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* AANNING. S. C., DEC. 1, 1915
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PUBLISNED EVERY WEDNESDAY S
L I1.. APPELT,t
EDITOR AND PROPREhTOR.
- Do your Christmas shopping 11
bot~h early and late. You-. can't
-afford to miss the excrntiating
joys of the grand rush. 1:
11
First thing we know the nen- u
tral countries will be scrapping e
with each other to see which one li
can cap off the honors of neu
trality.
c
*We are perfectly willing to
have the whole world formed in. ~
to one great republic, provided y
Uncle Sam is the big squeeze ins
the push. t
-No man can expect-the rest of C
the world to think him a saint
unless he is one. And by the
same token we are not looking
for any shower of bouquets.
If we could have Cupid as our t
commander-in chief and use his u
darts in lien of bullets. war g
would become a popular pastime tl
and every hemale in this blessed C
town would be rushing off to en- ti
list, a
n
.A snake, a liar, a gossip and a e
loud mouthed bully are among ,
the most delectable-abominations t)
this world has ever produced- a
except the cuss who reads bis c
home papcr for five years and ti
then -reunses to pay.
If only the good and pure in
mind go to heaven, what is to
become of the doctors, and the a
lawyers, and the merchants, and e
the editors aind bankers, and s
farmers, and the rest of the corn
mon herd? And where, oh, ~
where. will the politicians go? S
*IffUncle Sam has to take a y
licking he will have the supreme c
satsfaction of knowing it is the r
-first one and that it is trailing c
long late in lijte. It
H R
[G else does c
,ct that He'll i
tore is filled a
garment in ti
in hunt the ni
ny appropria
Rev. J. L. H'arley of Spartan z
urg,- for the: past eight years c
scretary of the Anti-Saloon i
~agne, has resigned his position c
r. Harley is said to feel that1e
is work in this State is finished ']
nce the State voted "dry" last s
eptember.
A Chicago doctor charged aa
atient $1,000 for stopping a
ase of nose bleed. The patient e
fused to pay. ~The doctor i
ed, and another doctor testi-i
ed in court that the fee was not t
iessive, while yet another one
ought $500 was at out right. e
.d to think 'hat we are run
ig a niewspeper instead of be- t
ig a nose bleed specialist! s
If we would teaeh a child to t
ke that which is good in read- a
g, we must establish the liking a
i his early years. It is not
2ough that we shall tell him in 6
ter days that certain books ares
od and bid him read 'them. g
hen he is grown up he will
2ose that which he likes and ,
r work is to lead him to like t
ood things. We cannot begin ,
o early. The nursery taless
ould be those which have fed ,
e children of many an age and e
ime. The song, the hymn. tbe
em should be those that are
orth reading and reciting. Let i
s make the beautiful story and
yth and hymn a part of the i
ild's early enviroment. More E
ian this, let us remember that i
i teaching the children to read d
ood books we aro re-enforcing t
em against the ills of life. Ac- t
~mpanied by noble thoughts g
ey shall go to their drudgery d
d toil with a brave spirit, and d
ake melody in their hearts ev
2 when their hands are rough b
pith toil, they shall dwell with
e great and good and then mo- a
ents of leisure shall be rich be- a
use of these good times of
ieir youth.
Spartanburg, Tuesday 22.
'he gallon a month law, passed
the 1913 session of the gen
ral assembly, was ruled uncon
itutional in its application to
terstate shipmernts by Judge
Vilson in the court of general a
essions yesterday, Upon this t
uling, Judge Wilson directed a a
erdict of not guilty in the case ii
f B. L. Turner, under indict- o
ent for transporting 150 pints v
f beer from Union into Spar-- S
nnr ouarnty this' pmst snm- r
rMi
for a Christn
best of His a
Lble Gifts! Ev
would not mrn
'y Chris
Raincoats
Pajamas
House Coats
Neckwear.
Suspenders
A Man's St
ind you can'
ten and BoyS
nd ler
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the matter under consideration
The peace comm~ission will sai
from New York on board the O0
car II, 'of the Scandinavian
American Line, going to Chris
tiana, Norway; Stockholm,Swet
ten, and Copenhagen, Denmnark~
Prominent persons of Europeai
nations ase to meet the peac'
commission from this country a
some central point to be estab~
lhsbed later and hold an interna
tional conference dedicated ti
negotiations looking to a setle
ment of the European war. Thb
American commission is to in
cdude about one hundred prom
inent men and woinen from dif
ferent parts of the Unmted State:
Mr. Ford last week invited Gov
Manning, who because of officia
business, was farced to decline
Among those who have accepte<
membership on the Americai
commission are John Wanna
maker, Thomas A. Edison, Jane
Addam~s, Helen Keller and Fred
erick C. Howe, commissioner o
immigration.
SUNDAY AND THE CARIVAL
We never like to censur ou:
city officials, but when they a]
low a carnival company to coin'
into our town, and deliberatela
go to work unloading their truel
and erecting tents on the Sab
bath, and too, in a stones throw
of two churches. it is time fo:
all good citizens to protest. .1
is an outrage. There is a Stati
law regulating work on Sunday
and while it is too late now t<
stop what has already happenei
the people should take steps a
once to see that this does no
occur again. Why should a car
nival, a traveling bunch of wan
derers. people who have' no re
gard for the Sabbath or respec
for the feelings of those who d<
regard it, be allowed to come it
to a civilized town and openl3
break the law of both God ani
State? What good is a carnival!
What good do they do? It is
bad enougb to have these "mon,
ey grabbers" during the week
but we might be spared fromt
them on Sunday. A soda foun.
tain is not allowed to dispense
five cent drink on Sunday, tho
the owner pays a license and
taxes to do business in our towi
year in and year out, but a car
nival can pay out $75.00 or $100.
00 to draymen to have their junk~
moved to the show grounds.
The dayoman has sold his labor
Is",
tuite so well
vear it isthe
with services
ie store that
A\ Men
Suits.
Overcoats
Trousers
Gloves
Umbrellas
Come to
iap all over a
te gifts for 19
No
er. The motion for a directioi
f the verdict in~ favor the de
mdant was made by defendant's
onsel, on the 'gronds of the
nonstitutionality of the statute
'he motion was resisted by the
licitor. Judge Wilson disagreed
~ith the defendant's counsel as
the unconstitutionality of the
et as a whole, but agreed -thai
iwas not in accord with the
nstitution in so far as it re
ted to movement entirely with
the State. Judge Wilson ruled
at the title of -the act does not
onform to article 8, section 17,
f the constitution, which pro
'ides thab every act or resolu.
on having the force of the las
al relate to but one subjeci
nd that shall be expressed ii
be title. The title of the* galloz
month law states the subject
f the act to be that of regula
ion of alcoholic liquors into this
tate, but makes no reference tc
bipments entirely within the
~tate. Commenting upon his de
ision last night, Judge Wilson
a~id that under his interpreta.
ion of the case, there would be
o prosecution of detendants for
ipment of whiskey entirely
within the State until the act
amended by the legislature.
e intimated, however, that the
efect could be easily rernedied.
. L. Turner is alleged to have
~ought about 150 pint bottles of
eer in Union and to have check
l them in a trunk as baggage,
om Union to a point near Lan
rum, and it was there seized by
e officers of the law as contra
and. After the evidence for the
~tate had been concluded, the
efense made the motion .fora
irectin of the verdict, which
as granted. Judge Wilson alsc
eld that since the whiskey had
t been handled by the defend
ut in Spartanburg county, the
leged crime had been commit
d entirely in Union county,
d the case was therefore out
*f the jurisdiction of the Spar
mburg court.
FORD ASKS BETHEA TOJOIN.
Columbia, November 28-Spec
I: Andrew J. Bethea, Lieuten
t Governor, today received a
~legram from Henry Ford, the
utomobile manufacturer, invit
ig him to represent South Car
ina on the peace commission
bich is to go to Europe next
aturday. Mr. Bethea has not
piedr to the invitation. but has
an as somethi
our Holiday
ae and most a
Hi1m
ndkerchiefs
ncy Vest
rht Robes
eaters
th Robes.
in's Gift!
'store in thic
.ung
intelligenice, quick discernment,
iron determination and unques
tioned mntegrity. He must be
cool headed, energetic and per
sistent-a man who rides over
all obstacles and "gets th~ere on
time with the, goods."
The duties of tbe position are
so numerous, so varied and so
intricate as to require years of
training to produce even a mod
er-ately suecessful quartermaster
The civilian without training or~
theoretical knowledge who is
made an officer of the- quarter
master corps over night and sent
to the front is nothing but a
handicap and a detriment. If
appointed in large numbers, as
has been done in all of our past
wars, they even constitute -a ser
ious menace to the successful ex
ecution of movements of vital
importance to an army in the
field.
The quartermaster corps of an
army clothes, feeds, shelters and
transports the troops, it pro
vides horses. mules, and the
forage and equipment for them,
it furnishes stoves, fuel and
light, constructs roads, bridges,
railroads, barracks, warehouses.,
docks and wharves, charters
ships. tugs and other means of
water carriage, pays officers,
men and other employes, furn
ishes transportation for all ma
terial of war, supplies tentage,
cots, bedding, incmnerators. and
in fact everything for the up:
keep of any ar-my. with the ex
ception of arms, ammunitionl,
medical supplies, engineer and
signal property. And of these
manifold duties none is of more
vital importance than that of
subsisting the troops.
The congress will take up this
winter the problem of strength
ening the national defenses by
an increase mn the regular army
and navy and by the raising of
of .force of volunteer- reserve
troops.
If we are to provide for the
raising of a great ar-my to be
used in emergency, by all means
let us heed the advice of Col.
McCar-thy and make provision
for a corps of quartermasters
who are trained to their duties,
and not send our young man
hood forth to suffer from the
gross ineficiency of a horde of
political appointees who are
dumped onto the qua rternmaster
corps at the Jast minute becauseI
they want to be c-aptains arnd
.ng he can v
stock, there
cceptable gift
At
Svicinity w1
~omp
majors and haven't th e courage
to shoulder a rifle on the aring
line.
One weak link will destroy the
mightiest chain, and an ineffi
ient quartermaster corps will
quickly transform a great fight
ing force into a growling and
kicking aggregation of malcon
tents.
The quartermasters of our reg
ular army, though few in num
ber and-handicapped in a thous
and ways, are among -the best
the world has ever produced.
Bt they are but a drop in the
bucket to the vast number of
trained men who will be requir
ed if we are efer called upon to
place an army of a million men
in the field in defense of our
cuntry.
The editor of this paper ab
hors war in its every phase-;I
is barbarous demoralizing and
destructive of a'll that is best an
noblest in mankind.' But as a
patriotic American citizen we
can not wilfully close our eyes
to the fact that-we are a nationi
so rich as to tempt the cupidity
of an aggressor, and so weak as
to be helpless in the repelling of
attack and in the safeguarding
of our har-d earned possessions.
Let us have no wveak links in
the chain of national defense.
DEFECTIVES AND EUMANITY.
The action of Dr. H. J. Haisel
den of Chicago in refusing to
perform a surgical operation for
the purpose of saving the life of
a defective infanit has brought
acutely before the people the
problem of what to do with our
defectives. It is the burning is
sue of the day, the theme of die
cussion by millions upon mil
lions of people ~throughout the
civilized world.
When born the child was in
this condition- It had but one
ear; it had no neck, the base of
the skull being about even with
its shoulders; one side was par
alyzed; it had a curved spine; on
the left side it had a double kid
ney connected to the bladder by
one tube; on the right side it bad
no kidney; There was no opening
to the lower intestine; its stom
ach was dilated; its thighs were
abnormally large; it had a hem
orrhage in the spinal canal, in
dicating an injury or a diseased
condition of the blood vessels;
there was no passage way to the
miing- er its brain was aD
ias gift to a M
ppreciation.
ren outside of
ike a handsor
tmas foi
Hats Ha
Hosiery Fa
Pajamas Nil
Shifts Svw
Mufflers Ba
ore for A M&
t find another
pe.
Clot]
in St., Sumtei
,and collected for it. Why should
1 not a merchant be allowed the
3 -same privilege? If this concern
- bad perishables on their train
-they could have been tak'en off,
I' and the rest of tbe stuff moved
.on Monday. We are no saint by
1 any means. but we do protesi
against this open defy of the
t laws of mankind and Him who
-made this world. The mis
-take has been made. but we hope
. it will never happen again.
SA WEAK I.NK IN THE NATIONAL. CHAI4
It has been left to the far
.sightedness of Col. D. E. Sc
SCarthy, chief quartermaster ol
.the central department. of the
IUnited States Army, to bring tc
the fore at this time one of. the
weakest links in our chain of na
tional defense. and that is wholly
Sinadequate provision that is
- made for an enlarged quarter
f master corps in time of war.
CJol. McCarthy has recommend
ed to the war department that a
quartermaster reserve corps of
the brightest executive minds in
r the country be organized in time
- of peace sufficient in size to sup
a ply the requirements of any
1 amy of a million men, which
t would be the smallest force this
-country could expect to put mnto
the field in time of war. These
e men could be commissioned by
b ihe president as captains and
a lieutenants in the quartermaster
,reserve corps of the federal
> army, but without pay until
lcalled into active service, as is
t now the case with the medical
b reserve corps.
-To the average layman this
- may not appear to be supreme
importance but to the trained
t man it is illuminating, and for
> several reasons.
SAn army, however efficient
rand valorous in other respects,
l is almost wholly dependent up
on the prompt and thorough ex
ecution of the duties pertaining
to the quartermaster corps. If
that corps is weak the useful
ness of the whole army is ser
iously impaired, is dangerously
near to being destroyed.
A fighting unit of an army can
be trained for reasonable service
in from four to six months. But
it is useless without its corps of
trained quartermasters. It can
accomplish little' without them.
The office of quartermaster re
quiraesn. man of a. high order of
rear, andl
is not an3
paretly r eawt te jx
ception of a hemorrhage on the~
left side..
- The performing of a sim pie
operation would have saved the
life of this child. But the so rb
geon, knowing the future that
would await it, refused to oper
ate. A coroner's jury, consisting
of a number of -the most noted
physicians ~in Chicago, found
tsbat be acted strictly within- his
rights and. within the ethics of
the medical profession.
Was this doctor' a. human be
ig with a great heart, who re
fused to prolong' the life of this
chbild-and thereby condemn. it t'o
an existence of helpless inisery?
Or was he a criminal in his re
fusal to,. perform an operation
that meant life, though life be
worse than death?
Hardly a day passes but we
read of a crime committed by
some person who is later proven
to have been a defective from
birth. There is no punishment
for such. They must be commit
ted to an institution for the rest
of their days, or permitted to
run at large and continue to be
a menace to. all people with
whom they come in contact.
Many of these defective peo
pie grow to maturity and marry.
and bring other defectives into
the world. The world is full of
tbem, and humanity is becoming
wore morally depraved and men
tally warped every day. Enrope
in particular is deluged with
them in high plac-es. brought
about by the pernicious system
of inter marriage. and Europe
is drowning in a sea of blood -.
and destruction.
What are we to do with 'our
defectives? Are we to mature
them and send them forth into
the world to oreed other 'defec
tives, to serve as a canker in the
mentality and morality of man
kind? Or should they be allow
ed to slip back into the mystery
from whence they came? -
We correct the mistakes of na.
ture in all other respects by r-e
moving the menace in time.
But what are we to do with re
gard to thc greatest of all
menaces to future generations?'
What will the future of our
race be if they are allowed to
grow, and propagate. and cover
the? land with the ever increas
mingadnta.l hights of nature?