TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO. 25. Weekly, Established I860; Daily, Jan. 18, 1911, ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1914. PRICE *1.50sTHE YEAR, CLOUDS GATHER FASt CONTINENTAL ^ AUSTRIA mo SERVIA MOBOLIZ ING TROOPS FOR THE FRAY THAT'S EXPECTED OLD MEXICO WILL REST FROM WAR Indications Are Very Favorable For Peace Instead of REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES MR. POLLOCK ADVISES THAT ALL THE VOTERS GET THEM THE DAY IN SALUDA ALL FORGERY SAYSJM'INTOSH NEVER SIGNED THE PAPER PURPORTING TO COME FROM HIM GIVES THE DETAILS ELIMINATION IS THE I0RD GUBERNATORIAL TIMBER MAY GET ThJ?IN FZW DAYS ' TOO MANY IN RACE RUSSIA'S INTERFERENCE WI MAKING FIGHT BETYVJ '* FOR EUROPE Montenegro Will, Come To Aid o . Will Involve Practically Ev Just Recovering From Totl (By AbbocI . London, Jnly 2."?.?The darkest w European horizon bIucc Germany sen en within 48 bourn. The Servian with Aunirlun demands, the' most bo dent nation, for the expiation of the iiu??ri uni !-.'m fin inn conspiracies in & ofifninrc good behavior. - 'At 5:50 o'clock tonight when the , pired, the Servian premier hnnded grade, Servlo's reply. The minister Hons nna started home. < 'i The contents of the note have n Ration In London understands that ions and rejected others. Apnpicntlj whole bill paid or nothing. ? - . i ' The vital question or 'Europe- is whether Russia will come to tue res cue'of Servie, involving the other powers and making of tue war a struggle of Slav against Teuton foi Epropean Bupremecy. Reports from St. Petersburg sa; that the Russian army is mubillslng bur if is not remembered tnat Russia mobilized several corps when Austria annexed Bosnia and the German Empire, stepping to the side of its ally..as was said, "in mi_ .? ?11/1.1..,,. n uvu yiv nations of the triple entente are han dicapped by hdme ~ trouble?Russia SIth a great strike, France with a po tlcal upheaval and Great Britain with a threatened Civil war in ? is tor. England In a Dilemma. England shows no enthusiasm over bocoming embroiled in. a war which might prove a great calamity in her Interests. As far as opinion ctm be gathered amid the paralysis, which overcomes all .British political activi ties over Sunday, sentiment here now tends towardB Austria. .. This Is based on the belief that the Servian intrigu?s for undermining Austria by a Pah-Slav movement have bean eo open, that r no natron could tolerate thfltn 'and,In the pr?sent ex uberant state of Servla's national pride only the sharpest and' 't.?pM ?irompt measures could have any'ef ecL One result of the sudden threat of LL INVOLVE OTHER POWERS, EEN SLAV AND TEUTON \N SUPREMACY f Servia In Coming Struggle Which ery European Power-?Sema the Balkan War Is Game ?e Core lated Press.) 'ar cloud which lias appeared or the it warships to Agadlr in 1011 has rla gorernment has refused to comply militating eTer asked of an Indepen i Naravejo mnrders for which Austria kervla responsible, and for guarantees ! Austrlu-Hunparlnn ultimatum ex? to the American minister at Bel I m mediately severed diplomatic relu ot been revealed, but the Servian le it accepted some of. Austria's condlt - Austria was resolved to have the before the Russian and French em bassies in front of which oodles of police had gathered, gave lusty cheers while passing the statues or Bismark, Moltke and Roon in front of the Reichstag and assembled around the Austrian embassy, cheering for Em peror Frac is Joseph and Emperor I William and singing the German and j Austrian anthems. "Hurrah for War." -Later en angry crowd assembled' outside the "Russian embassy, with continuous shouts of "Down with jftus-' , Down* with Servlal Hurrah for War.* . : -' ... Qo Ycre^M^er.'- &Sg . ^f*e-.lTnprea^b^ i circles .is that th? European eituotion i is th? gravest alnce 1870: All oyet are turned to St. ?-'jterBburg and even among the more optimistic there Ib no | confidence that war will be averted French residents, who ere in close touch , with the embassy, are making preparations to return to Prance for possible service. Reports from Hamburg te:i as-the | same story of demonstrations. Information received late tonight, from a quarter In the confidence of the German embassy at St. Petersburg, declarer, that the first desire to set tle tho controversy througn diplomat ic means is giving place to a decided! war spirit and insists that Servie be j supported in every way. EXCITEMENT IN GERMANT The Kaiser's Empire Is Overflowed! With the W?r Splii-. (By Associated Press.) Berlin. July 25.?The center of I Berlin is filled today with cheering, | tumultuous crowds indulging in con tinuous enthusiastic demonstrations! over the expected outbreak of AuBtro-1 Servian hostilities. The strains of the. German and Aus-1 trian.national anthems are beard from time to'time above the cheers of the 3irowd Newspaper extras sent out iu rapid succession were torn from tho 'lands .of Ute distributors and the streets are carpeted with, discarded sheets. The enthusiasm could scarcely be greater If it were German's own war which was about to begin. Host of the demonstrators appar ently realize, that hostilities along tbO Danube might be preliminary to Rna tian and German mobilisations. About two thousand persons gather id before tho Austrian. embaasay. f bey cheered Austria-Hungary - ! and lang patriotic songs. The Austrian unbassador appeared on the balcony md warmly ' thanked those gathered tel?w. Another spontaneous demonstration lcourred In WllhelmstraSse through vhlch some thousand men marched .Inging "Die Wacht Am Rhein/ The streets of Berlin are. filled! with ^cit?d ^crowds and everywhere ia eard talk, of German's chances of bo oming Involved. BELGRADE ABANDONED trag .of fj?rv?a Seu?^e? ?In Copia? h? Unprotected. ^Vienna. July 25.~ThaJ??rvtan gov ramenl waited, ontll 'therh>st aft It by the tr?ma 6t;.$e note and n?y ten minut?s beforp the hour , of .1*4'when the Austm-HupgaT^r^ riatum expired,1 did th?;'Servian Her apepar at the legation and p / ent his ^ :TOvernmentfs .'reply ?. to \ I vustrlan minister. Baron Otesl H?dingen, No details of the tenor of tba nve been revealed here, but the ' tat?m?nt was made that' R was 'uri ntlsfaiHory." Immediately upon receiving the Uo Austrian minister Informed srelgn office and diplomatic r?la I vsre^b?ken off.? Half an hour the minlr.Cer and his staff with their families had boarded a train for Aus. trian territory. The train was in read iness to depart as an unfavorable re- < ply to the Austrian demands had been i expected. t 'According to newspaper messages f received here the mobilization of the ] Servian army was ordered at 3 o'clock this afternoon. -King Peter, who had i hurriedly returned to Belgrade when i the Austrian ultimatum was announc- t ed, left the capital this evening oa a \ special tram with the principal mem- < hers of the government in the reallza- j tion that the Austrians could capture -\ Belgrade without difficulty. The temporary seat of government will he established at Kraguyevatz. | The news of Servia's ' decision was < made kuuwu. to the public by sztra i ?dit ons of the evening papers'and by j 8 o-' 'ock tonight half the popullatlon t cl the city seemed to be on the streets. > Tbey fought eagerly for the papers < and procesBionn were formed which j marched through all the thorough fares' singing national hymns and f cheelcg for' Emperor for Emperor f Francis Joseph, Emperor William and t the army. I . ; Everywhere throughout the coun- ? try aimllar demonstrations are being , hold. Count von Betchtoldt, the Aus. < tro-Hungarlan minister of foreign sf- < fairs, visited Ipchl early in the after- J boon and had a long audience with the . emperor. Later he conferred with the minister of war. General Krobatln, 1 and the emperor's chief military, ad- ] viser, General Baron Bolfras ' von 1 Ahneburg, and the minister of finance. < jjj Count von Bechtoldt bad another, < audience at 7 o'clock with the, em-> ? poror tjj .who' nrte^comrouncated.ihe ^ ^p*W?6r..o1f, jewelry * asummefc* 3 representing well known nouses were ? In the city yeaterday calling on the < local trade. Among these ..wero D. i M. Douglas of New York. B. P. Rauls 1 of Boston, John . Dal9 of Melrose, < Mass., S. J. L5utluu of Grand Ranlds. i (By Associated Press. ) Washington. July 25.?Not only gov. ?rnment officials- 'hut representatives 1?re of all Mexican factions expressed onight more confidence than ever be ere that peace at last wag in sight in Mexico. I. Relations between General Carranza ind General Villa were pronounced as riendly by FellCitOa Villareal, consti .utlonallst nub-secretary of the treas ury, who arrived here today. He de dared General Carranza was now pay ng Villa's men. and supplying: him with ammunition.- V Cnrrnnzu Furnished Arms. Some doubt had been expressed in vorder reports ?ver the fact that ag mtr. of Villa were purchasing ammu liiion for him, Locai consiiiuiionat Bts said agents of nil division com nonders shippect-arms^directly to the -arious forces ,bnt that general au horlty jfor the .purchase came direct Tom General Ctjrroh^d. officials likewise la Was. getting his Carranza and ?11 a frlpndly feeling Icfe. AU constltu e being . supplied In readiness for 8.or other emergen paclflcotlon of State dopa explained that immunltlon f idvlcee poln between the t .loalists troo vith ammunitl( counter., rovoi des incident Mexico". m Carl From'.-the ookB after th?. Mexico, came President Car lerlre ;fp reacfcj General Carrani Bible moment. :hat besides, : 'arits Peace. p?nVw?ister, who .merlca'n interests In rd that Pro visional 1; had expressed a .'agr?ment with the earliest" pos mlnlstcr reported Cepeda,< twe tat theTatt^b^ Isgre^ rd earran :?'s PUBB?3lld?>' tbr !??l?ihg the peace conferences at ?altlllo. Mr. Cepeda s due tomorrow at' Tampico where le will meet the constitutionalist :hief and.r.rr.rnge for the Saltlllo con 'erencea. European W?r Bulletin I (By Associated Press.) (By Associated Press) Vienna, July 25.?Diplomatic relations between Austria-Hun gary and Servia were formally broken off tonight. War is regarded by the public as almost a certainty. Vienna, July 26.--MJntil 2 o'clock this morning demonstrations against Servia continued. All classes participated and speeches of a violent nature were delivered. ' Vienna, July 26.?The imperial decrees which come into force today, include restriction and control by the gavera ment of the tele graph and telephone services and the prohibition of the publication of military news. . St. Petersburg, July 2 5.?-The eraperof today promoted to be of ficers the cadets who. had completed their course in.the military school. The words of th? emperor announcing the promotions which came a month earlier than in the ordinary coure, caused an.ethusi astic demonstration. Belfast; July 25.?A parade of two full regiments of Ulster volunteers numbering several thousaucf; men was held here tonight. All .men carried rifles and their equipment included several several machine guns, which werestrpngly guarded. The marchers traversed the principal streets of th? city antf theirvdemohsirattort the boldest exhibition of Orange strength yet attempted iri the hqme'inile struggle, aroused great enthusiasm. Cettinje, Montenegro, July 25?In the presence of ihe-Servian minister, King Nicholas tonight addressed the people assembled in front of the palace and exhorted patience. He called upon them to do their duty to the fatherland at a given signal. : Budapest^ July?25.---When word of the rupture of diplomatic j?t?tiohs with Servia reached here tonight crowds paraded the streets and cheered for* war. Th? cry*of"D?wn with Servta,'' was heard on ?tf sides, G'ffi??rs and soldiers were carried on the shoulders of the demonstrators wherever found. i?'Va; ^ of the Austrian army has^^h^W^t^'sV^ ^;>f . ^ the Russian army will proceed irnmedi?t?iy:' fh?;emper?ir has fully approved the de cttfon pthis rhiriisters to^ this ^e?t; l Vlenha^uly23^-^ Servian minister, and his staff left VIenna #Tt!ght A military" c?hsorshlp has been ?stablishea in the telegraph office here. -<'B^'?i.<$oV,' Juy.1 25.?The: Right Hon. Sir John A. Simon, attor ney; g?n?ral, referring iti a speech at Manchester -tonight to tlte' Euro peart situation saidi \'iht\l ' 4'It should be resolved that any -part that Great Britain plays Uo v. Blease Had a Lot of Friends ! In the County of HU Kinsmen Special to the Intelligencer. * Suiuda. July 25.?Approximately 1, 500 voters attended the Bonatorial meeting horo today. Though intense ly noisy, there were no particular fea tures, barring tho spirited demonstra tion for the governor, and tho most cordial reception which W. P. Pollock received. When the governor had (lnlRhcd speaking, he left the stand, as is his daily custom. As he stepped to tho ground the chief executive was picked up and lifted to the shoulders of swel tering, shouting and '.cited parilsas ^ and borne away in triumph. About one-fourth of the audience left with him. I . Senator Smith was the first speaker. Only thirty minutes of his allotcd time was. consumed. He then left im mediately for Columbia In an auto. He 'made his usual speech, dealing largely with his efforts to croato a better market for cotton. In answering the chargo that a large portion of Congressman Lever's bill had been embodied in oud substi tuted for the Smith measure to curb cotton exchanges, Senator Smith said that he had started tho work. He il lustrated the point by telling the joke of a woman's prayer which was an. swered, and b/Br comment war "Ood sent the gift if the devil did,bring it." Again today the governor' affirmed that he would take no hand in the gubernatorial contest, so long as there were two of his friends in the contest, ffharo^wro^our Blease mon these,'ho said, would ploaso the c! eseeattvet-t*:-? ? ' By nest Wednesday noon Governor Blease said he would be able to toll approximately how many nieaselteB and how many antl-BleaSeitcs had'en rolled. . Francis H. Weston, United States district attorney, was attacked today 'from another angle. The governor said ho would like to know Mr. Wea ton's relation with the Seaboard rail road. Also what he got out of the Southern merger suit, and what he was paid for. Bleascites were/warned today to beware of anti ??leasites bet ting scheme. "Now they are wanting to bet that Blease will not be in the second race so if Bleaso is elected in the first primary they'll still have your money." ' . Mr. Pollock) In referring to the train of trumpeters that bore the governor away, said that It was the first funeral procession he ever caw with all the pallbearers shouting. This provoked muob cheering. This spesker said.that he was in this campaign to give the people the truth. "The assassin's bullet fired at Dr. MclntoBh and which may be fired at me.will not deter too from giving the people this," Mr. Pollock explain ed. . ' The Issue In thin campaign, the man from Cheraw said, Is not whether Smith, Bleaso, Pollock or Jennings should be elected to the United States senate. It was, he explained, whether the reign of lawlessness - which is spreading over South Carolina, and Which is making the state ? stench In the hoses of decent people, shall be Bt?ycd* * Mr. pollock issued a solemn warn ing that all voters look up their regis tration certificates or get new ones that they may be ready for any con tiugency. tie was making no charges, he added. Mr. Jennings did not attend the meeting today being detained at home on account of sickness. The next meeting of the campaign is at Edgefleld next Wednesday oo o ? o .0.0;0 o ? O o m ? o SHOOTS WIFE THEN o o COMMITS SUICIDE o o Atlanta, July 25.?W. o J. Neill late today shot o a ami iolLui bh dsvpreed, p o Wife and than shot him o ?elf, -dying two hours lat- o d er. . The shootm occur- o o red at the woman's apart- o o ment and is said to have o o r?sulter?, from a ouarrel o o over the possession of o o Ne?Ts child, awarded to O O the mother by the court o o when the divorce degree o d . was granted- Letters o o found in NeflTe pocket? o o indicated that he had been o ? employed as a railroad o o brakerann. . o o o o o o o o ? O O OO o o o o Say* W. R. Richie of Lvurens Was Displeased With Paper That He Signed (Special to The Intelligencer.) Columbia, July 2fi.?In a signed itatenif Issued today from the hos lital, L.. James 11. Mclntosh. the Co umbia physician who was Bhot by an inknown man early Thursday morn-t ng, denied that ho signed the state nent read by Governor B'easo at the campaign meeting here Th?rs ^.ay. "I did not sign it, and any signature hereto purporting- to bo iplno Is not ?enulne," says the statement of T)r. VIcIntosh. In sum and substance Dr. to?lntosh declares that the governor ?ad a '?rK?d siuiuuiuui. Dr. Jtimvti [I. Mclntor.h todny gave out tho foi owing signed statement: "The Knowlton Hospital, "Columbia, 8. C? July 2rith, 1914. "On Thursday, July 23, 1914, I was itlll so much under the Influence of he anaesthetic and of anodynes from he operation of night previous that I lid not see the afternoon paper and consequently did not know .until Fri lay morning what had been said at ho campaign meeting on Thursday. Ys soon up I saw on Friday morning ho certificate sot out in The State lewspapor purporting to have been read.from the platform by Governor 31easo, I immediately sent my father, Dr. James Mclntosh, and a friend to he governor's office to request.that he end the certificate to the Knowlton lOBpltal by his private secretary, Mr. \ull, that I might have on opportunity would be in the governor's office oil Saturday morning. : "On I Saturday morning on appllea !on at the governor's office 'Mr. Aull :old my father, Dr. James Mclntosh, hat Governor Blease had come to the :ity Friday night but had not coiuo to he capitol and consequently he had lot secured tho original 'certificate. "The only certificate I signed In this mse bears date of January !), 1912, tint being the date or our visit to the South Carolina penitentiary and of >ur examination of It. A. Rlchey. It vas prepared and signed in the office >f the South Caroliua penitentiary im ncdiately after our examination. .It vah written with pen and ink and is] >n one of the letterheads of the South Carolina penitentiary. It la in my landwrlting and it contains no recora. nendStion.of pardon or parole. It was ilgned both by Dr. Knowlton ?nd nsy lelf and I understand it was turned >ver by Dr. Knowlton to Mr. W. R. ilehey. "When this true certificate is pro. luced I will identify It and will ?tv.nd >y its statement And this Is the only :ertiflcate that I have eve? signed in he Rrichey case. Unfortunately there s no eppy of this certificate In exist ence to my knowledge. We made no :opy of It that afternoon and I have tot seen the original since. W. R. Richey Was Dlssaiisiied. "This certificate ob written by us vas not satisfactory to Mr. W. R. llcbey and on several days aubse luent to our examination various ypewrltten .modifications of our cer ificate were submitted to Dr. Knowl on and myself for our aprpoval and ilgnature. Bach of these, after read rig carefully, I returned unsigned, as n my opinion they did not cover the :aso properly.' "Th? certificate published in the icwspapers an having been read by lovernor BleaBe, purports to be writ en op. the letter paper of the Knowl on Hospital and bears date of Jan tary 19, 1912, whereas the only certifi ?e I signed was written on letter >aper of the penitentiary and bears he date of January 9, 1912. "The certificate set out In the news, tapers is not tho .true certificate. I lid not sign It and my signature hereto purporting to be .mine la not :enulne. (Signed) James' H. McTntosh." Saw the Thng. It was learned today that Mrs. J. W. Marshall and her daughter. Miss. Mary Carahall, of 1214 Bull street, saw- a non leap the brick wall ana come out if/the First Presbyterian churchyard tear the gato on the Bull street, aide, few moments after the shooting,, and un south along the sidewalk in the hadow. They last saw him as he isssed the home of Dr. William Wea oa on the southwest corner of Lady ?id Bull streets. .. The' bloodhounds Bowed this trail. ? Mrs/Marshall and her daughter said estorday that they were awakened by dstol sbota and went to front wln lows of their home which la on the ast side of Bull streut directly opposite .- -,;' ^ - ' ^v-^' - And Some of Them May Be Asked To Do the Side Stepping Stunt < ! (Special to Tho Intelligencer) Columbia, July 25.?There wao a big conference of the ontl-Bieafio for ces in Columbia Saturday. ? After the meeting, Dr. Goo. B. Crqm?r of New berry dictated tho following state ment, authorised b'y,';tte s aid, by those . preant: 'it > " , , "The meeting was participated' in by men from different; parcj of {the state who see that. tliero 19 danger that two of the candidates ' who fare in favor of tho peroaent, administra- : tton will be In the oeco'nd 'primary, j and the meeting was called to 'sen If somo pian uui?d -t??'- "ta. dcv?si [to avert that danger. .. V i. ., ; "The alx candidates 'Tor .govorno?", who are understood to'ba oppdhed to f tho administration wore invited to,tho 1 conference. As stated w tho call, those who composed the' cenforenco know that they had no powA'y?W*-'? V~fF "Tho candidates seem to have tpls-":~ understood the purpose or tho moot ing and only Mr. Manning mil Mr... Cooper were In the city; ' Bonw ,ot: them seem to have tho mistaken idea that-the conference was n> oq hMCL In the interest ?f one or more, of, the candidates. Id view of this 'r?tshnu'vr standlng, Mr. er were,-not the-meeting. ence . with the ernot ^rfco are to the present them to cooperate of patriotism and If practicable, by ; elimination or otherwise reduca Hnel? I number so as .to enable C'a vot? to - I be concentrated. * The members of Uuj conrerence are ','' not promoting the candidacy of any - man. They, see that the State is con fronted .with a real danger and they are anxious for the way ,10 ne opened so that the candidates ahd the voters; may cooperate to promote and main- , tain good, government; 'Tills statement la as definite a I statement, as we caw to roaxe until after th? conference between the com mittee and th candidates some time I next week." 1 Dr. Cromer said that It had been de cided not to give out A^p' ^^es of I the committee of three; SUFFS AREAS! GIVE UP An Appeal Is Made For Donation of 1 neir JewelrV f o He^p . the CaoaW '! " .-. . (By Associated Prdss?) Chicago, July 25.?An appeal to the women of the nation to ptve op their gold and stiver trlnketav^taeT'jCause ' of equal suffrage was issued ft.bday by the campaign committee;' df 'the ns't- t ional American womdb'8;:tmfirage as. ' sociation. The appeal, slgti?d by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs; Meddlll Mc-> Cormtck nnd other stlftr?g? leaders, told of the need of funds fo^arry on effective suffrage camprgPB. O/' The committee plans . tb-/1 havo the gold and silver contrlb^tton?? con verted Into money and hopes that in this way at least $5.0,000. can,bo, raised before August 16" Congregational There will be ' a meeting at Varcnnes morning, August 2, a I the purpose of calling jthto church. All of i urged to be present the cntn of the churchyard wall \ They heard, they said, anethsrYigr^asd ? I cry for help, and then a few nrluutea later they saw the figure br a man I come over the wall near the/sate and run along the sidewalk and disappear down Bull street.