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IHE ANDERSON IfflElllGENCER FOUNDED AUGUST h 1MB, lao West Whltaer Street, _AHPJBEBOH, B? C. J W. W. 8M0AK. Editor aaa Baa. Mgr. L. ?. GLENN.City Editor PHELPS 8AS8EEN, Advertising Mgr T. B. GODFPH?Y.....Circulation Mgr. Bute -ad aa second-class matter Ap ril 18, 1814, at tbs post oflce at An derson, South Carolina, andar the Act of March 8.1871. ? M .?? . Member ot Associated Press) and Receiving Daily Telegraphic Service. TsUAraojni Editorial and Business Office.Ul Zo? Printing .?98-L ~~~ BUBSCKIPTIOH aUflS HeatLWeeaJy Ons Tear .81.60 Six Months . .76 ?ntf. One Tear ..iv*.fd.00 Bli Months.8.60 T?reo Months .v.;.1-1S The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers In the city. Il yon fall to gat your paper regularly please notify aa. Opposite your nama on th?, label of your paper ls printed data to which your paper ls paid. All checks and drafts should be drawn to Tba Anderson Intelligencer. ( lty and careful training given pupllB SOUTH CAROLINA'S LOSS. The people of South Carolina are accustomed by now to hear the cry ot hard times, and it seems to have gotten chronic In some sections and by some people. Yet In spite of this cry, and'we do bot admit that lt has any foundation In fact; there seems to have bee no falling off in the amount of booze consumed in the State as complied In the report of the total sales of liquors In the fifteen dispen sary counties for the mohth of March. According to thia * report there was j sold almost- a quarter 1 of a mllH?h : dollars worth of the useless st or,' kept up for a year', of three million dollars. ' Anderson County ls to be congrat ulated that there was not any ot thu wholesale waste In thlB county, and thc businesses whlth are legitimate are that much better off. iSuppose that Ote grocers, the1 dry goods mer chants, the shoe leaders, and other merchants, to ssy nothing of the banks, ba? been blt io the tuns of a balf hundred thousand*'of dollars, would lt not be felt?' Tho Intelli gencer has been condemned, we are: told, by certain Interests In and around ' Anderson because we have had th? temerity to stand for the abolition ot the sale of this damnable stuff, and to preach a reasonable '.?mperance for Ote people, trying to dhow them thc evil effect following the drink habit. The editor bf The Intelligencer has not feared the per manent effects of 'such criticism, how ever, for we kuew we had right on our aide, and the man who wishes to fall out with us because we wish to save the people from such loss aa ls shown In this financial report ls wel come to his opinion. We have seen too much of Ute evil effects ot liquor drinking, even in prohibition Ander son, to remain silent and thereby ac quiesce In Its continuance. It there were any excuse for lt, abd lt tao people were the recipients of any benefits from ltd use. there would be some reason for the traffic by legal means or otherwise, but when .dis grace, shame, loss of honor and man hood* pre the only results following, then jigs desire to be heard In opposi tion to tho traffic. And we are thank ful ever/ day we live that lt brings us plat much nearer to Nat lon-wide prohibition of the ?ale or manufac* turo of Intoxicating dffink. But lot these figures speak for the loaa VsYut'ii Carolina, atad Ute fifteen counties, are sustaining Just noi thesot "jw**i: times." Aiken...... ...8109,088. Bamberg . . 8,478. Bajrnweli. 8,748.88 Bekdfort ._ ... 8.?28.15 Calhoon .... . . 4.846.05 Charleston. 88,814.61 Dorchester .. . 6,888. Florance.... .. 28,893. Georgetown. 11,827.92 Jasper. .. .. 1,668.20 Lexlhgton .. . 12.504.88 - Orangeburg. 20,746*5 Richland. M.458.54 Vutm. .. 18,806.88 Williamsburg ". .. .. .. 4,607.55 Total sales. ..$240.648.33 ~-:-L.f LV , ? ORATOR? IN EMBRYO. There should be no lack of advo cates for causes needing speakers ip defend, or to propose and accomplish;, lu and around our neighboring etty or Belton, If the development of ora tors r?oes on aa lt seems to hwf^Jfmfk started. The congest hold there Mon day night to select a speaker for I he O'Neal, oratorical cc^^Wm^Tm^? enjoyable affair, oud> showed Ut* anil in the art? of declamation: It will be recalled that one of Helton'!? pret ty and smart little girla carried off the honora at the Field Doy exercises in Anderson a tew weeks ago, when ?little Miss Ruth Parker won the medal for the best declalmer. She was the y?gngeat girl in the contest but won unadfmously. The winner [of the O'Neal contest medal will ulso have to beat a splendid declalmer from the 9th grude of the Belton High achool when the meet is held there lon the 7th of May. THE POW KR OF THE FRESH. Considerable thought is being given these days to the power of publicity, [and to the efficacy of the press as a means of reducing . und preventing [crime. iSome of the greatest men of the country have given testimony as to the usefulness of newspapers in bclpnlg to mold .and shape public ?opinion, to say nothing of their ability to direct the minds ' and energies of the people who read, and In thia day and time, that means everybody. Publicity is e.lso a great deterrent of crime. We do not believe that there would be uearly so much crime of certain sorts if those who commit ?hem were to realise that there would he certain and severe publicity given their acts. True, some mothers and wives wooli. be .-murfe . gt times to. blusb for shame, but the doers of the wrong would consider^ "thtese things if they knew for a certainty that there would be wide publicity given the acta they commit in thoughtless nwv ments. The Intelligencer hos tried both places, anil, we are1 about tb con clude that when we \ published all [crimes, even the- reports of the police courts, that there waa less tq pub lish than would have been the case following ono of |oUr periods of silence. . But, ut another sense. Ute press is [powerful-that ia aa a leader'in pro gressive works of merit. To lead the people ? newspaper.'.must be far ahead ?of the crowd. That-editor must be a seer, one who locks far ahead and catches a glimpse coining events, and tho possibilities.of-certain acta, which history has proven follow certain causes. A preacher, indeed, must the enlightened 'sflfl..awakened press be, and every day's editorial column should be a1 act moa- to- drive- home somep, rogr?sBlve thought ar some mo;al truth. Of course, we all .fall ! abort of tbeao,ideals, for unfortunate ly editors ar'3 just aa human aa read era are, and they have to be excused jost aa much The following thoughts od this sub ject from The Charlotte Observer, quoting distinguished authorities will I be of interest : The "power, of tho presB" la a phrase, as well as 'a tact, loaf acknowledged tn America. It ls one subject on which there has never been any successful 'and sustained skepticism. . Even those who have minimised the Influence of editorial opinion have admitted that the func tion of handling what Pr?sident Wil son calla the raw material cf opinion, namely, new., gives the press ah. Im portanne that cnn scarcely oe* . over estimated. In several chapters of bia thoughtful hook, "Prosta,!* ' Oeaald Stanley I?ee holds that a rfFeat part of Ute importance of the presidential office arises from the fact that the president himself is news, that he has the ear of the country at any time he choosos to speak and the country looks to bim as the impersonation of news-looks to him for news about what manner of man ho la and what manner ol people the American'peo ple are. It would be interesting to know to what extent Mr. Wilson has been influenced, by these chapters, for he has nevar lost an opportunity to give an appraisal of the American people aa they appear to him. Colonel 'Roosevelt remarked the other day in the course ot his testimony. "I wanted to reach the people and I knew no other way to reach them except through the newspaper*." With three such interesting and widely different men a* Mr. Wilson, Mr. Lee and Mr. Roosevelt on recotd, by way ot con trast, let us hear from a clergyman vho waa Interviewed on the subject in New York the other day. Bald he: "The newspapers are one cf tho greatest moral forces 'In the country, lt not the greatest But whoever at tacks Intrenched e*tns. whether news papers or individuals-whoever at tacks the gang that ia feeding, fatten ing, and gormandising hy pandering to vice and sin* is bound to be the target of attacks. livery one " Who leads in anything has. to stand for abuse: When Columbus said that -the world waa round and that h? contd eat! to the other sido bf lt, they 'called him dippy, bughocB?. When Jenner discovered vaccination, which reduced the death rate from smallpox in his day from nineteen' in a Hundred to four tn a hundred, he was sneered at and attacked. Galileo wa* tortured for saying that .'the- earth moved. Tennyson said that'every ilma* you make a friend you make an enemy, and every?ltne ? make dh enemy that wsy 1 a? glad bf ft I believe that an honest newspaper ta ' invincible. .??eat atop.tt andmore than you sink a battleship with a shotgun, r jCvBnWt?r/W?. "a pea shooter, br dam N'iagara Fella wJUi^oothplcks tad haircomb*. If tu> newspapers Saod^?*** * cent overnight abd"all'neijlrfol^aM a Jubilee. The fora peop??. their kneen and pray that the| newspapers should be restored.** And pa harbor au idea that Hr. I Sunday ls correct. Ol H DAILY POEM. . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE BATTLE OP BLENHEIM. The poem. elven .below, 'written by Robert Southey, an Englishman, many years ago* well desoribes incide, ts which will transpire In Europe years after the pr?sent gigantic struggle has como' to a dose. Many times will tho plow unearth the skulls and bones of those who know not wby they are lighting, and who died be-j cause the God ' of War had trained them to die:. ? , ] It was a summer evening, I Old Kaspar's work waa done, Waa sitting in the aun; I And he, before bis cottage door And by him sported in the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. I She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round. Which he, beside the rivulet, In playing there had found; He came to ask what he bad found, That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head And, with a natural sigh, '."Tin Borne poor fellow's skull," sal? be, "Who fell in the great victory. "I And them in the garden, For there's many hereabout; And often .when I go to plough. The ploughshare turns them opt; For many thousand men," said he, "Were alain in the great victory." "Now tell ds what twas all about,'' Young Peterkin he cries; And little Wilhemine looks np With wonder-waiting eyes- ! 'Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for." "If was the English," Kaspar cried, "Who put the French to rout; But what they fought each other for. I could not well make out; ^ Qut everybody said," quoth he, 'Thats 'twas a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, I Yon little stream hard by; I They burnt his dwelling to the ground. ?And be was forced to fly; ?So with his wife and child he fled. Nor had he. where to rest his head* - ?With Ard and' sword . the country round I Waa "wasted^ar .and. wide; . . And many a childing mother there. And new born baby'died; But things like that-you know must be ?At. every famous victory. .' .(?'' :? ? "They aay lt was a shocking sight, - After the field was won For many thousand bodies there I<ay .rotting In the son ; But things like that you know must be, ?After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlboro won, And our good Prince Eugene." "Why 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine; "Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, i "It waa a famous victory. "And everybody praised the duke. Who this great fight did win." "But what good came of lt kt last?" ? Quoth'little Peterkin. 'Why that .1 cannot tell," said he, ?"But 'twas a famous victory." X COMMUNICATION. . ? > [Editor Dally Intelligencer: Will you please allow me a little, space in year paper to reply to the editorial of yours on "Violation of Oath." I think you should have lock ed the door before - the horse waa stolen. In 1912 the Dem?crata of Greenville County nominated a sheriff in the primary. The napers ot that county. Including tho Baptist Courier atad Greenville News, if I .remember correctly, came ont editorially for an ' Independent candidate to make the race In Greenville election and begged the people to disregard their oath and support the independent candidate. Now in 1914 Ute newspapers of South j Carolina with' their Influence had I Just such rul?s adopted aa Uley wanted, claiming lt would give a fair Democratic election. And so well pjleased were they with said roles that In 1815 Uley had them enacted into a statutory law. ' Now, Mr. Editor, I am glad Von took th J stand you did on thia ques - tion but sorry you waited so late, for well no I' remember the year 1914, when the pare Democrats Of this State were trying to elect a United States senator. Jost such people as yon rp en t lon in Beaufort Wero thon working In behalf of IS crista cotton. 8. t>. 'Smith, who in 1990 bolted'tho ?bod old Democratic primary, so says Ute Charleston News and Courier, and Went into the Haskell convenUon. NoW, Mr. Editor, it yon want to he Of service to our country don't be scared ot ina truth, and dont wait UH Ute hors? in stolen before yesj lock Ihn'door, and advocate woman suffrage. As long as the Journals of South Carolina rate otar* politics.we may ex pect Just. Such trouble na you spoke of. Tbnrs truly. W. H. CANFIELD. Belton, S. C., April ti, 1915. I With the Rockefeller Institute backing tho measure the Stats sen ate of NSW Jarkey has Sassed a bil ?signed to permit viv lae 'Hon in Ne . rsay. ,,i .".?"?' . i1 ... european Russia baa the ta' ? Wrth rata In tba world: Fran 1 lowest. TOWN PROMOTION "Let ns say that Smith" said the board of trade man, "is one of your townspeople. He is n buoyant fel low, full of appreciation of the pre? sent advantages of your town, and ita possibilities for growth. He goes off some day to spend a week end with hia wlfe'a relations, and incid entally get? to talking about your town. He tells what a good place lt is .to Itve and do business W.'" "A few months after it appears that, some young man- In the town visited by Smith is contemplating*the Blurting of a new Indstry. He bas'a tittle capital but finds his bjwp home people Indifferent to bim. The words of your friend' Smith had been heard by Lia?j It strikes him that your place might be an excellent town to | get u ctart in. He writes.io Smith, who luvltes the young man to his* home, and later introduces bim to the business men about town. He gets Ute glad hand, aud Inside a few months your town bas a new Industry. "I believe." said the board of trade man, "that in the majority of cases, new industries locate In somewhat that way. Some are founded in re sponse to circulars and appeals Bent out by boards of trade. The majori ty come because a town lias acquired a reputation for hustling, and for busi ness and residence advantages. Of course Smith might go visiting for a hundred week ends, tell his re latives blind about the advantages of his town, and never Interest a soul to think of moving there. Yet the hundred and first time he might strike some one who waa thinking of enter ing some new venture, .and might bring something back to bis home community. ' "If 100 men in any towu," conclud ed the speaker, "would make H their practice on ail possible occasions lo say a word tactfully never forcing the subject to people from other towna as to the advantages of their place, in time this would create quite a widespread reputation. Some of the people that heard about the town would be interested to make further Inquiries. A few of them would be likely to move. In and bring some good business with them." A town grows and ls built .up by its reputation was:the conclusion. .To secure that reputation, the citizens of a town must do all they can to spread information about its advantages.; From a thousand chance seeds of in formation and helpfulness, a few will bear fruit. It may seem luck and chance, but it la really tbe result of a community habit of -push and evpan sion and search for new opportunity. -Florence Times. VITAL CONFLICTj v NOW IN PROGRESS -" -. v. ? (CONTINUED F&OM.yAOX ORR) -?. i - ?? In, th* official st?terp??f glvea 'out by the German army headquarters It wes announced that mW^jtirsh i.iOO Cana dians had been capturar in the fight ing round Ypres, Belgium,.. The text of the statement follows: "The Germana hold--Lizerne On fae west bank of the canal which .the French pretend to have reconquered. Also on the east of Hhe canal the conquered terran remains in the pos session of the Germans. The num ber of cannon taken by the Germans rose to 4S Including fonr English,. "Northwest of Zopnebeke, the Ger-, man attacks continue. More than 1,000 Canadians were taken prison ers. The total number Of prisoners rose to 5,000. They include Senegal negroes, English Turcos. Hindus, French, Canadians, Souvaes and Al gerians. v "In the Champagne region, north of BeauBeJour, two French night at-, tacks were repulsed. "On the Meuse heights the.German attacks progressed . along mountain saddles until the height to the west of Les Eapargea was taken t/ "tbrm. Severa/ hundred French soldiers ware taken prisoners. Several machine, guns also were captured. "lu the Allly Forest the enemy's advance failed. . ?, fin the Vbagea^the tflfenhtmaV tte** back Hartmans-Wetlernont,. Jtaf thia engagement ll officers*''aft!-' 749 French soldiers were made prisoners and ? s br wine-thro wersV add" raua^ma-' chine guns captured. . . "Northwest of " Clech?now '.' feeble Pfnsa'an night attacks, ware repulsed and the situation on th? esst front remains unchanged." * FRENCH WATCHING. ANTI-DRINK FIGHT HAVRE. Prance. April 23.-Th* de velopment of the ahtl-drirtk ;cru??d? In England la being followtja' C?oselr In France, where many fhdtfflrial "ey perta have long urged that fexces?Vr* drinking among the industrial ?x ?rts and manufacturing fcpifaiation Franco ia chargeable with a' hfeavy toll of Inefficiency. ; One of these experts. ?rof. J? Kelnach, has published thfe folk "pi^ram" ot the average dar* _ of a dock workman In > -typical French port: 7 a. m. to 8 a. m.-work..'. 8 a. m.-Pay. 8 to 8:l&r-Breskfa>t and drinks. 6:t5 to 10-Work. 10 to 10:a0-Aperitif (app?tixer). 10:30 to ll-Work. ^ U ip lt:30--Lunch, with drinks. 12:80 to 3-Work, then pay. , 5 to 8:80-Snack at nal', with [drinks. 3:30 to 6-Work, then pay. 6 to 5:15-Aperitif. * iii* to ?-Work. "From 5 o'clock, says M. Reinacli. "moat of Ute men are drank. Over land above the regular stopp?tes not led above, the dockers slip away.'as 'soon as they are not watched, tor as extra drink in one of the many - JttnAy. Not " Jnual?y at ??varal th fc. Just to call your attention to the .Vv fact that we've light weight suits \V 5?' ?nat win lighten the burden of X^^iT^/T\ the last weeks of school. j \ PLA \ Everything else for dress com- ! \! 1__2? \ fort for the boy in the warm ftMj days of early Spring. LL^jr Palm Beach Suits, $4.50. ff\\ A Serges and worsteds, $3.50 to I I' U \ $12,50. f TT"\ AS near "reinforced concrete" J j \t as good all-wool cloth can go, as . jjA^?aw ? a concrete example, here is a > Hr Tg* Hercules suit-all wool, trousers . , . Jined with Herculone, suits sewn thruout with silk. And to brighten up a bit, here are the new Spring ties, silks in regular or tub quality at 25c and 50c. . . . ?. . . ?? i i ii iii n ir i 'i i i in i i i -.,".."? .WIIII i i ZORADA4ZMAR FADED AWAY (OOimmilD FROM PAGE ONS.) i.-,--fi or she would cast to the winds her reputation' as a navigator bf the un seen and'unknown world. It was ' announced'' filially by the seeress that the "shown down" with Mister Spirit would came in the na ture of a seance in which gold would' be the medium of conversation. .She. therefore, took all of the' victim's $20 bills and had them converted) into gold, assuring the latter that . gold WOB a sure winner, and thal with such a medium as this the blame stubborn spirit would talk Itself to death. Add the victim.waa to call Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock for the final try-out with the gold medium, which waa componed of several hundred dollars pf good and lawful money which sha' had turned over to the .aeeress to use. tn making the spirit break Ita silence and,c?mo across with the .dope aha wished to have. Sut lo and behold, when the victim went to Ute madam's apartments-yesterday afternoon st 3 o'clock she was Informed that the spirit conjurer had beat lt to parts un known. Large Number Victims. Solicitor Smith stated that from In formation furnished him there are a number of people in the eily, espec ian women, who have been duped by the faker. He is anxious to have these victims to communicate with him tn order that he might secure more evidence to use against the wo man In the event he ls successful in his efforts to apprehend her. Without such assistance from the victim, the solicitor Bays, he is powerless to bring the seeresa to justice. Were Well Behaved. Whatever might be said against thc madam and har consort, they wer? wOU behaved, according to nersohl who w?re thrown with them durlni "iL- " ''u?i-..1 ' 1 \:mmmm*& Ia ~: wLM ? v '. - ll IA ?j . /TL ' R ' ' ' 'i-p? imp | ? ?????m lu -a SJ '.? M [fi ^ Admissi T .' m m "T? in as in lal (heir sojourn here. Late Monday af ternoon the serresB' husband went about town and paid- up certain billa which be had contracted during the uiadaur'a camp here. ' As bas been stated., they had paid up their board bill. So' far as; can. be learned, they left nothing in their - wake by which they might be prosecuted, unless evidence of their defrauding thjeir victims is forthcoming. In Other cities Where similar occurences have hap pen?r lt has been difficult to handle these clairvoyants, for the reason that, the victims were unwilling to come in court and acknowledge that they had been stung and because lt was hard for the prosecution to prove that the victims had not gotten value received-In experience. BELGIANS REPEL GERMAN ATTACKS inflicted Heavy Loases On Enemy --French Re-Capture Ltseroe. LONDON. April 27.-A Belgian re jpcib dated April 2G given out here today.sayea: "Belgian lbfantry last night. re pelled three German attacks south of Dlxmude. inflicting heavy loBS?s. '"The Germans again used asphyxi ating bombs. German artillery1-' baa been "active along the front today. Belgian artillery reply waB affective. Aided'by-the French . The French re captured Lizerhe, which the Germans bad taken the day before " It has been estimated thai every square mile-of the ocean ia inhabited by 120.000.000 living beings. TODAY ? ? ir'."," . -!.'a . * "if? ChM?B Om The Funniest M ?n in Pictures L dollar snow for a c NaV^J?l??'' '2e?r W^ se as Paretmount Mot Ito in small ma If Herir i* Turning Gray, Use Sage Tea Here's Grandmother's Recipe Darken and Becotif y Hair. to That beautiful, even shade of dark, glossy hair can only be had by brew* lng one small strand at a time; by phur. Your nair is .your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fadeB, turns gray, streaked and looks dry, wispy and scraggly, just an ap plication or two of ' Sage and Sul phur enhances its appearance a hun dredfold. Dont bother to prepare the tonic; you can get from any drug store a 60 cent bottle or "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," ready to use. ThlB can always be depended upon to bring back the natural color, thick ness and lustre of your hair and re move dandruff, stoy scalp Itching and falling hair. Everybody uses "Wyeth's" (Sage and Sulphur because lt darkens so nat urally and evenly that nobody can tell it has behn applied. You .simply damien a sponge or soft brush with lt and, draw thia through the hair, tak ing.one small atrandd at a time: by morning th? gray hair lida disap peared, and after another application lt become? beautifully dark and ap pears glossy, lustrous and abundant. Fleed Suostdlngr in Texas. HOUSTON. i_A$rll 27.-Th* flood conditions in Texas tonight continued encouraging, the rains having ceased in practically all watersheda. death list now totals \twenty seve?. H?kviy raina in Oklahoma damaged railroads and crops, but no loss of life In that State baa been re ported. ? * m 7 lime-. ... tmm? ? X d i de e same sjssswnawi SS ^g^^^^^SJBjl^P^p^^BSjBPJBlsS^?B^B^S^Baa^HH