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TUE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER Founded A uff ii tit 1, 1860. IM North Malu Stret ANDKHSON, S. C. WILLIAM HANKS, . Editor W. W. SMOAK_liUBiness Manager Entered According to Act of Con-j grass as Second Class Mail Matter at j the Ponto ll !<.?. at Anderson, S. C. Member of Associated Press and Receiving Complete Dully Telegraphic | Service. Beml-Weekly edition-$1.60 perl Tear. Dally edition-$5.00 per annum; 12.60 for Six Months; $1.26 for Three Months. IN ADVANCE. A larger <.>!.<. elation than any other newupu]?-i- in ?his Congressional Dis trict Till PHONES. Editorial.327 BUB*.::?""* Otllce.' 321 Job Priming.693-L Local Xf'WH.827 Society .\<-ws.321 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carrier? in the < itv if you fall to get your paper regularly j,lease notify SS. Opposite your name on label of your paper is prated dute to which your paper IB pulu. All checks and, drafts should be drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. . The Weather. Washington. 'August X--iForecust: South Carolina - Ixieal I h u miers how-1 en? Wednesday and Thursday; gentle) to moderate shifting winds. tafl. O. P. E.-Dove of peuce exits. Who put the war germ in Germany?! Baily first-the motto that Europe has loBi. A fixed star ls a meteor; a meteor fa j a darter. ? By the way, who IS president of j Mexico this week? ' ' Q 'Airthat glitters ls not gold. Look! at some men's noses. ' Ships that pass in the night are] freighted with sorrow. "England Is safe if true within her-] self," said old Shakespeare. liss?. _____ _ ' Prance will be all up in the air. She] has 1,200 military airships. ' " Those nations in Europe have call ed an elimination conference. At last reports old China had not decided which side she would like to | w,H(p. -o-:, . Irish navy and Jewish navy h'ad'bloodslesB encounter on River of | Doubt. ? ?? o ? The real reason for this war ls that I nations must have somebody to pay I the pensions to. - Germany is given warning to let] England alone. Those surfs are ter rible when stirred up. _o . Mme. Calllaux is glsd her. trial was j pulled off two weekB ago. She could j never get any front page position ' how. .fa? -o "Home rule" for Ireland and "home riiSi for the enlisted men of foreign armies who are working in the United States. o Three weeks more and it will be| over. We believe It will be over. There may be a second primary ne cessary. o Germany's war against Franco is class distinction. How are we ever to get any more champagne in this country? *'Ai . ? ' ? 0 Greece and Bulgaria are making eyes at each other again. When the big boya get all mixed up. look out fqr, something to drop in the Bal The democratic club rolls In th's1 c?unty appear all right, with the ex ception of a few duplications, but no body can object to an honest and care ful revision, in whtch all 'sides aro ] represented. ?-o One of the candidates /or govornor who is kicking against tho so-called edlminaUon meeting in Columbia, ls aald to be a Bleaso man masquerading und Wilt get the Please vote In the law'- country th pugh not known In the campaign as . a Please man. Jacob ?nd'.Esa?. ' The Intelligencer in su $gosling an inspection of the rolls, dtd not make any accusations. Some have tried to put euch a construction on what' we staid. . Wo merely stated a rumor and labelled it rumor, and we could give mor? particulars if we thought lt worth while. But lt is a good idea to know that our rolls are above suspio COTTON CON?JKKM8 On the heels of the announcement thal the rotten crop this year will nut exceed 13,500,000 halos, coin?s the ter rible situation that embroils Europe. From a moment ol pleasant expec tancy the soul h is plunged into a con dition of sorrowful contemplation. A long cool in ued war in Europe would mean Hie loss of millions of dollars in the South-in (he descend ing price of colton, ami would also cause Imam ia) disaster unparalleled because of the fact that the lust row years of plenty have extended and in flated rather than curlullcd the cred it system upon which agriculture in i the south is bused. For Instance th" present crop was planted during a pe riod of comparative plenty, and will be gut herod, as indicated al present, during a period pf the greatest finan cial depression, and at a time when the price will have been cut in half. Then-fore it is Imperative that the south should have some kind of or ganization to meet the crisis, yes the crash. Urala producing stules will be helped by tills war, hut cotton is a commodity which cannot be eaten, ami what the world will Boon be de manding at fabulous prices will he something to eat, not something to weur. Saturday Senutor E. I). Smith is sued u cull for a meeting of business men to be held in Columbia lo dis cuss tho matter. We have seen no definite dato net for tho meeting. Hut Col. E. J. Watson, president, has call ed an emergency meeting of Ute plant ers of the south to be held in Wash ington on the 13lh and 14th of this month to plan some means for pro tecting the south uguinst the depres sion which will follow the beginning of hostilities. This meeting should ho attended by representatives from every seel lon of this Btute. As An tiope that some will go from here, derson ls the producer of the largest number of hales in this state, we and in fact we suggest that the cham ber of commerce and the Farmers' Union and others cull a preliminary deemed suitable and necessary. In issuing his call, Col. Watson says: "In tlie past few days the great Eu ropean cotton consuming countries have bern plunged Into a war, which, lt now appears, brings the grower and handler of cotton face to face with disaster. In two days the price of cotton has begun to fall startlingly. Cotton is about to move to the mar kets; the markets are about to bo curtailed by millions of hales and closed. From the standpoint of the finacial stability and integrity of thc nation itself, of the producers, of the banks and bankers, of the merchants and business men, of every commer cial interest, of our own textile plants, li is vital that the 1914 crop of American cotton shall not bi sac rificed to the irreparable damage of a prosperous and rapidly developing section of the Union and of the na tion. "I do .not believe in business hys teria and for several days have await ed and watched the course of events. It is clear that great damage has al ready been done, certainly more than can bo undone were there an imme diate suspension ot hostilities. Wheth er the danger ot a total financial los i for ine year at least to growers cf cotton ls impending is Immaterial.; the danger is sufficiently manifest to show that the time for concerted co tton between growers, merchants, business men, hankers, cotton manu facturers and even the national gov ernment itself has come. . "I am therefore exercising the Au thority vested in me, and after con sultation with official* of the Farm ers' Union, the most important regu lar organization of the Southern cot ton growers, and with business men, issuing this call for an extraordinary session of the Southern Cotton Con gress to be hetd August 13-14. 1914." THEY ABE GOOP PE?PI.E" We. have been sickened sometimes by the pretensions of some politic iens that they carry the vote of the "factory people" in their vest pock ets. What an insult tb the factory people! The intimation ls that they aro a class of no personality who will bo led by the nose because of ignor ance, or will be Induced to falso Ideals, th. ough prejudice. We happen to know some of the mill people. No. better may be found anywhere. Upright, industrious, so ber, honorable in every transaction, they are Just as good people as can be found anywhere In the world, and wo believe that if they were appreci ated for tho citizens that they are by the world at lerge they would hot bc subjected to the visitations ot tho po litical bosses. They are beginning to feel that they are more and more a part of the big world and to do their own thinking on political lines. Here is to the honest, industrious mill operative; he ls ? man ' whose friendship ls a thing ot value, and his citizenship should be regard?t) aa highly aa ' that of any other honest man. . 1 ' * " CHAUTAUQUA FOR THE FARMERS IS OPENED FIRST DAY OF THE BIG EVENT A T WILLIAMSTON Hon. Hatton W. Sumners, a Member of Congress to Deliver Address This Morning The Wllliamston Furniers' Chautau qua opens today ut WIIKamslpn. lt is tim hrst farmers' chautauqua ever at tempted in the South. It is being held under the auspices of th Williamstou Chamber of Commerce ami the De partment o? Farm Irr rovement of tho Southern ruilwuy. A very conservative program has boen arranged and large crowds are expected. It will not merely be talks on farm topics but every phase of ru ral life will be .studied before the three days are pussed. The First Regiment band of South Carolina will be present during the entire three days and will give three daily concerts besides special music. This is one of the best bands in Soutli Carolina and it will pay any one well for the time spent just to hear this excellent band play. The Chuutuuuua will be openend wilh an address by Hon. Hatton W. Sumners, of Washington. I). C. Mr. Sumners is Congressman-at-lurge from Texas. He ?B a mun of wide ex perience, having come from the farm, u poor farmer's boy und worked his way through school and Into the prac tice of law. He was elected as county attorney of Dallas count, Texas, while HI ill a young man, which office he held till he refused to run. He was el?'t ed Congressmun-at-large from Texas three yonrB ugo over forty-two op ponents. During his tenure in oflice ut Washington lie hus worked untir ingly for the farmer. Prof. E. C. Richardson, Baton Rouge. La., will deliver the second address. Prof. Richardson is chief of the farm extension work In Louisiana At the head of that work he na? made ! it very effective. He is a speaker that will always attract attention. Hon. H. W. Long, State agent farra demonstration work, will lecture In I the afternoon on "The Little Brown Peril Trom the West". Prof. Long is known to every farmer and business man in Southe Carolina and heis known for the fuct that every time he speaks he tells something worth hearing. Col. E. J. Watson has en elaborate display from his department there and an expert from his chemistry labora tory to lecture on the various sub jects on display. Col. Watson will de liver a lecture on Thursday afternoon on "Pure Foods." The International Harvester com pany of America has on display a fine exhibit of farm machinery. They have lt in operation, thus showing what it is <>;jable of doing. Other machinery companies expect to have displays. There will bo a special meeting for women and girls with experts to dis cuss subjects pertaining to the home. There will bc something doing all ! the time. Each day a prlxe nf $5.00 will be offered for Hie perso? bringing, the biggest wagon load of people, and also $5.00 for the one bringing the lar gest lead the fart heres t distance. A $10.00 prize will be given to thc one bringing the best decorated wa gon with farm products. Admission to all meetings will be free. "Come dring minear 1 water, rest in the shade of the beautiful park trees and listen to the speaking." ls the cordial invitation from Presi dent Joe Ducworth, of the Chamber of Commerce. O?OOOOOOOOOOO ? FLASHES o -o o ooooooooooooooooo General Villa's troops ute moblllz Ign at Torre?n. All trans-Atlantic linea of foreign .ownership are scurrying to ports to avoid capture. Canadian troops are mobilizing and will assist the mother country, Eng land The Turkish government announced last night that it would observe neu trality in the European crisis. Tho Cunard liner Lusitania sailed at 1:12 thtg morning, carrying 93 first class, 77 second, and 75 third class, passengers. Derlln,. August. 4.-Up to 0:30 o'clock tonight no war news of im portance hod come to hand from tither hostile front. , London, August 4.-The British for eign office has issued the following statement: "Owing to the summary rejection by the German government of the requests made by his Brlttanto majesty's government that the neu trality of Belgium should le respect ed, his majesty's ambassado .' at Berlin has received his passports, and his majesty's government has declared that a state of war exists b*t Great Britain and Germany from il o'clock p. m., August 4th. -:-r ' REGULATIONS WAIVED. Washington, I August 4.-Secretary Mc A doo today instructed the cu stems collector ut Portland, Mame, to waive regulations and alt?w both passengers anti freight to be landed st Jlur Unr *?rJjront the steamer KronprtfcsMn fill GERMAN EMPER PARLIAMENT I FOR THE W (Hy Associated Press.) Hnrlin. AUK"-1' 4. Emperor William opened the imperial parliament to day with a speech from the throne. lie said in pari : "Tho world lias buen a witness to the indefatigable manner in which we stood tn thc front rank in the endea vor to save Klimpe from a war be tween the great powers. The great est perils du?' to ? vent? lu the Bal kans appeared to have been over come, but then Hie assassination of my friend, the Archduke Francis Fer dinand, opened ne a great abyss. "My ally, Emperor Krauels Joseph, was compelled to lake up anus to pro tect lils empir<- against thc dangerous agitation In a neighborhood suit. "in pursuing Its interests'the Rus sian empire stepped in the way of Austria-Hungary. "Not only our duty as an ally to AuBtria-Hungary railed us to her side, but thc great task was cast upon us to protect (?ie position agulnst un friendly forces. It was with a heavy, heart I was com pelled to mobilize my army:" The Rus sian government, giving way to an in saliable nationalism, has stepped to the side of a state which, through a criminal act, lias brought about the calamity of war. Thut France bas also placed herself on the side of our opponent was nut surprising to us. "The present situation arcse from the temporary conflicts of interest or diplomatic combinations, ' but ls the result of ill will existing^ for years against the strength and prosperity of ! the German empire. "We ore not pushed on by the de sire of conquest. Wte -aro moved by the unbending desire to secure for ourselves and those coming after us the place On which God hus put us. "My government, and above'all, my chancellor, tried until the 1 last mo ment to prevent the worst happen ing. ? 'In an' enforced self-defense, with clear conscience and clean' 'hands we grasp tho sword. "To the people and races of the German empire my appeal'goes forth to stand together fraternally with our allies in defense of that which we have created in peaceful- work*. "Following the example ot our fore fathers, Arm and faithful, earnest and chivalrous, humble before our God and ready to fight when in the face of ?the enemy, iel us con(1 db ourselves to the everlasting Almighty, 'who will strengthen our defense and condnct'lt |to a good end.*' . ? '?' At the conclusion of the sppech j from the'tHrone" the Emperor a'ddr?ss I ed hi a ^deputies direct ly, saying : .Gentlemen: . ?ou have_jp.au-..what I said to my people the other day from the balcony of my castle. I repeat] now that I no longer know any par tied. I know only Germans, and in order to tv^yiy, that you are firmly resolved wlthi^tf distinction of party to staSy by raSj/Ualde through danger and death, I, pedi.upqn, the leaders ot the different partier in this house to come forward) andrey' tb cir hands in mine as a pledge." vj Berlin, Aug. 4.-"The Russian gov ernment knew from our repeated rep resentations that mobilization against us would mean, announced that lt waa mobilizing, but did not give any explanation concerning its action. 'Later in the afternoon a telegram from the Russian emperor declared his army would not take any provoca tive action towards us. But the Rus sian mobilization on our frontier had been in full progress. While we, at Russia's repuest, mediated in Vienna, the Russian forces were raised on our almost open frontier; and France, though she did not mobilize, admits that she took.some military measures. "We had deliberately abstained up to that time for the sake of the peace of Europe from calling a single reser vist to colora." ? Stt??ld"w?-have "wait ed patiently longer until the powers between which. we are wedged In, were in a position- to choose > the timo to deliver their blow. To have ex posed Germany to' this, danger would have been critical.* '77 . * "v. * 'Therefore, on July 31, we demand ed of Russia that (motil) Ital lon 'of her troops as the sole measure which yet | could preserve,the peace of.Europe. The imperial Gerrrutri ambassador in St. Petersburg waa given the com mission to declaro, to ;ihe ? 1 Russian go ve rn m nt that in case of rejection Of our demand we, should !?*j obliged to declare a state Of war. 1 ' "When the alloted time expired, the German emperor was compelled at 5 p. m., August 1. to order the mobiliza tion of our forces, - T,o .?'oyr/definlte question whether France' Would re main neutral in the German-Russian war, she answered that she would do what her interests bade her. Nevertheless the German emperor gavo orders that the French frontier should be respected absolutely. France which mobilised at the same hour we did. told us that she would maintain a zone ten kilometers back from the German frontier; hut the French av iators mst bomba upon and cavalry] patrols entered the Imperial lands j (Aluaaoo-Lorratne.) France thereby, actually attacked us. "Ev.n proir to this time small de tachments of French troops had I ero/.sed too German frontier guards j ?at SchluchpnsB. "We were' acting in self defense, land necessity .knows no law. Our itroops have'occupied['Luxemburg and 8-rh&ps h%vf?aJ^|^Nnc?l into el g lan tcrrltpry^ Thia, is against the law of nations. The -French govern-? ment has declared in Brussels, lt would respect the neutrality of Bel gium as long &s ??wari /raspectod with reference to: herself. But we knew France was'ready for invasion. We we're forced to set aside the justified OR BEFORE 'LACES BLAME ^AR ON OTHERS the injustice us suon us our military object is achieve*;* ? . "He wlio ls as, menaced as_ we are and is fighting for dear life muet think only how to cut an opening to got through. "As far as England '. is concerned, the declarations which Sir Edward Grey made yesterday, have cleared up the standpoint of-the English govern ment. We made a declaration to the English governni^jh't tliaft* so long as England romains n ?eral our navy will not altado thd northern coast of Franco and tli?t we 'will; not violate the independence of Belgium." The Reichstag passed a war credit of $1,250,000.000.-Hwr Hasse, a Social Democrat, declared the social demands favored tli'e credit and would follow their brothers marching to war with their warm wishes. Chancellor Explains Stund. Chancellor Bethmann-Hoilwcg out lined the procedure of Germany in an endeavor to maintain peace, saying: "From the outbreak of thu Austro Servinn conflict we worked to contine the hostilities of Austria and Servia. AH the cabinets, particularly that of Great Britain, used the same endeav or. Russia alum; declared she must have something to say as to Hie solu tion of the conflict and thereby raised tito danger of European complica1 Hops. "As soon as the first definite news was received regarding the Russian military preparations we directed a friendly but strong communication pointing out that warlike measures against Austro-Hungary would lind UR on Hie side of our ally; Hint military preparations against us would force us to corresponding counter measures, und that mobilization would not he far removed from war. Russia declar ed siie would not enter into any sort of military preparations against us. In the meantime England sought to mediate between Vienna and St. Petersburg. We warmly supported her. On July 28. the emperor of Ger many requested the emperor of R<UB sia to consider that Austro-Ilungary hud the right and duty to protect her self against tho great Servian plots. "About the same time and prior to the receipt of this telegram, the Rus sian emperor urgently asked the Ger man emperor for his aid and requested the German emperor to counsel mod eration in Vienna. The Russian mob ilization was decided in principle be fore the Russian emperor addresser! himself to the German emperor. Thu latter notified the Russian. emperor forthwith that His good offices as med iator would be made more difficult by this general mobilization against AUB tro-Hungary. Nevertheless, we con tinued our mediation. ?3? "During this time Russia renewed spontaneously Us assurances that, lt was making no military preparation* against us. July 31 came. A decision was to have been made to Vienna. Our mediation alr?rJy hadvpeea.suc cessful to the extent that vienna, un der pressure from us, had again en tered Into direct 'conversation' with St. Petersburg- But beforo the decis ion could be given In Vienna the newB reached us that Russia was mobilizing itB entire forces and against us also." MILLIONS FOR 'HOME FOLKS' (Continued From Page One.) amending the Panama canal act to provide for the admission of foreign built ships to American registry for tho foreign trade was favorably reported from the inter-oceanic canals commit tee during the day by Senator O'Gor man. - -- President Wilson and his cabinet and congress were busy today with plans of legislative; measures for the relief of Americans abroad,the contin uation of trans-Atlantic chipping to move crops and the stabilizing of do-? mestic financial conditions. The president asked congress tb ap propriate $2,500,000 in addition to the $250,000 granted yesterday for Ameri cans in Europe. Action will be taken by both houses tomorrow. Naval Escort. ' The armored cruiser Tennessee will pail. tomorow for various European ports with this sum, aa well as several millions in gold from New York bank ers, all designed . to give Americans I Immediate funds, and facilitate their | departure. Official notice came from the German government that Americans Would not be permitted to leave the German em pire during the period of army mobil ization, which will continue for ten] dayB. Conferences were in . pr ocr csu j throughout the day at the state, treas-?| ury, pavy and war departments oh de tails of relief plans'. A systematic search for steamships to carry Ameri cana home was begun. President Wilson signed the bill amending the Aldrich-Vreeland law to place more than a billion dollars into domestic circulation if needed to pre vent financial stringency. . . The president issued a proclamation , of neutrality, warning United States' subject of their rights ?anA, duties. On iccount of the. existen ce of a state of | war in Austria, Germany,J3ervla, Rds-' da and France. *, Tho American Red Cross.decided to' iliaco Its army Of nurres, fchyalebvns, ' ?tc, at the disposal of the po wera at .far.' ... -v../ ? I Tho senate 1? expected to 'pass to norrow tho bill adopted by, thc hou uftnltUwr foreign^rttiik*t&* ?2 can registry. Bridge over the svmmer on our cut prices. This Mid-Summer Clearance of fers you great bargains. Everybody seems to think well of the ad vantages we're offering; we're doing big business in clearing Spring and Summer stocks. . You know our qualities; you don't need to be told much about our values, but if you should have any doubt about it, come in and see. We'll show you a big variety of choice goods and we'll fit any body, any size or shape. Men's and Young Men's Suits Reduced. $10.00 Suits now .. $ 7.50 12.50 Suits now. 9.50 15.00 Suits now. 11.50 18.00 Suits now. 13.75 ' 20.00 Suits now. 14.75 22.50 Suits now.1.' 17.25 25.00 Suits now . . f.?vnvr.T^.T^.ro 19.75 fi ' Buy Extra Pa ir Trousers Now f $2.50 and $2.00 Trousers now ;. #1.75 3.50 and 3.00 Trousers now . ,*'. 2.50 4.50 and 4.00 Trousers now ... 3.25 5.00 ' Trousers now ., . . 3.75 6.50 and 6.00 Trousers now . . . 4.5? 8.00 and 7.50 Trousers now . . . 5.00 ' 9.00 and 8.50 Trousers now . . . 6.00 j? Boys' Knee Pants Suits Reduced Same reduction on Boy's Suits* as on Men's Odd Trousers. < '?? 0 A Great Oxford Opportunity * An unprecedented showing of the season's most approved footwear at great reduce tions. $3.50 Oxfords reduced to . . . . . . .$2.73 4.00 Oxfords reduced to .. 3.25 . 5.00 Oxfords reduced to ....... 3.75 / 5.50 Oxfords reduced to ....... 4.2Jv $ 6.00 Oxfords reduced to ....... 4.75 ' Manhattan Shirt At Bargain Prices / $1.50 Manhattan Shirts now ... . .$1.1$ 1.5? Eclipse Shirts now ........ 1,1 | 1.50 Ad justo Shirts now ....... ft'll .gi 2.00 Manhattan Shirts now . . . : . 1.50 3.50 Manhattan Silk Shirts now. . . 2.65 * . . .. . .. -v1 ? ? "j\ ' . ..: . % ? f' Qrter by parce!? post: Wo prepay chargea. ^ \%