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Ander don Intelligencer. ' i I Tito Weather. Washington, May 6.-Forecast: South Carolina-Generally fair weath er Thursday and Friday. Anyhow. Dick Olney, has done ?aough to be entitled,to rest a while.! Often thought lt must be galling toi Fred Funston to play tent soldier! like inls. Mediators take.' notice-assemble in Columbia next Wadneaday pronar.ul tn settle the Charleston county war, v?\* Man fainted o> thc street. . Friend asked him ba describe contents of his wife's shopping hag. For a majority leader, Oscar Under wood gets marc lickings than anybody we can reegU off-Hand; ' And If wdiW) comes to worst, we an? willing for Quiter Hearst and Mittori .Carranga to fight it out. H-o Polit!jal {tltnatton in Charleston re Winds ns oj ?ur war Ia-Mexico^ ways on the verge, of ?omelhing In other words, the Blease people Inj Charleston couuty are prone - to "Kare peace If they have to fight for it. Woman can't do two things at once. That accounts for the doing away with old fashioned aewlng circles, for tea] parties. M {.j wm not take well ? on the r 'ju^anQun circuit, <but he might make ii good foot race for Monto Carlo to visit Une' Port. Dias. -o Votes for women1 In ten states is al so an Incentivo that moved tlv* con gressional comlttoo, as Jedge '?fr^s] would sar "uow'tnUy." And nobody bid ever -suspected ' Jo sephus Daniels waa much of a fighter IUI ho broke Into the navy rtanKrtment and npret the punch bowl. If John D., would only send us hal! of his greenbacks the first thing we 'should do would be to Sdhd Mr. Hob non a nice little windmill. . . Just to think that any committee would run the chance of voting the stnueA har out of existence and a dem ocratic congress In session, at that! Like should seek unlike, say the eu? g?nies. So? Well let every helresa find a poor man.- .Candidatos please put your nome? tn'?h? want columns There are 288 "John Smiths" in the city of Chicago and all of them aro wtlliug to break into the V. 3 Semite or yo to war on tho slightest provocation. "".>:' We always enjoy reading tbs poll? tat enhancement*,in the Newberrj .papers. For instance, Workman BB* Player and then come Booser. SonipU and Huff. Oh, very well. Proceedings of '"?? ?har leaton cit j council or?, published..ia their locaj patters as paid advertisements. Ko th? t paid to read it, but thon - U n thing os sklppance. down in Florldt I tue tnfarna1 ut 100 milo stroigb About as far, for, Instance ai deraon to Angosta. ?mond got thi district ita ? Ht SIN KSK LIKE ELECTIONS WP have received from John J. Mc Mahan an appeal for the democratic party to adopt for the protection of the primados the lawn of th" state with reference to general elections. Mr. McMahan ls an Idealist, although it must he said that his ideals are high and bis purpose lofty and his life in keeping with those ideals. But he ls, we fear, too far in advanoe of the times. It was he who In the con stitutional convention as far back as 1895 wished to have an ordinance along the line of what, is now com monly known as "eugenics"-to pro vent thc marriage of a good, pure woman to any man menially and physically disqualified for the sacred home* relation. It cannot be said that he was wrong, but that the, world waa not ready to accept such a theory. And so it ls, wc fear, today. We ad mit that we see no bug-a-boo in the proposition. Nearly every poor man in the country Ia registered. If not the registration machinery' lt In tho hands of good men who can and will Issue certificates to any white man who has lived within the state long enough to qualify. As a matter of fact the .men who would be "disfran chised," as some haye seen flt to put lt, are the aocalied . "rich." 1 who through business cares or for other reason have failed to got. registered of. haye misplaced . their certificates^ We see po .hann In the registration plan, but we do not think it. necessary or expedient at this time. It will have to como some day,, and we have ! thought this for a Jong time. Something must be done to make j the primary more business like. That ls the only short coming today. The poll lists ere locked up in the boxes with the club rolls and brought to the court house and there they re main for months, and wh/?> the time r>nmaa ovorf uuuuid VAar fnp ' nnntl.m' primary those old club lists are hard to find. We believe that what should don? bi merely to conduct the el ttons In a business like mann There is enough iaw on inc statute books to pro vent- or to pun lah f mud If. that law was ever appealed to. The governor'of the state offered a large reward >t*ro years ago foy. evidence to f;oavJfct and we have never heard ot anyon* making cloie.'for that re ward. . Wo hello ve that ali pf tho people would accept regulations which would put thejpnmariea opie business basis, '?Haw tJfefelub secretaries and execu tive committeemen to enroll on tho club lltjMf every white mau living within. :-^ geographical Mhos bf the respectMg^precincts, and none out side. Qlve ample notice so thai' any residen! pnay see that his nama Jp properly enrolled. Lat none bo, over looked., Then ci?se me lists, say i S days before tho first primary and let nu ?z?au bc er.rc!!s-:5. ?SSSp* 9J*h? the sworn statement of the applicant for membership in the club that he ls lawfully entitled to vote there. If ho makes false statement, be can bc prosecuted fer perjury and tor viola tion of the election laws, and the fore knowledge of a few stiff flues will prevent anything of that kind. Let the club rolls be sworn to by the club secretary and approved by the county executive committee, and let the. club executive comltteo be pr?s ent?t the polls to assist the managers in neuiing any knuUy questions. The managers of ibo election ?are not appointed arbitrarily by . Use couft tv MM;H?; corbin ii icc bit by tbs executive coroittoemen of the respec tive club*, and this ls local self gov ! ernment. ? But we thing lt absolutely wrong for any one to vote in a club other than In the ono nearest to his place pf residence. For Instance, suppose 1 In one county there sLonld be a- close ' elction and in another there should bo nmfi: County linea being so nearly Invisible, what would prevent a man in one county Joining a club lust ' across the lino and voting in the ' close election. 1 In brief, our opinion ts that the less . that la done to the election mles, the * bettor it -Will he. Instead ot making 1 the mica complicated and making thc 1 right to vote difficult, let the people ' have plain, clear, explicit rules to go '? by. Let men vote in the boxes where they are known. Let. no auspicious > strangers come tu. Thero Is, now ', enough law as to the use of liquor and ' aa to Other forma ot bribery, M A? ? matter of fact ia it not to be ?. ? *t.-s ?W^.?>M km ?s#i wi-rtr**T% ttaife urrn'irw ?aaa*% *w*?w^ - -? -- of froud? Under the law of sogges f Ubn?' ne believe that sucn isis giv*? I persona vicious ideas, who never, ?th? ? er wiso would have thought It possible > i to commie rrsuas i*? elections. TBai ls Just our opinion. The frauds have not been established. We all feel bap k ny over the increaao in population la i tho ?tate, but whenever atty one falls t attention to the increase In the -rot i tn? strength, ibero ls at unce a cry of "fraud'." Mr. McMahan may be right tn his ) intentions, but we fear that he I* li preunrios io make too long a reach, apte somothtr. will accept it and will return a pri mary that is fair and clean. We feel that the peuple may be trusted. We hope that the state convention will act conservatively. If Mr. McMs han's plan is adopted, we believe lt will not cost so many votes in the state, but . cannot something simpler be dope? _ . , "_ SAVAGERY IX COLORADO That President Wilson was justified by events, if not in principle, in send ing Federal troops to Colorado, and * nour too soon in acting, <s evident from tho shocking details of recent atrocities. The red men of the west 30 and 35 years ago, In their encounters with frontiersmen and United States Boldlers, were scarcely more savage, save as to scalping, than have been these white men of Colorado. To the shame of slaughtered women and children has been added the un speakable crime of the killing of Maj. P. P. Ivester, a physician bearing tho Red Cross lnsignls, while engaged In open view in endeavoring to save the life of a wounded guardsman. This incident, moreover, and others in which 13 lives fcere lost occurred more than a. day after the president -of the United States had issued his prpc tarnation. iu fy'tux inib .1 Thus it appears to be even more im perative, than appeared earlier In the strife that tho . Federal authorities shall proceed with rigorous measures ? toward, the restoration ot, orderly conditions. This accomplished, it is neither the duty nor intention of the government permanently to police Colorado. This ia a duty, of the state which may npt be evaded if lt would mak<* s .. pretense ot maintaining a republican form of government; and lt must do so at whatever cost in money or defeat of trouble-breeding factions among the population. lli-?oilu Pnlfti-niln has il nun Irrnnar able Injury to its industries, its in stitutions, its material welfare and its future. Imperial in natural re sources and wonders, one of. the most delightful states in the Union to visit in and travo! over, what .between; its radical politics and still nnorb radical . antagonisms due to disputes ot captlal and labor' tor years bas frittered away golden opportunities and, with persis,- ? tent disregard for consequences, has .permitted its. own people to BOW the need1 of Boclal destruction. And. ns Iffll Colorado oo with South Carolina or any other state where Jthe people are sot taught that the law ls supreme, that law and or^?r<rpfpt,ecfc fch? '-Veaif ' ' from the criminal. There have been few, aa pitiable spectacles anywhere as those wit nessed during the psst two decades in Colorado, in their consistent ten dency to Create fear throughout ' the state, to reel investment, to retard pr<>?7???, t? ??M?lriM? ?i*>iMWif nrf Vin mt? government and to turn prospective settler-* away they have been without parallel. -.-; EVERBODY HAPPY Everybody is happy. ' The Public ?tilltios company has its case in court. The trustees have tho satisfaction of having' acted conservatively. The lawyers will shed no tears. .The wave pf hydrocephalus UM laved the hydrlnds. Everybody Is happy. Did wo say everybody^ res everyoody bot Hhe kiddies. Itj ls "Books" again. , ?ai-1 ?;lkaiLt?i .uta blinni cnn nhal rmuiAn there ls for "calling'' the militia when all our Anderson warrior? arie tearing their shirts and misa their meals becauee' tbd>.'c?uaot go to, Mexico City and spank the whole'bioomln' Huerta driny all by themselves. _J-r--. FAIR PLAY OOM?RSCB?KliT Goreraor Rieuse ta Oelher Lite?n?; j !f???rr-vis_Clssc a Suce-essiel- Tena^ (Lavenia (Ga.) Times.) Preparations are now being made for the close ot the Fair Play school. Tho school has had ar* unusually suc cessful year and work has been done which is on a par W.tu any of the high schools of this section. Friday night. May 8th, Graduating Exorcises, Oratorical Contest, Address j and delivery of diplomas by Gov? rh or ? Cole L. Bleaa? o? South Carolina. I Fair Play has had an unusually soc*: cossful :>ca?\ The faculty *??ab?rs some or the best material inst could, he secured.' The super! mi?id*nt, Pr?r. Rider, ia a .graduate of the University ot Virginia with the A. Bi ?**r? and. has also taken post graduate .work. ! VMU MwimAniv>TnA?t HOB^S toe. third (year of Fair Play. '.thurla* Prof. RI l ~t>y xn Fuir Play a S1,000 school building "has been coHstrnclftd and is Bow being used. The ittendauce. dow* nymbent ?bout l&O nu?lla hRA VILLA . (Nw York World.) I Pancho Villa may have been a ban dit and a cut-throat, as bh J say. but he has kept faith with the j United .?tates, Kv-sryth lag thal >e bas ; rt? I* ? aiUI dsno since the crisis began { hvs tended to justify the '>o*Bonnee reposed in him by'President Wilson Whatever ibo futuro holds lu hand, Nap of Vera Cruz. Ni ?^/van9 ??oriffBB ?i STATION ^\ V. ?. . The strategic pojhts afloat and ai marinee and sailors from the bnttleshii city In the Orst clash of the war. Tremendous C With Mex! . The Washington cocrcapondent of tho New York Journal of Commerce writes that whether, the.hostilities In Mexico" ho called war or, not, at all events the government ia already counting the coats ot war?. There is the cost of' transportation for Instance. Troops ot various kindtt have olfpA?y been -Beut and lt ls estimated that tba move ment of troopa tp Mex Vf o wtl^sost $&> 000,000 for water transportation alone, that by rall H w^.-berrfWC^vOT afcd lt is said, is so much greater that at present it cannot be approximately estimated.; ; The Government haSItdr Som?t?ti?rte,' been keeping four' trotapfirt, Jhjpa'at, iveston i^|Klt1oiipg3?|d>i For mere than a year they have been there. The need came. The main tenance of tbesp. trauaplQrtsv cost the gewrnment;, inclusive ot subsistence, >*o,v?v a mouth: raey> Tvere;"not enough, when the word .same to move th* Fifth nrisate ii TSS&rnhdCr Gen eral Funston, consisting of Jour reg iments of infantry, one of cavalry and enc ot ?held ar tilery. Sa tho merchant ships had to be chartered additionally. Transporting the field artillery, ' was burdonscme in addition -tor the regi ment was equipped with - mountain guns which are carried on pack mules which had to bo taken, along. It is estimated that it wilt* require from 18 to 20 transports to move tho en tire second division tp Mexico. Tho transier by vr?t?r cf the first field army it is said - .will require 50 large transports. Negotiations have heeH is progress fr.r . r nm i? ??r ia?n that miisy, but at; best it will take several weeks to assemble that'num ber at Galveston. The movement cf tioooi. . They had cot only to be'fed, but need Other'things. As inif^atlte 'as' food is'ammunition. MateTlalB have to bo purchased for reserwjirftock' and for clothing. A ?V-?r> i re quires a greav '*\1; p rger the force tho larger tri?1 needs.''' AH this will" nave to bo transported a considerable distance, and,as shown, the suppiiea will havb't ? be r ri ! and mostly by tho ships'" This Should derive' a fairly profltabe business out ot the Mexican p.i*imtj-in. 8o much for thc co*t et transporta tion and subsistence /supplies, it in learned that the army is yulte well Mexico, and he has exerted his in fluence to, help this country out in the demands made upon Huerta. Villa was the first of the Mexican leaders on either aide to give hts un reserved approval io tho mediation proposal. It was Villa whp withdrew the tolson from Carranga ni?str?he-i lated protest and mads. ?t .harmless. A word from Villa wodra, j^ve turned 50,000 constitutionalists against United States tho mom> Cm?, waa occupied, yet this so-called ban dit has not only held'bia men lr. lbw bm they have rendered nralsewortlW It was a constitutions^ 1 re*C0Wl tho Arr.erl ta forces. At Tam?lico the consttiu tihsallsts renewed the . .attach upon the federals when ttoy found that the American citizen* were in ?anger. At Hermosillo, Consol Hostel*** re porte Uvst tho con mander ts renaenqSS^^^^^rcSB to Americans, evan ofrr. nuncio! assistance. an on Sunday Villa again esp Ilet that the president nited States had been h i ont in his de and I have ?tty and a' ?X?CO, and Its Harbor <3 \ GALLEGA ff CSP \/SlMOm<XCASTl? m?"*- Vf X ^?T"" ??lr BQIC1?*<W'? HOM V 5 ?aacl cew^w** ?oc V /u-j?^ noa, >^ ) ?DO j i i V DOD I HOMO?. i khore are shown. The United: State* bs In tba barber took possession of the ost of War co Up to Date off there with the exception of the field ?ons and tho ammunition there for. The reserve for small arms ls large including new Springfield guns, but nevertheless, the manufacture of small arms will have to go on with theigreatest dispatch because the flrgt thing to be dono upon the organisation | of volunteer" regiments and the mobili zation of the militia ls to keep the troops at tho mobilization centers at target practice. The expenditure* of ammunition will commen?a oven be-., fons the troops reach tho front. While tho Ordinance .Department of t??i <^oafhmenJt is prepared to carry forward the manufacture of ordnance ma?rlal, it will call upon all private plants for such manufacture, and it mar be expected. that these will -en gage la o vor limo work. The govern ment arsenals.aro to b* worked on a 24-nour oasts, me eight hour law, will be disregarded. That is an excep tion, allowed ?R tias??'. af rrar. ?Estimates have been made in detail what lt will cost tho iflrst field army for one year, The ?ems tabulated itt the Quartermaster's corps alone foot up to 1250,000,000. The cost of am munition is not included in this cati mate, bu transportation is and the cost cf 60 transport ships ls estimated at $5,000 a day. It has been tabulated that the tonnage of 475,000 will be re quinad to move the first field .army. Furthermore, some 16,000 horses and mules will have to be bought at a cost of $3,000,000. A cold storage vessel will have to bo bought or chartered, io Tarnish refrigeratea meats for the troops in Mexico-. The navy has nonie refrigerator ships but the navy will need these. ' Thft ?jmrftn BT??T ?au. .?J.J; i~ presalve "the more they are studied T^ tf"tha^ar h!?comes serious; St ls be lieved in military quarters that a two year war would require1 four field ar mies. Brren should the campaign of conquest b* short, it will take time to preserve order and maintain peace in Mexico, and the impression of guer rilla warfare will be a most difficult tash. The cost of two years,:?1^S?llP [on this basis 1* estimated at ?2,400.? 000,000 or $300,000,000 a year for each | Held army in tho war. It is estimated that aa- army of from 350,000 to 400, 000 would hw required to occupy and pacify Mexico for two years. [can citizens and holding them as hos tages. It is hot Villa who ls inflaming ?mobs against non-combatant foreign jers. That distinction ta reserved for ?Huerta. Yet, *tri?->**?ty ero^h. soeh j Critics of the administration as C?en. Tracy con?uuo to complain because ll Hr . Wilson did not recognise Ru?rta, l and some of the administration critics lt wno have nothing at all to say ie co? 1 damnation of Huerta's raetho<*r/-are upon Villa. Vila may have done many things that cannot bo defended; for anarchy ta'not likely to produc? military kean era who ar<j Of er in thKr method* of making warfare. Hat ibo name stands opt aa a_strong virile -fifflire ? ' .. . ..... - .:fi'' ..' : I'ttallo^ers in the highest degree- abd Who aeetna capable of loyal-anti I interested public service. ii must be p?ale to anybody of or dinary tateltigent^r that Villa can elm. j ptlfy the American problem in Mexico Roa pe can ma: } complicated. His. friendship and tn? j nuance may^ bedworth thousands ot j ixwir? io iew. vimw Si?i??3 in r*sslur Jing order nndroestehtlsfchtg reprsgsn Evans Fifteen. Fifteen dollars is the body of our argument to day. Because we think pur suits are the best ever at this price doesn't prove the case. hut we know the cost of the cloth, the linings, the wo/kmanship, and we know good suits are seldom so^ at so close a margin. Out cash buying and c?.sh s?!l!r,*r pTiahirVs nc to put the extra value in these suits for, you. ?A1. nruit XVn HMM* all chargea. ? . H ,M I III lil. SATURDAYS aire GALA DAYS Mil Us. tiere is a ?Our Gttodtes ?Realces Outr Stope IVlore Popular re ^will foe Fteady foi* you iiiext EAT! m .wa s. m_ 'W . "a ?.' ? SKmimW . ^t, mm. ? ttk 4L* f iic"?pot ?jas?i ls