The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, May 05, 1914, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5
ENSIGN S. WON GEE.
ONE OF THE
In Mentioned In the Dispatches A>,
Fighting !n the Ancient City-*?*
Of jthe Stirring Ind lento
s tm
States {navy who have r K-ei vee ;tyjjjhi j
commendation for theil worst, at;
Vera Cruz is Ensign Solomon Haddon
Geer ot the Utah, who is mentioned,In
some of the dispatches aa "one of tho
heroes \ of the battle at jVera C^inz^?
Mr. Gojer ls a grandson}of Solomon''
Geer of this county and k son of Mr.
and Mri. H. K. Geer of Helton.
.Ensign (Jeer's rapid fife crew and
hlmset .vere photographed by the
field photographers of the metropoli
tan newspapers and in Ute New York
Herald of recent date their picture ap
pears with a tribute to their gallantry.
This ls the crew that slept on the
cobblestones of the city of Vera Cru?
and waa mentioned In the Associated
Press dispatches for driving the Mex
icans out of the main streets of the
city. Mr. Geer married Miss Souther,
daughter of Dr. W. C. Souther of
Union county, and she is now on a
visit to his parents at Helton. Yester
day she received the following letter
from Ensign Geer: i , j
Among the officers of! Gie Uh'ited
Alcadlr? Municipal
de {Veracruz.
jUtah Battleship I citduiiuf tera
4April 14, 1914.
S. Haddon Geer, l.v
Belton, S. C.
All is quiet in Vera Ci uf now -and
we hav? a force of about fi OOO marines
and sailors on duty here, ' Np,, one
seems *jp know how long we are coin?
tu uv hore or wnat we dre going to
do. * Wc are now policemen of tho
city and are trying to establish some
semblance of order.
Our bataillon is in police headquar
ters foi neattquarters.
We landed here on Wednesday the
21st. First the marines from the Flor,
ida and then the Prairie. The Utah
was then called out about 1:30, about
one and one-half hours after the
I/inn nr urn mr iinnr
mini ur men nc nuoi
How Gold Rules on thej BbV?er- K
Smudgier ou Carranza and Villi
Chieftains Is Imminent.
IPhibidelpWa^Ledger.)
El Paso, 'Sex., April!?.-Who rules
Northern Mexico, Villa or Carranza?
Cross tho. Jtio-Gpande-nnd-put- the
question tn thereat.Mexican, you
meet. Perhaps! t&aJsaswer rwlll tb*
Villa, thc*, chances, ss^^uall^ i as
If you are Undecided as the real
leader of the, Constitutionalist*, in
the nortii,'?i?k whw-Sofltr?iB the army
and tho expojW-^-he affair, will mean
money to "tbe " re"b^lr. Wen 'you get
the answer as to the man in control.
Today an adventurous chap who
has been a dynamiter, machine gun
and secret border agent for the Con
stitutionalists told me 'a story thor
oughly indicative of the' relations be
tween Villa and Carranza and of the
government methods along the border
in these days, where public war ls
made for private pelf.
Carra usa DcmandV, $10,000.
He said, "As I had been getting the
guns and 'ammunition across the bor
der wht.ro the embargo -.was on, romo
friends of raine who wanted to. ship
out 10.000'cattlo thought r might help
them and they* sent'?moS tb Carranza',
who waa t^ifin ai,. HermlslMo.:':! 1 went'
to Carranga, apd. told, him thar,
f rien dB wbutaTSy th?* export tax at
Juarez, but wanted, a. permit to f.hip.
"That wjg?jM>10,00ft gold,'', repllod
Carranza. .., tonoU*'/ pb* ?slS
"Do y ou .m^^si: gtt^/wUli .he y
paid on acedkut otl,thp,1sxport1.taxHV|.
I ashed. ' . , , . *a0 aaib??VJ
No. Just,tor ,U3y, good will. . b?: re-1
plied. ?" ,1^- wi " ; .'. *
"You mean a' hrlbeYV I asked in
amusement.
"Oh, no, JuBt for gt Jd .will," ho said
with a shrug
"Well. I beat him down from $10.
000 to $200. The money *w pst In es
crow in a Nogales p?jnk* and I took the
Carranza permit to my friend?. And
whjen they presented the Cnrranxa
permit at Juarez, the Villa, afflclal In
charge there Just Bn Iff cd at it.
"But it ls signed" by Carrawa," they
targed.
"I wouldn't light* my claarctte with
. lt" returned the oiBc?r. ''If you mean
te ship those catUe. get a permit from
Pancho Villa," and that J? the sort
ot people the VaMBdiftstos is rfpalipg
with today." _
za and bis leaders as to what atti
tude they woul^ ,nBSuroo,,r*AWard the
United States../.'\ ? "i^wir*. . > ,'
. At osce tfce.fcraiiia and ^P*"?8 -of
Hie border menotte" reftfees, and Oie
JOA'-SZ Mexicans,,|o#W? WW? L*I < J '
"vnta ?in ^> th- "MS^S
and viii have him j?~Jefl\'before.to
morrow/ Ix^^^-SS* pt
Pancho.
. "Dos't you think fir sneered an
other. "U\ Ville fries any of the
rough worttwtth Carransa.be will not
live n minsk.'*
rrcrn Chstiahua cams. A rumor that
Carranza vi ?infting to supplant
Villa as ??jgf of Ute arsiy In Mon
clovio. Hirttoa-air^ir i^a^it with
cheerful alaiard and prop
erty sod wbillke Villa .to credited
with hsvlng iriehedl^sslf by loot
But no wcrdTame from, Chihuahua,
except tbr^A^ strict censors?alp-rr
.'.?ffiWslssMBs^^
HEROESNQF ?ER? CRUZ
i One of the Men Who Led the
rVriies To His Family at Belton
m7^
VMtU?? , When we got ashore, after
having been fired at all tie way, we
landed andr, proceeded to {relieve the
Florida:
. I took, rey nebine guns ?rider heavy
fire, across tile 'ppen. square and
phmieaVHhem- in 'the middle of thc
street, opening and began ?ring. Wo
stayed there ul) the rest -of the day.
and night and during this time clean
ed but all of the ajoinlng buildings.
The night wo spent on the cobble-1
stones In the middle of the street.
In the meantime the marines and |
tho sailors from thc rest of the fleet ]
began to come In and surround the !
town.
At 4 a. m., we began again to fire
heavily and at 7 the fleet bom
barded the lower end of the town.
Then we made a charge upon the
town, taking it completely. One man
in my crew was killed. We then be
gan a bouae tp house search; took all
the guns, etc, and began patrolling the
streets. Since thpu everything has
been quiet. j
, lf>ll j J, ' iMADDOX.
. Knslgn (?eer a Hero.
The following Is' the description un
der the picture in the New} York Her
ald:, tl V. > lilli . i > J
The view shown here is j where En
sign Geer, had charged uppn Avenida
d? independencia, artet- Cefl. Neville's
rapid, tirera had swept, away ' the
Strongest opposition. E??"!;? Gser
una ms men had made the charge un-1
der the fire of the snipers and sharp
shooters from the Parochial church
"iwers and other building along the
route, but once their guns had been
mounted,under the portales; ot the old
Diligencia Hotel, one of the historic
?pot? cf VetivCrux, th|Ey' kept lt there
until the fighting was over,
"Ensign Geer and'his men were I
among the heroes of the second day's
battle." - .;
NOW fill
.UEUBBm MK Cr
?reed for'Gn?>^.torx Told By a
Break Between the Rebel
Ito ona rnmor is now gelte se good j
cs another.
Fears United States_
- - Oeer-towardrr Uie Wflft UWfcV Gen
eral Qhrigon ts la charge and he said
tcJtJbe Carranga partisan, he.has de
clared himself i^atly against, any hos
tile act lu lue Upiteo atates.. , , . .>
A refugee who Mw Obi egon a (?pw
days ago said to mo: ,
..H3ehera? ?brcson ' in m y ???-sunce
said to a group 'of h\? officers,.,'"
wvuiti be insanity to fight tho United
States, why," they Would raine 2,000,
000 men and with their unlimited
wealth and supply of great guns and
ammunition we would not last two
months. You see, Obregon ls an edu
cated man cf property, who bas lived
much of his life in the United States.
That ls the sentiment along the bor
der, the thinkers and the practical pit-1
ted against the United States with war j
on thc checker board before them.
READY TO WH?P
THE GREASERS!
Fa-nous Red Shirt Brigade Says
War Path At Once
""r"r &. ; T tam
'.!...'. ; M-vr^ * "
Capt. J: T. TJusbee1 of Ked .Shirt
Tame Spent yesterday in Anderson,and
waflo hero talked very tntestlngiy to
a reporter for The Intelligencer, con
cerning thc rttuotlott 'Iii Mexico. Capt.
Busbee rays that he and the complete
Ped Shirt Brigade of this section will
sun for the Mexican '.border at the
slightest intimation from President
Wilson that h?deeiire'volunteers and
Capt. Busbee says that if ' fae Red
Shirts get there they0 will mako an
Impression upon the ^Mexicans., He
rays that all his men are still active
enough to do splendid service in the
field and that they can all Bite a good
account or themselves*
Capt. BuBbee recently returned
from a trip to Florida and he says
that as ho stood aad ?ook^arre*- the
blue waters'ot th?1 Gulf of' Mexico tho
thought occurred to hini" that the Red
Shirt Brigade could clean diall of
M?*Ytro if'IhWFreatd?nt- would but
elva them *he authority/ Every..mern
{p,W; Busbar ataftment. - ; ;
BAPF yeo* *BW *o?*
Jai, BL Hammett Attended VMlntx of
^^^^:^r^9iu ? ?
.a\m\ ri ..Hammett ' returnee" rester- i
dav from'New York *bere he attended
cotton manu'fact*^rt*aadclagh. He
brought fcack the tlblfowuur, bon mot
whlckhe found Jo a New York paper:
. -Don't ioai on the atreetes ana teli
strangers the town is dead: It ts not.
The trouble is not that of a dead town,
but ot dead energies of too maftr o* Its
people, ?bow. that you sro alive by
moving llvoly. wide awake by jumping
tuto it, on the alert by Improving your
opportunities and getting there be
cause yon are In.the,lead of the pro
cession,'' <y .
HISTORIC HOUSE
75 YEARS OLD
Long History Could Be Written
About Old Imperial Hotel
Being Torn Away
A fong history could be written
about the Imperial bouse, now being
removed from Main street. This
bul ld jug has been standing in Ander
son qyer since even the oldest inhabi
tant can remember and no one can be
found to give the exact date when the
building was erected. It ts commonly
believed that the building has been
Btandlng just where it now is for the
last ?5 years or moro and every e?
dcriy person In Anderson passing ihe
location has been turning to one side
and stopping to gaze at the workmen
busily engaged in tearing the struc
ture down. It has .many memories
for Anderson people and there is a
feeling of regret occasioned with the
older generation lover the building
being removed.
As far back as history can be ob
tained in Anderson concerning this
building is. 1859, at which time Fleet
wood. Rice sold the property and mov
ed to a western state. Mr. Rice mar
ried Miss Lizzie' Dean, a daughter of
Moses Dean and for a number of years
they conducted a boarding house for
tho young ladles attending the John
son Female University. They had
probajbly 40 of 50 girl students there
and In i those days the place was quite
llvelyj the center of the social life of
the community and almost every night
witnessed a dance or some similar
gathering. Mr. Rice at that time was
railroad agent at this point, the first
that Anderson ever had. ^
EL MOKE IX RAl'E
Editor The Dally Intelligencer:
?In announcing myself as a candi
date for mayor of Anderson in next
election to serve for the next two
years, I do so with the firm convic
tion that If the people of the city will
take the time to examine my record,
as councilman for the past two years,
they will find that I have always stood
for the things most vital to the best In.
terests of the' people at large.
'If elected to the office, I will de
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flee abd will serve yverybody to the
very best of my ability.
?Regarding the iBsues of the cam
paign,." I wi? say that at tho proper
time. X will define my platform, giv
ing my views and position, I shall
talk cn all 'public questions that may
come jap.
-''1 " Respectfully. - '
E. E. ELMORE.
BABLES BOUGHT
TilAI-F,IOTER
Say? He Has Not For a Moment
' Regretted Buying Real Estate
In Anderson^WantsMore
George H. Ballee has bought the
interest of John. W. Linley in the mid
die ninrp room of fie Q-. A. F??ed music
hesso property. Tao other usri owner
is T. G. Crayton. Mr. Balles said last
night that he had never regretted thc
purchase of.any piece of property in
the city, and ho has acquited quite a
lot in the last year. He says he wish
es he} had twice as much. He paid Mr.
Linley a pretty good margin on tho
holdings in the Reed property. Mr.
Linley and Mr. Crayton bad paid a
good margin tc Messrs. L. R. Horton
and W. F. Marshall.
"If we people In Anderson do not
have faith in our real estate how can
we induce, others to come In." ls the
way Mr. Ballee puts it
WHERE IB YOUR CHILD .
AFTER DABIL!
- - --. , ii
.Where ?are the children .of. your
home after dark? We feel that bx on
ly td? many, cases the parents must
answer, "We don't-know." They may
be at a i neighbor's, they may be at
church, they may be at a moving pic
ture show, or -they may be on the
stre/ets; but the parents do not know.
.They . may - be .learning > something of
what truo manhood and true woman*
Hood Is, or, they may bo taking les
ir. ye ?th fy iv depravity tr?iU ure
'coclouB but all too capable teachers,
but the parents do not know. Where
are the horses and cattle and even
the chickens? AU ?afo in well-fenced
pastures or secure buildings, for. we
cannot afford to run any risk on los
ing them. But thc children?* Well!
we don't know Just where thc,, are.
And yes, if anyone on earth ls respon
sible for the welfare of these Children
lt is the father and mother. And If
damage comes to these children. be
cause of thoughtlessness or careless
net i, those perents w!H stand con
demned in tho sight of man and God.
And, yet there are little children of
six or seven years, and older ones of
thirteen or fourteen, who are roaming
the" stree ts at., night? unattended by
anyone Bave the ignorant, the fool
ish or tho vieious, and their Ood-or
da(ned guardians are.seated comfort
ably at home, quietly reading the
newspaper or lt may be the Bible, or
C- leasaotly visiting at a neighbor's,
hile their llf-ie children are,growing
up', tolerantly woolner destruction, in
down one.or t;wo thlncs ara abso
lutely certain., ..
Tho Urst is ti at the father and mo
ther are absolutely responsible for
proper oversight or their children, lt
makes no difference whether the ra
ther be a d-stlnftuUh-V. ?reacher cr
aa ordinary artisan be a- housewife,
Uiey aro absolutely responsible for ex
ercising a proper oversight over the
children.
> And this moana, that the father and
mother ought to know and have a
right to know .where and with whom
their children spend their time. This
la not so- easy a* it u?ed to be. but
the parente should ?nd out in some
way or other.
And then, mo young people should
always he at home after dark, unless
accompanied by some responsible par
ty under tu? care ol some one who
is really trustworthy. It not Infre
quently happens that we slng,"Wheio
ls My Wandering Boy Tonight?" just
U few years too late.
If we know where lue hoy is dur
ing tho ifirst eiKhteeu years, it will
not be hard to And out for the after
years. Every little while our police
court ssee sad faced mothers and fa-J
thors whose boys have been arrested I
for criminal offenses and the broken I
hearted parents didn't even know their
boys were bad until then. Many a
ruined boy has been ruined, not by the
criminality of his young comrades, but
by the awful blindness and well-nigh
racredlble c relessness of his own
Christian par ts, and no bitter tears
can ever bk*, out the sin and Ute
shame of a narent'a frilure to keep
raith v.'.th God and >v|tl< t! child.
The Christian Guardian.
OVER IN GEORGIA
Nt-ws Notes fron The Hartwell Hau
of this Week.
At a recent meeting of tim board of
I education, the following members of
the faculty of the Hartwell Public
Schools were reelected to serve dur
ing the lU14-ir? term:
Prof. C. G. Powers, superintendent.
MIHS I ono Stevens,' 'Miss Cornelia
? Smith a;id .Miss Aurie Bonner, teach
ers of tbe High School Department.
MBB Kittie M. Watson,' Tili grade.
Mit? Mildred Padgette, Gtli grade.
Mrs. Nettle OglesbyV nth grade.
Miss Lola Patton, 4th grade.
MisB Lizzie Daniel, third g-ade.
Miss Lula Skelton, 2nd grade.
Miss Harriet R. Crouch, .st grade.
Miss Alva Bennett was also reelect
ed as teacher of music and voice. She
I has capably fl?od thc pas't'ou during
j the term coming to a close.
A teacher of elocution and art hos
not yet been secured.
Nearly all the teachers have ac
' copied the positions on thc faculty for
the next term, to the delight of the
Hartwell and Hart county patrons.
Miss Alice King was also elected
teacher of the Hartwell Milis school,
I which position she has held and most
I ably filled for tho past several yearn.
The semi-annual Hart'County slng
jing convention will be held on Sat
I iirrliiv nnH finnrfay XI?jr tlM, ?nj 10th
lat New Prospect," four miles north of I
I Hartwell.
This occasion is always tino of much |
enjoyment for the gingera" an,d the mu
sic lovers of IfaHbotAtty. bf whom!
there are a large number/
N. L. 'Aberhoidt, president of the]
convention, requests that every Sun
day school and choir In the county
and representative's to New 'Prospect
on these two days to taW? pert In the
exercises.
Several communities wjfll ihvite the
next convention to mjMjf,*fltn' them*
and which place will be AeCfaed, upon
bf c?tirse at the next" meeting next
week. i -\ : w >- <?
W/prk was started last week on thc'
McMullan building on Depot street]
by M. T. Buber of Macon, the contrae,
tor. Hi ls belo? fcs~."st?d by Mr. Bol
linger. ?Iso of Macon, in overseeing
the job.
The building, will .ho QUP story , lc
jhetehi. 105 feet ?one'and/*"i$ rsot in"
width, with t*^c front ????Auc?s.' vVban i
completed lt will be one bf. the largest I
and most elegant store rooms In Hart. J
well.
As previously stated In The Sun,]
the room will be ? occupied by the
Yates Hardware & Furniture Company |
which ' ls one* of Hartwell's largest,
business houses.
I NEW BUILDING IS
SOON UNDERWAY!
?Handsome Business Buildings Are]
Soon To Be Underway On
East Whifuer Street
lt was announced In Anderson yea
jterday by" P. C. Brown abd W. A.
i"Watson tl'at tliey will at once begin
, the construction of six handsome store
rooms on their lots on East Whltnor
street. The gentlemen Who are to
'build these tao res say that they will
I be complete In every reabect and an
I ornament tb the city.
It is understood that the work of ex
cavating for thc new building? will
be begun within loss than a week's
time and as soon as this ia done a
large force of carpenters will be put
to work on constructing the now busi
ness houses. It ic understood that j
the dirt to be removed from this site I
will go' to the Charleston & Western !
Carolina railway for the undertaking)
now being pushed by tbat company.
It has been known for some time j
that these gentlemen have considered ;
such a move In Anderson and the
i public will receive this announcement j
! with considerable pleasure.
PUBLIC B-mnis? rrmroBiriTT
.Feder?! Bunan Recommended lu j
j , ?*ngre^onsl-Bepert,
-
(By Associated P"??B)
Washington, April 80.-A* part of Si
comparative scheme i for < practical
standardisation of . federal buildings
the country over, the public buildings
commission, ip . r-pcr* rr??'i?tsd ts
I t!CU Cf: - t^a^imi trare?? Ot public j
I buildings to aneoTb the supervising
I architect's office of the treasury de
partment. . The proposed bureau
would Include a board of estimates
and property.
Get M More Bodies. j
Eccles, W. Va,. May 2.-The tank of
recovering the bodies of the 172 min-j
era entombed in min? number S of1
the N->w River Collieries Company
Tl, Sudsy hy aa explosion went on
moro rapidly today and late tonight
26 bodies had bein removed. All but
tour ba ve..been Identified.
RRfllNR Akin RRlttfU IT
?^??????MW it iv hf winaisig m
HIGH SCHOOLS OF COUN.
TY WERE REPRESENTED
AT O'NEAL CONTEST
(Athletic Events During the Day
and Oratorical Contest In
the Evening
( Kal un] ?ty V. Daily)
Yesterday was a great day for Del
ton and lt was a great day for the
public schools of Anderson county.
Every high school in tue county was
represented at the events taking p'.?ce
In Belton and there was the keenest
interest manifested in very detail of the
day's doings. Thc OW'eall Oratorical
Contest day has always been one of
the foremost events of thc year with
the public schools of the county, and
yesterday was no exception. In fact,
it has been said by many, of those
present for yesterday's exercises that
this year was the most successful evor
held. Jj
The lirBt events staged were the bas.
ketball games between the girl's
l./iDis ot lour tie hoc-its I '(AndoTsonj
High school played the Belton High
school the first game of the day, the
Anderson girls winning In 'a spirited
contest by a score of 19 to 17. Tho
girl's team of thc Williamston school
won from Hones Path by a score of
30 to 25. Both these games were
closely contested from start to finish
and either aame hnlonjoH tn ggtWw
team until the Inst minute of play.
These games were played on the cam
pus of the Belton High school and
immediately following their conclu
sion the crowd gathered for the pic
nic dinner, dozens of representatives
from Anderson, Honea Path, Willtam
ston and Belton being present. The
dinner was ono of the delightful af
fairs of the day and the party made
merry over the substantial viand?.
The tirst event for the afternoon
waB the baseball game between An
derson High school and Belton high
school. This opened tn fine fashion
?' lid |-,t*-*u v .Ci; luuivauou, wa trvsas^ ?ft
splendid game. Both teams seemed
to be evenly matched and both aggre
gations played swell ball through
out the game until the 8th, inning
when the grapd smash up came. Law.
ton Wright of Honea Path was umpir
ing tho game and when the last In
ning was reached the score stood 5 to
4 In favor of the Anderson team. The i
Anderson team makes the claim that
Belton coach touched * runner on
third base and that the runner-was*<
therefore out. instead of which the um.
pire, refused to call the man out and
.permitted., him to cross, the plate and.
be scored. When thlB happened tho
Anderson boys refused to finish the
game and the umpire declared that lt
.wai forfeited to Belton by a scoro of
? to 0. The Anderson team does not
feel very happy over the matter.
The ?ecoad baseball game oi the af
ternoon was between Honea Path and
Williamston the Honea Path aggrega
tion-winnini? by a score of 7 to *. The
Kaine waa filiad with ftMtiyrww and yepy
; minute of play saw some spectacular
piece of work done In the field. Both
the Wllliainston and Honea Path
te?tns put up a splendid article and
they were roundly cheered time and
time a&nin by the large and enthusi
astic crowd of fans, H. O. Campbell
'of Belton umpired .this game. ,
Oratorical Contest.
In the evening the arrangements
were made for the oratorical events.
The Pastime theatre had been se
lected for the orations and it was a
place of beauty with it< wealth of
decorations. Ferns and cut flowers
added much to tho stage and the ar
ray of pretty girls, each wearing the
streamers of her schoo>, lent an air
of gaiety and festivity to thc scene.
Prof; C. W. Riser ot the Anderson
schools, G. E. Welborn Of the Wllllaui
tscn schools and R. B. Hicks Of Honea
Path were on the rostrum, together
with Prof. J. B. Watkins of Belton.
Prof. Goodglon. the president of the
O'Neal 1 Oratorical Contest, preside J
over the contest, while tho judges
were. Dr. Pt L. Robinson of thc ?Vom.,
an's College at Duo Weet, Prof. L, C.
Galloway of Erskine college and Rev.
L. P. McGee of Greenwood.
The exercises of the evening were
begun with the song: "Holy! Holy!
Holy." by the entire audience. Fol
lowing this came the Invocation by
Rev. W. T. Tate, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Belton and then an
other song this time the old familiar
"My Country Tis of Thee." Then
came the young ladlee from the va
vlous schools to compete for the beau,
ttful gold medal for the best recita
tion.
The first to be heard was Miss An
nie Donald of Williamston, whose sub.
Ject waa "A Selection 1-ora Mary
Carey.'" Next came Miss idell Kay of
Belton with the subject " \ Roman Sol.
dier." Miss Josephine Womb to-of An
derdon had as uer subject "Palntlna
the Ethiopian " and Miss Marie Gaines
of Honea Path closed with "She Want
ed to Learn Elocution."
Wea by Viss Kay.
The judges had great difficulty In
making their choice ot the winner in
thia event. They all admitted that ev
ery .one of the young ladina had done
.?..11,1.. .-11 ...kl-v. ?# A?- -!*--i
f. - - - ii v.? WITT ti U UiUT-1
had surpassed the other three. Final
ly they decided that the medal should
go to Miss Idell Kay cf Belton with
second honors to Miss Marie Gaines of
Honea Path and the medal was then
? prsss??sd in - h*^py isasnsr *rf
the president.
"Auld Lang 8yne" as sung by the
entire audience proved to be one bf:
the bits of the evening and then came
. one of the chief events ot the entire
I day, the declamation contest. The fof
I low.'ng yoong men spoke in order for
'their schools: Carlisle Canon of Hon
'e?<>4*tb. Abraham Lincoln; The De*
fense of John E. Cook by St. Clair '
Minor of Anderson. P.le??! te thc Rc- !
mans by Frank Sutherland of Bel-J
ton aud the last speaker was Jack I
Knnw nt WUHsmatcs, Cassius ts Bru
tus.
Tho judges then retired and thc
audience sang "Dixie" following which
tho judges entered und announced tlint
tlie medal went to Jack Knox of Wll
liamcdon while they decided upon
Frank Sutherland of Belton for sec
ond place. In this connection it might
be said that the winner ls only 13
years of age und ho possesses marked
ability. His effort last night was one
of the best ever heard In Belton and
lt was unanimously agreed that thc
decision of thc judges was correct and
proper.
Over 700 people Ulled thc theatre to
overflowiug and many were unable to
get into tho building at all. lt is ?aid
titat thc attendance at the event yes
terday was considerably larger titan
it has ever been before.
All told the day went off to perfec
tion. With tito one exception of thc
baseball game there was no misun
derstanding and no unpleasantness
and tho school officials say that they
aro well pleased with the way thc
program was carried out. 1
Anderson's delegation. 6omn -IH)
strone, returned to tito city last night
shortly after midnight on a special
train nnd without exception tiny said
that they lind enjoyed every feature
of tbe day.
MEET TUESDAY
TO MAKE PLANS
_k I
Large Tent Has Been Secured By
The Committee For Holding
' Of Veteran's Reunion
ibu sessions or the veterans to lie'
held in Anderson during the coming
reunion on May 27 and 28, will be held
in a large tent, just secured by the !
committee from the Saluda Baptist j
association. Tills tent was obtained .
through Cen. M. L. Bonham, Dr. John
F. Vines and Luther P. Smith. It will
'seat only 1,000 people but lt is so ar
ranged that the sides can bc raised
and vastly more than .that number
can be accommodated.
Secretary Wlialey Bald yesterday that
tho tent will be pitched either on the
Llgon lot, where the chautauqua
ls now located or on the McKinney
tot on sharpe street, just In tho rear
of Main street.
A call has been issued for a meeting
to take place Tuesday at which timo
the entertainment committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet with
two representatives from each of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
chapters in Anderson. Col. Joseph N.
Brown will siso be Invited to attend
'this meeting and take part In the de
liberations.
;;!At this meeting all plans for the re
union will be outlined sud the work
so arranged that ail details may be
completed before the first day of tbe
convention for this city.
WILSON TO TAKE
OVER U.C. SHAFT
Gen. Herbart Gives Program For
Confederate Unveiling At Ar
??4,??wit tr Hmmv ~i
(By Associated Press)
Washington, May 1.-Colonel Hilary
A. Herbert, former secretary of the
navy and chairman of the executive
committee of the Arlington Confed
erate Monument Association, announc
ed the completion today of the pro
gram for tho unveiling of the memo
rail monument ut Arlington National
Cemetery on June 4.
The exercises will bo opened with au
a-Jdrcori by General Bennett II. Yoting,
commander In chief of the Confeder
ate Veterani. followed by General
Gardner, commander of thc Grand
At my of Ute Republic. Colonel Her
bert, on behalf of the executive com
niiUcn then will turn the monument
over to Mrs. Stevens, president gen
eral of the United Daughter.! or tho
Confederacy, .who in a spot ch ..viii
turn lt over to President Wilson, wh >
' has promised to receive lt.
Tl'c monument, which la *|uit:? elab
orate and entirely of brotase, In ;he
work bf the sculptor. Sir Mosei
Ezekiel, a natl VJ of Virginia.
ANDERSON MAN
LIKELY TO WIN
Feaster V. Triable Has Secured
- Many Members for Local Post
Off The T. P. A.
While no official advices have yet
been received In Anderson from head
quarters In St. LoulBt members of
Post D of the T. P. A. believe that
Feaster V. Tr ibbie, the association's
well known secretary, has set a new
record for the United -States In the
.Ratter of securing members and thai
he win be awarded the handsome prize
offered by the National association, to
the member securing the moat new
members in one yeai Since the con
test started Mr. Trtbbii baa secured a.
total of 160 new members, which is
said to be a record for the United
States. If this figure ia not raised by
Duiiio u?icr cupiwuiav mr. xribbio wi? i
nave toe honor ann dutinction or hav
ing besten the entire United States
and set a new record.
The contest came to a close Thurs
day but necessarily some time will
elapse before lt will be' possible tn |
chees: up ali the ngaree ?and ascertain i
who won. Mr. Tribbie bas only three j
other contestants, none of whom are
in this SUte.
[ t JEmll Goetschlus, of Kent, N. Y., has'
; twb broken teeth and a lacerated face
I today as the result ot hagging Mrs.
Lawrence Brewer in mistake for his
fiancee.
uiynonuc uimiiiir
iiwiuuumi. mnumiic
mn v nm mtnrtrtns
run A nm runruot
WILL BE BROUGHT T? AN
DERSON AT ONCE
FOR DR. ASHMORE
-.
Has Been Shipped From the Fae-'
tory and Is Now En Route to
This City For Ute
- * ?w* ; .-?
Dr. Frunk Ashmore., chairman of
th? Hoard of Health, said yeitcrday
tliat lie had giveu an order for ono
of Hw bout X-Hay uttaehinenls. in tho
country-the improved InrenuptlosH
Transformer-and that tho machine
would bo in Anderson andr ready for
use within thc nev', two weeks. Tilla
wH! nipan a great deal to Anderson
and to thc State at large.' Whon this
machino arrives anu is put into U60
Anderson','Will have the most modi rn
Of any of thc X-Ray machines in tho
country and people will l>e nUr?cKed
to this city from all pavla of the State.
Dr. Ashmore alroady hau a splendid
sej of i nst l union i and machines in
cchnecttb'n with tho x-fltay work'. 'Mo
probably lins fully is good db outfit '."
a* ia to h* f o lind lu tho BtnUntul ' '
when lie adds thle rrtovhlne'tberfc'W'
no doubt but that hr Win surpass" buy
ctlior p?-.yeiclRrtJ end probably ?riy
hospital hi Hio 'Stafo.
. The total coat of '.he cominis ma
O?i?u? is ??,r>iui and ?i i i : ?. every p.>B"
bible contrivance for rv.khig !. one
of the liest 1n thb couhtrv. Wita this
muchlne lt ls pos al' ! ? to do- litany
things utterly Imppss'.hlo with the or
dinary apparatus and lt is..paid to
be the only one of Its kind in the.State.
The makers of this machine han*
prepared to send an expert to Anderson
Hom the "letory to .'ns*.*u .< the phy
sician In tho use of the new machine
or.d it is expected that Hits gMtieruan
will arriv? lo tho city within the next
two weeks. He will put up the ?ma
chine and see to it that lt IB in good
order, explaining to tho physician how
No definite promise has been made
by the makers of the machine aa to
when it will come herc except Hint
it' will reach Anderson before- May
16. It ls planned 'tb stat tho work
of putting it together ns soon ai: it
arrives In Anderson and- then this
city will bo able to boart of the most
modi rh. and moat effie lent niarbbv: .
tn the State.
Dr. Ashmore said last bt*ht Hint lie
expected, this machine to.' wil/a . won
der to those South nartVHhf?.' people
unacquainted with tho "XTOSy"Work -'*'.
and that he certainly' hoped the hlher >"
'.ibysiclans of the city weald - feel at
liberty to como around .and:.inspect
li and whenever thoy cared to np.
bring their patients to hita for au ox- '
amlnatlon. ' ..'}
The new machine will prove to be
& curiosity is Anderson and dowbtlet??
Dr. Ashmore will be pestered by a.
number of tho curious as weil as a
large nlimbo* nf tbo?O i?nHCf5t!?tet*?d \;
with tho actual work done by Such
a machine.
THE (OrUTHHlP OF THE DI RU?
A few days pleasant sunshine after
nearly a month of storm and rain, re
vived wonderfully tho spirits of ev
erything in the zoological pardens, the
birds especially. Many birds Indeed,
aro already In the midst of their court,
ship, and with t*em, aa with all their
kind, the tender passion ls of brief du.
ration, but is very strenous while lt.
lasts.
lt is a Mue night in the carly niora -
lng, when comparative quiet, relgnn ..,
through the shrubberies, to eeo the
Imperyan pheasant, rustling tho
splendid jewelry of hts plumage * tn "
the sunlight, till every bronse grsou
and blue spot lu his, tell seems pris
matic aa the enamored owner tura?
here and there to show his beauty to
the sober little ben in tho back yard.
In another paddock, the peacock, the '"'
miracle of lovllness : to whom famil
iarity atone prevents us rendering the
proper homago has Just remembered
that ho has a train as good as'the
Im nervana.
That wonderful collection of lils -
tier upon tier of gleaming orbs, fram
ed for contrast in seaweed, green and
fringed Lbove with rustling brown and
gold, glitters !.. tho sunlight as the
possessor struts herc snd there with
splendid ostentation before tho de
mure object of his aeffctlon. These
are two of the birds whose love-mak
ing depends upon a display with which
humanity can fully sympathize. There
are others whose courtships appear .
?absolutely ridiculous sud insane;'fea
thered buffoonery meant only to-dla- ?>
gust any ben bird of ordinary intel
llgence.
The ruffs are examples of the latter
class. Every male of- the species ts
differently pl u m od, and-wears an 109
menre frllL,ln the midst of- whifh "
head and long beak project. --, Thin*
garbed when the spring sunshine ls
In his blood, he tears frantically
around the margins of tho pool,'halt
ing sow and then when no enemy ls ??
in sight, in an attitude, ot heroic de
fiance. Should a rival actually bo va
?him for an Indefinite norlnd. nnly tn
Ignore Ute combat after all ?nd" gu
plunging and dancing round Ute pom
again in ecstasy of tho hare-brained
foolishness.-London o lobe.
Tolls Track Is ftpsal
Washington, May 2.-The '? decks
were cleared today for the Panama
tolls repeal fight when Senator O'C-r
man got the approval of the senate on
a motion to make the tolls bills un
finished business. Unless the senate
decide? otherwise the bili will rc
maln tho unfinished business until lt