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At the Squag House.

CIMEoN FORD, hotel man and humor-
~ list, said in New York the other
day:
New York's hotels are the best in
the world. They put even the hotels
of London, Paris and the Riviera to
the blush.
I'm fact, after New York hotel,
other hotels seem like the Squag
House, where a guest rang in the mid
die of the night and said:
"landlord, the roofs leaking. I'm
drenched.'
Very good, sir
The landlord retired. and in mo-
ment was back again with large
washtub.
".Here you are, sir he said. Wei
Just put this on your chest. WheI
she's full, ring again, or yell, and II
have an empty one ready
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others fight for him; he was letting
others die for him.
He went to his newspaper and re
signed his position. He went to the
war Office and signed his name as one
of those who offer their lives to serve
the king and country. And as he ieft
England's shores to join the firing line
youth: there was no glamour about
war to him now. He had heard the
cries of the wounded; he had seen the
lines of the dead. But his ears rang
with the appeal of the small Belgian
nation. who had given her all in a
cause that was his own, and his mind
pictured the little line of khaki. shot
ridden and rain-soaked. but daring to
pay the debt of their country and
promising freedom to their cnlioreh
and their children's children.
He was doing his duty.
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emphasized. until no employe could pos.
sibly offer as an excuse for lapse that
he hadn't been told.
The walters. from head waiter to ous
boys. were instructed that Count Won
Bernstorfr and DR.. Dumba might be
served in the same dining room and at
the same table. They were told that
diplomats representing Italy. SPAIN.
Portugal, Switzerland, Greece. any OF
all of them, might, if occasion arose. De
served in the room with the German and
Austrian ambassadors. and that any or
all of these might be placed in the same
room or at the same table with the
Diplomatic representative & OF mreae
But-and the most powerful emphasis
was laid on this part Of the instruc-
tions-should any waiter OF any other
employe of the club show the German IN
any room occupied by the diplomats
who represent the car, President Poin-
care or King George. it would be on
with his head; his job wouldn't last
any employe usher the British. French
or Russian ambassadors into room oc-
cupied by the German or Austrian am
bassadors or any members OF their
stats. punishment equally swift wouid
follow.
So the German and Austrian ambas-
sadors representatives Of the two sur
vivors of the dreibund. when they dine
or lunch together. do SO as party Of
two. unless they are Joined by the
Diplomatic representative of Spain or
Portugal. Holland or Switzerland. Italy
or Greece.
The official representative of Great
Britain may, and often does, take
luncheon or dinner in the company OF
Ambassador Jusserand or Mr.. Have
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PARIS MOTOR BUSES AT THE FRONT.


The expeditionary force had left, but
as vet no story of its fight was known.
He lived at hotel and wrote the stu
alton at the front from his war map
and in his favorite armchair at his
club. The war Office had accepted his
application to join the British troops
as special war correspondent. and he
had merely to sit in London until
such time as Lord Kitchener deemed 1t
suitable to allow him. in conjunction
with about thirty other accredited
writer's, to go to the front.
AS the weeks passed and that time
seemed no nearer, he was sent to Paris
with instructions to see what he could
of the battlefields.
Then he saw what the war really was.
He saw men standing in trenches,
waist deep in water. the rain falling
INCREASINGLY for nearly two weeks.
They held their position In the low
ground across the river Aisne. while
German shrapnel fire from the COM
manding heights cut their ranks to
pieces. He saw the men of his former
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grams less formal Formal kilograms
are sent in the kings name by the
war office to the relatives Of all the
men who are killed.
The arrangements at the war ONCE
for dealing with the relatives who
call there for news of the men at the
front are an excellent sample OF
Kitcheners organizing genius. Thew
are shown into a room where a Bow
Scout presides over table filled with
inquiry forms which the inquirer fills
and regimental number. This is passed
back to man who works tube
system like that in use for change I'm
dry goods stores. and the form is shot
back indorsed something like this.
shot through the left hand. In
Toulouse Hospital Can receive let
tsrs."
No one in England thinks or talks
of anything but the war. A friend
says that when he came down To
breakfast the other morning he foun I
number of little wooden crosse :
neatly planted in the lawn in his gar
den- He investigated and was in
formed by his fve-year- son that
he had been burying Germans. The
boy had been studying the battlefield
pictures in the illustrated papers.
"A bloody war and quick promotion" :"
used to be a common toast in the
British army In the days of the great
Duke of Wellington. 1t is being real
lied now. The other day the writer
met a young man. little more than a
boy. who Joined the militia battalion
of a famous regiment about a year
ago as a lieutenant. He said he had
just been ordered to join the regular
battalion at the front, and that he
was the senior lieutenant OF his resi-
ment. 81 expect by the time 1 get to
France I'll be a captain" he said.
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WASHINGTON C., NOVEMBER 1e14-PART
,MAPT FROM THE STRICT CENSORSHIP

misdoings of one OF their correspond
ents, who had said more than he ought
to have said.
Most Of the papers in this country
is reported to have said. Yours alone
have been consistently unpatriotic."
Motor cars and big motor charabancs
filed with wounded soldiers returning
in the streets Of London and all the
big English cities. The men are being
distributed as far as possible to i'm
provised hospitals at the seaside and
tary and civil hospitals being reserved
for the more serious cases. The or
ganization of these fmprovised hos
pitals is proving the worth of that
branch of King Georges army. the
army nursing service.
Usually one of these young women is
put in charge of the temporary hospi-
tai with staff of c;viI nurses ana
civilian doctors to assist her. AS
everything must be done according to
the army system, she has the time of
her life training her entirely inexper-
fenced staff to the ways of the army
hospitals. In addition to that she has
all the work of organizing. One army
nurse the other day was ordered to a
seaside resort and told that she would
find an empty hotel. at her disposal
and a staff Of volunteer civil nurses
and doctors. She was to take over"
on the Monday and was told that she
must be ready for $50 wounded by
Wednesday. Supplies would be sent
her. but If everything were not ready
she would be held responsible. These
young women rank as officers In the
army, and, of course. when they are in
command, as in this case, they have
the power of requisitioning what they
want from the civil population.
This girl announced her intention OF
going out into the town and taking
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<TN the matter of royal relation
ships or noble kinships the av-


erage American woman knows
more than a hundred average American
men," said a man who is interested in
tracing family pedigrees. LAS rule.
men do not become much interested in
the subject of ancestry until they be-
come prosperous and old and then their
interest is usually limited to their own
family, but women take to this curious
form of learning before they come to
middle age, and whether they are rich
or poor they generally can tell not only
a good deal about their own family.
some of which will be fact. but they
can tell the relationships of others.
""The relationships of the reigning
families of Europe is no small subject.
1t is a large and complicated subject.
but the American woman has been an
apt student of it.
king George of England and Kaiser
William of Germany are first cousins,
and King George and the Car Nicholas
of Russia are also first cousins, the
kings mother, Dowager Queen Alex
andra, and the cars mother, Dowager
Empress Dagmar, being sisters.
George V of England, William II of
Germany and the Czarina of Russia are
all grandchildren of Victoria. So are
the kaiser's brother. Prince Henry OF
Prussia, the Duke of SaXe-Coburg, the
Grand Duke of Hesse, Prince Albert of
Schleswig- -Holstein. and the three
princes of the house of Battenburg, all
Of whom are officers in the German
army. On the English side is another
of Victoria's grandchildren. Prince Ar
thur of Connaught. Kaiser William or
Germany and the Czarina of Russia are
also first cousins, the kaiser's mother
and the czarina's mother being sisters.
Thus the kaiser and the czar :-re first
cousins by marriage.
King George is first cousin not
only to Kaiser William. the Car and
the Czarina of Russia, King Haakon of
Norway, but also to Victoria of Spain.
brother of Maud of Norway and nephew
of King Constantine of Greece.
"Frederick VIII of Denmark is broth
er of the Dowager Queen Alexandra
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All to the Good.

ToHN BERNARD KEATING. the Brit
J ish consul to Portland. said at a
luncheon:
NO wonder the British put smil-
ing face on this war. The British are
winning They are winning all up
and down the line.
The British nation, in fact, is in the
same position as the British merchant
who over a fish luncheon at Sweet
ings gave a loud laugh and said:
German merchants owe me $1,000
and l never expect to see penny
Of it
"'And yet you laugh! How brave!
exclaimed a silk dealer.
well, you see.' said the other. I
owe German merchants E19.000. and
they never expect to see penny OF 1t.
either"
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whatever she wanted, wherever she
found it. to make her wounded COM
Portable.
y
The king and queen and other mem
bers of the royal family are daily
visitors at the military hospitals in
London and the civil hospitals which
are being used for the wounded. and
they spend hours chatting with the
men. who seem quite at their ease in
such company. Princess Louise. Duch-
ess of Argyll. King Georges aunt. was
in one of the military hospitals the
other day when the nurse in charge
happened to mention that she had re-
ceived that day some men of a certain
regiment.
"Oh, must see them," said the priD.
cess, maybe one of them can tell us
something about poor little -
mentioning the name of a young Of
ficer whose mother lives near the prin-
cess estate in Scotland. his mother
is so worried about him.
The princess questioned every man
until she found a man who belonged
to the officers company and learned
from him that the young man had
been slightly wounded and taken pris-
oner.
And he was a rare good plucked one,
a'am," said the soldier. HE told us
to go on and never mind him."
His mother will be delighted to hear
it, said the princess. and sitting down
by the mans bed she got the soldier
to dictate an account of the fight to
her which she posted straight away
to the officers mother.
The king and queen have sent per-
al ,f mo- n
relatives of every officer who has been
killed in the war. and wherever pos
sible have ascertained something about
each man so as to make their teie-
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ward in the attempt to turn the Ger
man left. The grinding wheels rang as
they dragged the men to the fighting
line, and he thought of the grinding of
those same wheels as they would bring
the wounded. back.
At Amiens he saw woman crying
and clinging to a figure in uniform.
The bugie sounded, and gently the SOL
dier loosened her grip-he must obey
the pitiless call. He heard the little
girl. too young to understand. asking
when father would come home again.
The boat to Folkestone was crowded
with refugees. Wealthy women from
Paris and destitute peasants driven
from their homes by the shells of the
fighting, and more dreaded still, the
stories of the deeds of the uhlans. He
thought how there was no one in
France but sad women and little chill
dren-and soldiers
He got to London. The station was
filled with porters; there were men
selling newspapers on the streets;
there were men drinking beer in the
restaurants. Men in the parks, men
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Bismarck on England.

<<THE Germans may or may not nave
routed the English at st. Quentin.
At any rate. they said they did. and they
recalled with chuckles saying of Bis
marck's.'
The speaker was Senator Catron He
continued:
Bismarck. you know. was once asked
what Germany would do if an English
army invaded her.
What would you do. eXeellency,' said
a military attache. if you awoke one
morning and found an English army on
your shores" o.
why I'd have 1t arrested Bismarck
chuckled.'
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Vanishing?

AOF all hypocrisy, there is only one
~ charming kind, and that is feml-
nine hypocrisy" said Mary Garden, at
a luncheon in Philadelphia. And even
this is getting to be old-fashioned now
now that the new woman has ar
rived.
IAN example of the old fashioned and
charming feminine hypocrisy? Well, q
good one is the claim our girls used
to make that low shoes and open
work silk stockings kept their feet
warmest in the winter"
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was striking instance of this on the
night Of Mr.. Asquith's speech in Dub
lin when he announced. five days be-
fore the news was supposed to be re-
leased, that the Indian troops had dis
embarked that day at Marseielle.
AS the report of his speech came by
inland telegram 1t escaped the cable
censorship, and as it was a speech
by the head Of the government it
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Asquith's Recent
Speech Came Under
Eyes of Censors Be-
fore 1t Was Published.
Tending the Wounded
in London - Royalty
Often Visits the Hos
pitals Bloody War
and Quick Promotions.
Little Stories of Wars
Effect on London.
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V EN- the prime
minister is not
exempt from the
censorship which
L ord Kitchener
has established to
prevent the leak
age in or from
this country of
any news which
conceivably might
be Of use to the
e n e m y. There
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p rE was nineteen when the
South African war was de-
clared. With all the enthusi-
asm of nineteen he joined
the Grenadier Guards and
went to the front. The un-
known country, the life in the
open, the cavalry raids. he thor
oughly enjoyed it all. Even when he
was slightly wounded and had to lie
on a little white cot in the Johannes
burg hospital for two weeks-well,
with the help of five beautiful ladies
in the guise of the Red Cross nurse he
even enjoyed that.
In the whole three years of the
South African war the casualty list
barely exceeded 5000. and his regiment
was not one that suffered much He
came home from Capetown a captain.
the youngest captain in the British
army.
And then he resigned He had not
gone into the army as profession, his
interests were in writing. His first
book. an account of the war, was ac-
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present, but hoped that the embargo
would soon be raised.
There was considerable mystery
about the identity of an airman who
Dutch territory, couple of weeks ago.
doing considerable damage. The air
man, who was British. had lost his way
in fog, and thought he was passing
government has apologized to Holland
and has undertaken to pay for all the
damage done.
Scotch lawyer tells a good story
Of a sergeant in the Black Watch. a
famous Highland regiment, who re-
turned home last week slightly wound
ed. He travelled from London to Edin-
burgh with friend. and much liquid
hospitality loosened his tongue. He
told of an incident on the transport on
which he returned to England. There
were a number of German prisoners
as well as British wounded on the
ship. and one Of these. not noticing
that the sergeant was wounded. asked
him why he was returning.
''Weel,. We ken. said the sergeant,
1--WE hae a rule in oor Army that when
man has killed twa thoosan Gair-
mans he gets a thres-month holiday.
I'm just starting on my wee vacation,
and I'm coming back again at Christ
mas to start on my second twa
thoosan."
Another good war story heard this
week concerns an eX-of7cer of the
German army. resident in England,
and married to an English wife. He
is not naturalized. however. and.
therefore, has had to register himself
as an alien, and under the regula-
tions he must not travel more than
i've miles from his residence without
al a -,
bledon and works in London. He had
to take up his residence near his work
and he let his house furnished to an
actor.
theatrical world, and the actor could
not pay and did a Moonlight fitting.
The German secured a permit and
travelled to Wimbledon to see that his
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out there now, and 1 have to run the
house without their help. and last
night my missus told me that she had
to pay more for meat and that I
couldn't have so much for beer.
That's all that the war and aristo-
cracy has done for me-
There were half dozen working
men in the car. Usually the British
workingman is sympathetically amused
at any one who has taken little
more beer than he can conveniently
carry, but in this case they were
neither sympathetic nor amused. One
of them called the conductor and said
to him: 'Sees here, mate. The rules
say no drunken men shall ride in the
car, and If you don't put him out I'll
throw him through the window"
The conductor lost no time in en-
forcing the company's rule. and he
didn't wait to argue the matter with
the man with the red button. He just
stopped the car, caught him by the
shoulders and dropped him or the rear
platform.
The proprietor OF one of the biggest
newspaper organizations in London is
having a very bad time. indeed. with
Lord Kitchener. A couple of weeks
ago he was told that If he was not
careful his papers would be stopped.
and last week he and his chief editor
were summoned in hurry to the war
office to receive another lecture on the
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. October %
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. ROBLEMS of diplomacy, of
maintaining the strict neu-
trality enjoined upon the
il American public by President
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
THE DEBToRss DEBTS

AS was stated some time ago, the
banking houses of the city are ready,
as they always have heen., to helm the
depressed. and will carry over FOR
another year so per cent OF the paper
In their vaults, provided some way is
made to retire 40 per cent.
With two AMI one half millions IF
dollars oe assets in our fields, at pres. :.
ent rate of computation. 1t does seem
that some way could be started 10
take care of the poorer people and to
put some money into circulation.
Debts cannot be paid unless there Is
some money in circulation. Credit
Is good in the south, but there Ia YER,
little money in actual circulation.
This is due to the indefiniteness Of the
future rather than to any actual ap-
prehenslon.
We hive received letter esk.ns
that There who hold mortgages and
past due scrips OF Indebtedness with
hold the foreclosure and give the dob
tor an opportunity. We feel that such
an appeal is absolutely unnecessary.
What the banking houses OF the city
are working for is the prosperity and
happiness of all the people. and NOT
merely 70 get all ri tho money ont of
Debtors However, something is due
TO the peak which has to borrow the
mone3 Snd we quote as interesting at
this time the following sentence from
this letter: ~,
"The debtor Is bound by honor and
gratitude to pay his past-due debts, or
as much OF IL as possible.s
L There comes times to the money
lender when he Ia ce,upe!iea 10 have
money, His family must live ond
the cost or living touches him as hart,
as 1t does other people.
I'm short. the spirit OF the times
should he q dssire To helm an. an
other. The man who presses his
neighbor at q time like this viii rue
1t In the days to come, and tiis asInor
who withholds payment when he IA,
able to pay. Will find that he has iniur-
ed himself more than he has iiis cred
itor." - ; /
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
SCHOOL TERn BEGINS.
Opening Exercises Are Held at Honea
Path.

Honea Path. Sept. 9-The opening
exercises of the Eonea Path graded
school We're held Monday morning in
the school auditorium with a large
crowd present. Mayor l.. l.. Wright
introduced the speakers of the. morn
ing. America" was sung in the be-
ginning and Rev Edward s. Reayes
read an appropriate passage of scrip
ture. Ne- Rev. ST; Blackman Of
ierer YER. Then Followed the .ad-
dress Welcome to the. corps of
teacher -Mr ReaSes.sg He; wei
come the. into the schools, town.
churches, homes and hearts. Mr
Blackmari then spoke to the children.
urging upon them the Importance Of
regular attendance and faithfuiness
in All school work., t.
y. B. FELTON,, bounty snperIntentant
OF education, next talked especially
to the parents, urging their coopera-
sion with the teachers. the Revs j..
II Dew added much TO the pleasure OF
the occasion by telling an amusing
story. B. C. Givens, the new super
sntendent OF the school. then made a
sasss inferessias aad wide awaEo taik
In which he set forth his plans and
purposes for the ensuing scholastic
year. He expressed mis- belief In his
assistant teachers, urged regular at
tendance upon the part OF pupils and
cooperation of parents. At the con-
clusion of hiS remarks the pupils and
teachers marched from the auditor
irm to their respective rooms and
the audience quietly left the building.
The faculty for the year is compos-
ed OF the following teachers: b. C.
Givens, Misses Moffatt, Adams.
Thompson, Arnold BlacKtnan, I'd
wards, Flowers, Anderson and Misseg
Lizzie and Emma Gassaway rrrI1ff. rrrrIb1f
GiyenS and Misses Adams, Thompson.
Arnold and Gassaway are the new
members, the other teachers having
been here for several years,
The enrolment for the town school
was about 235, which Is q good open.
ing. The enrolment for the Chiauol1
schoof, which Is Taught by the Misses
eiassaway has not been learned.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
THIS is THE LIFE, THE REAL LIFE
Anderson County Farmers Who Have Been
Wise Will Not be Crushed by the War.

Sam Wilson of Brushy Creek, who
Is here for court week in q farmer OF
extensive interests. There are per-
haps as many as thousand persons
dependent upon him, directly and indi-
rectly, on his farms. Mr. Wilson says
the war is not bothering him or his
neignbors. He produces all OF the
meat and bread that he needs and re-
quires his renters to do the same.
He Is one OF the most successful far
mers in the whole country, and he
believes in making the soil yield ev-
erything to supply the wants of man,
and the surplus is for profit only
Mr.. Wilson patronizes the roller mill
az Easley and has lot OF flour ground.
s. r. Tins of Piercetown was visi-
tor to the city yesterday and he had
an announcement of great interest
He is .overhauling the old Tins mill on
Six and Twenty and will be prepared
to turn out q barrel and a half of
flour per hour. This farm has been
In the, possession of the Tins family
for 140 years, or to be exact, since
the first of the family came to Pierce
town and located on Six and Twenty
in 1880.
Sam" Tins, as his name indicates,
is OF Irish descent and he is iris.
through and through. He loves his
joke and he loves the open life, but he
Ia q good business man. He raises
hogs. cattle. wheat, corn and little
bit of cotton. He states that while
neighbors plant too much cotton, he
thinks, yet there Is lot of wheat
planted, and he wishes to see them
plant just about ten times as much
next year. He thinks that no man in
his section of the country ought to
buy anything to put on the table.
Coffee and sugar are all that he has to
buy. Sam Tins graham flour" has
quite reputation in Anderson county
and IS higaly recommended by some
doctors. He has a process OF re-grind-
ing 1t. The mill began operations on
the 10th OF August, 1854. go years ago,
and has turned out many a barrel OF