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VOLUME ?, NUMBER IOS, Weekly, Establish** I8?0j Delly, Jae/iS, 1?IL ANDERSON, S. C, SUf^D A Y ?MORNING, MAY 17, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $8.00 PER ANNUM AS TO HIS IDEA ABOUT THE WAY TO HANDLE THE PRI MARY ELECTIONS HE OFFERS ? PLAN Says That He Ia Author of Party Rule?, And Constitution an4 lie J ?C?lO^'lf? ArV'ff^W ?^??C04% Special to The Intelligencer. Washington, May 16.-Senator Till man handed the newspaper corres* pondent*'tho following interview to day: .'The/frtear approach or the State Convention and tne impor tau re ot Us expected action'emboldens me to give expression to some opinions on thc subi jct . Of safeguarding the primary. I deem this mere' necessary because I kna$$?*ftnall not be able to attend the Convention in person, and I have received many, letters nuking my ad vice bi thia crisis.' Almost every South Carolina newspaper I see. baa something to say about this all-Im portant; subject, and- there are scores . of acheiues, or propositions, aa to how lt. oug"<il; to ts- don*-some good, ?orne bedt s<$me indifferent, and many en tirely Impracticable and unjust. It wulrKo ^?"_c~^crCv', iltai just ar ? ter th?j?as?. primary, two -years, ago, eric? of "fraud ? wfsnt up all ovar the State and tho Executive Committee did not declare the. result promptly. This cancel intense anger on tfie part of the aupportsrs of Governor Bleas?. ^ '-?-.- ? Trot? " ?ix ' -?wv? being made to cheat him; and 1 raised I my volea'< in no uncertain way urging promptheas in Investigating, and re rotUug the ^result* of the .election, ana thus relieving the1 uuspense. Th?i Oevernc.> . was Dually declared the nominee'of the Party'and thing? quiet ed down. We have ?nether primary coming on lt I? a pity tlWj State uegl8la?>'>iKe did not deal with, tills quest tot, and settle once for all by law thc regula tions ?that aro td-govern the.primary; liuL to?>A' by thri^?Ti o? the veto and with the powerful in fluence he wields, prevented an}* ac tion. Tber'fora, tho party niust 3?fik?1l anything is to bc done; and,the white men of tho State had Just as well rcalhM that unt?os something is done this .will ho our last .democratic pri ?aary of. wnue i??n only. Tho probabilities are, the a?moal in?vitable*: cona?Qdonccn indeed will ^MM&Kit* to a finish in the Nuvembet election." with the negroes boldl?g!thi balance of power end thua controlling! X lay . down as ? general principle, welch tm ; hiin ?qt raan gan dt unui w mu . ly. or nb tee; . . : nvnry whit? j lite rules ?nd regulations of thc part* isbould be allowed to vote once, and stuffed b?lld^C, ^eea, tary of th? club as a registry Hst to govern on the ?lay of th a primary elec tion. No man should be allowed to vota whose name has not been enroll-, ed in accordance with the above reg-j ulatlons. If th ? money can be badu lt would be be well to have the club roll? pubKsfa jed In some one county paper twenty days before the primary ; but us I fear this may be considered too expensive, the hiing of one of them with tho clerks of court and the??County, chair man is sufficient in my. jud^.uont. The voters, when they enroll,: should state th?rhlace pf residence giving'tho street nud number of-.-tho honMu.^Jt they llv3jMp/? town, b^'tfts ioifT?h?p when residing in the country. The club roll should be made up of men from' two townships br two warda but-: each sub-division of a county or city Should.h a vc one ctiib and no more. The residents of that r-oHt?c?l. sub division could then determine ' whether ..Jll^raud has tesn practiced in the enrollment or'net. This regulation will compel me to go six miles to vote in the primary, although there ls at present a vbtinf precinct within, half a mil? of my home. But no inconvenience can be too great to prevent our taking every precaution po?slbla to prevent fraud, or this charge of lt. Too Vre* and Ea*y, The protuifscuous enrollment mch as we haye always had, the frea and easy viay ip which v. --tooted t-T pouncttl affairs, will not, do new that white men have grown so suspicious and unsuspicious. The . honors and emoluments' ot office ara ao great that inevitably human selfishness and greed wjj? cause,men to Set the rascal, Or. the day of.tbjj election, ?o roan should he stamped and the voter's neme ch?ck-?d ?f?/the"club llat, ahow ,ing thai he wai voted once at that pre ' cinct. Rubber stamps for this purpose ] should be provided by Hie County Sbte tedttve Cofpmlttae- The Rumping of j the ballot v/lil present voting several j ticket* at once **> folded together* that oatt after they have-j that thc lesfion?, wa learned in"?9&f?\ and'S?, watti the "i^i^^woi: Unrtf was enacted, ar? .returning .co pelter us now. Dire ne?tss?t? ?eisded"ils''to. ??w] our brain?' to circumvent ignorai* ne to ^^?S????K?^B?Kj^^^Ut. norant ?eml-barbarou? negroes frost conmdltng.o'ur affairs. It ta of eojual] . IM?VCT?? ?aficrupn-j loua white men firom cheating their ? (fellow citizens and robbin? .ifikm'of? j i .perhaps m?re than ?n* oiher,bne ij01?* em reppoo??bl.o for .'our present .j primary system. I. wrote th? eonaUtu ! lion of the: Democratic Pert-.- and I iwrote most cf the rules *ad .^ghla > j Uona .governing the primary. J there {fore ans an old hand at this l ..ud.neas. ! I and having been charged with being j '..,- -'pi'^TC-rirt COuv??t?oW?. KITi . advice-should have w?igltt in polniing ' oui tho remedy es I now See it I ; t always tait that white men would \, ne above cheating their own brothers ^.?uth^atollnians were too j e adi I aa* trying to make reparation ' w^ want his 'schenie tea HUERTA DELEGATES CORDI* ALLY RECEIVED AT THE CAPITAL MANY SEE ARRIVAL Mexican Cabinet Officer Td!? Bryan Effort Will Be Mad? To i (By Associated Press) ' Washington, May 16.~-The arrival hera Itt? today of the three Hu ;rta raprei*entative8 to the mediation con ference to be ii lld at Niagara Phils, Canada, gave the most tangible evi dence thus far presented of efforts under way to compose the Mexican conflict. Demand Accompanying, Meanwhile, urgent representations, made . to ' the - Huerta Government through Ut? Brazilian minister at Mex ico City, as to "the reportad execution of Private Samiiel Psrks, an ?mert enn soldier who strayed through the Mexican linea, was partly relieve?! by a message from Mexican EV"-^*' JtSz, ?.nz, to Spanish Ambassador Riano, stating ; that the disappearance of Parks would bc investigated imme diately. Beyond this Secretary Bryan had no information on iParks dlsap . pearane j. ?facial. .reports, today showed the occupation, ( . *t Vera Cruz, reporter;, in possession of Tax pam. and the state department, also received word that constitutionalists had occupied th?s town bf Monciova. Admiral Howard re??orted the rs?craif* Were Uh ely to evacuate tlie port of Guayuias. rtO ?WxiOO ha? boCOKM t.tuie exe? taeot, nut considerable.: confusion attended th* arrival in! WasbiiM?ttitt ot the three Mextean dele,. . ? -yjpt io. their arrival th. .Wjaor.mWifr speculation as lo whetl: they Would''.accept the hospitality of the Ali^eifteib 'Government: ,C. MU. .~-. : -" : . -.. . stare der y*?.rtm&nl,-. WAS at tho station to esr tend tba T?tete d; part aunt's t?Vlta-! tlon. ' Snaniih ?iiibassador Riauo. . and Counsellor Walls, of thc ?r-aniah em : . oraeentatlves of thc. msdi&t-. lng fc#ufjt Americans, and the remain ing OKl< jtnls of the abandoned embas sy, were in the official groop thats. greeUHlAt&e delegates. . Del?gate Rodriguez, bowed nefisr was assisted . from the . . ft? attachs.' .The third dele gate, \l^(B;3!?g?ero. with his brother, Rafaol ?vtu?>t?, another attache fol lowed. Fjwr daughters of Mr. Rebasa,: a datigtrier and son of Mr. Rodriguez; and -*?? wif-3 of Mr. Dftlc&mpcv and attach^' Jotted tho party. Kareel Rod rigo'. , r son of rthfl. peace i! ? M|M?-^B^^^^^B^^BSiiig"w'i rori-: gre?-' hit. father. Tbe wife and moth- | eMh-.aw of Military Attache Avales, abandoned Mexican . legation, .wei ? . on band to meet the ' women of ? ON VERGE OF \ CHURCH UNITY, i Minktssr Say? Denominntion* Will Sift to Ce&olk?, Snpt?sts mxs? j waa rent WATER SUPPLY, SHUT OFF BY REBELS DEATH STALKS ABROAD RIOTING. Jp FEAR||| Mayor DbcbaTg^. Police and Railroad and Telegraph Vmm?' To Be Cui Soon (By A asocia toit Fresa) On. Bo?rd I". S. ti. California, Mazai ! Ve:,. , wlre'Jeai -to San Diego. .Oat,>?_9?#Mazatlan'* water supply lo ?iv bf sieging retels aud thc deenl&Ka is Increasing with alarming rapt?t^L An outbreak The govern., r <<. Mazatlan disarmed tho police today^MWfl p)ea of laok of ammunition Tor ti* offense.?f&ha city. His i ;al' irmti?;lt, .lc believed, was feRr ol inter. . ; <.<-,.?lt Genera! Obrego?^ cpiiitaa?der. o'f tho apparently work, ! lng southward ?r^J"r^ ? iii I*oafl Truni MantanSUn 1 ?Mes Ira ii t^nboat Hsu*.. ^Hihi?gi ?m?ral Mayo whorled toifay tt?at fae .Mexk;ir. eral .cunbov.t Vera i'rur. urevibliidv busin D?SriNGUlSHED CHURCHMAN ! HERE ?OR A DAY I CI-ASS CONFIRMED At Grace Choren Tonight und Abo to Speak iAifctereon . wUl today Entertain a v. try dlatingu'ahed? gu?s* Bishop Goerry of Charleston. Bishop of'the South Carqlina diocese. Bishop Quarry N one of the most ironi'Dent church n'Hn in the State and Anderson feels I honored thai he should .consent to] spend a day hara. The Bishop will ar- 1 rive in Anderson at 6 o'clock tonight from Greenville. Vhere- he has. been attending th? Episcopal council and where ho will coonil- a class thi31 morning. Tonight at 'Sits he will con. ] ?rm a class of io at Grace Episcopal PEN IS POISOII SAYS PR BAPTIST LEADER FLAYS THE BOOK OF, TODAY DENOUNCER CITIES ?, " J " kev. Dr. Burrows Declares New York Keeks With Christies* Men and Women (By Associated Press) , Nashville, May io.-Responding to tho presentation or the new Sunday school board building, to tba conven tion, Dr| Lansing Burrows ot Avert cu?, Ga., president of the Southern Baptist Convention, today o'.ttcixed abarpty the llt?ra?ure of tb? agc. - Rakes the Novelist*. . After recounting th ?? great ach lev niente.of the Sunday school board, he .saul: "And now we stand before the door o^^pOrtanit^.^TOa. ?trapniitahle in dustry of the octroyer -; of human eoUls adapts his energies of ahjfting Cooria Inna Hi? tad; ia pow upon the literature of the ajf?i.The three past generations have cultivated the reading habit. Men n.ave grown story mad ?nd dramati cally insane. The novelists and the dramatist have the strongest Ju fluency upon the present generation. They bring no 2lad?tldlnu>.iy>js lt* ;. lion to noblir thinest They pre men with microscopes fastened upon, so da? bacteria and never upon the glinting *t?rs, * iaa??feae~'^-^gfc4ty--iii 11 am t frjtsjS^a?^ of J\ew \ork, with'' its ' great ways, blatant with its vulgar extrava gancies, reeking with the odlpUel smells of Its senuailty. ?roar with tho shouts of Its chorus Birla and J ts. Sod.-. I dea ?pcmi??nrir's, a tiom??egs,;Cbr?st- j leas; narrow-browed and sh* ivelled hearted worshippers of mammon and of Inst, and ?a? .jo t;,?- j- 1 t ails Xtn Y?>rk Provincial, "There ls no more provincial plac? on the continent, says on? who kndWS, than New York; no place to See life but life shrivelled in the heat ^fsuM sion, with, men bein ft of noble mah-1 l&eod and lotty purpose ?nd wolnen I plc tared aa oj-oyed , anr> tinted with i peroxide, who dread fat'wtrtre than sfu and' who' regajrd ' pudples ?a?t their di rest enemy, "J?-weB hooks, the best seller U the w&st'&melt?tv ?i-tueir dramas they revolve about <tie sev enth conunandtueni. Let them picture tho scarlet womjss and the (berried iUka and/ they lack r?r neither reader? nor spectators." MILL OPERATIVE KILLS PAINTER Former Charlotte Man Slay* Vic ; tim, Witnesses Say Without Statins? Why He Dir! it (?y Associated Press) Bonville. M?v ic.-Alford ???iet??. ! 22. painter by profo.. 'on aud uninar- I tlid whir ybnt-AWice this evening abd killed by L ike McCall, a nilli opta tive at School field. . I Witnesses ai the coroner's Inquest who were beside Billows When the kill ing occurred said that McCall walked .sp to him and without a Word shot bim in the stomach at close range and the'.?, after abusing him as ho lay oo ground turned ?nd ned. Officer? .?nd mill operatives took up the chase and ran McCall into a f-wamp on tito edge of tho Virginia" I Carolina line. Ke .Waa brought back Ito .th* city where he refused to D&ake] aa? statement. Miss Basie Cook and. MU Cook of Iva were sheening in cracked, the safe ht the office Cf th; Southern Kxpr<**? COOM?n* bel BLUE TRIUMPHS OVER CRIM SON BY TWO TO ONE SCORE SOME FAST RACES Cambridge Evente Are Full of Surprise? for Both the Big t University Athletics (By Associated Press) ; Cambridge. Maas. May 1?.-Yak- wa? twice as r.troug as Harvard in their twenty third dual track and field meet today. Tho Blue mam scored 66 1-2 points to '?7 1-2 ror the crimson. Three meet records estaklishejlifPpE; ypar In the hair mite, mlle and two runs were broken, while high hurdle time of lu 4-5 seconds made in 1899, waa equalled ror the sixth year, ' Fast Yale Hnrlnter*. . Poucher. of Yale, in the ?mlle - run. was thh first to make new figures, set ting a record of- four minutes and* twenty^hree seconds, Then Captain OliT^ "r ?,.o Vate team ran Hie ?80 yards in ono minute atid fifty four ??coi.?s.in tho tw? mile event lett year. Potter of Yale, who ran the haWlles. eonslled the old time in the trial heat ot thc high event. . Captain Farren of Harvard captured both tho sprinta-in An* ?ty?? Wilkie of Vale surprised the benches by run ning Birmingham off his reid In th? 440, Vinning by nearly' four yards. In the two mlle, Clark and Wilbur of Yale made the running until the ia?t quarter when Byrd of Harvard sprint, ed Into first place, with South worth of Harvard coming in a strong third. Cornel Bent Pena V. . Ithaca, N. V., May Hi.-Cornell de teated Pennsylvania decisively ia tb ? annual dual track meet here today. 71 to ti. Among the features were tho ?sr i Speiden over Madeira in ^jt?fcb, ; winner int .up a ,wss.<i ?.OraT Meredith's running tn t r, <he psettlng of the Red and Whifv vault stars, and the high Jump Cady of; Cornell. . ? -K'/Vr AT n:C??*<il' Tots (WdBt seriously hart over a B's i . . cuKsioa of PoUtii" rassengera on the lam train rrom Spertanburg lan* night elated that I iv had tc?,-; * serious row or tome hind at. Tuca, vi j,; the first importa^: '.stop Just oat Of Spartanb'jr?. ?fr. Alf t?mm?f well known In this city ls ?S?> 'president Of ?he mill. A long distance 'phone message from Spartanhurg ?tated that Tom Odom -had been severely beaten at u baseball game at first hit life was de spaired of bat there are hopu? for hts recovery. The. ro% waa over -politics. KAY UfJS W. H. Ce?ii< in the, city ye* decided not^t? missioner hut running for, t be likes." He" wishes ip 94* <i committed to the Fortner. is known, and also he ts opp? bill for medical Inspections la sci aXaapt upon titi) request of parea! teachers. HARVARI? TX A.If SCORCH Color? of that University Float to Vic. j Philadelphia, May The; triumph [of Harvard University second varsity eight In lb* junior collegiate rcc?y i and another victory by the Hame crew ii< the find eight ..eared nhill event featured the ' n annuli ;?g-etta of the American Rowing Association over the Menl'V Course oh the Schuyl. kill river '*oday\; I lo the first lace Harvard crossed the line half a length ?Head of Yale. The race Was a b i ttl? between Ysle and Pennsylvania ror second place and after the Blue gained the position, Annapoly was fourth and Princeton fifth. An hour and forty minutes later tho sam?. Harvard eight beat out th? Vn lon Boat Club or Boston by about rour feat. Annapolis* varsity was third arid Syracuse IT&ir?ndtv w?? no?ed out by !Yale fo> fourfr place. Was In Safe by The Yeggmen lt is said that a package containing FtH'? tif dre railroad detectives are uer? investigating^ They are making an extensivo Investigation <aud it ls said t?y some t'ont the amount missing may run Into the thousands. WHO GOT MILLIONS OF NEW HAVEN ROAD'S FUNDS IS QUERY PLAN TO ST?P DEAli Government Const* 1 Saya Thnt Program It of Mott Itnpor lance At Thia Slag? (By Associated Fross) Washington;. May lfl'.r-'Uust who got th? vanished millions belonging to the stockholder* of the X <w Haven Railroad and how the deal wer? car ried out hy which thc?>t? nilli !mi?" wfero diverted from t!i? toad's w*asury ?o the poe kata .-of favored Snanolars ;or? questions; which the interstate' con)*, meree commission, expects to"answer through the-pendtng Investigation in to the Now Isaveu'a financial affairs." Folk Tips Progr?s? -. This was stated authoritatively to> day the purpose of the comm ls len in : forcing the ^"HSSSS^^^^B^^BB .Mell?n, former ! Haven, and of other witnesses, who ha,va been, or will, be called upon to testify., examination of papers and docu ments''now- in possession of -th'?, coin m teston indicate clearly, ChSef Coun sel .loseph W. Folk pointed-out today. certain financial tntere*to to buy up properties, which thev had been led to believe the New Haven wanted,; and then unload thom ou to the New Hav en at from two tp - tour times whs* ?they paid for them, in the view of tba commission and of Mr. Polk. mV *arfit*<it thou* stockholder!;. lusaanlt) ?ut Sanp Chief Counsel Folk said (xmFnht rafe^Mhi^^v^wntifl3i^p r?wf tiler comn^n?ca4k* tr*m ?he partoieut of ?uttl?fi Concor*: Uat?s?enr of Mn rltllnniVahftk-ffi id .. duned or about io he reiterated that'the. rosit lou 'bf: Mr !folk and tt; ? ?oiw.Hf?on ls th important tpfprev?nt in ahiipga am haver been 'shawn and in > ate?, i i it ls to put anybody lu fail. 1 Str. Folk said : .:'TU? or tmrouoityi'te of lit tle consequence as compared %0 the ban-ecHs to the public-which'-'WIR- grow out ?f Mr. Melleo's testimonfj?" . HONORED pt U S. ? - " Statue of Commodore Jobn Bar? ry !s Usvcile? urW?pijmgtoa ^VUson Taking .Paifc (By Associated Presa) Washington, May ?t5 - i . once of-several thousand persons, in cluding members or the cabinet, Senat (ois< representatives, arn*? and navy Irish-Am arican organUaMbps from ail J parts of the hation. and with President Wilson the principal speak**; and Sec retary ?f ?he Navy Jo??ni?&? <ftajat*l? Anwyican navy," waa rsaxry, pecfOrraed the unveiling "cere Hard!..*, Secretary Danois introduced President.^wilson who, drawing infer ences from .the life of Barrylar* his view? on what constitutes natriotlsta. "PatriottsnV' he said, "ls , a principle, not a nero sentiment. N l> . ? t rue patriot who do?a not feel it*i'*;plf she* thronfjfc and through with a deep ardor for what iir country stands" for; what ita exister what its purpose ia doc?afed to ' its history'ned in ite* "policy. "John Barry fo.'ight like.every-otb* cr man in the r?volution, might be free to m without Interruptio from any other Guar" the whole thine ur, lien nts rk Reyalty ia Peri*. Pari?, May l?,-rK?t?g Chr: Queen Alexandeijne, of f>~ . ; . rived here today to pay a - official visit of courteay-'.ia^WpBtav during which they see W .?.-" B v < of the French go> crantent. -' ?!-,>rn-!<> ' ' I .on has sent Governor IA .:; * iColorado, s telegram reforming hint that Itho Fedensfitferoc. kept in tit?, troubled "' ? let in de finitely and urging tb*A. ; ture, now tn seeton. uko stays to tho ?tate's dliflculdee, ,.