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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO. ll.lYetkly, EsUbllHhe? IS??; Dally, Jaii.13, 1911. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. REPLIES TO Dailies Ships Are Unduly Detained or That Naval Operations Have Been the Cause of any Dim unition in the Volume of American Exports. Says England Will Retaliate Against Ger many's Submarine Campaign. (By Auociated Press.) WASHINGTON, . Feb. 17.?Great Britain's second and complete reply to the American note of protest, which, on December 28 last, asked for an early improvement in the great mont of American commerce by tho British fleet, was made public to il icht by mutual agreement between the State department and the British foreign office. The note, addressed to Ambassador Page by Sir Edward Grey, under date of February 10/ denies that the de pression in American industriel; is due to- the activity of the Hritish fleet, and suggests among other causes tho shortage of shipping facilities, the consequent dimunition of cotton trade and the destruction of - many neutral ships by submarine mines, "laid by the enemy indiscriminately." The communication contains the an nouncement that Great Britain in tends to take retaliatory measures against the German submarine cam paign on'enemy ships, but does not roveal '.heir nature. Conceding that foodstuffs intended for tho civil population of a country are not contraband, the British gov ernment points out ??at "In .any coun try, in iW.hicb, there exists such tre - m* en don s Organization for war as now obtains In Germany, there is no clear plaints from time to time, addressed to them on behalr 'f the United States government. . "Towards the close of your note of the. 28th December, your excellency described the situation produced by the action of Great Britain as a piti ful one to the commercial Interests of the United states, and said that many of .the 'great industries of the country were suffering because their products were denied long established markets in neutral European coun tries contiguous to the nations at war. lmpoHs!ble For Trade to Escape In jury. "It is unfortunately true that in these days, when trade and finance are cosmopolitan, sty war, particu larly a war of any magnitude, must result In a grievous dislocation of commerce, including that of the na tions which take no part in the war. Your excellency will realize that In this tremendous struggle, it 1b impos sible for the trade of any country t,o escape all injury and loss, but for such his majesty's government arc not to blame. ."I do not understand the para graph which fit ?e quoted from your excellency's; not-. as referring to these ! indirect consequences of the stato of war. but j to the more proximate and.' direct effect Of our bel?ge rent ?c dlvipton between those whom the ?on.in dealing with neutral ships and government.Irresponsible for feeding r&>?* ou ???:'WfcM seas. Such ac and those whom It Is not." %?n. hns ueen Halted to vessels on Will Try to Prevent Injury to Neutrals ! ?nelr way to enemy ports in neutral "It .will still be our endeavor." saya countrte? adjacent to the theatre of Hi the . note,'"to avoid injury .end lo*?** to neutrals, but the announcement by tho ?crr?an government o? their in tention 'to sink merchant vessels and their, cargoes without Verification of their nationality or character and without making any provisions for the salety of non-contraband- crews or giving them a chance of saving their lives, has made it necessary tor His Majesty's government to consider what measures' they should adopt to protect their interests. It Is impossi ble for one belligerent to depart from rules and precedents and for the oth er to remain bound by them." Supplementing the preliminary re ply of several weeka ago, the new note is about 10.000 words long and includes not only statistical argument, but a further discussion of the legal principles. Involved. Better Acquainted With Trade Statistics. Since the presentation or the pre^ liminary note, Sir Edward states ha has had "further opportunity" of ex amining^ into. the* tradjj ; statistics of the tJnlte?%tatos as embodies in the customs returns, in order to see whether the belligerent' action of Grea^Brltoin.' has.been in any way the cause of the t ratio depression which Your Excellency (Ambassador Page) describes as existing ' In the United States and also whether tho seizures of vessels or cargoes which have been . made by the British navy have InfHct ed"any loss on American owners for which our existing machinery pro vieles no means of redress. ? Result?* of tavestRation. "Id, setting out the results of ray investigation I think It well to take the opportunity of giving a general review .of the methods employed' by His Majesty's government to . inter cept contraband trade with the enemy, of their- Consistency-with the admit ted right of a belligerent to Inter cept euch trade, and also of the ex tent tb'whtcn ^bey have endeavored to meet'^he .reprosentatwq^'.and ., pom war because It is only through such ports that ihe enemy introduces the supplies which he'requires for carry ing on tho war." ; Only Eight Ships in Prlxo Court. Sir Edward asserts that only eight of the 773 ships sailing from the United States for neutral European Countries have been placed in prize courts, and that onlyhave been "temporarily detained to enable par ticular consignments of. cargo to be discharged for the purpose of prize court proceedings." The note does not go into d?tail as to American ships detained on the high seas or taken to British porta for search. The statistics of exports from the United States are analyzed and the observation made that "If co' on be excluded, the effect of the war has been not to decrease, but practically to arrest the decline of American exports which was In' pro-1 gross earlier in the year; in fact, any decreaseJn} American exports which. (Continued on Page Eight) ooo o oooooooooooooo o o . Q o Evacuated Mexico City. o V> Eu PASO, Tex.', Feb. 17.-T-Geuf o o oral Obregon, the Carranza com- o o mander, has . evacuated Mexico o o City, according tq advices re eel v- o o. ed tonight in Juarez from the o ? south. It was said that the n 6 troops of General Zap at a had oc- o o cupied the capital. o j o Advices received by. officials in o o Juarez stated that, the troops un- o o der General Villa had scored a o o victory ' over the Carranxa. o J o. forces at 'Santa' Ana.' Ocoatlan o j o' between. Zapotlan and Manzanil- o o lo, a west coast port. It was said o o that 200 of tho Carranza forces o o had ^een killed. a o'. General Villa was reported to-6 o day at Zncoaloo, Jalisco. d o o o\0 ja ..p'.o 6 -ioooo.bo ooo o o o a- 4 Spwial to Tho JnMKsetittr. , COI^HB|4(:.Fob, t7.~-The bill au thorising the city of Anderson to as sess atraKmg property owners, for permanent street tTOBr?temsuts (pt\as ed lui final reading today and wei' or dered enrolled for ratification. If will probably be ratified tomorrow and the governor wljl b?. asked to sign it Im mediately go; that the city Con proceed to order an election on the qnca?on of issuing bonds. The county bond bill in its amended -at vriU be passed tomorrow aiid will jra^^by^i enj|Oj! tho wet merit the bill and .really .the discussion was largely forensic, because ? the house hKd vor/ little else, to do and many of the in em bars had speeches which they wished to deliver. The argumenta In favor or tho bill today were made by Messrs. Clement of Charleston, Me ttrais; McCullougb, Boyd, Beareon, I,tles of Orangeburg, Brldham and Sanders of Sumter, ond the opposition to the bill was made by Messrs. Dlx on. tee, Smith of Colleton and Harris of Greenville. Some of these d'4 not object so much to/the plan .hut to de tails. The forces in charge of tho bin.hadV.ee their general Mr. G/aydon of. AbbovHl?. while the opposition f ot 1* y lr\g the.' am end m en t of Mr, .Berry ofvOrangebursyrfcyrwl^chl it ^ lf*>; to?/iC??i""" DEFER REPORT ON WILLIAMS BILL AUTHOR GIVES HIS REASONS FOR INTRODUCING MEASURE WOULD PROTECT STOCKHOLDERS Says Certain Cotton Milk Had Gone to the Bad Speculating in Futures Sim>cU1 to Tin- Inti'lHgcimT. COLUMBIA, Feb. 17.?The house committee on manufactures this after noon decided to postpone until tomor row its report on the Williams bill to require cotton mills and other "indus trial corporations" to furnish state ments to the State insurance commis sioner. At the hearing this afternoon. ?ena tor John F. Williams of Aiken, ihe au thor of the bill told of his reascnB for introducing the bill. Certain big cotton mills in Aikcn County because of mismanagement, speculating in fu tures and such behavior had gone to the bad, and many -stockholders had suffered great loss. He only intended to safeguard the interests of stockhold ers he said, and had no other motive. He read from a report made up by ex-, parts on the condition of the Aiken mills, which had recently gone into the hands of a receiver. Mayor M?s le y of Alben also spoke and told of his efforts to get information from New -York per?ons who owned a controll ing interest in another mill... /F. ' B?frpn Crier; of * Greenwood, spoke In TSply and said that he appre ciated the good'intent of Senator Wil liams, but. this bill would not accom plish the purpose of the author. It would take away from the stockholder the right to manage their property and put the power In the hands of one man,. the insurance commissioner, a man who might be good, as at pres ent he Was, and again might be bad. The personnel of, the' office, however, had nothing to do with the matter. It was a bill which gave plenary power to one man. It might be entitled "a bill to take away from stockholders the management of cotton mills and put same in the hands'of the State in surance commissioner." He then ex plained in detail why certain trade se crets could be used to work a milt, its labor cost, the cost of Its cotton and all those sorts of things could be secured by a competitor or one buying goods from the mill, all'to its hurt There was no more reason to It than that a merchant should be .required to mark'in plain figures the cost' pf' the nrtides, he exposed for aale. He show ed ' that Under, present Jaws directors were liable when they paid out divi dends that had not been earned, cited the case of Her vs. Jennings decided against a director', a rase which h'e carried to the supreme court, there was already sufficient law to curb di rectors, they could be made to answer for criminal., negligence ; and ever fer careless k.-dsmanagement. Mr. P. A. Wilcox said that he was interested'in other corporatolns that might, be af fected, that If the words "other Indus trial corporations" were stricken out he would not further oppose th? bill, though he saw no particular reasons for. Its passage. Mr. J. K. Hood, also cited instances wherein the hill could be used to the great detriment of a cotton mill. President Victor Montgomery of the Pacoiet mills, was asked certain prac tical questions as to possible ill ef fects of the bill on the-.industry and showed by long experience wherein it could be used to seriously handicap a murs selling facilities, and would play right into the bands .of stock brokers who could hammer down a stock <for their own personal gains. The committee after about half an hour's session decided to postpone a report on the bill until tomorrow. Tho bill has Already passed th? sen ate. : Big Damage Suit Filed in Atlanta ' -'" ' , : ?> , ' > . , ATLANTA, Gil. Feb. 17.?Suit ' for $180,282.25 damages was filed in the United SUtes court .hor? late today against the Kastman Kodak company of N?w Jersey, by. the Southern Photo Material company of .this city, Re straint of trade In violation of the Sherman nntl-trust law Is alleged. .The plaintifs ask an additional $10, O00 attorf^jy'a fees. fl*nnany? Reply flit on A oilman dor BERLIN, via ?jcmdon, Feb. 17.?Ger jfcanp.*? reply tothe .American test, against tfca. proposed r?gula for a qaval war ronearaund the: . lutes, hs* been banded tcr Am MYSTERY SURROUNDS KILL ING OF LEESBURG, GA., BANKLR NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE Old Checks for More Than $600, 000 Found ht Pockets of Dead Man (By Aoociftted Press.) LEESBUFK3, Ga.,.;Feb. 17.?A. L. Oliver, president of the Formers' Bank and Loan Company, this city, was shot and killed here early tonight in front of iiis hauk.yThree. men were said to have beer? seen running from the scene immediately after the re ports of three .shots had been heard, but no arrests bad been made up to a late hour tonight. Mystery sur rounds the shooting, friends of the dead 'man being ' unable to assign a cause. * K Oliver was released from the Mis sissippi State 'penitentiary several months after having served four years on a charge of blgomy. He satised the court that he was not the nian against whom the warrant had been issued. An examination of Oliver's body showed that th? wounds had beon made with buckshot. The authorities believe Iiis slayers escaped in an automobile. , Old checks for more than $$00,000 were found in the banker's clothing. I One on the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which .was dated 11 years t ago?. cajied tor. |&6$1ML- while another on the Columbia County Bank, of Ben i ton, Pennsylvania, was for $350,000 I Both were made payable to Oliver. ON EDUCATIONAL BILL Free Conference Committee on Compulsory Education Meas ure Makes Report Bpedaf to The Intelllganoei. COLUMBIA, Feb. 17.?The free con ; ferenco committee on the compulsory Education bills will be reported to night First and most important the committee haa agreed and some be ginning will be made. The advocates of SUite wide compulsory education could not get what they wanted. The school district was made the unit In the agreement. The compulsory age was fixed at from 8 to 14. Provision waR made that in districts having towns or. cities with' 1,500 or more population the school' trustees may order an election as to compulsory at tendance .without petition. In any other school districts the compulsory attendance may be provided for by majority petition. The regulations as to enforcement remain practically un changed: The material point being that the school district is made the unit and the compulsory system be comes operative only after majority petition or vote. The adoption of the report means the acceptance of the law. . The report was adopted by the house. Unable to Manage Damaged Airships (Bp Auoeuted Frm.) LONDON. Feb. 17 (3:32 p. m.).?A big airship, believed to be. of the Parseval type, apparently damaged by gun flre, flew over Amsterdam .this morning/ says a Reuter dispatch from that city. ..The airship was at a height of about 600. feet and- its. crew was unable to ke?p. It In u horizontal position . Assuming a vertical position, tbo aircraft drifted in the direction of the Kuydor Zee, an arm of the North Sea, carrying, with It telegraph wires with which a dangling rope had become ?n tingled. ".Wy1. A j - ST?feT ON 90OIILE TO ARREST INDIAN COF/TEZ. Cel., Feb. 17i?Twenty-alx mounted and heavily armed men start ed westward today on a-90-milo ride to Bluff, Utah, to nrrest.Tse-Ne:Gat, (Everett Hutch) a Pluto Indian out law; charged with the murder of Juan Chacot.. From threo to five days will be required for the Journey. fjstrodoc^H Hnral Cr?dita mil. S WASHINGTON. Febv *??--Repres tntlve Jfeury of Texas. ; today intro duced ;:oi.geHer?l rural,..cwdfl^wtt The mesure provides.W?1*^*10??* to, ttytoera, under a ?yat?* ?epsrst? from-t5i*.,fcd?ra? reserve law.> "FACING THE MOI" FEATURE OF SECOND DAY'S I SESSION OF LAYMEN'S CONVENTION ROBERT E. SPEER MAKES TWO TALKS I Saye All Christians Have to Offer I Pagan World is Christ and Hi* Lifo (By AuodaUd Press.) CHARLOTTE, N. C, Feb. 17.? "Facing the situation" was the gen eral theme of the second day's ses cions of the biennial laymen's con vention of the Southern Presbyterian Church East of the Mississippi, the address of Robet E. Speer, aecretary of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church of the Unit ed States at both morning and even ing sessions featuring. Tonight hej spoke on "Christian Mission and World IssueB," stressing the urgent) demand for money in spite of the low price of cotton and saying that Chris tians must get back to a realization that all they huvc to offer the pagan world 1b Christ and ills Life. This morning his subject was "The Condi tions For World Evangelization." "The world is wide ajar," he said, ''making the possible exception of Afghanistan; world evangelization de pends upon those who ore to do the work, which can be done only through the realization of personal steward-1 ship and a recognition of the unity of | til nations." . Presenting the situation at the front I were Rev. Dr. J. O. Reavis of the I chair of 'English Bible, Columbia, 8 C, seminary who spoko on African missions; Rev. R. T. Colt, mission ary to Coroa, on Cofcan missions, and I Rev. j Dr. S. H. Chester, secretary of foreign correspondents, executive | committee foreign missions, Nuuhvllle, Tenn., on Brazilian missions. "Ab I A Lnyinun Sees It," was the theme of j Dr. J. P. Mi("nllie, Chattanooga, Tenn. Missions to Cuba were treated thin | afternoon by Rev. Dr. W. H. WlllinmB. field secretary, Nashville. Tenn.; In Japan, Rev. T. Kagawa, In. charge of j alum work, Kobe, Japan; In China, Rev. Dr. J. L. Stuart, professor New I Testament, Nanking Theological Seminary, Charles A. Rowland of Athens, Ga., made a report of five months, investigation of "missionary investments and dividends." At night, In addition to the address | of Robert E. Speer, Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Davidson College and moil era tor of the Southern .Presby terian general assembly, lectured on | "Our Increased Responsibility," while | "the New Times and the Now Man" was the theme of William T. Ellis, editor field of the continent, Swarth more, Pa. GAS EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT! Six Other* Seriously Injured in] . Coal Mine?Two ?? Injured Probably Will Die WILKES-BARF'3, Pa., Feb. 17. Eight mine workers were killed and six seriously Injured by a gas explo sion at the'Prospect colliery ot the Lehigh Valley Coal Company here to day. Two of the injured probably will ! die. The accident occurred at a point nearly two miles from the Shaft, A heavy pocket of feeder gas forced a wall of coal out. and was ignited by the naked lights of the miners. The blast swept out through the ! chamber into the gangway where a I group of miners and boys were eat ing ' their lunch. It was here that most of the killed and injured were found by a rescue party. All. the victims had been brought out ot .the min? tonight. A fire caused by the explosion was extinguished berore it gained head way. ' >w/' ' DI RE (TORS RSELECTED Htocknolders of Parker Cotton Mills | Company Hold Annual Meeting, ~?? (By AamtelMl Fracs.) GREENVILLE, Feb. 17.?The reg ular annual meeting of the stockhold ers of tho Parker Cotton ' Mills Com pany was held hero this morning. All >f the old directors were reclected with tho exception of a vacancy which van not filled at this time. The board I* composed of, ?. P. Frost And fly P. Pelzet, Jr., ot Charleston ; Thomas F. Parker. W\ L. Marchant, and W. B> Seattle, of Greenville; -M. C. Branch, if Richmond; Thomas Motley, of Bos on, ru^ Major Doolcy, of Richmond, V majority/of the ethett Wm res >d. Th?r? wis? nbtaint 17 ond the dtr>?iorate. French Claim to Have Captured German Trenches and to Have Repelled Many Counter Attacks. Time Limit Set by Germany For Neutral Ship ping to Take Measures of Safety Expires and Her Threat Expected to be Put Into Operation. The timo limit oet by Germany for neutral shipping to take measures of safety hau expired and Germany is now expected to put into operation her declared intention v>f employing lier submarines and mines in the waters around the British Isles, which she has proclaimed a war zone, with the object of cutting off food sup plies to the British people. Germany has earnestly warned the neutral States that, this zone will hereafter be a danger zone for all shipping and has expressed her deter mination to take the most stringent action against British merchantmen. It is announced from Berlin that Germany's reply to tho American note of protest against this action has been handed to the American ambassador at the German capital, but the reply has not been received by the state de partment at Washington. In the mean time Germany, in developing her sub marine warfare, has added one more merchant ship to tho list of vessels destroyed by sinking tho small French steamer Ville de Lille off Cherbourg. Regarding operations on land it la apparent from the official announce ments issued by the French war office that heavy. fighting Is taking place both in Belgium and in France. The French claims not ,o?ly to.have maintained the ground recently gain ed but to have Captured German trenches 'ans! to hove repelled nisny counter attacks by the Germans. French aviators have dropped bomba on tho railway station at Freiburg, B?den. Kleid Marshal von Hinedburg's suc cessful operations against the Russian army In East Prussia are still being celebrated 'in Berlin, where von Hind cnburg's direction of the campaign is described as having been character!* cd by masterly skill. Officially it is announced that the German troopB are still following the Kassians north of Uie Ni?men River. In Poland, north of the Vistula, from Plock, recently occupied by the Germans, to Raclonz, another great battle Is apparently developing. Fight ing in that region already Is of a des perate nature. Austria, according to Swiss advices, for ten days bas been concentrating troops, chiefly artillery, on her Italian frontier. Guns have been placed to dominate tho Tyroles? passes. . All along the entire boundary of Serbia.. Albanian forces are active. Ochrlda, 100 miles north of Janlna, has been captured by the Albanians and violent fighting Is in progress at several pieces. ! A ConBtantihcMe dispatch to Berlin says that the he Harlan seaport of Dcdeagatch, on ^? '"wnn. Sea, is blockaded by British a. H "nncb war ships to prevent Z^zfniL being transported to Germai:; _ *t??# through th?j ?"oute.?' Copenhagen hear? s repart that 5.? 000,000 - Germans,. ineligible for srmy service, who have independent means, , are to be ordered by the German gov- .. ernment to proceed to neutral coun tries and there remain until the end of the war 'o decrease the consump tion of food in the'emprle. A report from Bastd. Switzerland, says that Emperor William, who tlaa invited Mr.'Gerard; the.American am bassator to Germany, to the Esfit Prussian front, will apolctilzo -per sonally to th? ambassador for th? 1 demonstration made against him re cently in a Berlin thcatrtf. Basel gives a Berlin dispatch sa tho basis for this statement Great Britain, in her answer to the American protest against the deter.- . tron of American shfpVby British way Vessels, denied that Great Britain Un duly detains chip?; or that tie cm?I operations of Great Britain.hare been the cause of asr dti??n???s it tfe*,. ' volume cf American exports, adding" that If the commerce of'the United States Is in the unfavorable condition charged in the American note "the '.< cause ought, In fairness, to bb sought - elsewhere than In the activities of nia Majesty's naval forces." Among these caus?e, the note oltes ;< the shortage <Jf shipping fscMU?a, tho consequent dimunltlaft oi tfu cot ton trade and th? destruction y,y sub-, marino mines "laid by tho er.emy" of- ' many neutral vessels. The answer concedes thai foods tu fr? for a civil copulation are not contra band, but says "in any country in which there exists such a tremendous, ' organization for we? Si now Obtains in "Germany there is hp clear division . between those whom, the government is responsible for feeding and whom U is not", The note says Gr?ai Britain will retaliate against. Germany's sub marine campaign, but does not go Into - details concerning its proposed prb ceedure. Warships Blockading Bulgarian Fort. BERLIN, Feb. 1.7.?(By Wtrless to Sayflllo).?British and French war ships are blockading the Bulgarian port of Dadeagatch to prevent the importation of foodstuffs destined for Germany and Aurtrla, according to a Constantinople dispatch to the Over seas News Agency. Banker Paroled. OS81NING, N. Y.. Feb. 17.?David A. Sullivan, the Brooklyn banker con victed In 1013 of having misappro priated $20,000 while president of the Mechanics and Traders Bank, was paroled today at the expiration of his minimum sentence of two years. Prohibition In Oregon. SALEM, Ore,, Feb. 17.?Statewide prohibition effective January 1, 1916, became the law of Oregon today when Governor WIthycombe signed the bill passed by the legislature to make ef fective the people's mandate of last November, when a prohibition amend ment was voted into the State con stitution; Emperor William To Direct Blockade The Wheat Shortage in Germany Much Greater Than flu? Been Believed (By AMorJated Pr* -V LONDON, Feb. 1?\? (8:J7 S. OI.1? Tbe Dally Mall's Copenhagen corre spondent aays lie learns from Ham burg that the belief prevails that Emperor William 13 going to Helgo land personally to direct. Germany's submarine blockade. "The wheat shortage In Germany," the correspondent adds, "was conceal ed until the. last m?nent for fear of discouraging the people. It 1? much greater than has been believed. Oer- i many will escape: famine before the next harvest by n narrow margin." Term of Superintendent of Education Bped?l ta Tbe lataUlcenecr. COLUMBIA. Feb. . 17.?Tho bill of Representative Wolfe, of - Anderson, to Increase the term of the county superintendent of education to four years has passed both houses of the general assembly. Two counties/) where, the county superintendents duties are combined with those of another county - office, aro exempted under the act Tho bi|l does not. extend the terms of those who are how holding' office under a tenure .of two years, but it does prolong tbatr terms from the first et January until the. first of fol lowing.; July. . The bill- had the-on* d?ri*nw?t of^^CSl^.liuperlntsn;?^ of ?ducation . a.u4f ??-Ahe teacheof the State generally It la designed to brlug abotit .uniformity and increas 1 - ; ed efficiency in tho public school oya tem. The term of the present county periotendeht in Anderson county Is for two years, and the effect of, the bill,will be to extend hie term Of of fice six months or to July 1, 1017. An election wltl be , held to 'ff?tttitttfr county as usual In 1016 p.^d tho of ficial then chosen will hold for tour years from July 1, 1017. The hill establishing a State board ' of examiners, for .?oHiltea examiners was given third reading In the ton nte tonight and, ordered enroll ' ratification, The^stst* r ?ion bill end; tue law into efi?otT m-m ' use wer jjhd weis