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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER founded August 1, lfm. IM North Mulo Htret ANDERSON, H. C. WILLIAM BANKS. Editor W. W. SMOAK_Business Manager Entered According to Act of Con gress as Second ('hiss Muli Matter at the Fostollice at Anderson, S. C. Member of Associated I'reBS and Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic j Berrie e. Beni - Weekly edition-SI.60 per | Tosr Dally edition--15.00 per annum; fl.60 for Six Months; $1.25 for Three Months. IN ADVANCE. A. larger clrcitluiiiio than any other | aewapHpi i in thij Congressional Dla trlcL TELEPHONEN. Editorial.327 Bna'.r.v-H ???nee.'321 Job Pit m m? . .693-Ll Local New:. .327 | Society New?.321 The Intelligencer th livered by ? carriers in 'he city if you fail tn\ get your paper regulu> ly pl-ase notlty VS. Opposite your name un label Ot your paper ls prated dato to which your paper is paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Ander son Intelligencer. The Weather .^Washington, Aug. 21-Forecast. South Carolina: Local thundershow ers Saturday, Sunday fair. DAILY THOUGHT Time changes all-but change:; not in ~t*m guise, We reap the bitter harvest ihat we sow, Our past beyond recall, our future lies Beyond the veil of thiuga we do not know. Georgo Edwin Anderson. Der Kaiser must think Brussels la j tar pe ted with gold. . Every South Carolinian should be at home next Tuesday. Too hot to war, too hot to work, too hot to aleep. too hot to think. The Nccbcl prize or $5G,GGG ii likely to go by default thia year. -o , Little Joe Brown probably realizo? | that the "lulu" hand, wins hut once. E. D. Smith was raking hay and not throwing mud in the campaign. "Mark your own ticket, make no bets, I drink no candidate's liquor and bo a j man. -o The world will have to go on a hun- 1 ger strike mull the price of food goes down. After this election some arrests may follow tor violation of the betting laws. Farmers are advised to look out for thc price of cotton seed au well us tho lint. . * ' Probably Huerta thinks that the Eu ropean war ia but a saloot in honor of 1 bib arrival. Election prognosticators may find j all gue.ses upset . This is a topay turvy year. The campaign ia over and nobody hur?. Wo trust thai election day will pass Just as happily. ..."? .;-o Some sterling pencils are doing val iant service scratching tlcketa for trusting Voters these days. . Some of the airship exterminators j should fire a broadside on the soaring prices of things to eat. j o Ever since the day of the uncensor ed exports of J. Caesar, war corres pondent, the Belgll have been publish ed as some fighters. The Panama canal waa nn taned While many a little lawsuit, started even before that undertaking, la hang ing up in court. - Willie Hearst ls satisfied. While he Won mad because we wouldn't fight Mexico, he ls now abuBlng Europe for fighting. Consistent. ; -O- . Tho rumor that war in Germany may prevent a visit from Santa is de nied. He will come even lt he bringo nothing but rag dollies. dno has said that Lang Jennings docs not wish to be elected to the senate, he woo id be satisfied with a mero, statue In the Hall of Fame at "Washington. . - -, *5?e7 . . ' _?r?_ The newspaper profession in South Carolina has lost a distinguished son Un tho death of Chas. T. Connors of Lancaster,. for years editor of the luhcastor Review. AF.JtOI'LA.NKS IN WAK Th? great war in Europe is distin guished because of Hie UH?;, for thu hrst tili)? in history, of ships of Hu- air as lighting craft. There ls a weird ness, a witchery, an awfulness about these- engines ?if destruction, that fruin heights almost invisible, drop i IM i r deutii ttouling bombs upon an un suspecting anny, or perhaps a city. For years tin; coininoplace people of tim worlil have marvelled at the linings of II .mauls und have wonder ed why st) many have given their lives to thc effort to reduce aeronaut lng to a science. The answer is here. Aero nautics is now one of the powerful agencies for killing men. for I browing consternation imo armies, for causing deufeat in titanic struggles. Aeronautics in its incipiency wus u Kreuch sport or science. It is trim that a "bot air" balloon lifted itself from Ibo ground without pessengers, as far back as IC8G lu Lisbon, but the French, through Montgollier, desired a balloon that would carry passen gers. France today has 1,200 milita ry airships in the great European war. Ballooning became a gret?t fad in Europe, Just us aeroplanlng is today. Tho flrsi aerial vessel used lu warfare was used by thu French against the Austrians in 1794. Messenier, Hie bril liant French marshal, devised a dir igible which would have advanced the ?dence loo years, but he was killed In battle before completing it. It may surprise many to know that efforts to fly in aeroplanes date back almost to the time of Christ, and that Leonardo da Vinci thc renowned paint er, was an enthusiast on this subject, and bis sketches are yet in existence. The first aeroplane lo fly by me chanical propulsion was Invented In 1843 by an Englishman named Henson who flew with u 20-horBe power steam engine. Slr Hiram Maxim built a ma chine in 1888 walch was partially suc cessful, and Langley in 1896 managed to fly over the Potomac river after ll years of effort. But no definite results 1?re obtain ed until the Wright brothers made their Initial flights in 1903. The air in motion ls a most irregu lar und turbulent fluid and its Irresis tibility makes it greatly more danger ous.. Therefore lt ls no mere mechan ical accomplishment to operate a hea vier than air machine. It ls quite un intellectual achievement to know what to do and when. It ls not unlikely that the day will come when the aeroplane v iii be as commonly in uso us tho trolley car is today. For that reason all persons should lose no opportunity to study the science and bocome informed. F ii? Ii i iN(? THE SOUTH Woodrow Wilson ls being abused because of his loyalty, to the South. Muny South hating newspapers in the > North are protesting against tho ef forts of tho administration to help the Southern cotton farmer tu avoid ruin, The Hartford, (Conn.) Courant says: "We called attention on Satur day to the fact that the Demo I eratic leader of the national house and a number of tho lead : lng Democratic senators united In a public call to the cotton planters advising them to hold back their cotton from market so as to raise the prices. This was manifestly a scheme for increas ing prices of cotton and so for in creasing prices of cotton and so for. Increasing the price of cloth ing. Did th? syiTipatut*iin an ri indignant administration de nounce such an outrage? Never a peep- It was for the South. The South hating newspaper does not know conditions. The row crop of cotton is Just coming in. V's nor ?mal price would be 14 cents ( med on the census forecast of a cop of 13,850, 000 bales. That ls the actif 1 value of the cotton. It cost the Southern farmer nearly 10 cents a pound to produce this crop, for tho crop conditions have n >t been favorable. If the market goes below 10 cents, he will not only get no profit with which to start a new I crop year, but he will lose what he ! has. j The president ot the United States (realizes that lt would be an act ot dishonesty to see the struggling, long suffering southern planter lose lila all if the government can help him to put the price of cotton on an honest bssls. That ls all there ls to the pro position. And we need trained men' in congress now more than at any oth er time to hold up the hands of the administration In the effort to save the Southern coiion farmer. An enthusiastic supporter of John A. Horton said yesterday that '2 the Melton man. could get 2,500 votes in Anderson .county, ho would go Into the second race with Wyatt Aiken. - It is reported that there ts a short lemon crop. Nobody would say thia after looking over our candidates. WHY SI (.AK IS ll K. ll Tin- abnoraml riso in the price ol sugar is alleged lo bo ?lu? ic- the fact that the beet sonar Industry ol Europe ls temporarily hutted, Europe's chief sources of sugar are Germany, Austria, Russia aui' Frunce, which produce yearly about 7.500,000 tons of heel sugar. These nations ?ire at war and thus more than one-third of the nation's entire sugar simply is jeopardized or halted. Great Hrltain which imports more sugar than any other European country, draws about 700.000 of its more than 2,000 000 tons a year from tho continental nations mentioned. This supply being -ut orr England turned to the United Stales, buying 40.000 tons In New Vorl: In the ?r.^t few duys of August and bidding up prbes in order to obtain it. At the end of July there was in si<hl a sup ply of < 'iihan and American sut;ar s.if ncieut only to meet american re i|Uirviuents up to the time tin; crops now growing become aval'ilijo. And what has happened ro sugar will happen to all ot'i-ir tood stuffs. The world must be fed. Tlierelore, w-.? ail vise the farmer to plant every avail able acre In something to eat. He pre pared for the day of extreme pricer,. The South for 1.1 years has been be coming more and mor j independent, and ls now In a position to live at home. Yet lt ls a ia-i fact that Mic South wastes enough food In a year to keep her people comfortable for another year. We ne? il so greutly at thia time a system of market houses and a plan of mnrketing. Tins would be of mu tual benefit to town and country. WHO IS AT FAULT We can add no more to what has been so well said, lt would be offic ious to say more. Rut If the conser vative element in the state should happen to lose the chanco to be repre sented In the gubernatorial office Then the wrath of the people will and rightfully should be visited upon the candidates for governor who spurned the Invi tation to talk matters over wtih the hopi' of urriving at some con clusion. Some of the candidates for govern oror who would have been given the opportunity for a graceful exit to save them from the humiliation of an inglorious defeat have been the most pronounced In trying to pull down men who might have won. Unless there is a concentration of sentiment in thc next three days, lt will be "Good Night!" Messrs. Clinkscules and Manning made no effort to direct the course of elimination meeting, hut expressed a willingness to submit their fortunes to honorable men. Somebody ls blocking the game somewhere, and after this we shall pursue a course of "watchful walt ing." COTTON 8EEI? PRICES Wo have observed that the price of seed for planting on -.he farms ls ad vancing rapidly on account of the war. Everything the South may have to buy appears to be advancing In price while that which we have to sell can't find a market at any price. Thia section la facing a cruel con dition. One of the questions discuss ed at the Cotton Congress at Wash ington was the very thing of cotton seed. The farmer should .save enough seed for his next crop, tn fact the farmer bas been advised not to have his cotton ginned until he ls ob liged to, for lt appears that the lint and the seed alike remain In batter condition when not ginned. There are many unfortunate farm ers who have to gin early In order to get money enough to pay for the pick ing "and ginning. But wc advise that there ia no occasion for a slump In the price of seed, and to hold on to the seed as long as they eau. 8-MM>?' *n planting may be in great demand next spring. An "A. B. C." peace committee might settle Mexican affairs, but lt will require post graduate diplomata to work out peace tn Europe. The candidate who doesn't create ex citement la not necessarily a nonen tity. Brass bi choaper than gold. . WOODWORK. "Samantha, what's {hat chune the or cheat ry's a-playin* now? "The program say'a it's 'Choppln.' Hiram.". "Waa!-mebbe-but ter me it sounds a deal more like sawln'."-Penn State Froth. THE MORNING. AFTER. Visitor-"Are the ladlee IprV Butler-"Yea, slr; they are all in." Visitor-"Ob, I beg your pardon!, lil call again when they are feeling better."--Harvard Lampson. CAN GERMANY ST Prophetic Article Written Two Late Rev. Di Upon the declaration <>f war be tween Germany ami Kassia, the write- recalled un arti le written at bis request on thc ?filh of January, 1812, by the Kev. Dr. .1 ? Mack, a preacher, philosopher and profound student who since then has passed to his rewurd. Dr. Mack in effect pre. dieted thut upon the death of Franz Josef, emperor of Austria, there would be a ?reut war In Ku rope. Hut the Balkan war in a way precipitated the conclusion of affairs even before the death of the aged emperor of Austria Huiigury It wac during the Wallum war that Austria anil Servia com menced the 'heckling" at each other which bas eventually cu used the war. Th? article by Dr. Mack, who wai.- for many years pastor of Presbyterian churches in North ami South Carolina and Georgia cities and wus a writer on profound Masonic, racial and bib. Heal subjects, is as follows: KMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. One person preserves the peace ?if Europe. Frunc?s Joseph, the emperor of Austria-Hungary, is the balance wheel of that continent, and perhaps of the world. His dual empire ls in thu heart of Europe- has over forty-five millions of inhabitants-a standing army. of four hundred thousand, which can be Increased lo two million J in time of war. As Ksau and Jacob struggled ip Ute womb of Rebekah, so two mighty peo ple in this dual empire, whose em blem is a double headed eagle . One of these is the Slavonic family of which Russia ls the acknowledged head; who constantly cultivates Hie Pan-Slavonic Idea and earnestly cov ets every province in which such peo ple dwell. She is alao willing to figbfc for what she wants. The other is the German family of which the Emperor William is the recognized head. He assiduously cul tivates the Pan-Germanic idea, be lieves consciously thut the Germans in Austria rightfully belong to the German empire, and would readily claim the divine right to war for such an end. Now Hie Emperor Frunc?s Joseph was born on August L8lh, 1K30. anu is over 81 years old. He was crooned December 2nd, 1848, and thus he has been r?igulng over 63 years. Burden R. I. Manning .. t ? ?t ..? A.I Correspondent Te'lo Why Kte Inc! Dr. Clinks cities. The Dally IntelliKoncer has receiv ed the following ? communication from a well known citizen/and amit is nor. of an objectionable ?ature does not I violate our rule not to publish any thing of a criticising nature. Editor the Intelligencer:-We ha. Heve Manning and Cllnkccales are the two strongest candidates for gover nor of the six who represent practi cally the same ideas. . We believe Manning and Clink scales are both Patriotic. men. We purposely placed u capital in "Patri otic," because it is such, a scarce ar ticle in this political contest. As you have well said. Mr. Editor, in Friday's issue of your paper. "Bo it Bald to the everlasting credit ot Manning and Clinkscalec that they have agreed from the first to submit their candidacies to any representa?* tive bodies of voters for law and or der and to retire if that should hu their verdict." We pronounce this a high order of patriotism on the part-of .Manning and CHakscaies and the people of South Carolina munt not forget li. This proffer on their part, to eliminate self if necessary for the gooc of the state stamps them as . Patriots j of a high type. Furthermore, Ahls attitude on their part should ',automatical ly eliminate the other four from this contest. Why do we take this extreme? posl-1 NEW YORK A BI6 EATER OF APPLES. ' ! ^ In the current Issue of Farm and Fireside appears a report of a study of apple supply and apple prices . re- < cently made by the New York Agri cultural Experiment Station. Follow ing is an extract: '" .'"' "The field covered bas been tho New York city market. The average yearly receipts of apples for the 'first halt , ot the twenty-year period ending July 31, 1913. wore 8.47,596. barrels, while for the last half they were 1, 958,884 barrels per year. This seems to show that the appio crop ls'increas ing fsster than tho population. The latter has Increased td per cent in the Metropolitan district, including New York and thirty surrounding towns, whilo-tho apple supply has increased 131 per cent. The average price of apples for the first ten-year period was 12.62 a barrel, and in the second ten-year period it waa $2.87. This is sn Increase of only 9 pet ? cent white in the same tims cotton' has In creased in price 64 per ?ent, corn 42 per cent, hay 33 per cent, oats 38 per cent, potatoes 28 per cont, ? wheat 37 per eent, "The facts marshaled wein to show that there ls no- banonsa . tn apples, and that the supply ls greater 'than ever." . . and a Half Yeurs Ago By the '. Jos. B. Mack. ed with age and cares he cannot live much longer. A wonderful affection for him nuw links those two peoples j together. When he dies, that link will ? be broken-and then? | Thc Slavonic people will naturally demand their own kingdom, to be in alliance with, or absorbed by Russia -and the czar will enforce that de mand. The Cern?an people will in-' stinctively turn to their own brethren and plead'for incorporation as a part of the German empire, and thu kaiser will say that "the voice of the people 1B the voice of God." Can this divisiou be made without a war? Probably not. for both Rus sia and Germany will demand some territory in which both of the fami lies are found. If so, thea the death i struggle betweeu the Slav and the Teuton will begin; while France und England, glad to see them destroy each other, will neither interfere nor permit any other nation to do so | Thirty years ago, the great Russian General Skobeloff, the hero of sev eral wars, said to Servian students li? ParlB-and they are Slavonic: "I am bound to tell you the reason why Rus sia is not aiways equal to the ful , fillment of her mission as a Slav I power. It ls because ut home as well as abroad Russia has foreign influ I euee to contend against. The foreignei j I is everywhere and everything lu Rus I ela. Ills hand is in all our affairs;' and we are the dupes of his policy, I victims to his intrigues, slaves to his j strength; und from his baneful inf lu. euee we can only be delivered by the sword. Shall I tell you the name of I that intriguing intruder-of that op-' ? prensor of Russians and Slavs? It ls ! the German. I repeat lt, and entreat ? you never to forget it-the German is t-be enemy. A war is inevitable bc-1 tween the Teuton and the Slav. It can? I not be long deferred. It will be long,' sanguinary und terrific; but it will I culminate in the victory of the Slav." God has strangely prolonged the life of Francis Joseph, and thus de-? ferred his death struggle of two mighty empires. But It must come, and the odds in numbers are two to one against Germany. If France seizes the opportunity to regain the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, of which she was robbed by Bismark,' then the odds will be three to one Can Germany stand the shock? I M. I Fort Mill. S. C., Jun. 25, 1012. [ for Governor iaei To the Sunnier ?*7ar? and To tlon do you ask? We cheerfully an swer. Had the other four candidates exhibited the same abnegation which characterized Manning and Clink scales tonia y instead of six candidates in the "eld we would have but one and the result would have been al most a certainty of electing our man in the first primary. As matters siana today there is not any rule of arith metic that gives us a ghost of tx chance iii either the first or second primary. Everything points to our six candidates' being shelved In thc! first primary, unless we concentrare on one man And whose fault? Cer tainly not the fault of Manning or Clinkscales. Why did wti head this article Manning for Governor? Because wo believe Planning would snow moro strength In the second primary? Why? Because Manning's views are not so extreme on the educational question. Compulsory education would make CllnkBcales the weakei of the two in the second primary. Not ona word would we say against Mr Cllnkscalea. He's our friend and We esteem him very much and we would like to see him governor, but it is our conviction that Manning would be decidedly the stronger in second primary and therefore logically Ibu mani entitled to our support. Vote for Manning. Voter. Anderson, August 20, 1914. - INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PUMPKINS. In the current Issue ot Farm and ?Fireside appeara an article entitled 'In Defense of th? Pumpkin." The following facts about pumpkins and the uses to which they can be put are taken from the article: f 'Pumpkins are largely composed of water, and BO some agricultural writ ers have declared that pumpkins have but little value as stock food. .The: same objection might be made against I grass, which everybody knows is the beat food in the world for farm live stock. Pumpkins, in my experience, are as valuable to feed to cowa and steers' as turnips, rutabagas, and beeta "Horses are fond of pumpkins and I will eat them without any cutting up. They are healthful for horses that are kopt on dry feed when fed. In moderation. "Hogs will cat pumpkins, and they are cheap and wholesome" feed for them . when fed In connection with grain. We cut the umpklns Into small pieces which can be eaten'easily, and pat them Into the trough Instead of breaking'them up and throwing thora into the pen. We find lt pays well for tko time spent in cutting. The pump kips are fed In the morning when ap etites ar?' keen, and' before the grain ls given:" p You Can't Spy Out a better bargain over the whole sea of oppor tunity. These Men's Odd Trou sers certainly demand your attention at these prices. S2.50 and S3 Trousers ..SI.75 S3.50 and S3 Trousers . .82.50 S4.5o and S4 Trousers . .S3.2.5 S5.00 Trousers .S3.75 S6.50 and S6 Trousers . .$4.50 58 and S7.50 Trousers . .S5.00 59 and S8.50 Trousers . .S6.00 'Learn all about the re ductions here now, they are for your benefit as well as ours. Order by Parcel POBI. We prepay all chargea. mTbt Sion, ooh aJCafodenee I The Limit One of tho Bhining sturo of The In telligencer office was on u street car yesterday and avows that he saw the following take pince: The conductor came through the car collecting fares, and held out his hand to an elderly lady sitting near the front of the car.. The old lady looked up, seized his hand and said, "Well, I am sure glad to see you young man, and to see you so polite and friendly but 1 believe you have the tdvantage of me. I don't remembsr ever having seen you be fore." The conductor was much em barrassed and had u time explaining to the cordial old soul that he wan ten her fare. / Anderson may hot enforce all thc ? lawE as well as oh? might and possi bly Anderson's police force isn't the very beat in the Whole ahining worin but lt ia certainly better than some. Tho chief of police in nie or the well known towns in tho ;<n country has been indicted for telling ?Iquor and ls soon to be given a trial on that charge. Two or three young men were drolling up the street yesterday af ternoon when one burne! to another member of the party, a very popular jeweler In Anderson and asked the hour. The jeweler flushed a little and squirmed Uko an eel on a hook, Anally admitting that he did not carry a watch himself. If some Anderson, -merchant and other business men in the city only knew lt they could learn a valuable lesson by taking a trip over to Wil liamson and spying out a large sign over a business house there. This sign states* In letters n foot high, so that "he who rung may read-" that lt Is th? Arm of Smith & Smith and says "We Git Up and Git, Wo Don't Just Sit Up and Sit." That ls wholesome advice. One of the county candidates said yesterday that hs wished every, mau in Anderson county was running for some office. When an explanation was asked he replied that he had never seen such & set of friendly, "hall-fellows-well-met" set of men as the can di dat ea are while they are out on the campaign. He opines that If every, man In the county was running for some o dice all. the tuhe, a great many fights and a great many misun derstandings would be-averted. M. D/S FIRST WISH. -. . >. ..... "What ls your greatest wish, Voe* tor, nov that you ? have successfully passed for your degree t" Young Doctor~"To put 'Dr/ before my own name, and 'Dr/ after the name ot other people."-Ufe. ?ooooooooooooooooon o ? o OoV. ?LEASE AND o o ? THE MILE MAN ? o o tfOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOd Greenville NewB. Governor Blease claims to be the staunch and true friend of the mill workers, but when it comes to tho pardon and parole business the wish es and pleas of the mill man eau look' no better than anybody else's. Wit ness the following letter from W A. Mooney, a cotton mill operative, which was printed In last week's Is sue of the Greer News-Leader: "I would like to ask you for apace in your paper tu give one of the many instances where Governor Blcase has used the pardoning power without any just cauBe. The c.tBe lo which I refer is -the one in which Ambrose Scruggs was pardoned for the murder of my son, Clarence Mooney, in the year 1911. The facts, brlofly stated, are these: Scruggs and two other men induced my boy to go with them on a fishing trip. They foully mur- . tiered him, according to the'evidence, given at. the trial and Scruggs was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the pen. He appealed but lost his case After. I moved to Victor mill I heard of ?a effort being mfi*de to secure a pardon for him,and had Mr. J. E. Blanton, who was at that time a close friend of Governor. Blease. to call him up over the phone, and ask what steps we should take to keep ScrnggB from being pardoned. The governor told Mr. Blanton to get up a petition in . opposition to theirs and get tho jury to sign lt I did this, and not only secured the name of every Juror, but the name of his wife, and many said lt was the largest petition they had * ever seen. The governor' assured Mr. Blanton that If be would got this kind, of a petition that Scruggs would never * - . be pardoned as long as he was gov ernor. ' . "I accepted his assurances and went back to work In'the mill. After a lapse of two or three weeks I was ?-' approached In the mill by a represen tative of Scruggs offering a nice sum of money to sign his petition to tho governor for the release of Scruggs. But d?as, to the disgrace of. South, Carolina and the honor of the pres ent governor, Blease, Scruggs Was turned out th a very short time, after . having served only eleven months pt the five-year sentence and another criminal encouraged in his lawless noss Gentlemen and,friends, these are the actual facts .and I ara nf homo at Victor mill. Greer, s. C^, to sub stantiate them," ?ONTBABIWISET ' Mrs. Baat -?'Tell the gentleman Fm not receiving today. Nora " INew Mold-"Eut he ain't dellverhV, mum; he's collectln'r'-Puck,