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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. liHirnTiniTinu sn IflVnilhAilUN Ih mn* m WV . ? WIN S ? WS? ? V BY THE GE! - . . ? t BY A VOTE OF 30 TO 9 IT W SWEEPING INQUIRY IN Columbia, Jan. 1?3.-Hy a vote of 30 to 9 the Senate passed the House currency resolution Friday morning providing for an investigation of the management of the state hospital for tho insane, recommended by the gov ernor in a special message and agreed to by the house. The members of the special investigating committee will be announced shortly by Speaker M. Ii. Smith and Lieut. Governor Charles A. Smith. . The Senate took up Friday the Nicholson bill to regulate the holding of primary elections but took no def inite action on ic. Columbia, Jan. 23.-After a hot and lengthy debate the Senate agrees to the passage of the Stevenson house resolution providing for an investiga tion of the management of thc asy lum. . t . . One or two resolutions of the board of regenta of the State hospital for tho Insane were read on the floor of Sci+tX?* in purl by ir-ci*c*cr Wcs*v?%> j and brought them into tho debate and In full by Senator Crouch. These' resolutions condemn Dr. Saunders, a woman physician attach ed to the hospital staff, for interfer ing with members of the medical staff In discharge of their duty, and for continually having Dr. Cooper in tho Institutions and taking lessons under him in a certain branch Of the med ical department, and condemns J. W. Babcock, M? D., eu perin tendent of the hospital, for upholding Dr. Saunders in her defiance of the rules , and x?Uhti ci thc board. The second resolution pasead] by the board was same day. Ja' puta the board on*recoxi; 'source have buen iaade to them or through them as to the moral charac ter and personal standing ot' Dr. Saunders;" and declines.a reopening of ; au investigation ot the charges against the woman requested by her father, O. L. Saunders, a member of the legislature from York, county. Senator from Salada Senator Crouch of Saluda, having ROADS AND STREETS ; ARE FOR DtSGUSSfllN Anderson City and County Will Ask Goncrei Assembly Laws The,. legislative delegations of An derson and Greenville counties will meet in joint session in Columbia next Thursday fdr the purpose of considering the advisability of intro ducing a bill looking towards assess-, lng abutting property owners for a share of the cost of building perma nent roads throughout the county. The bill giving certain cities the right! to impose thin tax on abutting prop-' erty has been law for some time, but thia la the drat instance in South Car olina, where counties will likr.'j adopt the plan/ The'people of Anderson. County are going to be given an opportunity, to vote on thc question ot issuing 1300, 000 ct county bonds for good roads it tho general assembly, ."ill pasa a bill that has been drafted and vhich will be pr?sentes tb the county delegation next Thuiijdoy. A delegation consisting ot Mayer Lee C. HoHetnan, Alderman McClure and Karts/ P. Smith representing thc city connell of Anderson end Por ter A.. Wheley. M. M. Mattison abd William Banks, representing the chamber ot commerce will go to Co lumbia nest Monday afternoon to urge the passage of the bills now In the house of representatives giving the city th* right to a asesa abutting property owners for a share of, the Cost of permanent improvements and also increasing the limitations for is suing bonds by the city from eight to fifteen per cent. nnnrnrn IIKIIHKH VIIIJI.lll.UI AS DECIDED TO GO INTO ASYLUM MATTERS read the two resolutions to th? sen-! ate Bald: "Here are certified coplee of reso lutlons pnsped by thc board of re gents, and they are made up of the most amusing statements I have ever seen, if it were not for the fact that they ore so serious." Senator Crouch referring to the second resolution, denying any clutrges against the mor al character of Dr. Saunders said: "If the board were justified in pass ing this last resolution, they made a most egregious blunder in passing the first." 'Tho honor of a woman ls at stake," i cried Senator Crouch, "this matter ought to be investigated and if thc charges arc false; she ought to be exonerated, and If they are true, she should be driven out of the hospital. The Vote Thc vote on tho concurrent reso lution, for Its adoption, was as fol lows ; Ayes-Senators Ackerman, Appelt, Danks, Deamguard, Black, Buck, Car t?eio Christensen Crouch Ep.rle Epps, Goodwin, Harden, Hough, Johr. ston, Ketchin, Lawson, Lido, Manning, McCown, Mullins, Nicholson, Patter son, Richardson. Hinkler. Sullivan. Stuckey, Weston and Young-30. Nays-Senators Clifton, Dennis, ' Gross, Johnstone, Mars, Sharp. Strait Verner and Williams-9. Thc debate In Ute senate lasted for two hours, .the opposition to the in vestigation was ciilef ly on the grounds that Ute charges of the investigation ? .matter for a coard cf regents of the asylum to look into and were too small to be taken hy ?h?jgp?h. assembly in regard to the letter irom Senator Tillman. At tts session tonight the senate passed a bill repealing tho state ln-r como tax and refused to give tho nil road commission an inspector. I''" Senate adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Saturday. TRAVELING FROM "OCEAN IO OCEAN" Anderson Visited by "Tourists" En R?cete to San Francisco Traveling from "Ocean to Ocean, the Hayes' brothers. James D. ind Charles A. Hayes, passed through Anderdon yesterday morning, en mute from Charleston to San Francis co. The young men arrived in An . oetken iv* . 'Covered ?gen, rubber - tired end Splendidly titted up and will umk? the entire trip in this man ner. They . are natives of Walhalla and have relatives tn Anderson. J******* * **** ??K NI i BMC KI Ht HS * Complaints have reached us * that the piper has not been Te * ceiveti re?dlarty by some of our s * subscribers In the etty. We j * regret this and can only excuse j lt.ion theground that the carrure * arc new to their vo?tes, and we j ? ask that those vb j do not receive j * their paper regularly notify us * promptly, either by telephoning * the office or calling In person. c Tula ls tho only "way. for us to .know whether or not subff;ribers ' aro getting^thcir papers, and ?re * do not wish one of them to miss * an .issue. By co-operating thus * wHh us ave feel sure we shall soon * have a trained fore* delivering * papero. Picase do not bo afraid .to rorke complaints, we shall ap 6 predate thom. * * * EYE Ri" SATITta? AT PAY pi y, j ^ _ _ ^_ -k7*-u- ' . .-".ll - TUT ? A? announced sometimes ago and pat Into-operation la?H Saturday, tho cotton milla bf thia community are' now paying off every Saturday. ( Tilla new plan neems to be heartly welcomed by 'all. The .grocers andi others who supply largely the family supply i nthe mill villages appreciate' the new manager, act so much for its financial ' ndva'jta?,es hut for j th^grc ater relief given them in dali-': vering the goois. Under the old plan of payng off thu first und fifteenth of Ahe month, or every two Weeks a great many families in like quan tities; that is they would order a two or three weeks suply at a time and on pay days the grocer would he taxed to his utmost to make satis factory deliveries. In many inflan ees extra wagons and men won' baVe'to be employed tc" handlo the big pay day business. The new plan is working Bmothlyj and will bc appreciated even more SS the people generaly becom ac-! customed to it. OfJOKEE S. "S. ASSOCIATION Sessions to be Held at Seneca Jana- ? ary 31 and Febrmiry 1st This association will meet cn Sat urday, January Slst, at 2 p. m., in the Presbytrrian church at Seneca. | A second session will be held at the same placo, on Sunday, February 1st, at 10 o'clock. Thc Saturday meeting will be manny lor Ute purposo of electing officers for thc ensuing year, and for s?lection of and giving credentials to Oconee's delegates to thc State convention walch will meet at An-.; deraon February 11th, 12th und 13th Sunday*morning addresses will be delivered by P. I. Sweeney, Clemson's Y. M. C. A. secretary, and Prof, D. W. Daniel, cf Clemson. College, both Sunday School workers in our ?pun? asked tr? Irring tb i:- >. -of! Suud*y ?chool super???**'?'?'?"?*? "life Urged to bring tho matter before thru* schools next Sunday, and to at tend, bringing their 'beat --workers. with them, tho b?mnty ?o'nvent??ci. ^ . ii f -tr *r <v A -"v ?*1 IN THE HOUSE , -;"? ? .-'?".cl Saturday Will Bc Spent OB Looa! Hills Columbia. Jan. 23.-Tho house ac cepted an invitation extended by the Florence delegation to visit the ?outb Carolina industrial school near Florence on Friday, January 20. The bill providing for the election of a United States senator under the provisions) of the fol oral direct pri mary law waa taken up by the house and passed to third reading aa a special order. The Harper compulsory school at tendance bill was,made a special or der toy the house .for. next Tuesday when the debate upon its passage will be opened. The house committee,on medical affairs reported favorably on the ju?Bs?fv requiring ihe gathering ot vital statistlcn in South Carolina re commended by thc State Medical As sociation, 'Mr. Wyerie of Sparenburg and Mr. McMllan of Marion, Jointly introduced in the house thia morning a bill pro viding for thc establishment of a pel lagra hospital by thc state and tho creation of a commission to study the cause of the- mysterious disease. [FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN THE LEGISLATURE j >?!^?3**1 A???mfciiy ol Sooth Car? olma Has Tho Question Before It Columbia, Jan, 23.-The feminist movement struck the bouse of repre sentatives thia mo nins io tbs form nf two billa, one providing for votes for wotton and the other providing for lue admission to procuro taw. Hot!, measures wer? introduced toy M>. Mfc Ml'?n o' Marion, odo of the youngest iataxfcers ol tho house, and both billa wera rsU*r?d to-the judiciary commit tee. iiiiniiuuj Ul SUPER!OTEKBENT GRIFF?TH INCOME JErECRE ASES Falling Off h$9* to Cutting of! Re?eip? \{|?Pm Hosiery Columbia, Jail! I.:.--Financial state ment for the ewe penitentiary wat Issuoa yestcrde^fuy D. J. Griffith superintendent. Tao statement will bi included in his remuai report ,.t<fl bo made to the |?pSrat; assembly. C&nh receipts 4?the year amount cd to $100,70??jBB?Lt the clo?e ol "1912 the offlcialiPld $102,746.70. "Thc crops o|ttc state farms,' says thc report^qBrilh thc exceptlot of tho cotton, ^tjret%ood. The fanni produce plcr4jrJB^orn and . wheal /for flour to ?utfpSBti?e convicts on thc farms and at tl?Senitentlary ant! hay to sell. The wye stock are ell ba good shape ant}}'.the lands are all improving in value to the. Mate. J iP. Harling, J. H. Irby and 6. A. Lind say. managers of the farms, are firsi class farmers and' and work hard "The financial -does not show cr for the reason the year 1912 f< for hire of ceived .Du rit business mer ie be* results, of* the report ^t.ycai ?jr mill and re 6M. Accqieeta duo amt.. avullabh amounted ^?D $8,500. The directo ri bave 345,. f?ales of cottony, unsold t Valued ati?20,700. : Following la the financial sta tom cn [.for tim state prison: -De3au*surd Farm, Dr. Prod ?Q on hand. Doo. 31, . $14,587,61 Pey rolls_._ 2,956.0. Coc?misary account. 1,527.7' Fertiliiere... 7,109.61 Go ?ital SUferplisa-1. 5,60S.ii Balance, net earnings. 12,572.41 $44,301.71 DeSaesKYiro Farm, Cr. Sale 195 bales cotton.$13,135.3. 140 bales cotton on hand iostlmaied) .8.120.01 Cash and prodeco. 7,835.21 Produce on hand, Dec. SI, Bf;/1913. 15,171.2; I 'J|;Y $44,261.7! Statement of financial results: Bold Farm, Dr. Produce on hand, Doc iJK 1012 %. $it?,'JlG.G Fay rolla. 2*5*S Cemmisary account. 1,581.2 Fertilisera. 7,108.4 General supplies. 3,832.6 Balance, net earnings .- 13,499.9 $4 5,795.6 DeSsussare Farm, Cr. Sale 207 bales cotton .....$14,692.5? 100 bales colton cn hand (estimated). 5.920.?I Cash and produce. 9,138.1! Produce on hand. 16,045i0t $45,795.61 Mr. H. C. Townsend In Dying Conditio* Ail Anderson was saddened yestr day by the report that caree frc?? the Anderson County Hospita!, re gardtug the condition. of Mr. H. C Townsend, The reports, 'wert to tilt effect that he was in a dying condi tion, and whib> since Cnrlatmas da] whe-.t he bad had s very close sall 1 bad been expected that he woub have a hard time to get well, th? nowa from his bedside wss indee? shocking. Mr. Townsend has been confined ti the hospital since the 16th of Oeto ber. when bis office building wa burned and be waa caught in as?te PK0M1KE\T STE AK FUS, in? arre for eec Kunoay BcBeel Contention. Mr. J. Shrove Durham, of ihe In ternational Sunday School Associa tion of Chicago State Sunday School wtl be one of tho speakers of the con vention. Mr. Durham waa at tua cou-} vention a few years ago in Spartan burg and made a fine impression on the Sunday school workers of the State. The elementary work for the convention will be Sn thc hands of Mira Mary Foster Dryner, of Chicago, who io ? great favorite with the ele mentary .vorkert.' of lilith Carolina. Mrs. Syrier will he most ably assist ed by '..irs. Mury Fawcett Hurts, of Spartanburg, who ls State elementary superintendent. There will be several noted denominational leaders from outEide thc State. Rev. Vf. 1. Herbert of Sumter, is president ol' tho association and will preside at all tho main cc?nons of thc convention. Hov. W. il. K. Pen dleton, chairman of tuc State execu tive committee, will uVpal?e ut the anual meeting of that committee, which will be held tn tho Uaptlnt church on Tuesday evening, Feb. 10, fl After the business su.*;lon, the ?n I nual srslon. the annual banquet will .j bc held tn tho dining room of the i j church, 'i ho executive committee, J consists cf ri!i>- four men one from t| each county and ten at large. The i\ banquet for this committee is one li of the most pleasant features of the [ . whole conrctitton. A number of denominational con i ferences aro to be held on HYiH-ty afj tcrnoon, Feb. 18,.- These conferences are to be in the hands of th denomt ?attonal leaders and will be largely atended. On Friday evning there will be a parade of 2,000 men and .boys. This will bc ooo of the grcat r witnessed in the State. Each mali wilt 'corry & lighted , emnlnm of tbs organisai proceeded .by a conference ted by ; one of tho most faxnour- superinton dents in the South. OF THE OLD SCHOOL IS C APT. JZ. J. DRAKE Marlboro Man Wim Forced Soil to Yit.U Record Prize ts Rare Chrsmpion . Blenheim, Jan. 24-A man of mos? I agreeblo rorsc-allty. a gentleman of wthe old rchool, ls Capt. Z. J. Drake i of Blenheim. who rt?i holds the rec i. ord os thc c'uuv.ploa corn grower of -j the world.' He ki.n mea of raro Intel ) loctual gifts, and altltough nearly, If j not quite 70 yep.ru of age. can quote passeges from B?ros and Scott and other famous authors with the ready and graceful ea?o of youth. Also he ls a mathematician of high order, and few can excel him In that branch. ? He ls a man of most cordial and hospitality disposition and the strang er, be he evr so lowly, s sure of a ktodly reception at hts door. In Irpth. it may be justly said that hts heart beats warmly and kndly. to ward his fe'.cw sion, and & Hst of hi? benmara IQH? .would be a long ooe indeed. Many a man who had grown ?66 3-4 bushels of corn to the aero would .ikowise have grown rich In the dis position of the seed and tn the dts semioattonof advice, but not sow Ith Capt. Drake. Ho Would not have it HO. He would not take advantage of his own success to win wealth from his less fortunate fellows. Modest a nuns da us .Modest and. unassuming, one woul-1 scarcely believe that he had woo such a splendid trophy from the soil. But the record stands yet unreached by others, with Marlboro county lead ing the vanguard of the cora growers of the world. They press hard toward the mark for the prise, but Capt Drake leads them yet. the-Calling wall J. one leg being bro ken tn several places. He has berne his suffering with great fortitude, aad not until two days ago waa he told that tn the opinion of the physicians ho could not get well. Representing aa he does so mach of progress and development tn An derson and belog auch an exemplary maa. In - his christian character and fair and sq oars dealings, air. Town? send's death would bo a loss just at this time which Anderson will feel sscst sadly. ewe TDAiyiun ? ?inIL iimiiiinu i FOR THE I ANDERSON COUNTY WILL NOW BEFORE THE Columbia. Jan. 23.-The House Fri day by a vote of 67 to 40 agreed to the eHtabllshrcent by the State of in dustrial and textile schools in coun ties lu which more than' 2,000 people are engaged in the cotton mill indus try. The bill provides for the appro priation ot S5,00'Jfor establishment of the schools in counties which have the sufficient number of workers tn mill and for the appropriation each year of 85,000 for the maintenance of the school*. Tho bill was strongly supported by its author. Mr. Clement Haynsworth, of Greenville. Mr. W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, Mr. Boyd of Spartan burg. Tho advocates of themeas ure point ed out that it would give the work ers in the mills a chance to receive expert training in their calling and at the snmc time any of them who wish ed to do so could earn a living in the mills while they attended school. ANDERSON GIRLS WON FRI BELTON "ju Local Backet Ball Team Came Off Victorious in Game Friday Probably S33 people, stood on the{ side lines and enUtuslastically cheered Friday afternoon a;- UK High School- basset bail team 'While both teams pitt up a splendid game, the Anderson team showed the result of more careful training and much of the credit for the victory b? longs to the local team. The following WOB the line-up pre seated when the referee's whistle was blown by Mus Rosamond Bur dine of Hones Path: Anderson Frances Major, Captain. Carrie Moore. Sara Balley, For? ward?. Gierma Barrett, Mattie Bolt, Guards. Claudia Martin, Lena Clark, Field ers. Belton Frances White. Captain. Grace Campbell, Annie Little, For wards. Fannie Holcombe. Bessie Wilson, Guards. Rosa Mae Austin, Amanda Shirley, Fielders. Cheer leader-The Unknown. PALMETTO RIFLES AHE MORE ACTIVE Ea&Meiastte Meeting Held Last ] Night-Plans Made for Future Work . A meeting of the Palmetto Rifle men was held last- night st which] tims plans for the future were dis cussed end those members present | bec?mc enthusiastic over lue out look. The mealing was called to ordor about 8:30 .o'clock with Lieutenant J. J. Trowbridge presiding ena lt wss unanimously decided to bring the company up to a higher etat? of perfection than it nae recently | attained. It waa unanimously decided that a drill ba held next Thursday night at 7:30 oTcloek Ona on the Sam) evening refreshments will be served. It ia urged that every member of tho company who dealreal ter continue his active work'with tba organisation be present. C. B. Fretwell of Macon, Ga., waa | among the business visitors to An dersen yesterday. tf?fifii o ?USi??L? |LL OPERATIVES BE BENEF?TTED BY BILL GENERAL ASSEMBLY The successful conduct of a school of this kind at Spartanburg under tko control of the Methodist d?nomination at the Spartan mil's was pointed out. The bill was opposed chiefly because it henefitted only the Piedmont coun ties and a few others in which Vie mill population ls above 2,000. Mr. Stevenson made a ringing . speech in favor of the bill, although there, are no cotton mUlo tat his cou*? ty. The* measure waa supported by the entire Piedmont membership of the house and by the whole Charles-* ton delegation. The strongest/ argo? ment advanced In favor of the Mir waa that the schools would giro th?: mill operatives a chance to obtain a good education as well aa a technical training in their calling at a mini? mum'cost All the members of the Anderson delegation voted for the bill. ?OElaliGnSOili HAS RFFN SF??IFR C & W. C Railway HM Pais) Sara of $3,000 ra CM? of | Wm. H. Chancellor A *av imerc-s*. it Au?Vr.-, reason . '. tue tact'tl-?v t? s.sT I .hearing <A other ?iuil.ur :cu?;? HHnifnt' a." plot??, "xi. t.*?inf ^a?fj"-" Market -rtet owned by ne n?gn?. T';* ?at been a rs* t interesting c?se in fiery respe . . Tl.? railroad t.ts rccoutly spent some'hlne i.ke like tWuQO in ooa .clio:? with itv Andern Improvement/: and amcag the other real estate necessary for these improvements was the let - owned by Chancellor, lt fronts 35 feet on Market street and runa back 71 feet When the condemnation proceedings were first begun the at? tornoys hr'fie cass, K-sc? ? SulU* van, for the negro . and Bontuuny Watkins tc Allen for the railroads agreed on an arbitration board bot this, board waa unable to agree and a third party to constitute tho board or to agree as to the wort)? of the property. The case waa the* tried before a jury which found for th? negro and the raliway company gare notice of an appeal. ??GwsT?r, thia appeal waa yesterday abandon* ed and the ifum of $3,OOO waa paid over to tho negro's attorneys by the railway company. Salvation Army To Have Big Raiiv The local post of the Ssl vatio? Army is looking forward to a big it Imo next woek. Ensign A. Belcher, officer in charge of the local work, announces that W. B. Mabee, Staff captain and. one of tho editors r * tko "War Cry'* is expected hero ea a Kvisit . > Captain Mabee ban traveled widely end ia a dose friend ot Miss Eva Booth aad of Booth Tuekev, two ?? the highest officers of tho Salvation' tArmy. Ensign Belcher declare? that Capt. MafecU \n a beettttful singer asZ is a remarkable speaker. Special ?tft?? .vices have been arranged aa foltoss?? Thursday night, Jai?|ary afta, 1S14, at the Central Presbyterian dum*? Invocation. pr? H. W. Prase* ' introduction.Rev. D. W. Dodge Address_ .. ROT. J. V. Blaefe Friday night. January 3ttth, 15?4? at tho Court House: invocaUon . Rev. J. W. Sneak*? Introduction, Mayor Lee G. Holism id Address..'. Staff-Captain Mab?Je Benediction.Hf, J, V. V?ao? Ensign Belcher Invite* everybody fa Anderson to theo? services. . Whits in Anderson Capt. Mabee wll preps r? a '-?rite ap* ot the dty of Ander-o^tf to bo published in tho "War Cry. '