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CR?IN ra TUESDAY VOLUME I; NUMBER 152 Weekly, Established 1860; Dally, Jan. 18, 191?. ANDERSON, S. C.WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM HAND PRIMAI AGAINST TI MR. JOLL?CK CALLED FOR N THE AYES AND NAYES AT j ABBEVILLE ORDERLY DAY AND BIG CROWD Senator Smith Seemed To Be the Favorite There-Some New Features '? Special Correspondent. Abbeville, July 14.-The campaign meeting hero today was one continu ous chain of unexpected features The governor himself offered the mst, when he gave practically hlB en tire time to a discussion of the parole of R. A. Richie, who was convicted for assault upon bis little thirteen year old. adopted daughter. Thoigh the governor consumed thirty of hlB thirty-five minutes ii 'reading letters and other manuscripts on which the parole was based, he said this was neither an explanation nor an apology. Nor was lt to bc conni tl ered as a reply -to anything tha had been said on the stump by op ponents though this case was thc . high light in tho Greenwood meeting last Saturday. He did this, he s?jd. in answer to lies that had been circu lated in Abbeville county, and that if it had not been for this, he woul< not have come to Abbeville today. ( The governor said that Richie, though technically paroled, was out on a $5,000 bond, and that he could be reincarcerated at any time, and would be if hlB health so improved that (t would not impose a burden on the State to keep him. Mr. Jennings added a new feature when he read editorial comment from The Yorkvllle Enquirer to the .. effect i that Mopers Jennings and Pol > . lock ' had . entered - the campaign -nev - the. selfish ? tuotive behind It Wah "probably Oipney-exper.Bea paid from . .some other s?urc?. and a ?cod bondi 1 in addition." The. speaker said that it the author was a gentleman, he would furnish the proof as to the pre arrangement, or retract lt with the same policy. "Rut if *he does neither" the sneaker added, "he is a contempti ble, cowardly liar." As to the money charge, 'the speaker said, .that euch allegation could emanate "only from the brain of a. low-down, degraded, contemptible coward." , . The mayor' of Sumter offered to withdraw from the ra**e, and'in ad dition to subscribe %5,000 to the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Cedar Springt if the editor will furnish any proof as to the assertion. Mr. Pollock ia running through the "records" again today, found an other Republican on tho governor's ,. staff. This latest discovery,' accord ing to tho Ch er aw candidate, is of the man who owned the Ktngstree paper on Which Mr. James L. Sims of Orage burg as a young man set type. It was avowedly for this work that tho ' governor ' so strenously objected to . JUr. Sims' - appointment as United ? States .marshal, and over which he had had BO . many hard things to say on many stumps in the present cam paign. Mr. Pollock speaker today called for { the first hand primary'. After sub jecting the -governor's record to aH severe grilling, Mr. Pollock asked that all those who endorsed that rec ord to show their hands. The speak er anonuncet) that about fifteen shot up Into the air. j When asked that all those who did hot approve of that, record to raise theirs there was a gen eral fluttering ot hate and waving of arms, while the grove behind thc .court house echoed with applause. Senator Smith was the first Speak er, and was well received and gener ously applauded.JfHe made today hie usual s peech'lp dofenao of hts record, wltfiout ari^ THio'ogy for working flvo and one-hajf^ears In the interest of the farmerjrk.. There were many apon toneoua burstav*pf applause in re sponse toi his approprlate jokes, when he had cotfolqdod, he was presented - with the unique gift of the campaign, which was a Iou year's cotton stalk? growth, with ali bolls open, and none; picked, with the long staple locks, hanging l?'?f from the hurra. There was much applause, when. this wai. passed up to the Stage. The governor spoke directly after -. ? the senato*. f, v .?? - Senator Smith was the first speak er. He began by saying/ that there had boen/much comment that "Cot ton" Smith, "Boll Wevir Smith, and ' "Cyclone** Smith had done nothing If he didn't be thanked God that he was there when the doing waa done. He thea read the letter, from Senator credit for tho Smith agriculture bill. It was Hoke Smith whom the gover-.j nor had said was the author. "Sena tor E. D .Smith introduced the origi nal bill", the tetter the Georgia sena tor said, ' "and ' If *ii> ht?? given me the lion's shore bf the credit (foi amending and supporting the hill on the floor/of, the s?pate) X. regret lt. Too much credit cannot be given you own Senator. E. D. Smith." He dis cussed the measure till now in com mittee conference, and which, when it becomes law within the next few days, will compel cotton dealer's to deliver the rame grade of cotton as contracts call for. "When you sell middling, you deliver,middling, or its equivalent, or you go to jail in coime quence", he said in explanation of I ilB curbing of the former power of | the cotton brokers to contract for (Continued On Page Four.) EXCELLENT LYCEUM COUHE Lnd-es College Association Arranges! for Attractions. The ladies college associaiton has closed a contract for a lyceum course, which Includes five excellent numbers, for this winter. The attractions are: Frank Lea' Short company's produc tion of Edmond Rostand's "Roman cers," Russell H. '.'unwell, the Nea polltaa orchesteT and slBgefs, The Alkahest Favorites and the Orpheans, male quartette. The Hirst number will come some time in November. -* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o FEDERALS ARE OUSTED o O i-- o o On board U. S. S. Cali- o o furnia, Mazatlan, Mexico, o o July 13.-(By wireless o o to San Diego, Cal., July o o .14.-The constitutional- o o ists are sweeping the'Pari? ? o o fie coast of Mexico. Many o o evacuations, occupations, o o armistices and the ex- o o change of prisoners are o o ^reported to Rear Admiral o o Howard, commanding the o o American Pacific fleet, o' o' and the indications are o o that within a week the o Ja,^j^geral?^u/iU j?gr? m posses- M? lo ^nm^vM^tmm? ?] f o Salina Cni? o| b At Santa Rosalia a min- o o ing port- on the ?outer o o coast Lower California, o o the federals and constitu- o o tionalists held a confer- o o ence yesterday at, wh^ch it o o was decided to make joint . o o cause with General Car- o o ranza. The same poced- o o ure is expected to take o o . place at La Paz, another o o Lower California port. At o o Guaymas, an armistice o o has been agreed upon to o o expire at midnight July o o 20. o o .Four large merchant o o merchant vessels- of . the o o Naviera Line are loading o o rapidly,.and it is expected o o all federal troops will be o o out of Guy amas within a o o few days. . Negotiations o o for exchange of prisoners o o began with the signing of ? o the armistice. o o.. Both federal and con- o o stitutionalist generals at o o Guaymas expressed pro-. o Q r fuse thanks to the Ameri- o o can commander there for o o his assistance in' negotiat- o o ing the armistice. o o Admiral Howard's.? poli- o o cy of strict neutrality voil p o the confidence of both b e -parties. o o o 000 o o o o o o o o o o ooo State's Finarte . ; Special to The Intelligencer: Columbia, S. C., July 14.-Tho State ot South Carolina waa saved from temporary financial embarras a men today by tho announcement that tho state's finance board, composed of the, governor, i the State treasurer and the, Comptroller General, had 1 borrowed $860.000 at 3 1-2 percent. [for the current ex pences ot the state government. The bid of J. P. Mat thews, cashier 'of Palmetto National BaUk bf Columbia waa accepted by the board. The loan was secured through the efforts of 8. T. Carter, state treasur er Monday the board waa called by Mr. Carter to meet in the office ot the state, treasurer. Mr. Jones and Mr. Carter, were present at the meeting. The governor did not attend. The necessary notes were signed and sent to tho governor for his Signature. Today tho notes wera signed by the governor. RICHARDS HAD AIKEN CROWD ? ________ NOISY DEMONSTRATION UP ON HIS ATTACK ON E. D. SMITH A LIVELY TIME The Crowd Whooped 'Em Up for Quite o While When This Happened (Special to The .Intelligencer.) 'Aiken, July 14.-The continued calm of tlit> campaign for State of fices was rudely broken when scenes of dlr order were enacted by a crowd of probably 1.000 people here today following the denunciation of United States 'Senator Billson D. Smith, by John G. Richards, candidate for gov ernor, thcrtly. before an otherwoihe quiet meeting was brought to a close. Factional interest was aroused to a high pitch when Richards made his usual declaration in favor of Gover nor Blease for the United States sen ate, which drew prolonged cheers. He then began reading a statement at tacking the statement credited to Senator Smith that he had raised the price of cotton. Cries of "Hurrah for Smith." Hur rah for Blease," "Hurrah for Rich ards" came from the crowd. . "Why did 'you raise the express rates", came the cry from a man di rectly'in front of Richards. Lie Passed. "You He", came the heated reply, from the speaker. . '"You are another", replied the un known man, who was later learned i tobe a resident of Blackville. When the unknown man hurled back this reply, Richards hastily clutched' a drinking glass. and drew as. tf to hurl .it at the interrupter. A large number of excited persons hs^yjseratthietTt npon;?te.sxand and spoke ?O the crowd attrimntl?n o". cure a nearing from Hi chard a, while be continually repeated that he would read his attack on Senator Smith "if lt takes me until night." After the unknown man had been escorted from the crowd by a police man, the crowd was finally quieted to an extent and Richards read his statement. From John G. Cllnkscales came th. unequivocal statement today that he ls not advocating mate-wide prohi bition. In reply to Lowndes J. Browning, who called upon th< Spartanburg candidate for a d?finit.** of his .views. "I believe South Carolina has suf fered from the lack of constructive legislation because of the UL_ue agi tation of the liquor question, and 1 favor enforcement of the present law" declared Cllnkscales. That state wide prohibition is an iBs'ue that should be brought into the campaign for governor was asserted by Charles A. Smith, who advocated that idea. Several excoriations of the "open lawlessness in this state" was made by Robert A. dooper. Richard I. Manning, made state menu- criticising the manner in which Governor Brease has excerclsed the pardoning power. . He stressed law enforcement and realization of .the educational advan tages of the State by giving greater appropriations to their financially weaker. counties were among the oth er issues of the camplagn. Compulsory education .was urged by John q. Cllnkscales, while other can didates for governor * opposed any form of complsory education or ad vocated submission- to the people of the local option form. Among the candidates tonight the< principal subject of conversation wan the. sudden and entirely unexpected outbreak of fae Hon ism here with evi dences bf a Blease majority at the meeting today. ics Saved iodating Loan ? . . At the last cession of the general assembly, the governor vetoed . the j section of the general appropriator bill Which would have given tho. state the right to borrow $6,000 for the ex penses of the government, until thc collection ot. the state . \xes. The objeotlon of the gove; ..or was sus tained by the house falling to vote down the -veto' by a two-thirds ma jority. .. Acting upon tho request of state treasurer Carter, the attorney gen eral several days ago gave the opin ion that "In anticipation of the col lection of state taxes, the governor, the state treasurer and the comptroll er general are authorized to borrow on the credit of the state aa much money as may be needed to pay in terest on the state debt, the current] expenses of tho state government and for pensions, provided, that the sum so burrowed, shall not exceed $500,- ; AAA ii W. S. C?RRELL ISPRESIDENT ELECTED TO HEAD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA A GREAT TEACHER! I Native of Sooth Carolina and For Years a Renowned Teacher , of English Special to The Intelligencer. Columbia, July 14.-Dr. William Spencer Currell, professor of English of Washington and Ivcc University, was today elected president of the University of South i'nrolina to suc ceed Dr? S. C. Mitchell. Ur. Currell IB a nativo of South Carolina and taught for years at Davidson College. After the moetlng of the board today the following statement was'issued: "The board of trustees of the Uni versity of South Carolina today elect ed Dr. William Spencer Correll as ' president. . This act ion was taken af ter mature and' careful consideration and after many namer, had been con sidered. Dr. Currell was most highly recommended by personal friends and acquaintances, the first suggestion of his name coming to a'member of the board :n a personal conversation with Col. Asbury Coward, who had known Dr. Currell as a lad lu York vii ie, where the father of Dr. Currell has been a successful teacher. , "This suggestion was followed as Dr. Currell was in no way an appli cant for the place, and .overtures were made him. , Later on a special com mittee of four members of the board .went to Richmond, where for an entire day the representatives of the board and Dr. Currell went over the matter and at today's meeting Dr. Currell's name waa formally presented by a special committee of six, known as the president's committee. , . -. ; . "The* board vwaa apxl?ujrJio.- seoute as the head ot the University a Knuth Carolinian \ or tho highest character and culture, who at tho same time could,-and would continue the excel lent, outside work inaugurated by Dr. S. C.'Mitchell while"he was president of the University. The purpose of tho board ls. for the president of the insti tution, whenever h? can, to spread the evangel of education and for this Dr. Cuirell is specially suited, long having been recognized as a public speaker "speaker, of rare attractive ness.. . .< ' . ' "Dr. Carroll was bom 56 years ago in Charleston and as a boy lived in this stace, and his connections and people are still essentially of South Carolina. He was called out of the state to occupy. chairs in thc depart' ment of English, first at ilampden Sldney, then at Davidson and for 20 years has been at the head of the de partment of English at Washington and Lee. "The hoard found from its Inquiries thal. Dr. Currell was a man of the highest character, ot lovable disposi tion, a fine'speaker and that he had the utmost confidence and-admiration of all who had ever been associated with bim and his boys were enthus iastic about ..him. "The board at its meeting today took occasion unanimously to adopt resolutions thanking Dr. A. C. Moore who has been acting president of the University for some time, and to re cord Its high appreciation of his ex cellent administration and the patri otic and zealous spirit that he h ai. thrown into the work? "Governor Uleaso sent a letter to the board, stating that he could not be present on account of the campaign meeting, but asked that* be be record ed as voting for Dr. Moore as presi dent. His letter was recorded in the minutes. "The bo.T-d acted upon, a number of administrative matters -that had to be considered and adjourned for two weeks." William Spencer Correll was born in Charleston on May 13, 1858. He ls the son of William and Agnes Wilkie Currell. He received the degrees of bachelor ot arts and bachelor of peda gogy from Washington and Lee Uni versity in 1878, and .the degree of master ot arts in 1879, and the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1882 from the'same institution. On June 28, 138, Dr. Correll married Miss Sarah Scott, of. Carrington, Va. He. was pro fessor of English of Hampden-Stdney College, Va., from 1833 to 1886. In 1886 he was elected to the chair of English at Davidson College, N. C, He severed' his' connection -with Davidson in 1895 to' become professor of English and modern-languages'at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va., where he lins held the chair in Eng lish slnco ?389. , Dr. CurreU'g popularity as a lec turer ia ^attested by the fact that bel has frequently appeared on the more; prominent chautauqua circuits. He contributed to the "Library of South-! ern 'Literature" an admirable sketch of Dr. Edward Southey Jones, profes sor emtrltus of modern languages at the University of South Carolina. Dr Currell fa. widely known for his con tributions to various magasines and RAILROAD MEN MAKE DEMANDS WILL GO ON STRIKE IF RAILROADS REFUSE TO ACCEDE MILLIONS AT STAKE Officials Contend That Demands Would Mean Increase tn Wages of $33,000,000 Annually (By-Assoc'rUed Pres..) Chicago, July lA.-Tho threatened strlko of englnoerr and firemen on ninety eight western railroads still was in the balance tonight, althougl the employee!- announced today that the men had voted nearly unanimous ly to strike if necessary to mat alu their demands and that arbitration under the Federal law would not bo accepted. The railroads, through their genera1 manager's* committee, conteud that to grant the employees' demand wooli mean an incieasc ot $33,000,000 on anally in wages. The engineers and firemen ray that their requests aro fair and equitable. It ls expected that further confer ences will bc hold. Should negotia tions fail and thc employees stand by their announcement, the resulting strike would directly affect 66,000 en gineers and firemen and indirectly a much larger number of workers. The issues Involved. Tlie principal requests made by the employes of the roads were: Increasing in the rates of pay ot engineers and firemen In all classes of service. Number of hours after which over time will be paid in freight service be reduced from ten to eight houri and in passenger service from 10 to 6 hours. Overtime be raised to a basis of time and a half in freight service and double time in passenger ser vice. . ^.Engineers .and ' flreininvhe pafc? arbitrary thirty in iou tea nrnnarntory time- For each trip, instead of com puting rervlce continuously from ac tual time from reporting for duty. ' Allowances be made terminal de lays in addition to payment for the miles or the hours of the trip. Differentials paid for running mal let engines be Increased. Differentials between local freight service bc increased. Two firemen be employed on larg? coal burning engines regardless ot the character or length of tho run the tonnage hauled or the work re quired of thc firemen. Up to Halli eada, Chicago, ' July 14.-Conferences be tween the managers' committee and engineers and flrement of the ninety eight railroads west or Chicago will not be reopened, except at the request of the roads, representatives of the men announced tonight. Backed by a nearly unanimous vote for a strike tho men now hold that only by tho railroads yielding can a strike that might become the most extensive and distastrous in American railroading be averted. The result of thc referendum vote will bo presented to the general managers' committee in writing tomorrow. NO SOLUTION YET NELMS MYSTERY Reward Will Probably Be In creaked-Mrs. Nelmu Fears Women Are Dead (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Qa,, July 14.-Interest lu the natlon-wldo search for Mrs. Eloise Dennis and Miss Beatrice Nclms today centered about the arrival here of Marshall NelmB, who hastened home from San Francisco to aid and com Cloud Burst h Much : (By Associated Press) Raloigh, N. C., July 14.-With parts ot Raleigh under water from a cloud burst this afternoon. Willie Wllliam ston, thirteen-year-old negro boy, one of parties trying to clear drains over flowing business districts was caught in a vortex and drowned, his body going 630 feet through a culvert and stripped of clothes. The Carolina -Ight and Powor com pany was put out of commtslson.'two state prlnterlos, and -the Nowa and Ob server basements, among numbers of other basements swamped, soma be ing six-feet deep in water. Lightning rent the roof of the new > . ? ? -----J > ? reviews, as well as for his interesting and scholarly lectures. Dr. Currell is now In New York de livering a series of. lectures at the University of the city of Now York. HUERTA ON Tl FAMILY FL fort his motlier, Mrs. J. W. Neltus, of this elly. Tlie BOH, in order to ?void the crowd which sssemblod ut thu railway station hero, left the train ut Hast Point, a suburb. Ile then wont to his mother's borne. It was in an 'fTort to save Marshall Nohns fiom possible danger that his mother flrBt requested the assistance of tho police. She had received a letter, malled ut San Francisco July 3, which she believed written by Mrs. Dennis, in which her daughter Inti mated that she hint killed her sister, Beatrice, and intended to put her brother out of the way. Since that time a frantic hunt for lier missir.* daughters has been made by Mrs. Nelins without result. * Loial police officials today confess ed themselves baffled. Nu me rona clues, carefully followed up, have led to nothing. It had been expected that Mrs. Nelms would increase the re wards offu-ed yesterday for tho dis covery of her daughters, hut up to the present she has not done so. Mrs. Nelms today reiterated her convletlon that, both'Mrs. Dennis and Heat ric.' Nelms are dead. M ty He Nelms Women. Gulfport, M1.33.. July 14.-Two wo men whom Oulport officers1 bellove re semble Mrs. KIOIBO Nelms Dennis and her sister, Miss Ilcatrlce Nelms, aro , under surveillance here tonight, but offlcero -bave taken no positive action as the yuro not nure of their partial identification. The women were nt BU ox I for sumo time nnd today left for Gulfport. whore they remained for'a short time and then went by trolley to PUBS Christian. Early tonight they returned from PUBS christian and PH dark fell were on thc beach scanning the. horizon. O.Hcers believed tboy might 1--3 waiting for a boat to put In for them. BLE ASE HONORS CRAIG'S REQUEST rol?na Troops To Pass Through South Carolina Columbia, July 14.-In reply to tho request of Governor Craig of North Carolina, for permission for the troops of that state to puss through South Carolina en route to the Joint en campment to be held nt Augusta, Ga., Governor Mease today replied that tho . permission requested was un necessary as the troops did not In tend to enter tho state for military duty. * "However," Goveraor Blease wrote, "If you prefer permission from mo for your troops to pasB through, as a courtesy to you, it IB u pleasure for me to, and I hereby grant such per mission." . - CLAIM FOR $100,000 HAS BEEN PLACED Governor of North Carolina Try ing to Collect Amount From Federal Government Raleigh, N. C., July 14.-Governor Craig today closed a contract with ? Washington lawyers to collect sup-J posed claims of this state against the j federal government for furnishing troops and bearing expenses In the war of 1812, tho war between the states and the Spanish American war. It ls believed these claims will ap proach $100,000. Senator Simmons, clialrmnn nf the finance - committee, o fthe senate, was advised of the ac tion. haleigh Damage Done city market. Reported rainfall 3.4 Inches la one hour, the greatest la Raleigh ia 26 years. Damage, including electric, tele phone and telegraph companies, esti mated in excess of $100,000. The News and Observer ls publish ing tonight by using.lt own auxiliary plant This ls Josephus .Daniels' pa per. New Orleans, July 14.-The sinklog ot a fleet of thirty one coal barges at Lobdell, La., ls the roost serious dam age done by almost unprecedented rainfalls today and yesterday through out a large section -ot the state, ac cording to reports coming In here to night. The fleet, wss owned by the Baton Rouge Coal and Towtng Com pany. Each barge was loaded with 1,000 tons of coal, and the entire loss is.estimated at $160,000. iE RUN; EES TO COAST FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ALSO ON HIKE TO VERA CRUZ LEFT THE CAPITAL ON THE QUIET Boarded Train al Obscure Sta tion Under a Heavy Mili- . tary Escott (Dy Associated Press) Mexico City, Jatv/i4--At 10 Vclock tonight jtijjt?. >family of President Huert??mi^1 oi:.:r rela tives and cloW!Ifri{in.ds. left' the :apiial for Ver'ji. Crui aboa/d a special train. [Iw ttajn ?was com posed of three slftfepfrs afhd a bag iagc car. Running ahead of it .vere two military .trains- oa;.:ying 300 men. Following, came an other military train with' SOO troops aboard. Huerta Gdel Next. Mexico City, July * L*-The ramily of General B^"- i mini ster of war, al? e spe :ial. lt is believed t"_ ?tild?rtt Huerta, General Blai ^uwt and jther high official will leave the :apital ^pmorrow morning, ".. The party boarded the train at Villa de Guadalupe, a railroad station five mites from Mexico City. Only a few persons were "ware of their departure. IS STILL FEARED '--\ . Nothing Short of Unionist Amend ments Will Satisfy the Ukterttet (By Associated Press.) London, July 14.-The' House of -Ords today parsed the third re adln R >f the bill to amend the Irish homo nie bl|| and sent lt to the House of Tommons fer 'consideration. In its closing stage In the upper rouse thO Marquis of Crewe, Liberal ender, in the debate on the bill ln llrectly promised that tho attainment . >f an agreement In regard to the eli ntnatlqn of the time limit hy which he counties of Ulster wore allowed to rote on the question of their exclue on for a period of fax' years from the iperatton of the hom rule trill, would tot prove difficult. .VHe 'sold,' however, hat the area of uga portion ot fre und to bo exclud^?-.H?d been so rreatly enlarged by the Unionists that t would be a vexed, and critical luestton. *w?'fi'fi\? Tho Marquis of v^lnfflpwne, the Jnionist leader, reiteratedHhat notti ng short of the. Unionist amendment ould avert the imminent peril thal vas threatening. He'said' this was ils explanation of the j demand for he total exclusion'of the province of Jlster and he complained that. the government had given the Unionist io assistance whatever in the task o? ivertlng Civil war. Were Boisterous. London, July 14.-The Dally Mail's lelfast correspondent thus describes .he march of 100,000 to Drumbeg, "Battling and roaring like Maxim runs, the drums of Ulster today pro claimed the victory of the Boyne. Z ec all those drums were not thumped vit ii drum sticks In ..single heavy ?otes; they were flogged with loaded :aucB weilded by men .with wrists >f steel and the noise was the noise >f maxim guns. With boiler riveters working In chorus for five hours dong five Irish miles, the drums de lve red their mighty message to lister's defiance to the world." LUECO GUNTER SUCCEEDS TATE Superintendent of Rock Hill Graded Schools Ia Given Fine Position Ipeclal to The Intelligencer: Columbia, 8. c., July 14.-Lneoo looter, Superintendent ot the Hook li!! schools, was today named by $. 5. 3 wear Ingen, State Superintendent if Education, as supervisor or vur?l ch?ols in South Carolina-to s-tcce?i V. K. Tate who has gone tn Nhaievillo. fr. Quater is a native ..ot Aiken-op il i graduate of the University of tior^b. karolina. ^ Jil