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SHOT TO DEATH LAURENS ATTORNEY KILLED AH HE CONVICTS DEFENDANT. I ? ? . SLAIN AS JURY RETIRES After Finishing His Argument Law yer Walks to the Outside of Build lng, Where He Is Accosted and Slain by Brother of Lad He Had Convicted. Just after he had concluded a ?peech In Magistrate Hellam's Court kt Gray Court Tuesday afternoon John M. Cannon, a prominent attor ney of the Laurens Bar, and one of the bestknown citizens of the County ?nd State, was shot and almost in stantly killed by Joseph G. Sullivan, son of ThoB. J. Sullivan, and a prom inent young farmer of near Tumb ling Shoals. Mr. Cannon was shot five times, four of the bullets penetrating his body and the fifth piercing his arm near the elbow. One of the bullets struck a bystander, Archie Willis, passing through his leg near the an kle. Sullivan was ,brought to Jail soon after the shooting. When seen by newspaper representatives he de clined to make any statement, say ing that ho might have something to say later. The body of Mr. Can non was carried to Laurens on the late train. The tragedy grew out of a case brought In the Magistrate's Court by Miss Maude Sharp, teacher of the Mount Bethel School In Sullivan Township, against Humbert 8ulllvan, aged 18, a pupil of Miss Sharp and a brother of Joseph Q. Sullivan, the allegod slayer of Mr. Cannon. Hum bert 8ulllvan wae charged with com mon assault, using profane language In a public place and committing dep redations on the property of the school building several weeks ago. Mr. Cannon was employed by Miss Sharp to prosecute the case. A chango of venue In the case was Obtained ana the trial came up for a hearing Tuesday before Magistrate Hellains, of Dial Township. W. It. Rlchey, Sr., of the Laurens Bar, rep resented the defendant. A number of witnesses for both sldbs testified, Including a sister of the defendant. After ascertaining that Miss Sullivan was a Bister of the defendant, Mr. Cannon Is said to have asked her to "come down." Exception was taken to this by opposition counsel and Mr. Cannon disclaimed any Intention of reflecting on whatever Bho might have testified to and thus the Inci dent ended. Mr. Cannon made the opening and closing arguments and 1b said to have excoriated the conduct of the young defendiant In no uncertain terms. When the Jury filed out of the depot ofllce, where the trial was held, Mr. Cannon stepped out Into the depot yard. He was approached by a pat school, who complained thatrfflfaltorney had In his speeches reflected on the character of his son, one of the prlnolpal witnesses for the defense. Mr. Cannon Is said to have replied that he sought only to bring out the truth and had no apologies to make, ?whereupon Mr. Wood, the patron, tYuned away, saying he wanted an apology or trouble. At this junc ture It appears Joseph G. Sullivan took up the matte* and told Mr. Cannon that he had disgraced his brother and the Sullivan family, and that when he made certain deroga tory statements he (Cannon) knew they were lies. Mr. Sullivan resented this and struck Sullivan on the head with a cane, which the deceased had used since IiIb leg was broken several months ago In a railway accident. The InBtant he struck Sullivan the latter drew his pistol and fired five timos in rapid succession, and at a very close range. Mr. Cannon was stand ing noar the steps of tho depot and sank as he attompted to ascend thoin.1 Friends rushed up and caught him before he fell. Ho said ho knew he was mortally wounded and was going to die, but he was conscious ot huv ing performed his duty, and that in defense of a woman. Then he asked that ho bo sent homo to his wife and baby, and expired before uttering another word. Just as the shooting occurred the jury returned a verdict af guilty against Humbert Sullivan. Mr. Cannon was thirty-four yoars of nge; a son of L. M. Cannon, of lianford, and a nephew of John W. Ivandford. He graduated from Wof ford College and studied law in T^aurens and entered upon the piac tice of his profession about nine years ago. He represented the coun ty in the legislature one term. He has boon very active In politics and was a recognized lender. Three years ago he was appointed a mem ber of Governor BleaBe's staff, and was recently named by the Oovornor as a member of the board of fegentn for the State Asylum. He was also recently re-elected county chairman and a delegate to the State Conven tion. He married Miss Jessie Huey, of Hock Hill, who survive* him to gether with one little son. He wnn a Mason and a member of the Meth odist Church, MAY BRNO r(0, 000 MHJN. Troops Kxpectefl to lie Rfmt to Mex ico at Any Time. The conversion of chartered steam ships Into army transports and sup ply carriers moved rapidly at the army pier at GalVeiton Saturday. In formation la Mint 80,000 troops may ha sent to Mexico at any time. Army officer* expeot to make a time record In converting the freight ship Color* ado Into a floating stable to carry horftefl. The newly chartered steamship T)epver was unloading freight Sat urday, but will toe tarnedrover to the government Sunday. The supply career flaltilla la expected to tall Sunday flight tor Vera Crua with per manent camp supplies. ? ? k ? .. Storm Causes Death. ^George Johnson was killed and lie ACT AGAINST AUDITOR COMPTROLLER ASKS FOR ACTION AGAINST SALUDA AUDITOR. It I* Claimed Th?t the County Offi cial Does Not Charge Tax Penal ties Prescribed by Law. Comptroller General Jones Monday night asked Attorney General Peo ples to bring mandamus proceedings to compel Auditor Hazel of Saluda county to charge penalties for non payment of taxos. In a letter to the attorney general, he said: "Mr. N. B. Hazel, county auditor for Saluda county, has refused an^ continues to refuse to charge upon the tax duplicate for the fiscal year 1913 in Saluda county the penalties for non-payment of the taxos on or before the 31st of December, 1913, as required by Section 454, Volume 1, Code of Laws South Carolina, 1912. He assigns as a reason for this refusal that Buch penalties have not been charged for several years past in Edgefield county and he be lieves in Bome other counties pf the State on delinquent taxes paid be tween January 1 and March 15. If those penalties have not been charg ed and collected in Edgefield county or other counties, the State and county have a remedy to collect them, and if the proper county offi cers do not act, tho State Sinking Fund Commission has power to en force collection of those penalties through its agents. "If, however, you should conclude that tho auditor of Edgfleld should bo required to enter the penalties on tho books, and the treasurer of that county to collect them, then I sug gest that you proceod against the au ditor of Edgefield to require him to comply with the law. "When tho matter was called to the attention of the county auditor at Edgefield, ho stated that the fall uro to chargo those penalties at the proper time wns duo to an oversight In following his predecessors' prac tice with.no intention to evade or set aside or disobey tho law, and Mr. D. H. Wise, a representative of tho comptroller's office, had approved a settlement several years ago, made up by tho county auditor and county treasurer, which apparently on the face of the settlement included all penalties Imposed by law, when as a matter of fact, tho January and February penalties were not included until March, when executions were Issued for taxes not paid by the 15th of that month and those settlements being approved by Mr. Wise, the county auditor of Edgefield was, he states, misled Into believing it was unnecessary to enter these penalties in January and February. "The county auditor of Saluda county, however, has deliberately de clined and refused-to enter these pen alties on tho duplicate on delinquent taxos as required by Section 4 54, and has advertised the fact that he would not enforce these penalties as re quired by law. Under Section 411, Volume 1, Code of Laws, 1912, I Issued instructions to the county au ditor of Saluda county along with all other county auditors calling this law to their attention. "I now ask that you institute pro ceedings in the nature of a man damus against the county auditor of Saluda to enforce the performance of this clear ministerial duty by him; the laws of tho entire State can not be set aside and penalties In which tho whole State is interested remitted by the act of a single officer. "Please advise me promptly as to what action you will take in this matter. I will .be glad to consult with you and give you such particu lar information as you may need in the proceedings. Prompt action is necessary to enforce the tax laws of the State." LESS WHISKEY 8ALI$S. Counties in tho StAto Spent Less In April Than February. 1 he report of the State DlBpensary auditor for the month of April Rhowa that there has been a decrease In the Bole of liquor during tho month of April all over tho Stato, that Is, In the counties that havo tho dispen sary. The total Hales all over the wet torrltory has been steadily drop ping since January, and Is probably duo to less money being handy, rath or thnn to aversion to tho liquor. Following shows tho salos by tho months Blnce January 1: January $ 330,123 February 305,087 March 296,359 April 281,716 Total $1,212,274 Following shows the sales by coun ties for April: Aiken $ 20,320.4-1 Ileaufort 1 2,264.35 Ttarnwell 17,126.68 Damberg 7,627.72 Calhoun 4,506.50 Charleston 46,676.64 Dorchester 6,732.35 Florence 38,729.02 Cleorgetown 12,756.95 Jaspor 1,626.55 Orangoburg 23,1*2.45 Richland 71,806.73 Union 12,997.55 I.exlngton 5,432.90 Total $281,716.63 I ? ? ? River Roufhei High Mark. The Arkansas river at Wichita, Kan., reao.her tho highest mark known in 20 years. Flood waters due to recent heaty rains In western Kansas and eastern Colorado have sent the stream ten feet above low water mark, causing the railroads to fear for tho safety of bridges. The river Is believed to havo reached Itss maximum height ? ? ? Women Injured by flomh. A bomb thrown mysteriously Into a bed room oocupled by Mr*. Darwin Hinckley and her two daughters at Kingston, N. Y., early Tuesday, ex ploded and seriously Injured two of thorn. Bhrtnera' Special Hit* Auto. ? Seaboard Air Lta* special, bound for Attafata, loaded with Bhrln ers, hit >11 auto at Clinton Monday. WANTS BIS RELEASE I1RYAN DEMANDS FREEDOM OP AMERICAN CONSUL. HE IS HELD PRISONER Mexicans Loot Consulate and Hold Many Americans Prisoners, ? Later They Release Every One Except Consul Silllman ? Government Is Active. , While peace negotiations marked time pending formal sittings of the South American mediators, to begin Monday on Canadian soil, the media tors and officials of the state depart ment at Washington .Monday were oc cupied with several serious phases of the Mexican situation demanding im mediate attention. Secretary Bryan called at the Ar gentine legation late in the day and spent two hours in conference with the South American envoys, discuss ing the continued detention of John R. Silllman, American vice consul at Saltillo, by Mexican federals, the Lo bos incident and the case of the five South Amorlcans under arrest at Vera Cruz for firing upon the United States sailors and marines. Mr. Bryan insisted that the release of Stilllman muBt be brought about at once. When asked about the mat ter, ho 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 determination to have him freed. First official news of landing of American eallors on Lobos island reached the navy department late Tuesday night in a cablegram from Rear Admiral Mayo, stating that the Mexican keepers deserted the great light house on the island and that the destroyer tender Dixie was "main taining It for the .benefit of naviga tion". Admiral Mayo's roport responded to a request of the navy department for immedinate information concern ing tho incident complained of by the Huerta government to the mediators. It said: "Lobos island has not been occupied. Tho keepers of Lobos is land light house deserted It and the Dixie Is maintaining It for the benefit of navigation. I understand that the destroyers have had occasional land ing parties ashore." The report was sent at once to Sec retary Bryan. The department offi cials were confident that the explana tion would make it plain that there had been no violation of the armis tice. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said the Dixie anchored off Lobos is land only because It was a convenient place to coal and that the light house keepers evidently quit their postB in a panic at the appearance of the Amor loan warships. i At that time Secretary Daniels and 1 his advisers will take up the problem I of the closed light houses on the west I coast of Mexico. Some naval officers I favor the occupation and operation of all the abandoned lights along the coast because navigation has been hindered seriously. It is probable that the state department will re quest that the light houses be kept [open at the request of the American I government under the armistice I ruleB. It was said that foreigners on I board warships off Tampico wanted refuge and not removal. | Disturbing elements continued to I arouse Interest throughout the day. Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz was ap pealed to by the Brazilian minister at Mexico City to release some South Americans, Including three Brazll I ians, who had been arrested and are awaiting trial for "sniping" American I soldiers from the refuge of a tramp I steamer in Vera Cruz harbor. Authorities were informed that American Vice Consul Silllman was (imprisoned by Huerta's soldiers at Saltillo. From Tampico, where Mexi can federals and Constitutionalists have been preparing for a sanguinary struggle, came rumblings of battle while repo/ts that Huerta's strength was waning In Mexico City and that the bandit leader Zapata was about to attack the capital from the south served to arouse diplomatic agents of foreign nations lest their people In Mexico City might be In immediate danger of persecution or death. State department officials were in dignant when it became known tl.at Vice Consul Silllman and his clerk, Josoph A. Marchani, as well as sev eral other Americans, had been pris oners of tho federal commander at Saltillo and that the consul still is hold despite urgent representations for his release made by the Brazilian minister in Mexico City. Late dis patches wero acceptod as indicating that tho Mexican war minister's as surances to tho French charge last wook that noither Consul Silllman nor members of the consulate's staff and Amorlcans in Saltillo "had been In danger" was intended only to de ceive state department officials as to tho roal state of affairs it >altlllo. I>ate In the day Consul Canada re ported the arrival of Consular Clerk Marchani in Vera Cruz. The clerk Informed Mr. Canada that beforo ho was released from custody of the Mexlcnns ho was marched under guard from tho Jail to the consulate and compelled at tho point of a re volver to opon the safe and surrender to tho Federal commander all the consular records and all valuables. Including monoy and quantities of Jewelry left there for safekeeping. It Is not known how many Americans wero Imprisoned, but word was re ceived that all had boon released ex cept Consul Silllman. A telegram sont by Mexican For eign Minister Ruiz Tuesday said that Consul Silllman, under arrest at Sal tillo, charged with aiding tho rebels, had been ordered sent to Mexico City under guard to be delivered to the Brazilian minister for return to the UYilted tflates. Train Kills Nfi^ro. Jake Oantt, a yonng negro of Aiken, was killed by a train Saturday when he fell asleep on the track as a result of whiskey drinking. Schooner Blown Ashore. An unidentified schooner was blown ashore Tuesday near Lewes, Pol, ^ Hfdboats anq ^ ftyff WORKING FOR REFORM BIG BATTLE OVER PRIMARY COMES UP NEXT TUESDAY. Two Distinct Plans Are -to b? Pre sented to Convention Looking To wards Primary Reform. Plans of those advocating the re striction of the primary to registered voters are going forward satisfactor ily, according to information in polit ical circles. By the time the State Democratic convention meets every thing will be mapped out, all details perfected, and the structure ready for presentation to the 33 6 delegates who will make up the convention. The State convention meets next Tuesday at noon in the hall of the House of Representatives, and the most- important question to come be fore that body will be the reform of the primary. There Is sharp division In the ranks of the antl-Blease faction which will control the convention over how far the suffrage restriction should go. One section favors let ting every white man vote, but standB for such reforms as allowing enroll ment on only one club and the clos ing of the lists some days before the first primary and the filing of a certi fied copy with the clerk of court or some other responsible officer. This plan Includes also such regulations as will provide a correct list of all voters and somo of them favor a re enrolment while still others favor purging of the rolls. Another wing of the antl-BJeaso forces are for going the whole length and want tho general election re quirements applied to the primary. They say that anything less than this will bo a makeshift and accomplish nothing and point out that there is very little in the cry that to make registration certificates mandatory for the primary will deprive any con siderable numbdtof Democrats from voting. They want every opportunity given for every white man qualified to register. This wing is headed by John J. MoMahan and tho Richland county delegation in tho convention, they go ing instructed to vote and work for amendments to the rules and consti tution of tho party requiring each voter to present a registration certi ficate before they can vote in the pri mary. Just how much strength this wing will develop is uncertain, but they are optimistic and will make a great fight to carry through their point. Nearly half of the county conven tions endorsed primary reform, but to what length this will go is not yet apparent. United States Senator 13. R. Tillman is a delegate to the State convention from his home county of Edgefield, and his attitude on the primary reform will have groat weight. There is general hopo that Senator Tillman will attend the con vention. United States Senator E. D. Smith is likely to be the dominating per sonality in the convention, and his wishes will be referred to. He is a delegate from his home county of Lee, but has not Indicated whether he will attend the convention. He and Senator Tillman are both need ed In Washington right now in con nection with matters before congress and they may not be able to get off. The Please minority in the State convention will oppose any change in the present primary regulations if they follow the wishes of their leader as expressed by him on several pub llo occasions. Governor Blease is opposed to both plans which have been talked of and thinks that the primary is good enough and ought to be left alone. I ALL NEWS CENTURED. Mexico City Correspondents Have Hazardous Job. For some time the life of the for eign newspaper correspondent in Mexico City has been a hazardous one. Several have been reported de ported and the minister of foreign relations, Senor Portillo y Rojas, has repeatedly informed them in more or less' pointed fashion that thoy must send out no news favorable to the rebels. Of course ho did not put it that way exactly. He simply accused them of sending out false reports which wore injurious to Mexican peace. Here is one of his warnings: Tills department has proofs that tho correspondents of foreign news papers in this capital are sending re ports which are falso and which are favorable to tho rebels and Injure the government of the republic, where fore this department reminds them for tho last time of the resolution of December 27 of last year, which says. "The government has noted with profound displeasure that certain for eign newspaper correspondents are devoting their attention to the trans mission abroad of falso reports which rebound to the Injury of both Mexi cans and of foreigners resident In this country, and for this roason, said correspondents are warned to change their -conduct, since, otherwise they will be considered as pernicious foreigners and expelled from the na tional territory according to Article 33 of the federal constitution." CHILDREN EXAMINED. Government Expert Is Ilnsy Working In Florence City Scltols. Dr. Foster, tho tfovernment expert, Is In Florence making a medical In spection of the children of tho Flor ence city schools, at the request of the board of sohool commissioners, through Congressman J. Willard Ragsdale, has Just completed his sec ond round, which Included examina tions only for eye trou/ble and ade noids, and will begin a third round examination for any defects In sight. This Is a great work, and when Dr. Foster completes his work and makes his report to the board and to the government, he is going to hand np some mighty Interesting reading and statistics that will make Florence fathers and mothers or guard nans sit up and take notice of the fact that their "betored child" Is not Just what they thought he or the was, in sofar a* tfwtr frefdtft U ooa SPEAKS OF DYING DEATH IN WAR OF SERVICE 18 A GLORIOUS OFFERING. WILSON MAKES ORATION Standing at Biers of Youths Who Have Given Their Live* at Their Country's Call President Utters a Nation's Gratitude ? Tinge of Envy Broods Over Heroic Dead. Standing -with bared head in the Inclosure at the Brooklyn navy yard President Wilson Monday, before 10. 000 people who had massed their way in to pay tribute to the bluejackets and marines who gave up their lives at their country's call, delivered this address: "Mr. Secretary: I know that tho feelings which characterize all who stand about me, and the whole nation at this hour, are not feelings which can be expressed suitably in terms of attempted oratory or eloquence. They are things too deep for ordinary speech. For my own part I have a singular mixture of feelings. The feeling that is uppermost is one of profound grief that these lads should havo had to go to their death. And yot there is mixed with that grief a profound pride that they should have gone as they did and, if I may say it out of my heart, a^touch of envy of those who were permitted so quietly, so nobly, to do their duty. "Have you thought of it, men., Hero is the roster of tho navy, the list of men, officers and enlisted men and marines, and suddenly there swim 19 stars out of tho list, men who have gone suddenly into tho firmament of memory, where wo shall always see their names shine; not bo cause they called upon us to adtnlro them, but because they served us without asking any questions and In the performance of duty, which is laid upon us as well as upon them. "Duty is not an uncommon tiling, gentlemen. Men are performing it in ordinary walks of life all around us all the time and make great sacri fices to perform it. What gives men like these peculiar attention? Not because they did their duty, but be cause their duty had nothing to do with them or their own personal and particular interests. They did not give their lives for themselves; they gave their lives for us because we called upon them, as a nation, to per form an unexpected duty. That is the way in which men grow distinc tive and that is the only way ? by serving some ono else than them selves. And what greater thing could you serve than a nation such as this we love and are proud of? "Are you sorry for these lads? Are you sorry for tho way they will be re membered? Does it not quicken your pulse to think of them? I hope to God none of you may join tho list, but If you do you will Join an Im mortal company. "So while you are profoundly Bor rowful and while there goes out of our hearts a very deep and affection ate sympathy to friends and relatives of these who for the rest of their lives shall mourn them, though with a touch of pride ? we Know why we do not go away from this occasion cast down, but with our heads lifted and our eyes on the future of this coun try with absolute confidence of how It will bo worked out, not only the more vague future of this country, but the immediate future. "We have gone down to Mexico to serve mankind, if we can find out the way. We do not want to fight the Mexicans; we want to serve the Mex icans, if yve can, bocause wo know how we would like to bo freed and how we would like to be Berved if there wore friends standing by ready to serve us. "A war of aggression Is not a war in which it is -a proud thing to die; but a war of service Is a thing in which it 1b a proud thing to dlo. "Notice that these men wore of our blood, mon of our. American blood, which is not drawn from any ono country; which is not drawn from any ono language of the modorn world, but from everywhere people have Bent their brothers and their daughters to this country in order to make that groat compounded nation, which consists of all tho sturdy ele ments and all the best elements of tho whole globe. "Listen to this list with a profound Interest at tho mixture of tho names, for tho names bear tho marks of sev eral national stocks from which these men came; but they aro not Irish men nor Germans nor Frenchmen nor Hebrews anT morn. They were not when thoy wont to Vera Cruz. Thoy woro Americans, every ono of ? hem, and wero no different in tiller Amorlcanlsm bocauso of tho stock from which they camo. Therefore they wero In a peculiar sonso of our blood and thoy proved it by showing that thoy wero of our spirit, that no matter what tholr derivation; no mat ter where their fathers came from thoy sought and wished and did the things that woro American, and tho fiag under which they served was a flag in which all tho blood of man kind Is united to mako a freo nation. "War, gentlemen, Is only a sort of dramatlo representation, a sort of dramatic slmllo of a thousand forms of duty. I never went Into battle, I never was under fire, but I fancy that thoro aro some things Just as hard to do as to ko under fire. I fancy that It Is Just as hard to do your duty when men are snoorlng at your afc when they aro shooting at you. When they shoot at you thoy can only take your natural llfo. When they nnoor at you they can wound your hoart. And men who aro bravo enough, steadfast enough, steady in their prin ciples enough to go about tholr duty with regard to their follow men, no mAttor whether there aro hisses or oheera? men who can do what Rud yard Kipling In one of his poc.ns, wrote: " 'Meet with triumph and disaster, and treat these two impostors Just the name' "These are men of which a nation may he proud. "Morally speaking, disaster and triumph aro impostors, The cheers of tho momont are not what a man ought to think about, but tho verdict O'SHAUGHNESSY REPORTS SAYS ANY GOVERNMENT SUP PORTED BY U. S. WILL STAND. Denies Huerta Is the Drunkard He is Pictured and Shjb He is a Deter mined Man Not Apt to Yield. NelBon O'Shaughnessy, charge d'af faires of tho American embassy at Mexico City, Tuesday night told Pres ident Wilson the story of what hap pened in the Mexican capital during tho days lmmodlatoly preceding and following the occupation of Vera Cruz, and gave him an lntlmato pic ture of Gen. Huerta. It was tho first timo Mr. O'Shaughnessy had seen tho president since his arrival In Wash ington last week. He was at tho White House for more than an hour, and went away highly ploased with his reception. Tho charge advised the president that Huerta waa a hard man and not apt to yield his position as dictator easily. Ho expressed tho opinion, however, that any government set up in Mexico which has the support of tho United States will stand. After ho left the White House Mr. O'Shoughnessy intimated that he be lieved President Wilson had a broad and firm view of tho Mexican qoes tlon. Ho quickly disposed of reports that ho believed ho had been badly treated by the administration. Tho president thanked him, ho said, -for his services in Mexico, and expressed approval of his course. No other post has been offered tho charge, and ho Indicated that ho expected to be allowed to take an extended vacation in tho United States. It Is understood that Mr. O'Shaughnessy's acount of Gen. Huer ta was such as to strengthen, if pos sible the president's determination to forco tho elimination of the Mexican dictator. Ho denied, however, that Gen. Huerta was tho drunkard that he has been painted in somo quar ters, and ho also told the president he did not believe tho Tampico inci dent had been planned by Huerta to bring about troublo with the United States. | Mr. O'Shaughnessy expressed fear for tho safety of Louts D'Antln, left in charge of American emibassy build ing. He said that D'Antln's mother was a Mexican -and that the man Is constantly having disputes with Mexicans over tho United States and in that way has made enemies. Mr. O'Shaughnessy will continue for the present at least, Jo retain tho titlo of first secretary of tho Ameri can embassy and will draw tho sal ary attached to tho first post. He thanked tho president particularly for the courtesy shown him in hav ing a warship to bring him bacK, S SEVEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Accident Happens Aboard Passenger Steamer Near Norfolk. Seven dead and threo severely In jured was tho toll of tho explosion of one of tho boilers of tho Old Domin ion Liner Jefferson at 10.55 Tues day night, five miles this side of Capo Henry, Va. Tho dead were all col ored firemen and coal passers, while the injured aro Chief Engineer W. L. Portlock, First Assistant Engineer H. B. Smith, both of New York city, and M. Olsen, an oiler. The Jefferson is on her way to New York and should havo arrived Wed nesday morning about 4 o'clock. An inspection of the boilors will bo made at Now York by the best experts that can be obtained and tho cause of the explosion arrived at. It is impos sible to say at this time what caused tho accldontA It was the blowing out of a tube ta tho after starboard boiler that caused tho tragedy and tho men who wero killed and In jured wore in tho englno room at the timo. I Snilors Held as Witnesses. Nineteen Canadian snilors aro be ing detained at the Erie county, N. Y., county ail to bo used as witnesses against vessels owners who aro alleg ed to have vlolatoed immigration laws covering tho shipping of men from foreign nations on American ships. Three Women Burned to Death. Miss Naomi Strong and Miss Gen evieve Brown, school teachers of Yuma, Ariz., and tho mother of Miss [irown wero burned to death Tuesday In a fire In tho hotel in which they lived. sciences o' mankind. So when I look at you I feel as if I also and we all wero enlisted men ? not enlisted In your particular branch of the service hut enlisted to servo tho country, no matter what may come. What though we may wasto our yves In tho ardu our endeavor! Wo aro expected to put tho utmost energy of every power that we havo into tho servlco of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what. Is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, If need bo, to go to tho utter length of complete sacrifice. As I stand and look at you to-day I think of the spirits that havo gone from us, and I know tho road Is clearer for tho future. These boys havo shown us tho way and it is easier to walk on It becnuso they havo gone before and shown us tho way. "May God grant to all of us that vision of patriotic sorvlco which awaits us." CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Stile? Ear corn at $1 per bushel J. K. Maytield, Denmark, S. C. Barred Hock Kggs ? Prepaid, ID. $1.1 C. T. H&miu, Tobaocoville, N. C. Eggs ? Hose Comb Rods, $1 to $2 for 15. W. C. Vincent, Greenville, N. C. Bloodhound puppies, English regis- | tered pure-bred. W. N Cavln, Mt. } Holly. N. C. ________________ ______ Pure .Prl/.e Winning White Wjan- 1 dottes ? Eggs 18 for $1.25. G. B f Domlnlck, Neeses, S. C. Indian Itunner Duck Egg* ? i White i $1.25 per dozen delivered. Good stock. J F. Tietjen. Savannah, Ga. For Sale ? Velvet Reans, $2 bushel f -jo qil-vv qseo 'vnipviv q o der. Caswoll & Grimes, Alachua. Fla. Send DoRar Bill for 100 Whlto Ber muda onion plants, by mail, post paid. C. Voorhees, South Lake Weir, Fla. Mammoth Yellow Soy Beans ? Select stock, new Beed, recleaned. Trice right. Rurrus & Parker, New Rem, N. C. Genuine Nancy Hull Potato Plants ? $1.75, 1,000. Order early and pre vent delay. Glendalo Farm, Lln colnton, N. C. Rancocas strait) S. (\ White Leghorns ? Hatching OKps. $ S per 100: $1.50 per setting. Red Briar Farm, Heu derBonville, S. C, White Wyandotte# ? Yearling stock for Bale at Bacrlflce. Eggs for hatch lng. W. P. Causey, 13 15 Dlckedh St., Columbia, S. C. For Sale? Eggs for hatching, from thoroughbred S, C. Rrown Leghorns prices on largo lotB. R. W. Chap lin, Rnntowles, S. C. Reds ? Large, healthy, bright red, in oculated. Heavy layers; 15 eggs, $1.50; 100, $ G. Mrs. Addlt E. Pat terson, Plneland, S, C. For Sale? Ono Flanders 2 0, two new caBes, top, extra seat. Car in ex cellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, s. C. Special ? Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runneru, $5; t r 1 > Utility, $1 each or $10 do*. Mrs. J F. Carroll, Hohennnld, Tenn. Malari, Chills Jaundice cuieil or money refunded. Rigor-Tone 5< cents post paid. Stamps or coin. Rigor-Tone Co., Petersburg, Va. Indian Runner Duck E^u: Great layers, easily raised. $1 per 1 Express or parcel post paid. Mrs R. S. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. For Sale? Eggs from single comb White, Rrown, and Buff Leghorns, Anconas, R.uff Orpingtons, 15 for $1 Carolina Poultry Farm, Reldsvllle. N. C. Men and Women earn $3 daily ad dressing letters In spare time. Seel 10c for outfit and beginner. Ad dress Morgan, Rot 55 C>, Salisbury, n. a Berkshire Pigs of best breeding In South; long bodied, Bhort nose type. Pigs two months old. Registered, $15 each. Middloton Farms, Clark's II111, S. C. Whlto Leghorns, Buff and White Rocks, Indian Runner Ducks, Baby chicks, eggs, stock. Circular on re quest. Summcrvillo Poultry Farm, Summorvllle, S. C. For Sale ? Start rlnht with Young'* strain single comb White Leghorns Best layers, best show blrd<* known Eggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walter Berry, Greenville, S. C. A Wonder of the Ago ? Webb's Wax all, apply with rag. 75c quart deliv ered. Will stain and wnx floor one application. All colors. Webb's Art Store, Columbia. S. C. For Sale ? Tompkln's and Langford's high class Single Comb Reds. Fine breed. Select matlngs. Eggs, $1.50 $2 and $3 per 15. Young chicks Mrs. John Kerr, Dm ham, N. C, Pumpkin Seed ? Largo variety, fine for stock, weighing 150 to ISO pounds. First prize South Carolina fair. For sale ay grower, 25c dozen. J. P. Wheeler, Prosperity, S. C. "Perfection" Potato Draws ? (J. G Padrick's) 12 ? t 1.000; unexcelled April delivery; hook order now b> de-posltlng $1. Cabbage Plants, 1. 000 $1.10. J. L. Padrlck, Tlfton, Ga I OO Fine Heavy XX XX Envelopes ? neatly printed to suit any business, 4 5c 250. $1.00; 5o0. $1.50; I. "on. $2.40. Packetheads sarno price. Prepaid. (!. W. Wilson, Mt Pleas ant, s e. For ? Registered Hereford cat tle. beet of all beef breeds for our Southern conditions. Eighty breed ing cows; young stuff for sale. Extra good breeding. Evans Luusford, Covington, Ga. Automobile Contact Points, 75<^? Why pay $1.60 or $2 for new point*. We put new platinum on for 76o each. Send them to us aDd get them by return mall. Wlesepape Mfg Co., Columbia. S. C. For Sale or Exchange*? $3,500 of pre ferred stock with salaried position In Moving Picture Film Exchange for sale or exchange for improved tnoney-makln? farm. H. V. Knight, Columbia. S. C. Kgus ? Prize winning Rose. Single Comb Black Mtnorcas, Pape, North rop. Mlshler strains. Darlr Cornlsb Indian Games. 12 to $3 fifteen. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Paul Houston, Cireenvllle. S C. See the World and make from $3 to ? ."> a day collecting bones and other junk from trnsh piles; no capital needed. Wrlte.for prices. Hender Bonvillo Rubber & Metal Co., Hen | dorsonvllle, X. C. Velvet IVans from farmer to farmer, North prown Florida Velvet Ream nre the host Crop short this year. Our supply limited. Sacked In dou ble hops: $2.50 per bu. f. o. b. Quincv, Fla. Owl Commercial Co., Kellerstniss White Orpingtons? Reared from $l<n> p??u \ldrlch strain froir Madison St)ii?re Oar don blue ribbon winners Hfteen pl'its. 52. M and $.'> Orders filled with care. W. S. Staosell, Kasley, S. C. I "or Sale ? Entire stock of general merchandise valued at $ 1,500, more or less. Will sell at reasonable fig ures. Stock In good condition. Also one desirable lot on Main street. Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn, S. C. H."0 Acres Houston County, Ga., Fine Farming and Peach Land ? Railway way station on place. Don't hesi tate on account of price, $10,000 for tills w hie ht is worth $30,000. Southern insurance & Realty Co., l.ife Pudding. Macon, Ga. I.mly or gentleman, fair education, to act as our representative In home town. Exclusive territory given. Soiling experience unnecessary. We furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay $2.rt,"> first year. Staple line. Our booklet. "How to Start In Ruslnesa for Yourself." explains all Free on I request. Address Rox 1 599. Phil adelphia, Pa. The Steady Subscriber. How d :u* to our hearts Is tho steady f-uhseribcr, Who pays in advance at tho birth of e:ich year, Who lays r.own the money and does it. quite gladly. And casts 'round tho office a halo of cheer. He never says: "Stop It, I can not afford It, I'm petting more papers now than T read;" Rut always says, "Send It; our people all like It ? The fact is, wo think It a help and a need." How welcome his check whon" It reaches our sanctum, How it makes our pulse throb, hovr it makes our heart dance. Wo outwardly tha-V him, wo Inward ly bless hi;n ? Tho steady subscriber who pays In advance. To Stay Well Keep^The Blood Right rPI!KRB Is no health whero tho llfocur A rent Is poisoned. It may bo tho nerves are crying out for rollof from headaches and sleeplessness i perhaps tho muscles aclie? Oh, how they hurt ? tho hones inny he soro; tho skin may break out ? all of iheso are only symptoms. "The blood Is tho llfo" and It must bo puro and abundant If you uro to bo woll. T^ll KKK Is no help In treatlnK symptoms. (iet down to tho causo, rotnovo that, and tho symptoms will nil disappear. How can nerves he steady, dlxostlon k'ood and head clear when through them all Is flowlnKacoustantstroain of polsont Purify Your Blood And Be Healthy Mrs. .loo person's Remedy has proved Its usefulness In such cases by forty years' service. Literally thousands of famlllos In tho South luivo u s o d It when needed, anil unity testify to lis value. Your (trutrKlst ouirht to havo It. If ho hasn't send 81.00 to tho RF.MF.DY SALES CORPORATION, Charlotte, N. C., and they will send you a blir 1>oU1o and full directions at once. M rs. Joe Person's Wash l\] In oonnocilon with the Itemedy for tho cure of sores and the relief of luflarnod and congested itiirfAccs. It Is especially valuable for women, mid should always bo used for ulcerations. n.?i ?ritu.n? .n.t hh.ii.*>> u<ur wrw.f. Out couraet tr^ thor u(rh in<1 our College In tne most highly recommoixlfld. Our frriLdiiitet irA elwwyt preferred bocame of the thorough training they receive her* 8 a UMM I particulars SSUr "THE SOUTH'S BEST" A Full Literary, Scientific and 1 Off atr the yonnjr men of the Bouth the beet edtirntlonnl *dvt?nt?Ro?, under poeltlve Chrlntlen Influence*, At the minimum expenee. Founded In 1856 end holde ? recognized position among tli? high-grade Inetltutlonn of the Bouth, frv?M*? Ike ?*?*! Literary Cewm U |Ih D??rM ?( A. B. Including Ancient and Modem language*, Kngllnh, Illetory, Metheroetlca, Boclnl and Political Kconomr. Oratory and Natural Bclence*. AI*o a po*t gradtintri couree leading to the Degree of Master of Art*. Offer* * hir-TMr C??m In RWtrU* lead M?ck*al<-?l In aeperete building*, with folly equipped ehopn and laboratories. nil nrffMnt v ap uaratu* and appliance*, under a separate corp* of experienced ln*truetor*. II** the great advantage of being connected with a regular literary Instl Technical School for Younjj Men tutlon. Thl* <>otir*n Ino'ls to thft ilogroo of llnr.holor of Hol?n?? In Kngl nnorlnK. *n?l ooimtltntfl n *onn<l *tf?rt for almost rtny ItiOtiMrlnl pnr*tilt. Tho <'o|l?|fn own*" *i>l?>n<ll<l Imlldli'KM of lr?ran t>oi |H>rtlon* nn<l thorough ftfjnljunoiit. 1 t* PaotiHjr of IUt?"i> ool1?K? tr?lii??) *i?wUll*tff nn<1 tutor* t* lnrgo onotinh U> lonuro the hmountof t>nr*otinl ln*trnctlon m?i Individual Attention *o PRftontlnl to tho host r?i*iilt?. The < .'iiinptiK Iir?< I* inont whohiftmnn. itml thn trmlltlon# of honor ?nd morality nro high. Thoro In no hnxli'K. AthMIr* ?r? nmlrirnml ?n<1 onrofnlly mipflrvl*o<l hy tho Kfwulty. I lymnnoliiin work In com jmlnory. The nthlotlc work of Nnwlmrry College In lnte four* tin* heon fornnionk among the Honth OnrollnA (.'ollpgo*. The rollidoon life In Meal, uml the mornl niul nplrltnftl welfare of tho ntutlent l? tho Hchool'* fllilof Minium OertlfWtA* from iu*?rA<1ltAr1 hi Igh-HthoolR *<lmlt without Oiftmlnntlon wfT jr anhnol riftpRrtmant for hlfni-ftchool tinner ftrftd* A prnpftrn. aatfl*. N?xt M??Ion open* H?pU?m?x?r 17. 1914, For eatafoffita *nd purtlmiUm, (wlrtrnn* Rev. J. Henry Harms, D. D., " . Pre?!d*nt, Newberry, S. C.