Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TWO WEEKS BARGAIN SALE lil Wal - BMW Bill ?HI?WIIIII From October 26 to November 7th Toasters $1.50, reg ular price. . . $3.00 1 pt. Water Heater $1.50, regular price . . . $3.00 Southern Public Utilities Co, B IJOU ".THEATRE j TODA V'S PROGRAM The Padrone's Ward.rowers Two reel drama dealing with the Black Hand gunga showing the Ital ian criminals' operations in the U. 8.. featuring Edna Mason, Lloyd Ingra fcam, Francis McDonald and others. i>ftphnla .American J Two reel drama of love and Intrigue or the West, featuring Winniefred greenwood and Ed. Coxen. Thoa? LOT? Pangs.Keystone 4 Comedy featuring Charlie Clint m an, the funniest comedian in pictures. The Country Store, and don't for get that someone has donated a fine turkey for tonight's grand prize. Coming tomorrow "Monsieur Blue* beard." two reel 101 Bison, "Sands of Er," two reel Majestic, and '"Across Court?* Joker comedy. Cominis Monday. "Protea," the greatest detective and mystery drama ever produced In five parts, also two peat comedies will bo shown. The price of admission wiii be. children ive, 'and adults, lbc. Remember this A Special Com munication of Hiram Lodge No. 68 A. F. fi*. Will be held this Friday night for the purpose of conferring the Master Mason's degree.. Lodge will convene promptly at 8 o'clock. AU members and visit ing brethren cordially invited. By order of the Worshipful Master. T. Frank Watkins, W. M. U. E. Seybt, Secy. Make Your Dollars I Mr. Poner reports that his caa rpapers, la which he ha? advert?* bas gotten quite a alee .?crease ? ? This is as lt should be) If tia pje claim they ara, thea it will pi papers." sad thea take your m one for yea. Nine times oat et tea-the stol aad service aires the best value li Haven't yea found tats tract Its as much the business of tl la the economical spending ef the husband to cara toe money la UM Watch the advertisements ta Hews" of Interest and money savit spending ef year money. Tea aaa earn geed wages rei Women Now H Suffrage I Abo Have Right to Vote For Cer States-Women Aided in V ington, Oregon and <H> A floriated Prov ) CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Women now have Tull suffrage in ll States, ac cording to latest returns tonight, which apparentlj gave the franchise to women in Nevada and Montana. Sufirage amendments were loading hy 1,317 in Montana and by ?l.?il'U in Ne vada. In addition women have the right lo vote lor certain officers in 2D other States. In Illinois thev nmy vote for all stiltutory ofllres, ireluding ores! dentin] electors. The 11 woman suffraRe State, with the time of granting the franchise, aro: 1- Wyoming. 1890. 2- Colorado. 180.1. 3-Utah, 1896. 4- Washington. Ii?10. fi-California, 1912. ?-Arizona, 1912. 7- Kansas. 1912. 8- Oregon, 1912. *.?-Nevada, 1911. CLEARING HOUSE CEI GREATLY R (Ky A--.i i..t..I Piro.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.-Clearing house certificates issued in large cit ies nf the country after the outbreak of the European war have been great ly reduced in amount, according to a statement tonight hy Comptroller of the Currency Williams. "Reports from all portions of the country," said the statement, "indi cate an emphatic relaxation of finan MAKING DESPERATE PREVENT INCREi '? y Aioociatdl Pres?.) VENICE, via Paris, Nov. 5. (10 p. m.) I -Both the Austrian and Hungarian governments are making desperate ef forts to present further increase in food prices. Tho Austrian minister recently di rected that after December 1 bread shall contain not more than seventy per cent of ryt* or wheat flour meant the remainder to consist of barloy, maine or' potato meal. The decree pro hibits exchanging stale white brear! nt the oakeries or returning this bread. TA i>H>y?t ?J.- ---?;-- ?jg HCUV iwc government bas ordered mills to re strict the quantity of the finest grad es because the milUag of these produc NEGOTIATIONS ARE 1 A SUCCI WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-Although there were no further conferences at the treasury today on the foreign ex change situation, it became more ap parent'that negotiations between the representatives of the English govern ment 2.nd ? the federal reserve board are reaching a successful conclusion. Sir George Painu abd Basil B. Black ett', the English representatives, prob ably will see Secretary McAdoo and the hoard again tomorrow and some definite announcement may follow. Officials said to?mf that reopening of the Xondon and New York Stock exchanges was not a purpose of the conferences, but lt became known that this question ls considered ot vital importance la connection with the forolgn exchange problem. It ts fsjrly well established in the Do Their Foll Doty ipalgn of sdrertlsing la the local led "Specials" at special prices la business. >es are half as bad as sams peo ly all to ?shop Aral la the local y where lt will do the best work re which advertises goods, pri?es i toads, prices ead servies. ie housewife te kelp sa ? * aoaey Boney, as lt ta t?* duty ef th* t tost place. i th* Intelligencer for "Store ig pecaJklltUM le yee ia Ike ??lng these ads. 8A8SBEK, The Ad. Sen. ave Full n Eleven States tain Officers in Twenty Other oting Prohibition in Wash Colorado Tuesday. JO-Montana. 1911. ll- Idaho, 18?6. Thc 22 States allowing partial suf frage tr> women are: Connecticut. Delaware, Iowa. In diana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan. Massachusetts, Minnesota. Nebraska (defeated full suffrage Tuesday), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio. South Dakota. Vermont and Wisconsin. Late returns bear out early indica tions that full suffrage amendments wie defeated Tuesday in Ohio. Mis souri. Nebraska. North, North Dakota and South Dakota. OfllccqB of the National Woman Suf frage association tonight declared women voters were instrumental Tuesday In passing the amendments in California that drive out pugilism and segregated vice quarters. Wo men aided materially, suffrage lead ers claimed, in voting prohibition for Washington. Oregon and Colorado. RTIFICATES EDUCED IN AMOUNT cial tension, an increasing supply of loanable funds, and steady and unin terrupted progress towards normal conditions. "In New York the dearing house loan certificate? already have been materially reduced and are being grad ually retired. Charleston and Colum bia, South Carolina, report none is sued. Buffalo. Savannah and Nashville none outstanding." EFFORTS TO \SE IN FOOD PRICES -.ii a smaller percentage of flour than lo coarser grades. In Hungary the government's effort *o restrain landed proprietor n who are said to be demanding exhorbitant prices for grain have failed. The min istry has warned farmers that steps will be taken to import flour from America. Meanwhile military author ities have requisitioned large quan tities of flour, paying considerably be low the market value for lt: As a consequence the i -Un trade in Hun gry i: it i esssp?ets T~d=til?. AB the 'iltltary must have some flour soon, the' situation is becoming acute. BEACHING LSSFUL CONCLUSION minds of officials herc that tho New York exchange will not reopen un til after January 1. and lt has been the idea in many quarters that the London exchange will not reopen much sooner. There is every prospect that there will be a further under standing whon the exchanges open aa to the scope of transactions to be permitted. It was pointed out today that re opening of the exchanges depends to a large degree on a restoration of norma! conditions both here and in England. How near normal English finance may tva is hard for officials three thousand miles away to deter mino but their close watch of reports of how the English government ls financing the war and protecting banks and the whole structure of English credit baa ted nome of them to believe that nearly the usual situ ation obtains. Thirteen States Have Prohibition (By ABOCUUKI Fm.) CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Fourteen States now have laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages as a result of Tuesday's election on the face of to night's returns, which show that pro hibition was adopted in Arizona. Washington, Oregon and Colorado. The states which prohibit the sale of liquor are: Arizona, Georgia. Kansas, Maine. Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon. Tennessee. Washington, West Virgin ia. North Dakota. Oklahoma and Vir ginia. The Alabama legislature at one time passed a prohibition bill, which was enforced for a time and later repealed. A constitutional amendment was de feated. South Carolina is largely sc usder various acts. A score of States have local option lawa Bank Officials Senfcaeed. WHEELING, W. Va, Nov. 5.-M. B. Summers, formerly cashier of tbs First National bank of Weat Cn lon, W. Va. and C. B. Martin were sen tenced today to serve five years In the penitentiary by Federal Judgo A. G. Dayton on a charge of embezzling $30,000 of tbs bank's funds. The men were associated together la a brok erage business. Concedes Klee!h.a te Britt. ASHEVILLE, N. C. Nov. e.-Cong ressmen Gudger's campaign manager today formally conceded the tatton of J. J. Britt. Republican candidate for Congress from this th* tenth dis? trict. Tbs election of Mr. Britt breaks th? solid Democratic delegation from thia Stats to Congress. Mr. Britt's ma jority will range around 700. SUGAR COMPANY WANTS ANTI-TRUST SUIT SETTLED BY AGREED DECREE CASE IN COURT FOUR YEARS Department ol Justice Officials, It U Understood, Decline to Accept Proffer. (By A'-vTintfi! PrfnS.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The Ameri can Surgan Kenning Company bad made another proposal to the depart ment of Justice to end the govern ment nnti-truHt suit against it and to settle the question of its alleged mo nopoly of sugar production by an agreed decree such as recently was made In thc New Haven railroad civil case. Although department of Justice of ficials declined to discuss the proposal it was understood herc tonight that James M. Beck, counsel fer the com pany, made the proffer and that lt was declined. It was said that the fact that the case is now In the courts and that a decision may be expected shortly figured in the refusal. It is not known here Just how far thc company was willing tb go in meeting the depart ment's demand's, but it was under stood that lt would not agree to all those set forth In the government's prayer for a dissolution. This is not the first time that ne gotiations have been set afoot to bring this case to an end with resort to the long way through the federal courts. About a year ago there was an effort to bring about a compromise but it proved unsuccessful Just as the pres ent proposal. The case against the alleged trust was begun about four years ago when suit was flied under the Sherman act In the federal court in New York city. It was directed against the American and other companies, thirty in all, with an aggregate capital of $230,000, 0000 and the alleged control ot a large part of the sugar output of the coun-. try. 1 Mnnaa?' The government charged in Ita com plaint that the combine was able to fix prices arbitrarily, that lt suppress ed competition, ground rivals out of existence and that it violated the law lp many ways. Railroad rebates and customs frauds were mentioned aa devices to these ends. The bill alleg ed that the combination controls about 72 per cent d| the output of su ~ . fl ' President Wilson to Take Vacation (Ry A-KK mt ed Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-President Wilson, to secure a few days ot rest, today cancelled all engagements until next Tuesday. The regular cabinet meeting for tomorrow was called off, and the President planned to apeno, aa much time as possible playing golf and taking automomblle rides. It was generally expected' that the President would leave Washington for a short vacation after, the election, but1 no vacation plans have yet been made. Mr. Wilson believes he should remain here because of unsettled conditions in Europe and Mexico; The President will noon begin con sideration of the five appointments he is to make in December .to the new trade commission. Several Democratic congressmen who failed of re-election want positions on the commission. Representative Palmer, defeated for re-election to the Senate from Penn sylvania, and Commissioner of Corpo rations Daviea are being mentioned as possible members. Composition of New Italian Cabinet (B- Aaaoriattrf ACM.) PARIS. Nev. 5. (7:45 p. m.)-A Ha ves dispatch from : Rome ?lves the composition o' the new Italian cabi< net as followr: Premier and minister of the inter ior-Signor Salandra. Minister of Foreign Affaira- Baron Sldnoy Bonntno. Minister, of connies- Signor Mart? mi. Minister of Justice- Vittorio E. Or land. Minister of the Treasury- Paolo Carean. 1 Minister of Finance- Signor Do? eo, ' Minister of Public Work?- Signor Ciufolll. Mininer of Public Instruction - Signor Grlppo. Minister of Agriculture -Signor Cavaella. Minister ot War- General Zupelll. Minister of Marine- Vice Admiral Vtale. Minister bf Posts and Telegraph Signor Rlccio. Freight Rate AivaaeeC GALVESTON. Texas, Nov. .5.-The ocean freight rate on cotton to Nor way waa advanced here today 20 cent? per hundred pounds to $1 per hun dred. ,\&&&?'? Sunday Baseball Illegal. . (By yiooriutd Pw-.) WASHINGTON. Nov, (.-The court of appeals here today Traversed a rul ing or a lower court and held that Sunday baseball tn the national capi tal ls Illegal. NO ROOM FOR THIRD LEAGUE Owner? of American League for Peace, But End to Baseball War Is No Nearer. (By V ?.:>'.] ?'1,1 CHICAGO, Nov. r>.-Club owners o? the American league here today put themselves on record for peace, but brought no nearer au end the baseball war. Rumors that overtures had been made to the Federals were denied. The only discussion of the Federal situation lasted but half an hour. In that time everyone of the eight clubs' representatives declared for peace, but it was the general opinion that peace can be reached only by absorp tion of the F?deral league, not through Its recognition. "There is no room for a third league," they agreed, and the elimi nation of competing clubs in Chica go, St. Louis and Brooklyn must be included in any truce terms. As .'or the New York club, Frank Farrell, its president, arrived just as the meeting broke up, and declared emphatically to newspaper men that' tho Yankees are not for sale. It was said, too, the discussion of a propos ed transfer had taken place in the meeting, but thc desire of the league for better conditions in New York was admitted. Except that some of thc clubs had as many as forty men on their pay rolls and could not dispose of them because of fear of the Federal league, there was no reason found to war rant recognition of tim federals, the club owners said. Plann ?for distri bution of extra players among the minor leagues in a way to assure they not being signed by the Federals will be left to President Johnson and nii'dor league owners at thc Omaha meeting. Manager Mack, of the Philadelphia club, refused to make * formal charge against Manager Jenn lng?, of Detroit, accused of giviug out thc news of waivers being asked on Plank, Band ar and Coombs. Mack said he had burled the hatchet. The charge that Manager Griffith, of Washington, had Informed tho Boston Braves ot the Athletics' "weakness," contributing to 'hu defeat of his own colleagues, was not taken seriously. AVIATOR BURNED TO DEATH ALDERSHOT. ENGLAND, via Lon don, Nov. 5.-(11:10 p. m.)-Aviator Busk, of thc aircraft staff, was burn ed to* death in mid-air today when % biplane he was testing caught fire. Thc biplane burst into flames about 1,000 feet above the ground. Bink tried to descend by gliding. He con tinued this for nearly a mile, the craft biasing furiously. 000000000000000 0 . * ? LATE "L'LL"T;~S. V o o 000000000000000 OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 5.-The Cana dian government, in order fco be pre pared for emergencies at - home and tn Europe, will enlist and mobilise without delay four regiments of Ca nadian mounted rifles, it was an nounced tonight. THE HAGUE, Nov. 5.-(Via Lon don. Nov. 6. 1:10 a. m.)-Residents of Dutch coast villages have heard ail extremely cannonading all day. The lound came from a southerly direc tion. . ?OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 5.-Thc Cana?] ian government has decided, it waa cLsu?unced tonight, thai residents ul Canada born in the Ottoman Empire shall receive the same treatment ac corded Germans and Austrians. _ BERLIN, Nov. 6.-(Via London, 1:20 1. m.)-Fog was responsible for the loss of the German cruiser Yorck, which struck a mine and sank in Jade Bay November 4. This statement Is made by the Lo kal Anseiger. PARTS. Nov. 6.--(12:40 a. m.)-A Havas despatch from Madrid says: "Premier Dato declared In the chamber of deputies tonight (Thurs day) that Spain would continuo strict ly neutraL" PARIS, Nov. D.-(2:47 p. m.)-The French official announcement given out in Paris this afternoon says that the Allies have made slight progress to the east o? Nleuport on the ri':ht bank of the Yser. LONDON, NOT. 5.-(11:3? j. m.) Great Britain today formally annexed th? Island of Cyprus In th* Mediter ranean which nominally formed ? part of the Turkish Empire. PARIS. Nov. 5.--(3:30 p. m.) President Polncare has sent a lotter: to War Minister Millerand In which he declares that after a long series of violent engagements the Allle? have repulsed Ute desperat* attacks of th? enemy. PETROGRAD, Nov. 5.-A Turkish army 90.000 strong ls massed along .the Caucasian frontier, according' to the Nove Vremya, Ma- village? have bean occupied by the ont post a ot this army. LONDON. Nov. Tu (4 p. m.)-Th* British min? sweeper Mary was sunk by a mine,In th* North sea today. Six of the crew of 14 Wera rescued. Th? eurvtrore, who were landed at Lowestoft reported heavy gun firing oft tba Yorkshire coast this after-* noon. LONDON. Nor. ?.-(t:5? a. m.) According to tba Daily Hall's Rotter* dam correspondent Ostend inhabi tants har* been ordered to uk* to their cellars with five days provi sions, i < I. N. Holland of Anderson. R. P. ?>, was among tb? visitors to the city yesterday. Palmetto Theatre TODAY'S PROGRnM : "Perils of Pauline" "WHAT BECAME OF JANE" # Comedy-Selig. "THE EYES OF A GENIUS" Two reel Special-Kleine. "A MOTHER'S ATONEMENT" Drama-Kalem. The Imperial Musical Comedy Company ", presents ' WANTED. A WIFE" "Oh You Palmetto! Watch the Lobby Sahinky. LUCKY Captain. (By Anorintrd Press.) QUEENSTOWN, via London. Nov. 6. (6:17 p. m.)-The German sailing ship Melpomone, which sailed from Tocopilla. Chile, July 8 with nitrates, was towed into Queenstown today by a British cruiser. Captain Ingleman said neither he nor his crew had heard that a war was in progress. I v.: Habit Anyone who farades here knows that we know Shoes, and that no matter how low the price, they are first, lest and always good Shoes that come from,, this store. Sssart new patterns ovsr ?ha. nswo** lasts with the latest heels are here for you. GEISBERG BROS. SHOE CO. Under Masonic Temple. Shoes That Saf.LV? -:-1-;-" .?, ?wnw? *yLTs i.- .nrrT-*"1 |]M That all those who are finking of buying homes,, ct?u?d spend a wtsk or two in North Anderson. FOR We are sure if you once lived in North An derson,-even a week or two,-you would continue to live there.