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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENGER feaadod l?gu?t 1, im. 123 North 3aln 8tre? AND F KM ON, S. C. WILLIAM BANKS. Edltor W. W. 8MOAK_BUBlncas Manager Entered aa aecond-class matter Ap ril 28, 1914, at the post office at An derson, South Carolina, under the Act Of March 3, 187?. 1 - Weekly edition?$1.60 per Year. Dslly edition?SC.00 per annum; ft JO for Six Months; $1.26 for Three Months. IN ADVANCE. A larger circulation than any other newspaper In tbl? Congressional Dis trict TFLFI'IIONESs Cdltorlal.827 Besges? Office.'321 Job Printing.693-L Local News .327 Society New*.321 The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers in ?ho city. If you fall to Set your paper regularly ploaae notify 63. Opposite your name on label Of your paper ts pri.ted date to which your paper Ib paid All checks and drafts should be drawu to The Ander son Intelligencer. THOUGHT F Oil THE DAY Success in life means making one's life large. We all live in the same world which wo chose to make our own. Your danger is to live In a small world, because you cannot take the trouble to explore.?Mendell Crelghton.' *y*.-\ . r?Y?fri ? .,Everything la going south in Eu rope. "The tide of battle." That Hounds It thorn vorp a ratieir **\ lljg V7S.'. f'Tlio wise politician is the one who knows rigor mortis when he feels it. o ; When. The Hague opens uguin It will have a rush of peace orders to Oil. ..J.Toe population of the world is 1, 623,3CO,000 persona exclusive of poli tic is no. Polities is worse than what Sherman | said war wna But war Is wotso than | "it mUr be." ? o B The war game is all rooting and we j ?au't get close enough to the score) bord to tell who la ahead. j ,Clemson'"s old boys" who visited An derson this week were amazed at the! progress being made. - The majority - that goes to. sleep wakes up under the minority sign post the? day after the election. ' Anderson county Is one whole foot h?rt on rainfall. That fact puts a limp into our crops. o L??t> (ge'? down, to (business and pave j . ?omj streets. Tarvla bltullthlc any thing that is good will do. If Ellle Smith rode into the senate on a bale of Unters how far would he go on fc'bal? of staple cotton? The South Carolina Univeralty is to! . l&Vcaagratuluted that Dean Andrew | 0. 'Moore Is to remain on the faculty. . .We suggeat the organization of a rCotton BlOBaom Club" to take the $fcvc? of the famed Scatterwood Alll i-Wyatt Alken carried the city of Newberry 46? fp. 440. He also carried his own hom% Abbeville, by a big j majority. ' -o?? The world has never known such j perilous times for men who have to | handle namfa In tho googsBsyhlcal sto ries, The suspicions entertained hitherto that Germany did not like Greet P italn, seem to have been well foun d?a. ' ,. .Probably 200 rotes . In Anderson county were not polled because the Votera were away?on pleasure or bus iness, trips. ..Wa asked that emaciated quillI choke on the Spartanburg Journal why ?hould not a fat man's Ideas be mighty T In. the FrancoiPruaaian war a num her, ct new arUcieB of diet were in troduced, .Jjmt our opinion is that it fata war lasts long there wU? not be enough to eat to sustain a canary bird A SHOUT WA Ut SAYS MAXIM j Sir Hiram Maxim, the famous gun' Inventor, believe* it will bu a abort J war. lie hau forseen the clash for a long time. The four great continen tal powers have bpen straining every nerve to see how large an army they could raise and equip. They had these armies and, like a boy with a plaything, they wauted to use them. That is his idea about it. Sir Hiram talk? interestingly of the participant.". Austria has a very larg? army, hut the Auslrians will have all they can do and a great deal more to keep the Russians out of their own country, to say nothing of keeping them out of German. It will be necessary for Germany to send a large force to the Kast to aid Austria, und in all probability the al liance will not last a great deul lon ger than the war. The English army, It Is true, isn't very lurge, but England can certainly aend 200,000 men to the front. Little Belgium can send a like number. If England la pressed she can senfJ fully 600,000 men to the front. The Eng lish are very good, stubborn lighters, and, as the matter stands I don't think the Germans have much chance. If I was to look at it from a purely mathematical standpoint, I should suy the chances against Germany are ful ly 10 to 1. Nothing but a very unfortunate mis take on the part of the English add French will enablu the Germans to reach Paris. ThiB particular war Is not like the war In South Africa or any other un civilized country. Troops can and will be moved with great rapidity. Napoleon Bald battles were won by quick marches. There, are no better s?a fighters In the world than the En glish. If they had to >al with Ger many alone there would be little chance but that the German fleet would be wiped off the sea. but. whnn you consider the French and Russian fleets are added, I should say the Germans don't stand one chance in a hundred. Money Ib the great factor in the war. Leaving the United State h out of the question, England Is the rich est country in tho world, France is second, Russia third, and Germany fourth. France ig extremoly rich; her peo ple are quite as patriotic us ariy. The war of 1860 between-Russia and Aus tria lasted only six wcelts. THE POTATO The people of this state should raise more of things to eat. Then such a cataclysm as war would not alarm. There is a certain good far mer in Anderson county who brings eggs and butter to town every week.. He has enough meat ahead in his smokehouse and his bins to lost him a year. He is not dependent upon cotton. There is a staple article of diet in this country which should be more ex tensively produceJ in the south?po tatoes. The potato is always in sea son, Is edible in a number of ways and always command! a big price on Northern markets. The South Carot'na Irish potato contains 10,000 acre'i this year and the total production wfll be approximate ly 666,000 bushels, according to the estimates made by the United States Crop Reporting Bureau. The con dition of the crop Ib 66 per cent of normal and the price at the present time Is averaging around $1.18 per bushel. In continental United States there are 3.708.000 acres planted to this product and this year's production is estimated at 360.614,000 bushels by the federal department of agriculture. This year'B crop will exceed the ave rage year's by approximately 4,000.000 bushels. The nation's production last year was 331.525.000 bushels, was produced on 3.668,000 acres of land and sold for $227,903,000, or an aver age of 90 cents per bushel. The potato Is not easily kept, but it farmers should prepare for the crop and prepare for marketing it?they would find It a big money proposition. GIVE THEM REPRESENTATION Our principal regret about the leg islative ticket la that a bona fide mill worker was not sent to Columbia. W. H. Godfrey and W. I. Mahaffey have worked at the loom. They re ceived handsome complimentary votes and. may come again. Tae mill work ers should be represented In the leg islature, by at least one of their number. We believe in all classes being rep resented In the legislature. There are now three farmers on ofr delega tion and a lawyer or two. might bo of use. It 'wm a big job *nd tho assistance, of tit*re friends was appreciated. ' The greatest hart to the farmer Is his suspicion of other, people. This has been instilled Into him by herd times, hard knocks and then the'dem SfiOgt*, s DISK ASK v? BI LLETS In the 12 bloodiest lj.it11. .s oi the Civil war there were in round num bers 23,000 killed outright and 119, 000 wounded on the Union side This does not Include prisoners. The aggregate number of men en gaged in all these battles was less than 1.000,000. It would appear, therefore, that if those two unparallel ed armies now facing each other in Europe shall fight as tenaciously as the Americans fought, the casualties ion each side should reach 140.000. Hut it seems highly doubtful if 1,000,000 soldiers will ever be Hent into action on one day by either com mander Armies of such magnitude reach across scores of miles of terri tory . Official reports show thut duilng the entlr* Civil War 07,000 Union soldiers were killed in battle and 43,000 more died of their wounds, waking a totul of 110,000. But during those four years 199.000 Union soldiers died of disease. We shall see if the medical science can now prevent disease from killing more soldiers than bullet aud sabre. OUt FRIENDS HELPED The Intelligencer's efforts to give the election returns to the public have received numerous compliments, which are deeply appreciated. Howev er, we wish to share this with others whose assistance was indlspenslble. Among those who contributed to distributing the work and strain of the evening wore the officials of the coun ty executive committee, members of the Btaff of The Daily Mail and oth ers. COUNCIL FAVORS PANAMA EXHIBITS (Continued From Page One) life develODment: fiBherlen and varied I Industrial, civil and educational life, the same being comprehensive in ev ery way; was to be made by artists from the well known kodak firm of Eastman Bros., of Rochester, N. Y., along elaborate Hues; the said state wide film when made to be shown first in every ctiy and important town and village in the entire state; then to be sent to the South Carolina State build ing at the Exposition, where it would bo shown twlco per day, during the tun months of the exposition, a special lecturer to explain the same as they are shown. He stated that the film would cost $3 per foot and that of this $2.00 would go (toward building the splendid building that this state would have at the. exposition. After this was explained together with other minor but important de tails, the city council unanimously en dorsed the plan, and at the suggestion of Mayor Godfrey, and the acqulcs cense of the aldermen, a meeting joint ly of the members of the council and the directors of the Cbamher of Com merce is to be called. The sugges tion met with the hearty endorsement or Menager Blum and Commissioner Farmer. Secretary Whaley stated last night that he bad not been able up to a late hour to see Vice-Chair man T. Frank Watklns of the Cham ber of Commerce, who in the absence of Chairman J. D. Hammett, would be authorized to call a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, but that he would endeav or to have the call made so that the joint meeting could be held Monday night, since that night would be sat isfactory to the Mayor and the Alder men. At this proposed meeting St is pur posed to outline the detailed plans for an adequate and proper representation of the city of Anderson In the state building. Manager Blum Is expected to map out a plan which It 1b anticipa ted will meet with the views of the bodies. "Keep on A-comuiV (By Associated Press.) New York, Aug. 29.?Three thousand or more Americans reached New York today form England aboard the White Star Liners Olympic and Adriatic, the latter reaching port with an ar mament of four six-inch rifles mount ed two on her bow and two on her stern. The'Adriatic brought 1,762 pas sengers; the Olympic 1,772. Nearly all were Americans. LAST OF COMPANY DIES Lieutenant of German Company That Was Wiped ont By French Dies. (By Associated Press.) FariB, August 2a.?Among the pris oners who have Just died In.a hospital at Troyes, Department of Aupe, says the Petit Tryos, was a lieutenant -of the 135th German Infantry, whose company has sustained severe losses at hands of French troops and had been ordered to surrender. When the French soldiers approach ed to disarm the Germans the latter separated to let through their ranks machine guns which had been hlddep behind and which poured a murderous tire Into the ranks of the advancing Frenchmen. Exasperated by this treachery, says the paper, the French troops charged furiously with fixed, bayonets and ex terminated the German soldiers with the exception of this lieutenant, who survived tor a few days with, his jaw fractured and his tongue cut off. Boulogne Evacuated. . London, Aug. 29.?8:00 p. m.?Lieu tenant Deppe, of tho Belgian infantry, who was in command of tho cyclist section at Naraur. In a report to the official bureau aaya the fortress of Namur was completely evacuated by the Belgians at *< o'clock on the af. tornooa of August 23. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR PRAISES WILLIAM Francis Joseph Commends Ger-j man? or, Brilliant Achievements ?Confers Honor on Kaiser (By Associated Press.) Lcndon, Aug. 29.?According to Berlin official dispatches received by Marconi wireless. the Austrian em peror, in a telegram to the Emperor of Germany says: The splendid victories gained by the German army under your com mand over your powerful enemies] [are due to your, iron will. You have1 sharpened and swung the mighty sword. To the laurels which adorn you as victor I should like to add the highest military honors which are in I my power to confer by asking you to accept the grand Cross of Maria The resa . "Knowing how highly > .u and your! arm:, value the achievements of Gen-] eral vo:i Moltke, 1 bestow upon him the commander's cross of the Mariai Theresa order." The German Emperor has bestow ed on the Austrian Rmperor the order I "Pour Lemerlte" und upon General j Baron Conrad Hutzendorf the Iron Cross of the first and second class. Leaders of the German army protest | against the uews circulated abroad regarding the cruelty practiced in the field, says another Berlin official dls I patch which adds: I "The German troops are occasional ly obliged to adopt measures when provoked by treacherous attacks by ! the civil population and atrocities ] committed against their wounded. ' Resposlbilities for tho rigors of our warfare lies solely with the authorl l tieB of the ocupled territory who have distributed arms among the civilians and have Incited them to take part in the war. Whenever the popula tion was not hostile toward our troops harm is not done either to property or persons. The German soldier is neither an incendiary nor a pillager and fights only against a hostile ar my. WOODMEN ABBIYE for e\c?"i\"?:nt Spartanburg, Aug- 29.?Fiual pre parations for the'big encampment of the Uniform Rank, Woodmen of the World, are being made today, and the grounds will be in readiness some time this afternoon. General Lewis, who will be in charge of the encamp ment, has hud 'the advance party busy putting up - the 100 tents, the dining tables, add other accessories of the camp, and has made provision for furnishing the long tables which have been prepared -for the 300 men ex pected to take part in'the drills. Many! of the men will arrive today and to morrow and all of the companies are] expected "to '"be ' in' 1 camp by Monday noon. "Tire companies' of'the I twelfth district, 'comprising the states of North and South Carolina, will go] Into camp will nbt breakup until Sep tember 5. Competitive drills will be held after the men have been given training, the training of the teams, which take a prominent part in the! degree work of the various camps, | being the main object of the encamp- ; mont. These drills will provide enter tainment for the 4,000 or 5,000 Wood-] man friends expected to be in the city; during the week. The main feature, however,- will be the big parade out East Main street on Thursday, at ] which time it is predicted'that 1,000 enthusiastic Woodmen will be in line. General Lewis, who is a member of | the executive commottee and briga dier general of the Woodmen of the World, hau expressed himself as well pleased wtth the grounds at Fairfield park, and everything has been put in shape to insure .ae greatest comfort to the visiting companies. The fair association has given the u?e of the grounds the light company will fur nish the electricity and the water com mission of the city will give the wat er. 'Sixteen companies of 18 men each. four, groups of four 'men each and two officers, forming a regular j company, will be here. ' Seven sterling silver trophy cups will be given to the Companies win ning out in competitive field drill. Class A and Class B, first, second and j third prize in each ' class, and one large cup to be-given-to the company] showing the best discipline, are now on display in the windows of Greene'n drug store. Other prises* will bu given for individual excellence. Several prominent officers of the order are expected to be visitors. Brigadier General A. Q. Slpher, of j Lumber ton, N. C; Col. C. Matther, assistant adjutant general, who comes | as Instructor from the> adjutant gen eral's office. Omaha, Nebraska, head quarters of the Woodmen In the] United Stated will be present and all head company officiais of the two ] Carolin?? pre nlvited. TROOPS GOINO EAST. Tralnloads of German Soldiers Are on the Motc. ' (By Associated Press.) London. Aug.; go.?3:10 a- in.?An official announcement-.Issued at Ant werp is sent from that city, by the Reuter correspondent; It 'says: v "It is confirmed that ' numerous trains on Friday last, transported German troops from tho Courtral re gion in an easterly direction; The re tirement of the German troops Is strongly increasing. The enemy has abandoned the country north' of the line Including Morchiom, Vilvorde. Aerschot, Hu>_l-Oh-Den-Berg, Tr?m melom and Haehgt The province of Antwerp and part Of Limburg . are free of the enemy: The' general posi tion Is regarded with confidence." Racing Result*; ' (By Associated Press.) Saratoga. N. Y..-A:?g. 2a?The' fu turity stakes was won today by Tro jan; Kaakaskla second; and -Harry Junior, third. Tun*; 116 4-5. / I PARISIANS ARE BECOMING ANXIOUS The Unchecked Advance of Ger man Troops Toward Paris' Causes Alarm (By Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 29.?6:40 p. ML?This has been a long and anxious day in ParlB. As far as can be tvarncd the French massed troops appear to hr intact, except for those losses whlcb were inevitable in a week's heavy fighting over a vast from. If the British and French retire on the western flank, i: Is explained that they do so to choose their grounj tor fiercer resistances. Every duy has seen reinforcements moving up to alo the French troops engaged un the Belgian frontier. The French operating along the In terior lines ure able to' shift an ar-ny corps from one part of (he front to another swiftly and it is sold the al lies probably are in stronger position today than last Sunday. The Germans, apparently owing to the increasing pressure of Prussia, ueeni to be throwing themselves against entrenched positions and are suffet Ing very severely. They are gaining ground and seemingly ure hopeful of being able to break through before Berlin Ik invested. French wounded ure arriving at the I provincial towns. The Temps' Ver sailles correspondents report that wounded are passing through there today. MANYFOREIGNERS MAY ANSWER CALL Over One Million In United States Are Liable To MiKtry Duties (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 29.?Approxi mately 1,500,000 unnat'uralized mule foreigners, more than 21 years of ago, natives of warring European nations, are In the United States, according to latest census bureau reports. Most of those undoubtedly are lia ble to military duty and many have gone forward to join the armies. In cluding women and children, there were 9,865.479 foreign born in the United States who came from nations at war. This la about one-tenth of the entire population of the pmted States. The nations of the triple entente could call on 792,068 of their country men in the United States for military duty, while Germany and Austria Hungary could call 650,902. These un naturallzed foreigners were divided: Great Britain and Ireland 197,612; Canada, 150,718; Russia and Finland. 418,428; France. 16,605. and Belgium, 8,691. On the other elde Germany'had 127.103, and Austria-Hungurv S&t, 859. PRESIDENT HAS CHANCE TO REST Is Taking Advantage of Vacation By Eliminating Business Worry (By Associated Press.) Windsor, Vf, Aug. 29.?President Wilson got a. thorough rest today at the summer white house. A long au tomobile ride in the morning and u nap in the afternoon completed the day's program and he planned to re main indoors tonight. During his ride the president aped In the white house a* .omobile to the club house at llano- tr, N. H., wnere he spent a half hour. Late today the president receivea word from Secretary Tumulty of the confiimatlon of former Attorney Gen eral Mc?leynolds as a member of the United States supreme court and ex pressed pleasure to members of his party. Answering a few letters fur nished the only work of the day. . Miss Margaret HUson took a long automobile ride-today but other mem bers of the part;' remained Indoors. Norfolk Ball Clnb Sold. (By Associated Press.). Norfolk, Va., Aug. 29.?A syndicate headed by F. B. Walker, of Norfolk, today purchased the franchise anu property of the Norfolk Baseball Club of the Virginia Stute League, for $60,000. This price Includes the grounds owned by the club. The cl?b was owned by H. C. El liott; a P-car.oks banker, w??? b?b? owns the Roanoke team..The Norfolk club has been leading the race for the pennant all the season and'has prac tically clinched the championship. Owners of th? team declare 'they made more money, this year than In any.two* previous yeara . . , WARBLERS ABE SCARCE No Singing of Consequence in Chicago This, Season . Chicago. Aug. 29.?So many singers are hi' the..European conflict that the directors of the Chicago Grand Opera Company announced tonight that there would be no performances the coming season. Bernard Urllch,- manager of the company, cabled the singers, no tifying them their contracta had been cancelled. Mills Cl>se For Month. Wakefiold, Mass.. August 29?Tho Harvard Knitting . Mills employing more than ope thousand bands an. nonnced today that the plant would bo shut down for a month, because of inability to obtain materials from abroad. Good luck for your face if you bring your dome to our hattery. If these shapes fail to harmonize with .your classic features, we have numerous other blocks, all correct. Soft hats are the top not?hers for Autumn. Stetson's most select styles in soft and stiff hats, $3.50, $4, $5. Evans' Special $3 Hat? a much be.tter hat than usual. Evans' $2 Specials? without an equal for less than a dollar more. Order by Parce) Post. We prepay all charges. We have che largest stock and most complete assortment of Tranks, Bags and Suit Cases in the city, and customers teil us our prices are anywhere from 15 to 33 1-3 per cent lower than the average. See the Line and Judge for Yourself Bags from 60c to $12.50 Suit Cases . . . . . , .98c to $15.00 TRUNKS Special values . ....... $6.0046 $15.00 [ . i"*iinl "nu 1 iTi?Ti"?r^~' T nl nlni I 1 | jj j jj | g jj | j .??Mulmln ' The B?e Hive G. H. BAt&ES, Proprietor