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7" . " 7 The Abbeville Press and Banner $1.50 A^YEAB ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914. ESTABLISHED 1844 | U. S. CONSUL IN ' " MEXICAN JAIL REPORTS THAT SILLIMAN WAS SET FREE PROVEN TO BE FALSE BRYAN GETS BUSY Alarming Reports Filter In From Stormy Republic and Keep the Envoys Guessing (By Associated Press) Secretary Bryan called at the Ar gentine legation late in the day and spent two hours in conference with j the South American envoys, discuss- , ing the continued detention of John . R. Silliman, American vice consul at , Saltillo by Mexican federals, the \Le- j bos Island incident and the case of 1 the five South Americans under arrest t Vera Cruz for firing upon United , States sailors and marines. I Asks Consul's ltelease. ( Mr,. Bryan insisted that the release of Silliman must be brought about at once. When asked about the matter later, he would not say what would happen if the vice consul were kept in prison, but he was gravely em- < phatic in announcing the govern ment's determ'uation lo? have him ' freed. General Carranza and the Mexican i rebels who seek Huerta's overthrow i will not be represented at the con- i ference at Niagara Falls according to i latest advices. 1 Disturbing elements continued to arouse interest throughout the day. General Funston at Vera Cruz was ap pealed to by the Brazilian minister at Mexico City to release some South 5 Americans including three Brazilians, < who had been arrested and are await- S ing trial for "snipping" American 1 soldiers in Vera Cruz harbor. An '< appeal was made to Secretary Bryan ' by the mediating envoys on behalf of 1 vj^iicxai liua la ucuauoc ui. lcpuita ' that American forces had seized a Mexican lighthouse on Lebos Island off Tampico, an act which Huerta's agents maintained was aggressive and in violation of the armistice. Hnerta Violates Armistice. < The government maintained that M Huerta had violated the armistice in < ordering lighthouses closed on the Pa- s cific coast to the perils of shipping, i From Tampico, where Mexican feder- : als and rebels have been preparing 1 for a sanguinary struggle, came < rumblings of battle, while reports that 1 Huerta's strength was waning in Mex- 1 ico City and that the bandit leaders i Zapata was about to attack the capital from the south served to arouse dip lomatic agents of foreign nations lest ( their people in Mexico City might be in immediate danger of persecution or death. Another American Murdered. , Details of the killing of C. B. Hoad- i ley, American and G. E. Williams, I British, by Mexicans at El Favor mine near Guadalajara, were given in a i dispatch from the British vice consul j at Guadalajara transmitted to the state department today. I The dispatch said that Hoadley and . Williams were stabbed to death and i horribly mutilated by enraged Mexi- I cans, after the foreign staf fof. the i charge of El Favor mines had en- 1 deavored to search native laborers to \ The foreigners were attacked while ; tracing silver brs stole from the mine ! the search was in progress and Hoad ley and Williams gave up their weap ons, believing they would be spared. Both were immediately stabbed to death. The vice consul said that all ' the other foreigners were placed in J jail but later were released. 3Iob Seeks American. Vera Cruz, May 11.?At Mexico City large number of men and boys are drilling in the streets. A few nights ago a mob gathered before the Brazil ian legation and demanded that Luis D'Antin, an attache of the American emassy, who had taken refuge there, be delivered over. Threats were made to kill him. The Brazilian minister notified the state department, and added that he would only surrender D'Antin if he pathy to the attache is due to the fact that he is the only American official left in the capital and because of his activity in relieving the distress of American non combatants. So far as is known no measures point on the Mexican railway enter At Guadalupe, which is a strategic have been taken to fortify the capital, ing the city, there are no signs of for tifications. The federals, however, are taking steps to provision Puebla. about midway between Vera Cruz and the capital, on the lines of the Inter is said to be holding outposts east of Oceanic railroad. General Navarete Seize Arms At Dublin. Dublin, May 9.?The customs au thorities today seized twenty cases of arms on the steamer Lord Charle mont from Baltimore. They were consigned to an English firm at Wol verhampton. I*. S. Consul Kills Self. Harbin. Manchuria. May 11.?South ard P. Warner. United States consul here committed suicide in a hospital here where he was undergoing treat ment. Mr. Warner had held the ap pointment here since August 1912, and had been in the American consular Washington, D. C,. in 1881. Golden Wax and Stringless Green Pod Beans at C. A. Milford & Co. SUFF QUESTION BEFORE BAPTISTS Great Southern Convention Will Open in Nashville On Next Wednesday Nashville, May 11.?Matters of vital interest to the Baptist denomination will come before the Southern Bap tist Convention which will open its an nual session in Nashville Wednesday. The convention sermon will be de livered by Dr. George W. McDaniel of Richmond, Va. Baptists here believe that Dr. Lans ing Burrows of Augusta, Ga., will be elected president of the conven IIOII. LW. DUU U VY 5> litis UCCU OCtlt tary for 32 years. The formal transfer of the handsome Baptist Sunday School building locat ed in this city will be made to the convention Saturday. The reports of the efficiency com mittee and the committee on the es tablishment of a negro seminary in the South will be made to this con vention. The former committee was appointed last year and will report on the general efficiency of the Bap tist Church in the South. It is reported that the question of giving the vote to women in the coun cils of the Church will come up for discussion tomorrow. Rheumatism Quickly Cared. "My sister's husband had an attack Df rheumatism in his arm," writes a well-known resident of Newton, Iowa. 'I gave him a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment which he applied to his arm and on the next morning the rheum atism was gone." For chronic mus cular rheumatism vou will find noth ing better than Chamberlain's Lini ment. Sold by Evans' Pharmacy. * Japan Warships Coming. Washington, May 8.?The Japanese' jovernment today informed the state iepartment that it had appropriated 5363,362 for participation by Japanese -varships in the international review it Hampton Roads early in 1915, and n the trip through the Panama ca lal to the Panama-Pacific Exposi ,ion at San Francisco. KILLS CONDUCTOR Chicago, May 11.?One man is lead and two other suffered from the wounds received today as the resut of :he shooting up of a street car by Jo-' >eph Esposito, a gunman, after hav ing been rebuked for spitting on a street car platform. The dead man tvas William Laird, a street car con Juctor. H. J. Kely, another conduc :ortor, was shot in the hip and Char les Saas, another pessenger, suffered i slight scalp wound. Esposito was arrested. PI*?!* /?It TlsinWtc Da T ntrollf Tn/>ArnA L JSU1 VII IV JIJV AUVVA|fV> ruted Now. Oklahoma City, May 9.?The initial steps looking toward the possible re incorporating of all existing boards of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South vas taken here today just previous to adjournment until Monday o? the general conference of the church. Bishop H. C. Morrison named Isaac ~arr, James Kilgore, M. L. Lawson, I. D. Simpson and R. E. Roddy, mem. oers of a special committee toinvesti. ?ate and determine the present charter rights of the church, its correctional boards, hospitals and institutions in general and to report on their legal right to hold property under laws of the states in which they are incorpo rated. GIRL BOOTBLACKS Atlanta, May 11.?Following the ex ample which has been successful in other cities, notably in tlxe middle west, enterprising local shoe shining parlors are considering the advisibil it.v of putting in girl bootblacks in stead of the boys who usually do the work. Whether the idea of having one's shoes shined by a girl or a woman, however, will commend itself in the South is a problematical question. Stricken?Refues Aid?Dies v Savannah, May 11.?Fred Looniis, 62, a solicitor for the Stafford Publish ing Company of Atlanta .died here to day without receiving aid or medical attention. Loomis was striken yc?r?lav with beart trouble and was carriod to tbs Scientist and refused the aid of physi cians, or to have anything to do with the doctors. INCUBATOR SAVES BABY Wichita, Kan., May 11.?When Mr. and Mrs. Silas Tucker of Latham be came the parents of a girl baby re cently neighbors took the infant and placed her in a hastily modeled chick en incubator. The baby, which weighed two and a half pounds, has been kept in the proper temperature and fed on a diet prescribed by the doctor. She is well digestion. They are sold by Evans' and is growing. Clemson-Auburn Game. Everything is in readiness for the big contest of the baseball season at Clemson. The Auburn-Clemson games will be played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. These games are the biggest games of the Clemson circuit and the rivalry be tween the two schools is intense. The admission for these games this year is lower than ever before, being 25c this time instead of the usual price.of 50c. A large crowd from Anderson in tend to take in these games. Landreth's seeds fresh at Milford's. NATION PAYS HONOR 10 DEAD WILSON VOICES TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FELL AT VERA CRUZ MANY EYES DIMMED Great Crowds Turn Out at New York and Follow Coffins to Navy Yard (By Associated Press.) New York, May 11.?New York join, ed the nation today in memorializing, with simple dignity, the heroism of the nineteen bluejackets and marines, who gave their lives at Vera Cruz. As the most impressive funeral pageant since the Spanish war started, from the Bat tery to the Brooklyn navy yard, it was as if the whole population of the city was there. Great Crowds Attend. The people were still, standing shoulder to shoulder in a community of grief. It was a spectacle of a city strangely transfigured and lifted out of itself. In the line of mourners that follow ed the artillery caissons bearing the dead were the chiefs of state and city government and many more distin guished men of nearly every calling; but every eye in the throngs that lined the way, turned first to the car riage where President Wilson rode close behind "the last funeral car. The president came from Washington dur ing the night and stood as the ma rines fired their parting volleys, at the Brooklyn navy yard, and the navy bugler sounded "taps," that proclaim ed the end of the ceremony. B^iatives of Dead Present. On the stand with the president at the navy yard were relatives of the dead sailors and marines, mothers, sisters and wives, but in all the throng of mourners, none seemed more deeply touched by the spirit of the day than the man whose word sent the lads of the navy to fight for their country's honor at Vera Cruz. And to the president was left the privilege of voicing the nation'3 grief and the nation's belief that those who died in the performance of duty had done for their country a service not to be measured, by their individual deeds. "The feeling that is uppermost "he said," is one of profound grief, and yet, there is mixed with that grief a I profound pride that they should have gone as they did, and if I may say j it out of my heart, a touch of envy of those who were permitted so quiet. | ly, so nobly, to do their duty." Wilson Shows Emotion. The! hdad q'fi the, nation,, looked out over the thousands massed about the coffins on the parade .ground and his voice; shook with emotion as he declared his creed. "We have gone down to Mexico," he said, "to serve mankind if we can find a way. We do not want to fight the Mexicans; we want to serve the Mex I ? # | leans. There was a wistful note in his voice, as he added: "I never was un der fire but I fancy there are some things just as haid to do as to go un der fire. .1 fancy it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you. When they shoot at you, they can only take your life; when they sneer at you, they can wound your heart." %From a bird's eye view, the multi tude along the route of the funeral cortege presented the picture of a vast human stream connecting two arms of the sea. Muffled voices, soft spoken commands by military officers, the melancholy tolling of the Trinity Church bell .emphasized a hush that had fallen over a city of noise. The Dead Lands. The dead were landed by the tugs Triffic and Correction early in the morning and lay in state on Battery Park Plaza for more than an hour before the procession started. There were seventeen coffins. Each caisson was drawn by four horses, astride two of which rode members of the First and Second reg iments of the field artillery. There was in addition one mounted police escort for each caisson. Four sailors on each side acted as pall bearers. The_se men. tanned from recent service in Vera Cruz, had been called to i\ew York, especially for the service in memory of their dead comrades. Directly behind the caissons, which stretchcd out their single file, were the carriages of the President, Gover nor Glynn, Secretary Daniels, Mayor Mitchel and other distinguished guests. The presence of the president in the procession came as a surprise for it had been announced that he would ride direct from the Pennsylvania station to the navy yard. All along the route the street was black with spectators. Windows and roofs, half completed frame of build ings, all were crowded. There were thousands of policemen on hand to hold the crowds Dacic. The school children sang "Nearer my God to Thee." For Ye&rs a Celebrated Operatic Singer?Sketch of Her Life. Batavia, May 11.?Madame Lillian Xordica, the celebrated operatic sing er, died here today after an illness re sulting from exposure caused by a shipwreck on Torris Strait, January last. Mme. Lillian Nordica was perhaps the most distinguished singer ever born on this side of the Atlantic. The year of her birth, according to the best accounts, was 1859. She was a "Way Down Easter", a native of Farming ton, Maine. Her childhood days after a short schooling were spent in a Boston dry goods store. As she was tidying up the rolls of calico just after the shop closed oive night she began singing to herself. A customer who happened to be delay, ed heard her and marvelled. "What a voice, child; have you ever had it trained?" "No, mam." "Will you let me give you lessons?' "Oh, that would foe grand." And so Lillian started on her musi cal career. Her father was Edward Norton, a farmer. ' For the first two years of her voice culture, Lillian was too poor to afford a piano. She did her practicing with the aid of a pitch pipe lent her by her friend and teacher. She even carried her pipe to the store with her it is related and practiced with it at hei meal hour. Her rise was now rapid, however and before she was 16 she had sung as a soloist in oratorio for the Handel and Hayd societies and had taken some lessons under Professor O'Neill of the New England Conservatory oi Music of Boston. At the age of 18, she went as a so loist with Gilmore's orchestra to Eu rope where her first big success cam* in the Trocadero, Paris. She now be camed filled with ambition to appear in the opera and forthwith set out foi the mecca of operatic students, Milan In 1880 she made her operatic de but at a little theatre in Brecia as Vio letta in "LaTravatia". Later in the same year she went to St. Petersburg and to German cities. She became leading soprano to the grand opera Paris, and made her debut in the sum. mer of 1881 as Marguerite in "Faust.' While in Par^s she met Frederick Gower, a newspaper man, and thej were married in 1883, but in 1885 Mrs. Gower set about procuring a divorce. Her suit dragged and then came the news that Mr. Gower had been losl in a baUoon trip over the English channel. At any rate balloon and Gower disappeared. The same of Gower's mysterious taking off his widow appeared at the Academy of Music in New York city. She did not achieve such brilliant sue cess as she did later in the concerl and oratorio. Mme. Nordica's most sensational success probably was her appearance in the summer of 1894 as Elser in the Wagner festival at Baireuth. She was i uu i i.i n - ia. loaueu wua praise Dy me uerrnau crii ics and became known as a leading interpreter of Wlagnerian roles. She scored another and perhaps greatei triumph the following year as "Isolde in Wagner's "Tristian and Isolde Q' at the Metropolitain Opera House. In 1860 the singer married Zoltan Dieme, a Hungarian tenor of medium vocal ability but undoubted grace ol person. Again Madame Nordica's mat rimonial venture proved unhappy. She obtained a decree of divorce in New York in 1904, the papers being sealed. Her third marriage was in 1909 tc George W. Young, a wealthy New York banker. It proved felicitious. Mme. Nordica had never allowed her domestic affairs to affect her artistic career and she now continued to sing in many countries. Her earning were very large She received $180,000 one season and it is understood that this was not her top mark. . COTTON PRICES IN CLOSE RANGE Short Session in New York and Good Crop News Depresses the Market. New York, May 11.?The cotton mar. ket did not open until 11 a. m. today as a mark of respect to the American marines killed at Vera Cruz, and trad ing was very quiet during the short session, while prices fluctuated within a range of 7 to 8 points. The close was barely steady, net one point higher to two points lower. The report of a southern crop ex pert, indicating that conditions had been favorable over ninety per cent, of the cotton belt during the past week probably encouraged locad offerings. Moreover, the detailed weather reports indicated generally very good con ditions in the belt for the past forty eight hours. After selling about 1 to 3 points net lower, however, the market was steadied by covering and closed about net unchanged on the more active positions. Cotton futures closed barely steady. Open Close May .. July August .. October ., December 1259 1253 1227 1220 1208 1204 1166 1161 1164 1160 Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 1300; gulf 1325. No sales. BOY KILLED IX WRECK Durham, N. C., May 11.?A freight wreck at 'Hillsboro today caused 23 cars to be thrown down the steep in cline, and two white youths beating their way, were instanly killed. They were Arthur Griffin and Bcrnice Prince. Four other boys are in se rious condition. All lived at Haw River. The wreck was caused by a heavy coal car jumping the track. Four full oil cars burst and this started a fire but it was extinguished before any great damage was done. 3Ioxican Hangs In Texas. Pecos, Tcxar-, May 11.?Leon Carde nn? Martinoz. a Mexican vouth. was hanged here at noon today for the murder of Miss Emma Brown, a school teacher, three years ago. The Mexican government had the case car ried to the United States supreme court in a vain effort to save Marti nez. Rebels Whipped at Tampico. Mexico City, May 11.?The rebels attacked Tampico Saturday, and were defeated with serious losses. General Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza, federal commander at Tampico, announced a federal victory in an official message which he sent today to the war de partment. :T GOMPERS, ET AL, VICTOR IOUS IN BUCKS BOYCOTT CONTEST OPINION BY HOLMES Justice Wright Had Sentenced Defendants on Charge of Contempt in 1907 (By Associated Press) Washington, May 11.?Ending years of bitter legal fighting, the supreme court today set aside the sentence im posed by the District of Columbia su preme court upon Samuel Gompers, John Morrison and John Mitchell, for alleged contempt of court in 1907, for violating injunctions 'against alleged boycotting of th eBucks Stove and Range Company. Holmes Delivers Opinion. Justice Holmes announcing the de cision, said that even if the statute 'did not cover contempt, the necessity for the speedy disposition of such r cases was so great it would establish the rule that by analogy contempt proceedings must be begun within, ? three years after the committing of the ; offence. Justices Vandeventer and l Pitney dissented. I Justice Holmes said the controversy turned upon the question of whether , contempt of court is a crime barred , by the statute of limitations which provides that no person shall he prose . cuted for an offence unless by "in t dictment" or information brought within three years. [ Argument Reviewed. > He reviewed the argument that the . statute applied only to cases that j could be proceeded against by indict . ment or information, and explained ; that the court had decided these words 1 are controlled by the substantial por tion of the statute' that "no person ? shall be prosecu.ted for an offense" not > committed within three years. The court /ejected the argument L that the offense continued until the ! end of the labor boycott against the company in 1910. The offense charg . ed, Justice Holmes, said, was not on , a continuing conspiracy to boycott, r but specific acts. " ' The conduct of Justice Wright, who , imposed the sentences in the lower r court, are being investigated by the house committee under resolution for . impeachment. COL. J. C. CALHOUN MAYO DEAD ! National Democratic Committeeman of Kentucky at the Time. (By Associated Press.) New York, May 11.?Colonel John C. Colhoun Mayo, democratic national , committeeman from Kentucky, died i today at a local hospital where he had been ill since April 25. Colonel Mayo was broueht here for treatment after I blood transfusion at Cincinnati had failed. INTERESTING MEM OBI AL EXERCISES HELD SATURDAY In The Opera House By The Local Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Memorial exercises held on Saturday, proved to be very Interest ing. The children of the Abbeville Graded and High school sang "Mary land, My Maryland," after which they uevjuitf-Lcu Liicr iiiuuumcui wuu man/ beautiful wreaths and then sang "The ' Bonnie Blue Flag" after which the assembled crowd went to the Opera House where the exercises were con 1 tinucd. Quite a large crowd attended ; the exercises in the Opera House. The exercises were opened with , prayer by the Rev. S. 0. Cantey, after which Miss Caroline Reese read an article, which is published in this is sue on "Why we Keep Memorial Day." Rev. Louis J. Bristow was then in ' troduced and made an address, which it is hoped we can secure to publish. Miss Edna Bradley, the winner of the gold medal offered by teh local chap ter of the U. D. C.'s on Wade Hamp ton then read her essay which was followed by Bannie Sutherland, of Lowndesville, who won the medal of fered by the same organization for the boys. It is expected that both of these papers will be published at an early date. Rev. J. M. Lawson then deliver ed the Crosses of Honor to the Veter ans and descendants which have been published in The Medium. All the veterans present occupied cno + o in Vinvoo Annnaito llio cf n o,o ovaio aaa tu^ uwav/O u pyuijiiiVy tuv avu^vi The Opera House was decorated for the occasion, red and white bunting being hung around the stage and around the boxes and roses were everywhere in evidence. The local chapter of the U. D. C.'s entertained the veterans at a dinner after the exercises. Champion of EDgland peas come in early. For sale at Milford's. If you expect to stand the cold get your blood stimulating in order to circulate nroperly. Milford's blood purifier will do it. PROHIBITION BILL CAUSING TROUBLE PETITIONS ARE FLOWING INTO * CONGRESS CALLING FOR AC TION ON THE BILL THE BILL IS IN THE HOUSE Was Reported By Judiciary Commit* tee Without Any Recommendation. Evidently Some Action Must Be Totoii nt Tills Sacufnn PAnvraoo AMlkVU UK A 1UU UVUOIVU VVUkiVOUl Washington, May 10.?House mem bers?many of them at least?are in a blue funk and all fussed up over what to do with the prohibition question. For months past it has been evident to those who have kept track of legislative affairs in the national capitol that the time would come when this issue could no longer be dodged or sidetracked. The upshot of the matter is that house members ?the Democratic element?will cau cus Tuesda ynight to decide what def inite steps to take .That this caucus will not be a cut and dried affair and that it will not in any respect re semble an afternoon tea party is al ready evident. The truth about the matter is that the prohibition men in congress have been laying their plans so well that they feel that now is the time for action. As an' evidence that the prohibition question, in many of the 435 con gressional districts of the country -is to be a live issue in teh elections of the coming summer is most apparent from a casual reading of The Con gressional Record. It is quite prob able that not less than 1,000 peti tions, some against prohibition and some for it, are presented each day. Members are being urged either by the saloon forces or the anti-saloon people to become active and to se cure pledges of- their colleagues to sustain either one side or the other when the matter comes to an issue. * rvt rr?i"i' n 4 vc LUVLi 1 rLHIO TRUST MEASURE U. P. Chief Calls Administration Bill Retroactive' and Ruinious Washington, May 11.?"I think if you make this- bill retroactive- you will give the railroad world the great est shock it has felt in years. The minute you make this act retroactive and apply it to relations heretofore established you menace almost every important railroad in this country." This was the prediction today of Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of - TT**in? TDonifi/* Knor?/1 {r? l/HC uuiuil x aviuv uuaiU) ajji v* the administration anti trust bill be for the senate interstate commerce committee. Judge Lovett attacked the bill's pro vision prohibiting stock ownership by one carrier of another. Judge Lovett said many roads se cured stock ownership of others years ago. He declared the bill should not interfere with these but he confined to the future. HENDERSON WINS GOVERNOR ALA. Former Incumbent Comer Sur prises Friends in the Light- . ness of Vote Birmingham, May 11?Charles Hen. derson, of Troy was today nominated for governor of Alabama over former Governor B. B. Comer. His majority V*l?? "fill ?v-lArrt 4-Unn 4/\n pi vuclvij ? lii jjc mui c man ten tuyuo and. Comer failed to show the strength his friends expected in the rural coun ties, while the big counties like Jef ferson, Mobile, Montgomery and Pike, the home of Henderson, gave the Troy man even larger mbajorities than his supporters expected. The race for congressman from the eighth district to succeed William Richardson is apparently close be tween Judge E. E. B. Almon, of Tus cumbia and W. W| Callahan of De catur. Frank S. White was given a large complimentary vote for United States senator to succeed Joseph E. John ston. He had no opposition. Today's democratic primary was ? run off between the candidates who led the tickets, but who failed to get a majority , in the primary of April 6. Health a Factor in Success. The largest factor contributing to a man's success is undoubtedly health. It has been observed that a man is seldom sick when his bowels are reg ular?he is never well when they are constipated. When you are consti pated you will find nothing quite so good as Chamberlain's Tablets. They not only move the bowels, but im rove the appetite and strengthen the service since 1904; He was born in Pharmacy. . . Watermelon Seed. Branch's celebrated Rattlesnnke Water melon Seed, the very best, andl$erckman' fruit trees for sale. J. W. Kykard. 4-1-14 tf 30,0110 FEZZES WAVE IN AUG SHRINERS MAKE IMPOSING . ARMY IN GEORGIA CAPITAL BIG DANCE IN OPEN i *. ' ' . i- * '-1 " Great Parade Will Take Place To night and Record Crowds Are Assured ' ' . 11 (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 11.?Mingled thousands tonight paid tribute here to 'Mystic Shrine. Through the streets of the' city, converted into dazzling lanes of / . light, scores of patrols, from; the va rious temples of the order made in- , , formal marches while countless bands filled the air with music. 30,000 Shrlners Present. It was estimated tonieht that more than thirty thousand. phi-infera had arrived for the annual meeting of the imperial council. Special trains arrived throughout the day pouring additional throngs into the maw of the city in addition to the more than sixteen thousand who had arrived yes terday. ...... . f No business sepions of the imperial council were held today. The only formal event of the day was a grand reception and ball tonight in honor of William W. Irvin, the imperial poten- *' tate, and his wife. Mr. Irwin arrived early today from his home at Wheel ing, W. Va., escorted by the shrlner patrol from that city. . A salute of twenty one guns was fired in his hon- ' ' or # Dance by Thousands. , " Portions of the downtown streets tonight were converted into dancing floors and. thousands participated in the informal open .air dancing. Six bands from the shriners patrols were detailed to furnish music. Dancing continued until far past midnight Mayor Woodward today declared to morrow a civic holiday here in honor of the shriners. In the morning the ... t patrols and bands will escort the 1m perlal potentate from his hotel to the place of meeting of the Imperial coun cil and at night there will be a parade. < ? of all visiting shriners. Arrangements have been made to accommodate forty thousand persons in the pageant. Selection of a convention city for 1915, decision on applications for new temples and election of a supreme outer guard are the chief matters to come before the business sessions of the imperial council. San Francisco and Seattle are asking for the meeting next year. '' ; Odd Fellows Elect. . > Lynchburg May 11.?The grand en campment Virginia Odd Fellows In an nual session here today elected officers for next year as follows: Grand Patriarch?John H. Seaborn, of Roanoke. Grand High Priest?W. C. Louhofa, of Danville. *' Grand SenfOr "Warden?J. T. Hay nes, of Richmond. Grand ScriJbe?E. M. Bunchi of . Lynchburg. Grand Juion Warden?Charles D. Fox, of Roanoke. , > Grand Treasurer?George W. Hill, of Norfolk. DAmtAnAntnilwAfl f A aAOAValfftl ucpi cocuvauvco \aj cuv ou tviv^u grand lodger-E. E. Hinckle, of Rich-. > mond; and C. W. O'Mear, of Roanoke. . The grand lodge of odd fellows Mid . state rebekah assembly convene he,re. ; tomorrow morning. Light your way with an Ever-Ready Flash Light. For sale at Speed s Drug Store. V. No candy like Huyler's. ' A freeh lot just received at Speed's Drug Store. . Russian corn cure makes rough roads ' easy. For sale at Speed's Drug Store. Palate pleasing candy. That"^ the kind Milford sells. Pure, wholesome and de licious. scription filled at Milford's. An expert pharmacist always waiting to compound the required medicine for you. You can always depend on the rubber goods you get at Milford's. Every piece Is guaranteed and your money is still yours if the article proves unsatisfactory. Now is the time to paint your house. ~ Use DeVoe's and you won't be sorry. Speed's Drug Store. Feminine Philosophy. 5 Lady Mary. Wortley Montagu wrote from Venice at the age of sixty-eight: 'It Is eleven years since I have seem | my figure in a glass; the last relteo ( tlon i saw mere was so aisagreeiuM* I resolved to spare myself such morti fication for the future, and shall con tinue this resolution to my life's end. To indulge all pleasing amusements and avoid all Images that give dis gust is, In my opinion, the best metfe* od to attain or confirm health." Novelist's Limitation* The Bngtlsh public will not let probe deeply Into humanity. Tow must not paint either woman or mam; a surface view of the species flat afl wafer Is acoeptahle. I have not plucked at any of the highest or deepeBt chords. Henoe (possibly) those who have heard some of the chapters Bay It must be the beat novel I have written.?From a Letter by Oeorte Meredith* Rush to Extremes. A single man is seldom as good as his sweetheart thinks he Is, or a mar ried man as bad as his wife suspects he Is.