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RESUME OF COURT GENERAL SESSIONS ?$n p I THIRTY-SEyjEN, CASES HERE DISPOSED OF D?RING 5 DAYS* SESSION -H-t 13 CONVICTIONS; ACQUITTALS 11 Four Cases We're Continued and Nine Nojle F/rossed?Record of ?ases. 10 PASS FROM BANKS Comptroller of Currency Asks That Practice Be Abol ished. The spring term of the court of rouerai set-sinns for Anderson county probably holds tho record in this cir cuit for the number of caser, dh poscd of in Uie time court was i i ses sion. Convened laBt Monday morning at 10 o'clock for a two wcoksS ses sion, the court adjourned at the end of five days' bitting. Ere tho week was half spent tho solicitor saw ihal there would be nothing left on the docket for trial during vtho second week of court, so instructed the sheriff to notify all .iurorB drown for the sec ond week that they need not report for duty. . ?I7 Cases Disposed Of. Upon the couvcnlng'of the term of court there were 37 cases on the dock et, of which the following disposi tion has been made: - Continued. 4; nolle prosBCd 0; acquitted 11; con victed, 13. ?f the 11 Instances In* which ac quittals resulted, verdicts of not guilty were directed In four instances by; the presiding Judge. Tho re maining 7 verdicts of not guilty were returned by juries. Of the 13 cases in which there were convictions, verdicts of guilty were returnod by juries in four cases, in the remaining nine eases tho defen dant cntertfMWftfo or guilty. .. Only One Long Term. : Tho longest term imposed in mm-* tenco upon any defendant tried at this term ' 6fffig""court was G years. Tho shortest sentence received by any one was 20 days. Record of Cases. Following is a record of tho canes disposed of at (the 1 term of the general bcsslons juBt adjourned. Lawrenco Hammond, assault ami battery with (lotcrit to kill, pleaded gultty and received sentence of ? months..~.? . ?-i~. Albert Thompson and Joe Bates, hi.uscbreaklng and larceny, pleaded sillily and received sentence of one year each. :J. T. Parks, larceny of ' livestock, pleaded guilty and received semeu?" ri IS mont'.s "Maud Scales, larceny, ploade^.giilUy ajul received sentence-of'2 months. Lust or Iy-rk and Fr?d Prlngleton houscbrcaklng and larceny,, pleaded guilty and rocolved Bentehtfe^ol^ift; ivihr, each. > u and larceny, pleaded guilty and- re* There will probably aot be so many overdrafts in the future a? the treasury department nt Washington, in the personage of John Skclton Williams, comptroller of the current cy, has ordered ull the national banks to come forward .with a resolution ou the part of the directors, directing ! their oincers not to pay out or to tho i credit of a depositor, money upon a 1 check which Ib not covered by sufli- j cient deposits. The habit, it is said, is not as bad 1 hero as in some other cities, but bankers say that it is bad enough. ' Overdrafts are regarded by the treas ury department. as dangetouj busi ness methods and as the national banks are not allowed to take any risks, the comptroller of the currency is calling a halt. A letter lias boon scut out by Mr. Williams, directed to the board of di rectors of all tho national banks, which letter follows and explains it self, this one being received by a lo cal natinoal bank: "Treasury Department "Washington, "January 28, 1915. "To the Board of Directors: "Gentlemen: Tho granting by some hanks of accommodations in the forms of 'overdrafts' la objectionable and can not bo countenanced by this of fice. / i'.t *'Thls practice should ccaic entire ly. To facilitate the accomplishment of this result, the subject has been' taken up by this ofilco with tho bank ing departments of various States, and these authorities have generally agreed to take tho necessary action to ?ccuro tho effective cooperation of State banks in attaining the end de sired. ... i "You are requested to adopt ? res olution directing that no officer or employee of your bank shall pay or charge to tho account of any depos itor when there arc not sufficient funds on deposit to the credit of the drawer of tho check to meet tho jamov "Please* "forward ' a" corttfWff "fc?py"of Itho resolutions to. this pfflcc as soon 'aS It lias boon adopted". ''liet' tri?1 resv olutlon show the names of the direc tors'pV^Bcnt at tho mooting. '" "'"S -^Ple?so ockaowledgc receipt ; with out delay. ** t. V V'v ^CE^ctftmy* (Signed^ Vjno;\ Skqltart> Villains'.., ft BJJ WIIHHin8.v ComptroHer.'v The local.bank-s-^iU-likrty.-takc ue ^nucSli. Bauherr, many times allow j' yverdrafia to good deposltore-*-but the practice' ISisaid 'to be often abused {Plummer Turner, houscbrcaklng., .__, - _ ,_ _ .? . ,,?? pload^*3agg^bT r?c?f^f Yo-hteTreb-i lnAln S?3 ^'^^I^^^J^rr^: of 0 months. Verge Hunter, housebroaking. add larceny, pleadedi guilty and received: sentence of 10 months. ' George Keller, disposing of proper ty under Hen, pleaded guilty and re ceived sentence of 15 months. Steve Robinson, burglary and lar ceny, corM&ea,'by Jury and sentenced to lve years. Imprisonment J. F. Keniiedy.'/ussault and battery with intent'/-ojdjl, Convicted by jury and sentenCe^i'd Berve 6 months or pay a flne.of/'MubV D. T. sWlOY.* murder." verdict, ol not guilty directed by tho court Eugene ?haw, assault and battery with intent to kill, acquitted by jury. Albert Lewis, ' Violation cf tho dis pensary la^, acquitted by jury. Albert Lewis.1'violation of tho dis pensary ,law, ./convicted by Jury and sealed sentence left. " Henry Slms^..hpusebrcaking, plead received sentence of 7 ed guilty and received 'sentence months. , ,...,vr.,', John R. JonkiAs, 'assault and nit tery with, ifltant,,?q kill, convietpd by Jury of sUnDle^j assault and battery and sentenced tu 20 days. E. Truman Welbdrno, murder, ver dict of not'gnlltyi-directed by court Oscar Sargent houseburning, ver dict of not-gbitty directed by ~.ourt. Roosevelt Robihaon, assault with intent to rav?sbvserdtct of not guilty directed by court. Pleas Agnewf and Jim Davis, houscr breaking and larceny, acquitted by ^U{T H. WblUock, mnr?er,, acquitted by Jury. - - C. W/Rolto disposing of property under llen.'jaitmltted by Jury. C. ?, ShkSvJ disposing of property under lierfTwc|ult?Bd-'by Jury. oiako,.good^TJu.e. ipt^rjctti. .MHan^tho amounts is also lost to the bank. RECO DS TIGATION Farmers Hear Addresses anil' Effoct MULLINS, Feb., 4.?The farmers meeting at Mullias today was well st jiiueu and mucn interest was shewn. 0. Harris, former president of the State Farmers' union and member of j j 'he State executive committee, ad- | | dressed the meeting, speaking princ ipally along the line of the import ance and the necessity of organisa* 'ion, cooperation and diversification. State Secretary J. Whitner Reld 'ollowed .with a talk on the work of .he farmers''union, showing Its lines )f activity, dts possibilities and re mits. / After the' public address M.'lins Local Farmers' union, No. 457. held a meeting and officers were elected for he year 1915. E. C. Edawrdo was selected as president, lt. M. Carmlch ael as vice president, A. Er Rugera was chosen as secretary-treasurer, Four neW members were -received and some others; were reinstated. The time 'of/meeting will be first Saturday of each month at 3 p. m. MUUlns local union baa been strengthened -and begins the now year-with ijood pros pecte/ for .?o?yo; wot k. /"NEW DB? GOODS STORE Another Establishment In "Prospect In Greenwood. GREENWOOD, Feb., 4.?Greenwood Is to have another dry goods store at an early date J. W. Dnokett, Sr., who was with the J. B. Wharton com pany for a number of years, will or ?anirc the J. W. Duckett company nd open a dry goods store on March 1 in the corner store formorly on- , copied by the Durst-Andrews com" psny. The company will have a cap ital stock of $10,000. Of Scrintoria]i (?eJi.paigfn in States ' Hav^-Been Mode. TON, Febi- ?^Bj?'^anlr the senate elections com y recommended lnv?stlga tor!al campaigns in-Ponn ' Illinois, and:In fjnjrothr charges.of -corrupf . . ?de..' ?.* ' - -.f.'--"'. ; 1 resolution by-Senator Reoabilcan from inquiry into tho Sepator Penrose Pennsylvania and Sullivan was defeated ian? Republican. - in ted and on the in lTcans on the com td authorise slm lnto any such States. campaigns \wl was rseiecteV: where Roger .by Senator Illinois, slstonce mtttee wa liar in charges ' Transfer Territorial Rights. AUBOIW^N^ Yw "Ffeb'., C.-John H. Farrcll. secretary of the National As sociation - , of Professional Baseball leagues', announced today that ter ritorial R?kts of the Virginia League at-. Riehmoni,-''Va^--. had been traps- . <* fen cd to the International League. - ' ? Tho franchise and players of tho , t Richmond club, the announcement, s mKjeSiW?ta traWsferred to- Rooy Mount N. C. Prohibition Jn Oregon. SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 5.?In accord ance with the decision expressed-by voters at the November election, the Oregon house of representatives by a vote of 68 to 2 passed today a bill prohibiting sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquor except Tor sacra mental purposes. Physicians are per mitted to admin'ister liquor personally and importation of two quarts monthly Is allowed individuals for . private consumption. fill till ? ni I um im lu I lonq; announces SELEC TION OF GARRISON FOR DEMONSTRATION AGENT 1 ?-1 BEGINS ,WO R K . _ Understood That New Agent . Will Enter Upon His Duties Monday. (From Sunday Dally.) Mr. W. D. Garrison was yesterday j appointed farm demonstration agent j for Anderson County by Prof. W. W. ' Long, State agent of the farinera co- , operative demonstration work. Some . days ago it was announced that Mr. | Garrison had . decided to accent the proposition which was made him to come to Auderson County. This state ment was mad.', of cour3e. on the pro -.umption that the l?gislatif *; delega tion of this county was going to make the appropriation of $$00 which was requested for the furtherance of agri cultural work in this county. The del egation having finally taken action on. the matter by deciding to make an appropriation. Prof. Long , yesterday made formai announcement of the ap pointment of Mr. Garrison to the po sition of d?monstration agent for this county. Though the delegation recommend ed an' aripr^prlation of only $500. which is $100 less than the amount requested by Prof. Long, he states that arrangements will be made for taking care of tho $300 which tho delegation did not appropriate. It Is understood that Mr. Garrison will formally take un his duties on Monday Ono of the first steps to h? taken ln> gelling ready, to carry out his %oT*fr will bo the election of office quartets. It is expected that this matter'will he attended to Monday. FEW CHANGES IN PLAYING RULES Annual Meeting of intercollegiate Football Rules Committee Comes to Close. NBW' VORK. Feb.. -.?The annual meeting, -of the Intercollegiate, Foot ball Rules committee closed horo late today without any important changes being made in the playing rules. "The principal alterations include ?j^hig th??b?lf'tp opponents on a for ivanLpass but of'bounds, made on the rourtijkdown, n't the point where tho Phm Jps*made;\the increasing of tho ?am?^fflci?rS;'TrOm three to four and he limiting of rc-aubstltution of play Mfs to the beginning of n period. The ' hmrpUtee earnestly recommended tho mhubcrlng of players, but did lot mako It mandatory. Under the 1914 rules a forward pass x't-of-lauiiulK,. wh??iex .iouchjul by . a i>?ayor--b.r-notr-gave Lha..ball tQ.jQppQ-, ?ents at tho point whero It crossed :he Une. .Tjh^cha?'gp In .the re-snbstltutlon fujgj,-6;#3pnado to'p>ev^n^ fj?? rcthrn >f a .numbir of players in the final rjrlodv Hcrctoforo players were pcr nitted to re-enter the game at any ;imo In the fourth period. Under the lew 'ruling tho regulations which pre sent a''rc-substitutIon except at the sbgintrlrig of the lirst three periods rill;'also apply to the final norlod. ??bstilhten must hereafter report to m official immediately on entering he' 'field. A number of prominent football of Iclals told the committee threo of iclals were not sufficient and a fourth 'facial, a field Judgo?will hereafter )c ' required. He also wil bo time? ceeper -In place of the linesman. Un ler the 1914 rules the naming of a leid judge was not mandatory.. Thor'committee went on record as itrongly deprecating the sending of mhstitatCB into the . game with in ductions from tho b'do lines. . . -Minor changes in- the rules, include i ?15-yard penalty for uoBportsman ike'conduct in addition, to the . dis luallBcatton of. players. -, In flagrant ?ses; ? JO-yard penalty, for. running nto' an opponent after the whistle.has ialted play; a ! 5-yard penalty ."for browing-the legs-and atriktng with be lower legs an.opponent at ovo the cneesi t a'16-yard penalty for running nto a- fullback after a punt, to which s .added disqualification for ''rough ng" t)ie fullback. The committee ruled that the center nust .pass the ball back with ono con inuoub motion and release It without nomoptary checking or holding. The insucccsRful attempt of two eligible dayorj to catch a forward pass iu urn, , before the ball touched the ;round, was rnlcd as an Incompletod >a<<3 Instead of giving opponents tho jail us formerly. ?1EW AIR DIHD8 < ircat ?rJtnh: Constructing Zeppelin Destroyers for Protection Against ;,f;-...v.,".-, i/AirlRalda;"^ N?W/.t0RK, Fob; Ti.?Five Zeppelin IcHtroyers ? airships constructed do?gi'now lines?-are under conatruc (dnj^near. London for protection is^^V'threat?ned aJr -*-ud8 alone the ?rltish" coast, rfecortiing t? Thomas tuthcrford '.MacMochen, president of he. Aeronautical Society Of America, lef^.todar from Liverpool. ; Jpo( satp\ tho destroyers would b? aster than Zeppelins, smaller, easier p navigate, and would live aerial tor ^r. '- ,._? //'j'' ' All Were Saved. TO'Kto/Feb.'5.--(5 p. m.)?An offl lal report received in Tokio on tin osa of the Japanese crul?er Aaama. iff the Western coast of Lower Call ornta kftys all officers and members tf th^crew were saved. &j>i.>>y," ... . ' ''. 1 . ;. o SIX AND TWENTY o o o oooooooooooooo WILLIAMSTON, IL P. I). I. Fob.. ?On account of the pretty weather wo havo been having fur the lust three or .jur days many of our people nre believing that the backbone of winter hau been broken and that we cuu soon ' uegin our preparation!; for unolhor crop. There has hardly been a day in the last three months in which farmers could do any farm work of any kind, many yet have a consid erable amount of cotton In the ticlda, and with this to pick and hauling fer tilizer und preparing for another crop, we will certainly have ull that we can do for several weeks to- come. Many had n good amount of fall plowing done und this is going to be a big help ou both man and work animal. R. P. Whilluker recently killed tb? champion hog for this section. It netteu him ?02 pounou nmt was of the Duroe strain. Mr. Whittakcr makes a specialty o* this breed of Logs and they arc certainly beauties. We would ilko to see at least a half dozen boys from this section enter the corn club contest this year and think if the proper steps are taken several can be induced.to enter. We would like to have Demonstrator Garrison vljit this section nt his curliest con venience and sec what can be done. . IL L. El rod of Princetown was a visitor to the Melton section Saturduy night. A. M. Martin was a business visitor to Pelzor recently. ; Owing to the large amount of. wheat and oats sown In this section there is r^oing to bo a tremendous demand for peas of all kinds the coming spring and any one having them to sc)J would make .money by advertising them in the columns of Tho Intel ligencer. \ J. W. Fowler und Jeff Kay have each Ipst a cow recently. Mr. Fowler's from eating some poison vegetation in his pasture and Mr. Kay's frcrn being gored to death by another cow. Ed. Wilson of Hopcwell spent Mon day night with his brother, T. C. Wil son. J. A, Martin and C. N Murphy were visitors to the Five Forks soctlon last Tuesday. We hope that tho senate and house of representatives during the present Bcsslon will sco fit to give va a com pulsory education law that will be State wide, without tho local option feature. We are of the opinion that if the lornl option feature was passed with the law that it would fall to benefit .tho communities that need tho law moat. Sonic oppose the law bo cause they claim that it will force tho negro to send his children to school. We need base .'no: fear-from that Tor. tho negro 1b not one half as earless about schooling his children as the whito people. Ytm' 'don't have to roni pcl'lllm to send his children to school; ho la doing that -nnywr.y . ... ... ; We think thej.; present . legislature has done the.wrong tAlng.ln repeating the 'acreage fcaocrlon Taw passed at' the extra session of the last legisla ture. If the low was not constitu tional, and nearly every one claims t'?it it was- not. j Instead of repealing it they 'should ?i?vb went about some plan to make it so. and placed some kind1'of safe guards around It that wjuld have made it-as..binding as any law now on the. statute books. . By repealing jthlpi law they have repealed the only law'that has ever been-pns^ -.cd' that wonld 'VStrectly benefit the l-mant class of-farmers for conditions do exis? jUBt as V. D. Cheshire said they did. in his article in Tho Daily Intelligencer a few days ago, and no man dare deny that such conditions lo not exist. Wo venture tho assertion that ninc lonths of the land owners in Anderson "ounty would not rent an acre of land to a tenant unless he would agreo to plant at least three-fourths it his crop, in cotton and in ninty-nlne 3Ut of a .hundred cases the landlord would ?want the tenant to plant corn ;m come old red hill3ldc with gullies !:nce deep and so poor that you could not even raise a fuss on.it- Of course, there are a few exceptions to the rule but "they are scarce and far "between. We have bcon asked by some of our citizens to .request the management of The Intelligencer to publish .the "aw is t j the cleaning out of obstructions in running streams if there bo such a law In "tlil? SfaW. ' We thlhkJK wmiid lie a good Idea and a great help for the papers of *he. State .to..publish from time to. time suob laws as they would bee, benefit-to rural 'communities. ... : .v.T.-cw c BARNETT. I > ? . '?.- I ... _ llfchest In Half Century. LONDON, Feb. 5.?Wheat sold at 00 millings n. quarter in the Lincoln orn market today, the highest price n upwards of half a century. 31G COTTON CONVENTION DALLAS, APRIL 28-MAV V IC^ery man,1 concerned .la the best tateretta of nhei Southland, owes It fe: himself to attend the big Cotton Konvention ..to be held In Dallas, April Itlh to May 1st.. .This, will be a mooBtor rally, at tended by thousands of people In all a/alks of lite, and from all r*rts of lie South.' Tho Convention will doubtless placo prominently before the world.the won* lorf ul work "being ' accompliahed by the Southern States Cotton. Corpora/ ifon, tn establishing a stable prt?e fo? sotton, and a dependable market s?6? tarn for th? future. Tho conventtna will he held at tie ?Vir Park coliseum, and aside from the advantages of a trip to Dallas, the broadening benefits derived by* con tact with leading men .'of the Somb ?neeroed In cotton, c?nnot be esU> nated. Reduced radroad rates, FRAI P. BONHAM HAS PASSED AWAY BROTHER OF GEN. M. L. BONHAM DIES IN THE WEST. WELL KNOWN HERE Son of War Governor Leaves a Number of Relatives in This State. (The Slate.) Announcement of the death of Francis Pickcns Bonham ut his home in San Francisco, Cal., m Thursday morning, was received by his rela tives in Columbia yesterday. He was a brother of MIas Annie lionhatn and Mrs. Cadsdcn E. Shand of this city and Gen. Milledge L. Bonhain of An derson. Other relatives In Columbia are Mrs. FranU G. Thompkins, Mrs. David G. Ellison, Miss Roberts AN drich and George E. Sparkmun. Mr. Bonham waa married live years ago to Miss Georgia Merlon of San Francisco, who with two sons, uged four years and one year, respect ively, survive him. Tho funeral and Interment wll be in San Francisco. Mr. IJonham was a son of tu<> lato M. Li Bonham, war governor of South Carolina, and his wife. Anna Patlenco lionham, being the youngest of 14 children. He was born on his father's plantation near Edgcficld. March It), 1873, but came to this city early in life when his father moved Iiis fam ily hero from Edgeflcld. Until reach ing manhood, Mr. Donham resided In Columbia and many of his friends and former sckuolmateB remember him with peculiar pleasure, as he was endowed to a rare degree with tho qualities that made him general ly populur and endeared him to all who knew him well. After Icnvinq Columbia ho resided for n time In . Savannah, Atlanta and other South ern cltlcB. When war with Spain was | declared Mr. Bonham was prompt to j volunteer his services and was a member of the First rjen^Ho , ment. Later he served In tho Philip- ' pines and nftcr returning to the Unit ed States made hls-h-jmo in San Fran cisco, where he has slnco redded. ooooooooooooooooOoo O o o EUREKA NEWS o c > , o 0 ?? o n ? o ?. o o o ? ? m o o O o o o e -o- . .. Mra. M. T.- Rroazcale after spoudlug a month with the, homo folks has re turned to ber home, Olive.'N. C. . Mrs. J. McMahan and children are spending a while al h?'r fathor's? P. D.'fJentry. Mrs. McMahan has "boon right nick but Is-better now. 1 Ml?3 Stacy; Shirley of Central is tin pue: l of her cousin. Miss Card' Shir ley. The mission study r.leB3| '"The Child in thti Midst," Is meeting regularly every Thursday at. Mr. V/. L. .Ander ron'?. I . Tho: inolouicnt weather has badly interfered with Sunday school. We have been unablo to meet for, two successive Sundays. . 'r Misses Magglo Andoreon and M.tr guerito Adams spent the week-end wltb Mrs B. B. Breazc?le. We have hud considerable chang ing around. Mr. Hastings Hammond has moved near Prospect church, Tom Hammond to Calvin Gambrell's, Mr. Butler Oriflln to Bickens. To these places have como Messrs. Allen; King and Teasler. The day school 1 moving on nicely. Tho enrollment Is not so largo since Messrs. S. A. Burns and Cliff Martin have mov^ed away. Misses Oarllngton wcro at our school last week to organize a tomato club. Mrs. Jas. A. Shirley Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Reld McCrary of Aut un.. . KEEPING RESCUE MEASURES SECRET Government Fears Information of Disabled Japanese Cruiser * Might Be of Value to Gar- . mains. WASHINGTON, Feb. R^Itescue measures for the Japanese .cruiser Asama, ashore and breaking up on the Lower. California coast, were cloak ed in'secrecy here today, to protect the neutrality of the United States. On the thecry that information of tho disabled ship might become of value to German men-of-war In the Pacific, the navy department did not announce latest dispatches from F.?3ar Admiral Howard and refuse! infor mation of the movements of American men-of-war going to .the Asama's aid. . . . It was.believed here, however, that first aid would be given by tho cruiser Raleigh. DR. BROUUHTON ?OES TO K MIX VILLE KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Feb. 6.?Dr. Len O. Broughton, formerly of At lanta, Ra , who resigned tho- pastorate )f Christ church, London, Eng., yes. or day has accepted. * call to the pas orate of the First Baptist church, his city. His acceptance came by 'able today. Indicted For Selling Votes. PIKEVILLE. Ky.>, Feb.; 5.?Seven nen were convicted today for soiling heir Votes at the August primary. William Rome*, a | negro Baptist >reacher, was fined fUCO. All the Oth ers were given ?maller fines and d.i 'ranchlsed. . . ? ' v'-:..;' ' . ' :,1 v *' >' ": Vv' i i ' The Anderson Guaranty & Trust Company Now if you hove money on hand you can invest it, incr asing your income by getting first class 8 per cent paper. This bc^ts 4 per cent. We are of the opinion that our legislature next year will pass a 6 per cent law in this State, but if you have a contract for a number of years at S per cent you are safe. ' Our plan is to bring the people who want to loan and the peopla who want to borrow together so you won't have to wait for some ono in your neighborhood to want money, just get in line and let us know your wants and we will sec what can be done about getting what you want. Anderson County mortgages arc better than you can get any where on earth. Better than bonds, better than stock in the new theater, better than stock in the Elevator Company, better than mill stock, better than bank stock, better than bank deposits, pays better rate of interest, backed by better security?in fact, tho very best and safest investment to be had. Get in line quick. Call to see us, we can then talk the matter over with you and more fully explain our plan. The following amounts arc a f?w wanted by parties in Anderson , County, and all the lands offered as security arc well known to us 1 and the loans ore desirable. Remember we guarantee good titles to thesa lands; also that you have a first mortgage against them. 100 ncrcx well improved, worth $0,500.00, loan wanted.68.V00.00 22 acres' well unproved, worth ?1,000.00, loan wanted.-125.00 ::i)0 acres well improved, worth #12,000.00, loun wanted.. ,.. ...0,000.00 H> orrcH well impmvcii, worth $2,500.00, loan wanted.. .. .. .. .. 1,100.00 75 ucrcs well improved, north $3,000.00, loan wanted. 1,800.00 100 ntrcs worth $1,500.00, lonn vvr.ntcd. .. 900.00 1(H) acres worth $1,500.00, loan wanted. 400.00 150 acres well improved, worth $8,000.00, wanted. ?00.00 00 acres well Improved, north $5,000.00, wanted. 500.00 15 acres well improved, north $3,250.00, wanted.1,250.00 50 acres well improved, worth $3,000.00, wanted..' .. l.GUO.OO 10C acres well Improved, worth $3,000.00, wanted.. .. .. .'. .. .. ..- .800.00 One party nants $300.00 on house, lot aud storeroom, worth.. .. .. 1,0004)0 . Come early and get first choice. The Anderson Guaranty & Trust Co. ' Hl< > ><?( >.', . i-v?i.H?;t bjjVi ' ' ' *' ': ' ' ' ' " vi } ?'i,i 181 East Benson Street, .List Below Peoples Bank. PART OF CREW EVADED CAPTURE BEGINS 30 DAY; VI 11 JAIL SENTENCE Forty Members Escaped When I Werner , Horn Will Be Kept m Spectacular Career of the . Emden Ended. BERLIN. Feb.' f>.?(by WireleBB to Sayvlllc).?According to' a statement made today by the Overseas News Agency, part of tho crew of tho fam ouB German crutficr Emden evaded capture, escaping on the schooner Aysha, on which they left Cocos Is land last. November at tho time 1hc Emden wgs destroyed. Tho statement follows: "H. Mi S. Aysha reports that Lieu tenant Commander von Muecke, with tho landing force or II. M. d. Emdon arrived near Hodetda on the south west coast of Arabia. During the rassago of Perlm Channel they were not detected by KngllBh and [French forces. Their landing was hot mo lo?ted by a French armored cruUer which was nearby." Tho foregoing statement Is'at va riance with . official Paris and Tokio announcements in December to tho effect that escaped members of the Emden'a crow had been captured. When' the spectacular career of the Emden was ended in November by tho Australian cruisor Sydney, which ran her down November 10 In the Indian Ocean and destroyed her, 40 mem bers of the crew, under Ltoutonant von Muecke escaped. They were members of a landing party which was on Cocoa Island at tho time of tho, battle. Thoy commandeered schooner, tho Aysha, loaded her with provisions and tailed away. A dis patch from Manila subsequently said these mon had captured a collier, on whtch they mounted two Maxim guoB, and hod begun raiding commerce in tho Pacific. On December 18 the French minis try of marine announced that, tho British auxiliary cruiser Empreas of Japan had -captured, the collier. A similar announcement was made In Tokio. Governor Favors BIB. LITTLE ROCK,' Ark., Feb. 5.?Tho bill which, would declare Arkansas a dry State after January 1, 1916, was passed by the senate today, 33 to 2. It was' passed by the house to take eg feet June 1, and, as amended by the senate, will bo sent hack to tho house Immediately. The governor has ex pre/sed himself la favor of it ' Machinist Itemed to Death, r WIN8TON-SALEM, N. C? Feb. 5.-? Fred Myers ,a machinist, was burned to death and lota estimated at ?bout IG0.000 was'cauaed by a lire wh'ub re julted from the explosion of a gaso line tank in the plant of the Crystal Tee Company hers today. Myers was working In a boiler when the explo sion occurred. Custody Until Stete Depart ment Decides on Canada's ( . Request. MACII1AS, Me., Feb. 5.?Werner Horn, who says he dynamited the In tcriiatloual bridge at Vancoboro Tuos day as an act of war against Grout Britain, tonight began tp serve a sen tence of :>'J days at the county Jail hero. Tl.ls imprisonment, imposed by a triai Justice at Vaoceboro after Horn had pleaded gu?lty to a technical charge of maliciously damaging prop erty on the American side of the bor der, is cxpocted to keep him In eus? tody until the state department deter mines what disposition shall .bo mado of Canada's requo?t for- his extradi tion. Extra guards were placed around the Jail tonight. Sheriff Woodman said tho precautions wero taken to frustrate any possible attempt to free the prisoner. Horn, who asserts, he is an officer In the Gorman army reserve, began his Jail term without apparent con cern. Asked for a statement he said: "I only wish to repeat that I am a Gorman, and committed the act in the Interest of my country, which la at war." Wants Application of Lever Act Deferred Wilmington Chamber of Com merce Passes Resolutions to That Effect WILMINGTON, N. C. Feb.. 5.?Re citing that tho financial position of tbo South has been wonderfully im proved and strengthened by the ad vance In cotton of more than a cent and a half per pound and that it Is significant that Oils advance has come jlnce the reopening of the New York cottbn exchange, in view of the reform of the exchange contracts and the.re moval of the abuses with whloh the exchange has been charged, so that the exchange now fairly reflects true market values and it would be unfor tunate, perhaps calamitous to inject any element which would1 disturb the situation, the Wilmington chamber of commerce today forwarded , to tho state's representatives in congress a resolution unanimously adopted, ask ing that Inasmuch an the government has not yet formulated' regulations for the application of the Lever act, ef fective February 18, that the opera tion of tho bill be deferred in the dis cretion of the secretary v>f agriculture.