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. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. 2 GOOD PLUMS FALL AT LAST Western anil Sims Get Federal Jobs From the President BOTH PLACES GOOD SALARIES LEADERS TALL TO PRESIDENT New York Democrats Have Conference With Wilson PLAN TOWIN EMPIRE STATE Senator Tillman Say* that He Will Not Opposa the Confir mation of the Nominations (By Associated Press.) ! Washington, Feb. 9.?President 'Wilson today nominated Francis H. Wfcston of Columbia, S. C, for Uni ted Status attorney, for the diBtrict of South Carolina, and James L Sims of Orangeburg, 8. C, for Uni ted States marshal for the district of South' Carolina. Augusta, Go., Feb. 9.?Senator B It. Tillman, who was here tonigh* on his way to Atlanta, was told oi the Associated Press dispatch that the appointments for South Carolina had been ntjtde..- p.nd he declared tha'. he.would not oppose them on the floor of the Senate, but ~'cuHl let tht nominees he conflrmcd. Special Correspondence. Columbia, Feb. 9.?The long dis cuBsed question as to who would gel the two biggest political plums b this State was settled today when it was reported here that F. II. Wester of this city would" aucceed Ernest F Cocbran or Andorson as Unite.: States district attorr^^ntl that Jas L. 8ims^ji?>$|?*#nteca In t:ds State but when the nbw Judicial circuit 1 made.operative, tberb may he othu. appointments mode. Erce?i F. Oochrou of Anderson, re signed Uie ofjlco of district attorney last October, but. has never been re lieved, because of ttio light made on Mr. Westou from somo quarters. It ?* nederstood. that Atttornoy General MsBeynotds asked for his appoint ment. National Chairman McCombs and Governor / Glynn are Agreed to put progressive Democracy Forward (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 9.?-Plans for the reorganization of the New York State democracy along progressive linct today were submitted to President Wilson by Gov, Glynn and William F. McCombs, democratic national chairman. They found the President '.n hearty accord and left here to night ready to begin their work of. welding the various elements in the empire State democracy Into u har uoniuus organization to take up the 3ght for the national administration In hot): the primaries and eieciiou* lext fall for members of the House it Representative:, and the - United States Senate. . Just what the plans laid* before he President contemplates was not oade known boyond the fact that the -.eystonc of tbo man, William Churel lsborne, Princeton '77, and a close rlend of the President, had ' beet greed upon by Gov. Qlvnn an Chairman McCombs for tho chair aanshlp, and today they learned tba , j -?ls selection met the hearty appro al of Mr. Wilson. It was a very agreeable and cor Hal conference, according to bot] frr.4?lyn yajiiU'hn fTi rffflifr fi ljrnombg. >ad the- Pr?sident, tet It be know? KerWards that .he was deeply in thf vork or reorganization. Beyond the 'o details were forthcoming, thoug* ecrotnry Tumulty and Mr. McCombs '/ere in conference most of Uie af ernoon. Reports that Mr. McComb ntended to .retire from the nations 'hairnianshlp and would bo succeed d by Secretary Tumulty, wero se* vt rest by tho latter who said that Mr. McCombs had every intention oi. onUnuing as the chairman. It Is rully expected that when Mr ] lsborn 1b finally made State chair nan, more .light w?H no shed on th< dans for reorganizing the democratic >arty of New York state. There was no extended dlscusslo* it tl>;. Wthite House conference, s/ ar an could be learned, concorn In* he Tammany organization In Nev 'ork City and its leader, Charles F iurphy. Tho disposition or the con .j erence, it is understood.-was to ap ?roach the task from the broad view >f reforming a Stato organization anf | eavlng to the contests in the prl -lary elections the selection of Statt ommittccnicn who would bo in liar lony with the ideas of Mr. Osborn /ho is slated to lead the reform 'orces. ' uiu w itns in Bfi-qram ? rrojrjlT is Besting'Very BeU. Cnlumhia. Feb. 0.?Reports fr?ffi ' ho hospital whore C. T. W?ycho, Id. j D. of Newberry, speaker pro tempore,.! of the House of Representatives, ir undergoing treatment were encour- j aging. lit was said to be rest in? well and his condition was regarded ] as^satisfactory. The speaker pro tempore is one ot the most popular and highly re- i spected members of the House. Hit illness is universality regretted by the .Ticmhers. j Arm$f Aviator Meets Death at San Diego San?*:.** 5) Heai^&x3$?L corpB. cousit" skillful Unit? crumbled! ^l^'.Feb. Weut. the first * aero red one of the moat itcB array aviators, today aljiggcd to his de*r*Z? In Sac Diofo wiffcf the frlnp Of bia teroplanc Ml Rafter establish lev an a! tit tide record of 12,120 feet ; He fell ?00 feet into shUIow water, and was dead when Francis W3Id man, en&ibof aviator, reached the' e tn a flyihii "boat. :Poat left tiBl aero grounds at 1 clock after hsvlag declared his ta xation to break the American altl %vu?& record, -.for hydra**ro?lAneii Within an bom he had attained a height Of BMW feet, the barograph showing this figure when recovered from the wreckage. A s?ries of wideeptr&l* w*a a feature of the de occEt, *fc &aeblne apeparlug to be under perfect conlro-".. When within 600 feet of the water and the plane was seen to collapse, . then careen The text instant the pilot was', hurler roui his scat and the machine plung ed downward kko a bullet, fost fell into five feet of water he wrecked craft disappearing fron light a few feet distant, Capt. Arthur 8. Co Wen, head of the first corps, declared the machin which Post wa^ piloting was solely responsible for Ute fatal accident, Tho man had tho n-.itui.ri ability o\ ? born hier? and it bad to take th? breakRgc of his machine to cause hie I death, said Capt- Co wen. fttat \% the sixth army aviator at tached to the irst aero corps uyln** the army type of machine to meo* death since the school ' was estab MORE LENIENT TO ARMY OFFENDERS Offending Soldiers Not to be Put in the Criminal Class (by Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 9.?Revision of the articles of war in the military law of the United States, unchanged since 1806i is proposed in a hill passed without a dissenting voto by tho Senate today designed to make the sfldier guilty of purely military offenses an object or rcofrmatory dis cipline instead of a penitentiary con vict with Uie ' Criminal stomp upon him. Fort Leavenwurih. ne*!? . would cease to be a federal penitentiary under the terms of the bill and hereafter would be known as the United States military detention bar racks. The prison would bo modeled after the English army disciplinary Institution at Aldcrshot. und no sol dlcd or civillon convicted of an of fense punishable by penal servitude might hereafter be confined there. Military prisoner* uuder suspend ed sentence quartered in the deten tion barracks would be organised in to military commands and their training' kept up', where prison con duct warrants, in tho opinion of the secretary of war. Honorable) restor ation to tho army or permission to re-cnlist without prejudice If the enlistment bad. expired, would fol ios- good behavior. This radical revision of the army's disciplinary methods is proposed in a recoditlcution of the articles of war, iropplnr thirteen sections from the old code as obsolete and Inserting provisions ?or a policy of suspended sentence and l?ss drastic treatment of military offenders generally. - NO HOPE FOR ELECTION BILL Tse State Wfi?~Kave No New Laws on the Election System andence. Columbia, Feb. 9.?All hope of ny remedial legislation for was 'lost in the TOu&tv Mwnduy night when the vole o receive the substitute for the Nlch Ibou bill Was 20 to 19. As the Gov ruor has declared that he will veto ny measure of this kind, this small aajorlty makes it appear hopeless to 7ork on tho bill any longer. This vas thu substitute for the Nicholson ?111, Which! Was tabled. Tho final -ot? on the substitute bill Tuesday s supposed to show no change. UJN0AY CLOSING TO GOTO COUNCIL flinisierinl Union Took Fermai Action at Meeting Monday At the meeting of the Ministerial nlon on "Monday, Feb. 2, the retail iruggists or the city met with the ministers to discuss tho matter nf .losing their stores on Sundays. No rep?rai, agreement was reached at hl&j meeting, the ministers on the mo lutnd holding out for tho strict mservancc of the law of God and the te. and city;-and the drug jlsts, un the other hand, contending .hat it was absolutely necessary to ?cep fheir stores oucn for a part of Sunds/? and asking for eorao practl nf the probl?ui, whereby mly medicines should bo sold . Several such solutions, which have roved Successful in other towns ??cv.Suvrcd; but tho druggistc matn ^b?Mi'that all of these solutions were mpraftlcttblc. The nmetlfig adjourn ed with m?t'iora in just this shape, ho ministers resolving to discuss I at the next meeting. Tbl? fiiteusslon came off at the meeting of the union Monday morn ing. As a result of it, tho union wished til place itself on record an in [favor of the strict observance of all law. It could not be shown that my other attitude. was at all com Mflj^^Hp It* spirit and principles, rhe ministers expressed the Msb that the. Ct/ancll at Us meeting ca Tuesday night, would take the same uncompromising position with re . ?ard to tb?iaw which It has adopted. -^BBBBBrs expressed tbclr cem I mond?nen or rl>. Foucbo for closing I ils store on Sunduv. and also their -ope that his example would he fol- J ' ha/, other druggists, with-' ut necessitating the employment on he part of- tho city authorities of ny more vigorous ?..ethods to en arce (hi law. TOXfelT UVFtUWr. IN SEtfATfc, Xny Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. s.?Whea a ?esa-; ?tlon proposing a constitutional men threat to give equal suffrage to 'OU)?n Wday was brought up In the , Iba Wan deferred, as sova al eedstore cs^rtisssd ? de?re te Hsoaisi the ttnestt?u. Married Jgarrted, Sunday nfternoon by Rev. V. T. Belvtn. at the Orr Methodist arsonage, Miss Julia Smith, of the Irogon Mill village, to Mr. John Jievetand. . ... Relatives Returned With The Man They Sought l FUSEs'tb DISCUSS CA Would Not Talk pver the Teb phone and Father Could IGive Little Information of Wandering After an nbsonce^'of two months, during which "ttc, had been mourned ns d??ad by his family and friends. John W. Lee yesterday morning re turned to his home at Piedmont and considers that hU departure from these parts was not .-it all unusual. His father told an intelligencer re porter last night thu'his non did not seem to think people of Piedmont and vicinity should hive been alarm ed over his dtsappswance. 'Lee wa? taken Ip "charge in Doug las. OS., last Friday by poiicc offi cials of that place ; and held until members of hlB family could come to the -Georgia towni r? - ???- t?^; is - way that I could, and I oelloy*? ??? * with another full term 1 can give ! the county an administration that all " of my friends will be proud of." Mrs.^jt, W, Bowlan of Goldsboro. a^fi^flgin the cityf the guest of Mia?, Bilk Smith. WILL CONSIDER TOLL EXEMPTION Democratic Caucus of the Sen ate Will Discuss President's Attitude (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 9.?Repeal of the provision of the Panama canal act exempting American coastwise ship? from tolls, favored by President Wil son, is to bo made a subject of con sideration and action by a democratic caucus of the Senate. That this would be a wise and necessary course in the interest of party harmony and the nation's foreign policy, is the conclusion of administration senators who have discussed the subject with the Prerildcut within tbe last few days. The President today told call ers he did not intend to send a mes sage to Congress on the subject. How soon the caucus will be called has joot been determined, but several senators today frankly asserted that the* democrats would get together to weigh the situation as presented by the President and Rettle for them selves the whole hey. T'io feet t>mt the democratic party endorsed tin toll exemption policy at the Balti more convention, tha?e senators and President Wilson hold, should rot be a subject of open controversy nt this ' time, because conditions In volved In the tolls uestlon have changed since that time. The point to be settled is whctti?r the policy of tolls adopted by the nation through the uetibn of Congress should be re rersed' regardless of the declaration Peltlmore platform. . .-^>Um?m?h? Wilson has msde it clesr ate and Houso leaders that he is ntit Attempting to force Congress te rWerSo itself. He has outlined to them tjh? country's situation with re lp?OL.vO foreign relations, and his belJef that a reversal of the policy on the tolls question would be the best tiling.-.ale Is seeking to convince rongrc?i? that this is no, but party leaders who have talltwd with him declare that he is not attempting it a~ spirit ?f c?-operotloti^ru ral welfare. TWO LI Shocks A?feS Sunday Resulted Fatally For Two Negroes; Third Goes to Jail Taking up a quarrel which had started earlier in tho day between their sons. Pink Brown and Oua Brown opened fire on each other Sunday afternoon with the result that they are both dead and a third negro la la Jail. The shooting took place about 3 /cluck Sunday afternoon In the Mt Morjah section of the county, about live miio^ from this city. It seemed that both negroes had been drinking and they renewed the quarrel that their sons had. started in tho morning. . One of the negroes had no pistol but went off and heir rowed one, returning ho informed the other that he was. ready to fight It out and tse ri?vi*tne begam Pink irpwn was shot three times in the abdomen uiu uu? invwu was shot twioa-to the leg and onco in the lung. ?, Pink Brown, after being shot, walked for about 100 yards before he roll and.when he did fall, Sam Brown a son-of Ous Brown, jumped oh'the tallpfcotody and slashed the negro sever.-Mimes across the face with a r*r^???Wown lived on the farm of !.. O. Beau nad Gob Brown lived on 111 Ufa ia*?ai 11 ii I lim of a k noun 1"*aam gentlemen at once got into commu nication with the Anderson county ofTlcials and Coroner Hardin went to the scene to hold an inquest An autopsy was performed upon both the negroes by Dr. Harrison Prultt, to distinguish the nature of IhO wounds and tho course of the bullets and this testimony was offered at the In quest. Following the conclusion of the examination of the evidence. Bam Brown, who did the cutting, was brought to Anderson and lodged In the county Jail. POPULAR FOLK WERE MARRIED ! Joie Anderson and jMus| Stone ^Verc Married In Walhalla Yesterday T?n Af Aurionnn'o nun? *wvrv r'b bister as ^uthoritv^r-Jfhe'tajjt ho?t Dr. Saunders. The hearing will be continued tor morrow. -J. W. Bunch, secretary of the asy vWm, was on the stand for a lo?g time. He head from the minutes of the meeting of tho hoard of regents relative to the fight ion Dr. SaunderH. Nohe of the cloudy issues were cleared this afternoon. TO PRESIDENT Immigrants Test Under Consideration in Senate WILSON OPPOSES LITERACY T?S?i Other Form of Test is Favored by President and Other* in Shap* ins Bill that is to be Passed (By Associated Press.) Washington, Fob. 9. -President Wilson's opposition to tho literacy. te!?t bn a restrictive measure on Im migration hat-- been?comraunlcated'ta the - Senate committee on immigra tion, which has before it th? Burnett hfll as passed by tho house. The Pres ident's attitude waa not volunteered, but solicited by direction of fao committee which authorised ' Its chairman. Senator Ellison D. Smith? or South Carolina, to confer with the chief executive. Senator Smith has discussed^ the matter with the president several times and reported the mattev'.to Ws < oiicagucu. Today he. had?, another conference at the .White House ' Mid he will discuss It at a meeting ?l the immigration committee tomorrow,' * "In my judgment," said Mr. Smith, '"and It is a judgment held also .by many democratic andrTopublican Sen ators, there is no more important legislation before Congress than Uda ' nmlgratlon bill* What wo .do to ward reforming our Immigration tawa {-? of utmost importance, not only, 'to own natiou, but to'tho whole world. AUTO STRUCK BY STR?ET CAR Occupants of Machine Naivowlj Escaped Death Last Sunday Afternoon ' the and the mn her Driving her automobile around the -corner of McDufflo and Qiver streets Sunday afternoon, Dr. Ogla Prultt, together with the other occupants ol the car, narrowly escaped being kill ed .by a street car. Just as Dr. Prultt drove the car ' across. track, tho engine went dead members of the party seeing car approaching, got ?jat or the chine; Dr. Pruitt rejna?ncd in seat, signalling to the motorman tc stop the street car, but he wsb un able to make the braies work and the car therefore hit the automobile. Meanwhile, however, Tur. truitt had monifiiul tr\ ~??? ?r!t the TTT"*!* ?'" and was therefore uninjured. The motorman and conductor got the au tomobile off the track and as they old go, it started, crashing into a near by .telephone pole. Other member, of the automobile party were: Mifcc Vera Prultt and Mrs. H. W. Prnltt. HEATH OF PHIlt?THROPTIST. (By Associated Pros*) Washington, Feb. ??William F. Downey, a local Philanthropist who enjoyed the distinction of having been publicly named by Former Pres ident Roosevelt.as a "man Washing ton shohld be proud of,*' died hero todoyfl _ ' ' ?n thtS Subject. EVW.' ,t immigration bill. Whatiw* do to be weighed carefully by this commit tee." M-?->*t$&f??? As to the literacy Lest in tho houso bill, Senator Smith would, m?le statement, either concerning his Own. or the President's view*. Olber members of the committee have let It be known, however, that l*restdbat Wilson favors some other form of lm mtgratlpn restriction, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,' a member of the committee and stauch advocate for many years of a literacy lest for im migration, intends to tight vigorously for retention'of this provision in tho bill. . .. Beginning tomorrow the Senate committee will hold daily sessions until it compl?te? Its work on .the measure. As to the restrictive fea tures, the committee proppB?d to Is sue a statement, probably iomorrow, after th? chairman has reported on his latest conference with the Presi dent. President WSlso??, is vi?w'of the fact that the committee usked for his views, hud left to the Judgment jf Chairman Smith what should bo made public concerning tiiem. MRS. KAY BKSfe?VE?? A Sister Died Suddenly la BaKiiiore Salraday Mrs. Albert W. Kay left Saturday for BslUmore to visit her slater, Mrs. Hcmbrtchouse, who has b eenervj.be ilcmbrlchouse, whoh sa heoh very,111. jnd upon her arrival, Mrs. Kay learn ed of the sudden death of another dster. Miss' Emma Wade, who made her home with hor married sister. Both of Mm. Kay's sisters hdyjetjrftjt ed here and the news of her beteaw ment was received with sadgMMH^ mnny friends. Mrs. . Kay has.nBerer been strong slnoo; hit operation Jtt the fall, Rttd she delayed mwna^tltla she oould gather m$$ strength. Bishop of London Visits Suffragettes (B7 Associated PresB.) London, Feb. S.-^Another' surpriso visit to Holloway jail to investlgato tho conditions , tflShg '. which two militant suffragel^l*!*? Kitty Ma rian and Miss Phyllis Brady, ave In carcerated there, today waa mads by the Bishop of Ixmdon in response to a request from tlfy-\Voiuen'H Social and Political Union, the militant or Knnlation. pjkpa Kitty Marten?Is serving a sen tence of three yagre', penal serf tude for arson and ?hu Phyllis Br&d is awaiting trial oft ja similar charg? The bishop la his r?port says: ; "Misa Marion feels' aiucb aggriev ed at being forcibly fad instead o; being ^released under the 'cat an monse' act As a protest against he I continued imprisontaseht, she alwayt I c?ve? ??ur or five sheets or s?reaaji v.: ?n subjected to the operation, but she docn not look lit as a result." When tho bishop asked her what message ho should give to *er friends. M?6s Mario* replied: Toll the?u I am very wf.U, con* sldcrtn." She added, however, that forcible feeding a}ways aaado ' gar sick aad sho thought aha was grtd* . ally growing weaker, bat she mad* .to complaint of harshness on the pan. of those wJio administered the rood. 3 Miss Brady told tho bleuen that she ? lated foreiblo feeding, bot thai H dfd " not make her sick. 'She i lament, yawever, that It gave her indigos* tlon. Both woieen 1-sfo.sed to prom refrain from mill?>ocy la ?ase tht were rolcased.