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"-r--'"-~:~~^^ M Hst be a Big Day at : O ? (b. o i* n e & Pearson's ' Retiring Prices Sell The Goods Iirill lllliril iininn national Rotary Association tuda j NrlnJ Hl&UriB nllUnlB elected Frank L. Mulholland, of Toi ll Lil I IF! I Lil UUflllU ledo, O., president. The new directors nrniTfn nilfrinrir wil1 celcct the 1915. convention city] SSt-Kiilr-S 1 lilli fi ti I!r but so fur tnc>' nave l)e?11 unable td ULUflSlLU UIHUSIUL ^nhe a choice from Hat of certified! _ cities, which includes Cleveland, Bir bingham, San Francisco, Cincinnati! The Director^ Refuse to Accept Salt Lake City, Evansville, Ind., and ' c. ?/i J o .Winnipeg. The convention will adi Conditions $n Stock Made By jourp tomorrow. \ The Legislature " . D. ? . > _j_ ; Heat Rises, Candidates . (By Associated Press) ...Vi t ffl \t ' Warming Upj ; New York. June 25.-Chalrmai (Continued from Page 1.) Howard Elliot !and .Directors of tlu 1-?-si-- -?.-? kr \ -j New York, New- Haven and Hartford "pen Air Meeting. Railroad Company, ab a special.meet- There in all'probability as many aa lng today considered in detail the leg- .600 voters out . to hear'the candidates., islatlon situation in Massachusetts in Tho meeting today was held in thc! its bearing on the arrangement ar- open air pavilion , of the court house' rived at wit> the department1 of JUB- square. P. -H. hooding, the county tice at Washington for the road'.-, ie- chairman, presided and the Rev. W. H. llnquishment of certain of its sub- Dowling made' a brief prayer, shlai iee. Speeches were kept within a 35 A resolution was passed declaring minute limit. Friday the party goes the directors could not accept condit- to Barnwell. This is a county which lons of a proposed Massachusetts law has always been boisterously pro stock of the Boston and Maine held Blease. As the.>jg?vernor has been' tor the benefit of the New Haven com- out Gf the running three days, and pany by the Huston Railroad Holding attacks increasingly bitter have been Company Fold by the liquidators in ma,je upon his record, itu his absence,, pursuance with, the agreement be- anticipations are that there may bo tween the government and the New 8Q ?roUgh bouaing" at the Barn Haven railroad shall bo stamped with Well-meeting a provision that the shares of stock MayoP u D Jennings made a ter repreecnted by the certificate shall al- r|fic atUck OQ ^ Blea8e.8 pardon wayr be subject to bo taken up by the rd , h,8 8 Vch ? Hampton vot State at a price to be fixed by an ere thl8 mornn\e, declaring that the agreement by the court. ? governor's clemency to so many con . JS ?M?n?dli?Z\? mnCir?/d hf ?hip? victo had made life unsafe in the ru ansaleabh?' ral districts of South Carolina. He , Directors of the New York. Ontario 8P?tke in scathing terms of ?easejs and Western Railroad Company, a 8lvJn* freedom, to thugs, murderers New Haven rubsldary. also met and and cutthroats, many of whom have had before them the treasurer's state- Bpen turned loose upon the state, ment of earnings for the fiscal year, __,". . . indicating the surplus,, for. the -year . Military ExpeO ?eau. .... - after all changes, would approximate " , __, ~~~~ "__, y?ar previous. The, directors decided ggW%3 miS&^&M&Mt?& no' dlrtrlbutfon of earning^ Fhoulld be who mVemed smoke ess powder and, m?h? ' :?7'"r' . . ' a system of..fire control -for arti.leryj _ ? . . ? y : coast defense by which officers In a . n" "..?.? . "531*2 " T. ' ' central station, can may out the ox Merted Mulh"Ilnud.. ., .,. act location of approaching vessels. Houston. Tex.k June 25.^-The Inter- died here today. : ? . We wish to call your attention to the merits of the Terrell Thick Center Steel Scrapes or Sweeps. These scrapes are made of the highest grade of steel, selected especially, this steel making scrapes harder, stronger and oi longer life. Ev ery scrape is set exactly alike, and just right to suit the demands of the farmers of this section. . Xhe?.e scrape&will not haye to be: le-set before! using, ? .: ,.?"?".' ? Every experienced farmer looks for the name TERK?Lt ?riiths scr?frey?efpi^^ geling ' thaf* trrat nairne isi?th? guarantee of the best in the linev ' We^have k full stock* ot W Widths of tlfi^,. R?LL Scrapes, WI ?r?$i:yo? will favor M l*?$? your patronage. ; . , ' Anderson, S.C,y Greenville, S. C.. Belton, S. C. Great Dry Goods House Fails For Many Millions (Continued From page 1) arid Frederick A. Jullliard, a dry I Roods merolia ' Almost slmu-.ancously a petition in voluntary bankruptcy was filed by the three merchandise creditors whose attorneys announced they would Beek tli? appointment of other receivers. Itt this action subpoenas were issued for Mr. Olaf lin, Mr. Eames and Dex ter N. Force, J^rea/Burer of tue com pany, to appear and show cause on or before July 2 why it should not bo ; adjudged bankrupt. Committees. Named. Immediate steps to protect thc in terests'Of note holders and the mer chandise creditors were taken by tho anointment of committees represent ing each. The note holders eom> .mittee, of which J. S. Alexander is chairman, askB that all claims be de posited with them, and a similar rc ! quest was made in behalf of the merchandise credltorr, called to ! gether by.attorneys for the Merchants j Protective Association. Both committees announced they ! they would demand a voice in thc re organization plans. Still another pro tective committee wei organized un the auspices of the Creditors* Audit and Adjustment Association, and tho receivers are directed by the eo?rt also to organize a creditors' commit tee to be chosen by all the creditors at an early meeting. At this meeting the creditors will bc authorized by toe coori to volo whether the receivership shr'.l bc con tinued and whether other receiver;: shall be ^?popinted. Thcl authority granted {bern by the court appears tG give them, virtual control of tho com pany's business subject to tho appro val of the court. ; Fourth' Crisis T?taL The 'failure tode-v marked the fourth financial crisis of the H. B. Claflln Company plp,ce it wat first establish ed in t}i|B ?city in 1843 with the Arm name of Buikley and. Claflin. It was ! tided-over financial difficulties in the ! war between the states when south ! ern debtors failed to meet thoir northern obligations; again in the panic of 1873, and again in thc pan ie of 1907 when, it is understood. J. P. Morgan and Company came to the rescue. From its humble beginning or sev ! enty years ago the concern grew to be the greatest dry goods enterprise in the country and waa the nucleus, together with other enterprises which John Claflin promoted, of tho Asso ciated Merchants Company and sub sequently tho United Dry Goods Co., organized in 1909, with 151,000,000, capital stock. Its commercial notes. ! tt was remarked "In Wall street to ! day, were accepted throughout the country. almost as the equivalent of currency,' ed''strong was its credit. Tn announcing the resignation of Mr. Claflin, the board of directors of the. United Dry Goods Company and the Associated'Merchants Company is sued the following statement: ! .elation H Severed. "This severs, the management of these two companies from the.stores Mn which Mr. Claflin has a personal ^interest. Mr.';Claflln desires to de vote bis entire''time to the affairs of the 'H. B. C??tlin Company and the va. rlous retail atores In which be is per sonally Interested. Mr. Cornelius Bliss ls, one bf the leading merchants of New' York City and is considered .one of the best equipped men of this city for the position which he has accepted." "*) According to Mr. Alexander, 1 tho Claflin Company'ic difficulties were I precipitated "ty ita, endorsement cf "Jr Thomas Lipton and Photo Of His Racer, Shamrock IV. Photo? copyright. iSiv by: Anjeri&un Press Association. NOW that Groat Bri tn ID oas capturfd the International polo champion " ship cup from the' United States, the Yankee sportsmen are praying , that a similar fate, will not.overtake the America's cup. emblematic or Ute world's yachting .premiership. Slr Thomas Lipton, however, ans. a remarkably swift craft In Shamrock IV., lt is agreed by impartial sltJca. The sloop bas an abnormally blgh mast and consequently carries an Immense spread ot sail. 8he la said to be unusually fast In light airs and in smooth water, end weather conditions bo September will bave an important bearing on the result of tho contests. .. .. - totes of the Claf jin enterprises, which ?wing to gener?l depression in thc try goods business, they wcro unable o pay at maturity. Kvory dollar of he claims In this class, be. said, re id lt? d from such endorsement. Among" the Claflln ?tores for which eceivers were appointed today were he rt. Batterman Company, and thc bedford Company, ' brooklyn, tho Montgomery Fair, Montgomery, Ala., ind the Jones Store, of Kansas City. An accurate list of all the Claflin mt?rprlses was not available here to irght. *_ STOCK EXCIIAMiK BILL corporatcd under thc laws of its ?date, or ita by-law? and charter are ap proved by the postmaster general. Tho bill also makes lt unlawful for any person to orfer for interstate tran:mission by tolograph ar ^tele phone any quotation or information concerning stocks which does not conform to regulation? laid down ? by the. postmaster, general. Anv tele graph or telephone company violating tho proposed act shall be fined $1,000 for a first offenso and $2,500 for sub sequent offenses, and any officer of such a company shall be Uabl6"Tff'twb' years imprisonment. locator Owen Submits IVnosUlon To Regula'e Stork S peru! ut ht UH. Washington, June 25.?--Sebbtor Ow in*b bill for the regulation- of stock ?changes was favorably reported to he senate today by the banking and lurrency committee;* The bill would bar from the malls my newspaper, circular, or other mis iva containing quotations frora any wv gue h an gc unless' it either ls in Fald Illegal Pesos. Washington, June 25.-Charges that favorite of President Adolfo Diaz were paid millions of pesos soon after he became president of Nicaragua, with out thc settlement ot any claim by the proper tribunal were made before the senate foreign relations committee to day by Rafael Cuadra, Nicaraguan 1 minister of finance. He said the Amer, ican State depart m cu had protested MW JfOT ?7 NI? TO W1LK0N President Tolls of lils "Indifferent Stires?** In lltlnnin. (Atlanta Dispatch.) President. Woodrow Wilson admits that only "indifferent rucoss" crowned his fffurtf to practice law in Atlanta when he rame to the city iii 18S2. Ills [?onfesison IH Incvluded In a letter to P. C. McDufTic. an Atlanta lawyer, which tho latter har Just read before Hie Georgia Hui Association. "I went to Atlanta in May, ISSU." wrote the president, "and was very soon thereafter admitted to the bar of Georgia by Judge Hllyor. I formed a law partnership with Edward Ire land Renlc.k and wc had offices in a building at 48 Marietta street, where we struggled with InduTcront specs:; to attract attention and gain a little law practice. "This is practically all there ls to tell, because I made up my mind dur ing the year I was in Atlanta that I could best acompliah the objects I had in view in life hy returning to thc teaching of law and politice." ISSUE OL ll COINS FIRST New Mintage to Bc Kepi Bark Till Ancient Reserve ls Exhausted. (Washington Dispatch to Philadelphia Record.) No more new coins will he Issued by the United States mint.1 until thc pres ent supply of coin in the treasury has been substantially diminished. This order has been Issued ak a result of the piling of mlllonn of dollars in coins in thc < various sub-treasuries while thc mints have stiii kept turning out new gold and silver. At the present time, treasury otllc lals Buy there is moro than $33,000,000 In gold, and $34,000,000 In iii ver coln of more or lees remote vintage walt ing for distribution in thu vaults be fore the new coins need bo called in to use. This anfohnt Is outside the currency trust tunds and tho gold re rerve. The main, demand for now coins, and especially fpr gold, comes Just before Christmas, and by that time thora should bo no difficulty in supplying all calls. ooo 00000000 ;i OOOOO DO . . 0 SIX AND TWENTY o . . OOOOOOOOOO O (J 0000000 Williamson. RouflTT. June 25. Since our last article this t?ctlon har, been visited by a slight shower of rain While bringing Borne relief it was far from being anything like a season. Cotton thal was not already up to a stand ls still coming up, but lt will be Impossible for it to make anything like'a rall crop. We hear a great deal of opposition to the new road law. People seem to be on satisfied over tho way the four mmmbdonerr are to bo elected. We think the law should havo been so that each or the commissioner:- would bb olected bv the voters,_fr?m their ri? H pect Ive districts and not by the whole county. This section migiu nave two ?r more candidates for the office and ono- of them be upright, honest and thoroughly qualified,,to fill the posi tion and might receive the support of a majority of the votes cast in this dis trict and yet be defeated hy votes cast in other sections, therby forcing some one on this section who the voters did not want. In otb'r words, it is not right for District, Nos. 1. 3 and 4 to elect a commirlsoner for District No. 2 and ruch could be done if every voter In No. 2 should cast their vote solidly for one candidate. And again, the small amount of pay that the commis sioners will receive and the expense and trouble of canvassing the entire county is going to keep the county's best men from offering for the posi tion. J. M. ' Holliday, candidate for cotn mlsisonor for District No. 4, was in thu? Beetloo Monday. ' _ . ICE TEA SPOONS In Solid Silver or Plated Ware, Plain or Colonial designs $1.50 to $12 per set MARCHBANKS 6? BABB N. Main Street Jew?'trs. An election ha? been orderod hy Supt. o? Education J. U. Felton for trustees of Plorcotown schoordlBtrlct next Saturday afternoon, June .27th. Let every patron come out. ' ,( Some fifteen or twenty patrons of Plcrcctown school met ut the achoo! building laBt Saturday night abd norn- ' Inated W. H. Q. El rod, J. J. Low!:? and W. M. Smith for t r?steos ipr. tho next two years. Richey visited relatives near Flat Rock church last Saturday1 'and Shn Iday. ?<ft ' A. Z. Bryson and wlfo and W. C., Barnett andw Ifc attended the singing at Boldon (i rove, FlckenB county, jast i Sunday. I Mi. Joe Melton, nu per In tendent of (Six and Twenty Sunday School, ha? been on tites lek list for several day ii. His many friends wish him .a apoedly recovery. . ,, j Wc underrtand thal an effort will ho made to have some chances made cn Wllllamrlon R. F. D. No. 1, and Eas loy B. F. D. No. 7. letting Wlllldmston No. 1 serve patrons that are now ona or two miles from a route and lot ting Easley No. 7 serve the patrons of north of Plcrcctown. W. (*.,.B. j 8H0T BY MAYOR New Yorker Laid lip By Wound Ac" cl de nt al ly I nil feled. : Now York, Juno ,25.-W. H. Rey nolds, a former State senator, may be j confined to St.. Luke's Hospital for a week or more by the wound inflicted Saturday by tho accidental discharge of Mayor Mitchell's pistol, which slipped from its hoister nnd fell-to the sidewalk. Tho bullet entered . T'S?-* noluB' left thigh, passed through and in coming out shattered a bono of a finger. The mayor today explained that ha 1 was with a party which bad . been shooting at a target and the accident occurred later upon alighting from an automobile in New York. Secrecy was maintained at the request of the wounded man. Assails S?nats BUL. > Washington, June 25.-In a vigor ous dissent from tho plan,, or the $43.000,000 river and harbor bill as presented to the senate today. Senator Burton, or Ohio, assailed "piecemeal and dribbling" . appropriations.. for waterway Improvement, declared the bill contained projects which could not profitably bo improved, ahdv con tended that a rational system bf riv er and harbor appropriations would provide for less projects and for ap propriations to completo those un derway. - VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM