentle."
Whethor a woman'^is ia the business
world, the "fncton^the drawing, room,
or tho kitchen,?hos. nothing to do with
it. . ,:7* /\ / ' ' " -'
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Tho Pendleton Fanners' Society.
It Is hard to .say whether the Pen
dleton, ,S. C., '"FarmersV Society," the
hundredth ' anniversary' ' of wbpse
founding I had'tho pleasure of help
ing celebrate the other day, ts must
famous for, Ita part In,starting Clenf
Bon College or for the','fact'that it was
tho farmers' club, of wblc'a Se jth Car
olina's greatest s?atcsmac, fohn C.
Calhoun, was a member and for some
time president '"
. Like Jefferson and 'Washington,
Calhoun was intensely interested in
agriculture, and contributed not a
little to its progress'in his section of
South Carolina) ??s *??do *> sort of
hobby of Devon cattle, and was prob
ably the first to bring this breed into
South Carolina. It is. said that ho
also Unreduced Bermuda grass for
pasture; and nobody doubts now that
Us rightful use in,' pastures would
have compensated a thousandfold for
ita unwolcomo .presence la our cul
tivated fields.-Progressive 'Farmer.
rpHE BEST
A in this st
right; and guars
be right. Everj
satisfaction; aft?
Sa?Sii6u WG i6
grudgingly.
Extra Value S
A sparkli
men; co
ferries ai
manufact
These v
buyer no
Weather Forecast-Fair Tuesday
and Wednesday.
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"I missed my Paramount service j
Monday," said Manager J. J. .Trow
bridge of Tho Anderson theatre yes-|
tcrday, "but will have it on Tuesday.
In place of tho Paramount feature II
put on four reels of pictures free j
Monday."
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Mr. Phelph Sasscen, . Advertising
Manager of Tho Intelligencer, ' has
been emiline! to. his home since last
Saturday, overing with a severe. cold.
He- was quito lil that night and Sun
lay and it was feared fdr a while
that symptoms of pneumonia had de-,
telopea. However, it' " now1 'appears
that tho danger ls past, and - Mr. Sas
soon hopos to be out pgaln Soon. This
will be pleasant nows to hin many
friends about the city.
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Tho Wesley Phllathea class pf St.
John's Suada^Mscheol wiii give a tur
ir?y dinner in tho vacant store room
two doors above Tolly's furniture
?tore Wednesday of, this week.' :
The last quarterly meeting -of the
Oakwood Singing Convention .', was
hold Snmlr.y at the: second Baptist
church. The next meeting is to be
-.-,7
llfpffft tfa'Bttieat. J&Nfc ''.of
ONLY-That's the
ore; have things i
mtee that things si
fthing we sell is gui
er you test it by we
fund your money;
uits from TVianufa*
ng, fresh lot of suits fe
nservative and extrem
id serges; 106 suits in
hirers' surplus, insuring
$15, $1
vere indeed fortunate
?w in New York and eas
cc
? .
The Store with a
held in M . ih of next year. Officers j
were electa < at thia meeting a?: W.
P. -Stevenson, president; W. W. Hale, I
vice president, and R. >L> Lee, secre-j
tary and treasurer.
Aviator Bud Carey, hlB manager\
and his mechanician, who is the own
er of tho biplane, left Anderson yes
terday afternoon for Spartanburg, |
whero Carey will fly at the Spartan
burg County Fair tho.last of tho week.
Tho machino was knocked down at
the hangar in North Andorson Sunday
and shipped yesterday via express to
Spartanburg.
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Fines in tho city police court Mon
day morning amounted to 3230. This
amount is unusually largo and tho
reason for tho record sum i's that one
man was fined $100 for selling whis
key. John Connor, a . negro waa
caught with tho goodo on Quarry
street Saturday night by two of tho
officers and was hauled Into Court.'
HIB Ano was just exactly $100. .
Jesse Cochran, a negro, hit Shine'
Hunter another negro in the head
with a brick Saturday nighty tho re
sult .being that Shine ls in -the hos
pital and Jessa <ia In ..tao city lock-up.
Tho charge In this case will probably
be . assault' and battery with intent ; to
kill. It is said that Hunter's condi
tion is serious,-.and- Cochran is Oe
ing; held awaiting developments.
Tho regular monthly meeting of tho
Anderson County Medical society will
Sixes," Anderson Tho, aire, Toe^Oay, I
dominating idea
.ight; do things
rall continue to
iranteed to give
ar, if you're not
"i_j?._n_- "a
cueeriuiiy? nub
clarers'' Surplus
>r men and young
e models in fancy
this lot, from the
you extra values at
purchases by our
tern markets.
j be heW at tho "Anderson County
Hospital this afternoon ot 2 o'clock.
There are sevcnti papers to be read
and the meeting promises to bo one
of the great interest. ?
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. Tho show at. ..the.:.Palmetto this
week ls a real good one.. Yes, of
course they are .-all-''good, but hon
estly, there is nd "kidding td this, lt
is a good show. 'There aro several
specialties, with a "yodeler" ( ono of
those fellows who sings about, seven
teen dig?rent ways all at the samo
time) who is very good. His acts are
c-ieelieut and in tho opening BIIOW ho
was recalled time after time by tho
audience. The comedian is good.
There was only one real comedian
and a black face artist in the bill for
'Monday. There' aro no fine voices tn
the whole crowd, but all ot them sing
well, meaning that their singing is
; pleasing to "the car, and not tho
[ painful kind. The whole crowd is
dandy and are puttlpg up ? fine show
for tho week.
Destroyers Spread Smoke Screen.
Tho now 1,000-ton destroyers of the
United! States navy *re equipped with
oil burners for producing a hoavy
cloud of smoke that drifts on the sur
face and! serves to conceal an attack
-oin'the enemy br to screen a bairlc
ship fleet from attack. In tho recent
h)ival maneuvers off NarranganBett
Bay the enemy Su?sn?rl?iss were eas'
ly rendered ineffective by these de
stroyers, with (.hoir smoke screons.
A "full-pago illustration in the Novem
ber ... Popular.^- Mechanics \ Magazine
shows ono ?! the destroyers, tho
"McDougal,*? engaged ' in. this novel
service?. ? . ^:?Jj^^W^^y: