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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. MESSAGE FROM AMBASSA DOR AT BERLIN IS KEPT FROM PUBLIC ONE CABLE SAYS THAT U. S. NOTE WAS DELIVERED; Lansing Not Advised as to Date' of Reply-Berlin Sentiment Unknown. 1 (By Associated Press") Washington, April 21.-Ambassador j fjerard cabled tho state department' loday that he delivered the American note to the German foreign office at four-thirty o'clock yesterday. While Secretary Lansing said he . had not been advised" when a reply would be Kent, odie ia ls indicated it was expect ed hy the middle of next week. A second message from Gerard today was guarded with secrecy, but it was, made known that the German Foreign Minister Von Jagow had informed Gerard that the United States* noto j would be given immediate considera tion. Dispatches are looked for mo mentarily from Gerard* regarding the. views of Cerman officials and the manner in which '.the note was re ceived. Von Bernstorff left Washington for the week-end today. He is not ex pected back before Monday ? unless] summoned. DEMOCRATIC CLUBS ? TO ELECT DELEGATES Today is Date Prescribed By Law for Th?in \ to Hold Usual ' Meetings. ? ...?;) + , Today, fourth Saturday in ? + April, the\22nd, ls the day the + ! ? Democratic clubs of South + " Carolina shall meet for re- ? + organization,-election of offl .I* cers and the election of dele- *> ? gates to the county conven- *l ? lion. Every good Democrat, *j + is expected to attend tho meet- * + ing of. his respective club Sat- +.1 ? urdny. Don't fail. It^hY. im- *! + portant that .-you be present. r , . ' ' ?! Various Democratic ol tbs of -. An derson/county, in accordance with the] rules of tho state.'.Democratic party, j meet 'today for the purpose of reor-j ionization and the election of dele gates to thc county convention. The| clubs wi IL also, olect new officers. I Officers of the clubs have during! thc pail , week published notices of j the meetings .the t|rae, place and pur pose being fully set forth, and they ask that club members .again be ad vised as to the importance pf being presemt today. 'Under the. rules for., 1016 delegates will be elected on thc bania.of the vote tn the first .primary of last election year,'and not upon 'the basis of enrollment as hereto fore. ClUnes?.Business Boom. "Peking. ?forch 2.1.-^Chinese com merce wU^.,thayerSouth Sea. Inlands, has.increased very rapidly Jn;recent vea ra. and more'than twenty-tho?B-1 and Chinese ' haya enter?u business operationsf in 'those islands. Conse quently, the minister ot foreign"."ai* .fairs ls arranging with the,"British government- for- tire appointment df a . Chinese consult' to? bo located in\ Brit-. ', Ish' ?oT^A;Bc*aei> to look aft?r% the .CninW?.ln^'eros)s'.>,'. '.' ? ? ?[; Increase of Money. ' ^ / Washington,' April 21. -The - popu lation of conlInisnii??: United states on April 1 was ivz^iOOQ as esti mated by thotWMnrir department r-taiisttcii^^n >-eo.ljp^.t(nS5;,the,f p^V; . capita money c?rc?lntlbrt ot the coun try which they plaea ;atJtS8.4i, art in criaio of $3.67 Over -.the per capita circulation on'April 1 dlast year. ? Hundreds Oo "From Caaadav y Landon;^ A"bril^i.^Ne^rr? 1,600 of Cana-5 dian soldiers. *t the front. have .been brought to England in the last few ?nojfltI]?v'::''M?ny^<^4i? ?eh? to be near coheir husbahde^nd^becauseMiVln? is^ne^r tba*in ??nidh, Still ?th era'came .fo- wor??- in munitions '.Tac' - '? :toinW.';.?- '-'?> - ' ? ? ONE IN HOSPITAL AS RESULT FIGHT ON EDGE OF CITY Hanks, of Iva, Painfully Injured in General Melee Late Last Night. As u result of what appears to have been a general fight between u party of men from the Iva sectlun, and some men ur boys from one of tho Ander son mill villages, which occurred late last night southeast of the city. Just beyond the city limits. Mi*. Charlie Hunks or Iva had to be- taken to the hospital. It was stated from there shortly after 12 o'clock that, while he was painfully injured, it waa not though t his wounds would prove serious. He had received several se vere blows about the face, resulting in fracture of bones. Sheriff Ashley and his deputies wore out making ar rests early this morning. Xo Arests wintle. Deputy Williams ?tated early this morning thut Mr. Hanks seemed to be the only member of either party to receive wounds of a serious na ture. The hands had dispersed when the officers reached tbe scene' of dis turbance. Everything was reported quiet in that section at 2,:.'10 this morning. No arrests have been made. SUBSTITUTE FOR OAS HS AUTOMOBILE FUEL Henry Ford Interested in Inex pensive Powder Discovered By 'Louis EnrichL (By .Associated Press) Farmlngdale, New York, April 2?. Henry Ford conferred here today with Louis -Enrlcht, who claims <to havo discovered" an inexpensive powder, which.by the addition of water can be substituted for gasoline fuel for au tomobiles^ The outcbmc of the meet ing was not disclosed. . PRICE CORN COB PIPES LEAPS UPWARD AND THIS TIME WAR NOT TO BLAME Aimiiia, .AI"1' - are going up in price. According to a local dealer in pipes and smokers' supplies, the price of Missouri rim eerchaum is soaring skyward along with print paper, blue dye for over alls ,and other necessities of life. The Atlanta dealer says that : the long suffering public will not have the solace of blaming ?his misfortune on the- war, although thousands ol tho American cob pipes are now on the firing line. Devotees of tho cob pipe claim that it ls superior to . ail others -in Ute satisfaction afforded, but- 'nbvf they:- will have to content themselves .with genulne . French briar or meerschaum, for the coba " have gone up 2?0 per cent and the end ls not yet in' sight. . .The,cob te now the aristocrat of plpedohi and costs two hundred per cent more than formerly.^ Thc dealer explain ca this condition ?by saying that tho entire supply of cobs for pipes is produced in three Missouri counties, and that for three successive seftsonB the crop lias fail ed. . JL-eea! Option toses. ' gas jj Atlanta:; A-oril 21 .-Prohibition In Georgia ivas ;o(ned by another Strong ally yesterday when tba .Georgia Fed eration Of trades in Savannah ' refusal ed to pasa a. resolution declaring in favor ?f a.return lo local Option.' ;A member -1 cf the Bar^Keepor'-? union' wH? introduced tho resolution WAS given scant consideration. The action'ot'the f?d?ration-was. no sur prise to lBbor: men of. this city, who declare. that individual, sobriety and temperance,* fdr :wniclrt all - unions , strongly stand, go hand in hand with crohlbltion statutes. - . ,.- : ",' , -.?""; -_?i Soldier Bon?- Aratte|.r|#^SM London, April ?1^IM Jw.ero?ki?i: ed' a?d many wounded ; in the streets '?ti .Vienna'outsknrt by f^eopold Flch ? WU affkndstrrip.; infantryman .t'\whp\ became insane while in charge* of tbs j' f police/ post; says an Amsterdam dis patch to 'the 'Bxcharige^ Telegraph; j Fich ter : (began tiring at those' In the ' r^wttse with him. Then he' opened a window: and 'fired upon crowds In the i.Streets, The tf??ftit?a f?reinen'-.were called in an; ?ffort to sud?e foffi?m I a^Kijjayed, a hose on hlm.. Me ,tlr*d .60 ???tfl boforo dropping his .weapon; HAD $400,000 IN SUITCASE Man Arrested tn Baltimore for . Recent Daring Theft of Mail Packages. (By Associated Press) Baltimore, April 21.-&-A mun giving his nume as Edward J. Quigley, hav ing In lils possession virtually all the Securities stolen from the register ed mull packages on an auteinobolie truck lu transit on the New York ferry boat February the twenty-sixth, was arrested here today. Securities found in lils grip are worth about four hundred thousand dollars. The ar rest ls consider id "luck" by the pos tal authorities. Quigley was seized yn Biispi? on ol' bolus wanted In ,9t. Louis for raising money orders. He fought arrest and tried to get a pistol from his pocket. When subdued he pro tested a, the s'*nrch of his grip. He said he found it on a train. (?eorgo Windall. who was with him wu? ar rested also. PPES1DENT PAYS HIS DAUGHTER ft VISIT Wilson and Wife Made Flying Trip to Philadelphia Yes terday. (By Associated Press.) Washington , April 21.-President Wilson today paid n bi'.ef vl3it to Philadelphia . to see hip daughter, Mrs. Francis Bowe? Sa> ? ami his youngest granddaughter. Eleanor. Axson Sayre, who wns born last month. He was accompanied by Mr?. Wilson. President Wilson went directly to tho Jefferson hospital, where his granddaughter was born and. later visited some ot" the sick. The presi dent nnd his wife returned to Wash ington tonight to spend Baster. NEGRO "MAMMY" MOVES INTO HOUSE WITHOUT NOTICE; WON ON NERVE Atlanta. April 21.-"Uncle Jim" Woodward, Atlanta's celebrated may or, hat' had more different kinds of experience .than befall the average | man, but he had a new one yesterday in the role of renting agent, which' ho maintains on the side, when "an old negro? woman suffering with pel logra moved into one' or h's houses without even asking- permission or ] getting the front door key. "If that don't boat the Dutch!" ex claimed ."Uncle Jim." Then: "Let her. stay" bs told his rent collector. "Any negro woman that's got that much nerve is entitled to some considera tion, and I'H'be hanged if I make her move." DR. FRAZER Ti> LK( TURK Speaks nt Toxaway Hall Tonight at 8 O'clock. Dr. W. H. Frazer will deliver bia lecture on the "American Negro" at the Toxftway mill hall this evening at 8 o'clock. . This.lecture ls already famous, and a good^crowd is expected < to attend. > TW???V? HOURS / "VOTES FOR WC .il ;- : M>.;>... .. ?r,./...'; ? '. ?jj ^^^^^^^^ i ' * '' ' ^' ' '^ * ^ * Ath?^ April 21. -Tv.o ^^c^ to?Hng; tba UttHt?d States in a Hltlo ' He's Going to Have Germany Declare War ?TO iwBfcl . ?BSHS BS ,r Wolf TOM. Igel. When Wolf von [gel, secretary of tho d;smls.?ed C?ptala von Papen, I who was German ni'lltary attache in ' Washington, was arrested on an in- j dictment charging [him with con- i spit ney- to blow up tho Wei ?and Canal, ho fought t1u> federal secret service men. They took him, under a warrant, in the office von Papen hud once occupied at 60 Wall street, New York. "I am a member of Hie German embassy staff," he cried. "This will mean war with Germany." QUAKER OATS NOT A TRUST No Violation Sherman Act By Company Rules Court of (By Associated Press.) , Chicago. April 21.*-Tito Quakers Oats company is not operating in violation of tito Sherman r.e.t, accord ing to a decision In th'cUnitod States circuit court of appeals hero today af ter a two daya argument. I). A\: R. to Meet. " Them will he a special meeting of the D. A. R. on Monday,afternoon at o'clock at, the home'of Mrs. J. ll. Vandlver.- "? ? VHEAD OF ITS SCI )MEN" CAR;-?RRI\ ARE PUSHING FRENCH HARD Germans Are Bombarding All Positions of the Enemy Around Verdun. (Hy Associated Press.) London, April 21. -Around Verdun ths Oriinaii!* uro heavily bombarding, ull French positions, especially those occupied l'y the French in their la?t attack on headman's hill, northwest of Verdun. In the sector from tho eastern hank of the M'Uise to Fort Vaux, artillery activity continues. Puris reports the the occupation of n portion of the '.'rater made by a German mine In Argonne Forest. Petrograd reports that Teuton at t'lcks in. rhe cast of Galicia, near Pep povngcra, huvo been unsuccessful. Tlie .Germans continue to bombar1'! the rtiisslans holding Ikskull Bridge hoad. The Genuun nssiinlts lo west of Clykit and north of .Mcurivntzn. were repulsed. BRYAN Din AS NEBRASKAN DELEGATE dent Commoner Not to Gd to Convention as Representa-. tive Home State. (Hy Associated Press) Omaha. Neb.. April 3J .-William .fennings Brynn hus been defeated as a delegate q,t large to the Democratic .National Convention, according to lat est returns from the preferential pri mary. Four of tho seven candidates will be elected. Bryan ls running sixth. Iratest returns give Cummins, of Iowa, slight lead, of Henry Ford. Republican presidential nomine'.'. Wil son ls unopposed. SCHIIAERTIN ATLANTA PEN, TELLS OF DARING . HOLD UP OF STEAMER . Atlanta. April 21.-Holding up single-handed the craw of a largo trans-Atlantic steamer ls a- regular cinch If you've got the nerve, accord ing to Krnest Sh'ller, the German subject expelled from England who startled the world by mastering tia> captain and crew of tho British steatn e;- Matoppo on thc high seas, and who was tried in Wilmington, De)., and given a life sentence In tho Unit ed States penitentiary In Atlanta for privacy.. . ?'. ., Schiller made his acquaintance yesterday with Warden Zorbet and tho 1,200 odd prisoners in Atlanta who will keep Mm company during h's protracted stay .III the prison, sonio of these being men, like schil ler, who aro sentenced for life. "I could have forced tho captain and c-'Pw of the Matoppo to take i to thc ship's boats if 1 had only a mind to" said Schiller'yesterday. "But'I didn't,want to commit murder, . and that's what, lt. woiiid have been to put them adrift In tho sen that waa Tunning. Also, lt would Imo been suicide, as I could not have managed the steamer single-handed, although I experienced no dlfhcultyjn manag ing thc crow 8ingle-haudcd%" 1EDULE TIJMIE RES AT ATLANTA HEAD OF TURKISH ARMS SUCCUMBS TO SPOTTED FEVER Baron Vendergohz> Famous Ger man Sir .legist, Posses at Age of 72. ('By Associated Pres*.). Amsterdam. Apr!) 21.-According to nn official Berlin announcement Huron Kelmur Vohdergoltz. com mander of tlio Turkish first army, died Wednesday at the Turkish army headquarters of spotted fever. Ho was considered one of Germany's greatost stragcgista. He saw ser vice in the Austro-Prussian war und Franco-Prussian war. In 1883 he reconstructed the Tur kish army.. In August. IOU, he was made governor or Belgium hut' was later relieved and sent to Turkey. Ho had been commandant ut Constanti nople and acting minister of war. Ho was seventy-two. BAGON IS AUTHOR OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS Circuit Jut?i o.WiU Allow Pub ilcatlon of Books Support ing Theory. (Hy Associated Press) Chicago, April 21.-Francis Bacon waB declared to 'be the author*' of Shakespeare's works in a decision rendered In an injunction ault by Cir cuit Judge Tuthlll .today. The deci sion dissolved tho suit to restrain the pubitcattos - ct b?SKM supporting tile Baconian theory. Tuthlll' aald th? vant bibliography submitted in the controversy "convinces the court that Francis Bacon ls the author." JNOSURRATT PASSES AT 72 Was Tried for Plot to Kilt Lincoln and Acquitted. Baltimore,; April ??.-john Harrison Surra'tt, last of tho corps ot alleged conspirators tried for Implication in the plot to assassinate/Abraham Lin coln, died here tonight at seventy two. He retired as general freight agent of the Baltimore Sto?m Pocket company '. recently. He served as ? confederate secret service agent, and when a warrant was issued for bin), he fled to Canada, Europe, Egypt and South America. He was acquitted af ter being brought back. GOOD ROADS BILL WILL BE REPLACED BVl?URAL CR?DITS I (By Associated Press) Washington, April 21.-After thiee' days debate on the B&tikhead good roads bill the senate adjourned today without reaching a votev Under the recently adopted legislative program the measure will be displaced by the rural credit* bill. This ls generally I regarded as meaning there will be no good r?t-do legislation this session. The Bankhead bill would appropriate seventy-five million dollars during tho next five years to be used with an enviai ' amount contributed by tho states for road building." .Commlefr.'oiv UaTernmint. Atlanta,' tia;. April 21 '-Atlanta '.js m for . another commission febVern? ment ftght that will fttirHhb. city* from center toMcIrcliraf??renee. Thei call for 'charter reform that wa < sounded by Mayor Woodward a few- days ago % a' me?fc'kg?, io g?nerui OOijocir has fenn taken, up by the newspapers and romiheot' ?lttzcns who. have long ad ty&ted a/change in the form of mun icipal' gov^rnm??it, and "alre?dy ' tho .dans tx:c gathering '-/for" Hhel fight. Within tho' last- five yearo Atlanta has been through-several hard-fought itf"gglcs Involving tJisdamental aJk .tec (n the charter and Vach-?me iii < .advocates cf- Tefonn 'bave - bee?t lt -to'route by the office-holder* and ~\i(Uo haye, a; well eritrench lion that bHterly ^reaentaj ;U? *e#a?}vie them from,, -their Moid" in the ?tty goVernmeoii- . <* . ; I J;. ..y, \ PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR OPERATIONS WITH COLUMBUS AS BASE ? ? ?. i GEN'L SCOTT AND FUNSTON CONFIER AS TO SITUATION _ :v;P Barbed Wire Stockade for Villa Prisoner* is Erected al Columbus. (By Associated Pross.) Coiumbuo, April 21 .-Preparations to continuo operations in Mexico froin this narie aro underway hero tonight. It waa aa'd that they would precedo thc pending outcome of a conference ;{ between (Jcneral Scott an.l General ? Punston nt San Antonio. Two heavily tadeed motor trains, consisting of twenty-seven truckB each, left for the front tonight. .The j erection of u barbed wire stockade for ' Villa prisoners way completed to night. THU CABINET TAKES NO ACTION IN THE MEXICAN SITUATION AT 'MEETING (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 21,.- No couru? ot action, in tho Mexican situation wau adopted ut tho cabinet meeting tort ny. ' Pendltig word from .. G werai Scott, who In in San Antonio preparing u report for the war department. . Secretary Baker reiterated. hts a tat em emt that no chango had been made in orders to General Fiumton. The department paid lt bad bo. khowJ> edge'et any change in tbs general or der issued by General Punaton to. General ' Pershing. Authorities' ,',' aa*^ mltted that onleial art vice? on the Fa*? ral dncidept dlferred ,that?rt?lly!?f f^m Carran****- report 7o:< ' U??. p^H!#?S*^! In tho clash by soi?i?rs of Carranga ?arriBOh. As a result of thl? the' United States' reply, to tho Carranza note, Baying the American government violated an agreement by entering Parral, will be treated separate from his request for the withdrawal of American' troops. .'. Progress of i the Felix Dins revolu tion, reported growipg. in the Garrah* sa section, of Mexico. I? being watch ed here anxiously, y ".*> ' BEEVES CHA?te Popular V??gsj^. F?ri?t?^ .^.^S??fir'," Makes Official Arltt?%?ite ment Thfe Morning. ? Mr. Reeves ChaaAlee,- a prosper1 sus young farmer. of' Starr, officially mnotmcea his, candidacy for super rlBor of Anderson county in thia Is sue ot The Intelligencer U lt was. rta ted* a few r-ontha ago that: Mr? ?hambi?e w?uid make . this race . Mr. Chamblee ls ' well-known " in ill sections of the' county sad rt very jopular. puring.Mr. Ben Pearman's erm as supervisar, ho. had charge..pf ho county convicts, there being hbo ;ang at that time, and it wt>s then ?hst ho gained^ much experience ' ia road work. Thin alto enabled him o become acquainted with the people n all ?sentions. Mr. Chamblee is ? good mixer, a nan of albillty.- and one, who, lt elect i'd, vouid doubtless g|v?: -st??f-c?en.