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Last Sun Africat JOE CANNON WHO DROPPED DEAD YESTERDAY WENT TO LIBERIA ON GOOD SHIP AZORES SAILED FROM CHAS. SOME 35 YRS. AGO He and An Uncle From Newberry Made Voyage Wi?b Hoit of Other Negroes?Had on Exciting Trip. (From Sunday's Daily.) In the BudUon death yoBterday morn ing In a blacksmith Bhop on East Market Htreet or Joe Cannon, for the past 20 yours a well known charac ter about town, there passed away probably the laBt survivor In this! country of the memorable exodus of negroes to Afrlcu which went out' from Charleston Bomo 35 years upo I on tho good ship Azores, the voyage of which was made all the more j famous by reason of the fact that A. ?. Williams, then on the staff of the | Charleston News and Courier nnd later editor of the Greenville Newa? | accompanied tho expedition uctohb ihe j Atlantic and through articles written I back to his paper kept the publie in- I formed of the adventurous trip of the 1 negro-laden ship. | Went With Uncle. Joo Cannon made the trip to Liberia with an uncle, who Ib said to havo1 had considerable money. Thu two \ wero living in Newberry at the time. Boon after tho Azores touched on the other aide Joo Cannon and his uncle were ready to return to tho good old ij. 8. a. Their money had become separated from them, however, and . this precluded their immediate return.. Joe'a uncle la said to have wlsnly left j enough money In this country to hrlng him back to South Carolina In the event he did not like his adop ted land. I a few experiences with the savages of that part of Africa soon convinced "Joe and his undo that Liberia was] no place for them. The elder negro' set about to get money from home In order that they might return. Ocean travel In those days was a alow pro- ' cobs and after seme six or eight months the negroes received money I with which to pay their transncria-l tlon back home. Shortly after ' their ' return to America, Jo Camion came to Anderson, where bo took up the | calling of a brio's mason. He was' often in ths hands of tho police, but I .his backsliding occured at intervsla tar spart and on tbe whole Joe wast a pretty good sort of a negro. Often Talked of, Africa.. Joe was fond of telling of tils ex periences In Africa, and the envious looks he and others of tbe colony re ceived from the cannibalistic gentry of Liberia. And no doubt he attri buted his escape from an early roast ing on a cannibal's spit to the fact that ho was so black he did not have a very toothsome appearance. Cannon was standing in a black smith shop yesterday morning just in Uie rear of the city hall end was In his usual good healtb. He was talking and laughing with other dar kles when he suddenly sat down on a bos. a second later he fell to the floor of the blacksmith shop and ex pired. A physician was summoned and he pronounced death due to heart ' failure. Cannon waa buriod yester day afternoon in the colored ceme tery, in the western part of tho city. Good Ship Asores. Along th? waterfront In Charleston one can to Oils dsy And old Baits who will sit and talk by the hour of tho sailing Of the good ship Asores. Back In those days a movement was Start ed among the negroes to re tun to Africa. An old sailing vessel was chartered and preparations mado for You Neec There are times tn eye needs a tonic to help hi When that time comes to to take?Cardui, the womai posed of purely vegetabl gently, yet surely, on the v and helps build them bad It has benefited thousands ailing women tn Its past ! success, and it will do thi You can't make a mis The Worn; Miss Amelia Wilson, says: "I think Cardui is the !v- for women. Before 1 bei MB to weak and nervous, ai spells and a ?der appetite, as strong as Tever Begin faking Cardui n Exodus a voyage across the Atlantic. Several hundred negroes from various |<nrt* of tho State engaged passant' oil this old vessel, which wus dubbed the Azores. A. n. Williams, now editor of the Hoanoke Times and one of the most brilliant newspaper Intellects In the country, was a reporter on the Charleston News and Courier at the time und he was detailed by hla paper to accompany the Azores to Liberia. Garrulous old salts about the Char leston waterfront tell of the p-renes surrounding the sailing of the negro laden ship from Charleston. On the morning the good ship pushed away from the dock there were congregated about the waterfront thousands of negroes from Charleston mainland and the scores of Islands dotting that section of the coast. Prayer ser vices were held on the waterfront immediately preceding the departure of the Azores, and of the singing and shouting and praying that took place on the part of departing nogrocB and on the part of those remaining behind It said that the country has never heard the like Blnce. Disastrous Expedition. Th.' Azores cast off finally and turned her ho<v toward the then somewhat unkin.wn Atlantic. It took Foverul weeks for f.n old vd?s*?| to muke the trip across, as she was sent along her way by the winds alono. Man Oof the negroes, of whom there were hundreds stacked on hoard, died on the way over. Their bodies wero pitched overbourd and the Azores pushed steadily on. Scores of tho negroes sickened and died after reaching Africa, and. so far an could bo learned, but a hand ful of them returned to this country. " Charles A. Smith Formally Inaugurated COLUMBIA, Jan. 1G.?Charles A. Smith, former lieutenant governor, but yestetday elevated to the govern orship of South Carolina by the sud den resignation of Governor Cole L. H lease, was formally Inaugurated to day before a Joint session of the gen eral assembly. Governor Smith's term of office will be brief, expiring Tues day next at noon, when Richard I. Manning, of Somter, will be Inaugurat ed. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE VISITS ST. CHARLES Three Stores, One Containing the Fostofflce, Fall Before Fury of Flames. 8UMTER, Jan. 19.?News reached this city today of .he destruction by fire at St. Charles earW this mornrlng of three stores, one of which housed the United States postofnee; an emp ty store room formerly occupied by the Bank of Si. Charles was aiso de stroyed by the flames. Efforts made this afternoon to secure telephone communication with parties Ivling In the town of St. ChaWes were nef fectual and It Is thought that part of the telephone system In the town must have alBO been put out of busi ness by the fire. However, It was learned from parties living near St. Charles that the stores of M. H. Mathls and T. B. Cooper (Mr. Cooper having two stores) and a vacant building formerly occupied by the bank were a total Iosb. The mer chants above named saving only their books and valuable papers. The store of Mr. Msthls was partly oc cupied by the postoffice. Mr. Mathla and Mr. Cooper each carried stocks of about $4,000, with partial in surance. The Are atarted in Mr. jMathlB' store about 4.30 o'clock this j morning, but It is not known how It originated. . Carlisle Indians Left Out PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 14.?Four new games. Pennsylvania State, Pltts burgh, Albright and West Virginia, are on the university of Pennsylvania 1015 football schedule snnounced to day. For the first time in more than 20 years the Carlisle Indians do not appear._ I a Tonic ry woman's life when ehe* er over the hard places, you, you know what tonic n's tonic. Cardui is com e ingredients, which act reakened womanly organs, r. to-strength and health, t and thousands of weak, half century of wonderful i same for you. take in taking v mi's Tonic R. P. D. No. 4, Mm?* Ark., greatest medicine on earth* can toteks Cardui, 1 was id iiad such awiui dizzy Now 1 fee! as well and nd can eat most anything." Sold by all dealers, : ^ vusaaa<l8e TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FROM MISS GARLINGTON, THE LOCAL AGENT THE DIRECTIONS Tomato Clubs Will Be Organized Throughout Anderson County Immediately. Girls in Anderson County contem pl?t Ing Joining the tomato clubs are mlvbird thut now Is the time to make hot LcmIh for the planting of tomato seeds. Tomuto clubs arv to be or ganized throughout Anderson County beginning this week, by MIhs J. Con way Uarlington, who has come to Anderson County to take up the du tl?H of tomuto and canning club dem ount rator. How to Hake Hot Bed. The hot bed may be made as fol lows: Select a well drained location, where the bed will bo sheltered, pref erably on the south side of u build ing or fence. Make un excavation 18 inches deep the size your bed In to be. Throw in frer.h horse manure and pack by tramping. The manure heap should be ubout even with tho surface or the ground or 18 Inches deep. The manuro furnishes the heat to start the plunts. Put on top the manure four or flv0 Inches of a good garden loam, which has not grown any diseased plants, and cover the bed with glass hot bed bush. If sash can not be se cured, canvas may be substituted for tho glasB. The temperature will run high for a few dnys. but no seeds 3hould be planted until the tempera ture falls to about ?u degrees F. which will require three or four clays. A bed made about five feet nine Inches wide and about six feet long will be plently large enough to grow plants for a tenth acre garden. This 3lze bed will take two hot bed sashes which measure three feet by six feet. The frame to support the sash should be about Lr> to 18 Inches high at the back and six inches lower In front In order to drain off the water. The Blope should be toward the south. During bright days the bed will heat very quickly and it will be neces sary to ventilnte by raising the sash on the opposite side from the wind. Toward evening close the sash in or der to get the bed warm before night. Water the bed In the morning on bright days as watering in the even ing or on cloudy days will have a ten dency to injure the plants and in crease the 'danger of freezing' and damping off. Ventilate the bed after watering In order to dry off the planta. If It Is Impossible to make a hot bed the plants can be started In shal low boxes in the house. Get shallow boxes from a store and Mil with good, rich soil and sow the seed as describ ed for the hot' bed. Bore two or three holes In the bottom of the box for drainage. Keep the box as near ? window as possible und at living room temperature. Close attention should be given to watering as the air of a living room Is usually dry and will soon dry out the soil. The plants must be developed In the light or they will be weak and spindling. They ahould be transplanted to other boxes or to a cold frame, which is made In the same way as the hot bed except that the manure is left out and canvas may be substituted for the glass sssh. Miss Garllngton addresses the fol lowing statement to the women and girls of Anderson County: As it will be Impossible for me to visit all the schools containing older girls by the last of January i am giv ing directions for making a hot bed. If you want to Join the club make your hot bed and plant Stone'tomato seed, making the rows four inches apart and plant the seed four Inches apart 'in the rows. Plant the Stone tomato seed. Try to get ten girls at your school to Join. I have one rural association already promised to Join. Wiite me at once if you wish to Join as the seed should bo In the erouud. I am In Anderson County to help you, so call on me.' Miss Agnes LaTour of Greenwood in the attractive guest of Mr. snd Mrs. A. C. Briggs. Jr. V, ; . v. t : i. .*>; : PROGRAM FOR TODAY The P assion Hay WM Christ, Showing Birth, Childhood, Mira cles, Passion, Death, re surrection. Assertion* ASKS WILSON TO PROTECT PEOPLE HousewiVe'o League Urges Pres idcnt to Embargo Shipments of Wheat Abroad, WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.?A tele grum reached the White House to day from Mrs. Julian Heath, of the 'Housewives' League, who said that, 'speaking for 800,000 American homes, she urged President Wilson to embar go shipments of wheat abroad that, the supply might be conserved to keep prices at normal in America Mrs. Heath's telegram said: "The National Housewives' League, representing 800,000 American fami lies with organizations in every State in the union, appeals to you, in view of the situation regarding wheat and flour, to take drastic measures at once to protect your people; even, if neces sary, to place an embargo on these products. "We are facing a crisis which needB your serious consideration and action. Unless a way is devised to protect our people, suffering such as this country has rarely felt, will ensue. "Our bumper crop will avail but lit tle for the producer or consumer un less Washington Intervenes tor their protection." BANKS t'A XT AFFORD TO MAKE INVESTMENT Comptroller of Currency Asks Why Wade Fund Is Not Belog l'sed in the South. Special to Tho Iotcllicrncer. ? COLUMBIA. Jan. Hi.?In a state ment Issued here in making public copies of telegrams exchanged with I Comptroller of the currency Williams i the State warehouse commissioner says: "As is well known, Senator MeLaur in has been contending that relief should be afforded under the agricul tural section of the currency law, where discount of paper can be made for six months, either with or without the endorsement of a member beak. The regulation adopted by the board now limits the terms of the arc Itself to 25 per cent, of the capital stock and surplus of the reserve bank. It is provided in the set, .however, that by direction of the board in Washing ton, any other, reserve bsnk in the Bystem can be required to- discount for the Richmond bank. The telegram from the comptroller of the currency is an inquiry as. to why the Wade funds is not being used in the South. This' emphasizes the importance of the $51)0,000 loan fund, an account of which appears elsewhere In this pa per." The telegrams, follow: ' Washington. D: {]., Jan. 13, 1915. "Hon Jno. L. McLaurih, Columbia, S. Co. "Letter ninth - received. Why la it that farmers and merchants are not availing themselvesiof the advantages of the cotton fund which have be*n offered to them on terms that appear so favorable both as to time and In terest rate? This fund Is only avail able to those who may apply for same prior to. February-?Vi "JOHN SKELTON. WILLIAMS, "Comptroller of. the Currency." "Hon. John Skelton .Williame, Comp troller of the Treasury, Washing ton, D. C. "Your wire. Banks assert they .can not afford to make six per cent. In vestment, as required by the B certi ficate, uh terms of Wade fund forbid a charge for arranging loan. The farmer can only borrow five cents per pound on bis cotton* and the local bank has ?o carry one-fourth of this, which makes three and three-quarters cents per pound net on the cotton. Merchants are afraid-that not enough of the fund will be used to prevent expenses, consuming tbe. entire three per cent, reserved, which would make the interest amount to nine per cent. I have used utmost effort and hope Bomo arrangement In Une with my letter of ninth possible.. . "JNO. Li. McLAURIN, "State Warehouse Commissioner." BELTON GIBJL? WON In Exciting Game of Basketball With Honea Path. BELTON. Jan. 16?Belton high school girls won an exciting game of basketball from the Honea Path high school girls this afternoon on the local grounds?the final score being 20 to 9. Honea Path and Belton have played four games this season, and this af ternoon's going to Belton makes a tie between these two teams. Belton has played nine games and lost three, one to Anderson and two lu Honea Path. Belton has won two games from Anderson and three from Wllllamaton. The game this aftrenoon wan vary Interesting and was .wall attended. The' local girls are. delighted over their victory. ..\*., Prof. Watktna, Dr. W. C. Bo wen and C. C. Wilson are as' happy as the girls. The Hon. J. T. West, chairman ?f the Anderson county.'delegation Is spending the week-end 'in town with btB family. Mr. Weit baa-the honor of biing a member Of the Waya and Means committee. Emperor William Witness^ Battle BERLIN, Jan. 14.-. (By Wiroleaa to London)?Emperor William was pres ent in person J^ring the Bpirlted bat tle on the Vregny Plain, ncrtbeaBt of Sotssoaa, which resulted yesterday In 1 that elevated ground being cleared of tho French and which is described In i the German official statement today as a "brilliant feat for our troopB." In ' the engagement the Germans claimed to have, captured H French. officers end ,1,11$ cueo. " * INSPECTS SUES FOR THE GRAIN ELEVATOR NORTH DAKOTA MAN FIRM IN BELIEF THAT ONE WILL PAY HERE GOES TO COLUMBIA Mr. Richards Will Spend Some Time in This Section Before Returning Home. (Prom Sunday Daily.) Edward H. Richards of Willow City. N. D., who is spending some time In Anderson in conference with local business men with reference to the advisability of erecting a grain ele vator here, leaves this afternoon for Columbia, where he will spend a short wlillo on business and In sightseeing. He will return to Anderson the latter part of the week for the purpo?e of closing up a few details with refer ence to the .elevator matter, after which he will leave for his home and begin preparations for moving to An derson. Yesterday Mr. Pilchards, In company with various business men, inspected a number of available sites about the city for the elevator. . He also secur ed a large amount of data with ref erence to the cost of electric power, freight rates on grain, the cost of la bor, etc... all of wblch will be of value to him In perfecting his plans for the elevator. Mr. Richards is extremely well pleased with what he has seen of An derson. Before he takes his depart ure from here he Intends making sev eral trips Into the country for the purpose of meeting farmers and con terring with them in regard to the grain situation. From data which he has in hand, he is satisfied that grain elevator In Anderson would prove a paying proposition, that is, If the farmers continue to plant the amount of grain wblch they are said to havG in the ground at present. Within the next few days steps will be taken toward securing papers of Incorporation for the proposed grain elevator company, after which, a for mal contract will be drawn up and signed with him and after which steps will be takon looking toward the se curing of the balance of the subscrip tions needed to capitalize the grain elevator. Mr. Richards states thst he will bring his family here within some thing like six or seven weeks after he gets back to his home city, wblch Is on the Great Northern railroad and within 50 polies of the Canadian bord er. I COTTON CROP OF THE STATE 1 Orangeburg County Leading the State By Many Thousand Bales This Season. Cotton ginned prior to January 1, crops of 1914 and 1913, in South Caro lina. Wm. J. Harris, director of the census department of commerce, an nounces the preliminary report of_ cot ton ginned by counties in south Caro lina for the crops of 1914 and 1913. The report was made public for the state at 10 a. m. on Saturday, Janu ary 9. j Quantities sre in running., bales, ( counting round bates as half bales. [Linters are not Included. County 1914 1913 I Abbeville. 31,932 82,731 ?lken ...... .. .... 48.313 46.391 Anderson .. .. .. .. .. 63,488 69,618 Bamberg '..'< .. . . ..26.825 26,916 Barb well .... .. .. . ; G8.B?6 66,445 Beaufort .. .i .. .. ..' 4,49? 7,879 Berkeley .. .. .. .. ..15,073 13.243 Calhoun .. ........ 29.845 86,840 Charleston '.. .v.. ..15,928 14,968 Cherokee .. u .. ..15,800 17.412 Chester .. ...33,412 81,848 Chesterfield .. .. .. ..32,809 29,083 Clarendon. 47,630 39,566 Col let on. ? .. 21,960 18,788 Darlington .. .. ~- .. 42,838 86,681 Dillon. .. 36,857 , 36.116 Dorchester ..... ... .. 17.788 16,477 Bdgefleld. 31,481 38,140 Falrneld ...88,408 25,212 Florence.... ..46.343 48,854 Georgetown .. ..... ... 5.037 3.641 Greenville ... .. ..48.602 40.969 Greenwood ...30,291 31.207 Hampton._*$1t 19;027 Horry .. .. .. .. 11,111 8,786 Jasper .. .. .. . a .. 6,886 6,035 Kershaw. 29,532 20,398 Lancaster .. .. ... ..23.342 23,563 Laurens... .. 36,486 42,681 Lee_ .. .... 40.435 . 36,0*3 Lexington. 26,602 ?6,ltu Marlon _ .. .. .. 14,810 *?,S5t Marlboro.. .. .. .. .. 68.368 E0.823 Newberry '.. i, .. 32,6/1 38.?50 Oconee .. .. .. .. .. 18,265 10,674 Orangeburg .. .. 81.386 76,386 Plckens .. .. ...19.41S-17.6lS Riohland ........ .. 25,400 ' 22,m Saluda ;. ;.88,615 84,738 Sparenburg .. .. 67464 68.602 Sumter .. .. .. 60,688 39,971 Union .... .. lW*\MtKW Williamsburg .. .1 23.762 26,327 York .. .. .. ,...87,408. 89.886 . _I I .IM i \- ,V Total .. .. .. .. 1,888.778 1,342,737 ESTRAYSD 8THA?ED OR STOLEtf-^e/!U*ht red Setter dog. male, white feet /walte breast and spot of whito in face, long tall. Left, with big tan : collar around neck. Liboral re ward for information leading to his reooVery. Answers to the n am ;i of *jipe.w . John H. KanAfr*???f?ia. R. F. IK 1. Jan. 16, 1916v DETERMINE T GRAIN ELE : HAMBER OF COMMERCE MAKES DECISION AFTFR CONFERENCE YESTER DAY NORTH DAKOTA ELEVATOR MAN Lame to Anr?eracr* Yesterday to Confer With Committee as to Elevator?Closed Deal With Him. FOLLOWING a conference yester lay afternoon between Edward H. Richards, of Willow City, North Da cota, who came to Anderson to con luct his own investigation with a dew of determining the chances for tuccess* of a grain elevator at this joint, and the farmers's and business nen'B grain committee, of the charn ier of commerce, the committee de sided that the plans for the erection >f a grain elevator here would be re rived and puahed. through tq success. \ tentative contract with Mr. Rlch ?rds to remove to Anderson and take ictive charge of 'the grain elevator ?vas entered into between the visitor md the committee. The plans are to secure from the secretary of state Immediately the necessary papers of Incorporation, perfect the elevator corporation, close a formal contract with Mr. Richards and raise by a whirlwind campaign the few thous and dollars necessary to finance the undertaking. He Means Business. Several days ago the chamber of commerce received a letter from Mr. Richarde stating that he would be In Anderson some time this winter for a conference with business men and farmers wth rCereno* to a grain elevator proposition. Yesterday morning Mr. Richards called on Sec retary Porter A. Whaley of the cham ber of commerce and make known his business. Mr. Richards was In troduced to several prominent busi ness men of the city and planters of the county during the day, with whom he discussed the grain elevator pro position'. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mr. Richards met with the commit tee of the chamber, of commerce which haa had the matter of raising funds for a grain elevator in hand and dis O BUILD VATOR HERE cussed with them the preposition in a very full and deta.!cd manner. For Borne two and a half hours the mat ter was discussed. Mr. Richards has had considerable experience with grain elevators in North Dakota and operates several plants of, the kind at the present. He came to Anderson prepared to make any kind of a rea sonable deal looking to the erection of an elevator here, either by subscrib ing a portion of the money necessary to erect it, subscribing all tbe money necessary or taking no stock in the enterprise but managing it for those who did subscribe the necessary cap ital. Only Small Plant. The conference with Mr. Richards developed the fact that the commit tee had had entirely too large an ele vator under consideration In their previous plans. He stated that a much smaller plant, one costing not more than $5,000, woud. answer all local purposes for some 'time to go. The only obstacle Mr. Richards saw in the way of his coming here was the lack of sufficient grain in the county to warrant his removing here and putting his money into an eleva tor. He was assured by the commit tee that there would be enough grain produced in this county to make the elevator proposition a safe one. When all these matters. had been threshed out to the satisfaction of both members of the committee and Mr. Richards, a tentative contract where by Mr. Richards will be employed tb take active management of the grain elevator was drawn up. The com mittee then agreed that papers of in corporation would be applied for in tbe next Tew days, the organization ' perfected and tbe balance of the stock needed to build the'elevator sold. Will See Anderson. Mr. Richards stated yesterday that he liked everything te had seen about Anderson but the mud. He has rail road transportation which is good for 30 days, and states that he will remain about here until he has Been something of the country. Ho con templates going to Columbia- next week for the inauguration, visiting Clemson College and other places of Interest In this section before return, lug to his* home. I 8hackleford Wins Championsbip. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 14.?J. EJ. Sbackleford, of the home club, won the championship trophy at the first mid-winter tournament of the Seaview Club at AbBecon today. He defeated J. C. ParriBh, Jr., of the National Golf Links, 4 up and 2 to play in the final round. THE ANDERSON GUARANTY & TRUST COMPANY will place your money for you secured by first mortgages on Real Er t?te at not over 60 per cent. valuation. All expenses to be paid by the borrow er. The mortgages to bear 8 per cent interest. We will guarantee you that the nropcrtv morto"a?*ed in ii first mortgage against the lands covered and that it is free from incumbrance and that the title to the property is perfect- ^ For further information call at our office in, store room of Bleck t?y Building below the Peoples Bank. Also watch for list of amounts wanted with number of acres as security, valuation; etc. \ Flck oui fhe.amount you?want and secure same as we do not in tend to confine ourselves to Anderson County alone in placing these desirable loans. There har been a need here for the business we propose to engage in, a pi? ce where the borrower and the parties who have ni?ney to loan cf.n place theirltioney without waiting. Come to see us at once whether, you have money to loan or want to borrow and we will soon-gjet the machinery working to place large amounts in th? near futurej , Our president,, Mr. J. J. Fret well, has ridden twice the distance around the world in this1, county a nd ? knows tiifr' location and ' v-alue: ,?f Anderton County lands better tfcati Others who" have had no experienceJu this line of 'i/t^k; Where we have any doubt as to valuations we wHl send one of 'oqr agents to inspect at?d report on the property! ^ The Anderson Guaranty & Trust Company / V J 434 East Benson Street.