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TBK LIQUOR -'BACHINEUY The reduction of tho "wet" majority In Ohio to a moro 40,000 In the last election la another reminder of tho "dry" wave ?hat Beems to bo ?woop lng over tho country. In a fow years moro prohibition may prevail la > every part of tho United States except ^ few big industrial communities that havo a larg? foroign population. What, thon, aimil be done with all thO/Vast costly equipment of tho pres ent liquor industry? This IB a ques ,r?on ihut' ima unuaiiy uy?? ?g?iorcu by : tho. prohtbitionista and been over? ?^jprk?d, perhaps, by tho. advocates of 'thc liquor interests. It cannot be ghorod aa np econ omic problem. ..... Slaybe we can : get a. useful hint vf rom Russia. , The Russian govern ment, which abolished the liquor irat lle with far' greater ?uddenneas than ^ouia bo poawpietu tho tJnued States, hus olTered prizes for the best sug gestions and devices for tho commerr dal uso bf nlcohpilo pplritB. Tho pur piS? is io 5?''5, *"z "sdka factories bud turn them to wiso economicd?ei.:] /There has been ttn accidental step rin>'^?"^lrectlon,?>ln';b?r own country Eliseo?thc;.w'ar.'^e'gjan;. 'One.great cor poration iiss ' stopped making whiskey I In several of It^?stlll?rjjBB and adopt ed the plants to the manufacture of j oQuimerclul alcohol, for which thora | ia a big demand abroad. These dls IBerles aftor tlie war may be able.tb, cp'ntlnu'o thia line, making denatured alcohol for the American market. It all d?pensai however, on tho extent to which /tho tp^rket ts developed. TUna iar tht\ possibilities of alcohol I ?GF fti'ot and power have boen vory j slightly recbgmzod. ?^"{?^bhibittt?. ia no in?vitable as it sobina to be, .public policy requires ?bj?t?v^?' should find some economic use for .both distilleries, and brower ? Instead/ot letting them go to the Scrap,hondo and shutting our. eyes to tbe enormous loss of capital and em ployment. ? .///-/''*? 8TEALINU ??B T8?DE j^a?TOan-Amer I can s engaged tu for eign business haye a legitimate grlev : a?e& against Gr??t < Britain. ; Many : nuch, citizens, ./?orno of them German ? vife-: Go^^pe'ct''' but their ?ames, havo? beeb put on the British blscklts^M^ tlcuiarly. in-the Var': Eastern trade. Their tfi?procn?*.pf ..goods rrom'Cblua> j Siam abd prions other- .'parts ot thb ^Orient orb-iield;up indtflntteiy. 1 V> In part, this discrimination appo?rsl to bo due to genuino UrltlHh fear and hatred of all things German. A Brit ish boycott on German goods and a bl " Ultu of Gorma?. business men has li .n established In every qu&rte* of tho world. The possession of a Ger man name I? enough, in tho eyes of 'English authorities, to put even) an American business man under BUS picion. Tiley are determined that ill PO way ?hall Gortnany or individual Germane derive any benefit from cora merco which the British admiralty ha;i power to control. Il' that were all, lt might bo un derstood UH mere OXCOBB of war pre judice. lint the matter look? different when it ls found that In nearly every ca H o where cargoes have been held the merchants for whom they were destined have received cables I rem liri tl nh firms offering similar or Identical goods In the same qi/antl tles-and at higher prices. That fact alone ls ground enough for challenging Brittan sincerity. It look3 ns If England were mort In terested in strangling American trade and diverting it to English firms than In destroying the resources of her enemy. MAKING FACTORIES PLEASANT A mill or factory used to be merely a place to toll in. And sinco toll was tho curso of Adam, lt never oc curred to nnybody that it might bo mitigated by.; a llttlb . attention. to plcnnuntnoSs'^ba^?t?nifOT?.' ..' *': Now tho view is rapidly changing. In tho last decade or so thoro baa boen a marked Improvement in' fac tories throughout the United (States in tho direction of making them more tolerable places to work In. The now attitudo had* teen ' revealed 'clearly lu tho answers',received "hy the- American Museum of. Safety to a list of ques tions sent to industrial firms. Tho employers woro aske'i if In their ruo tories they paid any atten tion to the .color of tho walls nnd. coll in r. tho npieo'lof ! the machines, tho lighting an^igemonts, lunch.lihd reBl rooms,, good-.archlt?ciur?l ' features, beautifying -the iac?c-ry alto with' grass,-'-- flowers, etc.,. arid vtbe'f location of tho building with renard' to sun light, air aud recreation facilities. It is easy enough to remember a time when nine Arms out ot ten would have teased. asUlp r-uch questions as silly'and impertinent ^^ul the men to wL ,?n ' they wore sent- answered them.courteously and, in general, with intelligent appreciation of their sig nificance!' ' J' ' . ' ' Most of thom recognlzodtho Influence on tho workers' minds of tho colors used In interior decorating, although they usually added that their own practice was to paint wails and ceil ings a plain white, instead of'inore restful tints. They failed tn see tho need of making machinery lesa noisy; that wilt como in time, as nerve strain becomes better understood. But thoro was pretty uniform .apprecia tion of tho importance of good' lfght j inr.i of convenient and cheerful lunch and. rest, rooms and of an attractive factory environment The motive In making improve ments along these linos has been pr 1? mariiy the desire Tor * greater ef - ficiency. Employers are coming to seo that it is profitable to make their factories light, airy, pleasant *?and comfortable, beean so Under, such con ditions their employees do more work und better work, and db it; rap're'c'On'r tentodly. Fros: ?bat vieTit" ts on!"- ntnn" to appreciation of tho facti, that tho workers -?elvo a right to a pleasant working place, that : nobody has a right to condemn ,them to/" ad ugly and unwhoiesdmo* environment in the place where., thftf. j,re fojseii to spend so largo a part bf their Uves. When ., working ^conditions are definitely nd.lusted on tills'new 'basia, there .won't bo so many problems of capital and- Isb?r.\. Fbr^ -people aro not only more escient but leas quar relsome, in a pleasant environment .': i :" "?..'? v.':; NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES In Norman Angeli's new book, "Tho World's H?ghw?y," ho shows tho fal lacy of tho. argument that tho United States could ""insure her. own. safety by creating- an, army and .navy* suf ficient to make he'r "the - strongest power In the;world^ long er avails to be merely 'the strongest power. Nations how fi^ht not as units, but as {rroups. One power cannot de pend on its'; own strength, no* mat ter bow great; that strength ls, ' because it'.; Is. always possible: for" other na tions t? >. combine . against it in greata er power, as the Antf^^te^'c^mbin??' '||ptyB>., Germany. t "War has become, internationalised,*' and the only means Of safety in any cr?ala ties in inter national; agreements for. mutual de? "If, therefore, America intends to, ! vlbdicatit her, rights--perhaps ?rea if sho itrtends to secura* ber safety bli hind-by military means, ?he, too, must do what even tho moat power to! military elates of thc past have done: enter into the game of mili tary alliances." And yet, as Mr. Angeli proceeds to explain in tho next breath, oven that method ls of little use to UH. Because, for our purposes-(ho establishment and enforcement of international law? and treaties-tho alliances must bo permanent; and "of the very few things that history teaches us with any certainty, ono is that these mili tary alliances do not out lust thc pres sure ol' war conditions. No interna tional settlement that .has followed the great wars ever settled or en dured." Even If the common enemy Is "de stroyed," ho never stays destroyed moro than a yoar. or two. If the con quering group of nations makes It self a police forco to keep the out law suppressed, the outlaw soon be comes the ally of ono of tho police men against the rest, and tho pro cesa miiBt etsrt all over again. It's a discouraging prospect, any way you look at lt. Ani no matter how far wo may go in enlarging our own defensive armament, this Rea soning drives us all tho more to main tain the wiso principle of Internation al relations laid down by Georgo Washington-"Friendship for nil, hut entangling nlliances with none." Unelo Sam will continuo to piny tho game alone. . . MAKING COURTSHIP COSTLY ono of tho ?dilef reasonB why young men don't marry BO numerously as they used to is because courting costs too much. Of all tho extravagances of tho present generation, there's certainly none moro conspicuous than thc ex pensive entertainment which young men feel obliged lo give their girl frlendB. It doesn't matter .much whether tho young man's intentions nro serious or not; ho spends his money juBt the same. Formerly there wasn't much expected of a man, oven an, engaged man, except occasional I flowers or candy , or booka. But now euch things are the least of tho im pecunious swain's troubler.. Theatres and luncheons and automobiles eat a hole into the most comfortable in come. And the plumber or the ice man "falls for it" no less than his I richer brethren. . It isn't necessarily, as Borne dis gruntled males insist, that. girls, are moro selfish and exacting than , they used to be. When an occasional giri of economic instincts insist that a mari shall not "blow in" his money on her, Bhe ls likely to meet with a rebuff. Tho. young man li im? elf ex pects to spend his money on her; to a certain class of young man, the class that sets the pace, that's what money ls for. The' standard has changed, and young males are caught in a. fy stem of social obligation that leads a man earning $20 a week to H,>end *I0 entertaining a girl friend for an evening, without feeling.that ho's done anything nfr-iurd-in fact, doing it with a .feeling of secret pride that isn't wholly deflated by lila ect <ing ten ceut hinche?3 till pay day. Whether such. expenses really scare men out of matrimony ia a question. Cortalnly they postpone matrimony somewhat,-because it take? so much longer to save euough to start house {keeping. But on tho other hand,.a ?young man ls likely to conclude that lt won't cost nny moro to support a wife than to,keep on good terms with, a-girl. An a mattor of fact, the- lavluh ex penditure, is usually curtailed after the honeymoon, it has to be, to keep tho family housed,- clothed and pro visioned.;. And the retrenchment often brings dulneao and discontent because tho transition from .extravagance to thrift is 00 abrupt, Weather Forecast: Fair Saturday and Sunday; colder Saturday. .... Ever since Dr. :John R White,first came to Anderson lt has been general ly said that he- looked like the Com moner, William Jennings Bryan. Only those who were at Anderson College last .'. night" ?ad now appreciate tho striking resemblance. "': Their* is fib mistime about it, the two men uVer l^li^c?k alike [io a great extent: ? One. man expressed lt . in thls^jway1 last night Ho ?aid that if the people of Anderson had not'known Dr. White, and had never seen Mr. Bryan, tho former could easily have - passed off ?? the latter, judging from tho pic tures ot tho. former aecretary of .?tate ?which 'papers,'.' ? Dr. White is not near BO large as Mr. Bryan, but as to the general out line of thc faces and the expression of each, there is a very striking re semblance. -- o ? ? Last night duriug Colonel Bryan's lc/.:?re, for some reason unknown to ihe audience the.Ughts suddenly went out. However, this did not stop the colonel for a moment. He speke right on as if nothing had ever hap pened. No mention was uiude about the lishte and the audience remained perfectly quiet, listening to the speak er. In a very ?hort time the lights Mashed up again. Manager Plnkston announced yes terday that he would have the Arling ton, Blanchard and Carr musical comedy company at the Palmetto this next week. They carry 10 people and como to Andorson from Home, Qa. This is said to be one of the beBt shows in the circuit. .Mr. Pinkston stated also that he was going to ar range /or a return engagement ot the company that is delighting Ander son vaudeville goers at the Palmotto IhlB week. Thia is decidedly one of tho best shows ever shown at this playhouse. -i-o "Do you agree with Mr. Bryan?" That was tho question that was raised by several people on tho street cars from the college last evening af ter tho lecture. Some said they did and somo said they didn't. Well, of course that. Is perfectly mumal. His locturo was good, and although many do not agree with him in his great subiect, no ono is tho worse off for hearing it. .". ;-o Mrs. Jos. N. Brown had the mis fortune to fall in her room yesterday morning about 3 o*cl?eh and fracturo ! her hip. Sho was reported BB restlug well yesterday afternoon. A traveling man "by the name of Lcwry, and who has his headquarters in Raliegh,'N. C.,' fell' while coming out Of McPhall'B'. grocery Btoro, on I Thursday' and as<?_ro?gult hroko the radius bone in one of-his arms. He immediately went, to 'his home in Ivuleigh. , . Walter. H. Ke?S? ?" Company raro selling Big Ben "sloQ?mj these dayB. Yesterday they recetad, an order tor 4g from Allentown iJ?a., ? one for -2* from Freeport, N; y.1, *one forii48 from Troy, N. Y" ono for'48 ?rom another merchant in Allentown and another for the same number, from Easton, Pa. ?Thia company buys'-' these clocks cheaper than any .otherIf tdre m South Carolina. '. .'O'" n- .;.?._, . . Mr. li .W^"^^rtn?y'.^t';.]^!^an Fit ting school. will deliver a lecture at Neal's Creek school house tonight in stead of Thursday os. previously on nonnced.. Tho. subject T^III t? Edgar AUen Poe. The lecture , will start at 8 o'clock and a small.-?dmisBion. feo I will be charged. ' '. - o Mr. H. A. Orr yesterday announced that her?after the Greenville street cars would run all tho way through and would run on ?cl^ulO;. ?m? >as was in offect before the paving was done, that is,, they wllC leave tho square on the hour and the halt Mr. Orr also stated that nono of tho j North Anderson line track' would be [ torn , up ?be?qre the firet^t^Qf next week and therefore t^rough,'service would be in effect today and; Sunday anyway. . AU of tho brick paying ott South Main 'street having stood the required length of time, the entire street is now open to traffic:. It Vio understood that the paving <:ommiSB??tt Will meet in d few days to aecopt this job. -o I Capt. Louis Ligon last night; stated j that the' militia would-move Into Its new quarters on December 3. The new hall has been fixed- op vin stnany ways and will be an ideijii ! "place. It w'ill have ono room for jth? staring of property, one for tho - location ot the Jocker*; ft largo reading, .robbi, an of fico and then the laTgej;;Ball/ Their ?quattara will hu lo?a"te^^6^rv.-'^e chamber of commerce rooms,' TltKKS PALMN?^FAST ?.Los* by Turkish Axes ? Be Heat! trees, ot Syria are falling faet bef?te Turkish"?xesv and theirviesa will be heavily felt whon the : wai" is over. Owing- tb ack ct fuel* the fine pine it?mA^0\^io outskirt* *<? Beirut, n popul?r resort for the fluide ot the oi^i; 1*: fast disapppai'mg. But a severer economic loss Will entail on the immens? and rich olive "im^M t?onfe'lyhjg bn the stretch'trtplolu be> tween tho sea and L*b*non. lt takes years before oHveV*-reee begin tb bear, and the prosperity ot thou sands ?has depended ba 'ihe crops pi thbso ore?ards* m INSTANCES OF, INDIVIDUAL BRAVERY List of Awards Given to British Soldiers for Valor. . London, Nov. 19.-"More than a mildred instances of individual vrav 217 in the fighting at Loos and Kul luch six weeks ago, ore recounted in brief official notes appended to the latest list of awards'ol tho military. cr'osB and Distinguished Service or ioT. ?ff?i ten most striking stories are as'follows: Captain Dennis, Scottish Borderers, was .wounded in the trenches^ but af ter his wound waa bandaged lie oscap-' Bd from the ambulance and went back to his men, advancing with hla'Com pany until again wounded. He was carried back to a dressing station, from, which ho disappeared aftef'his wound was dressed, .Later bv was' seen catching .up 'with his .company and again cheering them on until he was wounded.a third time. " Major Gordon, London Artillery, got close up to the Germen ' lilies to re connoitre,' and ul though under heavy tire, brought back twelve Gern^urt cap tives after having shot ono man with ravc<vcr> : <. ;7..' ; Lieut. Carr, London infantry, no ticed while directing'; the'; removal^ "of grenades from the divisional "dump" that the fuse ot a bomb had become. Ignited, ! He at once picked it up and; carried lt but of. tao dugout. It ex ploded, Just as it ,lefi his hand, ser iously 'wounding, him. Hl3 coolness "---J ..^u.??. V? "C.'.'1 ocilQU nu ' %v*uo?vru * miMfj yuvu sand grenades and bombs, which would have killed scores of. men ?nd des4-" troyed the entire dlvist?nal bonib re served1 during tho heavy operations. Capt, Bird, London field ' *'"Ani lance,.on .one occasion worked/for 23 hours without cessation intending and dressing ino worindea. navas'iv?ice observen carrying weunded on a stretcher' under ritlo fire, abd for .55 hours was continually exposing'.him self to heavy shell U^\%i^-^v'.'-' Lieut. Williams of the .'Buffs,'' took charge of ? small ..party ot .bombora' and attacked the'i enemy, throbing . 2', 000 'bomb3 In sevtentoen hours.- "lt was raining all-;ibs\time, and! tho damp fuses had to bo lit 'from clgor?ttes. "Williams was wounded'early In the fighting but refused to,?e.avo his post. Lieut. Hollway, Fvayal Artillery, Isla a telephoto*- Vire through the" Hohen?-, zoll em Redoubt under heavy fire. Ono leg-Nwas disabled before' ho had gone ten yards,' but ho drugged; himself oh, the-samo leg being again fractured by CL - bullet. before he had finished his t??k. "When two. telephonists ondeavs ored to carry ..him to safety, he In sisted, that they leave him and te?d the wire. Lieut'. Putsch, Loudon Infantry, led ? party of. bombers durlug tho ,- ad vance through Loos. - G?lilg alone In to e. house ho captured. sSvbn G^siroans; although shot In the" ?ac^ by one 0 the?.- 'Notwithstanding his T?ound ba. continued clearing tho enemy out of the cellars ot the town. ' COPU W?llamtr-S?Tois^ was . ? "MONEY stamped on this store. In fact, ever chased here unsatisfacto; returned an purchase pri You'll never swap one o? Fall suits fo ers. Never befo combination and style at ate prices, j Order by parcel pt Wc prepare all eli .Thr$ .?ii.: OF El RECRUITS CRITICISED London, Nov. 19.-"Badges or Badgering" ls tho heading of an ar ticle In tho Evening News, which abo wa that the plan of giving armlets to discharged soldiers and rejected recruits will not work out as easily as first thought.- 'When-'the scheme was announced by Lord Derby, chief recruiting officer, it waa welcomed by tho entire press as an excellent means to aid tho voluntary . system. [ But, as the writer points out, the badge plan divides the country's man hood. Into two parts, the. willing \and. the wen'ts," without taking into con sideration tho "can'ts."-'. * ' Tri? .military age lies between the years' of eighteen and forty. Boys of 7 seventeen may| pass for twenty and men pf ,forty-one look like thirty-five, [ and there Is nothing to BOVO " these ! men from the importunltiea .'. of re cruiting sergeants and the white feathers of female busy-bodies. .Ther? j ia a)?;o . a large class of men ; who] could not bo released without grave economic damage to the country, were ; they tb bo enllst\ A. j .Firms engaged In work necessary to', tho welfare of the people, have al ready ailow?d all their men to enlist ! except those*, .with special knowledge and long exp?rience, who a can not bo | replaced. If these experta . were to leave, tho business would be seriously injured. Many men of small salaries ?who are buying homes on the Instal lment, pion would lot payment's lapse lt they joined the army, whilo th?Fr families became .dependent on gov* ernmont allowances. Somo cf theso \ .then'; support . large familles by th?lr J ..productivo toll. J "Tho great majprlty'bf business mon j ?would'' support conscription in p?rfel:- ' en?o to a chaotic..v01untarism,'- write? ; A correspondent, who says that "re- ? ul ting hac ?^pv." Tc"chs?! a-sise? nf; (undignified and unorganized coor-,< clon." . His own business is a military 1 tailoring establishment with 200 em- j jrploycs and engaged in filling warvot-.| fica contracts hs well as;, private'*?rr ; ders X from: officers., i yot tho _ war office. has refused to give his mon, distin guishing, badges of any sort. ?Nashville. Nov. lB.-f-The Democratic j primary 'to electra nominee' for tho tjn?ted States s?nntorah?p will. be held tomorrow', senator xaiKo iLea of Nash-.' ville . 13 se?m.ng to 'Bucceed himself and former; Odyarnor Patterson and Congressman . KV. D. McKollar, hath mc?bi?ra, aro;running against him.. Viii* It?rfe^ Ir-?ttn?et!;; i : Nogales^v*"*rix.P . Nov. ,i9;-^<??a;4 .Francisco VUla yras reported to have .?been. wounded during- ha -iv^ngag? titea^.laet night in a ow miles ; south of Harmbssilo, Sonora, "between.- troops, rom than den by Villa and Carrahxn iofves .oc?UpyinK HertoosUio'.-'' ; . '> .' '?^??^?st?i^ Ijsi^v^mr? '&:m& -WjB?sr/ftt Addson, C-53a.i secured ?l.. i COO- '*nd escaped.^Tiib Cashier and cJtlx&is in the' bank ?4 tba time wore .locked in the vault. ' , fort ?n Clksstir.' ? ?hb&eiv Sk,C.. Nov- l^r-This flee- ' t?o? %aa ;*lsited hy:'* flurry1,ot snow Tlmr^ayi'mornihgV. indicstlbna arts ? ..fo^l&g^e?"^*^ ?? .? '- ? ? ' BACK" is every suit at y thing pur7 and found ry may b e d the full ce refunded. want to : these new r any plunk re such a i of. quality such moder $10 to $25. .'ii- ,??VUti' )St -? .vvir- ?I .?. V ' j* ."? . arges. WORK OF ARTILLERY ON WESTERN FRIT Berlin, Nov. 19.-The, assertion of German war correspondents on the west front, baned on estimates pf ob servers of' Various rank, that 50,000, 000 shots were fired by tho French artillery in throe'days preceding the great September- offensive, is de molished in an : article ; in 'the- Vor waerts by Richard. Gaedke, one of th? sanest critics..ip, Germany. - Accepting Joffre'a": figures 'as-to- the number of giins available "fdr the -offensive' as true, Gaedke- points out that, to reach (?0,000,000 shots,'each"gup.-would have had to flrevsome'17,000. charges hi the three days. Even new guns direct from the shops,could not hold out, even ii lt were physically possible to serve them ' so fast, which lt is not. . This ls oven moro striking* In the case of tho heavy artillery. At the most, Says Gaetlu'e,- tho hold guns could not have fired more . than 1,000 shots a day, and .the heavy guns much Jess. Even the. smaller total, however, is imposing enough. It means an ex penditure; in ammunition of $25,000, 0?0 to ' $60,000.000. The estimates of $50,000,000 says Gaedke, show? how terrible must- have . been.1 the impres sion made by tho French bombard ment. ?. PRISON POPULATION CUMltD !U EUC?AUn umnLLLi! m uiuLnnu London, Nov. IO.-Although the de creaso in, prison - population . In Eng land ls attributed by the.- prison com mission chiefly, to the enlistment of . many habitual petty offenders, the re stricted, hours for the.sale of intox icating HquoiV nnd the great demand for labor which h?s made regular em ployment unusually profitable and at tractive, prisons have boen' further depleted., by an order -issued early in the war "by the. home secretary allow ing certain prisoners a remission of sentence in order that they* might. Join tho army. '.. ?" . v : On tho recommendation of tho mlli tary, authorities, prisoners convicted ot minor offences; who had 'previously served " in. the army, wero allowed to ?cjntn their old companies. Arrange ments were also , . made > to permit selected cased of inmates-in Borstal reform institutions to enlist Uadcr this provision, 340 boys detained in these institutions hod . been, -released ?p tb the first of last -&?y. ITue ?o? ;.duct; of these recruits liss "peen care*! . fdlly watched and lt is reported that thirty nave-received noncommissioned . : ranks, sixteen havo been killed or wounded, '. and - only . seven teen ',. ... have . W??S^i^^B?nh Offences.' , : : . N--.v .,-' .. .-. # ??<<-. SEVERE HtOlitt Wire Communication interrupted But - 'Ko Hcavyl Yropet?y Vi?m?^^&Wip?; Atlanta*- Not. ;lB.-rWire communi %$t?oh at pOiataH'ta South Prolins* gJfc?rgia and; ; S1brida were ; seriously, interrupted by . tho- storm yesterday. They ar* gradually being'-restored-'to-, day, *No ihoavy properer damage ia T^poTfied. A ropdlt reacijed. Appala-v ch?cala that :the. fejtog- v Britania ^ vf ?i tqifc&L- to Abandon tho^ flp?n?^ ;t?&/V' ??i?o In u 'atom: e?rly ?n the' ^eel?. Britania ,:was towing tho bark,to f*$? Mle for repairs. The latest'rop?rt* said tho :^Qr^mm% an bark Kiilena, ashore ?ear ;Brtm? wick* Os. ; was in a 'dat&o&us feb8l->.:-v:' tiori. .Tho other ???ppjng dxntag?f, so far ax ls know;i, was confined tb "?ut?li craft. ^^^^^? IMPT*