I. ^^^^ ^ ^ .. '^^^^ ^ I ^ VOLUME III. ANPERSON, C, FRI^Y[.MORNING, MAY 5, 1916. ? ? ; , ; ii*l||MMBER 108. Brief Message From G< Create Impression Tl Could Not ! NOTE HAS BEEN HANI AND IS B Berlin Press Given Copy Up to Late Hour lt 1 ceived at \ (By Associ Washington, May 4-Germar* been handed to Ambassador Gerar ington at once. Whiie the official tomorrow* night, the document wa night. This unof.icia? text will dc morning. A brief message from Gerard t ed the impression here that Germ; the United States could not accept tension, lt was reiterated that F by his position that Germany mus submarine warfare or jjjfiffij??ra "tians. Tiffi GERMAN PUBLIC SS BEHIND OFFIC IALS IN STAN? TlIEV HAYE TAKEN Berlin advices Bald that the Ger man public Ia' behind German officials to avoid a breach with the United States' "so fur as thia can bo done without sacrificing ' the principle enunciated in the German manifesto of February eight." This maalfe?to announced Germany's intention of treating armed merchantmen of hos tile nations as warships. : Tho posl . tlc ii of the United States is that mer chant ehlpr, have the right to arm themselves for defensive purposes. At midnight word had not come from Ambassador Gerard when the official text of the note would- start. firrved Him Hight. ?Atlanta, May 4.-A1 process server went through" the" police station cor ridor yesterday calling out the name, "George. Riley,", like a. page in a ho tel loby. "Here, that's me." called a mah who had been locked up and fined under tho name of George Gra ham. "Alright, slr," sold the 'process .server, "here you ore," and shoved! through the 'hara a set of divorce pa pers flied hy Riley's wife. If he had ' kept bi9 mouth shut the : turnkey wouldn't have recognized him hy the name of Riley,' and he could : have skipped the jurisdiction of the court and thereby avoided payment of atlr mony/ which ? may now be a warde 3 against him.' LESLIE SH (By Associated Press.) New York, May 4.-A new world 'government, ?hat might he Val led the -United Soverpigni4es pf the earth, with a' constitution patterned some.' what after that of che United States, was suggested: 'by Leslie M..; Shaw, fottner secretary and treasury,. In " ah address -before the World Court . Lea gue at Carnegie hall here tonight. No war lr? the last hundred years .has resulted from '';'., any.:.' Justiciable cause,' enid Mt.. Shaw, fchd ,he ' ;re f err cd "to the present relations be tween the United States and Germany, the Japanese objectior.3 with f "regard to California legislation, and., other questions thai were Outside of Jus tifiable causes, the world relying on ly on the hope1 ttat some amicable nett !omen t could be roached In - such esses. '" "Following tho Revolutionary War." Mr. Shaw said, "this? country exist?^ for 'rix years under-Articles of Coi.federq?on. but they were &j/f>r precarious than tho preceding seven years . of w%r ; Then "we^-the neible, j for the purpose of forming a more perfect uhlon. eic, adopted a.const!-j tution/ and for the first timo insyrt'dj SWATED ?rard and Press Reports tat Reply of Germany . Se Accepted DED GERARD . EING RUSHED TO U. SA -'.-' ? ?? j of Reply Last Night, But Had Not Been Re- j . Washington ated Press) y's reply to the United States has d and will be transmitted to Wash copy can hardly reach here before s given tothe press in Berlin to uibtless reach the United States by o?ay as well as press reports creat tny had.proposed conditions which and the note is awaited with great 'resident Wilson stood unalterably t abandon her present methods of States must'sevj^^plptpatic re?a WATSON TO rffiAiT" NATIONAL BOARD ON AGRICULTURE South Caroling Man Chosen Pres i dent of Commissioners.; Association : (By Associated Press.) . Washington, May 4.-Commission ers of agiiculture of forty-eltght i states organized the National Asso ciation of Commissioners of agrlcul-1 tuire. today with .E. J. WatBon of | South Carolina, president; W. T. G.jptll, of Maine, vice president and Clarence Owens director-general ol the Southern Commercial congress secretary-treasurer. . Moro Stares to the West. Marseilles, May 4.-Another con tingent of Russian soldiers arrived here this morning. They were re ceived with notable military and 1 ,K>pular receptionsv and proceeded to J Mirabeau camp, i ! Deny Pence Rumor. ?Berlin, May 4.- By Wirelesa to Wayville. )-A semi-official telegram from Sofia characterizes as untrue the reporto recently circulated that Bulgaria was attempting to arrange a separate peace. ' ?' peace between "states and rendered impossible any non-'justiciable caus ea nf w*r. Under our constitution' it ls un th Likable that any official or the legislature of New Y?rk contd insult or outrage the dignity of Pennsylvan ia. All Justifiable questions be tween r,bo ?htes can-now be deters mined in the courts: "The . only . possible way that " 1 see by which a world court can be created and clothed with ad?quate powers is in conjunction with - the creation of a new government. This new government can be given any ap propriate nrao, but 1-suggest thO United Sovereignties of Earth. ; This would*involve a constitution pattern ed aa far o3 -practicable after the constitution ot the United States, of America. Under, our constitution, each sovereign ,otate must be l si re public, but under the proposed con?, stituticn, eech sovereignty composing the 'United Sovereignties would have to bo permitid to continue it? pres ent ??fji of ?government. < rt would atfto requite a congress, a chief?-axt?' $tjv?; qnder^ifoTOp name.v.o, c?uirt, a standing army ?pd navy sufficient to (CONTINUED ON PAQE PO??.) BRITISH- BATT IMIftWWfBfllTO^ The British hattlcship Russell .14. < American f?e?d In Dublin On A Rioting Charge Former U. S. Minister Arrested as Rebel-This Country May Intervene - New 'Vc*rk^f?y^^(^^|^fi,Tia received here that James M. Sulli van:, of New York, forme? American minister to Santo 'Domingo, has beer arrested in Dublin charged with com plicity in the Irish rebellion. Lead ers here in the cause of Irisa inde pendence said every effort would be ir:'.do to -bring about Sullivan's re liase anti tho state department was avked to intervene because Sullivan is an American. Salli /an resigned as American min ister to Santo Domingo as a result ot an investigation of his activities brought by 3enator Pholanl Sulli van said he had' been interested In Santo Dom!.-go contracts, but noth ing-showed ho had made profits. THE HOLLIS FARM LOAN BILL PASSES THE SENATE BBS Measure Embodies Plan for Es tablishing System of Ru-', ral Credits (By Associated Press.) ?ft Washington,. May 4.-The Hollis finn loan, bit), embodying the admin istration's ;pinn . tcfr establishing system of rural credits, passed., thc senate tonight by. a vote of. fifty-eight to five. A similar bill bad been re-, ported in the house and will be.un for consideration BOOTI . The senate bill provides for a non partisan, faun ?oin board consisting of. i e> rotary-treasurer and four o th era having control of tbe farm loan system of twelve or, more land .hanns til rough which loans are actually made. Lind banka with a capltal-of flyo hundred thousand ffollars will dispense loapa to cooperative loan nz ?oc?atlons of th? farmers. ?MARINES Mf\Y ADO?T ^HELMET NOW USED BY FIGHTERS IN EUROPE - fr W 'Philadelphia, Pa., May 4-A strong Steel helmet, such as la worn by the miles of Franco und Germany as head protection, against shrapnel fire, may be adopted" by the United States Marine-corps'shortly. V* Irtpctels of/ several lightweight styles of steel'- helmet, claimed, >y the manufactured to be absoluto pro tection against tho shrapnel missies, havenheen submitted to Marine Corps officer's stationed in, thbJ city, for fcjneli1 .approval. - ' v * At.., present BO branch bf theUnit ?4l??a?os fighting, fqrces ls equipped ^ffK^ls'llfe-s?ving device. *;^?^ Will Elect Teachers. , "ra?a ?jection . ot, teachers nt Cen-, irai /ii^bof: hear. Wllllamston ; Writ? take place umivjrtovf afternoon ..1ba* ttveeni o'clock and 3, ?v }?'"' LESHIP SUNK IN MEI XiO tons; was'sunk'In the Mediterran'' Some 125 men were lost. Tidwell Freed . By Retracting Plea Of Guilty Sayer ol Emmett Walker Will Be Brought Back to Green ville ' ' } " PenBoeplavt Pia., May 4. -T/idweU contemplT?U?sT^-?ftXKing an application1 for a pardon. Pleasant A. Stovall, minister to Switzerland and editor of Ute Savannah Press, is among prom inent men who have written Tidwell strong letters ot endordem?nt for pre sentation to Governor Manning and the pardoning board. Plead* Guilty. Pensacola, Fla., May 4.-Geo. WV TldWell, Sr., withdrew his pleas o? guilty In federal court yesterday af - ternpon, wem to trial and was ac quitted1 last night after the Jury had deliberated an hour and a half. Tin: defendant took the stand in his own behalf and related all of his troubl?s. He will he turned over to South Car olina authorities, and ls held in the county . Jail to await the arrlvel 'ot Sheriff Rector. ' .Mrs. .Tidwell has agreed to return to relatives in South Carolina. Tidwell Related His Story. On tho stand Tidwell gave status of tho case againBt him in South Caro lina. He swore that on the train be fore reaching Greenville he was told that his wife and daughter were in Greenville.* Arriving" ho found them stopping at a hotel and found that they had visited, a questionable resort With W. G. Woods and Walker, pay master of a cotton mill. Alter:'.a stormy discussion with wife ami daughter Tidwell said he determined to force Walker to marry his daugh ter. He sent Walker word to come , and see htm. promising not to harm ?im. He raid Walker visited him"at ls hotel, but. hold his hand on his hip | pockets sehe cntorod the room. Whenj asked to marry -bia daughter, Walker refused, saying she was not ot [ his ciaos, be'testified.- Tidwell then br^ dered him out of the room. Lated-he enid he visited W. G.. Woods, in re nard to tho escapade with his wife md-Woods told him he loved her. Tidwell said hq? decided to allow his wife to leave the state, get a divorce' and marry Woods. Later, Tidwell said he visited Walker , at the cotton mill and they ongaged In a scuffle as he Was approaching ?hc building. - Ile shot at Walker four time.* and missed GMd' carefully saved! oho shot and shot 1)1 ni through . the* broast. S*Id Walker waa an athlete, a member! of the Y.' M. C. A\ amt paused the con?, tribut lon box in church. Wanted to.-JMrorec Wife. ' .Tidwell said last autumn he met his wife and Woods?' in Dot han, Ala., ? ntl furnished money tb hay for Uicln tickets to Pensacola;,', .where he thought WoOds'^nlght secure employ ment.: ?fl, Chat'tl??? he^wes willing to Jielp 'them' aa he' had ^decided toj lot his wife get a divorce. He advanced th?jra mojr? ' moneys before, leaving them here, and' ifjofrig to Oulfport,;, On the nt and he r.ald ho Still loves | hf s' XSfetifr ftfe Tidwell.? /Arter Tidswell left his wife nod jt?gm ? h?t? ;., tJj?jr went to Mobile vh?r? they were Arrested. On ' the ^?Qtlv^e?d? sjt^'vh* tired, ft <^??^l\n^ OM PAQB FOUR?) . ll ' }| s?': i?^N'jV <-. ... e?rhvfltri ii? believed by" n German nii?e,1 _",_i_ L^Baret?uge Railroad Plqng in L. & fi. Case Head? of Big Systems Had a Scheme for Dividing Part of South _ (By Associated Press.) '*^?:?Jh*rn'^fon, 'May 4.'--PlaliSTYor " di: riding the south east of tho 'Missis sippi and South Ohio rivers between the Louisville and Nr?shvslla rullroad and tho Southern railway, as discuss ed by President Milton A. Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville and the lalo Provident Samuel Spencer of the Sbuther::. were placed in evidence before' the interstate commerce coni , mission at an investigation of the . Louisville and Nashville railroad's J affairs underway here. President Sin:'h went on the stand and testified t ism he met Spencer at K en nc su w, Georgia, in 189H and they discussed . nearly every railroad property in the j south. The stenographer's report I on the conversation, said by Smith to be "reasonably accurate," showed In many cases thoy reached a t?native .agreement as to which , should - .ac quire many southern railroads. Smith, however, termed as rot mid rubbish letters introduced and said to have exchanged between Smith and Spencer in which they referrea to each other as Cortea and Plziwo. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ANTI-S?LO?N LEAGUE GROWING Complete Financial Organization cf the Coniroonv/cnlth Has i^een Announced Atlanta,, May .4.-Complete finan ciui organisation i of Tho Oonhnoh* wealth, cardal ornan of the. Georgia AntUSal?on league, was announced in Atlanta yesterday by Dr. WV Bichelberger, s-.niierlntonde-nt . ot thc league and editor of tho paper. Ttecently the pntfer scdur'?d a char ter from Vu li911 , superior: court, which ?harter lias been duly accept ed by tho ?to?iUI'.c'dora. ? Tho latter ate about 865 4n number and reside In practically .every section of t|j? staten --; ?.? 1 . . . The commonwealth, which lina for sometime boen Issued bt-weeliiy, has I had a nt rona Influence In politics and i th waging tue probU>U loii, fight. ! wheh resulted n the enact m ont of , the ?prohibition laws. Over IB/OOO has ' bd from tts own .plant and Instead of ? bi weekly pap?r. w|U' ho issued once a week. It jewill''keep the subje t ot prohibition ? aniVlsw? eaforeemen ho for? tho peopleMn a vigorous way. epd will ,Jny 4 .-Notification' that the piun for coop?ration in the Mexican border region, 'mapped' out av the lil Paso conference, 1s ac?ept ublo to the t'nlted S ta tes : : was ' for warded to Qonornl -Scott today liy, Secretary Baker. Pending ita form al acceptance .by Carranza, officials declined to mn ko publie the toxt ot agreement. There ls no doubt..ip of ficial circles that the plan will bo ratified in a ?hon timo and the dis turbing situation lu Mexico be dis posed of. It ls expected that Wilson will Issue a formal statement : re garding the agreement UB soon OB word comes from Carranza" approv ing it. The agreement, In aubstanco, i Is kn own to provide for an active cam paign by Carranga troops south ot the present lines Of.tho American ex pedition, for the graduaV withdrawal. of American troops toward tho bord er aa tko ability, o? Carranza to po lice tho- tOTxitoty ia demonstrated, and the nee ot Mexico- or?ilroads to keep American supplies. Tho .best Information from tho war department shows ^that General Per shing is at.Namtqulpa, but patrols are working south of this point. >Joi tfjer. etnto cor -war department reU^ eel ved dlnpatchov iT?ni Mexico dur dng tho day indicating Cammsa's at titude. BY THE CENSOR (By Associated Press.) London, May 4.-'Tho German legation at Rlpiaoolro, has beon in fo nr. ed by the Brazilian : government that it has -xidejred ap-Inquiry into the sinking of" tho Brazilian steamer Rionranco and .that Brazil may act lo. defense ot Its neutral -rghtB. Paris officially announces thal the French rshhg echoopisr Bernadette . has been sunk by ag snbmarne 150 miles off the French coast. Bight of the crew were picked lip but twenty six are r.tni adrift, . '. French .repulsed the German coun-. . ter attachs on ,tho trenches near Deadman'a hill, recently taken by the (french. Heavy bombardments are underway near, hill 304, northwest of Verdun. Tho Germana continuo to shell tho Ikstaull' bridgehead on the Busslan front ana artillery fighting continues between the dormans ertd Husslans iouth ot Krevo. Two Turkish offendive movement? In tho region of Dat burt und Ensingen In Turkish Armenia have bo.^n re-, pulsed by tho Rkisslana, vienna ti General Vori Sanders ls' superintend- . ng the concentrations, nt tho' TurkiBii roops in North Brninm. Peorpary 15, WJ5, to January 22, |9|?, " dorins . sobstanil/'Jiy oil: of which tim?' tho''cotton futur*? ' act' vas in-effect'. Ai\ examination of tba ?hart shows a great improvement ov >r previously,'?jrtffting conditions. Futura Quotation*, fairly : represent? w the value o?' ?not ' cbtton in alt ot ho leading, exchanges; hence, bedg ng his been possible on a fair and aHsfac{6ry ya?U and Art well-fo\tnd-. complaint, baa,been lodged against ictltlous OT. misleading: future qyjbta ions. . ' f ..?:.>.'.' The third chart covers th? sam? Period of. time -aa Chart No. i;?>?d, raf. resents .tho variations in tho prices >f Middling determined hy averaging he, qqotafons;?!^?* from ?th* .pot markets dosjrnatrd under -, tho erm? ot 't^Vect..>. fbi* chan difw doses the fact XHl future <\uritat!on? it both Notfr York" ?ria Now Orl?ans lave fairly Indicated epot values ov * tho south.. ladead at most times hstjrutprfl atk^awow^ve show^ a dight premiumitfiftft; Average 'ipld lllng quotations' lh ?? south, which