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MUNICIPAL ELECTION 10 SE HELD AUG. 4 Books Will Open in Office of T. P. Dickson, Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Friday The hooks ol registration for the municipal election, which will In held Tiiwday, August t. will he opened in the of lieu of the supervi sor of registration, Mr. T, I*. Dick son In ii:<' old postolllcc building, next Tuesday morning. The hooks will remain open on Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday mid Friday of tliis week, the hours Imlng from ii a. in. to (> p. in. In order to tie able to vote in tliis election il will be nuccsrjnry for Mm voter to fortify hlm se!f with ;i registration certificate. Tho requirements for securing u registration certillcatu are: The ap plicant must be n male citizen of the state of South Carolina and of the United Staler, must be 21 years of age or older, must have been a resident of tin- state ai least two years, of the county of Anderson at least one year and of lliu precinct t.r ward in which he intends to vote a; least four mouths. II?' mint no) have the record of eblng convicted of certain crimes, which are set out in the statutes. In addition to this tho applicant must exhibit his slate registration certificate and must give satisfactory evidence to the effect that ho has paid all city, county uni slate tuxes. Armed with all these requirements the supervisor of regis tration will bo chained to Issue cer tificates t bail persons making appli cation f. LIKES ANDERSON VERY BEST OF ALL Wigfall Cheatham, of Edgefield, Writes Of His Visit To This City i! I 01 !;n Among tho visitors who camo to An derson from Chick Springs to attend tho State ProBS Association meeting was L. Wigfali Cheatham, editor of the KdgonehrChronicle. This Ib tho paper illiOBtrlous In by gone yenra bo cduBO Of the fact that'It had for edi tor tho late'Col. Job. T. Bacon. Mr. Cheatham 1h a nephew of Col. Bacon and hasr kept the paper up to its interesting high standard. Of his'visit to Anderson he has tho following' interesting statement In his last issue: ,:Tho' 'last1 'day of the Association's meet was; sport In tho boBt town In South Caroltpa or any other state. Wo refer to' Anderson, whoso evor lisping slti?&n is "My Town.". Friends conducted-lis-over the recently -eon Btructed fatid superior Tnterurban rail way. We 'wore taken then to tho handsomei''newly finished "Anderson College'for Women.' This magnifi cently appointed and equipped college was a revelation to us. At tromndous coat th?se Anderson people have es tablished this excellent seat of learn ing and the money was raised right in tho town, 'mid ho sign o? debt bangs over it. " ' . 1 "Wo inspected the whole building in all Its departments, and its modern and thoroughly up-to-date- appoint ments will equal anything in this lat itude . The' college corpB and citizens generally sat us down to a luncheon in the dining room that was fully up to the standard with the Anderson spirit of quantity and quality. The building up of this town is . marvel lous to behold and to have related to you Twenty-six now store buildings aro being' rushed up. besides many residences'and enterprises of varied kinds..' ! fttiilt?hd improvements 'and anlargrnentB bespeak " a wonderful growth for "My. Town." It Is satis fying .t,i?Vo?n &h? hud never been to Andorsou^Uj realize that Buch a muni cipality- Is within our state border. Uniform Rank, K. of P. Terre Heule. Ind., July 18.?Tho In - trrnatlonaV encampment of unlfrom rank. Knight of Pythins will bo open ed formally here Monday. Reports from arriving: quartermasters Indi cate more than five thousand uniform ed Knights Will be in camp. ' ;lcj_,_ Muj Use Tdilitlu, Columbus. O., July 18.?Officers of . two regiment* of the Ohio National Guard last night received unofficial or ders to bo in readiness to go to Bell dlro if tho sheriff of Belmont county continues to bo unable to enforco or dor among striking miners who have been rioting for a week undor leader ship of Industrial Workers of tho World agitators. Early today tbo sheriff wired Gov. Cox, 600 soldiers would bo necessary to preserve the peace. "; ,'"[ Gov. Cox^ill not send troops, how ever, until county civil authorities havo exhausted further means to quell riots. State officials last night ex pressed the belief that the situation w??l become quiet. Gov. Cox today declared Belmont county authorities had mado no sort ons effort t'o-strip rioting. oo o o o o o o n OO O O o FOR THE CATHOLIC IRISH.. r. o !!>">-<ji^_ 0 ? New. ..Jerk, Jnly 18-? Ten o o thousand-dollars of a promised 'o o fund ofrlMOtyMM) was forwarded o o today by the United Irish o o League of America to John E. o o Redmond to be used for the o e railionnlttfpnn.se In Ireland. o O*-"?- O 0 'li-Q '0 0 0 0 0 O f lil mm to assist in mkkting Hoi. .1. t. M?iiii Huh (tone (o Lee <"unl). Rev. and Mrs. J. Mann left Mon day for l ei coiinlv lu assist Rev. A. T. Rogers m a revival meeting. I'mu liiere I hey mi to .Marion 1:01111 ly. where they expect to HpMiid ulioul I Ii reo weeks oil Itev (?. T. (Jrcslium's lield. Mail sent lo Helton, their lioiil ail - dross, will he forwarded. cut. grant iikItk Former Vnderson AHoinc) and Fam II) mi Visit. ('apt Jesse S tirant, formerly an Anderson attorney, hut now of Okla homa City, Okla., aecoiiipaiiied hy Iiis fninlly is h Te visiting Iiis wile's neo- J pie. 'apt. tirant married Miss Mille Kant, daughter of tho late George! Fant. When the war with Spa'.u broke out ('apt. (liant raised a company or An derson boys und offered Iiis services to his country. When the election of officers took place, ('apt. (Irani was of fered (lie eaptaincv, which he declined, but agreed to accept the first lieuten ancy, ("apt. II. II. Wntkins was of-j fared and accepted the command of' the company. On Fie death of Col. Alston. Lieut. Cul. lames II. Tillman. took command of the regiment, cans-! ing two vacancies in tiie line 01' offi cers, resulting in the promotion of Lieutenant Grant to regimental adju tant witli Hie rank of captain. ("apt. tirant later went to the Phil ippinen as an officer and was made governor of I.cyte, one of tho large is lands. .Several years later lie return ed to the rtnte and Bottled in Okla homa, where ho is now general coun sel for one of Cie big railroads. WEST MA It h ET HT It K KT BRA'N ('apt. Anderson Coming to City to See City About It. ( apt. A. W. Anderson, general man. ng?r of the Charleston and WcBtorn. Carolina railway, will come to Ander son Tuesday evening at 7:10 o'clock, coming over tho Interurban from Greenwood. Ho will hold a confer ence with tho city council at H o'clock at the city hall and will depart on the 9:45 interiirhnn for Auguntu. He ask ed for the conference to be'h?ld on Wednesday, bill hoep.use Mayor Helle mari and some members of the coun cil will not be hore then the meeting wuh pushed up for Tuerday night. Capt. Anderson indicated 'that he and members of his. party could bo here for a couple of hours then. The meeting tonight Is with regard to the drain matter on West .Market street. It is understood that terminal improvements will he commenced by the railway company Juat as aoon as the drain matter is dispos ed of. This .will probably be disposed of finally to night and it 1b reasonable to suppose that the construction of tracks, etc., will be begun in the next few ays. THF TIIORNWIKLL ORPHANAGE Good Work of* Mr. C. C. L?ngster, Much Appreciated. In response to an urgent appeal fo: help from the Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton, S.' C, C. 0. Limgston re cently circulated among his friends in the city and Bcercd fifty dollars in money contributions, which he at once forwarded to Rev. V*. P. Jacobs, D. D., the worthy and rnergotlc president of tho orphanage. The July iBaue of Our Monthly, a bright and interesting mag azine published at U10 orphanage. In speaking of Mr. Langston's good work says: We have a noble friend in our good and clever brother, C. C. Lungston. of Anderson. We first made his acquaint ance as a member of tho South Caro lina Press Association; that was when ho was editor of the Anderson Intelli gencer. We did not know then, though we soon found It out, that he was not only a staunch Presbyterian but was also a staunch friend of tho Thornwell Orphanage. And ho lias shown it year1 after year, for when wo get Into a' tight place, Mr. L?ngsten Is sure to get out on the streets and start with a subscription Hat to secure anywhere from fifty to a hndred and fifty dollars for u?, which alao speaks woll for An derson. We wish we had more Htich friendH. Hut wc aro glud to have this one. A MILL SUPERINTENDENT NOW An Anderson Rny Who IVis Reared a' Thornwell Orphanage. The following from "Our Monthly," published at the Thornwell Orphan age. Clinton, will be of interest in An derson. Tho Mr. Carpentor referred to is a son of the lato J. H. Carpenter and har many relatives in the city and coqnty who will he pleased to learn of his success: "Wo were busy at our desk on tho pseudo Fourth of July morning, when a stout, lienlthy clear facel man step ped in and anouunced himself as Win. A. Carpenter, of Hartavlllc. Wo wero mighty glad to sec him. A fine look ing man he is and his three little boys reminded us wonderfully of Will and Jim and John when they first camo to Thornwell Orphanage. "Mr. Carpenter tells us that he is Superintendent of the i?artsvi?l? cot ton mill, a position of honor, emolu ment and business opportunity. Wo aro .Indeed-glad to know that ho has made good, like all the other Thorn well boys of his day and time. He did not fall to leave a contribution for tho orphans,' which is quite a hnbtt among tho Thornwell boys and girls. Woll, like his brothers, he lr fine looking, and has the appearance and manner of on i who Is living the straight life." Married* Mr. L. H. Campbell and Miss Lizzie St sggs 'were married at Helton oh I Sunday afternoon. Tho ceremony .was performed by Rov. S. B. White. j . M- ' c-?i *' i- ,-H* < '' A GOOD MAN itW'h IN ANHKRSON : II. II. Harper, Popular riotlifntr Mini, Aguln win. it, o. Btans X ('?. II. It. Harper I? again with II. 0. 115van sAi Co., having gone in \v;>rk I there .Monday morning. Mr. Harper j is perhaps un? of I lie most popular I clothing salesmen lu the < '.;> and ills j friends, who are scattered all over the county, will he pleased to l"ani that I lie is again ideiitllieil with this popular establishment. .Mr. Harper goes In as an addition j to I lie already very clever salesforee jut Evans'- the huslt-eus, as the fall I season appro:i 'hc;i, being loo !icav> for i te preset.! fore l<> handle with ltl:i dispatch demanded by lite inun.tge I nieiil TO IKNNOH MOVIKS I Hill Introduced by CongresKniun Hughe*, of <i'e"rgi ?. I Atlanta. July 20.?The bill recently in the national bouse of repreccnta tives by Congressman Dudley II. Hughes to establish a national cen sorship on motion plct'.ire shows. Is receiving Indorsement of a number of organizations interested in the wel fare of children. One well known civic organization I of Atlanta has issue da petition urg I inj; the passage of the bill and highly commending Mr. Hughes for bis Idea. It showf thiii the only censorship now Is not official and does not prevent the shipping into Georgia of dims. Mr. Hughes' bill provides for the creation of a new division of the bu reau of education to be known as the (Federal Motion Picture Commission and defining its duller. The coinmis uiission is empowered to appoint deputies and other assistants?, and shall license all trims intended for public display unless il finds that such Ulms uro obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman or depicts a bull light or prize or is of such charaot *r that It would tend to Impair the health or corrupt the morals of children or adults or Incite to crime. Penalties arc provided for violation of the law. With the growth of the motion pic ture , Induutry there has sprung up a great demand for some regulation ~* the exhibitions. Children, without their parents, are constantly seeing in the cities pictures which ara far worse than the dime novels which once w?re so vigorously denounced. cruelty *ro Animals. nn?ruuiin Fined iieuviiy for Not Car ing for Live Stork. Chicago, July 18.?Eight roads were fined an aggregate of *:10,000 today by Federal Judge Eandis for violating the inw providing that live stock In tran sit must he fed and watered or ce every 24 hours. Tho roads penalized were the Chi rcport Eralllano Zapata and other revo cago and Northwestern; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Illinois Cen tral; Baltimore and Ohio; Chicago and Great Western; Grand Trunk aiid the Chicago and Alton. * - ooooooooooooooooooo o o o NOTES FROM iVA 0 o 1 o ooooooooooooooooooo Iva. July 20.?Rev. W. S. Hamitcr, of Biackstbck, v. ill preach In the Pres byterian church here- next Sunday morning and evening. A congrega tional meeting will be held after the morning service at which time tho matter of calling a paseor will ti,con sidered. Mrs. L. S. Clinkacales, of Slarr. is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Ligon Mr and Mrs. S. W. Watt, or Due West, spent Sunday night at tho home of the rornior's brother. T. R. Watt. Miss Una Pctligrow. of Storevllle, spent tho week-end with her friend, Mrs. Henry Wakcfleld. . MIbb Mettle Jackson, of Storevllle. .was the guect for a few daj s last week of her alster, Mrs. D. A. Burriss. Miss Carol Thornton, who has been spending tome time here with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Jones, has returned to her home in Hartwoll. Ga. ra.M?- .parouth Jakson left last week jfflp.; ?ornelln. Ga., where he goes to spend several weeks on business. Mr. Rosamond Seawrlght of Ander son, was a \isitor hero a few days Inat week. Mr. Gus Townsend was a business visitor In Hartwell Saturday. Grady Cllnkscales, of Starr, was a viRltor here last, week. MIbb Tholma Smith has gone to Hodges to spend some time with her grandparents, Mr. and .Mrs. Ramney. Mrs. A. C. Townsend and daughters, Mi m-- : Lizzie und Miss Edna McGcc. have returned from a short visit to relatives In Hartwell, T. C. Jones and wife spent Sunday In Hartwell with relatives. They went over In their new car. Misses Marllla and Lucin Rcid. Bw art and brother, James nox, of York ville, are spending a while here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McAllster, of Mc Cormlck, arc her on a visit to the let ter's parents, Rov. R. a. Martin and wife. Mr. Lelund Sadler, of I'oy&ton, Ga., is here to spend several weeks ?jwltli his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Sadie* Miss Laura Hardy, of Starr, has boon here for a few days with rela tives. Rev. H. W. Stone and family spent Saturday night at the home of W. A. Wiles. Cicm McGee, of Anderson, spent Saturday night hors with his mother, Mrs. Jane McGee. M lag' Sadie McDonald has returned to Anderson after spending two weeks here with "homefolks. Messrs. Wayman Sutherland and J, C. Jones spent last Friday in Green ville on a business trip. Dr. Ham McLesky and family, of Pendleton, spent Friday in town with his brother, C. F. McLesky. Messrs. T. C. LIddells and Junior Harper were business visitors here Monday. Miss Clara Townsend has returned from a week's stay in Biberton, Ga., with relatives. -, ?.= !', '.,''.;...,?.!"" .: C?h?j, .. i j : '. :?! f <> l> o o o o o O O O o o O O O O 0 O II o o o FISHING TALKS. u 0 (I 0 0 000000 0 000 0 000000 Rninol. Fishing parly couldn't come in from Portman and hud to stay overnight. Krank Heed kicked like u ?teer. He Imitated on routing home. About daybreak, seemed about mid dle of night, bel! rang. Hlair Cray ton colled out to Bond Anderson to an swer the 'phono. Krank (teed greatly excited. "Is there a phone here Let nie get to It." No 'phone-alarm clock. Tableau, 'Mother fishing trip. Keaster Trlb hle leaning against a tree sound a: loop. Line dangling in water. Sud denly bell tapped. Keaster awoke, yanked the pole and out of the water came line with captive fish. Very simple. Every tisli Hint took the bait pulled Une, rang bell, boll wak ened K. V. Every llsh in tlie river rang the bell. Short on sleep. MIL POLLOCK WILL NOT AT PELZKR (Jieenville. July 'I'- -W. P. Pollock, candidate for t Unite! States senate will not sreuk at Pelzcr a ; announced Mr. Polloc.t was to iusvo spoken there hut during tiie melee at tlie tsiiy parK Saturday he lost hl.i "calico" ticket and has gon - to Choi aw to secure an other. Tills ticket created considera ble interest at the speaking Ssturdii) and is considered one of Mr. Pol lock's strongest points. SMITH WILL RECEIVE OVATION AT LAUREN'S. Will Ride Upon R?le of Cotf<>n 'ha! Was Ginned fn LS02. I.aurens, July 20.? The senatorial streaking Wedncsdtiy will complote tin; canvass of the northwestern sect ton of tbo state and It is expected that the candidate?' will be greeted by a tre mendour crowd. Tho meeting will be held at Holme? Springs, on East Main strset. Ample.preparation has been made for thoCaccommodation of the speakers and. the crowd, hundreds of benches having tho past week been placed ?n the park and the speakers' stand overhauled. In connection with the campaign meeting a rather unique honor Is to be Smith, As now planned Senator accorded United States Senator E. 1). Smith will ride at the head of a pro cession from the public square to the ??rk ct; a ga?y r"decked '.vagen en which will bo mounted a bale of cot ton that was grown in this county during tho war between tho section. It was ginned by Mr. Henry Thomp son, a farmer of Cross Hill township, in 1862 and is now the property of Mr. Thomp8on*6 grandson, Mr. Robert Hal] Fleming of tills city. It was ginned and packed with an old fash ioned horsepower gin and hand press and bound wllli. ropes. Eleven years ago It was repacked with new bag ging and steel ties and then placed in u bonded Tyftro house In this city, where it has^ Since remained. The bale weighs "430 pounds and is well preserved and of very good grade. It Is ouid to, b^tijc oldest bale of cotton in existence and'requests for samples, of tho staple^aYO conic, from many quarters, of tho globe since the publi cation, a few years ago of Its exist nee. Primarily the demonstration is intended cs an honor to Senator Smith for the long and incessant tight he has mndc In behalf of the farmers' main product, and also to show to the world the practicability of storing and pre serving the ?-.to.plo. It has been suggested that the team will draw the! wagon the ancient bale of cotton and the county's distinguish, ed guest on this occasion, be four home raised tr.ules and the wagon it self bo a Laurchs county product. Three prominent fanners compose the committee of arrangements?Thos. M. Shaw, W. D. Byrd and Glenn A. Fuller. TELEPHONE BLOCK SERVICE. To be Installed by the Southern on Its Maciin Pit Mon. Atlanta, July 20.?Southern Railway Is preparing to install u telephone j block system to take the place n fthc i telegraph system now In use on tho [ Atlanta division between Mneon, Go., ? and Ooltcwah, Tenu., a distance of j 22? miles and part of tho route of the : Southern Railway's' through trains bcteweon the Wost and Florida. The present telegraph block Byitotn con sists of two wires and each oflice will he equipped with.one bell on the north block and one bell on the south block with the'telephone, so installed that it can be connected' with el! her. The lines will ho to arranged at the offices that when a block office Is closed tho line can he cut through It. The wires UBCd for.th? telephone block wi.l be also UBOd for a telegraph cir-t cult from Amanta to Macon and for another circuit from Atlanta to Ool tcwah into Chattanooga. Jn order to take care of Che heavy Florida traf tic last winter telephone block was put In operation'between Bacon and Jcsup and was found ro satisfactory that it has now been decided to extend tbo system over- the lino between Ool tcwah and J >sup.,' t] Tho new system will be put in effect as soon as the change can be made. ARMY WORM IS'DOING CONSIDERABLE HARM. Philadelphia, July 20.-?}The ; army worm has arrived'. In Philadelphia. Fairmotint Park Is In danger, as arc the ?mntlwr narltK .nul Inniimernhlo beautiful lawns in the city, and sub The first worm appeared in Ger mantown yesterday on the lawn of Mrs. Harry McCall.. Thta morning the square between School lane and Coulter, street on Green street was completely covered by the worms. Throughout Gloucester county and m other parts of New Jersey the worm has been doing deadly work in corn Uelds. hay fields" and potato patches. A dozen lawns .in the heart of Wood-' b'iry were destroyed. In Pennsyl vania the .worm has ravaged Berks, York. Lebanon and Dsnphln.counties and farmers are fighting tho* destruc tive pest. IS Shipment Palm Beach Suits * $7.50 i This is the Last Shipment of the Season. Better Get One Before They Are All Gone. Also a Nice Line of Serges, $10.00 and $12.50 R. W. TRIBBLE RATIFICATION OF 20 TREATIES _?*(}* URGED UPONt JHE SENATE BY PRESIDENT WILSON AND MR. BRYAN (By Associated Press.) .: Washington. July 18.??PresJd'-nt i Wilson, through Secretary Bryan, has , lotified, flic senate foreign relations [ ommittce he w.'shes to press for rtti- , ('.cation before adjournment of this j esion of congress the new peace ] treaties signed with foreign .powers, svliich will bo submitted for ratlCca- ; Lion next wok. Tl:c president's plan was ccmmunl- < ^atcd in a stntcmont by Secretary ; tlryan which gave tho following an- \ ilyslu of the general purposes Of the restlos: , "That investigation shall be resort- ( ;d to In nil cases whore tho ordinary , esources of diplomacy fail. , "That the contratcing parties re- | serve the right to act Independently , >n tho subject matter.after tho sub- \ nisslon of the report. j] "That there shall be no appeal to orcc until the investigation is com )leted. j "That the commission (In each :asc) bo composed of live members, , ine chose n from* each coutnry from ! .mon g its own citizens, ono chosen by . iach country from another country, . ind tho fifth to be chosoh.by agree- ( tient of the two countries from some bird country. In ? few cas?s pro- J istons is made for the appointment. if the fifth member by Bho four mem-1 { iers or by come neutral power or ribunal In case the two countries can- ( lot agree," " <( MARINES MAY YET \ BE CALLED UPON ; devolution in Dominician Repub- \ lie Assumes a Very Serious Turn Washington, July 18.?While Prosl ent Bordas, of the Dominican re ubllc, with his scanty army Ib be leglng the northern reboln at Puerto, 'lata, his hold upon the capital. San )omingo City, In the south; Is weak ning,ftccordingtotQ,c7iy'8adviceO yilsd' nlng. According to today's advices to tie state department, the southern In-', urgents already are in a position to let ate terms which may mean abtll att'on or'flight for Bordas. I American Charge d'Apr?s White,' i the absence of Mb If let Sullivan,' Is. rylng to prevent a elcsk near the "cap. al, n i It would be disastrous" to for Igners and the many- non-combat- - .w. -.1 . . U.<v.>'JW?Y* ants. Following a successful uprising at La ?Roinann, about 50 railcB east of the capital, lftf.t week, the adjutant gen eral, Vldal. ban decupled San Cristo bal and Bani. He was marching to ward the capital when met by Charge White, who, barked by two powerful American warships with their marine contingent, secured an agreement to pn armistice while the federal officers in San Domingo City communicated Vldal's demand to President Bordas. The wireless outfits of the American vessels were used and at Puerto Plata Captain Ebcrle, of the cruiser Wash ington, sumbittcd the messages to President Bordas in his camp outside ihe city. So far Mr. White has receiv ad no answer, hut it 1h believed that Bordas will either make a desperate effort to capture Puerto Plata or to [tbandon the Biege and return south to protect his own eapltol. The United States naval transport Hancock is about'duo'at Guantanamo with nearly 300. marines from Vera Cruz. They 'arev to be sent to the Dominican republic In case of emer gency. American Minister Sullivan has ar- 1 rived In Washington and- expects to : confer with President Wilson apd Sec retary Bryan regarding the Dominican situation. It will bo determined at ! :hic conference whether the Hancock's ' marines shall be landed and a virtual, 1 hough temporary, protectorate estab lished. A BANNER RETURNED. . I R!chmond, Va., July 18.?Governor . Stuart today reccivcd?from Mrs. Ella , ?range Griffin, Stimson place, De- , :rolt. Mich , a. large silken banner of Confederate design taken from the :adets of a military school In Vir ginia during tho war between. the States/ joooooooooooooooboo > f > STEAMER ON FIRE. o < > New .York, July* 18.?Tho o ( > steamer Massachusetts, of the < - > Eastern .Steamship Company, c , > Plying botweon New York a?d 6 ( > Boston, was reported on fire as o , ? r.hepassed1 under Brooklyn c. , ? Bridge ..sh?rtjy t>fter 6 . o'clock, ?; . > At the s team Eh ip offices a re- o ; r port had beeo received that the V t. fire is not serious'. c 5 > ..The Massachusetts, left her o > pier In the North' river . at 6 o * t..''o'clock bound for Boston. She o * f '. is.an oil burner and it was o 1 I thought the fire staftaHftn one o ? of the oil tanks. ' ;"' b > The Massachusetts and boats i i continued up the East river to- < ] i ward ] Long. Island Sound c i? About a mile above the navy' o I ,yard the other boats .left the o I. Massachusetts, which apparent- t t > ly continued on her. course, o ' The Massachusetts was con- .o ^SMwj by a revenue cutter to- o ! ''want*the Brooklyn navy yard c * where the fire seemed .under o * I control. It was not thought ? necessary to remove passeng- o *< . ' ?re.'i-.'. * c i or lOOOOOO'DOOOO O o O O O QO r ' t - '. . ' W*ufc?i' BELTON ninicUhS Dr. J. G. Law and Dr.' David M. Rnm Kcy Will Preach. Belton, July 18.?Dr. Jno. G. Law. of Walhalla, will conduct services at the Presbyterian church, supplying the place of Rev. Junkin, who is en Joying a short Vacation at Montrent. Dr. Law wne at one time pastor of the church here and the congregation will be delighted to have him with them again. The congregation of tlie FlrBt Bap tist church, which is being temporar ily served with visiting ministers, will have with them at the morning ser vice Dr. David M. Ramsey. Dr. Rara Hey is president of the Greenville Fe malo College and one of the most dis tinguished Baptist divines of the state and will doubtless 1?. greeted with a large congregation. FARMERS TO GET MAIL BY AUTO. Uncle Sum Expects Carriers tn Sap port Cars on $1.?(M) a Year. (Washington Dispatch.) Tho automobile will soon succeed iho ono horBO shay'on many rural routes throughout the United States. Under the terms of a bl|l'ordered re ported today by., tho House Posloffico Committee an allowance of $1,800 a year will be authorized for rural car riers who use automobiles.. At prescht the standard rural route Is 24 mllos long and the maximum compensation of tho Postmaster Gen eral the length of the routes will'lie increased to 60 miles, and officials be lieve that a yearly allowance of $1, ?00 will enable carriers on such routes to purchase and maintain automobilen }f the cheaper type. HAVEN FOR DESERTERS Richmond Police Won't Arrest Desert ers Until Lieutenant Apologises. (By Associated Press) Richmond, July 18.?Richmond to ?ay became the city of refuge for de serters from the United States Navy when Major Ainsiio informed Lieuton ?n H. E. Parson, U. S. N., in police jourt, 'that Richmond pofico would lever arrest another descerter until :ho lieutenant's charge to Governor Stuart that sailors. 6n leave wer? 'hounded" here was withdrawn and ipology offered. Justice Crutchfield, who presided dosed an. acrimonious discussion by irdcring three alleged deserters re eased. FELICITATIONS EXTENDED. Diplomat* Made Formal Call on the New President. (By Associated Press.) , Mexico City, July 18.?Felicitations o the new provisional president, Fran :Isco Carabajal, were extended today it the National palace by. the ten titr ?rent diplomatic corps, through r.ho Spanish minister. The address of the Spanish minist ;r vas approved before hand by the cV domntlc corps, so that there could 1k> io question as . to the extent of reccjf-'