PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K t WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. H. c. Town PASSES MY Sterling Citizen Is Re lieved of Terrible Sufferings. ALL HOP?GONE SEVERAL DAYS Was * Leading Chken and Busi ness Ulan and Was an Exam ple of Piety, Courage and Progress in Community. "It -was with sorrow that Anderson heard of the death or Mr. H. C. Town send at the Anderspn County hospital Sirnday night at 10 o'clock. The ond was not unexpected. A week earlier he had showed signs of Improvement and his loving relatives and friends bcslegc? the very Throne of Heaven with prayers Irr hl? recovery, but the inscrutable myatery of the Beyond had willed that /Claude Towusend must go home?and he was ready for the call. Be had'fought so bravely, so calmly, though in such terrible pain, and when at laat the battle of life was ended be yielded up the ghost as a man unafraid, as a Christian happy In the knowledge of the resur rcctlon. Mr. Tpwnsend was injured on the night of the 16th of October by being caught under the Culling walls of his building', which was burning. Two other citizens of Anderson were) crushed to death under the walls. Mr. Townschd was rushed to the hospital and there was given the beett of treat ment, but appealed that his leg be not amputated. Everything that is knov/n to surgery was used to save this useful, vrluablu and exemplary lite, but all to no avail. , Mr. Town*wfid If survived by his wife, Mrs. X6ll?c Towers Townsnnd; his father ami mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Townscnd. and two brothers. Messrs. O. B, and J. B. Towr.nond. The funeral will be conducted Tues d?ceas^ VaV a number and officer ??f ?uiiujr y Ultra. The following will act as pallbear ers: Messrs. G. W. Evans, Jas. T. Pearson. H. 8. McCully, J. 8. Siielor. W. \V. Sullivan and .Jnp. T Burriss. Interment will be made in Silver Brook Cemetery. Mr. Townsotrd was born on tin? 17ih day of March, 1867. at Uockville, o?*..r f?liarl?cfi>?j b?iiig Mi"; a'.jSest son of J. H. and Sarah Bisscll Townsend. Mr. TowiiBcnd'? parents came from their sea Island home to Anderson during uta L-?; ?iuo? days, and Le iiad been a resident of Anderson practi cally all of hl? lifo. He was married June 10, 181)1, to Miss Nellie J. Tow ers, with whom h? lived an Ideal home site until the day that he was stricken. Mr. TowOBchd was- Identified v. ry pruiniueuiiy.with the business.Impr ests of Ui0 city, conducting a vory largo lumber and building material business. <: no wastao owner and op erator of; tfo?! Towflscnd Twine mill and a dlr?ar Jh Other business en terprises of Anderson. He was a builder or Anderson in the true sense of the word, is 'tils buildings on North Main street and Barlo street witS??sUty. Thn.my as a'whole will! suffis^ greatly from the removal of a man who took gr??t pleasure in any thing., regardless of expenditure, j which meant its welfare. *>i_ as^^Z _ s u-?.'' - K nauonai roreax in Alabama (Oy Associated Kress.) Washing Ion, Fcfc 2.?A national forest at'-the headwafers of the War rior River-In I^awrents and Winston counties, Northwestern Alabama, for the protection of the livers in that region, is to bo -provide 1 by the gov ernment. Secretary Houston, of the department of agrlcultuie, announced today that hy tien, Francisco Villa here \ toCwy. iftBSmaa had just came, from Hsvaon, ??u*?O| it was charged, he ; bad been gtven s secret mission by Fali? Dias to induce Own. Villa to renounce Oer., (nrr&nsa and throw the sertngth of the revolution to Dia*. . As soon as be beard of th? propo sal Gen. Vitt* gave Guxman ? eon GOV. STUART INAUGURATED New Governor of Virginia Occu pies Highest Position in Old Dominion. (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Feb. 2.?Through baif a hundred city blocks filled with a multitude of cheering people, Henry Carter Stuart rode today to the an cient State capltol, where he took the oath as governor of Virginia. tOov. Stuart pocupies the unique position In Virgin!r. of having been nominated by bis party without op position and had no republican op position in the general election, the first time this has happened since the people took from the convention the right to name the chief executive. "The announcement of my candidacy", said Gov. Stuart in Iiis inaugural address, "contained thin declaration: "I am not the candidate for any clique Or faction, but ask the support of till democrats who stand for good gov ernment, firmly and resolutely admin - Istercd in the paramount interest of the tit ate.' Having thus taken th? oatb of office I promise that ny course as governor shall be Controll ed by the principle thus announced." Literacy Test xxr_ _ TV OS M^kk^jC U7? o_:?iAr\ (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 2.?The house! late today rojected by a vote of 120 to | 173 a. motion of Representative Gold fogle of New York to strike out the! literacy test provision of the Burnett] tnirnJj?rStion bill. The house adopted, 111 to 90, an amendment to exclude Hindus and all persons of the Mongolian or yellow race. .Malay or brown race, and Afri can or black race, except those whose! antry Is governed by treaties or| vgrcements'. POUR Wl'aaJ?JSSES IN BROWN CASE Deputy Sheriff Yesterday Ob tained More Evidence in Murder Case. Deputy Sheriff Olin Zanders, stated last night upon bis rntnrn tn jL it be had secured I lesWrStf much valua ble testimony in the case agsisst Use Brown) charged with murder. Brown ?vas 'retains? to Andereon last week from Gastonla, N. C, where he was arrested by the North Carolina offi cials. It will be remembered that ho shot and killed a not lier negro named Press Hutchinson in 1908, the kilting tak ing place near Iva. While in Iva yesterday the deputy sheriff also investigated "the rown case, witn the result mentioned. MORE CHECKS RECOVERED A Third Negro Is Now Implicated in Robbery of Store and Postoffice. (With the discovery yesterday of J $6C;oG additional in checks that were stolen whop the Cluck .Mill store and postoffice were burglarised In 1908, the : indications arc that tbo officials will soon be at tbo bottom of tbo matter and will know just why the yeggmon were. Another negro, Hay wood Johnson, was implicated in the] case when the additional chocks oh the store were found yesterday. Willis McCurry and Claude Tucker were arrested Saturday, charged with the crime anc* ti?*? evidence against ! them was that they had scmyc of tas checks In their possession. They i said that they had gotten t~c checks from another negro by tte name of Fred Curcnton and be av?d that he had gotten them f^ovrn Hey wood 'Johnson. jA warrant has been Is sued tor Johnson and it Is presumed that he wall shortly be arrested, s s It is understood that he is still U"| tho city. The othor two negroes are to be given a preliminary today, at which time tho United States gov rament will probably bo represented on tho ground that the negroes. If guilty of robbing the store, are also guilty of robbing tho .por.tofftce. (All told the officials have now re covered S?7.G0 worth of the Stolen checke.' Mates Message ? j fercnen and after making sum of the j nature of the visit, ordered the u&e j seogcr shot. Within A few minutes I after Iris arrival, Guxmen was led oui ; of Villa's room, stood up before an adobe wall-and with h's hands tied and eyes blindfolded, was executed. The shooting was done by a rebel of SMf>-1? a.ww the r^itrowM?-' *^??C lmppened to be present when the ex ecution was ordered. . The execution of those upon whocs the rebels look ?e political enemies Is said to be in line with a recent order from Geu. Car ran *a that all those tceit ? active aart la the overthrow of Madoro must be killed. James Eskew, Thirteen-! Year-Old Boy, Was Vic*im. EVIDENCE IS, ACCIDENTAL! When Boy Asked to See Weapon | It Wm Discharged, Carting Death?Prominent Pied mont Family. A? a result of asking a negro to let him sec his pistol, James Eskew, a white boy 13 yearn or ago. died at the homo of his parents near Pied mont yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. The negro, Henry Poole, will probably be given a bearing when the coroner's inquest lu held this morning St 10 o'clock Information obtained last night was to tho effect thai ibo negro was employed by Charles Eskew, the fa ther of the dead boy, and Die lad ant tho negro were in some woods to gether, where the negro was felling timber. The boy asked the negro to show him his pistol, which was a 3S-cslibre gun. an* a? the u?gro started to comply with the request the weapon was discharged, tho bul let entering the boy's abdomen, pass ing entirely through the body and severing a number of Intestines. The lad was at once picked up by the ne gro and tenderly carried to tbo home of Iiis parents, Dr. Mock meanwhile being summoned. Little hope was en tertained 'rem the start, As the delegation left the executive office?, discouraged and disappointed because they obtnind no positive aid, they did not know* that the President himself, was depressed, perhaps even more than tbyeV ?s he went to lun cheon with ht? family, die told his friends afterwards he -wished he could help, but saV no way to do It. There is every reason to believe, however, that the - day gave added stimulus to the President's desire for early legislation on social justic and industrial reformsmentloned in his first annual in cadre. EXPRESS PEOPLE WAN* ECONOMY! Executive OffidsJs Hold Meeting! to Discuss Ways and (By Assorted Press.) New Ycr?:, VA. 2.?Exei-uuvu oi?i ciajs of the five1 big express com panies met today to consider econo mic of operation which they say will he neccBSitsfed by the reduction in raeta which went Into effect today upon the order of the interstate eom mefce mniTiiiaia^ . ^pt'ait In g for ! the' companies, F. Flaggi; first vice I i?nt* sMlCTwerisafv Expressi "The companies- felt that, the" adop tion of such greatly reduced rates! must be viewed with the gravest ap prehension as to the outcome. They I are, however, confronted with threeI alternatives: First, an appeal to the I courts; second, the dissolution of thej companies through liquidation of |thn giving of a fuir trial to the low rates." NEW CHURCH CLUB FORMED Men of Grace Episcopal Church Are to Have an Or ganization. At a largely attended meeting of male members of Grace Episcopal church, held at the residence of Mr. R. C. Webb ou McDuffie street last night, the Churchmen's Club of Grace Church was organised. . Gen. 91 L. Bonbam was elected president and Mr. Harold Well Sec retary-Treasurer. (Short talks were made by Gullen Sullivan, J. J. Bald f win, c. Oslgian, formerly of Ar menia, F-3V. Mr. Glbboney and others, aftor which a delightful lunch was! served by ladies of the Guild of Grace Church. The nest meeting -of the club will u? held ?t the residence of J. J. Bald win, at which ilroe pmoa will be out lined for the participation of the or ganization in tho Laynien'B Parade here during the State Sunday School convention. iAU members of tho club pledged themselves to enter the pa rade, which will firm for the Episco palians at Grace Church. All mem bers of tho club also .pledged them selves to enroll as members of the! Men's iblp Class at . Grace Church neat Sunday. rail school fobjoung MEN Anderson Y. M. C A. and Clem son College Inaugurate New Night Initiation. Announcement wsa made In An derson yesterday of a decidedly pro gressif? step which has been taken by the Anderson Y. ?. C. A., tef?*hflr wiui Clemson college. This is the Inauguration of a textile night school for- the benefit of the young men of Anderson who work during the day. The teachers of this school are all to be. graduates erf leading textile colleges and will be assisted by mem bers of the faculty of Clemson col lpim and l?v KtMinlSi an <1f>tAiled for this work, i??crei?*ry V* M. Burnett, a ho is connected with the movement said last night that they expected to have aa enrollment to start with consisting of st least 75 sad possibly 100 and that number will &** largely nugtne??t^? when the school is dem* onstratlng what it will do. PREFERRED Secretary of Navy Or ders Inquiry in Mon roe Disaster. NEGLECTWAS CAUSE OF CRASH No Specific Charges Have Been Made as to the Actual Neg ligence in the Big Collision. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 2.?Secretary Red field late today recommended that charges of nellggeno shrdlu pu that charges of ?n?gligence be pre ferred against ("apt. O.-num Berry of the Merchants and Miners' steamship Xantucket. which collided with and sank the Old l>oinlnlon liner Monroe, with a loss of 41 lives, oc the Virginia coast iast Friday. Investigation of the Chartres will be entrusted to the local board of inspec tors at Philadelphia. This action followed a conference at the department of commerce on a report rrom H. E, Tspley, the depart ment's inspector of hulls at Norfolk Va. He announced that the evidence brought at the Inspectors' preliminary examination, held on board the Nan tucket while that . hsel .was making her way into Norfolk with the Mon roe's survivors aboard, "tended to show that there was negligence on the part of Cupt. B?rry." Ho added, I however, that It would lie "quite im proper to pass upon that question at this time." No v,>eclnc Evidence. No Intimation was given as to the specific nature of the negligence to bo charged against the Nantucket'e skipper. A statement from the department I announcing the result of today's con ference said: "The department has given instruc ' t!"i: Ui Inspector Tip'^v . **? pro?tr? charges ognlnst CapL Berry. This will bo done without delay, and the ; board of local inspector.! at Philadel phia will bear all the testimony which may be produced on both sides and render Its decision." RETPRNS TO WORK. ? Wellington, Feb. 2.?Senator Tilinmn of South Caroling re turned to his scat in the senate today, fully recovered from the Illness tlmt had confined him to his residence for several weeks. Owing to unavoidable delays, all of the dozen or n.?,~e attractions of the Tropical Amusement company were unable to open List night, only a few of the shew.i giving exhibitions. The grand opening of the North Anderson carnival will, therefore, take place this afternoon, when everything will be in readiness. LITTLE NEWS OF HA?TIEN WAR Sharp Fighting Bei w eis* Rivai Revolutionary Leader? In Republic. (By Associated Press.) Port au Prlnco, Feb. 2.?Sharp fighting has occurred at Gonaivcs be tween followers of the two rival revo lutionary leaders, Senoia Davilmar Theodore and Gen. Ore^to Zamore, formerly government delcgato at Cape Hation. The German cruiser Vineta left im mediately for Oonaives to investigate. Senor Theodore, who announced several days ago that he would take supreme command of the rebels, was understood to be marching With bis followers on the capital. Senior Is reported to have left Connives for the seme destination. Judge Has Arrived and Court Begins rrho Anderson county court of common please, scheduled to convene yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, will begin this morning and the roster of cases taken up In accordance with the published list, except that each day's events will bo one day later la arriving. The delay in beginning Ibis term of court was? due to the tact that Judo-o John S. Wilson'who Is to 'pre side, eras summoned to Sum ter by the announcement that his 6rother la-law. W. H. Ingram,-had beer, lost in tho ship disaster when the steamer Monroe sank last week. >J*idge Wilson srrived la the. cRy last night at si: r.'dock and the court will open ou time this morning. USUAL RESULT OF HflfT SUPPER I Killing Cause by Mean Whiskey, an Inflamed Temper and a Woman. The worst combination in the world, mean whlekoy und u woman, may bo ascribed us tbo cause of tbe kilting of Richard Ivoebuck, a negro, t>y Will Belcher, another negro. Roe buck was shot SaAtfrday night about II o'clock and died Sunday night about the same hour. Coroner Ilardin held an inquest ov er the body yesterday, the Jury re turning it verdict to the effect that Richard Roebuck came to his death From gunshot wounds inflicted by Will Belcher. The uegro was then brought to Anderson and lodged in the count} fall. The evidence soetns to be ugainst him. The shooting took place on what is known as the Tucker place, two miles from Iva. . The negroes were holding a hot supper of some kind. One feature of the affair rj! more than usual .interest is the fact that In the house where this happened o negro named: Harris shot and killed bis wife two years ago. The house had not been occupied from that time on until, last Christmas when Its present occupants moved in. 'It Is not presumed-that It will ever be Decupled by negroes again. The Har ris negro, when tried for killing hit* wife, entered a plea of Insanity and was sent to tho,asylum where he has since died. ANDERSON ELKS TOffiJiLD HOME Structure Wfll Cost $7,000 and Work W01 Begin at ' -One*. !' o 'Anderson Lodge No. 1206 Benevo lent and Protective Order of Elks, win at once begin the construction ot a handsoniit aifir? "Home, the net: building to be located on tbe corner jf Sharps and MeDufflc streets. Thl la what- the Anderson Klks have loin hoped for aud they and their friends are well pleased' over the-fact that such a step has at lust (become possi ble.' ; The Klks Holding Compny of An derson, .wo? ?aturday granted a com-., mission Uy tho.Seoretary.of State." th* capltai stock being.placed at $10,000 The petitioners for tbe commission are named as W. L. Brissey and S. M. Wolfe. Members of the order said last night that so far as they knew there was no reason why Ute place should not be started by March 1, and local Elks hope that It may be possible to bave It oomptet*?d ' in time for the State Bssoclatlon ot Eika. which will convene in Anderson in June. LATEST NEWS To Command Marine Corps. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Fab. 2.?Col. George Barnett, comftnandant of the marine barracks at Philadelphia, has been selected to Buecoed,*SnJ.>en. Wta, B. Diddle as commandant of the marine corps, with the rank of major gene ral, f KSupreme Cour? Takes Beeess. Washingttih, Fefc^S.?The *yprem* court today took m recess until Tu.es-i day, Feb. 24, without announcing de- | cislon In nnv of tre more important Fatally lajared by Automobile. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 2.?Lesllo Ed wards, 21 years old, was frozen to | death and Duford Tcrhune, aged 22 j years, probably will die from expo sure as a result or being caught un de> an auUMNObile which turned tur 'Ju in a creek near here last night when tho steering gear failed to work. Twe Aviators Killed ?Bourges, FrsJkfe, Feb. 2.?Losing control of their biplane, Capt. Gaston Niuet. of the ret artillery, and Lieut. Jean Louis Delv?rt, ot the iwsnty flrst artillery, were killed today . Congressman Repa (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, Feb. 2.--Congressman Robert O. Bremner, who had tho en tire supply of radium possessed by Dr. Howard A. Kelly, and valued at ?1AAAM *.t?a In a n>r.?r lut Iln e?rober.'ls dyin?. It was announced today that complications had arisen and death was a Jmattor of only a fwe daya. llr. Bremner rallied this morning from his weaLoBod condition and iu Stod on worfcsn on a ?tu ne baa. fore congres?. This afternoon he HIkMHHHHBHHHHHBHHHI To Be Erected X?v Limon & Ledbetter itvight Away itj ^TBji ARCHITECTS ARE BUSY ON PLANS The Building Occupied by West ern Union Telegraph Com? pany Will Be Torn v Down. Reflecting the proi;icr!ty which is 'Oeing experienced at tnis t:uie, not merely by their firm but by a'l An-. Jcraon. Llgon. & Ledbetter will at onco begin tho construction of ft handsome two-story building on their property on Alain street, just next to tho building now occupied .by them. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany occupies the .nreaent buUdlng on tb.u site but tblH^wlll be tarn down to make way for the handsome structure which Llgon & Ledbetter will erect. The building is to be Iwo-torieS In height with a large concreted base taent which will be 'Practically oqultr aient to a third story, and will bo fin ished in modern style throughout. It will be 130 f?et tong and 24 feet wide and will bo .constructed of the best ' ?r?crlal that can be.pbtain.bd. Ca^py ic Fant, architeats, aje now working' on ho plaus in accordance . with the special specifications desired by ttie tirm god they state that the beAdr iog will bo one of ihe handsomest \sx Anderson, ?rhe entire building ?wfll be -arrouiided by a cezneni walk and the aides of the places will he cea voted of plate glass. The basement of the new place will no of concrete and It Is planned'' by ile^srs. Llgon ft Ledbetter to alsf> concrete their present large bas? sasfri. Part of toe new building will i'jn?jcet over what is now the opsn mouth of the^^.A^^j^^ Although no contract has yet been ; loped, it .1* , uudtrstood that the V7'.*tern Union will continue to oc upy ground floor quarter? when the new building Is erected. The secoml tioor will be devoted to offices, while it Is probable that there will be & stor0 of some sort fronting on Mela street Another ?ig VeaL Another business deal of interns? to Anderson people occurred yester day when Carlisle ."SPoKioney pur-basfr ed Lorn Bob King and Oeorge Ev