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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. AGED WOM, MDNIGH MRS. M. E. SCOTT W> WHILE SEATED AI HOME NEAR L< NEGRO BOY CHARLIE L( STRUCK FAT/ And Admits He Intended Commiti ter of Old Lady?Logan Save tr?te and Rushed i ' ? . - (llj L. M. Gleim). LO WN D ES VILLE, March 17. - Mrs. M. E. Scott, an 80 years old widow who, with her granddaughter of 13, resided on her farm one mile north or here, was brutally attacked while seated at her fireside Tuesday night about 11 o'clock by Charlie Logan, a young negro, who struck her in the head with a heavy wrench. Inflicting un injury from which the aged wo man died this 'afternoon ut 1 o'clock. Witnesses testified at the coroner's inquest this afternoon that Logan ad mitted that he entered the home with the intention of putting the old lady out of lie way and committing nu assault upon her young grand daughter, but left before attempting to attack the girl. Ben Massey, also colored, is hefd on suspicion in con nection with the matter. The Logan nogro, iif not both, was saved from lynching at the hands of an Lufuriuted crowd of citizens by tile cool und de termined stand taken by Magistrate J. G. Huckabee, who let It bo known In unmistakable terms that he 'would brook no interference with his carry ing out his duties as an officer of the ?, lay. j.MJifrlatrate Huckabee placed Charlie Logan in the custody*pT'Con stable J. M. Huckabee. who took the prisoner to Abbeville jail in an au tomobile. Later Ir the afternoon Magistrate Huckabee sent the other negro. Ben Massey, to Abbeville jail, this prisoner being taken on the train by Constable C. G. Crant. Crime Carefully Planned. From testimony .adduced ai the in quest, It appeared that the crime had been-carefully planned, and evidence uncovered prior to the time Legan ..made his confession pointed unmis takably to his having committed the deed. Dr. Thomas O. Klrkpatrick antl others arriving upon the scene soon after the attack upon Mrs. Scott be came .known began an investigation of the premises, with the view of un earthing some clue as to who had committed the crime. They pad only the statement of Mrs. Scott's grand daughter, Millie Lee' Scott, .that she .was awakened sometime 'during the night by the noise of something fail ing'upon the floor and looked up from the bed in time to see someone dart out the door., .It appears-that the little girl retired about 10 o'clock arid left her grandmother seated by the: flr?? smoking a pipe. The next she knew was when she was' awaken1-' ed by the noise in the room and: saw a man spring jhrough the door Into' an adjoining room and' he*: grand mother lying on the floor bleeding from, a wound in the bead. . 1 -Dr. Klrkpatrick and others, began a careful scrutiny of the premises. lv and underneath a window-, .of, the Uiouso they discovered on the ground Ov.picce of frcBhly split fat pine. The supposition was that the intruder had bv ought this piece of pine along to be used us" a torch in . seeing his. way about the bouse, but .that upon ar riving there and seeing a light burn ing in the house threw down the fat wood Und decided to work by the light that was burning: In the dwell ing. ;.On the ground,'underneath the window.' was found Indentations in the ground, as-though they had been made by the ends of a, ladder set up against the house. Upon looking ht tlie weatherboardlng of the house, just underneath -the window ledge, the investigators saw impressions like those, made1 by the top ends of a lad der'leaned against the wall. This led td -WB.'.theory that1 the criminal .bad entered, th? ivlndow by-climbing' up a istioir't:ladder'Wet dr>'-frofn 'the outside. But Upon*, making an examination of the plaGe/they' could find; no ladder. . . He'd ttade ladder. After; a.-, while tracks leading away from the house, were found; These traces !wer? traced across a field and JOw?' ta a house occupld by Charlie 'jOgan and*Bo h Massey. The white non woke tho 'negroes antl entered be house, to find that Ben Massey vas' absent and. that Will Johnson, a letghbor " was 'there with Lo j?ah,:.' At once the - white men began to interogate th*m as to what they knew; about the attack on the. old lady; Wht'.e thia was - going on one of the men in tue pnriy Munde,a search of the house /and found a piece of fat pine th'Rt bad e p??ce fipllt off it. Thu , piece o? *?ftt pine. wl|icb; wan found AN VICTIM T ASSASSIN \S FATALLY INJURED r FIRESIDE OF HER QWNDESVILLE. )GAN SAYS HE IL BLOW WITH HAMMER ing Assault on Young Granddaugh d From Mob By Gritty Magis to Abbeville Jail. underneath tho window was compar ed with the piece found iu the ne gro house, and it was shown conclus ively that tho two pieces of pine hud been one, und that the piece found underneath the window of Mrs. Scott's house had been split off the piece found in the negro house. The investigators questioned Will Johnson very closely and he stated that when he stopped in Tuesday j niglu he saw (Charlie Logan making : a short ladder, but did not ask him I what be was going to do with it. The j white men made another search of tlie house and presently pull?d from beneath Charlie Logan's bed u small ladder. Tins ladder was curried to Mrs. Scott's house and placed beneath the. window that hud been entered. (The ladder exactly tit the impressions j that had been noticed on the ground and on the wall or the house by Dr. j Klrkpatrick when he made his tlrst i survey of the promises. Angry Crowd Gathered. By the time the investigation had j progressed this far daylight, had come I and the news of the brutal assault jhad spread throughout the surround ing section, causing hundreds or arm ed-nmiv to gather at the scene of. the crlmo. Dr. Klrkpatrick. Mr. R. Henry Mosctey and Mr. E. "W. Htfrper and other well known citizens of Lowndesvllle were endeavoring in the ] meantime to get Charlie Logan to tell i what he knew about the crime, as the ! evidence pointed conclusively to his ! having had something to do with the 'affair. Finally the boy admitted that he had entered the house aud struck = tho old woman with a hammer. The j negro would not state to the white j men what "his motive was in entering the house and attacking the aged wo man. But at the inquest held later In the day a negro man testified that ho had spoken to Charlie Logan about j the affair and that Logan admitted I hitting Mrs. Scott, and gave us his j motive that he wished to "see that little girl in the house wirb her." Inquest Held. Yesterday, ufternoon Magistrate Huckubee held an' inquest into the death of Mrs. Scott, swearing. five witnesses^ after which the jury re turned n verdict charging Charlie Lo gan with having struck the blow which brought about the aged wo man's death. The first witness sworn at the lu s quest. Mrs. Scott's little granddaugh ter, Millie Leo Scott; teslfled as fol lows: "On the night of March 16 I was with my grandmother. Mrs. Scott. It was about 11 o'clock when I was Waked by a fuss In the room, aud when I looked up I saw that jgrand ma was lying on the floor. 1 looked and saw someone run from .our rooni into the stove room. I went out a side door and to a negro house near home and let it be known. I went to the negro house and got Reedy Bur ton to go to Uncle Alfs home and let him know. After? coming back from Uncle Air's I saw a hammer-lying near the door where tho party ran out. One window was*, raised at tho end of the'stove room. The hammer was not on the floor when I went to bed. ' I did, not miss anything .from the house. I make my home with my grandmother. I am 13 years old. Grandma was about 75 years bid." Another witness sworn; Will John son, testified, aft follows: ; "On the night of March 10 I ' stayed ht the house of Ben Massie, on Mrs. Scott's place. Charlie - Logan ' was In ' tho house when 1 went to. bed. 1 Come by. the. house and Charlie told lue Ben Muss le was pot at home, aud asked me to stay with him., I did. . I don;t know nt. what, time Charlie Logon went to bed. About 12 or 1 o'clock I was waked by . a bell ringing. I got up and went to the -window. When ho (Charlie Logan) called mo in the house he was making a small ladder, and said ho waK going to* put over hhi bed slate. The ladder I saw today wnA the one that Charlie Logan-had made. . I have stayed with-Charjl? Lor gari and Ben Mansie once before. Ben Massie did not stay w&h us last night."' A third witness. J. Hi. Belcher, stated on the sland the following: "JusA before Mr. Hucksbec, th? con athblo, left for Abbeville with Charlie Logan i Wen'tinto a cabinrwhere'he (Continued on Page Four) > Germai .t ? inTTWl TWMwffc iTTTTT 11-ri~r^TfT?t TTwTTlBllin I ~ The Nunli German Lloyd liner, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which lias been a German auxiliary cruiser and bas raided British commerce in the seven seas since Hie war begun, 'nut into - Ne?vport News the other day bearing more than : : 10 prisoner), taken from British and Kreuch ships. Tuesday night after dark the Ger niiiu ship appeared off Cape Henry, but did not enter until after day light, when she passed quarantine and dropped lier anchor at Newport News. All her officers preserved the strictest silence, and her captain a* once dispatched a message telling of his arrival and tho condition of his ?bip to the German embassy at Washington. PUBLIC SIXJ Constitutes Entire Correspondenc many With Great Britain and Warfare, Use of Neutral Fla tion of Food Shipments an ade by 1 Ob' A.V-.MIU?-.I IW--.) WASiilNTON. March I?.?Six d. lomutla notes were made public to night by the state department ,\ con stituting the entire correspondence of the last few weeks beweon the I'nil ed States. Germany und between the United States und Groat Britain and France, relative to the cessation of submarin,, attacks on men-bant ships, the shipment of conditional contra band and foodstuffs to civilians; th? use of neutral flags by belligerent und merchantmen, the removal of minus, and tho proclamation of a virtual blockade by the Allies against Ger many. The communications revealed that the United States, realizing the dif ficulties, of the Allies maintaining an effective blockade of Germany by a clojc guurd of the coast of tho newly developed activity of submarines, ask ed that "a radius of activity" be de fined. Great Britain and France re plied with the announcement that the operations, of blockade; would not be conducted "outside of European wa ters, including the Mediterranean." While Germany agreed. It I3 dis closed, to abandon her submarine at tacks on "mercantile of any flag," ex cept when they resist visit or search, provided foodstuffs' wore permitted to reach her civilian population. Great Britain and her- Allies rejected the proposal -originally made by the Unit ed States in *n effort to bring the heiliger je' into an arrangement which W o jd safeguard the interests of neu'r .s. FuiC ennore, the documents ,show that h? United States asked Great Britain and France whether the em bargo on all commerce, bet ween Ger many and neutral countries was to be carried out under tho rules of a Hb/ns and cargoes "as blockade or by interference with ships and cargoes "as if no blockade existed." the two together presenting in the view of,the American govern ment" a proposed course'of action previously, unknown 'to international law". The answers from Great Britain aud Franco reveal for the first time that tho' Allies officially' regard their poli cy as a- blockade" but desire to re train'from exercising, the rights of bolUgereritB undef a -blockade.to con fiscate ships and cargoes as. a penalty for. breach > of. blockade, substituting proccedure in prize courtii and com pensoloh through 3ulo of the detan eu merchandise. . The definition of a "radius of ac tivity" for the allied fleet in Euro pean '-waters.'. Including the; Mediter ranean, Is the first intimation of the geographical limita of the blockade. .. Tho publication of the correspon dence cleanp the-?lato of .diplomatic no te a and ieavf.s the United States confronted with the question of .wheth eror. opt it will acqulosce In the form of blockade announced by "the . Allies. Pr?sident Wilson has indicated that a stroug protest will he made. Tho ""notes are: The failure of .the . United States to-bring the belligerents ? Raider Drivait to Ameri? Amon;; the prisoners Wore tlie captain of the Anierkan ship Wil liam I?. Fryc, who. with his wife und sen. were picked up by the Hltel after the Frye had been sunk. Tliere were also a number of French peuple who were passengers on the French liner Floride, sunk by the Gertuuns off the coast of Iirazil. The list of prisoners ,included also many English people who were tak en from vessels cuptured bv the Eitel; The Kind has a crew of thirteen officers and :;."> ; men. including six Chinese steward's, There were :12G prisoners. French. English. atid other.*. The Friitz Eitel Friedrich started Sic res e Between This Country and Ger I France Relative to Submarine igs, Removal of Mines, Ques td Proclamation of a Block he Allies. into an agreement on"the''Use of aub marlnea and mines, the fixing of a definite rule governing shipment so conditional contraband to the civilian population o a belligerent, and the abandonment of neutral flags as a ruse of war. Official* admitted being somewhat puzzlpd over the British rejection of the proposals made by the United States in ibis connection, They ob served a Htatcmont in the British re ply to the American note which is not borne out by comparison with the Gorman uote. The British reply says in reference, to the American com munication: "The reply of the German govern ment to this note has been published ami it is not understood that .(he German government Is prepared xto abandon he practice of sinking Brit ish merchant vessel- by submarines.'" What Germany-said officially was as follows: ? "Tbc German government, would undertake not to use their sub marines to attack mercantile of any except when necessary to enforce the right of visit anil search." THE BRITISH CASUALTY L2STS Show That Large Number of Offi cers Were Killed, Wounded , and Missing ' (By Ai?lntril Hw?. LONDON, March 17 (8:25 p. in.).? Thu-British casualty lists for the (Ivo days from March 10 to March 14 inclusive, during which the battles if Neuve Chnppelle and St. Eloi were fought, show that 112 -officers wore killed or died from wouuds and that I0i:i officers were wounded or are missing. The /list of casualties among the men has not been published as yet. nor hus any figures been'given out; but some competent cfitics estimate them at about two-thirds of those differed by the Germans which Field Marshal Sir John French, the Drlthjh comnidnderTln-chlef. said were be tween 12,000 and 18,000. One Canadian officer whs killed in the flghtlny and throe .'Canadian of ficers were wounded. Kent Admirai Overboard. LONDON, March 18.?<:i:18?. m.) -Bear Admiral William J. Grogap has fall?n.-'dv'?rboard -from hW ship and has "been , drowned, according to ad announc?m?ni by the admiralty. Tlic naino of the ship Is not given. Rear Admiral . Grngan i went on the retired list seven veara ago, but en tered tha ncllve services at the .com mon cerh en I of .the war. .^iir.iui^'it'nf. Walter" .Sanders are with relatives" "here. :an Port. <?iit on her career irs u warship from Tsing-Tnu. sh-? reficlieil Tsing-Tau shortly after ? 1 ??? outbreak of hostili ties, and the German murine Authori ties there equipped her with naval guns ami turned lier Into an auxili ary cruiser. She mailed from Tslug-Tuu before the .Iapane.se attacked that port, and early in November she was reported c.ff tin? western "oast of South America, wer,, foi several months she has been active Jn the pursuit of British and French ship'piug. Oae of lier exploits was the sinking early in December or the Hritish steamer ( iinrcas off ('bill. Japanese c:rusers have .been described as searching for this German vessel persistently, but they never coulri find her. ASSOCIATED PRESS NOT A TRUST Group, of Newspapers May Com bine to Collect and Diatrib t utc Netvs (By Associated Piv-u.) WASHINGTON. March 17.?Attor ney General Gregory, in a letter ad I dressed to .lames M. Heck, counsel I tor the Sun Printing and i'ubliahlug association of New S'ork holds there is no Krouuii for action by federal au thorities against the Associated Press under the anil-trust law. The ctioiney gonerurs letter was made public toduy. He points out that the. Associated Press is u co-ope : rative organization and says: "Ah I punting that kind of service in which j the As-seriated Press is engaged In I i.? iali testate commerce Kniest ion not ! free from doubt) I am nevertheless I brtJie I n'nion that Is.no violation of l.the onti-tiust act for a group ne.\Vs papers to lorm an association to col lect unq ttiHtrlbute news for their common benefit und to thui end to agr?a, ip furnish news collected by them only to each other or to as flocl.itioi.tr. provided, no utteidpt <h made to-prevent members from pur-, chasing or otherwise obtaining news from rival agencies, "And IT that be true, the corollary must be true, namely, that newspapers desiring to ! rorm und maintain such an organisa* I tlon may determine who shall not be I their associates." Short ? i-e lu DycHtui?s. NEW S'ORK, March 17 ? Chemical companies today notified textile'mills ot au advance of 'ih per. cent, in Ger man dycstufTs. to become effective to morrow. Two lending lines of south ern ginghams have been withdrawn from sale because of a shortuge of color and two large uiuiiufucturerH of .lenims hove ceased taking further orders for Indigo shades. Cotton goods ivere steady to firm;.' Worsted yarns were advanced. Kmbroiderles, wcro in better demand. WILL BUY COTTON CARGO OF DACIA I Disposition of the Ships Mutt Be Left to a Prize j Court / ffly Associated Vt> ? ) PARIS. March 17; ?(1:10 p. m.)? Tho French foreign office, it Is un derstood, has decided to buy the cot ton cargo of the "steamer Dada, which wnH seized by n French cruiser and taken into Brest while on a voyage from the United States, to Rotter dam. Th? cotton Is valued at about $750,000, The 'owners proposed the purchase, It is stated. Tlie disposition of the ship must be left to a prize court.'Tho French law, it 113- pointed out. does not permit tho transfar of a ship belonging ta a hostile country to a neutral during war. The Daeia changed her registry "from German to American after1 tho outbreak of hostilities. Captain George McDonald, master of the Hftcla, arrived here today'and tt jis his'Intention to remain until .the. prize court" proceedings- are ended. VICTORIES HEAVY AS THE WAR PROGI REALIZED THAT LISTS MUSI FOUR NATIONS ARE FIGI BiTTTERLY Belgians, French, British and Gen fort to Be Made When the Ro Been Brought Up a tlJv W.-.?juwil l?u\v?.) LONDON, March 17: Sir Eil ward Grey's replies to the American uotes on lht. use of neutral flngB on British merchant vessels and the prohibition imposed 01 foodstuffs destined for Qe.'niany. in which for tlie flrjt time Great Britain definitely auuonnces her lull ntion to "establish a block ade." again have brought the diplo matie nuestlon in the front in Eng !ane>. The replies, published here with the American notes, contained no sur prises, lor their terms have been for the most part known. Assura ices that neutral shipping will he interfered with as lilth? in possible and tlint neither ships nor cargoes will be confiscated, it is felt here should go a long way towards meeting American objections, i'ow ever, another/protest is expected. Even these diplomatic questions, >n which ho much depends, only mo mentarily distract attention from hat '.les in the east and the weit, the operations against the Dardanelles and the activity of German submarines, which took additional toll today. While Eari Kitchener, secretary for war, and other cabinet ministers are bending their energies towards in creasing the output of war material and nr,? encouraging recruiting,' com-! plete optlmlBiu prevails. Victories of last week entailed heavy sacrifices and thut the casualty lists must increase as the war pro gresses i.i fully realized, but every body in England believe that when the thro comea for the "big push" there will be no turning back. The armies of Belgium,. Great .Bri tain and Prance are fighting for the points which will be of the greatest advantage to the army holding them | whn the advance begins. According to the French communication, the Belgians continue to improve their positions in Flanders, and the French o the north of Arras and the cham pagne have added eminences to their suns which hto of some importance. Tlie French and German official communications, however, arc so con tradictory thut It Is difficult to d? cide whether any change is- being niade generally in the disposition.} of the opposing armies. The optimism which pervades the TWO NATIONS WARN JAPAN Russia and Great Britain Oppos ed to Her Pressing Demands Upen China _1,._ (Dy A^3O^lat0^1 Vic**.) PEKING, China, March 17.?Olli clul information reached Poling to day that the Itussljrfi und British ambassadors at Tokio (tilled upon Baron Takaaki Kuto. Japanese for eign minister, on Saturday, und In- ! formed him thut if Japan persisted In pressing upon China demands be yond those contained in her origi nal communication to the powers it would bi* difficult ": for Japan's allies to negotiate diplomatically. It is understood thut on the same day. Gm United States acting. Inde pendently, although pos.dblv after consultation with another power. In formed the Japanese government that certain of the Japanese demands wore not in consonance with treaty agreements between China and the i'lilted- States.' American and British opinion throughout China arH in concord in this matter, as voiced privately, setui-ofllcially and by the press. The Japanese demands have been dis cussed at meetings and protests have been sent lo their respective gov ernments by both American and British associations.' ' The .opinion is expressed by both Chinese and foreign diplomats that Japan will withdraw, a substantial proportion of her demands because of the ottUmie of the powers who bave called China's attention to the fact that she has no right to make a treaty with Japan contravening-ex isting treaties with them. Prominent Kplscopalean Dead. KASHV1LLE, Tenn.. March 17.? He v. John B. cannon, chaplain of the South, Scwancc. and a prominent figure in the. diocese pf the. Tennca - I see ' Episcopal church, died here to day. ENTAIL SACRIFICES ?ESSES IT IS FULLY THE CASUALTY ' INCREASE 1TING FOR STRATEGIC POINTS mans Preparing for the Great Ef. ads Are Dry?Munitions Have nd Men Are Ready. western allies is shared by the F.nu- ' siuns. Petrograd correspondents of London papers lead tiie public to believe that big events are Impending. It I3 up parent that the Russians again are on tli,. move, particularly at Smolnlk. on the River San. where it emerges from the Carpathians, whilo In Buk- . owlua. according to official dispatches from Bucharest, the Austrian ; have been defeated along the entire front. In northern Poland isolated actious are being' fought from the Ni?men IB ver to PrzusnvBZ. The big battle expected there lias not been glvcn'by Field Marshal von Hindehburg, who is thought to have attained his ob lect when he extricated bis forcOB frm the forest of August own. The Russian Caucasian army Is working along the Black B?a coast and has taken the Turkish port of Arch a va und repulsed the attacks of the Turks, who stl)? ure operating on the fringe of Russian territory. By publishing a casualty list to night the .British admiralty confirm ed reports from Athens that . the ' cruiser Amethyst made a dn>sh into tht. Dardanelles und was struck by a number of shells. It la presumed here that Yice Admiral ..Garde^i^seht tbjr crulHer' on this risky 'mission tb .tin-? mask any concealed . batteries . along the straits and which the allied fleet had not destroyed when they bom barded the forts. Naval experts say the AmethsUa success proves that heavily armored nhips could at the present time p?n? tra ie the traits, us guns which could not sink a light protected ?rutse.1 would make little Impression on bat tleships. Her dash 1b ' compared to Farragut's forcing the passage of the. Mississippi. There Is considerable speculation us to thW, negotiations reports to be taking place at Sofia, where the king of Bulgaria lodav received the. min isters of the Allies, the Rumanian minister and General Sir Arthur Paget, who is returning rom * mis; Blon to P.ussla. The possibility of Bulgaria and Rumania simultaneous ly intervening In the war is sug gested. Bulgaria accepting the offer which Greece declined. KILLING FROSTS IN SOUTHLAND Freezing Temperatures; in Florida. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. Glv AwncUleil Treu.) WASHINGTON, March 17. ?Kill ing frosts with temporatures around the freezing 'mark wero prevailing tonight In northern and : central Florida,. Mississippi. Alabama, Geor gia, umisiann and the Carolinas, ac cording to reports to the weather bureau. One report said tempera tures had beeu registered as low as . :H degreoB at several' pointe' In northorn .Florida today aud probably, would go below the freezing point in the northern Carolinas before morning. Rain in eastern Texas was. report ed to have been followed today by heavy frosts in that regl?u.j ^ " ' , Im m ,. . Governor Vetoes Appropriation. CHARLESTON, W. Va., . March 17.?Tho national guard of ..West.: Virginia will consist of only one man , after June 30, unless steps r? : tak en to borrow for Its support'.!-,*. firQV ernor Hot fie Id vetoed ? $l?3,000 ap propriation by tho last I-sgiBlatuV.c for maintenance of the '. national I guard, but. sighed one providing for I tho salary of Adjutant General' John |C. Bond. ?r^? 0 00 000 00 0000000 o 000 o' : : >-"VkSfR o Johnson Ko eches Appointment, u> o .... >.- ' /N > > ' . >.0 o (By Associated Press.) .0 o WASHINGTON. Matfhh 17. ~-o o President Wilson today cave a ti o recess appointment to Repre- o o sentative Joseph ,Tv Johnson, of o o Bpartanburg, S. O., as United o o States district judge for the wea- o o tern district of South .CoroUnai'o o The district was : created during1;? ,0 the' closing days of the' list '?i?f in o gress. o 0 60 000 do .oooooo:0 0 ?00