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Second Section. WE'LL STICK TO THE RAILROADS IF THEY WILL STICK TO U? Pages Nine to Twelve. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ?5.00 PER ANNUM. to Anderso Tb? election or Mr. Harrison Is en tirely In keeping with the established policy of the lines of the Southern Railway System to fill all vacancies by promotions of men already In the service. Mr. Harrison's railway career .haa been entirely with the Southern Railway company and lines in which it Is interested. For the past three years he has been presi dent of. tbo Chicago, Indianapolle and Louisville railway, the Monon Line, * but he remained a member of the board of directors of Southern Hall way company. Mr. Harrison entered the service I or the Southern Railway In 1896 as| solicitor in the legal der. 1903 he. was made ass! president, and in 1906 president,-which position he til 1910 when bd . resigned :qd -feeing | elected president bf the Chicago, In dianapolis and Louisville. Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin ley 'a 'closest and most trusted advis ors and Is thoroughly in sympathy MORMONS ARE AT WORK Have ttrte More Than Sixty Verts in Atlanta Con Atlanta; Feb. 83.?It became known today that four active missionaries, j| rtcYV.l^s six "?^ts ?. -wAgki ?sd d?i*{ ry*ag with- them tracte and pamph lets, pre busily engaged in en effort ] to couvert Auaniiaus to the Mormon] faith. I They have already cooverted abouti Hlxty, fii??t of whoni were professing Christians. before, they turned Mor-] mons, and they declared that the, number is Increasing almost every week. On the theory that this la a land of religious. liberty and that all be liefs should be respected, the city authorities) are permitting the mis- ! sionaries to do their work unmolest- ; ed, and the Mormon church Is found ed already in this city on a pretty substantial beads?, They have a regu lar ho.UBo or worship at the comer of Woodward avenue and Connally street; H., "Letter Balr, of Richmond, Utah, Is th? presiding elder-who has direct charge of the church's affaire. After ' the Mormon custom it haa no preacher, but the sermon Is deliver ed by dirramt whom the,elder.d'eslgates from Week] to webt! Once .a month on. fast Sun days, t^ha..j wjjffnen are allowed to speak. .led Intervals they hold) a communion service, but after : the Mormon rites, using water instead; of wla?. . i Mr. Balr e$ra that while. the ac tual practice of oolygamy I? not now countenanced by the Mormons, the church btill adhere to the principle of plural marriages in theory. A workman's compensation. blU has been drafted in the State' legislature of Maryland far .passage. ,The labor Interests have been promised-the sup port of Innqbnttal members of th? l?g islature, they say. : , ; . * *? ?- *** '*'*?.* V ??R3E8Tf HA?IUaOX'8 FtRST *? ' ::a?ua?ws?v "l am in entire accord; and sympathy with the policies of my lamented friend. Mr. Finley, under whom ? have worked for * .**?e&teea years I hope to con * tlaae i> build the Southern as i?o built Ii Ky ?MMeHnj ?.c^ nn * hancibg- Its * usefulness to and its eo/*?i?l relations with the * people of tli* South. I count * on the hupport of the entire press?t working organization - of the rvObthern, rank ?ad nie. Ko changea are to be made fer ' the -?enge. Different men ?oigni sa round, hut not better oars. Having .frown up in th? senrtee tritb most of the pre s eat organisation, I know how to velae* them and 1 am projod to believe that they are my rr-ends." : - Distinguished Visitor, n Today. with the policies whioh made Mr. Fin ley'n administration so successful both for the Southern Railway and the ter l?ttory seved by its lines. Though' Mr. Harrison entered the service of the Southern In the legal department, hia experience has not been confined to that branch of the service. He has given much study to financial, traffic and operating problems and Is Intimately acquainted with conditions on the Southern Railway an dthrough-t out' the section which it traverses. As president of the Chicago. Indlanapo-1 is and Louisville, he was actively In M charge of the operation of the railway ' so that he comes to the Southern Railway prepared by practical exper ience; as well as the mast detailed ^knowledge of its affaira to take up 'the duties of chief executive. I Mr. Harrison Is a resident of Vir Banquier county on.the Harrlsonburg ' Fanquler eountyon the Harrlsonburg branch. He la peculiarly identified with the south, aa hia father was private sap-, retary to Jefferson Davis while preai-. dent of the Confederate States. Mr.' Harrison was born in 1889, and was graduated from Tale .with the A. B.I degree in 1890, and from Columbia with the A. M., degree in. 1891. HeJ was admitted to the bar in New York in 1892 and continued the practice of law In that city until 1896 when he began hia work with the Southern Railway. jl Mr. Harrison la the author of the legal history of the Southern Railway in:the preparation of which he went into an exhaustive study of the his tory of each of the lines which now make up the Touthern Railway. In this work be jlaced In permanent form much . 1 ayaluabie Information concerning tho properltea out of which the Sc uthern Railway was bujlt and In ta? researches which he made concerning them be gathered a comprehensive store of knowledge. The Looker Clubs In Atlanta -Were Not Jtfolcatcd ; Atlanta, Feb. 2Si?The Fultou grand Ijury is uirougb with the appeal of tho Srspsolical' Silnistera ho hsua the , locker clubs Indicted, and the clubs will not be Indicted. >.??? After adjourning a week ago with- , it "taking up the locker club ques- , ion, the grand jury resumed its ses sion, for the transaction of routine , business, and did not even summon ( before it any officers or members of . the locker clubs. , This means beyond - question that ( the opponents of tbe locker clubs will , have to employ their own lawyers , privately if they want to fight the clubs In court. The Atlanta papers say today that j so far as the grand jury has any- , thing ;td do with it, the, locker club agitation is ended. ';" ?, .. - J 80nVCABOL5NA ELECTRIC RKlL,\ ! '.: ;i!? ; w??s.\ I ;i I: Washington, Feb. 28.?Preliminary l figures for the forthcoming qulnqueh- '< nlal report on the electric railways of \ ibc mate oi aoutn Carolina bave'been 1 given out by Director W; J. Hsrrrls, of l the Bureau of tbe Census, Depart* ,< meat of Commerce. They were pre- '1 pared uudor the supervision of W. M Stewart, chief statistician for manu- < facturers. c Jl The statistics relate to the ye-rs 1 ending December 31 for 1912 and 1907, i and June &0 for 1992. Tbe totals in-,i elude electric light plants operated In ' connection with electric railways and * not separabV) therefrom, but do not 1 include reports of mixed steam and < MMtric railroads, nor railways under t construction which had not begun op-.I c rat ton durlug the census ye*r. j 1 Tbe figures as presented for South < Carolina ahow substantial gams for i tbe decade of 1902-1912. The number) of operating companies was 6 in I9tf2 ? in 1912. There were 20S miles I operating companies was 6 in 19?2 d 7 In 1912. Tbere were SOS miles f track in 4912, as compared ' '<i?#^ iv. The persons employed ?amher- < In J902, or an increase of 93 per cent 1 The revenue passengers carried aunt-;< bared 17,872,934 in 1912. as compared i with 9.066,818 in 1902, or an Increase1 nfcjf per cent The gross income m'' 1912 amounted to $l-3??,37d; as com pared with ?653,736 in 1902. or an in-' Crease of 107 per cent Tbe operating , expenaee amounted to $914,391 In 1912 as compared with 8S98.C82 in 190). oi-.'an increase of 129 par coat Tbe horsepower of the engines was 12. 110 in 1912, as compared with 5,875 , ia 1902. or an Increase of 1W per cent. The output of stations amount ed to 8^64^01 kilowatt hours In 1912, as compared with 5,602.469 in \9ot, or an increase Of 5g per cent. The . electric carrent purchased in 1919 amounted to 9,07l,3Se kilowatt bouts, the figure* for 1903 not being avail able The above cartoon ?ma used ir tho Christmas number of Aggressive Anderson, the official organ of the' Chamber ot Cor- -rce of Anderson. ?f Chtef Engineer alfe Write? of th^ "GreewwSIle JELxtMt* Buncombe counties. , N; '(?? and the crease of -Vardy McBee*a stock of $50,010. , . il^. - The work began, itlnder irtoHtiffcvbre ble auspices' ta ; IKSprAnd tl^sjayiug was completed 'octween ('oltrafhla and Alston by^''Jmae!rlMpii:U)e metaorable freshet or August at that year delayed the bridge 'across Broad river. Mr. Brpwn wMfpreM|?o' f : ; take .,-. active. charge iok>Jf$jK?5jfW structure as, well ?8 ih*, sion" to Line. On? Of the most .melancholy chap ters in the history of industrial devel opment of this state U the. death of time to J-cak cf the road being 'pushed ville, showing tha> Anderson w*S road, Juat a tew days before tta>com pletion to Anderson. It Is note VrOith* tHst all nf *K^. rjjnr/jt jf tl??t time speak o fthe road being pushed to Anderson, and after that to Green ville, ahchwing that Anderson; nras considered of great importance to, the Clreenvllle and Columbia road. John Helton O'Neall, chief .justice of the state Supreme Court and pres ident Of,' the struggling young railway company, gives a graphic account of the death or the -young engineer. Wro, Spencer Brown was the son of MaJ. Oen. Jacob Brown, commander ln-chlef of the United States army, ' was bom in New York in 1815 and iuiited" from ,SVe?t Roint In 1834. resigned from the United States and bed trcrubfVon rude ne?sTn'tpe camne.. ,S||^HH special trains to Columbia' $v?f? IBtfri so that the workmen would not have ||p.<fileep'.tn? the camps. In March, 1851, tbe road reached Newberry and in March, 1852, arrived at Ninety-Six. There was a*helay on account of 'the lack of Iron, but the road reached Greenwood In July apd Cokeabury (Hodges) by the laut of August. "T?ir uSivr nuprrniruciure ?* ?$Hi> ihe read ft tfalris tsa *4a?n line and THE GREENVILLE ESTEN HION?M writes Judge O'Neall. it was thought that the road would ceeued him wanSt the construction ataa under of Mr. Brown. Judge' tta?t inf. IMA?WIM KO Ing of rights of way. "In 1849," writes Judge Q'Neall., "Ihn Una tj) ?aitaKsnn ai? lAiuioil anH I giadlng Vontractr'were let" to stock" j be ^completed to Belton by the last of holders, who Wer? ouUOed. under the I October and to Aiioerson uy the first charter to work out halt of their stock.?0* ?ecember.- While carrying,on this These contracts were generally ae-*p*t worn, Mr, o.owu u*u ?iw? ac cepted and work waa begun with I ^ as consuHlns engineer for the Lau - rena road and for tbe King* Moun tain road, as Col. Irby and Mr. A. C. Garllngton and others of Newberry great activity. In December, 1848. the legislature generously -subscribed one-half ' of the bonds of the South Carolina railroad to the state, amount ing to over 1250,000. By the advice of Mr. Brown, in the. spring Of 1849 a contract was made with the South Carolina railroad to take at $45 per ton, delivered at Columbia in pay ment of their bonds at par, so much Of their flange iron as would, stand Mr. ?. in 188Q to take a position as en- Brown's inspection. It resulted in slriesr in extending. tho Brie canal, tbo company receiving a little over SOI He was engaged successively In a miles." number of railroad engineering posl- Tnls flange Iron was a Httti flat rail ticnia until 1847 when he waa elected* which was, but a strip of Iron, but was insistent engineer of. the Greenvllin the beat that could be had in those Mid . Columbia. - then bafnar nm<?(<a ?n.T c! the ~ZZ.~r; zu\\ under the chief engl?cer, Joan ??c?tae.f of toqay would have' beea'<' metal tie organised a brigade o" surveyors f enough, for the entire track from An md ran ? direct lice from Greenville (Person to Newbery, ? Judge O'Neall mbia, 110 miles. {goes on to tell of the purchase ot "00 Subsequently. tbe Cf'm*jany was In-1miles of Iron chunk" from Maj. Gads ?uesd to locate Its road In a different Wen of the South Carolina road. This manner, under the survey made by (was used to make tbe new tangled Mai. Horace Bliss, and the line wje|"T" rails, the same as In use today, run from Columbia to Newber.'y, [only much lighter of course, thence to the Saluda river "crossing ' In the summer uf 1840, Judge ek twice end Ninety-Six O'Neall continues, negotiations wars :reek once,, to the Saluda ridge, and opened with the "re?ussent" stock on to Belton; then turned holders at Greenville. Up to '.ol? :o AnqSrsOD and thence .over a rough time Anderson appears: to ha*e been country and again crossing the Saluda the object point of all the bvildlng ;o Greenville. This location waa operations after I.aureus had dropped highly displeasing to many of the oat. Mr. Brown made a recconols itoekhoi?ers. Is Judge O'Neell'a frank ance from Greenville to Belton. A ?omtn??tL: . meeting of tbe stoe'aolders was held Lakr*fc>. was of .cAurse thrown out in Abbeville to change the location md Cr?*nville stockholders dechuM ^nade in 1847 -fnfca Anderson to aeir>i?tet?ien not to pay their stock. KJreenvlllc?and as a .result of this r*? president of tho road threatened meeting ttwas decided to build from *? .?^i?? aul ??? uvl.?u?-Won ancra ?.tJe?MW i? UiWr>n*?i?? ?.?ier iWwiSp?e bat H twould bo fatal to . thai enter- tioc of the Une to Anderson, The irl&o. Mr. Johr Me Wae accepted the stockholders at Greenville assented to chief engineer 61 *Mp *i.utb [ibis compromise, arter heavy acces .;a yaltway feed MV^ Brpwn sue-Galon's of -stock- from Henderson and others of and Laurens had taken up the project after the C. and O. had decided tb pass Lauren* by. It was while at Laurens on tbe 24th of August, 18*?2, that Mr. Brown heard Of the tremendous freshets up above. He swam Little r.<tver und .'came to Helena, on the Lsurenii roid, and thence in a telegraph car mSde an In-, spectlon of the damage tb th? Colum bia And Greenville. He fobnd tbe whole world afloat around Chappell's and started back toward Columbia. Judge O'Neall says that "h? got to tho EUvutrf ?In? . V..UjrA ???i.?u.; ? ? ana inhere he saw BroadT river m a flood , never surpassed arid Only ap proached by the Yazoo freshet." In his eagerness to get to Colum bts and get work started on repairing the bridge Mr. Brown got into a light batteau and started down Broad riv er, thinking that he could keep in the stream all the way to Columbia. But tbe boat turned over at some falls sear Littleton. Col. Brown .'and his companion, Mr. McCoilum, awam down the river with the current about three milea and the chief fcnglneer who had poured out hia whole life and every energy of his body and of hia splendid Intellect to build a rail road across the state, went down un der the muddy waters ar he was struck by a passing piece of debris. Hia body waa found under the. sand three weeks later. He was Just 38 years or age at the time. \ TO SLTfEES S?fO?f oooooooo I? O O.O O O Q O d o oo o O O OO O O'O ooo V' ,rir*i. ? "Next in tits Chrisifen rc??^on, I khou^ of nothing 4o be scnififired with the influence of\a free social and commer ci*t Intercourse in softening asperities, removing prejudices; extending knowledge and promoting human happiness." Vl. .tMU*_4. ?_" ^_a it.- -* - * *<* -i-l \s Hayn? bv the sculptor Valentine, showing the great spirit of the South Carolinian whose last public service was his effort to open direct railroad communication between South Caro lina.and the vast Interior of our continent o Ml Georgia foiltjefaas Are Makinf a Blf Plfht Atlanta. Peb. 23.?South Georgia aas es tablisbed -a eeaatolral hea#4aartera in Atlanta pending the decision of Governor Slaton In the appointment Ca ????s?sXC?" SiCGS 5 ?TUCCCs?oOr* One of the most i-?markab\e things they have accomplished le tie ?ecur ing of endorsements of tbe candi dacy from some strong pouoeisns in North Georgia. Colonel Vereen has never been in politics, la cab of tbe most, influential busmees men ic bis section, and was the oritf nkftr of the federated cbambera of com merce movement of this state and the first president Ot the federation. Says the inter urban Is Bi Local Schools?Other ! on Anderson C< Editor of Tb^NWtelllgence.r: I had the<?ftivllege of spending one day od'-,> lasT^reelc in the Belton high BLhool and'*thfe Honen Path high Kchool. 8lnce?Idld not have the op portunity to meet* the patrons at eith er place to talk 'face to face with them, about their schools, 1 take this method of reacting them. In alum every school the visitor can And real' merit In both these high schools the f spirit of the teachers and their atti tude toward theif 'Work are common-] dable The stitrtte- things are true ofl the pupils, as far as one can observe | in. a day'b time.' In both schools what may be called the school atmosphere is wholesome. Not the smallest benefit from the Intcrurbsn railroad Is the convenience It otters In the matter of school at tendance. The cheap rate offered to school children bringe them into school center., wbete they can get belter facilities then In the small out lying schools. This congregation of pupils is the school centers gives the high school ptrptls better advantages than they could 'hope'to have in their little schools dt'/Home. Besides, they leavp the full time *f the teachers In the small schools"** be devoted to the younger ehildrew*. Nearly one-half of the high school' attendance la Belton comes f.om outside the Belton dis trict. At HonkJfflNMWthe percentage la not so great. In both these**ro1t*eto the visitor Is struck with one noticeable fact: that the boys r e desertHfg the high school At Selten id the rtlpth and tent! grades there were present thirty pupils. But j^-df At Hones P twe?ij^ r?r? boys. At^ bdth pi aces xl. was were forme jpflg**?wben >theee* in the sixth grade th* -beY?. IM'j were pot far front -equal In rtum Where are these other i?oyst ,,s ? serious question for fathers, snd ranthers to ponder.* <",;,T1,1' In my judgment the Hpnea Path board did an excellent thing when' it ?dded the eleventh grade in Septem ber, 1913. In that grade last ypar there were ten pupils. The retention ut ihese pupils though the fourth high school year w?ut "a muiter of good sense and economy. However, the present eleventh gfado is a dis tinct dlsannolntmaat. As a tent!; grade last year It bad it members. As an eleventh grade this year there sre but three pupils present Where arc the ether eight? Do their par ents and the patrons at large realize FRANK'S F21EKOS IIOPE FIX I They Think Barns Hay Be Able to Help Hta Oat .Atlanta, Feb. '23,--Detective Will* lam J. Burn* arrived in Atlanta this week to begin an impartial probe of tba. Frank cadCT."IIb., will ,be aided by Darf L?hotf. 'obe of his ablest lieu tenants, and by a picked staff of bis men. The coming of Burns to At laata , means . that the south's mist remarkable, murder case may still have uome .big aensattona to' offer, ?hi um?., wore: to tsome new and sur prising, termination, which no 'man, ea?fjfih predict er forsee. The relentless ability of Borns to get at the bottom of crime, and to shield no one when he does touch rock bottom, is a nation-known fact "I have come 1$ Attenta to get at the truth of this case whether It helps Frank or hangs him-" said ' Burns wehn he was here tee other day. And. In the face of tkefi the man who has lived for months in the shadow of the gallows, says: "I thank GdtjMpurns has come." Whether Prank be Innocent or guilty, a new doubt has arisen. The Atlante papers are as full of the mys tery as they were when the original trial wae In progress, and the end is not yet. THE LATE JOHN M. RLECHLEY the Wee?k^BiteatJ*n 01 The congregates*, of St John's Methodist chnecb' yesterday. upon opening Thd??yeetlng." the hand some little weekly pamphlet which keep the members posted on current church events, looked with sadness open ibii iniww oi one who ha* gone on : before', jeofra N. Bleckley. To his efforts aa aa Individual. Is due in .a large measure the success 5f. the uadertak?i* u> -build this handsome new ckarcb. And it was a solemn coincidence ?bat Mr. Bleck ley was the first to be burled from which he gave so mudh time. Mr. O. B. Walts?'i the treasurer, reported on the fith of February, re ceipts, *862.?7; disbursements, - There wilt he a teachers' meeting Friday night; luaea served. lilding Up Attendance in Interesting Comment ronty's Schools. ? that it taken more to ncnd two papiia off to coll?ge a year than the annual salary paid Miss Moffatt or Kiss Wat era in the high school? Do the pat ronB realize that their children are simply doing this eleventh grade work, whether at homo in the high school, or off Eome-X'here ?U college? I, I cannot close without calling at tention to the overcrowded condition of the school building In Belton. " oin ffygl j learned (hero I am satls 1 titat th'? i)eouIe know In a gene i.?^ay :what the a tuatlou Is, but I .cp^fUejit that the. people do. not appreciate fully the'altUatloh. Bev eral of th? teachers are attempting to teach more pupils thun It la possible for nnv tehcher" to do .successfully. In . tu? Attempt to batter conditions if ? ' ' '* "' several of the grades ar0 divide? into, ? two aectioi: iingear ly in the morning and the other later in the day. The patrons of the school must1 know that this i.^uB-jmoni is at best r .mate s!'.!!! ..that Ike e?ilj dren iu these grade? are getting only a fraction of what properly belongs to them. It Is to bo imped that be-? fore the ?piMiiiiK of another session additional room will be provide for these punlls. .** W. H. Hand; 8tato Inspector. Columbia, S. C, Fcb -, -?;-?>y '' ? ?? Till! .MAN WHO BRINES Is Not Needed In 1 be Progressiv? World Today Atlanta, Feb. 23,--The declaration of Atlanta's recorder, Judge Nash R. Broylea, that there is no place In- the , Or- financial world today for the man Who drinks, Is causing, widespread -nd Interesting com'hi "There is no responsible position *nd. no opportunity to advance for the drinker." he said. "Employer? ' fon't want him. tor thkv kt,?u? ?? can't be efficient so loftg ha he stunts bis brain with intoxicants." rie pointed to the recent action of great railroad syeteam ' refusing to employ men who drink. A score or more of leading At lanta business and professional men wo have been intervinwsjp 4to aee 1' they agreed with the views expressed by Judge Broylee, were almost unan imous in their response that if Judge Broylea meant the habitual drinker or the man who drank to excess ho a aa certainly correct. 1HAM0NB BOPE. ? Paso Roblea, Calif., Feb. 24.?The special train bearing the White Sox in due here today. The boys will put In about a fortnight training, and then^j^ay . ploy a'feW-. . exhibition 'Jacksonville, Fla., Feh. 24.?Th? world's champion Athletics are duo here today .to st^rt training. They, will play many exhibition-games herd for the ?gputh Atlantic ? season open* April ?th. and the teams will prgo* tlce together a great deal. Philadelphia, Feb. 24.?The advance" tuard of the Phillies will leave hern today for Wilmington, N, C, whern they will roma'tj nnti> cwSjTCu ?3. TSh? entire team will then start north ward, playing exhibition games on tfca way- >' ' . Borneo, Mass., reo. ?.?Manager Oarrigau of the Boston Red Sox will iccompany the first sqand of that teaag to Hot Springs, Ark. They leave to* Jaw nUkifi. ? > m few mWBmtaf *K<* wm-w. until^ the" fourteen vrRch mop??e* the squad shall have heim gathered. Begtnoirg with Mky t the organised arpentera of St. Paul Will demand ifty centa an'hour and Saturday halt loilday. .__^