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Tlx ?nriEffan ilntEllinEnc NEW Ht: H IK* VOL. 1. NO. i. Wttt?f, EftaMiifted 18M| Daily, tau lt, lilt, ======== ANDERSON, S. C.k FRIDAY MORNING? MAY 8,1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR. A NEW TRIAL STANDS IN SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS FOR MURDER OF FACTORY GIRL DEFENDANT COOL Whether Appeal Will Be Made to State Supreme Court Not Giv en Out By Detente (By Associated Pness) k Atlanta, May G.-Denial of the de fense's plea for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, the factory superintendent under sentence of death tor the mur der of fourteen year old Mary Phagan, was made here tody by Judge Benja min' H. Hill, of the superior court. ; |M Action ls Prompt. The- court's action was taken ira TTW?<i1nf ply nf for fha CC2C??I2?CI? C? "JJU" monts by attorneys for the defense, which followed the completion of evi dence introduced by tho defense and tho State. Judge Hill indicated that he u?u D?? cai u to hear arguments from the State's counsel. N?ws of the latest reverse was tak en immediately to Frank, who ts con , find in the county jail awaiting final action in hhs case, which has been in the courts continually for more than a year. His wife was with him at the time. "I had expected that action," said tho factory superintendent, "I havo ? nothing to say now but I may later." Will Grant Exceptons. No written opinion was made by Judge Hill in delivering bis decision. He announced, however, that he would, grant a bill ot exceptions to the tense by which the case may be l to the state supreme: court and he would then prepare-a written opln. ion. be considered. No formal announcement regarding the appeal was forthcoming from the defendant's counsel tonight. It waa not known whether it would bo 'do* layed until after a decision 1B obtained on another ponding motion which asks the annulment of the verdict on ac count of the absence of Frank from the court room when ft was returned. Annulment Motion Saturday. Hearing on the annulment motion was set for Saturday by Judge Hill today. The defense alleges that the returning of the verdict against Frank while he was absent from the court room violated the constitutional rights of the defendants. Absence of the defendant waa agreed to by two members of Frank's coun sel and was suggested by L. fi. Roan,, the presiding judge at the trial.- fi was feared by the judge that physical violence might be. inflicted on Fratik by persona In the audience in case a verdict of acquittal was returned. 'The annulment motion was filed by law yers*, who had no connection with tho argument . The extraordinary motion for a 'fitew trial overruled today was based on the claim of newly discovered evidence and criticized methods used by'per-j sons connected with the preparation'of the case for the state. Many of the affidavits presented reflected on James Conleyv the negro factory aweepcr, Who was convicted as an accessory after the murder. In-ita counter showing, the state in troduced sworn statements r?pudiation gnnv nf the eifi?av?ts and ch ir i i that'improper means, including bribe offers, had been used In obtaining th? reputed new evidence. Forgery was charged in some instances. Is Third Denial. Today waa the third time that a new trial had been denied Frank. A prev ious appeal waa refused in boto tafe superior court and in the state bu nreme court. Information was then gathered for the extraordinary mo tion which was denied today. Frank nae twice been sentenced to hang, the execution In each case be ing stayed by motions for a new triai.] He was convicted by the jury oft the) first ballot, August 25, 19, Vend sen tenced to be banged on ? .tobar 10. When final dental of the first motion for a new trial was made by the state supreme court bis execution again waa set for April 17,1914. . On April 16 the extraordinary mo tion for a new trial was flie?, auto matically staying h's execution. At the same time the motion for sn annul. ment nf the verdict was filed. In caa? both motions are finally lost tty toe V derense a new date for the ex?cution [ Vt'll I fyfs BCt The body of the factory fifi was I fAim fi in t!ie hajt?fnftnt of the National noil ? o?iiD?Dv her? on UM morning i [ of April 27, 1913. She had been a truck j over tte bead and afterward strangled. \ Frank had charg? of th? pencil ftus I lory. i JACKSONVILLE CORDIALLY GREETS VISITING OLD SOLDIERS RETURN OHIO FLAG Governor Cox Invites Next Con federate Reunion to Be Held In Ohio SUte Capital (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, May 6.-Welcoming addresses and responses, the return or a captured battle flag to a delega tlon of Ohio Union veterans, and a multiplicity of social diversions were features i of the formal opening here today' of tho, United Confederate Vet erans' twenty fourth annual reunion Bright weather prevailed throughout t hi> ti n v nn/J thniiG?nHa Visitors poured into the city to participate in and. witness the reunion. Return Ohio Flag, No feature of the day surpassed the simple ceremonies attending the pre sentation tonight of a 76th Ohio battle flag to personal representatives of Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, by Colonel O. M. Scott, commander of Camp Jones, United Confederate Vet erans, ot Alabama, and Mrs. T. Ran dolph Leigh, of Montgomery. The flag waa captured by the First Arkansas Regiment of Confederate soldiers at the battle of Fungoid) Gap In 1863, and later was turned over to the Alabama veterans Governor Cox sent George F. Burba, of Columbus, Ohio, and a delegation ot Ure Union veterana to receive the flag. In the letter which they brought from the governor of Ohio en invita tion wa*-extended to the Confederate veterans to rio Jd their next reunion on the ntate grounds at Columbus. ?we ls Cordial. "ss ?MaWsF^rere weicbin-1 . e and city-;.fey .Governor? Trammel I Representativo Clark dst}' Mayor Swoaring?n. Responses Were I made by General Bennett H. young,' commander in chief of the United.Con federate Veterans, and General George P. Harrison, commander of the de partment of-Tennessee. Reference' tb' the 'impending crisis in Mexico was ffade in the welcoming speeches OL' both Governor Trainmen and Representative Clark. The former assurred the veterans that "our men would at a moment's call gladly rally to the flag, and again, undaunted, face death upon the battlefield." Representative Clark, that "the boys of the South are only walting for a summons, and If lt should unhappily come, our full quota will be promptly furnished and no braver troops will m rch to the attack of the Huerta soldiers than the sons of those who, S'ly years ago, unflinchingly followed She fortunes of the stars abd'bars.'! , in his /responso General Bennett IL Young, Commander In chief of the tinned Confederate Veterans, paid high tribute to thc- soldiers of f lorida woo participated in the war ; between the states as Confederate soldiers. - Florida"*? "^aded. "Proportionately headed," he, said, "no state rent more men Into the arm ies of the Confederacy. In I860 Flori da had Only 78,000 white people, and yet abe sent eleven regiments of ia fantry and organised for local defense almoat as msny more. "It is a great pleasure for the sur vivors of the Confederate army to meet here in the Met ropo", ls of Florida "Ve cannot forget that Florida pro portionately ?ivCB roon; tuoKfsy for penalons to the Confederate soldiers th?n any ether state. -The splendid hospitality extended to this 24 th reunion, the glad end Joy. ons welcome which ls everywhere ac corded, wi!! make your visitors always*] Seel kindly to the citizenship of your entire* state." Many .social features of the reunion, took place today. One of the most spectacular events was the parade of the maids and sponsors. Routine busi ness sessions were held by the Sons ot Veterana . . FJET1 VAL AT aPABTASBPBO initial Performance Given at Con verse' College Last Night - (By Associated Press.) Sp?rtanburg, May ?.?With Ricardo Mirtin. Charles W, Clark, Mm* Cecile Ta n a and Mrs A. ti. Rlotcky HS SO~ lo'sts, the first performance of the twentieth annual Sou tn Atlantic Stai ns Music Fest!'a! was given at Con v-?ts.? College in {.'*. ' 'Cavalierly Rrui.iana" and msc. cf "PagltacrP wJire presented in concert form. Tao Converse Coi ego Choral flo ri . cf 230 vo}3?> and the Hiircv-il. IA-I fierra Hettie fh?fctsisr - \x'.: Stich, ari.' Hap oman. cOeVicf or. assisted in the performance. The audience was drawn from half a desea states. The fagan M will conilnse through Friday. RULES REVISION -- . SUCH ACTION IS RECOM MENDED BY CONFER ENCE AT AUGUSTA ARBITRATION PLAN Another Suggestion is That Drafts Be Paid When Due Instead Of Waiting Three Days (By Associated Press.) Augusta, Ga., May 6.-Thc National Cotton Conference adjourned today af ter recommending revision of the "Carolina mill rules" and the "New England terms of buying and selling cotton." To Meet With tithers. To meet with the heads of organi zations represented in the New - En gland agreement, composed of the Arkwright Club, the' New England Cotton Buyers' Association and the Pail River Association, to present the revisions as adopted and urge their acceptance by those organizations; a committee was appointed composed of J. S. Hall, of Augusta; John 8. Hale, of Meridian, Miss., Cotton Association; H. R. Gould, of the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange; J. A. Law of Spar tan burg, ar '". C. Lawson, represen tr lng the Wsv ^*ton Exchange and the Texas Cot toa Association. Carolina Bales Change. In the Carolina Mill rules the prin ciple revision is that which makes drafts payable when due instead of three days thereafter and providing that mills bear the expense of re weight of cotton in all instances where sellers' weights are found to be correct upon reweigbt at the mills. The revision in the New' England mill rules permits delivery differences to KV the ajrerage differences between giades af existing in New York, N Memphis and Augusta e tho buyer and seller are to select an arbitrator; each end-then a third if the two cnn uui agree, the agreement to be made within thirty days pr finally determin ed by the president of the manufac tura' asociation in the state wherein the mill is located. Ali expense in volved is to be set against the party l?s??B ibo arbitration, but malters of length of staple and specific grade are to arbitrated only in New Orelans or Vicksburg. TWO ARE SLAIN NEAR YUHKVILLE Fatal Battle Is Result pf One Par ty Think? ^ Other Was Rev-. (By Associated frets.) Charlotte. May 6.-J, K. Walts, and Pink Dover were brained with a home-made bat by Thad E. Turney at the .homo of Jim Mack, a negro of York county South Carolina last night at about half past ll o'clock says a special.iroro YorkvUle, tonight. it seems ?nat from nie evidence, which is hazy, that Wells and Dover mistook the Torneys for revenue of ficers and fired on them, their fire being returned and the deadly bat being brought Into {day, A coroner's jury; found that the dead men were killed by blows from ?he bat in tb/* hands of Thad E. Tur ney, who accompanied hy his father J. Ed Turney. had left hts horse and vehicle at the negro's house and gone f(shina in a creek nearby. The Turney's surrendered to offi cers today and are th Jail at Yorkville, Greenville Harte 8how On Greenville. May 9 - Famous horses from Kentucky,' Tennessee, Georgia. North Carolina and South Carolina were shown today at the opening of the eight annual Greenville Horse snow., Again tonight over a well lighted ring, horses of ?very class were shown. Valuable prizes and cups are offered and the keenest in terest ia being shown. oooooooooooo o o, THIS 18 THE WAt *D P o ENFORCE DEMANDS O a. - o a (By Associated Press.) o o Port au Prince, Hay: *.-The o o National Bank tonight ?Mlvane- o o ed to the Ha?tien government o n $62,000. the amount of the in- o o demnlty claimed by Mr. Peters, o o ? British subject, -Rhone saw a o mili had been destroyed by fire o o during -the Locante rebellion. o v xse payment had hean de- o ? (jiuudtxi ioday in ah ultimatum o o from the British di??C?S&iic rep- o o ? resentative. o o o oooooooon?oo o Photo copyright, 1914, by Amerfcan.Pi '^?J-B^HIS photo shows tho dead 1 *Tsnsncrtcd from thc the harbor. In the fl?at3 forces tost twelve t?llea : fered a loss ot ISO killed and many' woi IEY WRITES THE PRESSENT Former Secretly of[ \Sm< Why He Cannot jHH Reserve* Board .jg t^By Assoc!ate4 Press.) ,V .?. Washington. May C.-President Wit-j son today recciredrRmharkV -.Otoey's ! letter in which triff fqrm??l^eefflitw^ ? of state declined ' 'tue; ?ovcsacasfclpNpf? ? the federal reserv?lbonrdV*lt was dat de at Boston andrCaus/- 1. r"My dear Mr.'Prea?de??t: , '? - "I feel honored quite beyond .words' by your letter of tho thirtieth ultimo, by tbe Important offer and by the friendly expression of confidence which accompany tho offer. ''But the act of congress which very federal reserve board-to give hts en properly requires each .member of the tire t'mo tu hi* work, is an insuper able obstacles to my acceptance vii tho offer. In tfee Course of a long life I have, in various instances, assumed dutlee and undertaken trusts, which, from their' personal nature, cannot be properly devolved upon others. "If the conclusion I have' come to is a disappointment to you, I greatly re gret lt.' But you can hardly be sor rier than I am, that I am able to do so little in aid of on administration whose first year of achievement makes lt one of the most notable the .country has ever known. "Trusting that you will not suffer your health and strength to be im paired-by the strain of the unusual difficulties now attending the dniles of your great Office. I am, "Sincerely yours, (Signed) "Richard Olney." TAMPICO ATTACK NEAR AT HAND I Rebels Rushing io Strike Stow There, ?a News Refugees,] Bring to Texas (By Associated Press.) Brownsville, Tex.. May fl-Befugees from Monterey tonight said repairs on the San Juan river bridge between Monterey and Montermorclos. wera being rushed to facilitate the rebel movement against Tampico. In Matamores there ls a very defi nite, feeling apparent that grave re sults for the future of ?.o constitu tionalist cause, hinge on the T?utp?c? attack.' There was no news available tonight of the victory of General Cen sales' troops near Saltilo. Refugees, said the Monterey rebels were apparently awaiting the arrival of reinforcements ' from ' the west where Villa's forces were reported drawing in on Saltillo and that heavy fighting was expected SR anytime. r Villa Leeks Ammunition. , New York, May 8.-General Villa ?Will kai? a shortage of ammunition in his projected attacks against cen trai M?.I?- eiticc Judging from tbs large quantities ?ai ammunition, or dered, yet undelivered*, Ia New York ?fuis company ornees. None of these shipments I md been delivered owing to the replacing of thc emb?ri?> on arms. >ead From Vera o American Ship ese Association. ot three of Uncle Sam's heroes being ??ra Gfua io one of the battleships tn npt* fighting at Vera Crux the American 'tr wounded, whit? th? Moxlcunn ?nf. ON-McADOO bum: TODAY Ail Arrangcmento Made For Event Which Will 5e Private At White Hovae Washington. May- 6.^-The .white , house tpulghl was the scene of a faml- < ly r?onwn and gathering of .close } friends, hgre for tho wedding toraor- . row of Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson ? youngest daughter of the president { and Mrs, Wilson, to Secretary Mc- j Adoo. Hiss Wilson's six girl chums, wno ; Will be her bridesmaids, wero guests ? st tho white ho uso tonight. They are , Miss Helen Hunter, Portsmouth, Va.; Miss Henrietta Stadelman. Wilming ton, Del.; Miss Marjorie Bro-.n. At lanta: AU?r ?ue=.r. Fine and Miss Eli zabeth Duffield, Princeton. N. J.; and Mrs. Crudes K^'lo^n. Athens'. Penn The marriage license was obtained late today by I.H.Hoover, the veteran chief usher at tho white house. The age of the bridegroom waa* given as 60 and that of Miss Wilson at 24. The Rev. Sylvester \Y. Beach', Of tho First Presbyterian church at Princeton, N. J., waa named at the clergyman for the occasion. Gifts from .friends continued to ar rive during the day. The senate's wedding gift, a bracelet of diamonds, ret in platinum, costing $1,000. was Bent to the white house tonight. HE LIVED AT TORREON Rev. W.8. Byers of Townville Deeply Interested la War Hatters. Rev. W. S. Myers of Townville, who was in the city yesterday, waa master mechanic of the Mexican International Railway at'Torreon for iv?o years and he was deeply interested in all of the battle news. He saye that Villa's army had a difficult task to capture thc city, having to cross an arid mountain, nnd it the federals had not become scared he doe? not see how it could have been ?ir com pl ls li ed. . afr. Myers will be one of the speak ers at the Sunday School convention to be held at Clemson College Sat urday and he invites the workers' of Anderson to onie as Dr. Carman and other well, known speakers will be on the program. Capt Mark's Body Poand. Norfolk, May 6.-The body of Cap tain J ."fe. Marka who was murdered on board his schooner Mary Inez in Chesapeake Ray last-November, wa?? found in a fish pond near Guynu In land, according to reports received lb this city tonight. A targe amount of ?aoiiey waa found in a secret pocket In his undershirt / ooooooooooooooooooo o o BLUE RIDGE HOME IB o ft PLANNED POM PR?SIDENT o (By Associated Press Washington, May 6.-A presi dential sum m el' home at Mount Weather, high un ' in the Blue it Ridge mountains, about sixty ft miles from Washington, waa ? proposed in a bill introduced o today by Representative Carlin o ft ot Virginia. o a o OOOOOOOOOOOOOO O O OOO REBEL BANNER &RMS OF INSURGENTS GEN ERALLY SUCCESSFUL IN SOUTHERN MEXICO HOWARD CONFIRMS Funston Told To Lengthen HU; Line, But Not To Assume the Aggressive At Vera Cruz (Fly Associated Press) Washington. May. 6-While the Mexican situation was outwardly calm today ponding the formal opening of the conference of South American mediators at Niagara Falls, Canada, an May 18, there continued an active undercurrent of discussions and pre parations for the peace plans and at j the same time definite reports roach, sd the constitutionalist headquarters af sweeping victories of their forces near San Luis Potosi and other points (ar south of Saltillo, where it waa thought their next big battle would occur. Bebels Win Victories. The news of the constitutionalist successes reached here tn dispatches (rom General Carranza to Raphael Zeubaran, minister of the Interior, In the constitutionalist cabinet, "'ho had' a direct wire put up to tha headquar ters of General Carranza ta Chihua hua today. General Carran zn's me. rages showed that three converging I campaigns were inactive operation, ( each within three hundred miles of Mexico City. General Obregon with 15,000 men waa operating from the Pacific coast side, had captured ail: the lutervawng territory, waa beseiging ? Mazatlan, and was threatening Mexico City fron\the weet. AnotberNprWan, ^Jenarsl Carranza ?MStiiltea? which ts i north, of Mexico City, This he southernmost point which the eons?t?uoaallata have reached in Central Mexico and with the army BOW attacking Tampico, they declare that the general advance on the Mex ican capital ia to be made within u| tow weeks from three sides. The sig nificance of tlioso constitutionalist] victories lay in thc fact that the ter ritory is rar south of Saltillo and only I 300 miles from Mexico City on tho | south. Howard - Confinas Carranca General Carranza's report of thal plight of the federals waa coincident with the reports from Rear Admiral Howard, who stated that a laud and sea engagement was carried on, the constitutionalists firing rifles from Pedrio Island while the federal gun boat was aiding thc shore batteries. Aside froth the notable constitution alist success, the chief military devel opment ot the day was the authorisa tion to Genoral Funston to extend his | lines at Vera Crux, as might be needed | for defensive purposes without, how ever, undertaking as aggressive op erations. A report also came from fieneral Funston that he could secure DO definite Information as lo the movements by the federals under Gen eral Maas, but he construed What they | were doing as being merely defensive. No further reinforcements have been I Introduced to Vera Crux, nor has there been any sign of General Wood | moving to the front to assume com mand. Congress In the Ring. Congress again came into the Mex ican situation tdday when a caustic | lebate occurred in the senate overi the resolution cf Mr. Irtpptlt, of Rhodo Island, asking President WU- j son for isfermatier as to hts report ed designation of Pancho Villa for aext chief of the country. The motion was tsbled by a vive voce vote, but sot until Senator Ldppttt had dis cussed "Villtaneous Villa," the landing st Vera .Crux and other incidents. Mexico also crept Into the debate an the repos1 of the Panama tolls ex emption act when . Senator Bradley of Kentucky declared that the repeal was the result of watchful waiting in Mex ico. . . The mediators completed their plana for holding the sessions in Ni igara Falls. Ontario. Headquarters will be established In a leading ho tel. The mediators with their secre taries, stenographers, ?etc., will make I party of about flftren. They will leave here on Msj 1* to prepare for opening conference Monday. The Huerta delegates are expected to srrlvs by way of Montreal, coming hence to Wagara Falls. Army Surgeons Notified. New York. May ?.-Twenty physi cians and surgeons, who are first lieu tenants 1? the medical reserve corps jf the army, have been requested by Surgeon General Gorgas to hold them selves In read Inas for active duty. rh? medical reserve corps was organ. ?ed rovers! years ago to supplement the regular army surgical corps-4S .ase of wsr. Li? _ WILL RETAIN NAME OF METH ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH, TOO BIG MEETING IS ON Bishops and Prominent Delegates From All Over the United . State at Oklahoma City (By Associated Prese.) Oklahoma City, May 6.-To a select committee of fifteen will be given the task of solving for tho church the situation caused by Uie recent decision of tito supreme court of Toni^pnW ra, ' moving Vanderbilt University from'.the dinect jurisdiction* of Methodist .Kpla copal Church, South. nivnrre Va?'I' rb?? V-. This action wa? taken at the opeb ing session today- of tiio seventeenth I quadrennial conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, after the college of bishops, ip. un address read- by Bishop W. A. candler of At lanta, expressed 'the opinion that, In view of the decision of the court "leav ing to the church only a mere shadow or connection with the university,t the church would not be justified "in any' further attempt? to direct ita: affairs or assume responsibility for it.". ?Departing fron? the usual cnsiutw iii? conference adopted a resolution' today making equal the ministerial and'lay representation oh the various stand ing committees. Heretofore . several committees, especially the committee on Episcopacy were composed entire ly of clerical delegate?. The neces sary rearrangement pi committees di*, arranged the day's program and the mading of the report or tho bishops On the constitution of the church waa de f*?riv.d until tomorrow. i el?gates from, -S? annual oonier e?*iea-a?at>HSwe-<hsg ft ?Kioidiur^tMC^ >Vs attended the *i*t<???Mri?ae-*Mfcr genernl conference- which' will he te session there weeks/ Bishop Wilson presided today. Each of the other, iv.vilVe bishops wm pro ride during the. conference ht the or der ot their seniority. Tonight addresses of welcome were responded to by Bishop Hendrix ot Kansas City. The Bishop's Letter. The address of the bishops, or gen eral superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, containing as lt did, a review of the work of the past f=ur years and recommendation* os to changes in laws, practice? and other mattera affecting the church? waa the center of Interest ot the opening o ft lio conference. It eon*' fained more than 20,000 %words. While the address reviewed the re organization of tho' .missionary; de- , na ri ?no nt of'the 'church, ordered . at the conference in Asheville,, in 1910; reported action ' on the . question of federation with the Methodist Episco pal Church, and discussed tbe.questlon of "laity rights" for women, special attention waa given to the bishops' po sition in regard to'Vanderbilt Untrer J s I ty at Nashville.' After several year? of litigation, following 'efforts of a church commission to reach a satisfac tory settlement of the question of the Methodist. Church's control of the Uni. versity, the Tennessee supreme court recently decided the church, through its bishops did not control the school. During the four year period now ended, it was. pointed out, the increase in membership was 171,237; the in crease in profits from the church pub. llshing houses at Nashville, Dallas anti Richmond, was $116,760.87. Ne Change ?I ?ame. ? The bishops reported that the ques tion ol changing the name of the church to "The Methodist Episcopal Church In America" had been submit ted to the annual conferences during 1918 and was not approved, 3,991 vot ing against the chance and 1.385 la favor of lt. Deny Women? Bights. On the question of "laity rights" for women, the cause for a widespj^aa? discussion at the MIO eonferattee: ?j address declared : "Exoerieno! ena? tte ed .?? !fl the view which we expressed foal1 years ago in th? bishops* address at I Asheville. We have reason to believe that the demand for thu kind of equality is not in harmony with the general sentiment of the women ot our church. We believe, ?urtherm?re, that the spirit ot this movement la against the view which oar people at large have held and still in regard ta women's ulaco in the church and la society, and that auch a step would not, therefore, make tor the j sate? efficiency of our church aa . whole ta any of the regions occuplei by it." Blrdaiaa Ia lUBeJ. Karat. Marrooco, May av4tieni?M"t Saint Lague waa Wiled roday when tho French army aeroplane capsized ana tell 1,200 feet after a scouting ex pedition OH inst host'lo Moros.