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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOU ? DE Ii Al (?I HT 1, ?SW. Hi? \ortb Main Street ANDERSON, 8. C. W. W. BMOAK, Editor and Baa. Mgr L> M. GLENN.City Editor I PHELPS SASS?BN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY.Circulation Mgr. E. ADAMS, Telegraph Editor and Foreman. Entered according to Act of Con- j gregg as Second ('lass Mail Matter at] the Postullict! at Anderson, S. C Memher of Associated Presa and I Receiving Complete Dally Telegraphic | Service. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Office.821 Job Printing .?93-L| SUBSCRIPTION BATES Seml-TYeesJy One Year .ILfcoj Six Months .75 Daily One Year ...15.00 I Six Mouthe. 2.50 Three Months .... 1-25 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers in the city. If yon fall to get your paper regularly please notify I us. Opposite your name on the [ label of your paper is printed date to which our paper is paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. The Weather. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.-South Carolina: Rain Tuesday and Wednes day, warmer. THE NEW SCIEltCS OF AGRONOMY "Farm producta cost moro than they used to." "Yes" replied the farmer. "When a farmer lpposed to know the bot anical i. une of what he's raisin' an' the entomological name ot the insect that eats it, an' the pharmaceutical name of the chemical that will kill it, somebody's got to pay." - y Now for tho discount sales. Yesterday was a bad day for elop ing coulpes. -o Wonder if old Clp Castro hsd a mer ry Christmas? Three days left In which to perfect Umso resolutions. -o Looks like aid man Jup. Pluvlus ls overdoing Ute oct. We fail to see where cosl dealers have any kick coming. How did lt feel to get back to work after three days of loafing? O' ' 1 "Villa to Tell All," says a headline. Let's hope Carran sa doesn't attempt tho same. ? -o What's the matter with Greenwood that she couldn't pull off a killing T Sunday? . -o Don't grieve over your Christmas ' expenditures. There's balm in Janu ary dividendo. ?While you are resolutlng resolvo to make no new debts snd psy those already contracted. Who will be the first legislator to pro'poso a fool piece of l?gislation in order to gain notoriety? O' ' Hat dealers should bo laying In a supply of broad brim sky ploceo-the Legislature meets soon. i ? e ? Come on, J. Pluvlus, there's one little spot in the middlo of the spuare which isn't covered with mud. A hcadllno says tbst Tslngtau fell because it lacked soldiers and modern . guns. "Ain't" a bad excuse. Should these paragraphs appear hashed, dont condemn us too severe' ly-wb'rc full of hush these days, h Charleston folk are supremely hap py once more-they are clebratlng a centennial of some sort down there this week. -o One of the biggest advantages that Would derive from the forming of that new county would be the creathv of moro Jobs. Col. Ehbic Wataon has gone off on another speaking tour of the State, (.alni yourself, Colonel, lt? a long way to election year. -o When South Carolinians are not voting for office holders they are vot ing on th? formation of new counties. They have got the habit If that New county of McDnffio ls formed, hero's hoping no? ning will be done by subjects thereof that would dishonor that illustrious nama. -o Are yon pleased with yeur iii? re cord? If not, there are three days of tho old year left you, In that time you can do much to make yourself more pleased with It WK AUK NOT BKGOAltH Thut there ls much brighter pros pects ahead of th)' people of thc United Biutes is being reulized more Blrongly each ilay. This country is awakening to its Opportunities, ami is rapidly laying plans to come Into UH inheritance, on account of 111?? war In Europe. Thinkers and writers are spreading the gospel of courage and Industry, und that section of the country which in first to grasp these opportunities will prosper beyond the dreams of the most optimistic Of course the South lia? been hardest hit anti will be tho longest to ?et back Into the prosperity which is surely dawning, hut we shall "come back" as Burely as we try. The ..resent finan cial depreBslon will suon pass, and we shall look back on it as a blessing In disguise. No, we are not beggars. The Buy- a llalc movement WBB not stnrted be cause tho South really noded any charity. It was a mistaken policy, and one which has been most expensive to the South. We have found tills out, and tho rest -ot the country is also finding it out. We shall yet be able to pay 100 centB on every dollar, and look the world In tho face when du'iig so. Tho South can yet pay her way, and can do it with cotton, if need he, hut within leBS than half a year she can do so in grain, and in a very few years, with live stock and other prod uctB. Wo need a blt more independ ence in our selves, and to have otir business men a bit more optimistic and confident. What man is there who will read the following article written by an American, Herbert N. Casson, in As sociated Advertising, ran longer doubt that the greatest opportunities ever kown are knocking for admission into our country? Read lt and profit, as we havo done. "What is the matter with the Unit ed States?" As I have been residing in London since the beginning of the war 1 have been hearing this question asked on all sides. I have never heard any sat isfactory answer. No one Bcems to know. Why are American factories not running night and day? Why aro not railroads not opening up new terri tories and getting ready for the mil lions of immigrants who have already made up their minds to leave Europe as soon as the war is over? Why are there not CO American drummers in London right now trying to sell $200.000,000 worth of American goods in place ot the goods that were bought last year from Germany and Austria? Why has advertisers become quit tera Just at the time when their ad vertising was most needed and most effective in cheering on business forcea of the United states In a haven of peace and security and prosperity? It has no troubles that lt dare men tion to Belgium or Austria or Franco or Germany or Servia or Great Britain or Russia. Every tenth Briton has entilst?d. Every tenth Frenchman ls at the front Every tenth Belgian is dead. What does the United States know of trouble? / If I could afford lt I would charter the Mauretanla and Lusitania and con vey a party of b.OOO American adver tisers to Europe for a trip of educa tion. I would give them a woek in London, a week in Paris and a week In Antwerp. I would let them look at the United States from the scene of war. I would let them see trMns, 10 at a time, five minutes apart, packed with the maim ed and dying. I would let them hear from frag mentary suvlvors the Incredible story ot battle fields 160 miles wide and armies that are greater than the en tire population of Texas. I would let them see graves 100 yards h>tg and full, and Relgium, the country that has nothing hut 12,000 square miles of wreckage. Then when they began to under stand to some slight extent thc magni tude and awfulness ot thc war I would say to thom: . "Now go back and appreciate the United States. Realize your opportun ity. Don't start digging trenches when nobody ls firing at you. Dont fall down when you have not been hit. Don't be blind to the moat glorious chance you iver had in your life. ''Go back and advertir,?. Get ready tor the most tremendous business boora that any nation ever had. Build pour factories bigger. Train more salesmen. Borrow more monoy. Go theed and thank God that you are Give and that your family is alive and ?re living In a land whloh Is at peace it a time when nearly the whole world ls at war." TOO MANY LAWS TO ENFORCE This nation as a whole, and almost j sv?vy plato lb H- this cs" not ; ,.i sd-suffers from too much law-mak ing. Senator Root told the American Bar Associ?t'on that in five yeats from 1900 to 1919 inclusive, Congress md the Bute Legislatures passed 62, Ml laws. No one knows. how many ; thousands ot laws were in force before 1909, but the 62,014 new ones repeal sd many ot those previously In force, md amended many more with no end nf resulting confusion. Relatively few of the taws are vicious enough to work direct harm bot hundreds ot them are harmful indirectly, for they ?re unnecessary, inconsistent, and im possible to enforce. The South Carolina Legislatura may areli profit by thia, record and kill a row hundred tnatead of passing aa OR ny. more. YOI' CAN M) BETTER IN H. f. No, w?' are not paid to write this, und no one knows it is going to be written, but we are tired of seeing real good money sent out of the State for laings that can be gotten at homo just UH well. We believe in patroniz ing home industries first last and all the time, even if some of these indus tries send out of the State for their Job printing which we can do for them tight at homo. Keep thc money nt home, or as nearly at home as pos sible, ls a mighty good motto to fol low. j ?ut what we were going to say was that there is a plant at tho little town of Clinton, in Laurens county, that would bc a revelation to anyone who doubts its existence. Jacobs & Co., of which J. P. Jacobs, is manager, has built up one of the largest single b'luinesscs in the State and the larg est in several maten of its kind. This company does a general advertising burnetts, soliciting and designing ad vcriisements for a large list of re ligious and secular papera lu the South. Of the religious papers of the South there are about seventy, and this company controla the advertise ments in sixty of them. It also has as large a list of secular papers. But this is not what we had in mind primarily. The fact that there is an up-to-date engraving and designing plant In the State, situated in a small town, ls rather remarkable. All kinds of designs and newspaper cuts, to say nothing of color work designs and cuts, can be done here just as cheap ly and Just as well as lt can be done anywhere else in the country. Tho lat est machinery ls Installed, and the most expert of engravers and design ers aro employed. The Intelligencer has been sending quite a bit of its work, both for tho newspaper and for the Job printing department to this company, and we have yet to And a flaw in anything they have done for us. Brethren, let us preach keeping money at home, and then let us prac tice lt ourselves by fostering such In dustries as this. Wo have other concerns which should be pjt:a.\lsed. Why send out of the State for brick or stone? An derson county has an up-to-date stone quarry, and there can much be saved in transportation charges, besides keeping the money at home. Let every one at this time patronize home In dustries and thus enable some of our own people to keep In employment, who would otherwise be out ot work. A GOOD WOMAN GONE The South Carolina press will all sympathise most deeply with the brothers Bruneon, o ?Uiu Greenville Dally Newa, over the death of their motin;-, which occurred Sunday at her home at Lodge, which ia situated in Colleton county. The editor ot this newspaper had the pleasure of knowing this estimable lady, and we desire to say that their loss and the loss of her neighbors and friends In her death Is most keen. She will be remembered for the good she has dono and her Influence will continue to shine forth In her splendid sons and daughters. Tho following notice of Mrs. Bran son's death appeared in Monday's Greenville 'News: Mrs. George W. Brunsen died at her homo, In Lodge, S. C., yesterday morn ing following a brief Illness. Tho fun eral will he held there thia afternoon. Mrs. Brannon waa the mother of George W. Branson, Jr., and J. W. Brunson and aunt of S. M. Brunsen, of tho Greenville Daily News, as well sa mother of Rev. A. N. Brunson, of Spartanburg. Mrs. Paul V. Smith, of Athens, Ga.,, and Miss Carrie Bran son, of Lodge. The News was received in tho city yesterday afternoon by Intimate friends cf the family and was not widely known beyond those who knew members of the family. ANDERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL After January lat tho Secretary Editor will become superintendent ot the Anderson County Hospital, giving half or hta time to this work. Shortly after the great wave ot re organisation of medical societies, ten years ago, swept over this country, the Anderson County Medical Society set about promoting the barding of the County Hospital Many will re member the official opening of this Institution at the meeting of the State Association at Anderson in 1908: thu? the Anderson County Medical Society was ono Of the olononr* In thia j??r*i c?lar field of endeavor. The Hospital has succeeded from the beginning notwithstanding it was destroyed by fire end rebuilt within the recent past. This success has been due to the co-operation ot the Ander son County Medical Society, thc cit1 sens generally, sad Mr. R S Lig?n, a large-hearted business man and philanthropist ot the city of Ander son. The Secretary-Editor has lontf be lieved that the next great work . of organised medicine should be to ?te that the people are provided with ado baste hospital facilities, and. there fore, he bas connected himself wit'j a County Medical Association Hospital with tho Intention of taking patt tn Its futurs developmsnt, and studying first hand every detail ot Its mantge The organised profession bas ?ons much to further the propaganda for public health sad nothing can 1 top Its onward march. Out we are rar ?h?rt, In tho South, at least, of ade quate provision for the sick, especial ly the sick poor. The modern hospital has become a much more important Institution in the community than was formerly the case. Unless such an institution stands for the best In scientific de velopment of the profession lt haa failed to live up to ita opportunities. Again the modern hospital owes a duty to the community in a social ser vice way, in other words, lt should become an Important factor in the varlouj uplift movements of today where thc health of the people ls con cerned, and back of this enterprise should he the County Medical Society. -Journal of tho S. C. Medical Associ ation. LEO M. Flt AN K 18 GIVEN CHANCE FOB FREEDOM (CONTINUED FnOM TAGE ONE.) to he present when the verdict of guil ty was returned into court. "Tho district Judge heard no evi dence as to the truth of the allega tions, but refused the writ on the ground that the facts therein stated did noi emmi: F??uk io the ben?t of that remedy. He declined to give Gie certificate of probable cause and this application for that certificate and fr/ allowance of an appeal was then made to me as the Justice assigned to Gie fifth district. ('(institutional Right Involved. "Under the act of 1905 the applica tion for the certificate is not to be de termined by an views which may be held as to he effect o' the Anal Judg ment of the State supremf court re fusing a new trial, but by considering whether Gie nature of the constitu tional right asserted and the absence of any decision expressly foreclosing the right to an appeal, leaves the mat ter so far unsettled as to constitute probable cause Justifying the allow ance of the appeal. "The supremo court of the United States has never determined whether, on a trial for murder in a State court, tho due process clause of thc federal constitution guarantees the defend ant a right to be present when the verdict ls rendered. "Neither has it decided the effect of a Anal Judgment refusing a new trial In a enso where the defendant did not make the fact of his absence when Gie verdict was returned a ground of the motion, nor claim that the rendition of the verdict ls his ab sence was the denial of a right guar anteed by the federal constitution. ''Nor has it passed upon the effect of its own refusal to grant a writ of error in a case where an alleged Juris dictional question waa presented In a motion flied at a time not authorized by the practice of the State where Gie trial took place. Such ques'/ons are all involved in the present case and, since they have never been settled by any authoritative ruling by the full court, it canot be said that there bs such want of probable cause os to war rant the rofusal of an appeal. That being true', the act of; Congress re quires that the certificate should be given and the appeal allowed.' ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 28.-Solicitor General Dorsey, v??,a conducted the prosecution of Leo M. Frank when In formed that Justice Lamar bad grant ed Frank's appeal on the habeas cor pus proceeding, stated that the State would expedite Gae case as much as possible. He said he hoped to have the case heard in the United States su preme court within 60 days, or sooner if it could be arranged. "It's a long ir.no that has no turn ing," said Frank in his cell. Russia's Version (By AMooUted Frats.) PETROGRAD,. Dec 28.-The follow ing statement from Gie general staff j of Gie Russian commander-in-chief was Issued tonight: "On Gie 27th there waa no Import ant engagement between the lower Vistula and the P?llela rivera. The German attacks were everywhere re pulsed. The Germans suffered heavy losses, especially during a vain, at tack southeast of Sklernlewlce. "Between the P?llela and the upper, V?stala the enemy has adopted the de fensive. _____ "Our troops stormed the village of Szltnlkl, which was stubbornly de fended by the Austrians. The enemy has definitely evacuated Gie left bank of Gie Nlda. "The the south of the upper Vis tula on tbe front of Opatow-Blecs the i fighting continues to develop to our advantage^ From tho .18th to tho 26th we captured there 200 officers and 15,000 soldiers and 40 mttrall lenses. "The enemy's retreat ta the region of the Dukla passes and on the road road to Llsko is becoming more and more precipitate and disorganized. On tho 86th we captured in this region 6,000 prisoners. "The enemy's efforts to transport his forces from the -traction of Casn st??-HW 5 ? ivwerc I??E vszy *n*r.nB was a complete failure owing to our manoeuvres." TWO ABB KILLED. Collapse af Structure Kills Two aa* Weasds Six Persons. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec 28.-Nins men were caught hera today In the collapse ot a woods- canopy built to protect pedestrians plating a million j dollar hotel building under construc tion. Two were killed and six ser iously injured. Walter a Dickinson, aa actor ot Lincoln. Nab., died Ia a hospital. Hts akull waa fractured. Tba other deud , victim was a negro. James MeBean. bvrlaess agent tor I a labor union, waa tm a critical condi tion tonight The ethers 1-Jared we~ workmen employed on Gie building. Tho canopy fell when a trunk hack ? ed Into a support weighted with mor tar and building material. THIS SALE of all men's and boys' overcoats demands your attention because some of the lots are as small as the prices and we cannot guarantee their remain ing long. People of i*. ierate means on those who appreciate a genuine bargain will find this a never to-be-forgotten opportunity. 10.00 Overcoats now. .... ... 8.00 attention because of the great Values it offers? demands your immediate Men's Overcoats $20.00 Overcoats now. 18.00 Overcoats now. 15.00 Overcoats now. $16.00 : 14.40 , 12.00 Boys' Overcoats $7.50 Overcoats now. j 6.00 Overcoats now. 5.00 Overcoats now . 4.00 Overcoats now > . 3.00 Overcoats now $6.00 . 4.80 ., 4.00 . .3.20 . 2.40 "The Store with a Conscience" ENGLAND IS WARNED BY THE UNITED STATES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) stock and Gie variety of producta which go to make up "t> u tuffs." Ships are D?lai. ? ?'. Taking up the subject of detentions of American ships at sea the United States government states that it can not tolerate undue delays in examin ing them or the convoying of such ships to British ports for detailed ex amination. It argues that proof of hostile destination of Gie cargo must be in evidence at Gie Gme of .search at sea. The belligerent sight of search, the note adds, is fully recognized, but lt cannot be extended to Gie point of diverting American ships Into British ports merely on suspicion. The United States asserts, more over, that lt views with growing con cern the detention of acores of Ameri can cargoes consigned ' from this country to neutral ports, contending that lt should be the duty ot the balli-t g?rent to protect neutral commerce and prevent innocent merchante from suffering. 1 One of Gie most conspicuous com plaints cited in the note is against the treatment by Great Britain of Ameri can cargoes of copper. It la charged I that Great Britain la not according. the same treatment to American trade In copper with the Scandinavian coun tries as to commerce in this product between Gie United States and Italy under the same conditions ot ship ment. Even though the Italian govern ment has proclaimed an embargo on the exportation of copper from Italy to belligerent countries similar to the embargo in force in Norway, Den mark and Sweden, the consignments of copper to Italy, from the Untied Stetes are said to be held np while those to. Gie Scandinavian countries are not molested. < Mest Shew Proof. Tho American government further records Its position on consignments shipped "to order," or no specific con signee, stating that this circumstance alone la not sufficient on which fib bo?u Afficric?? cargoes ano is of . it self not suspicious, i This view baa bean expressed by the supreme court ot the United States, but Great Brit ain announced recently that cargoes shipped "to order," would be consid ered ''suspect" Today's note pointe out that to h^'d consignments marked "to order," pt__f m?sX bo presentad when the detention or seizure la made showing Gmt a hostile destination ia intended or else a sufficient number of other facts must be advanced to Justify further examination. . It la tn Uiia connection that the United States remarks that ceaoomce between neutral nations conSUtuies the more? relations of peana and not war and that the preaumpUon of guil ty cannot rest on neutral shippers, bat the burden of proof must ma imposed on the belligerent who interfere* Although the sending of the note waa not known to members oT tl* dip lomatie corps tonight, and it ts un likely that the Washington govern ment wt? communicate it to them I with the exception ot the Brltlah am bassador, unless they request it, high officials thought it not unlikely that the path marked hy the United 8tates would be followed by other neutral governments. South American nations especially have been keeping in close touch with the attitude of the United States on subjects of neutrality, and ia most case? have adherr.i to the American position. As UK. note invol ves commerce mostly with European neutrals, lt is believed th.it diplomatic representatives here of the latter will seek to learn the United States* view point for transmission* to their gov ernments. WIU Beek Judgment, The position of the United States as expressed in today's note ls a con sequence of several steps by Great Britain, France and. Germany on the subject of contraband. Although the declaration of London drafted in 1909, embodying the previous understand ings of international law and new ' rules for the conduct ot maritime war fare with respect to neutral com merce, had not been ratified when the I present war broke ont, lt was thought [for a time all countries would adhere to it. Great Britain by an order in ? Council, on August 20th last, declar ed the declaration of London effect ive with certain modifications. Ger many announced to ali neutrals her [willingness to adhere to the whole 'declaration, if the other belligerents I would. The United States book the po sition }bm^J?m?Sm^J^m^JmcSm?mJ?Sm^" meal adoption by the Allies of the dec laration cf London with their own amendments and declared that lt would be guided by the general prac tices of Internationa! law, Irrespective of the declaration of London. Agree With Germany. The German government in a for mal note to the United States and otb? er neutrals, then voiced Its ob jections to the British modifications which similarly the United States op posed. Today's note follows in many im portant points the argument then ad vanced by Germany that British prac tices with respect to neutral com merce was a distinct departu.e from many previously accepted principles of international lew. NO DECISION YET. Town Net Yet Selected For Heavy weight Fight. (By Associated Vtms.) EL PASO, Tex., Dec, 28.-Jack Curley, promoter of the Jack John son-Jess Willard heavyweight boxing contest, today said Ute date and place tor the bout bad not been selected. He denied a report that the fight had been set for Jnares, Mexico, March 17, although he said the Mexican border town might he selected. He thought the date probably would be March 6 or 8, ' PARAMOUNT JL TH TODAY'S PROGRAM: Mary Pickford "THE WORLD'S SWEETHEART" Will be shown in her latest success. "Mm? The Scenes" 4 Reels. ; Excellent music; Open 3 to 10:30 p. m. Coming Friday ; January 1 st. DAVID HIGGINS in "HIS LAST. DOLLAR" Jhz Greatest Racing picture Ever Shown.