V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. Serious Economic. Situ?t ranza Government-St ly Every Railroad Line Little Prospect For Re Mexico City. (By Associa "Washington, May 22.-The Carranza riouB economic nituution. Tho momei ia ? food shortage in Mexico City nnd strike extending virtually over all Mc: tiects to get flint hand information froi who is on his way to Washington with r< Mexico. . Special agent Roger, of Mexico City that a new noto ?B being prepared iiy Cfl was revealed. However, while the ( of Mexican ofilciais is described au m chees. . Tho w f% -'epartment is prep linker a8 to what' action shall be take tito Texan national guard who refused doubtless will be courtmartialed and fi IFIJ?J??O COLUMN'S BACK AT Tl IK 1 MlItlHI H AFTER SCATTERING BANDITS (By Associated Press.) Maratohn, Toxaa, May 22.-The flying columns of the eighth and eleventh cavalry, detailed by General PunBton to chas? the bendite who raided Glenn, Springs, have returned to American soil. The expedl?l?i; was In Mexico Just ten days. While it failed to wipe out the main body of bandits, lt released : Jesse Deemer and MpnroaV Payne, , .wbo. had been captured-*4n ?b .raul',' captured four bandits ano' scattered the band which raided, Glenn Siringa. , The ; return ing troopers, will .reibl? their cb'm-'J mand in ltort?^;"p?ltoI, AMER?CACN?SMAND PteiP?Rfe?NESS IS TEDIAS P?SIIriOlNi (By Associated Press.) Oyster Bay, May 22.-George Von Ii. Meyer, former- secretary of the navy, toddy headed a delegation which notified' Roosevelt vhero that the Roosevelt republican committee, with d membership in thirty .. states, had be?n1 orgahlzed ' to. work for Roosevelt's nomination for the . presr idency by the. republican party. Roosevelt, in replying, Bald he stood for "Ambrlc?nlsm and prepar edness on no half way terms." Ho declared'that to be for him meant to be for-theso principles. WAITE WILL fcELY ON A PLEA THAT HE'S INSANE Confessed P?i?oher of Father-ln Law Ie On Trial : Now York, May 22-Tho defense? question in examining talesmen In the trial of Dr. Warren Waite, charged ?with .poisoning hts>wealthy. father-in law, John E. Pef;kr to which crime ho confessed, indicated that an Insanity plea will be relied opon. A great crowd was at thc erlmhial courts building when the ; caso : opened, but as an extra ventfbiwa?s called few not connected with? the case could ne ad mitted. Mrs: '.Waite,' Who l? Suing ?or divorc? and-.who it i? roiK?f?e?rj will testify: against her lumba nd, ls pot In court. Til* Walt??jury "bas neen completed.. '< MARINE COUS IS AFTER GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS emiting XHftcers Hen s^or* TP TM* E?d )?very. \ Washington, ;Mtay-, 22.-Tho UnRed States marine corps la In tho market for -baseball players. ' Re6Wifin"8Vbi?lcMt?l;t|4Ve been- di rected : th oooat^ir" bde'rgt?s ; toward - tbe. i?ecurlnR ? of ? first-obws. hali playr , tors to mm*; mo* ^nmMm) -corps. IA **^OT&*ri* bf-tba world , v The marine corps teams at Posing, China, and, M'anpg^i?, . Nl?aM^^^f '. ^ ? ?:x-'"\/.r.-vVi '.?*'??' ? V Eardwitettlre'fc:VeU.* ; - . ; Athens-., Mav'-,?l.-?rA ?severo, *s*t? , quake shock- was fell nore nh?rtly. ?C . . jursoididibt. /;- ? v?i ion Ahead For The Car rike Ha? Tied Up Virtua! In Mexico And There Is lief of Food Shortage In x . ... ited Press.) , government ls said to bo (acing a se ntory problem ls already acute. There tuero IB no prospects of relief from a clean railrond lines. Washington ex m Consul Letchor, of Chihuahua City, sports of five other consuls in northern , Informed tho state department today .rranza, but nothing as to its substanco lomestic situation. Js bad, the attitude oro friendly, since the border ?onfer aring recommendations for Secretary n hi the caso of the 1 IC members ot tb go to border duty. It is said they med. ? RELIEF PASTORS, WIDOWS, ORPHANS Endowment Fund Will Be Recom mended In Report To Presby terian Convention -- (By Associated Press.) Orlando, Pla.? May j: 22.'-An en* dowcient fund bf ono million dollars; .^i 'tbe reitst' of retired ministers; ?widows and orphans of ministen-, will l>e recomident??d j'n" a'scbmmtttee^x^ port' to-be submitted to the g?n?r?t' assembly ot tho .PresbytortfLtt oh?r?n" In the United States tomorrow.- The orlgt?al endowment was fixed, at five hundred thousand, but a great im petus given Ithlework recently caus ed the church to plan ! for a larger amount. They're After Greasers m?.Bin' ii i nn II 11 ' "nf j m Countess In Countess Tb la photograph of Countess Mar kiev?oz helping the poor of Dublin to feed themselves was taken some time before thc abortivo rebellion in which She led a company, of Sinn Polners LOWER C (Bjr Associated Pres?.) Washington, May 22.-'iho su premo court tor" y affirmed tho ac tion of the f?d?rai court of Texas In I dismissing, for want of juiriidiction, the ?ult of the Bankers Trust com- ! pany fdr a receiver for the Texas and | Pacifie railway. . . The suit to placo the Texan & ! I Pacific railway company in the hands if- a. receiver, was brought in tho federal .district court at Dallas, Texas,, . in December 1915, by tho Bahk?rs Tiust company ci New'York, whu sougftt foreclosure on the charge that interest on $25,000,000 second mortgage bonds. Issued by the Texas &*Paelfic in 188C, was in . default since "190?. Tho.suit waS first heard in ' tho! Ifederal court Ut Dalla3 in February>| 191G, but never reached" trial on mei. its, as -tim week of hearing was takf en Up entirely with arguments on a| motion .to dismiss tho suit. Th? mo tion waa'granted" by Judge . E. R. Meek, .od the ground that tho federal! district- cohirt lacker1 Jurisdiction. Tho fuit was taken io the supremo court hy tho Hauliers-Trnyt company. Broking a decision on -.Jurisdictional! rights,, aa they might have/been af fected by an act or congress in 1915, which, said ."no federal court Bhall try. cases .brought by or against . a railroad company operating under a lera! charter;. " ? The Texas & Po litic,, according .to the defense, was eran ted a charter, by ' congress, Sn \A1hci#?#-.M'>b'' although other rail ?fjhad operated. under federal tlsirtera, tho -.Texas* & Pacific was thd onlyL railway so operating when the act ^waV'oasscd.''; Hie''defense claimed |h?t the act applied appel ?ically to tho,Texas & Pacftlcv i^a??'?h?Jor porttcn of the Dallas heWingV:was.,occupied by argument* jav^B^jmiBsal motion. At thc.out set tue trial an intervenl?|fg??jt? Uo?. .w,?ft offered'by a. group of stock* ?olders in . the railway, w?io alleged that -tho receivership prodbedlng* ?rer? instigated by,the. Missouri Pa cific ^raJ?Nvoyi ?t whl?h >B : .P.J Busk ls receiver, a competing concord^ which sought Obtain control ?f the ?es?ac?5 Paclffo, Such action, it waa ?iaimei?, rt-oald violate tMPSMt i Mcvhfovlez. through the atroct? of tho Irish-, capi ta!, The countess 1? nn Iriuh woman, I the wife of a Po Vis h artist, j Sho baa t\nco been tried and sentenced to ?enal servitude- fo* lifo. ever, tho New Orleann;l'acIfic still 1 retained aa in,oiv.it iii tho mort-! ?gage to keep lt3 titlo clear. All argumenta were baaed on. the I act of 1915. Tho defend claimed the act. applied as its wording indlcatod, | while tho complainants held tho act ivas i general legislation, and did not apply to thc special'legislation by which the Texas ?ii Pacilic was char-' itered.-, . v in rendering lils. decision, Judge Meek. declared he hail 'doubts pf thc ?applicability of tho act.of mir,, nud that ho felt it is duty "in vjey; ot possibilities . of. future litigation" tb leave tho quef?'?on ^ot. Jurisdiction to | tho supreme court . "\ ; Thia case was bold tb havo boen I tho first in which the act of 19161 was- Yiueslinned. NEGRO SNATCHES PURSE OF GREENVILLE, WOMAN Daring Theft Shows Nerd Comer Electric Light Of GreenvWo; S. Ci, May 22.-Mrs. Olivia Howeii, of '210 Ware street, had a j?ockecbook containing $if> snatched from her .. hand Saturday Dight on Pendleton .-street at jhe" Southern, railway crossing. Tho thieft waa committed by a. nogro whb has. r.ot'. been apprehended. Persons rb iv.iiiu: in that neighborhood statou* Ibadan.electric Hgh't ls badiy wanted at, that point, tko need of which was emp?aslfcod by tho daring act of the necro. . \ T^J^^&t '' ' ' SUOAR PLANTERS ARE T . B&nV ^an, Porto ^cb./i?iy 2?. Porto llHcari sugar planters are mak Iftg u?ospa?tedly largo pro?itB due' to crop.conditions and?? prices obtained ?e&Mfee at. tko war?1 Ono bf- tao lor** sugar ^?ipanies .top9$*? ?H fifteen thousand > cmployou would receive- a bonus of 10. per cent ot-tnehr^$|$$| ", Kew Yorkiflotton. 'i .;..> Kew ??ipk; May 32;^Lei?a optimis tic views ns to pea^e, -WVIOB in the I ?utUheaat ? ?nd Iowa* rWverpool . -re ports caused cotton to open generally I bnchangcd;to-8C^eri.j1^wi?. * Active months went three tonight dovi'i* right attar cali. . V'^ienr. July brok? 4h??ufch the, illira cent- : lovol sotiio stop; loss or dern were u^overe^-^i? wbf? these ware excittd, thu m?rke^.f?Jll?d few pta*. , . , ... RITli CALLED NOT?OF VIGOROUS PROTEST | HAS BEEN COMPLETED ,v BY PRESIDENT \h . t ____ FORWARDED TODAY I ?Legal Arguments Prepared To| Meet Contentions of France And Great Britain (By Associated l*rcss.) Washington. May 22.-President Wilson tonight completed A uoto vlgorousl', renewing the protest ot the United States to Great Britain agaiost the lnterfereuco with Ameri can mnllL-. Tho commnnlcat'oa goos I forward tomorrow, lt ls made up largoly of legal arguments to meet the contentions of Great. Britain sell forth in a memorandum concurred In by Franco and presented to tho state department* weekes ago. Tlio United States takes tho posi tion, Gist practices complained. of In I the t'rst noto hayo been 'continued! and America, must insist more em phatically that they cease. ' It ls understood tho note' attacks D.itish practico ot . taking ' neutral i mall Into BritishJurisdiction and submitting them to local censorship for regulations. .. upportersOf Brandeis Ate > Afor? Hopeful] Believe Committee Will Fat Report Hb Nomination At. Meeting Wednesday (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 22.-^Friends ot] Louis D. Brandeis are hopeful | to night that his nomination to tho mi-1 premo court would bo ordered favor ably reported by tho senate judiciary j comn??.tee at tho committee., meet ing Wednesday- Some Bald tfho vote would bo a to 8 facing tho confir mation, counting - on the absence of Senator Shields, who ia in Tonnes seo. Shields ts strongly' opposed. to | Brand?is and If ho returns ' tu W??u Ington Wednesday tho chances aro I his nomination will bo reported to] tho BCtiutO Without' recommend II Mon. FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF LAURENS IS DEAD ] Wm. S. Bagwell, Popular Citizen, | Passed Away Saturday Laurens, May 22.-William S. Bagwell, former chief of pollen and] ono of the most ?popular citizen? of tho city and country, died Saturday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock at his home on Gordon stroet.. iNjr the! post several weoks, posatbly .months, the health of Mr. ' Bf ?weil . had been ] on the.decline; und tne collapse' bains | jUBt a month- ago. "Sunday afternoon the burial ser vices were hold at the Laurena cern- j ctery, tho. exercises being conducted by the Rev. J.; R. T. ysjor?'boater j or th First Methodist church, and Dr. L. M. ltoper; of Petersburg; ?Va., who is on ? visit herc and preached j at the Baptist church Sunday; ;?< BAPTISTS TO GIVE OVER A MILLION TO FISSIONS Thu Decided On'?t .Conye^rM||| Asheville Yesterday Asheville, May/*2.'--SoutWn ntip Uafs in. convention hero decided to spend eight hundred thO?^a'?pfc foreign < ml talons; and six tuhdred thousand for bonis missions h?xVyo?i and ' went: on record- a? favoring'fjiMk tiona! prohib?t'on. The. convsntton w?tahod ov??y\ cf if?ifc-f?w??* to raise J>.h? ninety I hen san d needed for the. foreign mis Blob del#; ^l?buiBsilo?": bf ?t? .rmW sion reports brought a plo* that^ Bap i??te leave mpre..??ur^'^fcV?Mr Lava Deluge Covets Side From Elevation of 7,000 Feet Flows at n Rate of Mile an Hour (Hy A?sociaicii Press.) Honolulu. May T?.-Maunu Loa. al vol vi no which was lu eruption last j week, ?ISH broken ?ut at-am, anil flood of lava which hurst forth last I night at an elevation of seven thous? and feet is flowing down the moun- [ tain eldo, traveling southwest, at n| rate of about a mlle an hour. BY THE CENSOR (By Associated Press.) The general offensive of Austrians against Italians In - southern Tyrol contitucs. Vienna sayn Austrians soulhcaso of Trent captured Pinta and MnJrJolo and hovo' driven Ital ians back to their own territory. Since tho beginning of tho ofTenslvo Austrians hivo taken moro than twenty-four thousand prisoners and 170 guns. Paris says tho French havo pene trated o part of Fort Bounumont northeast of Verdun, which the air mans' stormed and captured Febru ary^*!, shelly, after the Verdun assault began. French also have forcedGcrmnus from positions south of hill 287 and west of Dead Man's WU. Berlin Teports tho British suffered severely when the dormans took trenches over u front of a mlle, and a quarter near Gtvonchy-End-Go helle. Tho British operating In Mesopotamia aro' gradually' drawing near Kul-Al-Amara, where. General Townshend's command recently sur rendered and ls held prisoners. The Britten have been reinforced by Russian cavalry.. The situation on the IbuoSsian front IB unchanged. > riddler Chemist Brad., ^adon,:' M??f -??i.^The death >: of General Arthur G?orgel ls reported from Amsterdam. Ho was , com mander-in-chief of the Hungarian army, during tho I war.. of liberation .ind prominent as a chemist. Irish-American Convicted Jeremiah ?^l^;,/ >;i'y London, Mfiy. 22^0?lclaUconfirma lon has been recr\ved-that'.a. sen shea'-;, ned td tb* gr?ivnd ; and' prae-i- s icallj-' au c.; th? household' fnrn??.uro; vas lost. -The, house ?as ownM,b)$ ;.: he -Wo?dii^e fcttll, ^nrl was protect-, sd by" Insurance., lt I? \nrit known whether. Mr,.V Gosnell- ^ mee on his househord;goods. : . Nb one was nert though tho b?cu-, ?mts of tho house- were -forced: to; .. lee fnto''-iho' Rtrco?s*-fn' night att?lr*,v- .; iwlng- i?V'thovs^Wenne*i'.wlth 'Whtch> : h? patrios ^ke?ith? .tl^tdhiK. TlK>y ; rere cared for^ hyo^telghboraV BiminRham.? M^:' ': ^?,>^Thr?? iibr^l ohs?,; two wWt?/ 'f^^&\^^^-iK?^',k.\ oportoJ?lie^; hin* teit:^;tnoro hurt '::?' he* a cyclone struck Su?h'yaid? and^ .'. t??. .%U^.i?^^j^a;-is^^v. ?