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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.
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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.