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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. HARRY FORMAN IS SHOT I BYcC?STQMr?FnCIALS ?NEAR -JUAREZ WiLL INVESTIGATE Carranza's Representatives S^yj American Drunk-Company Commander Refutes Statement -i (By Associated. Press.) Kl Paso,-.May 18.-Sergeant Har ry Gurman, member .of a machine gun company of the twenty-third infantry, was 3hot and killed on Mexican soil -v milo and a half east of Juarez- today by Mexican custom officials. Carranza officials say Fur man crossed ? tho border Intoxicated ) and fired on tho oustoivis guards. Furmans company commander enid ho saw him'a short time before and he was not drunk. An investi gation showed Fur man got onto Mex ican soil while searching ".tor stray j mules. 19s pisl?l bad been- dis- ] charged twice. .... . OE FORGE Being ?n Fayby Tim Pian Preai-j cknt WM Speric Before ":.' 'Peace'League , (Hy Associated Press'. ) Washington, May 18.-President Wilson announced today that he had accepted an invitation-, either ?Friday or Saturday of next week j to speak (before tho. league to enforce peace of which Taft has been presi dent since' the ? outbreak of war. President Wilson has declined con sistently to speak before the peace organizations. ." Recently he has .l>??n advocating something for which tho leanne ls working, name ly: " the: formation of ai league bf na tions with, a; common-police force to maintain peace abd | the establish' ment of au tnternatiotfal- court. . INSECT RESEMBLES THE MEXICAN BOLL WEEVIL I Pea Pod Peal Atlanta C^?tot' . ----- Atlanta, May IS.^-Tfee( mails yes ; teruay brought tho state agricul tural department' et tho, capitol .'a ' sinai] glass phial containing a spo ;' olcs'.of. lasects, resembling the Mexi can ?oil weevil. ''-Th ey-Were feent by T. Jj. ?iiim?oy of.0hellman,.Oa. Th? state entomologist diagnosed the In sect as A pea pod; Weevil and no re lation : Do* the ^esctcaa boll weevil . 'rho pea pod. waa vir ts almost iden tical to the tool 1 weevil with t/io. ex ception that it fa of a much darker ?calor, belng vclassed as a. brunette rather than a blonde, lt is noV tho cotton pest according" to tho entorno ' Jog?Bt.'v'.r.-'.;"'..*...'.' '.;''"..: .._":'': v"1' sVTo '-.-.'vi iJct ry "Lynch ^onWied. .- ?': ';:? _ .liondop,, .^?ayv ; l? .?^-Jefenilah ? c, ? ?yutft,-of'No^r , York,, tried and con ectad <by court .martial in DHibtin on tftoi'anarie bf p?rttcipatinx ; ?h ina IHuh roVclt.-. ?Sentesco Was to" bo-pro. nuftgfttSd tbdayj bat no word ?Vas* rei eel ved st,*<\o American em ba&ay of tho; ?^ht??e j imposed. ." ,'.>' ' . Kai?'. Are- *?bbo^??.. ' New York. Me*Ibv^ProhiaW?n nurtrage, ptep?r?dnssa and bata taboo .':-;?S?ma^V^;'tt???eaorat (<edera ilb?-idjr woman?*altin*. meeting on w?hiaad?y: .No^ a bat wiil toe allow ed on th?, floor;-end workmen ara .'$lisy; -erecilhg jcleak., toom?; to take . caro ol 9,000 of theta' daring : each geaalon. ^ { ? ' . ... ^.'?aa>i3?t^':^r?tt' Growiag;/' Oalveslen, Tox!,???ay I?-^PriVate .?at?aataj?ad^^ :<:odays stair. raW?-v;f*eaH#nt .?atrada-^bi^r*' ?t?f flufaaiftla .t? preparing ito ,. flee itsaea^sMpN^a^ FBI BIG MY FAIL tb ?PPR?VE 5-YEAR PROGRAM OF DANIELS ?ND PRESIDENT OVER 200 MSLjl/ ~)N Thc Naval Appropriation Bill Largest Ever Presented To A Congress (By Associated I'reas.) . Washington,'' May 18.-Adminis tration forces in congress loct the first skirmish in naval preparedness today when the house committee ibroKO a five day deadlock and com pleted the naval appropriation? bill] without approving the five-year pror gram advocated by President Wilson] and Secretary Daniels. As finally] agreed en, the bill authorizes thc construction in 1917 of fivo battle I cruisers against two dreadnaughts | and two (battle cruisers recommend ed hy Daniels; four scout cruisers, increase of one over tho depart ment's plan; ten destroyers, as flgr-Jneb fifteen recommended; twenty submarines, three to 'be eight hun dred ton boats,-, compared with a fivo fleet and twenty-flvo coast de fense submersibles recommended. The total amount carrlos two hun drori end ;?orty. .mljjtpa. .dollars, the I largest naval appropriation hill over] presented to a congress. . ? Y/??lle the appjrbnrlatloh promised is slightly larger than recommended hy Daniel;;, there i's great disappoint ment over tho failure of the five year program and to pr?vido for dread naughts.' Daniels said he had hot j lost hope until congress adjourned. The senate, which . always increas es tho houso naval -bills, ls relied on to restore Uie'battleships. "UNCCLE JIM" WOODWARD MAY RUN FOR GOVERNOR | Friends of Atlanta Mayor Urging j Him to Make Race Atlanta. May 18.-Mayor James G.; Woodward, of Atlanta may enter the 'race ' for governor bf Georgia. He has ?been frequently mentioned in this j connection, but most people thought it was ? joke, lt se ims nbtg^hat .'Uncle Jfm" * getting so'marly*fet ters on tho subject that ho is forced, to g Ivo the matter, serious considera tion. Conseil neut ly, ho may a?r bounce, but not now. He) says I Ira will haye an answer i'or tho j folks 'about .'Juno 1st: ; - "Thor .? ls plenty, of time,", says tho, mayor when ho wes asked about tft?; governor's race? I never did be lieve , In. long campaigns, abd* if ? i shbuld^ decide to get In tll>i jtafae 1 would prefer to bb tho lost candi dato to announce. "Jiino ? Will leav.o plenty of tinio Tor a campaign if I wahl in make ode." SWEDEN AMD AMERICA ARE O? BEST OF TERMS j Editor* From' tina Country Get A Wi ' v': . ' . ! : ; -(By . Associated Prciit);) ' ! Stockholm,. BW?^epf; May 18.^tue re*>flt visit ti Swe'Wn Ot ? nart^f?t editors abd publishers of Bwe-iiah newspapers tn the United states was! ihudo tho occa3ton''3K?OT sloes cf renewed good will amt friendship between Swedsp ana Aiperica. These expressions-. saine .trojb,, om Wala, abd, business men abd the dominant !? note was , the v bellell that as:a tesblt bf tba war tb? r?iaj ticas .between;. ?he, two countries had ?grown . " steadily . inora intimate When the nye* ls ended lt ls felt hf? thai the ti-ado between .. the -United States amt Sweden viii ba largely augmented. '. Eugrareys Suffer. Atlanta. ;Mhy 18^A^?eo W thu price- Ot metals and chemicals caus ed1 by tito t?nropean war has torcod Atlanta engravers and thorin other s?a?i?nri selieikes oe^;ad in the. fatnr* cuts w?t^bs..sont .in a^cordtt^ with tho ?eal?- ; > Aged Guerilla Chief j Col. John S. Moishv Col. John S. Mosby,'the famous guerilla, chief in tho Civil war, is ill In Washington, ?ml relatives fear for him. He has been a picturesque figuro In tho capital, where lie l.'.as lived many years. S. S. Work Is Now Makmg Big Strides Optimistic Report Made To Gen eral Assembly of Preaby , terian Church ' <P? Aafjo?lst?&i gr-sss.-;)- ...... Ott?n?t?, Fla., May 18.-Hov. C. W. Orando, pastor of Union church, a country charge in the Presbytery of Mississippi, was olectAd moderator of tho Pres byterian ctmrch in the United States here today. -The name of Dr. J.L. Mauze, a prominent j St.. Louis minister, . was suggested as moderator, but: he;wlthdr.?w in favor of .Mr. / Grafton. Tho election of Graf ton, rwho bas t'?en 'preacher for fortor-B?ven '. years In ono charge .antr rides a circuit from tho Un ion church to Bonsalcm,- Misa., ls due ,.to tho interest, . Presby terlari'j are nuking In tho work ' of the country church. . ? (By- Associated Press.-) Orlando'/Fla., May 18--Torrjtory hitherto -untouched - has -boen roach ed, a f?ur?ber of now Sunday,-schoolo orga'.vL-cd and many j conversions'?e ported ea [a result of tho. year's work o^ the " Sunday school extention lea /ru'o, .acc?rdfng J.0. ?T10 '.report' .of " thc ojo^tiVo', cbmhiUtce., oh publication presented to tho'general assembly of the 'Prosbytorian Church In tho Unit ed States hero ' today. Thirty-one workers '.we're" engaged In tho -Sqi** day; ?chb?l field ;?n" ' fourteen-1 syiifds afid:-um?toeh;pr??byi?rfe3. v ' ; The committed - also told of Cherye"; t?bllshu?cnij : during the -past winter of . the. .Family t Alter ; league . under ; tho direction of the committee and: ; lue as?i?t?uct of tho lierm?ncht 'cbm mlttoo oh Sabbath, and religion/. Th? ?report Mn this :'. corin, cotton said, fr was -'the J committee's : plan lc ? rinllst o very pastor itt ?tho ,work. Tho repbrt Bkowed that. thc . book vallie ot property' ' bi ; the hands ot the i committee had .increased- from ,f t?f,?00 i? 1914- ta 5284,708 at $5C, 718 to the benevolent, fund. Tho "committee's book 'depositories! In Ttich?hdnd a^d Texarkana showed t?ial'sales- for the yoar -of $245,fi?8 end a net ;prof(f, of $113,104. ^ ; Glib COAST O?DERT D Sixty Milo Gale Causes " Ramage Washington, h *tay \t8, -~l??b ' weath or . b?reh?" ordered - storm ' warnings' tonight, idr .tho .gulf coast from Bay bf St. vLbnls. Mlssieslppl, to ! Cedar 't?^^JWbWda'/^A strong- gulf dis '?wt?p>. in moving eastward. A ghla i lasting 'twenty- minnies and Teaching a velocity of sixty miles did sr?rne dnma'gfunt Hay of St. Louis today. , . <.-. ' j Pittahurgbi Po.,. May lfc-Dem*nd :fng Wgher -s/ages, 325 ^employ?*: ; ol tibe Copper Works department of the ?^^^l^ ^?att |M^factAr^ tsst few A?utha but the ccm> .paar.united:-tb'? accWb to their dei ttttuds this time. ililli PUSHING CAMPAIGN AGAINST BANDITS WHO RAIDED ?tfeNN jSPRl?GS INTEREST^ OF U. S. Plan? Being Made To Protect American Properly While Nc gotiatipns Pending (By Associated Prcas.) Washington; fctty 18.-Plans ,vbr measures to protest American Inter ests In Mexico arp hoing undertaken by tho state-department. wiij|e walt ing for a reopening of diploma: > discussions with. Carranza. Several American consuls from Interior Mex ican points arrived in El Paso today for a conference" pn tho subject ot "American interests, in Mexico. Tho state department today an nounced that there are twelvo hun dred persons tu "tho American colo ny in Mexico City .and less than three thousand American:; Jn all Mex ico. Consul :batcher of Chihuahua City, whoi ls " in ?l Paso, will con,o to Washington for a conference. According toVadiyicea (Jonerai Tre vino is pushing his campaign against the bandits who raided /Benn Springs. Colonel Sibley of tho Amer ican expedition ? has a hase forty miles south or tin; border, lt is be lieved tlio bandit:: may bo caught be tween Currun;-:.-* cud . American fore Urga&elay?n ?jiji?cWs Death ?sirishReh?l ?President Sends Ambassador Page Word To Stay Execution of Condemned American ' , I .". : - V . (By Associated Prcsy,.") Wasliington, May 18. --President Wilson, acting on the request of Senator O'Gorman, pf / New York, sent a message tonight to Ambas sador Pige at London directing him to make ?vcry effort to'socure | ? d?l?y in tho execution of tho death i sentence on jeremiah ,0. Lynch, of .Nw York, a naturalized American convicted by court martial ns being its plicated in tho Irish uprising. UNABLE ^ DEMAND FOR PETROLEUM Nearly $S,?0Q,O0O Profita Shown Aa Result of War ' ? f >... -4 (By Associated ; Prest'. T, Zurich. SWltsorland, May 18.~ With imports of American' ?il ?cdt off ;by the British blockade, petrol eum companies in Cer.many have been ?unable to suppig th j demand, tvnd tho situation created by these conditions accounts "tor.thoicnorracuij profits shown ,'n tho iM5< report o? th?* German ;Petroiomn company, 'just issued. These profita amount ed.1 to nearly #5060,000,; or a roturtt of 4>5. per cent on the cajjjtal ? ' "De ducting payment of tf\'e govero mont's special .war ta* ?n p^.it???th? ;net ?forlte for the year w?re .$3,|L50,<100. or eftout '41 $et cent1 o?]Xbe . capital.1 > Tue" ?oia'paay'hus d^arAd a dul dend of-?.86 -ber centras compared with ?81?*r cant in 18?4>when -the profits ^ wore, *,l,625,(?po^ ;..'.> Ot *?e*im net pf?fllr;, fthe com Sf&y aal a?de4 $aao?^H);;for; an nsso elxtion: of^^a^i^.-M?\':^Bri.'^ia&-K aloyad^ $.?0.000 . to the national 'fund forj.tU?survivors Ot'the:w?r; '? . : ^ Ol* '?tolci r' Ar? " fief?K* galled ? ' % . ?/ortdon. A?aV? l t?*&fciExchahge Tel CR raph ' company dlapat?h, from Geneva- ?tates that all/ T?rks of 60 ihd older;rebiding, in that ?wlss City have been, recalled for'military ?or-: ' - ..'.'. H?ifor '<Head< #fee? Washington;j*ar 10,-^jNt?wing a conf?re?^ hetween President Wil apa >.at??fj^r?tary ?a?wlaV the ?At lantic fleet will toe reorganized hnd i Admiral Mayo will be named to suc ceed Admiral Fletcher, HOME FOR AGED, AN ACCl W> AJAY E. ARCHER.; GI LUG KN , Would Conmi Russians Mel Prisons To ?-Ml La .p:>'i(By. AuwiclatiHi Press.), Amberville, May 18.-Plans'-towitta ui le sion uri es into German- and AUK? trlin prison mmps to attempt - to convort' to tho Baptist faith "twp mil lion Russian prisoners of war" wore outlined to tho Southern Baptist con-! Parla. May 18.- Tho following let ters found upon oiheors and sobMorB pf thc Ucrniau 'army t i la; a . prisoner a rmi nd Verdun, are given oat at Kreuch 'headquarters us Indicating tho 8t%to of mind of i/:?.olncera;'slnce thc failure of thc first an. .mit, and of tho feeling of tho soldlora'. fami lies at home: A"lotter written hy Lieut. Hordes 'pf tho* 8ist-German infantry lo bl? I parents %?jra: "Our losses in ofllc?ra I aro sV co.f .dderfcble that I waa 'obliged, to take commandof tho 6th com pony. \Vp" are/now in.the first li?o, .and I nih crouched inxa. Illtto mudrholo that must protect me from tho trnj;? I meats of tho enemy's shells ; thst j. como .uninterruptedly. I have Boen ? .great "deal jh - tho. course of 'this war, -but'I'.liad'not'Mi'.been.in,a sit uation ?o';'indescribably frlgbt??i? Ira aro "day ;? td hight under a frightful, artillery tiro'.'.' The French' aro mak ing a monsti??sly stubborn ' rcste taflce. . On tho 11th, when wo"(nido an ?-ttsahit upon tho French tronchen nftt-r a- ;???o?sldora!blo artillery 'pre* grattan of twelve hours, wa fi-.-.i?ni uni French machino grtnw weroi?it?ll absolutely Intact, so that our Hrst W.avb of assailants was inimodiat?)y mbty?t? down oh leaving tho ?ren?n. Ali tho same time,- tho-French opan?d . uji h. barring fire tliat made U^lnj .iiiissiblo to Wink br any iurUi?r> at gSf?t. Wo Were .unable and are still unab?o 'Hb If?xVy our .dead. Tht.Vo they tie,fa. most Utnentablo sight,)'fte poor dev|isr in their muddy hole-j}. for. all tlio routes aro swept withputcVs ing">byi the Fraheh artillery: ":. sWb have'dead. dhtf-^wounded. every Whether we j?rp taking our wouhdej? tiacl^t^rafety, pr whether wp aro go ? ;.'>;......:. ' ? ' '? ^ ' Wwahington/ ; May: t8.- Sperotata,! VcA'dob today suhinittcil te 'VWtr,\ ;man'.??lhinid?Sv!'?r:'^(e: senile limmen ] comniitte?, ? reyise?! ;c>'Mn.iatejj^ ^govcrnmont'o Yec?tpla, and:vc?pM?d}- ? ttfrea'for'tii? remainder bf th? fftcjii .yaar-.ia?- tho fiscal year ;en.dli\s -??na %??i; ?917l . ?. - : ? .' :., i'*;:' ?1/ i The efltlr?ates' totuled to show that i D WOMAN JSED OF POISONING '?'IIIH picluro *.?how8 tho Archot Homo - tor tho Aged, at Windsor, Conn., whfcro many ?god parsons have mysteriously died, and 'Mrs. Archer-Ollllgan, manager, who la now under arrest on charge ol mur der. The bodies ot several have been exhumed,- and Stuto'H Attornoy Alcorn says traces of (tolson were found in their viacora. Ho .lias said ho may. bring several charges of mur der. T??u Inmates paid $1,0(10 to bo taken caro of. during the remainder bf rhoir lives. .rs? >r- . ? '.'. ' ? ?Rf : WW? I Vontlpn. hero.; today,.. 'f lip ilka. was fadvanced, by William loller, wno .told rtho convention that ho waa banished tfjm Russia because *-f hi? religious [ activities after adopting tho Baptist ? faith in Potro?rnd. ?o formal action was taken on his suggestion.. me Germans lng hack for our rations two miles hi tho rear to the movable kitchbnt,',. tho danger OL' dcatii '.is tho samo, until our men prefer to Buffer from hun ger than to go: after .anything to' M+t in addition to the. danger' pf ?eath from shell [ire. nearly every man in my company is Ul, exposed-as they aro to tho rain all day. and obliged to-He in tho mud all nip ht during eight consecutivo dsya an ? nights.. I hope that I will. hawesihqgood lue? to get out of" hero, ulive, .because UWre "is no, means hero of even, bing properly buried..", . ?.; A letter from a^ woman v lu Aplor back to ja soldier made prisoner, ro counts . incidents indicating a very effervescent state of mind among thc population ai Dortmund: "A wuniari asked tor \ moro lielp? .because . .'her husband is In the anny and she ia unable' tb' support *ier TB1R'clrtidrea/ A? further help was- fietuaed, rand slapped .the'. commissariat of police, who- killed her. A crowd or. womel* collected, in. tho.; L??ntcristrasBo.' to y Mt for -tho conwiiaBarJat. of pollcpi |?Ui mounted soldiers carno s^d.. dla* ^ojrs'cd.them. Hero at portmund ' and ^Cologne .arid ,0'ic environs, ;the population is vory* excited oh account 'of tho hick of prbvtiiipUH. If. lt'Coti tltiucs th\is, something wm ' happen ? Wo b?r? had enjjufch or..misery.", L|?^olber letter,,d?t^ ?J?ha.in. Mar. ^Otu/says: "f?und>y a.f?ng train full of'gflevouBly wounded arrived at fcitratiblng from Verdun. Thlhga art Very bad /for tis. hiero. We can. ?lot nb 'm-rit oxoep'.. with tho! meat cani.>>, ?pd no one bas the right to kill, any "hiijre ?ib?rai; /i young./?g h?Vcttst? 1?0',' to '96 marka, whit* % milk. cow1 coks1 'from ; 860 '.lo 1,000 'n/?rka, e Atony Pr?@ram outr f(vo uiUliott"tlian. the mbst eon' Ker rall v e mem?era of congress ?aU curated, at tho'.butsot of tho session .^Ouid. ?bo necked. , . .'/pk^S??^r% . .^l*radd?i??jaat. rbywtte^nvm taxes oh income inherltaoc?s >hd.'.' munt-, 'lions ? are iii . accordance' With: thev plan approved las t we?{c, by Presi dent WilBon. .r^^ nbu???d today: itfat the r?via?? rais liB plan would bo wh??pod into shape in thc :n"?,?t 7??vbiw??ka and, the h'bpee wonld.V*??i to consider H . 1m mediately ?f tc v. the national conven tiona. ' AUSTRIAN VICIOUS ATTACKS HEAVILY REPULSED, IS STATEMENT COMING FROM ROME TURKS ARE ROUT?D Briton In Egypt Destroy Camp At Bayon:!--Three German Steamers Sunk : ? -- . . (Hy Atcroelaled Press.) Louden, May . JH.-Vicious Aus trian attucks on Italian positions In Ledro Va??oy, southwest bf Trept, und Uignrltm Vniloy, south of Trent, have been heavily repulsed,' accord ing to Romo. At Zegnatbrta ino Austrians were also ropulsed. in the Adamello zone Italians recaptur ed wenches from A-ust?i??s and 00 ccjriod additional territory. An effectual attack ?was mndo by thu Gormans against French posi tions ' ii Avocourt Wood and on Hill 3?4 tv northwest of .Verpun... ger man infantry was also repulsed in au attack on Belgian positions at Steen I s true to. The British in Egypt have destroy ed tho Turk lah camp at Bayoud and put the Turks io flight. Austrian* aircraft bombed : Avlona? "Albanian*, a'seaport' hold i>y the^tal? tana. ? .'Three Garfnart 'steamers wore f ?ntik Iti tho Baltic, ' twp-by tho Brit lsh and one hy RuiiHto uubumrlnca. A British fishing smack arrived at Lowestoft after Loins nhelkd hy a Gorman submarine. . J Governor Goes to Charlotte To Jay to Attend Big Celebra lion There Columbia, May 18~Qov. Manning, I accompanied by the-members of bis staff,, will go ' to Charlotte 'tomorrow afternoon, where Mio and. Gov.. LO dc O Craig ot .North Carolina Willi welcome President Wilson -as gtiest j of Char lotte . Saturday monning. - The oc casion of tho president's visit south ls') to. speak at tho 14 lut. anniversary colobr'atlpn of the:.sighing bf, the Mecklenburg declaration, of Indepen dence, which , day ia* observed-with proper cofemouy throughout N?rth Carolina each year and by North Caro! Ina societies throughout tho .United States.;. Gov, Manning will gb hy Sparenburg, arriving'tn Char lotte tomorrow hight at 8o'clock. Tho president's train, ls scheduled to arrive in the "Queen. City" ?BMthrday morning af io o'clock. Additional members or tho receptionI. committee art? United States Senators 15; M.. Slhil'iohs and Lee 8. Overman and r^BLT^nWh 'YatesvWebb .of 'North-Carolina. ? ? A speck,! tram is being operated by tito Southern railway - oflf ofvCo 1 ii mb la Saturday, morning, und many South Carolinians aro plannen? to go tn cji?riott? to h?a'rlh? . "'?residente r??iS^II ' V SHOWN AT EKS??mW^ r . . ?, :.-;?h'>1'-.-, Vt??:>-&T'#'( ' [ Pr?tes: of "A^nam^rAro;. ;\F?afctf? - Uon at the "Wur? Exposition" which \w> been ope>tx oViff?^at^ooth? tot charitable purposes are thoikchests and boxes that fom?rlyfe?15ta1tted the gold captured aboard the English ship. ^AtPam" by tfta^G>rnVa?-. adi. rfIiaty^s|r,rMwwe.^X j .-" the gold tteelt, isV^Bieiy becked np tn t|*? ReichBbaHkj..>IWt;"avlttio in* stance of the Amiral ly tho hug*, bars ware accuratelycopied- tn wood and gilded to 'have me "appearance of .: ; bmwf M?nijn?w^ot .:, the, ^^n^-^p)0.^p