Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE JWOEBSOHIHTELLIGENCER FoHBded Aufruf 14, 1810 IM lfsrth 91 Ala Street AKDERSOIf, 8. C. WILLIAM BANKS - - ?altor W. W BMOAK -.j Business Manager tutored According to Act ot Con 0nm M Second Clans Mall Matter at (fee Pontofflce at Anderson, SA. 0/ fekltshsd Except Every Morning Monday ?Ssnl-Weekly Edition on Tuesday aa? Friday Mornings ?Sfsvl-Weekly Edition-fl BO par Tsar. Dally Edition-$5.00 per annum; .Mt flor Six Month*; $1.25 for Three IN ADVANCE Member of th? Aaaociated Prese an? Receiving Complets Dally Telegraphic Service .W??i J. .A Sarge circulation than any other re ? jj sp ir tn this Congressional DJs VBLIPflOHXBt Editorial - Easiness Offlcs Job Printing Local Mewn .ociety Nsws - - ITT - - - 5? - - -?t8-L ? - P M7 - - tn paper regularly please notify ?ito your n*mo on label Br ia' printed date to which _. ali?; Jil sneaks and lit be drawn to Tbs Ander itelBgenoer. \~ BF r ? - Washington. ityay,/8?,-Fair Tburs ^ and prcJbabiy tJTidsy. not much in temperature. s first" ia . what The Intel 'esr: seeks.. a have another cleaning up he veterans come. it does Anderson need most If ethe Intends to be a city? Paved etro?ls. ? ' ? O' ? If "we i it-red io tho country we should edit a farm paper for' the iiope B-nlth Carolina's May 20th f) convention may not have to walt as - ?ung a* the-Mecklenburgers d.d. . 'arman SmUh? wlU eet office .works nt. the parlc4rrW^ ?. i^uacrment baf^ver failed to b\lng >L^^Hfeer Pincho? ls trying to wab "Ste i?ck and most folks outside o! ??sylvanhf. anyhow.' would rather ?him win than Penrose. B --o agaderson should have better Bte. We believe that there is no Htion about that. The wear and B bf vehicles.AB a heavy tax. nf ** X-c RW^par. Roosevelt tah reviaed hie An u 5?tjp??S ciuut Hu atar?a alphabetic* |~ . ly fand includes the whole world, ex cept tkoso who egree with him. 'We are willing to bet that that Enterfeiter who placed t's picture on a dellar rlend of W. J. Bryan, robably the fl rat s tute [invention' which has not Ksenate or^of^fJongreas. >eople feel secure ip tho ey have in, their fir* de jmm the city grows, so ilpiuent'Sud thc payroll, o the press dispatches. If rbltrators will Just fool aw days longer Villa will lertA without bothering humming bird, but we on the esteemed Colum it ??ow that we can whip ip ?rr nw ?mw ?my Ja ?i?6 ft ? i* > " h amased that we have led tn to advise the en cara, but the adminis tra to be acting queerly .nays. reit scornfully says that i ?uv ? un for governor and Inti Bthe same thing about the proa >?i-|a it poeaible that the Colonel Haig for any office now ^^B?** ^rr^erpont did everything tm his life time, except wind up <^aK^L^Hsw^jBilti!Z?ejrniate tho stars. 'mmpmwte^**^*'* dr Dorsey will learn that no a (.hing entitles a man to be gov ?t?jw-or to receive any other honor "*? v-wi*- it is continued and SMSnt service that deserves to be -o <^^Hp> can get water and light by. ??ni mern aha by this means get ?WM streets, la this not better than Snave a neuUaal ownership ot ex ?^?Haive right* and have no streets? m^B*fe that ont. SOM F SHIM' TALK ii im? been necessary lo Install an additional linotype machine in th? of fice of Tho Intelligencer, and the ma chine lia? arrived und has been HOI up and is doltiK hs full quota of work on the paper today. This is one of tho fastest machines on the market, being know? anons the trade us the "Model IC", and it is thc latest thing in type-setting. The Installation of this machine has been made necessary by the in crease of the ivork and of the busi ness of the plant. , Th?- development of this paper has IK en a matter of moro consequence than even its friends and well wishers at first sup posed. Heretofore il has been neces sary to keep n day force and a night force und even this could not keep up with tho work und thc addition of this great machine was, necessary. The part about the mutter whic'h particularly pleases this office is that tito machine came and wus set up and put in first class condition by ono of our own men. Mr. S. H Hymn, who is not only one of the most com petent operators in tho country, but has demonstrated his ability to set up a machine tn a manner that could not be Improved upon by any expert sent (mt by tho factory. Mr. Hymn last fall accepted a splendid position on one of the great papvrs in New En gland, but the call of Anderson was too strong, and it is a great pleasure und satisfaction to lite management of this paper to have him back here, not only for the good of this paper, but because be is a good citizen. With the addition of the now ma chine we hope to handle more of the sporting news and more of other kind of news to which wo have had opportunity to give but limited space. We will not now announce the ex tensions in news service that wc have on foot, but we will do sc at the proper time. We intend to make this the beat paper in the State. Thc additional equipment will also be of great assistance to the Job de partment of this paper. The patron age given by the public has been most . satisfactory' and gratifying. While thore has been . a great de?l of commercial work turned out, yet yesterday marked a happy day for the superintendent of the Job print ing department. Mr. T. K. Roper. He turned ont wrist he'considers th,e. fin est piece ot Work that, be'^ss done, Tr on? ?n unfetter standpoint, and those who have seen it will not argue the point with Mr. Roper that the first number of "The Sororlan". the annual of tho student body of Anderson Coir lege ls typographically a gem. Thia beautifully embossed volume is bound in leather, lined with silk, and contains more than a hundred pages of splendid illustrations and en gravings. We are speaking of it from a printer's standpoint at this timo. Later we will tell more of the con tents. At present we cannot distract our attention from the handsome il lustrations showing the beautiful young women of thu Institution, which is ao close to tho heart of ev ery loyal citizen ot Anderson. The Intelligencer receives the com plete service of the Associated Press, something like 18,000 words per night, and this nows of thc World will be given to- the readers, fresh every morning. It has taken some time to become established as a local morn ing paper, and. the. people-of the city arc gradually. coming to recognise the value of having a morning paper which gives them the news at the breakfast table as ls done in other cities. Tho Intelligencer Intends to come stronger and stronger ail of the time and to be an institution of which Anderson will be proud. .THE YOU ARE A MAN," ETC. Now, that the campaign for Jobs in mts state ls on, with the meeting of the state democratic committee in Columbia yesterday, we are prone to recall the words of Kipling in his re markable poem "IF'', and to suggest that every candidate for an office, lo cal, county or state, be urged to rend il.ls over 40 times before he goes ct the stump If you keep your bead when all about you. Are you losing theirs and blaming it on you; If >ou can trust yourself wt;?.* ?lt men doubt yod But make allowance for foe doubt ^"targ? tooi , KVfi ? . l' you can walt and not be tired by waiting. Or beeag lied abent,.don't deal, In I x s, etc. Kipling said that he had Washington m mind when he v.ide that poem it nts the man all right. But every candidate for office these days must stand so much vii ll fie?, lion and abuse since the genial day? of Bea Tillman's first campaign that any man who rats for omce tn order to keep his self respect and disbelieves the mean things said or bim had better reen' Kipling's "IF" and also a few se lected chapter* from the Bible. Grace Ousted From Columbia (Continued From I'-ige 1) Charleston county's con tesl was rc- \ ferred to Hie committee on Creden tials. Mayor Grace attempted to gel recognition from tho chair hut was i refused as lhere was a'contest. The nutation was raised by. L.- J. . Williams, of Aiken, as to George town's "split" delegation hut th'-- mat ter was not Immediately uisposed of. Tue two United Slates senators of, South Carolina were absent today from the Convention as were all the members ut the South Carolina del egation In Cpngross. ticorgetonn Refused. Georgetown was refused represen-1 tatton on the credentials committee by tho Convention. .This1 county was entitled to six delegates and sent twelve, each with one half of a vote ! in order to stop factionalism. Tho convention took a recess to await the report on the Charleston j contest from tho Credentials commit tee. At 1:36 o'clock tonight the conven tton took a recess until s o'clock this > vening. The credentials committee was still in session. Objection to the seating of the 12 Georgetown delegates each with half u vote was raised before the creden tials committee. The main ground was that a bad precedent would bo established for the Georgetown del egation. Mr. Walter Hazard explain ed the Situation in fbe Georgetown convention, pointing out the compro miso that was reached, the setting aside of factionalism in Georgetown county the modusa vivendsi by the se lection of the twelve delegates, the purgiug of the rolls of the .ninty, and the general agreement reached. Mr. Hazard said he would whs/re to stand by the agreement and asked the committee to sanction the agreement. Dr. Olin Sawyer., one of tho. twelve delegates asW^d that the agreement stajid. A suggest tod- was made that ] Georgetown''be entitled to but one member of a committee. Dr. Sum mers' thought that the Georgetown convention so harmoniously conduct ed should have gotten together suf ficcintly to send six men to repre sent it by a vote of 18 to 20. The /.-ommittee agreed to seat the Georgetown delegation with 12 votes and one member on each committee. The Charleston protest is heard at 3:30 this afternoon. .Aa_?_ ti_i_ ivavrgfliai 9 a iou as Seen In It All (Continued From First Page.) the matter with Mr. Morgan, Mr. Delan and others/* "Didn't Senator Nelson 'V. Aldrich see you about the matt i '.. ' "Yes. He called at my home at Stockbridge and asked me what the status of 'be negotiation* was 1 told him that, from my standpoint 1 did not thinkli could yieUtatu. 4he terms.* He said he thought thom to s?ve? e. and that be was going to *?o Mr. Dolaa. au I understood ,lt, and I presume he did I believe rt was the cal! of Mr. Vt iicjlt ou me at Stockbridge that ie-, suited in the resumption of the nego tiations, but bow Important wus his Influence or what action he took I do not know." "Did tho fact that u? was a 1'nlted Statcc senator at that time have any weigh wlh you? intorrogaed Mr. Folk. "That bad no influence with me tn the matter." "Wasn't he a large stockho-.der io the Rhode Island trollies?" "I think he was." "What did he say that lcd you to think so?" "it is not my recollection that he had anything to inflict lt, but I be lieve it was the general talk at the time." ' The following letter from Mr. Mellen to Senator Aldrich, under date ot Au wel eh with you? interrogated Mr. Folk. "Mr. Dear Senator: * ?Ani I wrong in the impression that I waa to hear from you again, regard ing the matter we discussed at our lam interview before taking any ac tion? +*It was my understanding you were logget some d?finie assurance that was to?be transmitted to me, which I could aaa as a basis for presentation to nay directors for action, and I banded you a copy of the trust that has been provided for the (handling of this and other similar mattera and ?ince my re turn to mr office Ir sent you a copy .of the contract by which the New York, Sew Haven and Hartford Railroad be edmes the guarantor of all the prefer red shares that were to be Issued by said trust . ( have taken no action, on the understanding I was to hear from you further, but the delay has been so long I am In doubt whether or not there ls not some misunderstanding ia a result of our Interview." ' 3?What was the definite assurance al luded to r asked Mr. Folk. "That Mr. Aldrich was to h ri us ibout a resumption ot the negotla . $What was the reference to a j ?TThat refers to the formation of a rqfuntary association, which is done siper the law? of Massachusetts, to carry out transactkma." .fir. Mellen testified that the price D?td for the Rbode Island trolley aya te*? was between $19.000,000 and $20, )q>,0000. ?We paid about twico the value of thp: properties, bot we thought they Mba' rfonld be worth what we gave." "You knew there was bound to be a ?eaektrv "Yes; we looked the matter square [y in the fa?* and did not deceive our ,eTh* deficit. Mr. M?iien added, waa larger than had boen es pee ted. "Hasn't lt been, on an average, ftiOO.. 900 annually?" "I think that for the year ending lune 30, 1913. It waa not more than (300,000 and I believe that waa- the largest in any year." "Did Mr. Merger advise this pur chase?" "The records will ?hew aa to-that." VETERAN CONDUCTOR ON SOUTHERN COLLAPSED WEDNESDAY FIFTY-FOUR YEARS -~ More Than Half fe Century H*'] Served the Company lind the Public Most Acceptably AB a lillie child closing ita eye? in tlie greatcful approach of a dreamasss bl umber, Will lani 0. Smith fell asleep last night, without a sbrrow. a J>%jn, ur a care, lt was not death, this; pass ing of a man without an enemy, tpls ending of life without a reproach. Th? venerable conductor has received his last truin order and has regisler ered safely at the destination whither'! an- freighted the lives of the just. While be had been In a very( feeble state.of health for four months, most Of that time confined to his bed, yet rapt. "Billy," Smith's end came som? j what unexpectedly. He ste some-broth for dluner yesterday and seemed: to be ni cheerful spirits, and was Joking witi) those around him But within halt .'n hour he had suffered an entWte col !**pao und never regained conscious ness, although the approach of disso lution was stayed until after the mid night bohr, and his the gently' lived lire'frotter ed gently out at this morn ing. A Long t'ar*er. Cap. "Billy" Smith was one of the best known citizens of South Carolina. He was indeed known throughout the I'nited States as having had a lon vcr continuous service as railway conduc tor than any ether man. for he passed beyond the remarkable period of fifty years. He was.not such sn old man, as years go. but he had a long and event ful and active and useful life. He would have beeil ?fi ra of agc on thc 11th of next July. He served contin uously for 54 years In the service of what is now* th? Southern Railway, and the fact that he was physically in capacitated from taking his train, out any more seemed to grieve him and husteh the end ot hifciifeA ? < - . > . -| His father was William Gelky Smith and his 'mother was Charlotte Elisa beth Gaston, both born and reared tn Anderson county. In 1838 they moved to Pine Log Valley,, Fprdon county.. Georgia. where on the llth bf july, '18 33. Capt.. "mily" Htnith was. born. Ho m?rr?ed^siri??>y ?arris Wilson of Helena, S. C., od the'8th of Febru ary 1886. , y v ::. -, . ; At the age of 19. in WM' h* cam? to .South Carolina'on account or his! health. He stopped at Wllllaraston. At the time he was studying to be a physi ch!, but was advised that he needed an active, employment.'. On '.the fourth, of October. 1858, he started railroad work on what waa thea the Columbia nu 1 Greenville road, and about the last of I that year or the first of 1859 was made conductor, serving the railroad and j the public in that capacity for ",4 yea.-s or until Jan. 1st, 1912. when he resign Krt from the road and came to live in Anderson. 'He wan conductor on tho Columbia and Greenville all during' the. war .iud handled between forty and fifty thous and of the soldiers bf Lee's and John son's armies and was one of the three men to guard the entire residue of thc Confed?rate treasury of Alston S. C.,| when President Davis was making his way westward after the evacuation ol K.'chniosd. He was then living at Helena, In. the outskirts of the city of Newberry. where the shops of the road were1 lo cated. In 1871 lie moved to Colum bia in 1878 he waa given the train ] on the Blue Ridge and moved to West ] Union where he lived until 1895 when he moved back to Columbia, running from Columbia to Greenville. He lived In Columbia until 'the end of his rail road service. He is survided by his widow sod by the following children; : Mr*. X. L. Fant of Walhalla';* .Mra. E. E. Epttne. of Wdlllamstoh; Mrs !T A. Ratcllfio. Dr. W. J. Smith and Kurtz P. Smith of Anderson and by a half brother of I Calhoun, Oe. When lt became knowe yesterday afternoon that Capt. Smith was dying, the court of general ses sions recessed until this morning out J of respect of Solicitor K. P. 8mith. Ne Panerai Arrangement?. No announcers*!) : as to the hour ot the funeral services was made, hut it will be some time during Saturday Capt. Emith waa a member of the Or der Of RS?WSy Coadiirtnra Md they wished to send a delegation to the funeral, which will be held in thia city. One of the last times that Capt. "Bil ly" Smith was abie to appear in pub lic' was In attending the funeral in this city of his Ct?ae friend H*nry A. Williams, who hid been a trainman with Capt Smith'and Was superintend ent of the road at the time of his { death. Capt. "Billy" BmKh was a born gen tleman, abd every moment of his ofi cial lite showed his devotion io the tn- j tereala Which he served and hie solid-1 lode for the welfare of the women and the children. The old and the feeble] where his especial care, and many hst the kindness that be has rendered and f many ls thc heart In which bs ^ri" be held in loving memory. - Hie quaint sayings and mannerisms < will for a long Urns be freah la the memory of those who have travelled with hint While he was w competent and.active railroad conductor, yet bel .rea at the aame time never In too; much of a hurry to try to lighten tb* burden of a 'vsarisome journey or to < make h ?poy and looked u poa his par- 1 ?eagers as bis big family, and indeed < ko knew most of the people who rode ' ."THERE'S as much folly in paying too little for J * clothing as there is in paying too muchT^15 is the price that guards you against either error. You'll find more suits here at $15 than most stores can show you at all prices-they're clothes that only enormous buying power c^uid produce at such a price, for men who thru habit of conviction, pay more or less, we advise an inspection of our line of suits at $15. Lots of stores carry suits at $10 and $12.50 just to have them-they represent very little care or thought. We operate differently-we assemble suits at these prices conscientiously-see that they represent style, value an3 service in a superlative degree. When you want suits with service rather than surface merit, inspect our line:' Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes; exclusively here. The Stein-Bloch tailors are conceded to be the finest ready to wear tailors in America-they earned every bit of their reputation. When you want a suit that looks smart from try-on to cast-off-a suit of a fabric that can't be equaled at even a much higher price, choose a Stein-Bloch smart suit, $18, $20, $22.50, $25. lt's high time you were owning a new spring.hat-spring is surely here to stay. Largest line of Stetson hats in the country; any color and shape, soft or stiff $3.50; B-O-E Special $3 hat, the next best; Evans $2 Special the best $3 value. ? Straw hats In unlimited assortment of shapes; Split straws, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3. Mackinaws, $2, $3. Sennits, $1.50, $& $2.50, $3. Bangkoks, $5. Panamas, $5. to $7.50. You probably are ready for your oxfords now-you should be-you want them to be comfortable as well as stylish; to last well, as well as look well. We*ve just the oxford you are lobking for-special values at $3.50, $4, $5, $5.50, $6. .. . ' - . ... 'f v ..". . . .? ? " " '..' : . . ? Order by parcelB post. - We prepay all charges. ;'. . . '. ..' .*'. *J$Q '* , *\' ' .... .?? ?'? . . *?>t l?i'.?.ii ? i .^^^^^^^^-^l^^ ^^^^^ S I .:?.?. ?(j:US?la, '?<it tit fte ">'.? \ -iH'jii' I r.t h:*1*f^ . "*. ,*G ' '? KT 15 - ' .^^v?yV?f ? < ?' ?? ' * .* ? ' ?->_? . .~ - '.. ??.?.. ..a.:_ ?-_!_i_._:_!_?lu_LL_._.. '_'._ . over his line. He had in .his day han dled many o? the moat distinguished men la the state, and enjoyed their confidence, esteem and respct. .Many are interesting narratives of incidents in his career, The matter of the Confederate treasury in Itself would make a book. He was a young man at the commencement of the war and was a union man In sentiment.. He would not take.up arms against the flag of the United States, although as a matter of tact he did, great ser vice for the Confederacy on more than one occasion. He sometimes recounted the time talk was running high. Hq ,, heard James Chestnut. United States senator j a handsome brillant man, make an ad dress from a hotel balcony. In which he predicted that a war would last but a few month for the south could take corn stalks and run the soldiers qt the north. That seemed to decM? Cept. Smith that the south did not appre ciate .what it waa going,into, and asl he Was physically unfit for a soldier's j life' anyway, he waa pleased to stay. Later the gallant Chestnut paid with his precious blood tbe price of his op inions. ... He carried the news cf. thc battles to the homes throughout this section and as the train would stop at sritions he would read the war news to as sembled crowds. His descripion, of the great rending scenes that followed the receipt of some sad news, from the front was very graphic,, whsnevr he felt like recalling th^s days. The Southern Railway company was proud of the services of Capt.. Smith j and upon his retirement he received beautiful ietter? from the manage ment COXEY TO SPEAK AT THE CAFrrOLl i JLmm Clerk and Vice Pre-id-r?*! Marshall Grant Permission fdr "General" lo TaSs Washington,, May "Gensrat" Jacob 8. Cosey of Massimo, (>hk>., who marched Into Washington, with a small tree* cf ctr* ""icm. co*?St!tsttsg the army ot the so-called unemploy ed, today- was granted permission to Bpeak from the steps of the capitol, at noon tomorrow. He, made tho re tiueet by letter to Speaker Clark, who, with Vice-Pr?sident Marshall, gave assent. The "g?nerai" whose first invasion ot the national cepttoltajxtae* years sgo, led to tao arrest of some of bis followers when they trespassed, on the capitol ground?, ho? ?trtwanged w? make a speech from tho capitol steps tomorrow, outlining his views of the conditions causing the problem of tko unemployed. The ruy of Dixon, I?, ba* passed ya ordinance that every eaJeea shall X! closed by ld o'clock at night and he door kay given to policemen on Ike* beat. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION OF ' -fi??S%r..... VOL. 1, NUMBER 81. fr?eklj. ?RUbIb)b*d J8*t DaUr, Ja?. 1?, 1914, ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING? APRIL 21, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM.