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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 DEEP MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED WOMAN CLAIMING SHE KILL ED SISTER CAN'T BE LOCATED AN INVESTIGATION Of New Orleans Police Has Failed to Uncover Any Trace Of Crime _ I?, r (Dy Associated Press.) Atlanta, July 9.-Mystery tonight still surrounded the sending of a let ter herc from Sun Francisco, signed wit li thc name of Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis, which said that she had killed her sister in New Orleans and was preparing to murder her brother, Marshall Nelms, in San Francisco. investigation by the police authori ties in New Orleans has failed to re veal any trace of the alleged crime. Neither ls there any clue to the where abouts of Mrs. Dennis, who supposedly was in San Francisco when thc let ter was received by her mother, Mrs. John \V. Nelms was writton. Mrs. Nelms said tonight the letter WUB in the handwriting of her daugh ter. She expressed the belief that it had not been written voluntarily, however, and that her daughter bad been forced by other persona for some unknown reason to send the letter. Mrs. Dennis left here on June 10 for San Antonio, Texas. She stopped in New Orleans and was joined there on June 13 by her sister. Beutrice Nelms, who had not been able to leave here at the time Mrs. Dennis left. On the following day, it was learned to night, Mrs. Dennis cashed a drai't for $1.600 at a New Orleans nank. It was explained tonight by Mrs. Nelms that the money was for the pur pose of finally closing up some in vestments Mrs. Dennis had been mak ing in Mexico. A telegram received from''the-?two-'daughters at New Or leans on June 14 said they were leav ing for Houston; Texas, on their jour ney to Ban Antonio to close up the investments. A week later Mrs Nelms received another telegram from Houston, sign ed "E and B," which stated that they planned to stay in Houston a few days longer. Mrs. Nelms explained that the initials stand for "Eloise and Beatrice," her daughters' Christian names. The last telegram received from the two young women was on June 28. It was dated in New Or leans and signed by both. It read: "Back in New Orleans. Am going farther west." No further information as to the whereabouts of the two young women was received until Mrs. Nelms re ceived the letter Tuesday, which was postmarked San. Francisco and which purported to tell of the killing of one of her daughters. In a telegram late today to his mother, Marshall Nelms, said that he was making every effort to locate h's sister. Mrs. Dennis was granted a divorce from her husband several months ago In Reno, Nevada, where she establish ed a rcsidnce. Her family is wealthy. San Francisco, July 9.-With the police trying to find Mrs. Eloise Den nis, supposed to be in San Francisco on a murder hunt for her brother, Marshall Nelms, the brother prepared tonight to flee to his mother in At lanta. Although San Francisco dele gates gave little credence to the tele gram Chief Beavers, of Atlanta, say ing that Mrs. Dennis was here to mur der h9r brother, they %earcehd every rooming house and hotel in the city for the woman. A telegram received today from James W. Reynolds, chief of police of New Orleans, denied that Mrs. Den nis had killed h?- sister, Beatrice, in New Orleans, ut...lng that the records of the New Orleans coroner showed no such death. Mrs. Dennis' mother told the Atlanta police that ) her daughter had written from' San Fran cisco that she had killed Beatrice in New Orleans- and then was in San Francisco seeking her brother. Nelms was much agitated by the Atlanta telegram. "I wired my mother last night that I was not going home," sahl Nelms, "but have . changed my mind." LOOKS LIKE TEDDY Oystor Bay, July 9.-Colonel Roose velt may be forced to accept the Pro gressive nomination for govenor of New York, it was said tonight, to prevent William Sulzer, deposed gov ernor, from capturing it. Investigations by Progressive lead ers have shown,.according to the.men prominent th the patty that tho for mer governor had a degree of strength which had surprised them. Mr: Sulzer, although not a member of the Progressive party, was elected to the Assembly on the Progressive ticket after being impeached as gov ernor. . TRAIN ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL Hold Up the "Katy Flyer" at Watson, Missouri-Make Clean Get-aWay /" - (Hy Associated Press) St. Louis, .July 9.-Tin- .Missouri, Kansas and Texas "Katy Flyer" was held up by truin robbers and thc safe dynamited at Matson. Mo;, forty miles southwest of here, according lo a re pon which reached the St. Louis po lice late tonight. A telephone message to the chief of police here from thc sheriff of St. Charles county said two men held up the train, cut loose thc express and baggage cart-, took them down the track several hundred yards und dy namited thc express car safe. How much the in'eu ubtuined was not men tioned. Sheriff Diorite and a posse boarded a special train to go to lite scene of thc robbery Bloodhounds had been obtained from Murtknrvllle, Mo. ' The li?st iv#;ort o? t'.e holdup was sent io railroad officials ai St Charles by the telegrapher at Matson. He de flated the bandits boarded ?tain Mo! 5 while lt was Inking coal at Matson. Thc bandit--, ho .Mild, compelled tue enpineer und llrenv.-n to detach the baggage and exprers cars from the tram and run thom almost a mile up the truck Discuss Immigration. Washington, July 9.-Conferences are progressing between Secretary Bryan and Viscount Chinda, the Japa nese ambassador, Ijgarding proposed new immigration legislation on whit . Representative Raker of California, is working to meet objection that the Raker and other pending bills discri minate against the Japanese. The Raker bill would exclude all Asiatic laborers, and an effort ls be ing made to have lt amended so as to exempt laborer? whose Immigration , Into the United States "Is regulated by existing agreements as to passports. STEAMED SIGHTED Landon. July 9.- The French steam er Virginia sighted today 200 miles ..- 'rf* ?Ht o: Broadh?ad in tow ot the l*.? ;. trei?h er E -ula ? The Virginia tailed I rom-New York June 27 for Havre. The steamer .us ually "carries a miall number of pas-' seagers. The Etonian sailed from Antwerp July 4 for New York. Operation Successful. ' " . ' ?. ?.?!.. ?.).-Miss Mary Smith, of Now Orleans?, a cousin of President Wilton, was operated upon forappendicitis last night at the naval hospital herc by Dr. Cary T. Grayson, thc president's naval aldo and phy sician. Miss Smith has been staying at the white house. It was said to day that her condition was improved. BATTLE FOR FREEDOM OF MRS. GAflMAN BEGUN Attorney for Defense Attacks Tes timony of Golder and E. T. Bardes (By Associated Press.) Mine?la, N. V,. July fl.-The battle to freo Mrs. Florence Conklln Carman, a prisoner in the Nassau county Jail herc ncemo-l rf thc nsu'der ^t* Vrs. Louis Balley, was started tooay by Ceorge Levy, her attorney. Levy be gan by Informing District Attorney Smith that he had an affidavit from George in which he repudiated a part of his testimony at the Inquest. Then he attacked Elwood T. Bardes, the ln Ftirance agent, whose story of seeing outside Dr. Carman's office window a tall woman dressed in a dark skirt and a white shirt waist, was directly responsible for Mrs. Carman's arrest Both these efforts were anticipated hy the district attorney, who tonight issued the following statement: "I heard the story of Colder before he appeared on the witnoss, stand. He told me the same Btory he told at the inquest which was that when he call cd~ at the Carman homo the night of the murder he saw a woman dressed in white bitting on the porch and that he later saw this same woman In Dr. Carman's offley He told ho was sure ho knew Mrs.' Carman when ho saw her. Testimony Competent. "I told Golder he was mistaken. I knew he waa then and I know he ls now. It waB Mrs. Powell, Mrs. ('ar man's sister, who was on the porch and In th? office. "AB for Bardes, his story stands up well. I -believe? he ls telling the truth." Mrs. Carman broke down today. The Jail physician prescribed a nerve seda tive and by the ttme her husband ar rived to assist the physician sho was calm once more. Investigation Continues. The grand jury after meeting today ad pour ned until Tuesday In order to give the district attorney more time (Continued On Page Four.) BIG BUSINESS DISCUSSION UNFAVORABLE TO JONES AND WARBURG FOR BOARD TEST OF STRENGTH Wil! Come Monday When New P-sohition Will Be Voted Upon (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 9,-E. ii. Hoyle, president of the National Association of Banu Commissioners und thirty five other State hank commisrloners, conferred with President Wilron and later with Secretary McAdoo ami Comptroller Williams at the treasury, to discuss the new Federal reserve han I.s. Necessity for legislation in many states that state hunks may he come m.'ljers of Federal system was dlscunsed. The adminitratlon met defeat to day in the lust stage c. ita fight to have tin.- Senate confirm the nomina tion:; of Thomas D. Jones. Chicago, and Paul M. Warhurg. New York, as members of thc Federal reserve board. The banking and currency commit tee voted 7 to 4 to report unfavorably thu nomination of Mr. Jones and post poned indefinitely further considera tion of the nomination of .Mr. War burg. Wurburg .Must Act. Thc Jenes report will he submitted early next week and debate over his confirmation will bo resumed on the floor of the Senate in executive ses sion. The committee will take no fur.-, thor action on the Warburg appoint-" mont tiniest the Now York banker de cides to accept the committee's inves tigation to submit lo questioning. The next move, according to committee] members, must come from Mr.. War burg. Thc committee's action was taken in fho face of tho president's deter mined effort to have the appointment;; approved. In his conference with the newspaper men today. Ute. President mude-lt-cloar that he would keep up the fight. Endorses Jones Senator Lewis, of Illinois--, is con ducting tho fight for Jouer* confirma tion. It waa understood that he now. count? on a majority of two to put thc nomination through, hut half a dozen Senators might delay confirma tion for many weeks if not defeat it entirely. A real campaign to put the Jones nomination through might pos sibly cauro the Senate to abandon Its work on anti-trust legislation. Opposition to Jones was based on the fact that he ls director of the In ternational Harvester Company, now being sued under thu Sherman anti trust act. Senators Lee of Maryland; Holl?n. Ponirene and Shafroth, all Democrats, voted for favorable report on this nomination. while Senator Hitchcock and Senator Reed, Demo crats and Bristow. Nelson, Crawford, Weeks and McLean, Republicans, vot ed for an unfavorable report. There was Ht Ho criticism of Mr. Jones other than that he WUK a director of the Harvester company. Will Know Monday. Objections to Mr. Warburg, so far as is based on thc fact that ho has refus ed the committee's request to appear and rubmlt to questions about his business collections. Committee mem bers hold that unless the Senate has an opportunity to gain necessary in formation about nominees it hardly can be expected to make confirma tion, y The first test of strength on the Warburg nomination may come Mon ilay when a resolution will he report o'd from the Senate rules committee Increasing the- membership of the banking committee. This resolu tion's appearance may lead to debate which will dlrclorc some of the feel ing in the Senate toward thc nomina tion. UMPIRE FORFEITED (?AME j - l'a il ti re to. Rave S u hst itu1 c Catcher | Cave Came to Indianapolis. Indianapolis. July 9.-Umpire John stone forfeited today's AmcTican Asso ciation gnme to Indianapolis when, af-1 ter he had put Catcher Janies out of' the gatun in tho sixth inning the St. Paul club had no catcher with whom to continue playing. James was or dered from the game because he had taken exception to decisions on balls ind strikes. Substitute Catcher denn was allowed- to go home today on ac count of' illness and Manager Oriel clatmed no one else coul dplay the po sition. I) o o o O I) o o o o o o O O 0 0 0 0 0 ? o > VOLCANOES ACTIVE o > -- O > Seward; Alaska, Joly 9.-All o ? tho volcanoes along the Alaska r > peninsular west of Seward to o i the Aleutian Islands are In ac? o } ?ion, according to a report o > by Captain McMallen. of the o > steamship Dtrlgo, which arrlv- o > today from the Dutch, harbor.. o ? ? joooooooooooooooooo t? o o o d o o o o o o O O O O O o o ? o o o STEAMER- 1.1 DISTRESS o o -- o 0 Newport. IL I.. Jul; fl. A o II message was picked up here to- <? o night front tin- n.n.11 wireless o o station nt Arlington, Va* stat- o o lng tin- steamer, Atlantic City o (? nus in distress three miles lo o o northeast of Uuructmt Light hu- o 1 o oj ?tiiil in need ol' ussistumv. o jo Thc message tva* addressed o ?o to thc reveune cutler, (luanda- o o gai. \ o ?o Thc revenar- culler (hienda, o o ga late tonight slut lcd lo the o o assistance of the st en mer, At? ?. ?o Lilllie City, reported in dis- o 'o (ress off llamar .J , The (limn- <i o daga was cm-oat <. down Hie hay <i ?ii from Baltimore when she re- ci jo rei?ed word to go ttl the assis- <i j o (alice of the Atlantic Cit). <i jo Ctiptaln McMiillcu valli Moimi u ?> Kuiniui, (he great volcano on o o (he main iuffd across ShelikolY ti lo Strait from .Aotiiiik I-land, ls ? ?o throwing out sreal volumes of < o sulphur laden [smoke. Thc sea, < o he sahl, waa discolored '?J ?ul- ? o plier dust and pumice tor itu) ii o miles. o o Mount Shislutldiii and Mount o 'o l'a ?. lot, thc must uri i ve volcan- o o oe- ?n (he AH-tit In n Islands, o lo were smoking'when thc IMrigu o jo passed them. ; o o Captuin McMullcn reported o jo thal natives ulong the Alask ?. o peninsula sahl I he volcanic dust o ?o hurled Into thc air last mon I li o ?> were caused hy eruptions und i !o not hy old .deposits nf ash stir- o o red up hy a windstorm us prc- < o t iou sly reported hy passing ii ' o ships. o ' ?> ? o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ll o o o o o i mum ARE RECOGNIZED . p -. , BY NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION TO FULL EST EXTENT THE SU^GETT;E? Wore Broad Smiles and Say They Got Every thin R They Asked For (By Associated Pi ese.) St. Paul, Minn., July 9.-Women's rights were recognized today to the !ullest extent hy thc National Associ ation, which passed resolutions endor sing womat: san rage ami email pay for tcachbi e. regardless of sex, and allotted live of Its ten vice pres! idencles to women. Thc delegation of activo suffragists lieft the hall with broad smiles. "We were given everything we usk ed," they said. Without a dissenting vote. Dr. Da vid Starr Jordan, of Leland-Stanford. was elected president of Hie associ ation. South Carolina members, who were ?.clive in behalf of Dr. D. ? Johny on were flrst to present Dr. Jordon's name. Dr. joh rn; on with drew two days ago. Oakland, California, was chosen as the 1915 meeting place. Resolutions adopted, today endefr sed pensions for teacherp, increased salaries, vacations to permit teachers to travel, simplified spelling, interna tional peace, physical' . Inspection of children and cooperation bf parents in teaching hygiene. President Wil son's attitude in the Mexican situ ation was indorsed. The convention will adjourn tumor row night. / Only one incident marred the har mony of today's meeting. When W O. Thompson, Ohio State University chairman ot the resolution commit tee, had finished reading the report pertaining to women's auffrage, W N. Sheets, ot Florida, leaped to his feet. "I want to know what the commit tee means by political equality of the sexes," he shouted. "Any man who does not know what political equality means I? in th? kindergarten or American politics,' retorted Thompson with heat. "As a representative of the South I cannot but present the protests of two thirds of the Southern women against women's r.:ffrage," persisteil Sheets. His last words died amidst a storm of laughter and loud applause greeted the passage of the resolu tion. The clause in tho resolution deal ing with suffrage read: '??The association regirds efficiency abd merit rather .than sex, as the principle on which appointments and i elections should be made and there fore declares itself in favor of thc po litical equality of the sexes, and equal protection for equal service." Characterising the Carnegie and the Rockefeller foundations as agen cies menacing true academic free dom and tending to deaft thc primary purposes of democracy. In schools, the normal school department unani mously adopted a resolution ensuring those funds. J. W. Brlster, Tennessee, an i R. C. Stearns, Virginia, were clotted vice presidents. DREW MOST APPLAUSE YES TERDAY AT MEETING IN LEXINGTON SMITH IS FAVORITE Was Loudly Applauded During Speech and Whenever Gov ernor Was Mentioned (Special tu Tim Intelligencer.) lexington, July 9.-Spirited attucks lipon Opponent? hy candidates for lieutenant governor indicated at the opening of the campaign meeting here today tit?: the bitterness chu met <>r li ing tho mooting:! at Camden ami Co lumbia would mark Hie campaign' nif ting here i ir candidates for stale olllces. only lo IIKVO the ?lusting later becuna probably tho most un-, eventful of the !".ght. Peace and har*-; mony among .the candid iles, an.: the] absolute luck of demonstrativeness of j tho si\ hundred voters was evident af tar the candidates for lleutenuut gov ernor ?poke. A lousing rerej lion wes given Krank W. Shealey uf Lexington, candi date for railroad commissioner, when be briefly asked n respectful bearing for thc candidate?. Various charges were directed to Andrew J. Pct hen by bis opponents in Hie race for lieutenant governor. H. Frank Kelley asserted that Dciliea ls "attempting to get lu office oh former Governor Martin F Ansel's coat tail,"' while William M. Hamer, also directed a stinging attack at him. Humer rbarged that J. A. Hunter, an oppon ent. b> 'Tunning on a woman's coat," probably referring to the part Hunter had in "thc vindica*ion of Hr. Eleanor Sandi rs. .lohn (?. Richard's declaration that Hovei nor liions would be elected to I hq United States senato drew loud cries 'dj:, purrah,, for Smithi" B?lph nrds as^ortee1 that he "is the worst hounded man in the state with one exception." Charles Carroll Simms explained Ilia love for the 'poor man" and ;'harleH A. Smith made a piou for edu. rational advancement, law enforce ment at'd ?conomies in the state gov ernment. Mendel H. Smith described (lie gi eater advantages of a local op tion compulsory education law as trom pured v.itli a state wide law. Compulsory education was bitterly apposed by Lowndes .1. Browning, Abo declared "1 re;ent the Insinua tion ibm Um white women of this Uute do not desire to givo their chll lren an education." .lohn G. Clinkscalcs declined to lirectly answer (pieries of his oppon ents for governor for information rotative the source or fund- for the iperation of a stale wide compulsory ?ducutlon law, sta??g that the gov ernor is '.not citied upon officially for mch suggestions," though ito lias "the .ight to recommend l?gislation." Describing the necessity uf edu cational advancement F.obt. A. Cooper ipiritedly asserted that "the heaviest ax the farmer pays ls tho tax on ig lornnee." Tie manner In which Hie ?.otlon mill presidents "swindle' the' ho farmers hy reducing the price ot .otton by allot lim the producing tcr itory to respective huyera was de ?cribed at length by William C. Irby. Numerous questions f.eeking infor mation as to how a state wide com lulsory education law could bc en orci'd were directed lo Cllnkscales by tlclmrd I. Manning. He advocates he loeirl option form of compulsory itlcndancc law. Xew Explosive Successful. Norfalk, Va., July ??.-A heavy steel allison modeled after the new drend I aim ht Pennsylvania and used as a arget here, today was so badly dani ged by a now navy shell during a 'cst hat it was taken to dry dock. Thc lew explosive is closely guarded by be navy and details of tho test prob bly never will be made public. Butes Too High. Washington. July tl. -Rates on pig ron from Virginia furnaces to desti nations in the New England and mld llc Atlantic states were held unrea onable today by the interstate com merce commission, lt was ordered hat the rate per ton should not ex eed |3.35 to Baltimore; *2.7", to Phll delphlu: $?, to New York and %'4.'?'t o Bofet?n. 4 ooooooooooo o BE8TBUCTIVE FIRE o i Quebec". July 9.-Fire today o i destroyed Dufferin Terrace, o . Quebec's famous thoroughfare o i overlooking the St. Lawrence o i river. Many cottages on the o ? cliff above the terrace were o > burned. No estimate of the o i damage was announced to- o . night. o o O00C00OQ00O FEDERALS ROUTED j WITH HEAVY LOSS Constitutionalist Forces Win a Great Victory-Take 5,000 Prisoners (Hy Associated ['ress.) Sall [Ito. Mexico. July !?.-General Cu rm ?zu was officially advised late today <>i the tall of Guadalajara before th? constitutionalist forces I oday at noon. 'I'lie dews was recel veil willi til' utmost elation at constitutionalist headquarters, where is was rec"riled i as preliminary tn the occupation of Mexico City itself General Alvern Obrcgon. constitu tional 1st commander in his dispatch to General Carranza, reported that the federals had been completely routed and thal IK.* was in control of the en tire city, including th? fed.-ral palace. Five thousand federals had been I abeu I prisoners, according to Ohregon's re port and the retreat toward Mexico ! City of those who escaped bad been j cm off by troop:-, of the command I of General Illanco, del ou red from i Ameca to destroy the federal lines j of communication. Much ammunition and arms and supplies was captrucd. The federals were reported scat ! tered in nil directions and great pun I ishmcnt inflicted on them lu retreat but no figures of losses on either side were available. The line of combat, lt ls stated, ex-! tended over fifi y five miles with Gen eral Illanco in command of Obregon's advance guard. General Obregon per sonally led the main attack. For several days the constitutional ists hammered the Guadalajara garri son which came out from its defense In the effort to scatter the beselgers. After a disastrous conflict Tuesday In which the federals lost ten troop trains and more than GOO prisoners they retrentd, leaving an unobstructed road to the seeoTm- largest city of Mexico, which offered little resistance when the constitutionalist appeared. Douglas, Ariz., July U -Telegraph ing from the governor's palace In the city of Guadalajara, General Alvaro (Continued On l'age Four.) BANKERN INVITE PRESIDENT To. Attend. Annual ^nrejvilon fa " Richmond Mutter Cnder . Consid eration. Washington, July !>.-A delegation of Virginia bankers, accompanied by Senators Marlin and Swanson and John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, today asked Presi dent Wilson to attend the annual con vention of the American Hankers' As sociation in Richmond, October 14. and 15. The president promised to consider the invitation. Bi JOHNSON GUILTY OF HUSBANDS MURDER Describes Killing and Tells Why She Committed Crime In Concise Woy (By Associated Press) Haleigh, N. C., July 9.--M?TS. Joseph Johnson, of Martin county, who was nrrcsted Tuesday on the charge of killing ber husband hist Saturday night, while Hie two and their bu hy were driving to rhiirch near tboi'r linnie, thia afternoon confessed to hav ing shot and killed Imr husband. The confession was made in tho presence of a newspaper correspondent and Sheriff J. C. Crawford. "I ant going to tel, the whole Irnth abom the matter." see said. "I killed my husband bee.i??.-? ! ?. '.:.('. tiv.de my life unbearable for nm by constantly accusing me of infidelity. Hc-cribes hilling. "Saturday afternoon I looked Into one of Hie drawers of bi: bureau and found a pistol there. Later lie said be was .volng lo take me to church and tobi me to get ready. I wrapped the pistol np in a shawl which was around my baby. As soon ns we left home be started talking about me. I stood lt until I thought i bad nther be demi than alive like I was doing. My hus band was slightly stoop shouldered and was leaning forward in the buggy. 1 held my baby in my left arm. un wrapped the pistol with my righi hand held it clofo to the side of his bead and pulled the trlgRer. He fell to the road and the horse started running, lt being stopped ut the church wliere I stated that someone had shot my hus band." Accusations Fills*. In the course of her confession. Mrs. Johnson said she bad parted from her husband three time.- and gone to live with ber mother. After ?ach separa tion, she said, her husband came to her and persuaded her to go hack with bim. Several times lately he has sahl Hint he would kill mee thu llrtt time he saw mo with any other man oilier than himself, t was afraid he would carry this threat Into exe cution." Mi's. Johnson stated in her confes sion thai her husband's charges of in fidelity were baseless. VISITORS OVER THE STATE EXPRESSED MUCH PLEASURE "THE PRESS GANG" Editors from Over South Caro Anderson College Tho members of the press associa tion of Soot li Carol inn concluded their annual outing with a visit to Anderson yesterday. Quite a number of the members had been called homo on account of business and for other reasons and some of the "headliners" were missed. among theil i'rciit. E. H. DeCamp, who had to catch a train to get to Denver, Col., in time for tho meeting of the grand lodge of Elka. It was planued to take a ride over the entire system of the Piedmont and Northern, and a special train had been' provided for that purpose, but it was decided to cut out the trip to Spar tunburg on account of the storm of the night before having dama^id tho power plant at Spartanburg. In con sequence, the party arrived In An derson somewhat earlier than had been expected. In order to create no confusion among the generous auto mobile owners of Anderson who had planned a trip a little later In the day for the visitors, thu train stopped at Anderson college. In accordance with the invitation of Dr. Jas. P. Klourd, president of the institution, the entire college plant was thrown open *o tho visitors. After they had been r?ceivod by tho ladies of the Civic Association and the College Association commute, acting with the trustees and their wives, tho visitors inspected the beautiful plant und expressed great surprise at the j completeness and substantiability of Auder mm college. On ' account of the I heat, it was decided to have tho plcujOf ' ; dinner uer ved.in. tba .dining room and I then nive, the'ride" ov^jp^^ .?ity, but even these plann for seeing Anderson, were spoiled by the sudden storm which came up. . The dainty r> t'eshraontB served by thc civic. . Hsoc lat lon were greatly en joyed by the visitors after their long ride on the cars and just about this time the storm came up, and to pass away tho time an informal program of short talks was made the special order. William Banks, acting for Mr. Decamp us president of the associa tion, called upon several visitors and home people for short apeecehs. May or-elect Godfrey and W. W. Smoak gracefully, welcomed thc visitors on behalf of the city and on behalf of the? newspapers of thc city, und Dr. Jas. P. Kinard welcomed tho guests to tho college and told them briefly of tho objects and alms of Anderson col lege. "Thc Anderson Spirit. " The response to tho address of welcome was ni de by Rion Me Kis sie!;, formerly -auditor of the Richmond Tinies-Dlspatch of Richmond, V., and now a prominent writer and lawyer of this state. Mr. McKisslck spoke of the profound impression mado upon the visitors by the Anderson spirit as exhibited in tho beautiful college equipment and in the ideals of the college aB outlined by Dr. Kinard. He declared thc need of such splendid institutions und stated that lt ls tho duty of thc press to assist in keeping up the standards of educa tion. He declared his hope and be lief that in years to come Anderson college will become tho Wellsley or the Smith of thc south. He paid a glowing compliment to thc city of Anderson and to her splendid people. Geo. W. Brimson, editor of tho Greenville Daily News, who has given so much pleasure to tho visitors at Chick Springs, as vice president ot the association, thanked tho officials of thc Piedmont and Northern for their generosity in furnishing the press association with this beautiful special train and for their individual attention to tho comfort of their, guests. Among the visitors were E. Thoma son. general manager, C. S. Allen, re cently promoted to traffic manager and Supt. Crosby. Tho latter was personally in charge of operating the train, and made the trip a pleasant one. The train was mado up of a regular coach and one ot the hand some new steel "trailers." Mr. Bruin son referred to splendid achievement of this road and complimented tho men who with their brain had utilized thc forces of nature and had the tour-, age to spend their money to make this road possible and a success. The association warmly, applauded ht A statements with ref crace to tho CO-jfrt pany. . J A visitor From Charleston. . W. H. Coggsweii ot Char!dston, ono of tho representative printers of tho state, expressed his gratification upon being able to visit Anderson. He de clared that thc new Chick Springs ho tel and the Anderson college plant (Continued on Page Two.). _. lina Much Impressed With