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Intended for publication Would not be addressed' to any Indi vidual connected , with tho paper, hut simply to Tho Intelligencer. FRIDAY? DECEMBER 24, 1916. About timo to haul out tho old Now Tyar resolutions and '? warm them J??or?L\.: " .;:.^^E^?^^0^ <.; Germany's - war- debt has. reached ten billion dollars.. But what is that compared to tho cost In human lives. Tho conqueror of Liege has sur rendered to, tho-great conqueror that will eventually get us all, ..'.'Thia- io the lUKt chunco for thc boy.s, in Europe to ?ot out of the trenches. . --o--~ ; ; i. f Wonder if von papen and Boy-Ed eyer .hoard Sot;: that Yankee .' slang - word: ''flred." ' : .'';.; . " '" . '. -o ; '?Shortago of German toys this year t;a|cms to hayo made no inroads on tho amount of Christinas shopping. . The abandonment of Gallipot will pu down in British history os one of th? moat strategic moves of the war. ; "Courage More Important Than a Bank Account." Maybe so, but a comfortahlft Ei?cd bank roll can make onorfe?l plagued courageous. Come, to think about It, a cut-glass bottle o^ guBoilno would make a dandy Christmas present for your friend who owns ?a aut?ntobll?. \/ ?'.Vo? . udgt?g ?rony'whvt we-have lamped the expross bfhtoe. - wo would ?d Yli^ unpack all tho mn.B?itii^f <jn hand and ?tack ; it o.ronnd tho fountain ; for '..post? istmas u?cj l^^^^^^^^^^^^s ia' v'Eur^i^an '. correspondents C?ulda't^make old ' Pratcia - Joseph out l^d.'so turned their attention to . l??vphardt, . but that . eminent lady Ig^ns 0 w? in ????? ?rjsi of health de ?ftt; reporta that aho. Was dyin^. 'One who nae ?ot three and seven in children/'is a,-, failure:};.''*?' ??tsic member of society,''.' saya , an ira college professor, Now, 'fesa "hRve/you, Sir, or Madam, your three arid sayon-tentha? .. V , ;NowMd?? Episcopal church ? eST ta?5?isUinK a oceaSon fund, for iuo;r% .';?rcmeat'.of; ali ministers cn liait pay at the age of ??, If thia preacher, ion b?Sin??^- .ch?unacsV^lhejpaii "ENEMIES Ot THE O'Eli ?IAN CAESE" lt hus - remained for thc Gurman government to give extreme partisans in America sound advice which their own new upa pi; rs and leaders in thia country ought tu have given them lan;; n?o. A recent statement from JJerlin to (he American public tells active pro Gormans what the majority of Ame ri' ?.ans have known for many months that violent efforts in behalf of the Fatherland only defeut their own purpose. Tlio German government in thin statement "docs most emphatically declaro to Germans abroad? to Q .r man-Amerlcan citizens in the United Statu;, to the American people, all ollho, that whoever la guilty of con duct tending to associate its cause with lawlessness of thought, sugges tion or deed against Ufo. property or crder in tho Unlt&d States is in fuel an enemy of that very cause and a Bourco of embarrassment to the Ger man government, notwithstanding auythlug bc or they may believe to thc contrary." The sincerity of Germany's dis claimer of ail responsibility for of fensive propaganda and acts of vio lence in this country need not be dis cussed nt present. Legal procedure now under way will soon show what connection, if any, Berlin has with the conspiracies and crimes for which eighty Germau partisans, some aliens nnd others American citizens, are now under arrest in tho United States. The point is that, whether the activities in question were inspired from Ber lin or not, they were foolish In in tent and execution, doing Germany in calculably moro harm in a moral censa than could be compensated by any incidental material gain through interfering with the allies' war sup plies. There is no question that legitimate advocacy of the German cause has coffered grievously. in the United Slate? because of these plots and pro paganda. The American public has boen driven to such indignation that Germany bas not had a fair bearing. Thero is no question, oltlier, that German-Americans as a class have suffered undeservedly from tho mis guided zeal of a few propagandists and fewer criminals. Tboro har, never been any good reason why Gcrman AraerlcaniBm should be associated with criminality. . And yot many Ger man leaders, and particularly the .Gcrman-dunguage . newspapers, which assume.to Bpeak for nur Gorman cltl .ri?na?'.UiLyn an unlfiirmlv nuraynd JI policy ot condonom?nt of crime and denunciation of things American that they hayo fostered this misconcep tion nnd fastened an undeserved taint cn their own pcpplo. Now tho repudiation by Germany of tho policy .'which theao leaders and organ ti ' have openly or . covertly en couraged leaves them aa high and dry as Germany's back-down In tho sub marine warfare loft them, altar they had stubbornly maintained tho prin cipie of sea-murder and defended the Lusitania massacre. SENATORIAL SUI HTS AND PANT? . L-'?' . Tho sartorial question in its rela tion to statesmanship ls brought to the j;?e by Senator Lawrence Y. Sharman of Illinois. Tho two Bona tora from that ?tate represent op posite extremes " in . dress. . Senator James Hamilton Lewis, as thc. 'world knows, is the fashion plate of the nu lion's capital, and a source of per petual inspiration and pride to his be loved Chicago. As for Senator Sher man-well, here aro the facts; evory moa may site the.senator up for hira Severs! months ago Senator Sher man's campaign manager, W. S Rosanfeld, inveigled him Into a Wash ington tailor's Bhop. had tho .doon locked and then -stood guard "While tho senator was forcibly measured fot a dr?BS ault .', ?p far, so good, thu It appears that the senator neve! wore tho suit. The other day .Mr. Roscnfeld mad? another.';.:ait?^-.'-...He Bent jSenatoi Sheinian a letter from a Cook coun ty constituent, characterising .'':'ilr Sherman's 1 disregard bf fashion. Sb ;i slanderous- aud criminal mlsrepre s?nihtlon of the great .-state ot HU nola. $*r;Rosenfold also added vlg ! ?rous comments, of his own. Where ?upon the senator: wrote a reply fron which the?? excerpts are,taken: 'T am sorry to mako;my frtenda si ??ch trouble. I >siil try to have rn: ; infusers pressed at suitable Intervals (Say three or four months apart, j shall hereaf ter ; endeavor to chang' my shirt av^ . time the moon quar i tars,- . ':',!7'o' 0- ' .j "_' v.;:/!: "jlut. so far as . the pattern is con cerned. I noyer pay any attention t< it. A shirt ls ? shirt. When X fin. ft shirt, that is tho riaht humber, hny it: ^ ; ... "Mont of my clothes ore selected thc same way. It is an exceedingly simple system. It enables me to suve considerable time which I can uno to oti-er purpose. I "So far as wearing a black cutaway coat with striped trouser? is concern ed, kindly put that in storage, ulong with tho silk hat. I positively de- ' cline. "Moreover, ! am confirmed in my course of life by my colleague, Sena tor Lewis. What hope Is there of competing with him in bia ward robe? So I very contentedly resign j all claims to wearing npparei. Sen ator Lewis keeps tho gossips guessing so much of tho time that they never ? notice me, and this ls a very happy arrangement for both of us. "I will keep the bag out of the knees of my punts and not let my brains get baggy any more than i can help. Thc lutter, I suspect, is prob-, ably thc main thing, ofter all, al though Washington shows signs of it* very Bcldoin." ; The public probably has the same suspicion. And even Illinois, if it were perfectly honest, would doubt less confess to a secret admiration of Senator (Sherman's attitude. Abraham Lincoln, who also was from Illinois, would have scorned even to have his trousers pressed. And there isn't any question that, whether it's a case of statesmen or of ordinary human beings, the average American pr?fets the baggy-trouBerB type to the Beau Brummel. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS Col. Henry Watterson, the famous editor of the Louisville Courlor-Jour nnl, was asked on bis golden wedding anniversary what the secvet of mar ital happiness ls. And he replied: "There's no secret about it. .Mrs. Watterson has always let me alone, and I have let her alono. When she saw I needed help she asked me how she could aid me, and did lt. When Bho was not exactly satlsfled about, anything, 1 just asked her If I could help her. . That s all." This doesn't cover tho wholo ground, by any means, but it prob ably contains the essential recipe for matrimonial success. Tho divorce courts show that domestic felicity is likely to bo duo to one of these two causes: Either ono partner tries to inter-, fere too much with the other's . free dom, or else one ia too indifferent to tho other, Either may be fatal. Tho Watterson.'f?-oily, app?rently, :\as reived the problem by finding the IH1UUIV (S. U UM v.. wwnw . .- ??-" V^'!:11. every celf-rcapocllng man or woman wants and needs-freedom to preserve his or her own Individuality, living his or her own lifo so far aa marital partnership permite. But this mutual freedom. has npt - been indifference. While each bas gone his or hor own way, each has always known tb at the other. stubiA ready for, Instant sym pathy and holp In case of ncod. . COI: Watterson could make a fine editorial out of that if he wanted to. ma ?ra.* A L I 'N o' D OPE Weather ForecSat-Fair Friday; Saturday party cloudy, probably rain light to moderate variable winds. --o Somebody got in a hurry to-cele brate .the cording of Christmas Inst night and exploded n large firecracker on McDuffle street just behind the husiness district. Nearly , all of the local police, tMnk'lng that someone had run amuck-and were Bhcotlag .i?p the town, ran down there to soe what had happened, but after Searching for a long time, they decided that tho noise came from a ?i rec racker and not a pistol. --o . Tho Topsy Turvey..giris ^v'?h?:^si murito were; greeted by one 'of the largest fudtpnece of tho week loot Bight; The show wis very, geed land ono of ti?e. numbers was so popular thfct/after seven encores had been ylvcn, ike tnauaBCi announced that it wes ,impossible ?sr them lo. keep, that ' up alt night ainca they had something eise to do; : vThs; Wewm?a ; Musical company, ploying ai -tho Anderson' this week, will change biilf.'.again today, pro ser ?lng "The Walters Bnion.'V This ct?ipany ; is . attracting;;touch V jMon by tba shows which ?re teing PK on. A five piece orchestra will muatc at the Rose rilli dance ca;Mo day night, Bbhhl? Webb having sehfod.: yesterday -to ?ti':- the : Vtrooir bono. \^?'j%fi. P' Mr. W. II. Osborne lina been ap pointed chairman for Anderson coun ty by tho executive committee of thc ( olumbla convention of tho Laymen's missionary movement. A statewide movement is going <m with the pur pose of securing the largest possible attendance of the laymen of nil tho churches of tho various denomina tions at the convention which will be held lin Columbia, February G-'J. As a result ofI bel nf; called to Hel ton yesterday morniiu; at 2:30, Sheriff Ashley discovered that (Jeorge Wash ington, a negro, had been seriously wounded by Clove Fair, another no gro. Fair escaped and his where* about are unknown. The cause of thc shooting ls unknown. ---o If you have not bought that Christ mas present, you had better get it this morning. As announced several days asjo, the stores <??;d nearly n.U of the business houses will be closed tomorrow and Monday. Business has been good for the past few dayB, Monday being one.or the best days of the seasons. Clerks have been busy, and they will be about as happy as the children when tonight comes. -o Take off your bats To Adam Tipe, For He invented The first pipe; -Cincinnati Enquirer. Our bows we save For Noah Wirt, For ?B ho gave Tho See-moro skirt. -Columbia State. Off comes our hat Thougt thoughts may rankle, To the modisto that Fut watch- on ankle. -Fayetteville Observer. We make our bow Just where we ought , To the guy who said: Make dress skirts short. -Memphis Commercial Appeal. Off comes our lid To Lucinda Crews She wears furs On top of her shoes. -Wo ff ord. College Journal. . We ll doff our top To Mary Ann quick, Who with such, graco Sports a little, stick. -i~o-"'. The county treasurer's office and all others in the" court house will be closed Saturday, and Monday. They will be opened again on Tuesday and all of then will remain open today. -G--~ Special Christmas., telegram blanks j naya been delievercd to patrons in the cl'.y by the. local Wostern Union of f,ce. In the notice enclosed -with ^e blanks it is stated that telegrams, of Christmas greetings will bo dellever <id to the receiver on the sam? kind of blanks. . . . ." '.' ' Hard to Do Tour Own Thinking. Mea boast that they aro not influ enced-thoy claim to do their, own' thinking. Just how many make good the boast wo do not know, but we do know that the number: ls not- large. Perhaps .ln nothing do wa deceive our selves .more than when we imagine that we are doing bar own thinking1 just now regarding the problems: that confront the country'In tho program tor preparedness. Every ; loyal American <ovos his. country abd wants the best thing done in order to safeguard its.future.;Many abhor war and in a slight way realise its terrors. They read of our unpre paredness and they favor a program that will guarantee Our national eafe ty. Agata they -read of tho havoc be ing: wrought by moder? warfare and they cannot : believe that sort of thing ? ls right And it is here that it ls herd to do one's own thinking. The spell binders fret In their work. What, the United States needs is' a sauo program cf preparedness that Asdl? not run into v.ilitarlsm but will place the country iii position to meet any emergency until the time come? for all nations to disarm, if . that happy day shall ?]~"jT b'c?b t?i?i. w?mu'~-.'T??j CO??':"?S?V csa bo' made out'.-showing the utter defenselessness ot the United States stirs the blood of the most optimistic peace advocate, yet there are' ?. few things that may be saW: In fayor bf our ability to,take cara or ibe conn try. However, the .. Reporter ah?dl stand for the president's program un til, we are nh own that -there ls rsome thing else .that may be ?one that wlli meet the needs bf the hour In a .better way. ' . ;.. ;..: "-??'.>'..' ; > v ;;?;?:. :T?w Better of the Two., Th? inad^qr:^ [ly. worse ths?? the man who believes dl??noMbunt. We' do .not quos Mfen .tho heart throbs of eVciier, but so far os the mind goes tho former ts - ? greater bmndorcr than the lat ter, land' for the simple 'reason tltat bc would *all upon tho government to make expenditure whleh would be thrown away, when thb Jatter would cave the country mohay. .sven if the country got Us face smssheu, Juet lian 'would happen in the casa ot tn imi.iv.iu.ii MWV??..-^?..?.?*.--.- ? .*~*? ** c ton ?ilspatoh. For Ls This store offs markable assist fitting service, selections. Men's and Your Suits ??Oto$2 Boys' Suits an coats #3 to $12 Men's -Hats in i kinds, to please $ Suspenders. Cogs. Caps. ., . . . .2' Garters. Canes. . . Umbrellas..$1.0 Hand Bags.$2.5? Suit Cases. .. . .$1.00 Pajamas. . . .$1.00 to Bath Robes. .. .$3.00 Neckwear. NEW POLITICAL PARTY Englishman Opposed to Coalition GOT. ernment .Non In Control. London. Dec. 23.-A movement to ward forming a nBw political party known OB tho national Taos been Ini tiated by Slr Arthur Markham with the object, BO his critics assert, of opposing the present coalition gov ernment. In the leadership ot tho new party are associated tho' names of-tho principal discontents in parlia ment, ind!;*ding Slr ? Edward Carbon. Lord Charles 'Beresford and Sir Hen ry Datziel. But tljo announcement seems to have been made before tho plans of tho founders .were ripe, and no Berlous support has been given to tho movement by any section of the press, while most of tho papers are .trying to kill lt with ridicule. There was also on effort to laugh,it out or parliament. . . A letter /rom Markham, which. , is taken sa a .manifesto of tho new par ty, has appeared In one of'tho.leading v \/; i -- \ . T 111 \ ' ? J . ; j >i i O* LOudOw.: . ?' V?O [definite constructive policy is worked out, but a great deal of fault has been a strong critic of the government yet ho bas made no speeches f:at havo. been widely quoted or comment ed,upon. He is a coal and iron mag^ na^e and, while representing a liberal constituency, ho ia popularly con sidered the. loader of tb o big business element.1 As far tho other discon tents, Carson is known- as -a. fighter bf forceful personality, but ho is an ad vocate -rather titan a?'originator and he was not th? t?s.-, organizer of Ulster res?stanos during the home rule campaign. Dalri?l ls a severe critic, but one of the papers points out t?at In blaming- tba government tex Its mistakes he always .displays A Sugget ' The Holiday Sea What present can J Why not a daily r an endless source pf ii Think of your ar. per like Thc Inteilig have such a daily Visit The Daily ar? postpaid, to a foif & rnosifjw :; If this interests y< inform them that t?ie: compliments. ist Hour Sho] irs a wonderful oj ;ance to gift seekei fullest stocks from lg Men's Men's am 5. Overcoat; d Over- Men's Sh qualities J 7" . 4 Shirts, M he right Eclipse ai 52 to $5. to $3.50. 25c to 50c Gloves..... . .25c pair Handkerchief k Sc $5.50 Silk Handkei ,10c to 50c Hose....... . i . .$1.50 Holenroof St 0 io $5.00 Silk Socks . ) to $15.00 Cuff Batt- ia 1 to $15.00 Shirt Studs.. $2.50 suit Stick Pins. . I to $10.00 Shirts. ..... .25c to $1 Collars.... 1 ?pen Tonihgt Until Midnight. The Store with a ( Beraford has the namo of being a reds his wisdom after the event. Lord j ?hot partisan of whatever cause he ox- j pouses' rather than a cool, analytical statesman. Some other discontents in the house of.commons, mainly- liberals, are men tioned In connection wita the move ment as woll aa the- extreme UlBter Hcs and the conscrlpttonista. In the upper house, Lord Milner, Lord Wil loughby do Broke and .Lord Middleton are said to be connected with-it.. So far as it has a definite platform,' the now party may be said to advo cate conscription, protection,- anti-1 h onie ru lo and '."no deposition of Mr. Asquith as premier. Uritluh Aviator? Must Give Battle "The Eriteh- army manual for air- j men makes very interesting 'reading," says Merle Crow?ll. in the January ] American Magasins. "Perhaps in these two selected paragraphs Hos ? clue \6' tho 'cause of British aeria; ] success: '.It must^ bo borne In mind that greater determination to fip;*U on every opportunity will rapidly gain ? moral ascendancy which will large' ly contribute' to obtaining command of tho air....... "Bv^ry effort will bo made to at tain Eapbrlority . in tho air as-early as. possible, ?nd lt should never bc forgotto nthat even . ono aeroplane may succeed In obtaining ^informa-1 tlon of tbe utmost value. Heneo af ter a'series of victories in tho;air. ajay of ; tho opposing aircraft that leave tho ground must bo relentlessly | .pursued and destroyed, until com pl?te command of the air is obtained, whilo after defeat all aircraft capable of . fixing -should continue to TCcon- j noltre at all costa.' ? son is ,i??r?.' The pet ' make my .friend? emindef o?;your f riendshi nd Semiweekly 1 ^formation and entertainr ?uainta-wv?es ^vho would : ericer. : What ? delight it or, brimful of what is goii I Seim-We?l?ly ?nte?lige; tny addrere - in the United f 75c^Semi-?W-e?jk3y one DU and you subscribe for ^ are to receive The InU ? Adman pperl >portui?ity; re % unimpaired which jo make 1 i Young Men's > $-10 to $20. oes in siioerior ?3.50 to;56.50. anhat; ans, nd B-O-E 50c .25c th $3.50 ?..-10f 'chiefs.. )ck?. ra ffig??l . mm to 50c .$1.00 .10c io $1.00 .$?50 box .50c *cj$l pair , .... .25c U]$l pair .25} to 50c .25c 2> $1.50 .50c K $3.50 5c each, $u50 box Hostile D> American Meat. .Brisbane. AiBtralia, Dec. 23.-Leg islation hos.ti; ? to Amerlcaa, meat in terests in" Qi ;ensland is Bald to be part of the ia mediate program of fae ' .labor party tb it has come Into power. A bill ii> noir before the Queenalaad parliament ? ving ?tho government power to apji oprlate packing plants j in the state Sid extinguish tho own er's rights 11tho7t ccanpensation. - There has at sen , ?ame suspicion of German Inter* sta concerned In some ? of the American meat companies operating in Queensland. Hie as -alstaat minister for justice declared that Chicago&ackera were not oj?T supplying Germany with meat hw .had "actually] threatened to starvo - Great Britarn] If the meat was not permitted to go to Germany. I* ul,'ic Hangings. Quincy had ii public banging last Friday, and w? trust lt will be' the . iaBt. During Ibo lost - legislature an effort was mule by the different HheriffB' nf marilin- headsdby oar own Sheriff Gregory] to have an appropria tion made for the purchase of an elec tric chair with the view of having all condemned .criminals transported . to iome central point' and . electrocuted privately. A bill waa Introduced, but like many goo?. hills, it failed to pass. If every membar of the state legisla ture wore forced/ oncb',_ to witness - a publio hanging^we bet the bill would pass in a hurry.-Qunlcy Times. If the colonel'wanta war, can think ot nothing but ?ar, cati write of noth ing but war, h? should go to Europe and Jump into , the middle of li Sure ly there is enough of it over there to suit .his ' superheated fancy,--North Georgia Citizen.' lysuBmitted Qiisideratioti plexing question p and generosity nent? appreciate a newspa #puld be to ttiem to i^pn in tl^e ^vor?d! , nn?r snailed, your friends, v" we wiii ?lligencer " v^ith your ?|">*I 'I W'IIIWII? rn?.