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M ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST 1, 18ft, Ht Mcrtfe Main Street ANDERSON, S. C W. W. 8MOAK, Editor and Bu?. Mgr I? IL GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8AS SEEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFREY,....Circulation Mgr.! EL ADAMS, Tilegraph Editor and] ' Foreman. Entered ns seoond-clsss matter Ap ril 28, 1914. at the poet office nt An derson, Sooth Carolina, under the Act of March 3,187?. Member of Associated Press and j Receiving Complete Daily Telegraphic j Berrica. TELEPHONES Editorial and Business Offlee.Uli Job Printing ...693-L SUBSCRIPTION BATES geni-Weekly One Year.11.601 DaOy. One Teer .?6.00 Sis Months .2.60 Three Months .116 The Intelligencer ls delivered by carriers tn the city. If you fall to get your paper regularly please notify ns. Opposite your name on the label of your paper ls printed dato to which our paper ls paid. Ali checks sad drafts should be drawn to The] ?SSareon Intelligencer. The Weather. South Carolina: Rain Tuesday, cold er in east and south portions; Wed nesday fair. lt. Cole! -o Blest If here isn't our old friend, J. Play, again. '???O' ?? Forget the weather and consider the L?gislature. We look for Cole to be "making j faces" at Gen. W. W. Moore next. If you haven't got a bad cold, you j are terribly out of fashion. Look our, notaries public and other officers holding "appintments," the goblin will get you yet The German warriors wouldn't mind surrendering Steinbach it they could carry the stein with them. We believe Cole's followers had rather see him be a sport and take bia medicine like ti man. It seems' an awful hard matter for nome office holders to . figuratively keep from dying hard. Wonder what Bob Gonzales ls going is pul! ? 2 about those sew spring bonnets ? -r* The aroma of OAS livery stable must be rankling in Ute nostrils of our re tiring governor. Two hsU players in the American league were traded off for dogs, one a bel! and the other a bird canine. Doggone such thing. ??.o -? ! We hope the legislature will devise some scheme of Improving upon our weather. Their constituency would risa np and call them blessed. The curtain ls about to be rung down on the greet "I AV. . and the miserable and dtsgurdng fiasco which he has staged in fae capital of the Palmetto Staote. _ ' ? " ?' ? o rae Anderson Intelligencer resolves "to do something during the year 1916." .'ust going to keep up the same old r-'lU eb?-York News. Strikes us you were the pace-setter, eh? If Governor Manning attempts to undo all Ute deviltry Governor Blesse baa committed he will have little time left to Mses he might desire to carry ont Cheer np: Bremen, Germany ;s of ferlcg lg.4 cents for cotton.-Spartan berg Journal. That's like telling a fol low there's a bag ot gold at the end of the rainbow. Sixty Ballara & ncak la Given io Unhappy Wife"-headline. This shows the advantage of being en unhappy wiie.-Sparenburg Journal. Likewise the disadvantage of being Ute husband of aa unhappy wife. "I shall welt until I am officially adv!?ed before making a statement," ls the substance of a reply made by Oev ernesveleo? Manning last sight when asked what he would do toward re organising the State militia. Sounds strange td hoer a governor talk that wey, doesn't It? ??"?O "Our lollypop contemporary. The Greenwood Journal, prints some An derson "specials" to that paper that look powerful familiar to us.-Intel Ugencer. Those articles were from our special correspondent No. 23, Dittle Booms O Henwood Journal. Looks like he ia No. 13 jedgtng from Ute teck he le haying, aa a result ot the s)|jr. *?halaUons o? the "ghost,- eh SHOULD ?'ROVIDF ( OM.MISSION The Intelligencer le heartily In favor of an extended street paving propo sition and trusts that the legiflature will pass some act that will ratify the recent vote adopting the Constitution al amendment providing for assessing abutting property owners to pay for half the co?t of the paving. This will be done with little delay, we are sure. The next proposition, then, will be the passage of an ordinance by the City Council providing for an election to make this act operative In Anderson. If the election ordered carries then there will be paving done tc the extent of about $200 <">0.00, and this is a very m?f?h needed consummation. The Intelligencer doslres to favor the paving proposition, and we believe that the majority of the citizens of Anderson favor lt, but they do not favor it so much that they will blind ly vote for it, just because it ls called street paving. They must be convinced that the funds secured by this method will be wisely and well administered. In other words, they wiBh that certain restrictions be thrown around the ex penditure of this large sum of their money, and they are going to demand, and properly, that a commission v>f re sponsible business men chosen by i themselves, bo elected to have In charge this important matter. Already much Is being said along this line, and if the talk heard cn every side means anything, the people who vote will de feat the paving proposition if this be not done. To take this out of the hands of thc ?City Council should bs to their liking also, on account of the nature of the work to be done. If the people find oc casion to "CUBS" anyone on account of the paving, lt will be better of thoa-; who wish to Btay in their good grs so that they might be reelected, have as little to do with it as possible. And \>n the other hand, If they And nothing to "cuss" In lt, there will be such a demand upon the members of Council that they will have no peace of mind while the paving ls being done, and other important business will be neglected. The Council can take lt from us, to use a slangy ex pression, that if they really wish pav ing to be done, they mast provide for a commission of tl ree or five men to have the matter in charge, along with their City Engineer, and not attempt to handle lt themselves. Let us start this proposition right, and .upon non-political lines. Make lt a business matter. ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE The Intelligencer wonders if the pvf?aanr ?overior witt net a?icnu?i l?ic confidence and esteem of many cf his followers and friends if he keeps up his present tactics the last week of hts administration. It would appear that he ls trying to do those things that will "shock" even his most ardent supporters. What excuse can he give, that will go. for disbanding the mili tia of South Carolina by one felt swoop? He surely dos no1 wish to leave South Carolina without the pro tection ot her citizen soldiery In case of a rtot or mob rule anywhere wit n In her borders. True he has not used the militia since he has been gover nor, but that does not mean that his successor shall not haye use for the strong arm of our soldiers to enforce the law, lt may be against race track gambling, or to save some poor wretch from mob violence. It the Governor will now grant a complete amnesty-to all remaining prisoners and set every convict free, restoring citizenship, it will be a fit ting termination to his reign as gov ernor of the Palmetto Stats over which a Hampton and a Rutledge once r ied as chief executive. And, it would seem that this ls about the last act that he can perform that will excite any but passing notice. His time ls short, and he should act at once. It may be a long way to power again tor him. "OLD GRANNY* TAKES ISSUE The Nowa and Courier discusses a recent editorial In The Intelligencer,. an???? tu? prohibition discussion which has bees geing tho rounds of the presa Or rather, The News and Cour ter mskes of this editorial a peg cm which to hang Its threadbare argu ment against State-wldo prohibition, and an excuse tor repeating lt, We are reproducing thia editorial, not calling attention to it without giving our read ers a chance to see the argument ad vanced in support of .the - position taken, which, hy the way, seems to be a favorite custom with the non-prohi bition press, which for South Carer* lina hu been narrowed to about four newspapers, two of which are In Char leston. The argument ff that under State* aide prohibition the enforcement of lbs law. would, be under central gov srnmental control, and that the local >r county au^witle* would fold their (mode %nft<g^,pnpinely by while the law is being openly and flagrantly vio lated. This condition of affairs tn South Carolina, will we trust, come to ind end Just one weet iiem today, and ?ve shall have a man lu the chief ecutIve's office who will see to lt that .what is law for Anderson county Is also law for CharleHton county. Why cannot a law he inforced by a central government? Has not the chief exec utive power to enforce any and all law? Are we to admit that any county or any section can set aside any law? If the prohibition law, why not . any other? Why cannot any county ujefy the "central government?" We admit that this bas been done In effect, but we feel sure that Governor Manning will see to lt that even Charleston obeys some of the laws of thc State. According to thc history of the past few years, that county has been a law unto itself, and especially In tue mat ter of liquor laws. This era will end soon, wc opine, and Charleston will again bc "annexed to South Carolina." 'Hut, the enforcement of the law, If 8outh Carolina votes State-wide prohi bition, does not bother us in the least. Thc editor of The Intelligencer was recently at tho town of St. Matthews on Monday morning, and went down to the police court to see the offenders rounded up. It appeared that half the town were present to take part In the proceedings. It was learned that at tho dispensaries thc Saturday before there had been sold approximately $2,000 worth of liquor. The result was in this town of 1,500 persons, there were more than a store of offenses against the law to be tried. In Ander son, more than ten times as large as St. Matthews, on tho same morning, there were not a half dosen cases all told. Orangeburg dispensaries sold during December over $33,000 worth of liquors. Of course ail thia was not sold to the citizens of these two coun ties, and this ia thc very thing wc should provide against-tho corrupt ing influences of liquor being sold over 'be lines. In other words, the nullifi cation of the local option exercised by adjoining counties which are not allowed to go 'dry" because of the "wet" counties on their border. The News and Courier says: The Anderson Intelligencer, which favors prohibition, confesses neverthe less to some doubts as to the proposed referendum. It ls afraid the liquor people would spend thousands of dol lars in the effort to defeat State-wide prohibition, and it dreads the debauch ing effects of such aa election. But do the liquor people care whether South Carolina goes dry or r.ot? Have they made any effort In those States which have State-wide prohibition to vote back local option? The liquor people might even wel come State-wide prohibition for South Carvlina. At present in many of those counties which have voluntarily voted liquor under ?ocal option the senti ment against its Illegal sale ls strong. Local authorities are active in pro ceeding against offenders. Tho law is enforced. Under Htar?-wirt? ?r????i*?{ Mba, with the central government as suming the obligation of making pro hibition effective, tho same alertness and efficiency might not be manifest ed locally. It ls entirely possible that In time more liquor would be sold In South Carolina under prohibition than is sold at present unuer local option. One of tho strongest arguments in favor of local option in a matter of this sort ls that the central govern ment has no moral right to enact a statute which it ls not prepared to en force. Whenever lt does so it con tributes to the disrespect for law lu general. It helps to breed lawbreak ers and hypocrites. If the reports from those South Car olina counties which now have prohi bition are to ba trusted temperance ls making great gains in Otis State as matters now stand. There was less drunkenness during the recent holi days, lt has been stated again and again, tban in many years-perhaps than ever before In the history of the counties reporting. Why not let well enough alone? We are making headway aa it ia The su preme need tn South Carolina is 'a higher regard for the majesty of the law. Why make progress In this di rection virtually impossible by the en actment of a statute which is sure to be disgracefully ignored? HARD TIMES AND BAD ROADS Ben Franklin is credited by The. Philadelphia Ledger with the follow ing? - "To talk prosperity Instead of ad versity hes the sams effect on busi ness that the substitution of a stone road for.? mud highway has upon transportation. It makes lt easy for prosperity to arrive, for lt smooths, the way. So, let us all talk up, not down, for the next six months, and see what becomes of lt." Wo are reminded by this saying of th? old philosopher that times are In some respects the sarv.e now that they were then- It would ?em thar Ben had heard como talk about hard times, and if we are to believe the story of hts life he himseh had some experiences along that line, and he must have had a speaking acquaint ance arith. had roads, else he would not hatfe said anything about substi tuting a stone road for a mud high way. If he never saw a real mud highway we ar? very sure of one thing, we could ahow him one or more, and do so without leaving town. We ara assured by any "hum ber ot people thai we have hard times. They may not fa, wrong, "but we are very sure ns to the muddy roads. Well, old hard times has bean tn the world a long time, and he la like ly to stay with us If we keep on talk ing about bim. He seems to he pleas ed when his presence ls recognised, and he ls made the subject of daily comment. Suppose we take Prankiin'c advice and talk prosperity bastead of adver sity, and smooth th? way tor him so as to multe Is essy tor him to travel whan he does arrive. H*> to coming nd will reach Greenwood Imo unless headed off by good nien who are in a greetj mental worry over present conditions.-Greenwood JourAL I BILL PROHIBITING INTERMARRIAGE I Of White? and Negroes trict of Columbia Pensif the House. Sin Dis by (By Associated Pr?ts.) I WASHINGTON, Jan. tl.- -X WU to prohibit intermarriage of wtltes and negroes in ti d District of dolurabla wa? passed by the house tc lay, 230 to 60. Vigorous debato preceded Se vote. r.?2prc! ?ntativo Clark, of Plo ida, au? thor of tho bill, declared i|terroar riage worked barm to both'r ces. Re publican ? -a?ler Mann and H ?presen tathf > Madden, of Illinois, opposed the measure. Mr. Clark said that if tb negro has a part in the universe li should have it us a member of a d itlnctivo race "and not as a mongrel ' "So far as the white ra? is con cerned," said Mr. Clark, "tl > future of tho world ls dependent on thei preservation of its integrity*. -The ne gro ever since his freedom 1 ts made great progress an'd no man and no set of men arc more glad of t than I and those from the section 1 repre sent. These races at the t pltal of the country ought to work ut their own futures under the law? cf tb/ country as best they can." Representative .Maddon uah the bill would encourage immorality "I am opposed to such mt Hages," ho gaid. "The negroes aro ot loaed to such marriages, but I nm ?; >osed to legislation making such mai dagos a crime. If a white mun and a black woman want to marry lt she lld be a matter for them to decide." ': Mr. Mann sought to hive the hilt sent back to committee, ut thb house refused to do that by i >2 to 80. --L. l.t.; ? Calls Attention to I Interests in Mexico (By Associated Preta) LONDON, Jan. 12.-The 1 mea ex presses thc hope that the Bri lah gov ernment again wili drawn thc itteutton of the United States to the i agnitude of British interests in Meal' >. to the extremely heavy damage ! nstained and particularly to the loss t British Uvea, The Times says President Vilson at Indianapolis "advanced the singular claim that Mexico, as a fret country, baa as good a right as any European power to spill all tho blood i te pleas es in settling her domestic: i Taira." Continuing, the paper crnarks: "The course of events sine Huerta was eliminated theforc seem to have considerably shaken American optim ism. American action has -c?trliuted wSthll?? tc t??? r?*U.?ai?uanisjL |rc3C3 and order In Mexico." Opposed to Literacy. 2 si. (By Associated Pre?.) .j WASHINGTON/ an. 1W WW Wilson today reiterated hu c ipositlon to the literacy test in the mmlgra-y tion bill to a delegaton of woman from Chicago,, who asked'tbs he veto j the measure. Tho pres idem did not state definitely an intention to veto, the bill, but the women said I tey were hopeful he would. ENGLAND'S REPLY FAILS TO fiATlSFY --o (CONTINUED PROM PAOEJONB.) of each case have been wl&out suc cess. This was stated authlritath? today. There was gratification oior prom ises in the last part or the mote that Great Britain now "was brepared, whenever a cargo coming; arena the United States is detained, <A explain the case on which such deisytlon has taken place." i c Perhaps more than any.oiier point In the British note, tho ci4? statistics showing large Jndjeases in the commerco of the Unites 8Ui'<J with European neutrals BmBBHH ed here as Irrelevant and pflsleading. Government officials say ?;|ese in creases are due largely ? f^^Hfl that prices of American ha imoditlcs risen and neutral ?S BH^BB unable to get from th.??) dllgerent countries contiguous to fi? a many ordin?r)- necessities o? {.?' ^B^BB Tho British ?otc r^fersedi to the great Increase tn' America > ? . . exports to Italy. It waa i ed at the Italian embassy fc?re that taly has explained to Great fHriiaii t s r??5oa for Oils incr?asc waa nc? Ry to im oort ronner fMsUflHHHH or Austria. Slrr Marly ftsMMMHHBj corn snd wheat from BHHHHK States where previously jut obtained much from Rumania and? Salgarla. There ls no sympathy i a ea elsi quarters with the BrttisKBtrgument that tho United Statos httlaa^i situation more difficult ^^N^^^Bfl that manifests be kept sSjHHIH^H days after a ship sails. gBB American shippers **HG|HHH protect trade secrets, hnKSBBBflBj tended there a mers exanSHH^HBfl manifest of a ship at setnHfHHH good as publishing lt belfll^0HJHj ls regarded aa certain C 8tatea will continue to nHfJH ships most be taken IslSpJIH search only when therejS^HHHBI warrant the suspicion thh^flpHHHHJ conliaband destined to ejHHHHH The American goverf?n? awaits Information as to HHHHHHf! and other important 6{9flHH| ed to definite consignee?flDSHHH| countries will be tre?je?pHEjBflHI general uncertainty as t British fleet may do whlMjs ta mentally complained of, wenee porters claim they can jBflHH ehipa nor insurance toe because of hayards ana After you are assured that every article in all lines we are selling at r?ductions is of genuine ans-Quality, then the prices are^the only thi you'll want us to tell you about Here they are the Ev Men's Overcoats $20.00 Men's and Young Men's'Overcoats. 18.00 Men's and Young Men's Overcoats . .... . 15.00 Men's and Young Men's Overcoats. 10.00 Men's and Young Men's Overcoats. ats Boys' Overc $7.So Boys' Overcoats now reduced lo .. ....... 6.00 Boys' Overcoats now reduced to. 5.00 Boys' Overcoats now reduced io. *4.00 "Boys' Overcoats now reduced to .. .... .. 3.00 Boys' Overcoats now reduced to. Manhattan Shirts ?l,5o Manhattan Shirts of ali styles. ._.1. ... 2.00 Manhattan Shirts of all styles .. .... J. ... 3.50 Manhattan Shirts' of all styles.I. ... 1.50 Adjusto Shirts of all styles. ..... 1.. 2.00 Adjusto Shirts of all styles,. . A few pairs left of the lot of Hanan $6.00 Shoes wi are clearing at, ... . A 00 12.00 8.00 $8.00 4.80 4.00 , 3.20 2.40 $1.1$ 1.40 . 2.25 . ?.IS . 1.40 Order by We prepay all The Store with a Conscience BATTLE ON FOR .WOMAN SUFFRAGE Amendment lo Coiishtetson Giv ing Ballot te All Regardless of Sex Be&re House. (By A**>cUt*rf Prm.) j . W^HJNOTON, Jan. Ill- Unes wore drawn today for the battle In the botts? tomorrow on the Monde)! resolution propos tog an amendment to the federal constitution guarantee ing the right to vote to all cltltens regardless of sex. The resolution will be voted on before the house adjourns tomorrow. ?'. Big delegations ot supporters and opponents of woman suffrage already aro in Washington. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Amer ican VT VJ Hi all ? f???T?age AB?OCTO?OU ; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt? president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, and the congressional com mittee of the .National Association were, preparing tonight for the suf frage afc? of th?, fight The anti-suffrage efforts were di rected by Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, presi dent of tie National Association Op posed to Woman's Suffrage, and a committee of that organisation. The aati-guffragtsta claim the r?so lution not only will tail to receive the tV??rtti??"u5 Tute O? the ??C-USC- : 5-cuG?" Siry for its '?s?qf?s.dn to thc : ? but that it wm get essy ascui a one-" third vote. Suffragist* claim to hayo about a majority of tba house behind ?ty. T-.^ j CttVwe lit Ore?? CHICAGO, Ja?, ll. -The govaro men**s investigation into a possibil ity bf a bread famine' threatened to turn toward the board of trade today after ?liiere and bakers had visited the United States district attorney and complained that the present price x?f wheat must evetxt lally cause ia in ersuse in the pele* ol bread, ri Tho bakers oiswmed that they could [U,ot make ja. ?o*t" of bread , Weighing [from 12 to JU dunces, for 6 cents with ; dour above, te a harKSI. I Appen? la Washington. I WASHINGTON, Jan. r..~Generai ! ?ritteido Itcrbtde, SnrfA?rly command I WHEAT NEARA i PANICKY MARKET Many Big House* With Setting Order? Could Not Find CHICAGO, Jan. H.-wheat came nearer to a panicky market ^t?ia>< than at any time for mouths. Many Mg houses with selling orders' could not fled buyers. The entire trade was semi-demoralised for a brief period, with prices melting ?way fast, but a sho?P of relative steadiness final ly was brought; aJN? W. It .vas not until wheat values had broken, down S l-'? eente a buhsel be low the top notch war prico of a few days ago that frantic sellers could be forced to recognise that confirmation was lacking. tor imps4&at Ute Dar. danell** forte were at tho i nofht of surrender ""and that as a result Ute worid would be flooded with Russian wheat. The fact remained that bear ish sentiment had acquired immense impetus owing to receut threats ot call for government interference be cause of proepecUvo 6-cect brewon in consequence ot ?io poaslblli' hostlliUea uv italy, Greece would mean? stop to the war sooner than had been expected. j CH ABLT-??PO?f-CHICA?JO STEEPER Pleader Carrier of tfce South Effective Sunday, November 1814. Steeper kaadted ort CARGLDf*.. RP**!?**. 8eherta5e 8 a. m. LT. Charleston Ar. 'a-AO p. io. p. m. Lv Columbia, Ar 4:45 p. cu *:30 p. m. 7:30 p. i?. Lv Asheville Ar 9:20 a m. 12:05 a. rn. Lv Knoxville Lv 5:10 a. m. IOJBR a. m. Ar Cincinnati Lv 6:3? a ?tn. P:0O p.* tn. Ar Chicago Lv 8:S5 a. m. Paseen gera from Anderson: and Greenville territory vv?ii make tiona by leaving on trab; la to Greenville and 12 to Spart*abi!: and connecting there with th? Chii ~ In addition to tho throiu Chicago, ?rawing Rabea Standard Puibnaa Sle?;pev? Dining ear and throsgh coach. For full and complete inform?t?, tickets and pullman 'reeorvation call ?n any ticket agent, or .. W. B Tabfcf, T. P. A., Green ; C., or W. K. McOie, A*" G. P. . oro bia. J. C. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA