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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)
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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
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