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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. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. SUFFS FIGHT ?FORE HOUSE RESOLUTION TO BAR WHIS KEY FORM U. S. ALSO IS REPORTED FIRST BATTLE WON .1 Vote To Submit Amendments To th? Federal Constitution On Both Measures Is Decisive (By Associated Pres?,) . Washington, May 5.?Joint resolutions proposing amendments to the federal constitution to ex tend the right of sufrage to wom en and for-nat?drt wide prohibi tion today were ordered ; reported, without recommendation, to the house, by the judiciary committee, Measures In House. This leaves both proposals to the house for decision without suggestions from the committee. ThA Vitia tttn r? awj.iubM. - -?. .- - ?? T- ?~ ^. * was it? Ti?wi;( and carried overwh?lmingly. Rep resentative Dupre of Louisiana, and several others who voted against both measures in commit tee, said they would carry the fight to th? fIf. j- of the house. The two measures immediately will be put on the house calendar. The action of the committee en ables the house to. directly reach a ,ote, if sufficient strength devel ops. Provisions of Amendments, Tb? woman suffrage amend ment* provides that the rights of "citizens of the United Stales to vot? shall not b& denied or abridged by the United States, or by any state, on. acount of sex." It was' Introduced by Representa son, sale, Ik. ir tc tion 1 oo* h? ile, im for beverage purposes. icajing liquors Leaders Are gujrpri?ed. prise today, when toe Judiciary com mittee, .^etore which the Hobabp reso lution for nati&n-vyide probilHl?u, and the 5$pnd*t* ^i'^i'iUc-n. ifor v?zrr.u\\ suffrage had been slumbering for months T?sr* suddenly voted oui, with out recommendation, and put squarely before the house. Advocate of the resolution now will direct their efforts ?eni?oi the rules committee, with fe view to special rules tor considering in the house, without whi?H ihs mniaiiKjui sssv rest at the foot of the calendar and be filibustered against inde?h?i?^r. ??vase leaders be lieve there is no likilhood of cither resolution being added to the admin cij-aiion, program for l?gislation at 'tis session of congress. Headers, ip. the Congressional Union for V/ornhn Suffrage,!, elated over the day's developments, tonight paraded v.!m streets^; ^hl^gton with a bran* A ?and aue flying bu ;. UitU Catherine Winter* Said To ^ W^IfsWs vaiag*? Fate Notified Catherine Winters from New Castle; ? Pr?s?} Way 6,?A llt descrlp?on of v auowu es ARMY IN GRAY TAKESTREGITY THOUSANDS OF VETERANS GATHER AT JACKSON VILLE TODAY parade thursday Follower* of Dixie's Banner To Give Governor Cox Flag Cap tured From Ohio Foe I (By Associated Prese.) ' Jacksonville, May G.?8urvlvors who worje the, gray'In the war between thu states gathered by the htonsands in Jacksonville tonight preparatory to tho opening of the twenty-fourth an nual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans here tomorrow. (Housed in the tents of Camp Kirby Smith, the veterans recalled again the stories of Chickamauga and Mission ary Ridge, of Gettysburg and the Wil derness and a score of other battle feheVla k? ti'ie eon-flic* br/iwedp. Jthe | tforth and the gouth. ! > ttu siiie? organisations neia meet tngs today and tonight. The Confed erated Southern Memorial Association met this afternoon and the Sons of Confederate Veterans held its first meeting tonight Neither organization transacted business of importance. l*ark TramnMll ?OVersor of P*?cri~ da. and Van C. Swe'arlngen. mayor of j Jacksonville, formally will welcome the veterans at their first meeting to-1 morrow. Sessions of the reunion wift continue until Friday when the meet ing of the two allied organizations al so will end. The brat parade of the reunion will be held tomorrow afternoon an? will include the sponsors aud maids of hon. or from the various Southern states who were sent here as a tribute of honor to tbe veterans. A parade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will be lAdd Thursday and on Friday the yet in the-historic conflict. GOV??s*e#Cox j or Ohio, >ili accept the return of tho cqU 1? ^lyjsiqn&l ine?riuss. ;the pro gram, for tomorrow. OrYe of the largest delegations to arrive today, for the reunion was from Memphis^ Tenu., which city la aeekinx ?hi?-??i? ??Union. j Selection or next yfear's meeting place and election of officers for the coming year will be made by the vet erans on Thursday. slaysfather; may be crazy Young Duryea Says That Spirit] O* WcuMfing. ion n?vwi? Him j To Km His Parent I (By Associated Press.) New York. Maj Ci?Chester' Bernell Buryea, chemist, who murdered hla jage* father. General Hiram Uuryea, mafionatre starch., manufacture*-, >-iti their Bay Frtdge home in Brooklyn ear ly today, was removed in a atraight jacket fron* Jail to a city hbsplt&l to night, } after ho had shown 1 what his keepers regarded as signs of insanity. in his jail cell; yhere he ivas ccs fined after arraignment, Puryea paced, about, nrumbling to himself and oc casionally throwing Up his ha; relatives said earlier today that ho had shown InJlcat'ons of mental ir responsibility in recent , years. Tho authorities decided on his removal to tho hospital eu~ ho might not harm himself. G?nerai Buryea, a distinguished' civil war veteran, and head of the famous Buryea Zouaves, was ehoA. while in bed. Ha was asleep at tb?* time, ft k? believed; Incoherently the son told bow he committed the crime. He gave no r^auon ror it, but aileRCd that he had received a spiritual message from George Washington to kill Iba eenei-al. Who was CiKhtv veara" nhl wn) BLEME SUIT ?T CHARLESTON GOVERNOR INSTRUCTED HIS FRIENDS TO VOTE ONLY j FOR HIM two conventions! two ASet? *A Delegates Nefcned From Coast City to the State (Special Correspondence.) * Charleston; May 5.?There wsa'.'isl split in the Charleston Connty D^mb cratlc Convention which met yesterday at the Hibernian Hall to elect a coua i ty chairman and delegates to the 8tatel Convention and to prepare the politi cal machinery of the county for the campaign and election this summer. I The Blease-Grace following.- which wsB seated on one side or the hall, elected Frank j. Torlay temporary chairruuu and proceeded to hold a ; meeting or tneir own, electing: dele gates to the State Convention and naming and choosing county and State ' chairmen. Col Job. W. Bernwelt was elected as temporary chairman hy the anti-Grace-Blease members. t Om?g to the inet that two meetings ; were In progress in the same room, there was considerable noise and con fusion, but all demonstration or fric tion between the contending factions was confined to a war of words. The meeting presided over by Mr. Barn Wll finished its business first and'ad journed nearly an hour before the Grace forces wound up the - business before them. As the matter stands there will go from Charleston Couj?fe to the State Convention rip ColunftP on the 2d h. two sets of delegates and the committee on credentials, tor the State will bave to decide, which shall 1 P. D. Lincoln, of McClellanvilte, got up Just .before Chairman Henry. W. raMMllM the meeting to order and stated that ho had received a jnea. sage from Governor Blesse urging hiu friends .to In?, sure to vote for Blease' men only, and. caution Ing ' v&i i* vote W Jos. W\ Barnwell, his bitter est enemy, for temporary chairman b the Charleston County Convention. As Mr. Lincoln t<y?V his seat Mayor Grace rose and stated more fully the i message frcm^ the Governor. H?'s; ' Before entering upon the election of delegates to the State Convention May or Grace announced that his side did Jot want aa.v nno nominated who was et a Blease fcsn. Anti Slease Delegates, Jos, narnweii. a. R. Young, j. D. Cappeiwaun, Robert Lathen. R. G. Rhvtt, si. P. Ho??ey, Le?ann ??oore, S. j, Humph, T. G. MeCants, T. T. Hyde, %kn. Aikeu Rhett, John P Tw?ssS?-wi P. C?T?jr, S. ri. Stothart, J. C. ffSrien, Bant Rittenberg, John Black, Frank Simmons. Alternates: J R.-Owens, Jr., F. B. To wins, A. T\ ?mythe, Jr., Joseph Fromberg, M. W. ?tmmons, H. "tJV. Senseney, T. J. Taylor. W.;H; Walker Dave Moorer. Mark Abosy, W. j: Brandt, J, p. Gilbert. J. V. Wallace. ; Blessa Delegates. ?John P. Grace, W. T. Logan, J. K ???v-ucs, \t, t?k wifiten?, ?lohn ?. ?Jos grove, lohn fiemken, Geotge Hartnett, George Murphy, A. W. Perry, 1>. H. Towies, ??. Laou Larls?y^JR. M. Bo wick, C. W). Tolher; Mi B;' St?ppel bein. ?. D. Buckley, f. D. Lincoln, A. L. Mnls6?? ?.md J. A. Patla. Alternates?F. W. To wies, A. S. Kuiiaefci, H, L. Wlllnsky, H. i\ Ho gan* D. L. Jerrey, R; S. Cat heart, J. i L. ??clueraey. A. J. W. Corse and F. Doaek?r. . FOE Tili: ttJEUNlOK t;e???tee$ Hate Started To Tfort is Care VSsRors. A meeting of those most deeply in lArMtutjg ijyi ? ux.^nki^ Confeisr ?te V^rpp ?eisaioa tor AuoersOU was held ?2 the rooms of the chamber WAR DEPARTMENT GOES ON WITH PROBABLE ARMED C?NFUCT A&URED ANDS of U. S. (Br ABM^^?rcfts) Washington, Mai? 5.?Instruc tions to mili ganizatlons throughout the CtiMry governing a possible mobilizAl?on of the Na tional Guard were|rnaileu to all fejw?" depart -rfhstructions financial mobiliza of securing ; the local officers will be ve the d?part it be ance' at nless to known action vent of at Vet a of the o City, al Leon supreme sUf.ston di nd Vera however, >repafed? militla officer: ment today. T cover particularly operations incit* : tion and the railroad transporta Under the re. United stales throughout supplied with militia by the ment quai term War At the ward came clear t Vera Cruz was repel attack, that a definite r had been outli a resumption o Cruz, and the campaign tows In that event M ard Wood will comand with C recting the adi Cruz, and Ge Baltey of the jWjwMolly in th ness and signifies no present pur Congres? Active Again. Congrues, after a considerable j \period : of silence, on. Mexfey?, cauic into the situation., lu the sen ate Senator Lipp??, of Hhod? iBland, introduced a resolut?o? calling ou President Wilson for information as to published reports that it was the administration's purpose to aid Gen eral Villa to secure the presidency'. During a brief, but spirited dlscuslson Senator! Lodge read from a London paper, a scathing denunciation of Vil-j Is. The resoivriion went ovar.'i???i'i tomorrow. President Wilson and his cabinet j held the regular Tuesday meeting, but j it was announced r.ftrr'^r^ $?st Only routine work had been considered. Secretary Bryan remained after the] cabinet meeting, however, and it w?sj understood ?be -went over \ with the 1 P res id en t the on Uro etas us of the m e - dl&tion negotiations nod particularly J the. names of American delegate:.'. CRnsOa May *?t Envoy*. . It... fas understood, the negotiations : are to be bsjld in ?entrai territory, and Cantos fcas-b*Cn suggested. 'It yras ?afdv .however, that ten days I^H^r/I'f4ase before- negotiations eouiu bo i>agun, after the arrivai ' of the fi1 ?be text of the mediators' note' to Carrants, made public during the I day, stated definitely, tor. the first) time that all the difficulties which conmfcutedtoward tho present sita-j atiou in 'Mexico bear either directly on m?irociiy on the Rc.wiuon. of the pe^diagr conflict bet wees > Mrjtieo and the United States. Tho m^ijti^rt. jeet 'of eop?sdeects tions." They also infer ?Mo*, ia ras medixiio GOES TO COURT TRUSTEES ACCEDED TO PRO POSITION OF COMPANY'S ATTORNEYS WITH AMENDMENT As It Now Stands the Company j Wfll Make Test Suit For its Ktghts, Not to Collect BtUs . Attorneys representing the board, or trustees of the school district. J. at Paget and J. L. Sherard, conferred with H. H. Watkins. representing the Southern Public Utilities company yes terday. and almost Immediately ar rived at an.agreement, practically'the same thing that Capt. Watkins sub mitted to the board of trustees isst Friday. Had a consultation boen hold at that time, the city schools would not have had to close tor two days for a lack of WAt?* T**~ ift-uc ~ z.z tv. whether the company has a right vto charge tor water. The company positively is cot see ing for tho collection of the water rent, it is staled* but agrees to make a teat case of its rights, in the origi nal nrnnrvsltimi^ atA nnmn?. ti"S?-"? ed that" if the trustees 'did not wish to pay the hill and denied tne right of the company to collect under their contract with the city, they should bring the suit. The company has in Bisted all. along in getting tbe matter by law, it the board Insisted on its stand iu the matter. An agreed, statement of facts was signed, and' this is about tne same thing that the company requested In its former communications. In this agreed statement, tho phrase "set cut" means to "eltmlniats" as being con ceded. This It win be seen from tbe following that the trustees emphatic s'ly do not attack the validity of the! *ewpaa^jfrancb{se or the contract] HertS^e " schco?s^are^n^ water under the former contraet un til the old contract would have *x-. pIred: J^HHH ".t ?? ??Bsr?Ur? that in order to set tle the question at issue between the Southern Public Utilities Company and the Anderson School District as to charges for. wat?* ?j??? ?j?^ sesr cuise w?a granted, twat the Issue be submitted to th,i president Judge at the next term of the, court, upon, all' agreed statement of fact? se follows? Set out all franchise and con tracts between the wy-of Anderson and Anderson Water, Light lb Pow- J er Company. "2. State the date of conveyance and set out a copy of conveyance from Andersou Water, Light & Power Co., to Southern Public Utilities Company. "3. Set out franchise from City of Anderson to Southern Public Utilities Company, and contrc.ee entered into pursuant thereto. *SM4.' Set out Act of Legislature creatlns Anderson,' Grsicd School Dis. trlct. "3, Set out Act of Legislature creat ing present -.Anderson .School District. ''6. Set oat statement- of- water fur nished' and bills presented for water furnWaed by-Southern Public UtSlHM? Company to the Schools of the School District elnoe February'40th, 1914, "7. State that thp undersea School District disputes , tho right to make B'aargea'.* 'M>ve Tf*f**r*? is. on iho ground, that tho. provisions of tho bid franchise are ;still effective In ro far as they require the Water Company to furafeiv free water for those schools, >n case the schools' are liable for the payment of water bills should the charge* bo made separately against each school, or ;he total amount of water consumed charged In one bill, so as to give the schools the benefit of reductions allowed on total as per sliding scale." ANDERSON MAN GONE TO SUMTER *?. rreiweii is Speaking Today j frtpr* Secretaries I? "GAme Cock" City ?unaer Wfct-re lie goes to attend thej sand-annual fcieetf a* of tb South r?ro. I ima commercial. Secretaries. Mr. Fretwell will deityerna address at thej ( today on a systecv of eouoty! ity good roads. He has care-j nreo?rW ??t? ^?itf^t ?-~ ss bsj Is one of the best posted men in the) ?t?te e*t queutions r?*aUag to good j rose?, he will have. 1?terestiSif ! ~.eo say to the secretaries, j. A. Whaloy, secretary of thej ?bamber of eommercs, yasli haable to maki? the trip to Sumter on{: cunt of the meeting here tods bansers. Mr. waaaey wife te Iva part today la entertaiali u'e is nil DETECTIVE UNDER $1,000 BOND TO APPEAR BE FORE GRAND JURY SECRET IS LET OUT! Negress Swears Unknown Pcr Tried to Cet Her To Poison Conley la Atlanta Jail (By Associated Preps.) Atlanta. May 5.?-Dehial of the state's charge that improper means had been use:/ in obtaining evidence tending to show* thai Leo M. Frank, the factory super intendent, was innocent of the murder of fourteen year old Mary Phagan, was made today by coun cil for the defendant. Deny Bribe Story. Various affidavits were intro-i ?ucea at'the hearing in the super-' ior court on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Frank which the defense claimed showed that no intimidation, attempted bribery, forgery or other improp er means had been i;sed in ob taining sworn statements. Answer to State The action of Frank's lawyers fol-y lowed the conclusion or the counter showing of the state sgalnst the pica Of the convicted man's representatives for a new trial. Notice was given that further evidence would he intro duced ify the 'defense tomorrow, when, it Is expected the taking of evidence will be concluded. Arguments of at torneys will follow. An affidavit Introduced by the state | today from Anna Maud Carter, a ns g?p/woman, charged that she had been ..n unknown \ s>r county jail, and asked - to pu? nolson In .the food of lames Conley", the negro factory aweeo?? Tb? said she wss a prisoner at the time and that she was given - Considerable liberty in the Jail. Conley was the ohfftf wfltp^K!1 rsrsfast Fre*:?r sarf Ws? couvlcted as an accessory after the murder 1 V. Detective Under Bes?. Superior Judge H!U today issued an order placing Dan. C. Lehon, repre sentative of a national detective agency, under111,000 bond for his ap pearance later before the Fulton eounty grand jury here. Solicitor General Dcrsey, chief of state's legal forcea in the case of Frank, said that be desired the testimony of the de tective in connection with the ah\ taining of an affidavit from Rev. C. Ra:;<u~n1?. Thn mlntulnr nonnrfftil be had heard Conley, the negro,! ifesa ihp .murder,, but he later re-j Hated the statemeat. ' Dorsey Keeps CegsseL The solicitor general tonight would] not say wbehter ho contemplated sskr Ing the grand. jury make. a general Investigation of; methods used So ob taining avidance is connection with witk the extraordjnary /motion for a new trial for the factory superinten dent. Various persons have reM| Htt^alfldafits and claimed undue in fluence, t No time hs been set by Superior judge Hill for hearing of the argu menta oc a motion filed by. the defense for the annulment of tho verdict sen tencing Frank to be hanged. Coun sel for the defendant allege that it wss I illegal as Frank1 was. absent from the court room wfc.-o the verdict was re turned. ? ?ltfj/S BXBOtC ACT Offered Mer Flesh t? AM a tea Whcj ! Dad Been Bunted* ; Atlanta, May &.^>Aft East Atlanta girt, whose name bas been withheld from nublicatlon. committed an act of *rd*y ey g?vsng a layer hrr .v.vr. Lo?*y ' the burns and save the life -of a y man whom she has bevor seen young Man's name Is J. N His life -was dispalred of n? '^s ^jperanor, doctors aiadA thl* fAjf-t Vrvntwr, rt?? woman voluntoored. Amen*; ct?*v? Who offered to give their nosh and skin to save the boy was J. W. atllot a doctor, who i? serving a life term for morde? cm the ?t?te prison firm, ? 'Ma own life is one of misery." hs ?1 it my doty, if I can, ? your,K WAO. and to NATION??, CONFERENCE OF FERS AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE MEASURE GIST OF OFFERINGS Plans Suggested Calculated To ' Imnrc&vt* Cnru&*i**?m -~ e? nnd Future Tradbg (By Associated Press! . Washington, May 5.?-Favor* able action was taken today by the Rational Cotton Conference on all the resolutions adopted by the executive committee during its two day's session here. The resolutions were suggested as tending to Improve present con ditions, both in the spots and fu turesjrotton trade throughout the Gist of Resolution. Among (the resolutions of the executive committee, approved by the entire conference, was one recommending sevrai changes In ton futures bill, now pending In congress. The conference hi structed the chairman to forward ? copy of the resolutions to Mr. Lever.- A committee was1 ap pointed to confer with him and to assist in having the bill passed. Exchange? Invited to Alt? - . Recommendation that aU of Use ex? changes adopt the government stand ard of classification and that the gov ernment adopc tl.'. standard, agreed upon at Liverpool last year , was approved. The yccotn meudation to have all rotten statis tic*, r?e<srtc?., i:.., August 1 to Augua" l ; ? it was also approved W. I?. Lawso2. of . attention of tho'organisa he termed an unfair rale sheeted October by the Breme ehengA T^ir ?-??su 'be ^"U-d.; the receiver In Bremen 100 daya to determine the extent of inferior damp, after doilvery. A rsolution was adopted sXptiMMte disapproval of the Bremen rule. ; The special committee of three, ne domestic spot transactions, will re port tomorrow. ??ou -J AmcKd |*vrr BJ??. Changes suggested i -MHES?J tee, in the Lever bill tocihjl SA$j]Sm tton of tho tax of twenty-five jsents to five cents a contract, :rnvef h was stated, would -m*k*-!h?j burden of the tax fall noon tho dealer s^d not the producer. ' Tho committee also declared the ap< pUcation of the bill as set forth in srvlion three to be^ ameuded so as to apply to any resident. *| (a Iba United States'" instead of *W the states." This, jitifc; und? make the . - provision a\ The widening of the ?emw. Of the sixth, sect ion 'of, the Lever i log tenders of cotton und-.v . r IfMM?eXiuested. It was,alBO agreed that section eight of tho bill determining what ate beaa, fide spot markets, under, Standards established by the scretary of agri culture, should be changed to read aa follows: "Provided that selection of places which form the basis of Quotations hall be left eiittreV .w1iwd.6ae .diS" cretion of the secretary of agricul ture. . Unterwyer te Testify, Washington. May 5^Sa?6??i 'Jh itermyer, csgmtttisfo? the PttJb tocoey trust Investigating commltee, will he tb? first witness to be heard by the senate interstate commerce oh the pr& besad arttl-truar. bilL ammttUag ?a jta anaoancement made today LS?w?a?du, chainnan-ef'tiMpee?imutedL~. Mr. Unt?rmyers wUl apus?V ro w o o o o o o o O f? c , WATER VOS, o Atlanta, May o ground that ci? to godUnees, ?uete Jfm Wood> c iward, Mayor of Atlanta, ? sand a special edicf wbis permit all the harbor baths to remain opes because of the comb Bhriaera. o o