The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, December 05, 1915, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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Hi BIMBA Y, DECEMDER B, 1916.
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The worst thjng about that Ford
peace ship is that it hos started a nov/
crop' bf fordcar Jokes. '
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/?? If y?u rUBh through a Crowd nowa
days you aro likely to rub somo young
??dy'c fur tho wrong way.
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. Tho height of political neutrality
rocms to havo been reached by the
new Ohio town that has decided to
t ali itself Todrow.
The stromboli volcano is wasting
his efforts in Sicily. He ought' to bo
erupting on Italy's northern frontier.
In tho neighborhood of Gorisla.
Editors and. poachers aro tn the
same clasB in that they are striving
for a . common goal, but they somo
' times differ as to tho best route
there.
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Now 'york: cltiicnB have sworn, off
this year moro than . ^3,000,000,000
from their personal property assess
mor.ts. You've1 got to hartd lt to tTew
, York when it comes to taxdodging.
Some familiar bones:
Troni
Wish
Funny
Hom
. "Cum Beben, cum elebon."
-Head
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.;N?w York has always boasted ot Its
shipping.\fnciUttes. Now -the New
York. World is explaining that the
pi osent export trafile blockado on
railroads leading to the metropolis is
duo to the fact that New York is "tho
most; expensive and inconvenient of
: ali the great ports," because of its
lack af modern docks. It has made
the mistake i of trusting to its natural
na vantages, 'and" now sees business
. slipping away from it to smaller and
naturally inferior ports that have
pip med moro Intelligently. j
While tho political controversy
; . rages, over the question whether the
Philippines aro hoing wrecked or sav
ed, tho Filipino just smiles. It's very
. much tho some sort of smllo that the
'.'Boer wore when' Great Britain, after
' , spending a billion dollars br so to lick
him, pulled out and let him do as he
' pleased/ And by Ute way, thotrl same
; Boers have beeb v?ry?, b?By lately do
fondlhg South Africa against Ger:
many. Letts hops the Filipinos will
bo aa loyal an ?ho oBers aro to Brit
tan, v
HAM NO MONOPOLY
The Henry Ford peace argonauts
ara off. On the eve of their departure
wo hear tho Prince of Pacificists, who
had gone to New York from lil? stiiux
winter home at Miami lo bid them
Cod speed, and who expccta to jobi
them later at Tho Hague, deliver
himself of these sentiments in speak
ing; of Mr. Ford's undertaking:
Of course, those who want the
war tn continue ridicule tho ef
fort, especially those who speak
for the big munition factories
which ure exportiug war material
at a largo probt.
Mark well lib) words: "Of course,
those who want Hie war to continue
ridicule thc effort, especially those
who speak for thc bi?; munition fac
tories which are exporting war ma
terial at a large profit."
"Profils" seem to fill a large and
important part of Mr. Bryan's daily
thought, since ho scarcely opens bin
mouth on the subject of tho war
end that is ev? ry day now-without
seeking to discredit those who ills
agree willi liim by alleging that the
po litl?n? tliey take in the matter wi!!
not bear investigation. Every mun
who I? on the opposite side of the
question from him ls out utter the
profits, lo bear him tell it. If every
body were on the same side of tho
question as Mr. Bryan, where would
his profits be? There wouldn't be
much prodt in going about tho coun
try arguing ii question on which
everybody were ugreed. .
As we hnvo said before, we aro a
great admirer of certain of Mr.
Bryan's oualitlts. but the readiness
with which ho points tho finger of
(uisplcion nt those who dlsugreo with
him ls, to our mind, one of ut? ugliest
faults. It seems that he give? no
man of contrary views credit for be
ing honest in the opinions he holds.
Mr. Brynn hnL.i't a monopoly of all
Hie brains in the world nor all thc
honesty on earth.
Ol course, any sane man knows
there are people mean enough to W?BII
the war to be prolonged In order that
they might make more money out ot
Bales of war material, but we believe
they are negligible in comparison
with tho millions who would have thc
war en d-d today. And there aro many,
many good people who believe that
Mr. Ford's mission ls 111 advised, and
they don't owrf any stock Iii muni
tions factories cither. On tho con
trary, many of them, are1 probably
Bufferers, either directly or Indirectly,
on account of business depression and
increaeed prices that have been
brought about by the war.
HABITATION TAX
Victor Morawetz, a New York cor
poration lawyer, propuuea a habita
tion tax aa a means to force each
citizen to contribute to the govorn
I mont In ; ?portion to the luxury In
I v.'hlch he lives, and to prevent tax
dodging. Ho would have every resi
dent asBcascd on tho baslB of the value
of the house and land occupied as a
dwelling, and would also assess tho
resident on Uie number ot servants
employed. - If'the resident dwells In
an apartment or hot ol, he would be
required to pay tax upon his propor
tionate share of the valuation of tho
entire building and the ground on
which it stands. Provision is made
for im vin i,' laudlordB and hotel keen
er:; make returns . for. their tenants.
Mi. Mora wet:-: suggests that provision
should bo made in New York for a
J?.OOO exemption. No ono occupying
a dwelling eostlng loss than that sum
would bo required to pay anything.
Mr. Mora wo ta tuhes tho burden of tax
ation off tho middle-class city dweller,
and dumps it onto tho shoulders of
the rich and the farmer. Every far
mer would be required to pay accord
ing to thc valuation of his house and
lot. wliilo the festive city dwellers
would find some easy means of get
ting within tho exemption. ?, \
FAILURE OF RADICALISM
For several years past radicalism
has been pre-eminent In thc national
life. The press hus been bombarded
with all sort M of propaganda pro-this'
and pro-that. Questions of vital im
portance to the nation have been rel
egated to ?he rear to make room for
the fad of some politleir.u or ,organi
sation , and all kinds of government
al schemes have spread over the
country with alarming rapidity. Not
all of this propaganda has had the
basis of truth. Big business organi
zations have neon known to bring on
contests such aa prohibition or wo
rn au's suffrage in states which bad
not ' been prepared through a cam'-,
palen ot education to vote; intelli
gently ou tho adoption or rejection of
such proposed taws; In tho mean
time the organisation which brought
abbot the contest, Bate in, tho, seclu
sion which tho apparently more im
portant movement shrouded them,
have been able to secure l?gislation
of tremendous importance to^jta???
special interest. But . the people are
cals. Voter? arc going raaf- slowly
about the adoption of laws thai 1er.''
to upturn their entire economic
status. Thus woman's suffrage, which
no longer being fooled by the radl
had been adopted wildly by a num
ber of Western states in thc first
throes of the demand for votes for
women, was defeated in New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania. Tho
?onion of these states claim that they
will adopt woman's suffrage even
tually. In the meantime they will
continue their educational propagan
da, and voters will have a chance to
etlldy both sides of the question.
When the decision is finally made the
result will be a lusting and beneficial
one. The prohibition question, like
wise, waa slated for several stutcs
this year, but wiser heads prevailed
m.d these states postponed the con
test mull Ohio passed again on the
q.lotion, realizing that the Buckeye
.state hold million? of dollars 'jn
v<'flcd in the liquor business and that
thc decision of the voters of that
stale would not be made lightly. This
in as lt should be. Reforms must
come slowly in groat bodlPB. No mat
ter how desirable a law may seem,
it should not be forced on an ignorant
public by fanatics or radicals. H is
only through careful study and step
by-step that we can ranice substantial
nru' lasting progress.
EDISON IAN PREPAHEDNESS
While most war advocates of mili
tary preparedness are emphasizing
the need of men, Thoninn A. Edison
Is thinking of machinery.
"Our next war," he says, "will be
n machine war-a war of brains
rather than blood. We should substi
tute machines for men, so that thc
efficiency of each man in time of war
would be multiplied by twenty
through the aid of machinery." . j
Ho would therefore, proceod at
once to mobilize the necessary ma
chinery, An enormous quantity of
powder, he points out, is needed in'
modern battles. He would build and
equip government powder factories,
but would not manufacture a great
stock of powder: He would simply hold
tho foctorlca in readiness to turn out
poWder when it should be needed.
Like wise' with ?hells. He would
erect factories and install machinery
that would enable the government to
produce shells of all sizes far more
rapidly than they are produced any
where today-and then let the build
ings stand ready, with thc machinery
greased and ready for instant cr ara
non, and raw materials assembled or
arranged for in proper amountB, until
the time of need came.
Tho plan could be followed with
small arms and many other kinds of
war materials. Along the same l!n<i
Edition baa suggested that we build
new warships and put them "in stor
age" until thoy aro needed. The plan
ls certainly worthy of serious con
sideration, as a means of achieving
preparedness without militarism and
at least expense.
READ YOUR PAPER
"To live as a member of the great
white race of men, to share its
thoughts and Its aspirations, it ls
necessary that a man should read his
newspaper," said U. S. Senator Ster
ling, of South Dakota, in an address
to ??? students at the University of
South Dakota. "The newspaper," he
continued, "has come to be Indispen
sable. It goes and penetrates overy
' where.' It hos been said of the news
papers that they are to the whole
civilized world what tho dilly house
talk is to the household; they \:eep
our dally interest In each other;
they save us from the evil of isola
tion. "I like to go. back to the splen
did principle on which the fine struc
ture rests. AndT frat principio is the
freedom of tho press. Our forefath
ers must have had the gift,of prophecy
In regard to the presa ; they must
have forsccn to what power and in
fluence ft, would come. They had no
dread of publicity of offlciil acts or
mqtivcB, They had faith in the ulti
mate triumph ot truth! Jefferson was
willing that error might be presented
if truth could only be le!t free to com
bat lt.. He was opposed to a conBor
ehip of the press, and said that if ho
must choose between a government
without newspapers and newspapers
\ without a government he would per
, fer io risk the newspapers without
tho government. He believed- that
public opinion would measurably cor
rect things it public opinion were left
tiree, but that, government without a
tree expression of public opinion
Slid soon become a despotism."
Ah! Wein
Y'.! passed you on tho Boulevard,
.' You turn away in pique;
;v? Fsto draws.tho, line
. You'can't, be ,?tae.
On twonty-fJvfe^a week.
, ,: ----- ? .
m k- -To.Her Taste. ? '
?i?Jes8-T-Why did Moe Marry Harold*
Hc'p,a perfect blockhead.
. Bess-Well, you know she always
liked hardwood trimmings in a house.
^Judge/r
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A LI N E
o' DOPE
Weather Forecast-Partly cloudy
Sunday; Monday(lair.
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LINE ? DOPE .,'.^...
A bun(|uet given by the manage
ment of tho Williumston Mill? wa? a
delightful affair of last evening.
Among the speakers were Mayor God
frey and .Mr. A. H. Dagnall of this
city.
Dr. W. H. Fraser will deliver a
humorous lecture on the American!
negro ut Bishop's Branch school |
building on Friday night, December?!
10. A small admission fee will be!
charged for the benefit of the school.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
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The Itcv. Robert G. Lee will preach
at Oakwood Baptist church this even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school I
will be h?dd this morning at 10
o'clock. Tho public is cordially in
vited.
The Elks Lodge of Sorrow, which
will be hold this afternoon ut 3:30
o'clock In the Anderson theatre,
promiaes to he well attended. The
Elks are asked to meet at tho homo
on McDufiie street at 3 o'clock and
will march in a body to the theatre.
The fire department was called out
twice yesterday. Thc first call came
yesterday afternoon from East Frank
lin street about 3 o'clock. A trunk j
In the homo of Albert Fine was on
fire, but no serious damage was done.
The second call came from West;
Franklin street. A bale of cotton at
the home of Mr. R. W. Pruitt was j
ablaze. It was quickly extinguished
with little damage.
Postmaster Laughlin wishes . to
urge upon the people the necessity of
mailing their Christmas packages
early if they are to be delivered by
Decembor 26. . If they are not mailed
? early it will be impossible for them to
be delivered promptly. The return
address should, be marked or the cor
ner of each package.
Mr. J. J. Fretwell was telling yes
terday of a friend of his in Alabama
who had sent him a barrel ot Alaba
I ma Byrup.
"This man is <ono of the. biggest
farmers in tho st.ito ot Alabama,"
stated Mr. Fretwali "He is the blg
j gest landowner tn tho otate and llveB
e. few mile? fronV-^t^?ngh?m. Ho
stated in his letter that he believed
cotton WOB going to 20 cents a pound;
within a few months and that he
was holding 1.30U bales. I wrote back
to him that I was holding several
hundred bales aiso and meant to stick
to it."
Continuing Mr. Fretwell Bald that
in hlB trips over the country he saw
th. .t thc acreage in wheat this year
was' oven greater, in his opinion, than
lit was last year. Ho also stated that
the people were still sowing oats and
i.iut if the weather'continued favor
able as it had been for tho past few
weeks, the oat acreage would be
greater.
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The next dance to be given at the j
Elks homo will he on December .11.
The last one was *|riven on Friday
evening after Thanksgiving and was]
ono of tho most enjoyable affairs oi
its kind ever given'in the city.
In another, column of this issue !
there is a big ad from Walter H.
Keese & Company/ advertising spe-j
ci al $1.00 values which they 'fill Belli
on Wednesday. These articles arel
displayed in their Window and they
are causing much comment.
Fattier Budd of Charleston came
over from Greenville yesterday with
Father Gwynn and spent the day . with
Mr. and Mrs. C. RT. McClure. The
former was on his. .way bomb after a
vssit io Greenville. .Having once had]
charge of the Catholic church in this j
city, he is well remembered and his
many friends were glad to .see him !
yesterday. ' . j
The Rev. Baxter F.r McLendon is!
expected in Anderson some time th!-.* \
week, so tho Rev. ' Speako .says. He
[ is to telephone Mr. Speako tomorrow
? of the. day bf his arrival. Ho is com
ing on a visit but will probably hold!
a few special services at 'St. John's
Methodist ch?rchV.M$i$V ":;
. "Latest reports bronto' ".'. the elfebt j
that there will be av rise in the. price!
of diamonds in thelinear future,'' |
stated Mr. John Hubbard yesterday.
"According' to Information received
by a large dealer ?? f'pw York the
syndicat A is about to increase ithe
price of rough diamonds from one
TfOU always [find
I clothing store;
men's and boys' w<
and the most genu
Suits ;
beaut
the sh
where
parisc
In suits here
needs of any
insure correct
the-ordinary
short-stouts,
usual worry c
In overcoats
value possibh
those similar!
where. Maxi
You can undc
suits when w
judge our me
a big end of o
hie* values. I
$3.50.
half to six carat to a considerable!
degree and In some cases as high as
'.15 per- cent."
From this diamonds are a good in
vestment for one's money these days. .
BED CROSS SEAL HELP
Messengers Wort Oie Ycnr Around
' for Tuberculosis Sufferers.
How Red Cros Christmas Seals not
only bring comfort, but provide safe
ty and protection for thoso who
haven't tuberculosis, ls illustrated by
a story which reached headquarters
today.
Working as a compositor in a small
newspaper office in an Indiana city,
I she fell a victim to tuberculosis
I through some one's carelessness. She
was only nineteen and the sole bread
winner for a little family group which
consisted of herself and her grand
parents. Her fellow workers noticed
that her cough became chronic and
that day by day she grew thinner and
thinner, but she never coatlded her
[troubles to any one. Sho just "kept
on tho job." Through an unknown
channel the King's Daughter learned
of the case, and investigation proved
that thc girl slept at night on a pal
let laid on three chairs so that she
could be near the two old people
whom she was supporting.
Physicians pronounced har ease
hopeless, and - she was refused . ad
mittance to the state sanatorium for
early cases for this reason. tSho 'ineW.
little about tho danger of spreading
the diease to others . Until recently,
but av* ls now hoing cared for at
home through Red Cross Seal funds
and is taking tho recognized precau
tions to prevent her infection from
spreading to others.
It Was tte First Time.
Jones was the past master of the
habit of carelessness. He dropped
things around in. any old place and
afterwards ' never remembered where
that place was. One night ho rose,
from bc J to get somo md! cine and )
swallowed his collar button in mis
take for a cough drop. ,
"Mary," said he to his wlfo when
tiro awful truth damned upon him, "I
have swallowed by'collar button."
"That's all right," responded, wife
In a tone of evident satisfaction.
"There's nothing to. worry about?"
"Nothing to worry about??" return
ed father. "Do you"
"That's what said," interrupted
little wlfey. "For once in your life
you know where you've put lr."-Phil
adelphia Telegraph.. ?
"Some Colltctlon Box.1*
Under this appropriate heading, an
American rellgtous weokly gives .ah
account of , the unique collection box
said to have been lnv?nted by an Ok
lahoma mah -.If n member of the con*
grcgation drops into it'a 25c .piece or
a coin of larger value there is silence.
If h? contributed a 1,0c piec?'? ' bell
rings ; a 5c piece sounds a .whistle,
and a cent pf eoe sounds a,.blank cart
ridge. It anyone pretends to be
aslecD when the box passes, it awak
ens him with ? watchman's" rattle and
a Kodak : takes bis poitrait^TU-Bits,
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. .Why She Wea Sain.:' '. ' ?
The Groom--Why ' BO ssd, eweet
hoart?
The Bride-I won just thinking how
miserable I'd be. Jack, if I bsd never
met yoti-Jfadse. ' >;|$|
1 concetrated values in this specialty
the best products of the country in
ear; the most famous goods known;
ine values.
and overcoats that surpass in
y,.fineness,"elegance, variety,
owings you find at like prices
: ever you may make a corn
in.
are models and fabrics suited to the
man; sizes and care-first service to
fitting. Special suits for the out-of
build man; longs, shorts, stoutr,
The variety of fabrics eliminates the
>f making selections. Suits at
10, $15, $\8, $20, $25.
we issue the broadest challenge of
i. Compare our overcoat values with
y, or even a little higher priced else
mum of style, service and comfort at
$10, $15, $18, $20.
erstand our confidence in our boys'
e tell you we're willing to have you
n's clothing by onr-b?ys' stock, lt's
ur business and we make sure you get
3oys? overcoats $3 to $7.50; suits at
$5, $6, $7.50, $10, $12.50.
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The Store with a Conscience
Russian Woman Soldier Taken Prisoner
Hero 1s j>roof that, s?iao Russian
vomen'are fighting in tho ranks
yith.th?'eoldlors of the czar. This
woman was taken prlsov ?r by a Ger
man soldier after the retreat .from
Warsaw. T?:e photograph shows her
with her captor. . . -
.-' Had a Hunch. J Financial Politics. ' \
Austin/was. a commercial traveler,! VYtty ls thia country short about'
nd ono day at a small hotel In' _ ; 36,0.00-. freight; caVsV.-of tho number
louthorn town ho ordered for his needed to transport its commodities?
reaifust two bollol ; eggs. When Prosperity? That (is v; no anawar?"at .
ho old darkey who served him TO- a"*"^ Why was not prosperity fore*
urned he: brought him three. seen^and ??royidcd for? Why have
"Why.in/the,world did youbring ra'Jway .magantes kept droning ft
ie three eggs?" queried Austin; "I chorus.pf glejimHp to the very mo
n?y. ordered two!" tncnfc when tuey finji\ themselves ut
"Yes, 'sub," replied tho old da rite v, torly' -Swamped with profIt?b?a . busi-i
rtth a smile and a bow, "1 lttiow you x*'2?s?-. Why, wit?t panics banished:by
Id order two, suh, but I brought tho foderaji re??rve set, with higher
!?ree, because J Jest natcherly ,'felt lrolsht rates {franrted, hy .the . ?nt?r*
at one Of dom might fail y??/ aub."-- a-**?a>'commerce commias?on; "With
?xchange. every Bign poinlntms.toi it?^
. '.. ;.'.'v . - ? . :, ' ,:--...; lo ?very field, old the railrc?aV
The Secret of Harmony. S?L^?t^S^ ' : ** ?^|^
Young Mrs.'>re?d,^^
Wrli?d 'm*" ?M-d beer; .hrlof' . Because tho interests . whWVhW&iV?
l^^l?^ ? arriad.
S '?^ S^'*^^ had;sworn a mighty oaKtWS i
ad toadb-terms. "I hope you are the country bav^prAiDerit^^Wli^^
ery, vetf happy and V%tl you ?nd rbJ?bHc?^St? 2 S???'te
wsCm^ti. ... ? . . barons have been deltberntelv irvine
1Bf^ ??niH? Si cpu,dnt e&y '*> "n-ake hard ?fcnt?? .list loni^e?S?S^'
IaV : replied the new, servant, "for to.boat Wilson ?> V..? 7 e? *g
r0-oaye .a good ; many, hut Ol ?dori't The iob et dHvin * * '