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VOLUME m. I . M 1 ANDERSON, S. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1916. NUMBER 92. LARGE FORESTS SWEPT BY FIRE IN EASTERN N. G. FLAMES RAGING UNCON , TROLLED IN ONE SECTION AND LOSS ENORMOUS BURNED TO DEATH One F her. Dies in Public Road --7 Kn of Bayboro Menac / ed .or Hours. (Hy Associated. Press.) Raleigh..N'. C., April 15-Millions of feet of standing timber have been destroyed and other property burned In forest fires ranging at widely sep arated points in eastern North Caro lina, according to reports reaching here tonight. One man is known to] hnve lost his life. In Beaver Dam and Cedar Creek townships. Cumber land county, the fire ls raging uncon trolled tonight. Daniel . Carter, a farmer, was burned to death on a pub lic, road. A report from Rocky Mount sayo| the most serious fire ever known in that section is burning. St. James] church, a historic land mark In Beau fort county, was destroyed. The j town of Bnyboro was menaneed sev-1 oral hours last night. Reports from Norfolk say the fires are rnging In Nansemoi.d and Dln widdle counties 01 Virginia. THE POLITICS OF GREENVILLE ARE GETTING "WARM" Former Sheriff of That County Discusses Situation While in the City. ?, "Politics are warming up In Green ville cbunty, and i-;tbilisi; to .-get I much warmer before tho campaign nf over." said Mr. J. D. Gilreath, form er sheriff of that county, who spent yesterday in tho city on'a visit to his! daughter, Mrs. Julian Cllnkscales.. Mr. GRireatb talked Interestingly of political conditions in Greenville county and throughout the state. He is probably moro cognizant with- the political striation In Greenville coun-1 ty than any other man living there. Mr. .Gilreath skid he would not be! a candidate for sheriff this timo. He ls busily engaged in farming Just now, and, incidentally, is making quite a 1 success-of.lt. He would not predict j how the sheriff's rnce is to come out In Greenville county, but did state that "things aro getting warm In that race." Sheriff Hendrix Rector ls the ' in cumbent, and has served four years. He has announced for ra-electlon, and 1 will bp opposed by some four or five | others. Mr. Gilreath, is well, known lu An derson county and, has many friends | In the city. During his .long term of office as sheriff of Greenville county he established a state-wide reputation as nn office of marked ability. He probably did more than any other mnn to break up "moonslilnlng" in the "Dark Cornor" of that county. Pantons Witness Read.? ?* Atlanta, April 15-John R. Black, the Atlanta detective who made tom tit famous In' the trial of Leo M.; Frank by admitting under ero'a ex amination by Attorney Luther Hos-j sor that he "was all mixed up and didn't know where" he wos at," .died; yesterday of Bright's disease. SEAMEN DE INCREASE i ACCOUNT^ Delay of Liner Mongolia May Be -Truce Effected Bj Being C NeV York, April ?5.^AcUon which ?New. York, .April .15.--Act'ar? which may be the forerunner of a general strike among seamen on ocean-going steamships resulted ...;.to?axV,1tt\^'.the American liner Mongolia hoing de layed several hours in tatting and the New York .and * Porte 1 -"RR* liner Oraros being forced to anchor: down the nay. after leaving her pl?V^Wben the Mongolia finally suU?d it .waa ex plained tant a "truce' waa effected and jv V.*.'.> ". " it j WEAR TO OBEY PRESIDENT PROVISION ADDED BY SEN ATE AS AMENDMENT TO ARMY BILL OFFICERS SCORED Borah Says Heads of National j Guard Have "Embezaled" Some of Funds. < By " Associated Preps. ) Washington, April 15.'-Two pro visions to strengthen the federal ste tus of the National Guard were adopt-! ed in the form of amendments lo the senate army bill today. One provid ed that all otllcers above the rank of i captain be paid five hundred dollars annually. The other esquires all guardsmen on enlistment to take, an j oatli to obey orders of the. president | as well as the governor of stiles. Senator Borah attacked tho guard officers' and their uso o', ederal funds. Ho declared the eight million dollars available annually tur thc oise of the | guard under the Dick militia law had been "shamefully" utlized by of ficers to the exclusion of enlisted men and somo ot lt absolutely "em- ] bezzled." Reed, Pomorne. and oth ers defended the guard. Reed Intro duced an amendment to provide | schools to train young men as re serve officers for the army and navy. NEVER HAD DOCTOR, TAKES NO MEDICINE, AND IS HALE AND HEARTY AT AGE OF 103 Atlanta, April 15.-Though? L051 years old. "Uncle William" Claxton, of Claiborne, county. Tenn., can walk | ten mites a' day - wittt'Mrtie- fatigue, declares an Atlanta man who has just "returned from a vlslj^to that section of Btate. The aged'man has never worn a coat in summer or winter, and during his entlro life has neith er culled a physician nor taken any medicine. "Unclt William" resides with lils | son, Albert Claxton, who B now sixty eight years of age, at their home on Straight Greek, about six miles west of New Taxewell. The older man was born and reared In Clnlborne | county, and has resided t?tere through out his life though at present he ls enjoying a visit to relatives in Vir ginia. Though almost deaf, this active centenarian thoroughly enjoys u co? vorcation with any of his various friendo, or acquaintances when it hi 1 possible for him tb understand. Paperweight Relic. Atlante, April 15.--Alfred C. Now ell, au Atlanta man, ts the proud pos sessor of a rusty twenty-pound pa perweight, with a history. The bf fice ornament is a three-inch shell about twelve inches long and conical tinned. It. wan left bl'rlerl ten feet under ground at tho chat tnnoo eh ie river on the Mayson and Turner road by General Sherman, and was aug up. a day or two ago by a laborer for a local engineering firm,-who wore con structing new approaches to the coun ty bridge. It was presented to Mr. Newell. The shell ls similar to the shrapnel used in the European war except that it has no timing mechanism at the tip. A similar shell dug up several years ago on the Atlanta ?battlefield exploded and killed a boy, who was chopping lt opon with. an axe. MANO AN' UFWA??S "WAKRISK" s Forerunner of *' General Strike f Some of Demands ^&|| :,v. -some demands ol the strikers granted. "Abeardr-the'Sr^Eos's. ceilce ^ree posted;by the crew and signed by tho ?tyji?llc division of the International Seamans 'Union of America.' of which Andrew .ITurusetb. is hean. " Fumseth collaborated with Senator LaFollettc f?rifpraiting the new ' seamans act. The .seamen demand A1, "dwanty-five per cent increase In wages, lui own as " war risk*. ?'- tor sailors ; Y passing 'Jh rough war, zones, and furthar regb .Jar increase; New Ambassador to Chili J II Shea. J. H. Shen, now ambassador to Chill, who was nominated by Presi dent Wilson on the recommendation ot the late Senator Shivcly cr Indiana, is now .In Washington receiving his in structions from the state department Ho had Just completed lils term ns Jutiice of tlie Appellute court of Indiana when ho was named. He ls fifty-three years old and a bachelor. SPEu???lIflslo "BIG FOUR" MEIERS Delegates to National Convention Be Named at Columbia Meet ' Democrats. (Special to The Intelligencer.) Columbia," ..April' " 15 -There ' Ts much speculation cs to who will bc named us the "big fotir" to the na tional Democratic convention in St. Louis. Tho Stat? Democratic con vention meets in Columbia on May 17 to elect delegates to the national con vention to be held, beginning on Juno 14. ' The club meetings will be held late in April to el^ct delegates to the county conventions. Tho county con ventions will name, delegates to the state convention. It is very probable that the South Carolina delegation will go to St. Louis instructed for the renomination of Woodrow Wilson. 17. S. HAS NEW SUB WORRIES Official Word of Two More Dis asters With Americans Aboard Received. ? , i ''.Washington. April 15.-While the United States was amassing evidence that Oermany has violated solemn pledges to the United States in sub marine warfare, official word of two more Shipping disasters, with Ameri cans aboard the shir - were received here today. Consular dispatches indi cated that the steamer Margam Abbey and Bark I?verlyon were both at tacked by submersibles. These cases will probably be used in the American Indictment against German methods. OVER 3 THOUSAND HAVE ENLISTED IN PAST THIRTY DAYS Washington, April 15.-Three thousand, pine hundred and. twenty seven have been .enlisted by Ute army put of sixteen thousand, eight hun* dred and seventeen applicants in the last thirty days the war department has announced.- San Francisco led with' Chicago Bocond and New York third. ; GOVERNOR MANNING TO SLEEP WITH VETERANS IN TENT AT ROCK HHL? ' ' . ~-- - ' 1 . (Special to The Intelligencer.) Columbia, April 15.-QuVomor Maning'and the members-of bis mil itary staff are preparing to attend the annual jreunlou of- Smith Carolin Confed?rate Veteran? to' bo held tnt year at Hock THU. April 2* ???d 2fr. The gbvefuer will sleep In a tent with th?, veterans, &y. '^?V^^i^v^^^ V' - -v-^v U. S. ONLY BILLING TO FIX LIMIT ON MARCH OF AMERICANS WIL L WITHDRAW TROOPS SOON AS BAND SCATTERED Official Report Says Two Ameri cans and Forty Mexicans Kill ed in Recent Fight at Parral. (Uv Associator! Press, i Washington. April 15.-The t'nlted States ts willing to agree to tlx a lim it on the distance American troop? shall proceed Into Mexico and make the llm.it not much further south than the troops have aAreidy advanced. The government also will give assur anees thut Americans will he wlth j drawn within a "reasonable time" or soon os it is. definitely established thut Villa has- 'reached a point where j he can be handled by the ''.Tranza forces better than before. Pr&udent WllP-n decided today to inf omi Car ram.?, that the United States will ne gotiate for an agreement along these lines. This is said to haw been agreed on at yesterday's cabinet meet ing. Meanwhile, (fte pursuit of Villa will continue. f General Funston sent one dispatch today saying ho bad not heard from General Pershing for three days, utl dlng that he ia? trying to get an au thentic'report of the Parral incident FIRST OFFICIAL BEPORT , SAYS 2 AMERICANS AM? FORTY;MEXICANS KILLER ? .. _?_1.I?J j. /Iii/ ASSOClEt01* Pritcn 1 Washington April 15.-Tho first official report of the clash Wednes day at Parral, reaching tho war de partment from Geaeral Funston lute I tonight said two Americans and fort> Mexicans were kilted. Secretary Ha'ker uunonnccd General Fua:.ton"> quoted telegram from General Per ahlng, that the latter had just receiv ed Information of the. unprovoked at tack on Americans who entered Par ral to buy supplies. General Per shing also reported ho bad niven in formation to C'prranza's general, Hcy ?era, as lo tho novUlon, direction and general destination of American troops pursuing Villa. He sent an aeroplano for the Pa.-ral particulars. MACHINE GI N CORPS OF THIRTY 31 EN .ORDERER TO ? PROCEED TO CA LEXICO (Hy Associated Press.) . San Francisco. April 15.-Major General Bell, commander of the wes tern department of the army, today ordered a machine gun co-'ps and thirty, men, o? the. Twenty-Fist In fantry stationed at Valcouver, Wash ington,- to pTOced to Calexico. Califor nia, cr. the Mexican border. Nr. chango In the Mexican situation was responsible tor the dispatch of thc machine gun corps, lt was said at ar my headquarters. A battalion of the Twenty-first is now at Calexico. M?XICO CITY 18 PLEASED V/ITH PAVERS STATEMENT . . THAT TR00P8 HE REMOVED (By Associated'Press.) Mexico. City, April 15.-The state ment was published here In Mexican papers today that the United States has announced Us intention of with drawing troops pursdlrtp- Villa. Gen eral satisfaction was oppressed at this, but Carranza und his cabinet said they would walt for word from Wash ington. ./?.., ??fUf TAKINGTSNAKES BY THE TAIL, WOMAW DROPS 13 OF THEM INTO A JAR L ? j Atlanta, April lp.^-drcus. snake charmers and ragged Hindus of the Orlbnt Who handle-the deadly Cobra with as much pleasure aa an old maid handles her Tabby cat are .?hacked off the board by Mrs. W*. T. Monk ot Atlanta who captured thirteen high 'land moccasins y6Sl?ru?> and . put tt?str in . a', big glaW . Jar with the avowed^intention c-f training them for household-pets. ' ..i. A child in the neighborhood ran to Mrs. Monk in greatv alarm because bf a asst of snake which bo had dis covered tn her beete yard. Mrs;. Monk 'put ?down h?r-siiwldg. wont in? to -, thc yard with the Jar, picked ? Up the shakes by* thejr"tails, aw* then screwed on tho top. . . Countess a Suicide .Hrs. Joseph K. Howard, Formerly ( OIUIIOHN de Hean fort. Mis. Joseph l?. Howard, daughter of M. H. Kiigallen, n mllllonnire of Chicago, and formerly the Countess de Beaufort, shot herself to death In an Omaha hotel the othe:* day because she was Jealous of her husband. He was an actor on the Orpheum circuit FIGHT Ij PROGRESS Commission to Probe Matter of County With Rock Hill as the Seat. (Special lo Tim Intelligencer.) Columbia, April 15.-Another new county fight Is In progress in South Carolina. Governor Manning has an nounced that he wlU appoint a com mission to Investigate the matter of forming a new county out of partB of York, Chester ?r ' ""lirfleld counties with Kock lilli u . - county seat. That the com - ssion be appointed waa tho only contention of tito new county advocates. They realize that the new unit cnn not be formed until tho lilshaped county act of the 1?12 goners I assembly is declared uncon Minn ional by the supreme court. It is said that they will not ask the gov ernor to order an election until the "shoestring" county act lins been de clared Illegal. ' "> The new county would be about BS miles long und four miles wide at the narrowest point. ' SOUTHERN SHOWS PREPAREDNESS TO SERVE UNCLE SAM Eleventh Cavalry Moved to Mexi can Border With Greatest Despatch. *r Preparedness on the part of South ern raliway to servo tho government should this country bo involved Sn a state of war was shown In tho mover mont of tho 'Eleventh Cavalry In sev en special trains frtnm Fdu-t Ogle thorpe. Chattanooga, to the Mexican border, declares the Southern News Bulletin in its current issue: Orders for the movement were re ceived at 2 o'clock in the morning and by .breakfast time a sufficient number of cars had been assembled at tho fort for loading the heavy equipment and by four o'clock In tho, afternoon the first Bectlon was. made up and. ready to depart. . The trains were operated on fist schedule, mak ing only stops necessary for feeding and watering the horses, and covered ute distance of 1.463 milos to Kl Paso In about sixty-nine honrs, or ?/lxty hours actual running tinto, wnlnli,was several hours'less than the time the government had allowed. , ' Jt required a tqtalrof 122 .c4rsH0. make up* thef trains;: twenty-seven of these boina* tourist sleeping cari, fif ty-two stock car?, and the remainder beir.? 'baggage,' fiat *?? freight cafs. ' thav the railway ; could assembly this* 1 urge attiotnt of high class equip mens upon ,*hofct notice without rob bing equipment- from ito "regulad trains, the Bulletin pointy ou^ tndU cates the Southern's preparedness to handle .emergencys'cal?s from the f ov ernnmnV should any gtmve situation ants?; ? making necessarythe ?ulok 1 r a n s nor t a 11 on Of ' >large bo di CU '? pi f)*: from one point to another. MANY REPORTED KILLED IN BAYONET FIGHTING NEAR THE FORTRESS PARIS IS SILENT French Capital Has Nothing to Say of Disastrous Battle Near Dead Man's HUI. London. April 15.-Tho French launched a vigorous counter-attack] in the region of Dead Man's Hill, ac cording to Berlin. The attack, fol lowing violent artillery preparation, wns directed against the German posi tions south of Corbeaux and Cumiares Wood and on Dead Man's Hill. The Hermans admit the French penetrated tho Teuton position on Dead Man's Hill, but claim many attackers were killed in bayonet fighting. Paris is silent on this oattle. Russian and Austrians are engaged Dn the lower Strips and Dnester riv ara, Galicia ami northwest Ozernowltz, Bukowina. The Austrians stormed Italian positions at Mrzllvrh. and claim to have beaten back several Ita lian counter-attacks. The Austrians admit they evacuated their positions south of Superone. The BritlBh steamer Shenandoah and tho German steamer H?spanla were Bunk by mines. The Danish schooner Proven was sunk by a sub marine and the Danish steamer Kasan ? war. captured hy a German subma rine. COLOR FAMINE LIKEKLY TO CAUSE CAMPAIGN FOR ONLY WHITE APPAREL j ' r - . *#1 Atlanta, April 15.-Dry goods mer chants in Allunta und thioughout the southern states may econ start a campaign in. thc interest of white wearing apparel. Milady will have to forego dyed fabrics. The color fa mine, uccordlng to reports received] here, has reached alarming propor-1 Hons. it nov; appears that despite thc best efforts of tho American dyestuffs Industry, persons generally will nao to get along with less color in wear ing apparel effects,' while au addi tional deprivation to bo encountered probably, within a few weeks will ibo tho circumstance thuct retail stores will no longer he in u position to warrant many fabrics us dyed with lasting colors. In short, as pointed out yesterday] by wholesale * and retail dry goods] men, the embargo on German dye stuffs ns a result or the European I wnr has at last reached tito point where the ultimate consumed will bo j called upoo to oxerciBo patience, and I an unusual degree with bis trades man when it comes to purchasing nil sorts of wearing apparel, house Citr nishingB and all arttcleB of every dny| HBO in into which color enters . ILatB now being shown In Atlanta for the coiuing season are refieciing the color scarcity and are made In light shades, particularly grays and natural mixtures of furs requiring no dyes. Soft hats which can bc made In tho lighter and natural colorings willi, say Atlanta dealers, supplant very largely the derby hat, for which dyes are necessary. ' The ramifications of tho dyestuffs | shortage will probably be felt in the '? laundries, as Atlanta laundrymen havo received advices urging | them to exert pressure on customers to make as wide use as possible of| white goods the next few month:?. WITHOUT AU TO CHANGE OFAF1? 'J Attorney General Gregory Gives < -Block Transfer of Bank io pat? Washington, April If--Attorney | 3??6?B1. G?^Ory-t?d?y lulu iii M? lue 'ederat reserve hoard has no authori ty to chango the location of a f?d?r?t reservo bank- Hts opinion, submitt ed at the request of the board, is that there ls nothing In the'law to pro irent the reduction of the capitel bf resorte banks, by a transfer? ; from member banks from one district to mother. The banks cnptln! aro fixed at four ?tulon dollars, on organisation. The STATE'S HIGHEST TRIBUNAL WILL PASS ON LANEY ODOM ACT INTEREST IS KEEN South Carolina Anxiously Await? - ing Outcome of Test of Anti Compact Statute. (Special to The Intelligencer.) Columblu, April 15.-Monday tho South Carolina supr?me court will bo asked to decide on the constitution ality qt the Lanoy-Odom act. which IB popularly known os the anti-com pact measure. This ls the act that caused piactle.ally all of the'Uro In surance companies to withdraw from the state. Injunction proceedings have been begun against the insur ance commissioner and the attorney general to prevent them from enforc ing the terms of the act. There is much concern In the state os to the outcome of the Ure Insur ance situation. Reports . from sev eral counties would Indicate that many policies are being cancelled and that it ls possible to secure Insurance only ou the best rlBks. Thero ls much talk of a extra ses sion of the general assembly, although U ls not believed that the lawmakers would repeal the act. It ls freely predicted that an extra Besslon would mean tho entrance of South Carolina Into the fire Insurance business. MR. H. MAHAFFEY IS DEAD AT HOME IN WILLIAMSTON Well Known and Highly Respect ! eci M IM? C? Thzi Vises Pastes at 80; (Special to The Intelligencer.) Wllllamston, April 16.-Mr. Hugh Mahaffey, 89 years old, a well known > nnd highly respected farmer of thia place, living on Miin itreet on the outskirts of the town, died this af ternoon at 2:40 o'clock following a short illness. Mr. . Mahaffey waa remarkably hale and hearty for one of bis age until*some months ago, when he began to fall. '.";] P?a?r&t ?urvicea will be held to morrow afternoon at Cedar Grove church, the Rev., Mr. McCuen officiat ing. Seven children survive Mr. Mahaffey besides his wife. SOME NEWSPAPERS HARD HIT AND MAY ADVANCE PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION Atlanta, April 15.-?How would you . like to pay fifteen cents u week for your newspaper, instead Ot ten or twelve cents that you are paying now? Such a thing is a di uniter pos sibility if tho price ot paper, meta J, ink and the 'other commodities the newspapers use cofitiuue to -ulvnnco os they have In' the last ?ew' days The Atlanta newspapers as well as all other newspapers In Georgia and over the southern states will have to pay from ono to three thousand dollars more for the whlt? paper they use to print their editions this year/ than last, if they are able to get all the paper they need, livery publica tion hos been hit hy the skyrocket of prices. . * ; HORITY LOCATION WKAL BANK )pimon at Request Reserve Board ; From Richmond District ?more. ' ' C'/''ll -. opinion stops the efforts ot Baltimore u??kvf? io haine i ho bern rd transfer a reserve bank in its district from Rich mond to Baltimore. A similar effOML wes made on behalf of PHtsburgb in the case of the Cleveland, bank?. Vttf&, Attorney General ts ..understood hold that inasmuch as the law pro vides that charters issued to existing reserve nanas Bhall wift twenty yjs?Wr th? bank's iocatfo? ls*; not- lo be changed without, tho forfeiture of itfc, charter. . . ..-?'.; ;?