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THU IS "CLEAN UP" WEEK--EVER1( CITIZEN ?F ANDERSON GET BUSY --? ? tim" ' i " , ' i -"."^??7 11 r . ?- i Pfe vor NO ?a ?rM?Jr.??iahe? JfMsBanr.Jam. Illili,' ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 8, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS. $0.00 PER ANw?M. mir. MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS MATTER SHOWS THE NEED INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION Before Taking Any Direct Step? the . Directors Have Bean Asked to Sae Whether Is Propitious Time At a meeting of a number of friends and patrons of the Y. M. C. A. last night lt was decided to make inquiry if there is enthusi asm enough in the work at this tirue to begin a campaign for a ?75,000 building for Anderson. . The meeting .was held at Manie Hall and there was a suppre, paid tor by a few friends of the asso ciation who in years, gone by have paid the w?y.of the association^ The supper was beautifully served by the ladles of the ijylc associa tion. Among the invited guests, were Dr. Kinard, pr?sident of Anderson Col?eg?, who has spent much time in Y. M. C. A. woik and E. G. Wilson, secretary for the Carolinas, who established the Anderson association when it was shaky last year. Mfr. Wilson and President G. Cullen Sullivan described the work of the association since Sepo reta^y 'Burnett was called here, and told in glowing.terms of tjje wonderful progress that has been &B???"fwd of th, of the .institution is Sting watched all ovfrjthe south. Mr. Wilson showed picture's of build ings ih'the two Carolinas and ex plained the plan on' which the money was raised tor their erec tion. Mr. Burnett modestly, but for cibly, detailed the conditions of the,Y. M. CJ A. and declared that personally he ls not pushing the iiCc? tin i?v lic-rr wuiiuiilg uui II?. placed himself in the hands of i?ie members of the association and said that he is satisfied that he. an raise ?10,000 among the working young - men of the city. He statea-that he has had nothing to do Vith.creating any sentiment forthe campaign for a new building,. although no one in the world realizes as much as he thenefed for one. ttev. j. w. Speake made a heartfelt appeal. The time will never come, he said, when the city of Anderson will i\pt be press ed for meno? for beri?lcla?l??. A as no appeals upon it, :wo dehts Upon it, ls a dead towri,- Hi/knows of no stronger urge' upon (he town today than the need for a splendidly equipp ed Y. M. C A. Building. Mr.. Speake called attention to the fact thai many young men of Anderson Ihave shown Dy their . "lives the need for a Y. M. C. A. to hold thehv to the church. He declared that the Y. M. C. A. is an Institutional work auxiliary to the church* With great earnest ness he told of the fact, that a large percentage . of young men who have come to Anderson; since he .^?tc here as pastor, and that wlthlrt the last few days he has met five young men * who have just recently come to An derson to make their homes. They heed a Y. M.- C. A. lt wi\\. enhance all of the taxable values' of uie eily and witt make Auder-j son a bett?Y place and a better! horite town to have a modern Y. M C A. building here. format discusi?n, when Prest C. J Cullen Sullivan announced that j tirnt ?cro t.h&t he ?s rcadv to sub-1 th i-1 invited. fo remain for the meeting, put the men to shame and at the Same time invoked much enthu siasm when she said &at the la dies of the civic association wish ed to be the first to make an out and out - 'Subscription, and she named the amount at $5oo. Prest EL B. Gossett was asked to state what the Y. M. C. A. is doing in the mill villages, and. h? gave the wdf* his hearty endorse ment and.jtftted tjiat he wjuid subscribe ?j?ri^aUy to the fund for the hew ^ftnilding. He was j greatly #P?^;with the splendid ! results ..being worked in his RVWIL lages .?jw' 5&"retary Burnett and Secrel?ry Mims. Mr. Gossett moved ?h?t the sense of the meet ing be that Sectary E. G. Witton and Secretary Burnett feel the pulse of the community, with the co-operati(>n of the directors of ttiC u^??r?*nitu?~a, ?lilli ?IM'CTiain III the next few days whether or not t wouM be advisable to put on this campaign. this was seconded, by Chas. S: Sullivan, wlio made a short and rinding tari: In cnmnHm^nt to the. work of the association here and elsewli?r?. The motion prevail ed, 1?n? a conference will be held today Some time, when it will no doubt he decided whether to go ahead adttojlte work. The l^ctjrig last night was ?xperience kind, t of many was excellent talk vAi? ?aid that he has'.-felt in members of his own family the splendid" work of tht j TjdB?y?Aiin1 1"" favors the in-j $tK?t?o?i, ?utt ht is a little doubt ful of 4tfrc propriety of-starting the work right, now. All of the doubts . and perpl?jrMes aud obstacles will j i be canvassed in th? next day or i the benefits prospective,, and the ] matter will be resolved into! sonme concrete form. i The ?ominan! nete cf: the ? meeetin? last night was that the j Y: M. C. A. in Anderson is falling |? short of its intended purpose, be- " cause where 200 seek its benefits and privilege, not 20 can be giv en attention. OFFICIALS ARE IN QUANDARY May riir??WH Poach Bowl From S?ver Service ?nd Substitute ffclrJe Duh Albany, N? April 7.-The "dry'V order iet?ze? by Secretary Jtrfsephus ?anie?B ? or the navy recently is catas ing three ?tate officials to worry over which kiravfif A silver service shall be purchased' for the battleship "New fork.*' At tho last session of, the legis1 ituro i'WV appropriating 510,000 for' the purchase of tv silver service for the new Ship waa passed and a few days later the governor signed lt Thus did lie also .rajgte himself, Lieutenant C? over cor vv??^??i and SpsaSrer Swvct resnonulbl? for th* selection of the present, " I^I?V Today the goiiMKir was in a quan . "Wto may mm to elim?nate the punch howl and substitute & Sickle Usn.? h?1 said 7 He hopes that either the Lieutenant. Governor or the Speaker will be able to suggest a way out of the difficulty Thsrt^fi&i Bookmakers Arrested for Gamhli Richmond, Va., April 7.-dove Stuart was* adlvsod inniatu hm A aey QeWral Pollard, who la tn folk, that thirteen bookmakers were I < ?Teated at the Jamestown Jockey f fik this afternooa for- gsmb y are hsid for bell in tba ., BK each. Twenty special aolioeineo, ?worn in c* the governor^ ?rdete made a raid ls the betting ring j luring the. third race and 'capturad il ffjSO fro.- books. Governor j? ?tuar :-, . ted the Attorney general.-Jg; Jwas arrwsl?. tomorrow mr attempt; il an?de by bookmakei Kever SKsaej ftuaaay S*heeL ? j ] Louts, Mo., .April 7.- William afc- |t tg F-axuvi, 0?, won the state-wide l t ;est foi* oo??boou? Sunday schcol lt ndane* vhen be produced cert ttl-ic ; BATHE OF T( I.!?*." . . Many of the Constitutions:ist seid drawn out hattie waged for the posse*] Huerta's forces and the rebels. England, and Steamer Will Car ernment "Will Exhai (By Associated Press, 'ashlngton April 7-Vigorous rep utations went from the Amerl gorernment to General CaS ranza, Constitutionalist chief, urging him modtty the order I General Villa ixnelilnar Snnninra ?r*"ti T?rr?cs. The situation is given grave concern o authorities here. The United States had undertaken o extend to Spaniard In Mexico thc ;nmi? iirotecticT." tSordcd American (dents there, and Ambassador Bland i baila assured that nothing will he I '?sdens tc assu?-d for tho uniur '.unatea at Torreen \overy right to vhio': they are entitled, under inter latlt&al law and usage.' Spain proposes to exhaust every re muree to-protect her people, lt waB nade plain today, when Rear-Admiral Viajo, at Tampico, cabled the navy de partment that the commanding officer if the British cruiser Hermolne had jeen instructed to care for Spaniards it that port Officials-here did not comment on.this development. . The state department as well as the ; ?match ?mhft?nj. hsre, ts embarrassed n dealing with inc Torre?n aitnation )y a lack of exact Information aa Jo he ?xtent of the expulsion decree' and low far lt ha* been executed. It is HO ESCAPED FROM THE ANDERSON JAIL HID IN BATH ROOM ALL DAY LONG PRISONERS AIDED r!-fw* Uss M Lsrgs Fire Ho^rs After Escape From County Jail Lust Night T?e?ry Le?, a negro, placed .In the Anderson county jail last .month to {mwiEBnal at the next i?rm of the ?ort ot genera! sessions, made good ?I* escape from the county jail last lbxht tMvWeen 5:30 abd ? nVitnni, ?w? Vast? largo until n o'clock last night hp liras caught. Lee is charged treating and swindling. 'Jfm$t yesterday morning all of the HTieo?er? wer? taken from their colls jail wafc being acedred and j K- among them being Henry i^o. iDeputy Sheriff WM Harts had hil JArfSOltira In nharira Mnrl ??un |>> ?tU'rOOd ttl?41 to their cells he did Mar of Cells and there he re hroughout the dav. Mr. WII fd that .the negro? In the Jail ta&Vd efforts to got him ?way ! to the oxlt, in might have g ?way from the bath t?Ti ncr? seen laion of that cmg on Torreen city. Toe battle ree to Pro mderstood Vitia in ? public ?peech told the Spaiijards at Torre?n they ?rere, tb be deported en masse; that fi commission Would be appointed to examine into each todividua? caae, md that such of-thew a? could estab lish tin? fan* 4.noy- !?3"~ ?"?5*ar"? no aid to "uerta would be-permitted Ito return. The gravity of the problem has been Increased by unofficial but. credible in ??rifiiUbn tnat this policy ox expulsion ot tho Spaniards is . to be of general application ; that as rapidly as the Conet?lu?ii/.??HoU extend thei* eo&> fro', they intend to drive ou tho Span iards and seise their property. An attempt to carry out such a plan would meet with determined opposi tion from the United Stetes Govern ment- Officials say the Spaniards are In Mexico tinder the provista* j of treaty conferring the right of resi dence, trade and travel and anything like a sweeping deportation undevr those^ circumstances would pe in vio lation of the principles of. interna tional law, and would form a prooer Bu?jeci of resentment by the Spanish Government, even to the extent of hos tile]'measures if need be. . It has also been pointed out. that ns Villa's decree Involves1 the apnCecation until a crazy man was brought lu from Pendleton, at walch; time ho stepped out ot the jail,, teaming the front door open. Whoa-:he did this the negro?? within the; Jail evidently KR ve Lee the sgnal andi-he mode th . break for freedom. He succeeded In setting out of the place without Mr. Williams' knowledge apd the officer ?id not discover the plc? ur.?i? stout ?Q minutes had elapsed.- He,then govs alarm and a search waa at once bo sun by the Sheriff and lits deputies. A message was received by Sheriff Ashley lest night at 11:10 o'clock to the effect that the man had been caught at Iva aud was be^ng held un lit Gie arrival of the Am!...?><.,. ni ?eara. This morning be will b? rought back to Anderson and re turned, to Jail. RgPlie affair had evidently been care- ; rally planned, not only by L*<?, but lt?' had been assisted by the other prisoners iii" tho jail. Doc. Brown, >vn. I? charged with murder and 1? ilse a prisoner in the jail, let Lee iiave his com and rap ia order tn t?iikc the getaway. This was one of the cines used in catching tho prison It *?ll bo rcmembered.-tJiat ILe* ls thc negro working the oW. zn" game here when ' lie found a. pocket tito and offered to mother negro if the get |35. He was cati, ll An der ROT ; ort.--r g-etMjg Ashley and was on an .tnt preparatory to leaving toi rested. Zia details were obtatanbie last light as to how he was raptured in [va but Sheriff Annley had sent out totalled descriptions or the escaped prisoner, both by telephonic und tele trapa an/1' it ls prvsonwd that this ?a?, responsible for his capture. IUVC fallen in the desperate and long w ?B tho bloodiest of .the war . between n Sympathy the Spanish Gov* It? People" jf tho property of the Torrean Spart lards, it is wholly illegal? for even j conceding ttv right of expulsion of j aliens under certain circumstances, in ternational law expressly provides j t^c?t iiAa ?im?? lie ?uae itumaaely and j ?without Inflicting loss upon the sub-' Beet. j Foreseeing the gravest international i complications If the Confitlt?*<en?!?e??: ? Bhculd undertake to apply thia doc-! Brine of wholesale expulsion 6f : allens Ito lather lima Spaniards, the state de partment is expected to lay this sub ject bafore General Carranza so plain ly that he'will'exercise his if ult power to' prevent further interference with all foreigners.' Confirmation of reports of serious fighting in the neighborhood . of Tampico have reached the navy de partment in messages from Admiral Mayo, forwarded by Admiral fletcher at Vora Cruz. AilmlrnJ pjat^her hi ordered the battleship Utah from Vera Cruz tP Tampico to reinforce the for midable Auaerifuij? nnyni forci; it thst Ip?tt, ?^fg,?? battleships 'Co^?ecillcutt abd Minnesota, and .tho cruisers Des Moines, Chester, San Prank taco and tho dispatch boat Dolphin already are there. ESTROYER AYLWfN ?3WE0 INTO POPJ orpedo Boat Whose Boiler Bant Could Not Have Floated Five Hoon Longer Norfolk, Va., April 7.-With a gap ing; hole in her side, her forrard deck badly rent,4 and' her four stacks tottering, the United States' torpedo boat destroyer Aylwm, one of whose .-i-eu- was kilted' nd two others se riously Injured in an explosion off the. North Carolina coasl early yea lerday, was towed into port jtpre>. oo tay. Officers of the Parter, her sister ?hip, and the navy tug Sonoma, which .mil her In tow. estlra.-tted that she iould not h?V<* bees uftoat fi vi ?our;, longer. The accident to the Aylw?o? accord ing to her commander. Lieut. LC. palmer, who came on ah-jars? the Parker, was due to a def ii um tn* No. 1 boiler, forward. It tfas said today three month? be required, to repair the Aylwin, ?.. 'HIr>tri I? nnn ?j? tu* -jCtTCSt. pn? ?-.'?.ni nf ttic^toavy destroyers. ?Sfe fe Sss?k ia TV^? --_. New York. April 7.-The steamer Et ?r>rdobae arrived today from Buenoe rVyros and Montevideo with ? story ?fa death on board In the tropk-a md strangely enough d\> rt^fty-Jetim ?ras J. fl. Brookhill, -engin Gen. Carranza, Head of Cona tel pelling ?$aniardu from mal Hb Armies HST? {By Associated Press) Juarez, M?x., April 7.-De lite expresses of Washington's unofficial dis?teisure at the ex pulsion of. tr?e Spanish colony from Torre?n, the purpose of the tehel leaders in this regard was unshaken today, lt is learned from authorative rebel source' that General Carranza and Geri-: eral Villa are in thorough accord on the matter and that Spanish subjects throughout the rep blic. as fast as other states may fall into constitutionalists hands, will be treated as at Torre?n and Chi huahua. George C. Carothers is known to have talked with General Car ranza on the Spanish question.to day. Tlie American and the first chiet' of the revolution conferred for half an hour. When Caroth ers emerged he was besieged by anxious inquirers, but he rushed to his automobile without answer ing questions, shaking his head negatively. The purport of the conference leaked out today through sources 11?E _ HOBSON CONCEDE DEFEAT AND TELEGRAPHED HIS CONGRATULATIONS mOOO IS ESTIMATE The Gubernatorial and Short Tarma Senatorial Races Were Also Close (By Associated Press. Birmingham, Ala, April 7.~-Oscnr W. Underwood, Cor nearly twenty years representative of the Ninth Ale gama District in the Lower House of Congress, swept the sttte in his hattie, with Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson for nomination to th9 Ualted States Senate. ( Mr. Underwood's nomination termi nated one of the moat spectacular po litical contesta in the history of the ?tate. With the exception of a whirj ".r::d :;:rr;-;r.? to m O.iruip mc Christ mas holidays the successful candi date's campaign waa conducted by his friends. One Of the chief claims for recognition for their candidate ad vanced by Mr. Underwood's friends was the charge that Representative Hobson was neglecting his duties aa a congressman to conduct the campaign, f Mr. Hobson entered the senatorial rr.ee nearly two years ago. He visited nearly, every county and town tn the state.' In stump speeches he charged ! his opponent with having been In fluenced by the "licjuor Interests." He also charged th.it corporation influ ien?e was behind the campaign of Hr. (Underwood for the presidential nomi nation In 1312. All of ike charges' were denied by Wh*. Underwood. Returns Indicate Prank C. White of Birmingham, waa won the nomination to fill the unexpired term of the late. United Slates Senator Joseph* H. John ston. . . , A niu-d?? pr?m?ry in the guberna torial nomination fight tonight seem ed lue-, liable. . Former Governor B. H. Comer, apparently still hud a plurality but R. F. Kblb of Montgomery, and Charles rieutwrson of Troy, were rub, nlng close benlnd the. leading candi date. A fall count probably will h? necessary to ascertain which will op pose Comer m the second primary, May lt. i , MARK RCOR?? TIMK ?S Trying and CeUvtetlnir a S?gr# ea j Marier (harpe. | Douglas, tia., April 8.-Indicted, tried, found gui tty and sentenced with in two and a half hours was the reeord established here tod Ay in the case ef Erastus All?p, a negro, charged with the murder ? Clifford Cauley, an other negro. Allen waa sente?oed to life imprisonment. The grand Jury mumed the Indictment and by 6:30 th ht afternoon the trial was complet ed. br?onalut Party, Insist} pn Ex it Pari of Mexico Over .Which s Been Successful h- * m i - ? which hitherto have proved reli able. lt was said that Carothers informed Carranza that the sunt; ?mary expulsion of the Spaniards was considered gravely at Mad rid and without favor at .WaSh fin?t?n. The general replied th?t. evidence, of Spanish conspiracy 'against the revolution was ovef t whelming in all parts of the ?country, that their expulsion was( not only just, but ^he l'art of wis-1 [dom. He pointed out that popu lar suspicion against these for eignrs was so general and so deep seated that their expulsion st li?s?i u/ftijM ri???i?vei thii??? fTer;? danger at the hands of incensed soldiers. The troop? generally are well under discipline, * he ex plained, but individual exceptions were to be considered. The policy of expulsion in chides ai! Spanish subjects in Mexico. Many Spaniards are nat uralized Mexicans . and they are not embraced in the order, al though many have already fled thje country and others arc under suspicion. \ A NEAR-ROW IN CONGRESS OVER niaxniyiyt^sj OF BANKS thin? to Date Has Cc!or of Discrimination (By Associated Press) Washington, April 7.-Vigorous pro tests against the failure to include New Orleans, Baltimore and Omah? ia the Hst of Federal reserve hank cities were voiced in the bouse today. The debate started *U> a speech by Representative DupiVv ct ?ouis?taa, who reading long r?solutions adopten at New Orleans mas* meeting, said' he wanted to "drive" them Into the minds of Congress. Representativo Gtaas_au*aeatad thai: menmoud loans $83,000,000 to the Southern Stetes and Baltimore only $6,000,000, and Mr. Llutiiicum replied that a urge portion X the $33.000,000 Ito derived from loans by Baltimore banks to Richmond banks. "I do not aceu-e Anytady ef pcil?t l poll," said Hr. Unthicum, "but ?re is no comparison between, the 2laims of the two cities." 'It will be * sorry 4>y4for thia country when .Tentlefnen, Swough leg islation, inject politics into the finan cial operation of tho countrysaid Republican Leader Mann. "We feared that was being done when the cur rency bill was bet?re the house en? up to now the fears do not appear to have* been baseless. All that has been, done up to now apparently has taken politics Into consideration. We hope it will . not continue. . i <.flt ls apparent tout tho secretary of the treasury receive? a bank in New York.thfe comptroller of the treasury lb ri ra *> id io -ivjr VCIf he secretary of agriculture gets ?wo bailies in bia state, and that outside pr New Yprk. the other two do uofc receive Hie business wjiifh naturell} tr.T.u?.lo that ?ll? co I ?o?!. .'We arc told now because, I ex* peet, or the present partisan division, that the Federal reserve board will not . bei appointed Until the Panama tolls question ls settled/* "There han been no p?rf.y division,** replied Representative Othes. "I aa? lunui my friend think? thai- a APIUO. evatt* -?V*?r?.l reesrrs "sssv.l jtzt ? Federal reserve bank tu Philadelphia GOvTwiAPKH PA?AXY3re? Greenville, ?. Ob., April 1-Eben fl. Draper, of Hopedale. Mass.. sad for mer governor o? ??v&t ?offerod a stroke of paralysis at a local hotel thia morning shortly before 9 o'clock. His entire lett side wft* affected the stork?, but ibero ht ao nursed danger.