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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENGER Founded August 14, IHM, 126 North Muin Street AN DI KSON, S. C. WILLIAM HANKS,.Editor W. W. SMOAK, - - Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second Class Mull Matter at (tie Postomcu at Anderson, S. C. Member of the Associated Press aud Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic Service. Berni-Weekly Edition $1.60 per Year. Daily Edition -10.00 per annum; 62.60 for Six Mouths; ?1-25 for Three Mon tba. IN ADVANCE. A larger clrofYatlon than any other newspaper tn this Congressional Dis trlct- mm_ TELEPHONES: Editorial -.327 Busine?? Office.321 Job Printing. 693-L Local News - -- -- ---327 Sue I: ty News.321 ? The Intelligencer ls delivered by farriers in the city. If you fail to ?jet your paper regularly please notify us. Opposite your name on label of your paper Is printed date to which your paper is paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. ( The Weather. Washington. June 20.-Forecast: South CorqllnsT-Oenerally fair Sun day and Monday. Improved streets is a necessity, not a problem. t ) ? . o j Waste is the cause of poverty, lt ls a disease. . Optimism ls the real spirit of An derson today. Anderson is the beBt town. Every body nays BO. The knocker 1B the heaviest tax on any community. -o What do we get for our tax money? Is any of it wasted? ? :.7~r:.^.' o : .A backender is a suffragette, who j becomes .happily married. -o A born musician goes frantic in -tba' noise of an iron foundry. o Don't, lose interest in: political principles when the election is over. Anderson could well stand a cou ple or mites 'bf bitulithic pavement. A suffragette, bas never so far for gotten herself.as to smash ?. mirror. Wssn laborers strike, they increase the cost of living for all other labor era. W-o- ' . Let every criminal pay at least the cost ot blB trial by working on the roads. ??-?O' - No city 1B rich enough to let a val uable school building stand Idle all the Bummer. * ,. The people ot Anderson are full of; confidence In the old town-und well they may be. ? ? o We would like to see Anderson In stall au hncmerktor just to see all the tin cans buford up. o . Even as they are, the restrictions I around the primary are much lighter than in !c4heV'states. > '. The suffragette might respect the oath of the voter more than the oath of tho wife-to obey. -The c?4?^f ,crime in ?ne United States Wewer 4G?0,O0O.O0O a 'year. And yet there are many pardons. - o Without team work, a touch down cannot be sfcofe'd of a shut-out regis tered. Applies to towns also. VU Ham J. Burns ls said to ho pre paring to he a playwright. Over in Georgiana waa a play wrong. -o In New York, when a convict's term expires, ?mJ WWjCbe held fdr 30 days longer oti 'accou'nt of quarantine. . .Anderson today has the biggest pay roll in the state, with reference to men engaged in construction work. Edward Amherst Ott says that a rat eats 60. cents worth of grain tn a year. .And traps are chftaper than tnat. .- . . . , J -?- < ? We see no reason why any regular citizen of, Anderson county should not vote in the primary. Yes, ope reason, laziness., O ' U Itlay dses' only 92 per cont of ber geographical area for cultivation, abd yet we forget that the? Italians are farming. i iy ? . ?.a -? After having palmed the Philippines on us, Alphonse, King ot Spain,, was .glad to meet Teddy recently, to seo how he took,the Joke, ?. __ * ' ? ? >* HOW TO SIGN ROLLS There appeared ?II Saturday's issue (ti The Daily Intelligencer a warning lo all voters to have their names enrolled so that there might he ii<? possible chance for them to he Jell out in the voting. There had been going the rounds of the press a statement that a vo ter must register his "full name",and hy "tull", some persons seemed to think that it required a person to spell out in full all the names that he has. Since -the publication of that article, this paper has been ad vised that the Anderson county democratic executive committee will not go into an\ such hair splitting differentiation, but will ac cept the name by which a man is officially known, at the bank, at the store or otherwise. There art frVtfit?i??y men of the same name in the same county, and this rule was made in order that no man could vote elsewhere than in his own precinct. When the report in The Intelligencer was called to the atten tion of the coiuiiv chairman, S. Dean Rearman, and the county secretary, Leon L. Rice, they made the following statement of their position with reference to thc matter; The rules require the voters to sign the club rolls in person, giving their age, occupation .".nd residence and the rules contain the word, PULL NAME. By "full name," we consider that it is not necessary to give all the names you have ever been given. In other words, if we knowla man as "J. 1). Smith," that is his full name, and to wiritev "Joseph Duncan Smith" would merely obscure'the' Identity of the man as "J. D. Smith." Mut "Jim" Smith would not be Jim D. Smith, liv "full name" we consider the name which a man signs to checks or upon which he receives his pay, but the name by which he is hailed on the street is not always his full. name. Of course, we cannot express the view of the state committee or the county committee, but we are reason ably assured that the county committee will not refuse to count any vote, or erase a single name that appears on the club rolls by initials, only,.where that is the usual way the voter signs his name. The rules were not made for the 'purpose of tricking any voter, or disfranchising any white man, and we do not believe the state commitiee will go to any such hair splitting absurdity as to require a inn to write his name any differently from his austorrn lt has Been stated that ^n pe^q&s who had not signed the i rolls with their full names, spelling out the middle name as well as j the others, would not have to enroll. Mr. Rice says that this is not necessary, that the Anderson county committee will try to be fair and use common sense in the whole proposition, but he fears that some might might have been confused and if they wish to erase the former signature and sign anew, no harm will have been done. CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS The mental and moral shortcomings In view of the question that has of the'criminal classes ure generally been raised, we would respectfully accepted facts. As adana they are suggest that Chairman Dean Pearman physically defective. The British as- call members of the county executive 8ociation for the Advancement of commute together, say not later than Science reported on the examination the middle of this week, and decide of 3,000 criminals and found them to detinttely what will he considered in be about two inches shorter and 17 this county os a "full name" on the pounds lighter tban the average En- enrollment books. We understand glishman. Baer. of Berlin, reporting that Inst week in Laurens county, Sam on the German criminal, gives much J. Nicholls, a candidate for congress, the same reBults. Few reliable data sprung this matter, and lt has caused are to be found in American Utera- some confusion. lure. Hamilton Wey. reporting on The 8tateraent of Chairman Pearman 629 boya at the Elmira reformatory ?'?'tf ^c?tary Rice in this Issue of The o? an average age between 20 and 2} jnU,mgencer lB cjeai. enoughi we years, gives an average height of .^^0^ ag thlB ,8 a very important 1-2 Inches and the average weight matter and as many rolls In this coun ot 133 pounds, which is below that qi ^^riy fuU now, we 8UggeBt tbat the college boys. a meeting or the executive committee An investigation ot height at the he called and the form or signing the Wisconsin state prison, shows thu*. juim^be"; finally determined. Take the Wisconsin convict is 1.8 inches be- for instance the president or the Uni low the average American height, ted States. If he were called to sign .The. 1.631 criminals reported on are; his "full name" would he affix it at the average of 36 year? and 6 "Thomas Woodrow Wilson" by which months, most markedly inferior to ne waB baptized, or merely "Woodrow the average American citizen in Wtlron" as he ia known today? If height. He lackB 1.4 inches of the he should sign the roll "Tommy" Wll stature of the average freshman at our ?on, by which name he was known in state university and is 2 inches short- childhood he would have some trouble er than the averuge Harvard Btudent. td* -vote. We think that rule ia meant He lackB 1.3 incheB of the height of to be construed from a common sense the men and boya who enlisted in the view point, and the sooner the com civll war and is 3 inches inferior in mittee assures the voters that they height to the Fellows of the Royal will .ne protected in signing their or Society ol England and English pro- dlnary, every day, home names, the fesBional men. better lt will be for the situation. The murderer is well above the av orage criminal in height, somewhat ? , jj . nH WHAT A MESS below In weight, but leading in chest i, lt f { * measurements and expansion. The ' j thief ls well above the average in Oh, what a mess this militia situa-1 height and slightly below in weight, tlon is. Several years ago, congress Crim?nala, through fraud, though parsed what is known as the Dick most often indoor workers, outweigh lbw;' introduced by Senator Charles all others and have a good chest mea- Dick, of Illinois, to make the militia s?rement, though a small expansion, of *-t??? * country more efficient. The SB would be expected. The sexual war' with Spain had shown bow woe crlmlnala are older than any of the fully deficient waa the citizen sol other classes and shortest in stature, ellery, not only in Ce manual ot arms, excepting thc habitual criminals, who but in the ordinary lessons ot proteet lack 2.1 Inches of the height of the lng health and taking care of the body average American of their age and wj^iftthg?J?. was no actual fighting In 2.7 inches of the height of the aye r?gfc S&& &~ student reported by Prof. Sargent. Tho sTaTeV Individually adopted the These facts are the result or an In- DlcK Jaw and'put ?he militia, in a way, vestlgation made by Dr. Sleyster. the under the dlrecUon and teaching of th? prtron surgeon at Yaupu.. Wis. A naUonal government which gave large report cf his observations appears In 8Um8 of monoy to perfect the equlp" a recent issue of the Journal of the ment and to regulate the dl8(),rHne & American Medical Association. the n8t|onftl guarQ .. ... 5 " Under the law, Inspecting officers , We would like to Know what things wefe ^ the rega," . are p^essaty, what things are de- ^ OQ6 of- thege ln8IM5Ctlnt of. SS1??! m!RS? ?" 8et ' flcsr*,arter due warning had been glv Orbafi built to Atlanta. enH rejected some ten companies for ;. ? . ? * - carleseneas In the handling of govern*. : Sometimes we think thst too much ment-property and because they did time Ia lost in damning divorce tn- not'Show a Baffle lent percentage to ?stead oi making the young realize pain.1''The go\arnor ot the et ato re what marriage should be. fused-to mus tel ou* thea a deficient .. ...^ ....... . . . fr.-A?#M4Wi .> V. HOW TO SION THE ROLLS companies and th?! government re fused to pay them. Finally the maller wan adjusted hy giving them another trial. This was more of a concession than was made in the State of New Jersey, ti'.- home state of the secretary of war. Mr. Gar rison. Even after this second oppor tunity, rome of thc companies fell down and were not given any of the government fund;. This year it has been a repetition. An Inppector lias been here and lias reported that after all of (he warning of the precedent of last year some of the con minie? have failed to measure up to the requirements. The governor agiiin refused to muster them out, and it appeurs that the war department hap had an attack of ennui and has wiped Its hands ol' the South Carolina militia and this state has lost $18, 000 for thc encampment of its soldiers In a camp ot Instruction, and the com panies that have worked faithfully and are in good trim ni<ist suffer with there that were lazy and trifling. These are the facts as we see them, and about all the facts that are worth recording. Wc make no attempt to place thc blame. FOURTEENTH A M E N1) M ti N T We bear a lot of talk about the "re peal of the 14th and 15th amend ments of the federal constitution.' And how many persons know what are these amendments. There are five sections of the 14th I amendment, the last four sections hav ing reference to the apportionment or representation in congress from the r?verai states and the apportion ment of the public debt. The first section of the amendment declares that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to Ute I Jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities j cf citizens of the United States; nor j Bhail any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any per son within its Jurisdiction equal pro tection of the laws." That ls the essence of the 14th am endment and here is the 15th: "The right of citizens of the United States lo vote shall not be denied or abridged < by the United States or by any state on account of race, color or previous condition of servi tude. The congress shall . have the power to enforce the ar ie by appro priate legislation." The 14th amendment was of date of July 28. 1868, and the 15th amend I ment of March 30, 1S70. ' We cannot understand wherein one is more obnoxious than.thu other and if the people wish our legislature to demand of congress to do something in a forceful, dignified way, why not call for thc repeal of both? Charleston Had Scant Interest! ( Continued from page 1) -j-!--{-rr-T and also the former tilt with Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy. "If the governor failed to do some thing for Charleston when he was here | and had achance, how,can, he be ex pected to do something when he ls out j of the State and has - lost the good graces of those oh whose cooperation be would be dependent?", This remark from Mr. Jennings paved the way I for many succeeding. blows which he showered upon the governor's "head, I and whicb were In turn taken up by ! Mr. Pollock, who "thanked God that he didn't have the record of Cole Please to stand on. The governor says I I he's proud of it," . 'Well, nobody else Is," came back from the audience. ' . In pointing out the inconsistencies In the governor's suggested principle?, ! for the guidance of the candidates as set forth in the recent Walterboro ! [speech and in every day practices, Mr. Pollock referred to the trial by Jury ; paragraph as the "most'monumental I of Jokes." ,. Merey for Repentent. Mr. Jennings too, , had gaffed the I governor's pardon record, and denoun ced as absurd the,Idea of "mercy." "Yes, the Lord ls merciful, but,.he ?happens to know who has repented, j and don't .happen to need any vote. < Yes, you say petition, who signed the petition for Portland Ned who so. mis ter IOUF l y disappeared nt the governor's office while a United inarsbal was walting outside." '"..' Jennings also referred to a case of manslUBghter which was committed at two o'clock In the afternoon and the petition telegraphed at S o'clock. COL. P. H. NELSON DIED SATURDAY (Continued From paga l) Nelson has been engaged In defending other noted cases, among them the al leged dispensary grafters; and s?r ierai notorious murder cases. He wes once president Ot'the State I bar association in Columbia and pres i do nt of the South Carotina Club; Col. Nelson was a man of courtly manner and was a lawyer of acute perception and instant decision. He waa not an orator, but waa moat convincing be fore a Jury. Hls strong point in prac tice was bis knowledge ot human na ture, t . "'. . Wilson Claims Sucess Likely (Continued from Page 1.) opened.a way for the break in the mediation deadlock. President Wilson la declared to have explained thor oughly to Mir. Naon that the reason for the Cnited State?' insistence upon the selection of a man for provisional president of Mexico who would be ac ceptable to the constitutionalists, that the revolt against the present forth of government in Mexico never could be stemmed unless there were actual reform. Square Deal to All. The United Stute?, it was said, took the position that the opportunity was presented for giving all Mexicans a chance for advancement and that ev ery leader could be brought to reason on this baals. If the government of Mexico should not be reorganized now, it was argued that bloodshed and horror? of war would continue until such reorganization is accomplished. General Huerta was declared to be cognizant of thl? situation and will ing to yield to the common enemy should personal ambition? be waived General Carranza also was reported to be willing to accept a provisional government that would supervise a constitutional election, and even Gen eral Villa, the military pow,er in the revolution, was said to be willing to substitute reason for bullets/. Involv ed In such a settlement, it was point ed out. would be the business Inter ests of citizens of other nations, All that the Cnited States' insists upon, it now is reported, ls that 'lie pi o visional government of Mexico to1 succeed the Huerta regime shall be dominated by recognized representa tives of reform. Allied with them In the provisional government would be men representing the Cient?ficos ?S the republic. That the internal con flict could be stayed, pending an ef fort to reorganize the government of Mexico on such a basis, and that Gen eral Huerta's delegates at Niagara Falls, with assurances of co-opera tions from responsible leaders of the revolutionists could be induced to yield to the position of the United States in the crisis, was believed in official quarters here to be probable. Owen Offering Pledge Fillers (Continued from Page 1.) of the preferential ballot in making nominations for the Senate and the House and the last would define the corrupt practices In connection with campaigns. Primary Important. Senator Owen declared Congress should follow President Wilson's ad vice and provide for the nomination of candidates for the presidency: and the primary and should lay down funda mental-ruj es for.the Stateirin.ttjjs {con nection. *'..--'-*' He suggested the State/;primaries for pr?sident, senate and 'uouse take the New York club waa tiled here to June, beginning in 1916 and the na tional convention authorised 'Wmeet within 30 days there fa to r. solely to rat ify the primaries and write' the plat forms. Thia convention, he said, should consist of nominees for Sen ate and House and bold lover Senators not defeated in primaries. MANN One feature preserved by Senator Owen to prevent corrupt practices would ban the famous election cigar and drink. This provision would make it unlawful for any candidate or committee or any other person before, or after an election for the Senate or House to pay for food, clothing, liq uors, cigars or tobacco for the pur pose of influencing a voter. Every voter accepting such gifts would be guilty of a corrupt act.and his \vote might be rejected on a contest. - Published Rules. ... In his bill for a government public ity pamphlet Senator Owen 'proposes that candidates for senator be given not over three pages to expound their views with a per-page-prlc? worked out on the vote of the state for pres ident, no first page to cost' lesa than $100, and additional. pages, one half the first page price. Candidates for, the house. shall have two pages with a maximum of $200 and a minimum ot $100 for the first page. The sums ob tained be used to pay for the payment, additional funds that may be. needed to come from the treasury. < The bill to define corrupt practices would make it unlawful to publish false statements about candidates for house or senate to affect voting and make it ill?gal for employers to use threats ot a cessation of work or a wage reduction if any particular can date is nominated or elected or any particular national ticket is elected. It would prohibit any ..newspaper own, publish, editor, reporter or ag ent from receiving or accepting any payment or promise of compensation for influence in any campaign for sen ate or house, except through paid ad vertising so designated. No person would ne permitted to Is sue campaign- literature unless it bears the name and address of the au thor and candidate it supports and the names of those causing it to be issued. Aerial Tragedy By Sham.Attack (Continued from Pago 1.) wwiA>x^?t*i^wxMwwwwA?^M< wwwy^ijy?a(aiajwi<>^ cult to locate the spot until the pilot of an aeroplane made an ascent to. reconnoiter. The rescuers were horrified nt the sight of the Koertliog. Nothing re mained but a twisted moss of. bait melted metal framework in which the bodies were Inextricably tangled.' Just beside lt lay the aeroplane,'complete ly wrecked, with the bodie? of tho of ficers firmly lashed In. The motor of the aeroplane had stopped and was buried deep in the ground, while the dirigible motor continuer' In'motion. Identification of tb? Victim? WU dit A ,1 You understand what "guaran tee" means; it isnt a promise that there shall be no mistakes, nor defects in pur merchandise^^', service. If you guarantee an account for a friend, it doesn't mean that you promise that he'll pay it; but if he doesn't you will. That's our guarantee ; we're not infallible, nor our goods. > Sometime a cause of dissatisk> faction doesn't appear until aft' er the test of wear; our guara?-> tee cc/ers that. **>i We watch qualities as caref uljy3 as we can, continuously; but-if you are not satisfied after the test of wear, come back; you'll; find a liberal make good spirit-1 the best you ever heard of. Or is post. We prepay all charges. "Th Sion wilh mjDmam? wmmmy DON'T BUY THAT BUGGY or WAGON v ?.kr--'- Vi-rv ? . '-tfftiWO* ' and ~~ HORSE or MULE Until you have^ seen the ones I have for sale, lt you want the best, say Piedmont Buggy or Mil burn wagon. Theo P. Watson ..Sales Stables... N. MeBIJFFIF. STREET If your pocket-book could talk- it would rec-1' '1 ornmend the Ford. \ THfe* man who practices ecori** 9? oray arid wants ?t?ljy in-*? iti* vests his dollars iii the Universal ear. He knows . it serves Iiis every JHHK I j \ ppsp best, and at lpwestt WcOsi Arid don't forget - - Ford service and guaran is te?r ?? . . v/iui Five hundred doliera la'tho price ot Ina Ford runabouts; the touring ear la Are fifty; the town car. seven fifty-f. o.- b. ... -Detroit, complete with equipment iniftsww ???m?i asia partt?wl?rs . front AreL_ Todd, local denier, Anderson, S. Qi - >" flcult. So fte ree had been the fl?vne? ?bat all watches and rings w?r>- C-TDX deielymelted, but,, slngniarly .the pocketbooks of Hoffatoiter and Bruer wore almost tu'.act. : Lieutenant Backer, ?ho was V , V,.-.. ? ? . ?...!?..?. ' . ;? . Hi-?A ??? ipili!I LU . have Tjade the trip,'Arrived too late to do so. Another^ similarly fortuhate, map. waa Fireman Oaiswinkler, who . Vita called back,justtfas;ie waa *n Urhv/ the Gondola,