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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. - ?> nui PRESIDENT YUAN SHI KAI MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT THAT EFFECT L?TICAL MOVE; ^NOT RELIGIOUS! i Missionaries Opoo^cJ Step, Sut Do Not Think It WOl Impair Their Work Peking, China, Jan. ?9.-A bill prc northing Ute worship of Heaven and of Confucius by the president of the Chinese republic was passed today 'by the administrative council, which took the place of the Chinese parlia ?neut recently dissolved by President Yuan Shi ..Kel. The measure was submitted to the council by Yundi Shi Kai himself. XLt is understood that tho president's Idea is to set an example to tho Chinese nation, which he thinks needs tlie moral-buildtns Influence of 1 igloo: The president will worship at tho' templo of Confucius ?nd* at the temi plo of Heaven annually, in the sa* | tWajr -es the an*m;uu emperors did. but without wearing the diadem. Question of introduction of a stat? religion has created controversy in | China, Christian missionaries of al Beets opposing such a stop. For several months a Confucian Teviv; movement has been in evidence andi a league waa formed by representa tive* in China, not only nt /. 'hrlnti.m i Hy, but of ' Mohammedanism, Taoism j aad Buddhism, to oppose the adop tion of tv state Bettgious Freedom? Washington, Jan. 29.-As the] Chinese provisional constitution whlcl* Yuan Shi Kal swore to uphold pro vides that : "citions shall have free dom of religion", officials here were! somewhat surprised at the action of! tho administrative council. Religious freedom in China, how. over, is guaranteed by treaties with| at least a doon world powers. A Political Move. New york, dan. " 29.-Pol?tica! rather than religious significance ts attached by ofucerg of foreign mis sions organizations hero to the ao tlon Ot tho Chineaos president. RIGHT GRANTED TO INCREASE CAPITAL Secretary of Stele Has Issued Permission to Interurban For Inciense Tho secretary bf State of South Car olino yesterday granted the right to the Piedmont ft Northern Lines to Increase its capital st??k from $5, 000,000 to $1G,0000,000. Tho appllca tlon for this increaso was accomplish ed ?by tho cohipany's chock for the sum of $1,30250 aa the charter fee. Tho interurban lines wso charter od nuder, a special act of the generali SJWombly In 1911. with the right to build and os&ato an internaban linet In 8out> Carolina._> 1 House litotes in F< Tteo Cen -: BILL PASSED SEOfl^JP??ADI I ?SO TO iTHE ?EN ATC TO I Columlbna, Jan. ?9.-The house this morning passed to tbmird readiug the bill introduced by Messrs. Stanley, &'jifnm and Hunter providing for a flat passenger rate of two ?enta a milo od all yantad* In the State after July 1 next.. .?An effort to amend the bill to bass tho rate per mile on the annual receipts per mile of the passenger Utia'service .failed by a vote of W to 21. Th? bill r<a? ordered to third read lng without a roi) call, consoqurniiy there is no record of how the mem oorsef^ahouss stand on the propo sition. The t^o wat rats bill roads:: "The rite fir transportation ?f passengers, n all railroads to which the provisions of this chapter shall apply, *h*tl not exceed two cents per mlle for every mile traveled, and such railroad shall not bo required lo have second' class coaches or to ?ell second class tickets: Pro MUCH EXCITEMENT AT STATE CAPITAL -f Gov. Blease and. Gen. Moore Ex change Words at National Guard Meeting Columbia", Jan. 29.~There was much feeling tonight over the special message of the jpov>. ernor. It is inferred that the executive sessions and fne/inter missions were due to an effort to get the governor to appear and state what he kncws. The message was referred to the jin dietary committee an dit ls re ported that the governor will be asked to appear before the com mittee. The Intelligencer's exclusive! story that there might be a clash i in* the meeting of the national guard officers was verified ' to night when ' Governor Blease and the adjutant general had a bitter! exchange of verbalitics. Steamers Collided] _- . .'. I Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3.O.-rInfor mation received here : at 2:30 a. m., stated that the steamers Nan tucket and Monroe have collided! of r n n(( U?or MmHiM-*UA V?T- ! al Oil isvj, umiiu oil IC vu-] ginia coast. ; .T Word that the 4 : -. letHils.j The Nantucket plies between! Baltimore and Boston, while the Monroe plies between Norfolk and New York, both of the Old Dominion line. The Monroe has been sending out thc wireless "S. O. S."-call-for help. A long distance telephone re port from Norfolk to Richmond stated that the Monroe had gone down shortly after the collision, but this report was not official confirmed at the time of going to press.. The Nantucket is due to arrive I in Norfolk aboui 5:3$ this morn-1 ing, when full details of the the j collision . wiii be available. TO HEAR JOSEPHUS DANIELS :crctary Barnett Is Trying te Ar range a Special Car F. M. Burnett, secretary ot the Y M. C. A., 1? trying: to arrange for a special car to gb Over to Greenville, Saturday night, January ?th, to take a party, from here to hear the address ot Hon- Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy..before the Y. M .C. A. of the two Carolinas. Mr Surnctt' says that ?!r T^s?i?sli is a great? man and that ho baa in auguratcd the Y. M.?. . A. work Oil battleships. Th? party from Ander son ls already large enough to Insure the running of the ear, but lt any others wish to go, Mr. Burnett would like to get their names, avor of t Passenger Fare iG THURSDAY AND WILL DAY-?NO AMENDMENTS vidod, however, thar uny railroad not over rive milos Ut length nnl operated Independently may be allowed by the railroad commission to charge and receive Ave cents par mile for the transportation of passengers. It shall toe unlawful for any ogent gr conductor or r fail road ? to charge or collect any extra compensation from any passenger for crossing any etaoelbiw tlyhmyalhrwho ola shrdl m| ?brldg or any river which may toe ?wholly or partially within this ?t?te/ The bill amended placing a flnr of 'il,OOO a day on each railroad which tailed to put the two cent passenger rata toto effect by July i. WM. nad charged the railroad commission arith the enforcement ot tba provisions of the bill. The objection advanced tho pas sage of the tull iwas that a two cent rat? would toe satisfactory gjgtf would be so held by the courts. A .D. O. STATE? ?ttilunnu'a; Jan. 29.-The senate finance committee Thursday Axed thc salaries of the -Anderson county treasurer j und auditor at $1.900 a year. The* salary aili not apply to the present ?treasurer and auditor but to the\o.r succes5ors,<'?Tse county pays half jnd- the State half. MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR Columbia. Jan. 29.-The house re ceived a message from the governor] Thursday night in'regard to appro priations for the state institutions of | higher education. The governor re commended that the amounts , in the appropriation bill for the colleges be itemized. Thc message on motion of Mr. Stevenson was oredered printed and refererred to the ways and mans committee. ANOTHER RICHMOND Dr? Sa wy rr Moy Enter the Bare for Governor .Columbia. Jan. 29.-It was reported today that Dr. Olin Sawyer, of George town, a former member of tho house, Would B? a candidate for governor next summer. He has been in Colum bia for soveral days but returned to his home this afternoon before ' he could bc intcreviewed. Durinfl his term tn the house. Dr. Sawyer always voted with tire administration forces. .?WOLF av WALL STREET." '.Jd Lamar Discussed in the United States Senate. "Washington. Jan. 29.^-R*?*^?*?oe to David Lamar aa the "Wolf of Wall Street", hy Senator Newlands during tho debate in the senate today brought Senator Bacon, bf Georgia, to j bis feet. "LHI thc record show," interrupted! ..Mr. Bacon, "that this man'? name !?' .not Lamar; that he is masquerading! under an assumed name." "I knew tho name of Lamar is J JAMES DILL KILLED Would Limit the Hoars ot ?Vt rt For Women. Columbia, Jan. 29.-{By a vote of GO to 24 tho house killed the James bill .prohibiting women from working more than 8 hours a day in manufac tun..,- plants. At 10:10 o'clock Thursday sight the house adjourned until 1 o'clock next Tuesday. RESULTS EXPECTED LN MISSION WORK People Elated Over Son.! cess of the Conference Held Here i Thoso Anderson people, and more especially the ministers of the city, wno were Identified with the Inter denomination Missionary Conference which has Just closed in Anderson, feel that the two days spent in the week here mest result in great good for , the community. I They feel that thc mission of work ers of Anderson have been given a clearer conception of th egreat reuse ot missions than they ever had before and that they hare been supplied with an impetus for tho greater work yet to be done. -Borne of tho ministers wh owere Sun oe ted with tbe movement said it night that the conference bad been tar more successful than they had dared hope for lt to be. Wilson Temple Jno. K. Temple and Miss Ines Wil pen, both bf Level Land, were married | Wednesday afternoon by Rev. M. C. Sendere, pastor if the Second Baptist church. The many friend? of these young people will wish thom a long voyage over life's sea. ABBEVILLE FOLK WANT RAILROAD ?-? ? i ? i.i ? Enthusiastic Over Prospect of Getting Northwestem Elec tric Railway A prominent busnness man of A/b boville, spending yesterday in Ander son, said the people Ot Abbeville and the. outlying districts, surrounding that place are enthusiastic over tbe Northwestern Electric railway. Ho said that the general opinion pre vailed to the effect that lt . woold mean much tor this entire section o? the country and that the people of Abbeville could <be counted on <n do their part. Booko ot subscription to this rall way are to be opened on February 9 at Augusta, Abbeville ard and of other points to be served the road. WARM CORRESPONDENCE I BETWEEN THE TWO OFFICERS CLASH EXPECTED! The Matter of Pay for the Second] Regiment Band is the Starting Columbia, Jan. 28.-There is likely to bo something interesting at the meetus; of the national guard officers here Thursday. Thia meeting is held overy year for tho pur posa of ascer taining what laws ac neended for the building up ot the ftniUtla. But K is not unlikely that something, else may como before thc meeting as a result of the rontrovcrsy" between tho gov ernor and adjutant general. It will be recalled that Oen. W. W. Moore recommended, tho disbanding o? certain companies' last, spring be c?use they did not come up to'the military requirements, and that thc govornor refused to disband them and that the war department sustained tho adjutant general and refused to pay tuc nm i vin. t.yinjpuaivr} l,iim. 11 Ba 1 UOv como np to the standard. There'han been no love lost bc .. ."..-kl : - ADJT. GEN". W. W. MOORE. Hoad of the 8tatc War Department-| At O ut a With the Goveruor tween the governor and h\? c.his? of < staff-alnee that time. Gen. Moore dalma that he was entirely vindicated and tho governor clalmB likewise, be cause the war department gave the companies another trial and some of them came up to the requirements on second inspection. Whether thia was exactly fair to the other companfhs was not considered, but it did save a regiment to the state, and. this means something. Andersen Company : The latest embrogllo ia o fer the psy of the Second Regiment band. The matter carno out in the court martial of Capt. E. A.Legare, adjutant of the Second regiment who had been ac cused og getting a check from the ?war department and keeping the mon ey for a year or such matter. Capt A. C. Doyle, the regimental quarter master, preferred '.he charges, for the band had repeatedly asked him for the money. It came out at'the investiga tion that Capt Legare had finally turned over tho amount of tue check, something like $25, but that he is even now withholding a check for $100 due the band for 1918. Capt. Legare stated on the examination that the band had some missing property and that he would not pay thom until the prop erty: was'accounted for. I Adjutant General ??uure called thin matter to thc attention of tho gover nor and the latter reproved the adiu tant general in a characteristic letter in wh)ch ho said that General Moore had refused to pay some companies for the very same reason that is now advanced by' Capt. Legare. General Moore replied tho?, the cases are en tirly diffrrnt and', that ho waa acting under the adrices of the war edpart ment. Thiu called forth another hot state ment from the governor and Gen. Moore replied UjtawlSe. Tho matter has not been given to the papers hy either side, but the question may come Thursday at the meeting of the National Guard.' The governor has not stated ?whether be wllr raqui re the aujutant, Capt. Legare, to turn over the money /te the band. In bis last "note,'' the governor In formed thr ad rotant general that ne V ou! dh a ve nothing further to do with him, that Central Moore was Incom petent, or words to that effect, and war tao tooting ta.a manner to Inspire discipline In the national guard. Gen. Moore retaliated by accusing the governor ot attempting to divert money from these companies in the Bm\\%\n%wm*m%W?Rmi LATEST NEWS Washington. Jan. 29.-Representa Live Palmer, of 'Pennsylvania, and a lelegatlbn of United Spanish war rctcronit today asked Presiden Wil son to Bpeak at a c?l?bration of that organization at Easton, Po., -when a nonumcnt to tit? veterns will* be ?nv'eited on Junit Sn. The Prclsdent .old them tht he^voiild ho so happy hat lie would go. T'.io monument ia to be erected In a lev tod II on the mteklrts of Easton, named Wilson, (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Ga., Jan, 20.-Centralisa- ] ion of authority in three newly creat ed general ""managers ls contemplated! n reorganisation plans of the South on Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, made public here tonight, d. O. Jackson wll lb ecpraa division general manager with headquarters 1 Atlanta; David Lair J, division gen iral manager with headquarters at racksonvltle, Fla., and M? O. Spier, livlston general manager at Charlotte ?. C. Mr. Jackson's territory will be mown as thc Atlanta divinion. Mr. .aird'.H an thc aouth Georgia and Pro-1 Ida dlvlHton and that of Mr, Spier | LS the North and Sooth Carolina divi sor.. The appointments were nn loum-ed hy J. Eppe Brown, frist rice I ?resident of the company, as effective rcb. 1. Columbus, O., Jan. 2D.-Oor. Cox oday granted a recite nf sixty days o Leslie Humphreys, under sentence o be electrocuted nt midnight to light for tho murder ot Samuel E. Celley, of Lanark, Va. Hu mph roy B son fessed ?'to the? murder, but later ie repudiated tho confession and in. dated thia Ute killing"waa tlie result] >f a fight. Also fa Baltimore Baltimore, Jan. 29.-Twenty-three mses of smallpox, many in advanced j tase, today were reported hy the taltiroore county health authorities. )f thia number 21 were found at Varren, a mill village on the Gun K>wder river, fifteen miles north of ialtlaiore. lite Asylum Inquiry Cli-i. . ll uinris wiuvlMiy Coltmibia, Jan. 29.-The committee I o Investigate the a'sylum organised! Thursday afternoon thy electing 8eua or T. J. Mauldin chairman and C. C. VVche, Eocretary. The first meeting if -tho cf i-n'tto? will he hold next r?es.1r<y aftersoOSt - .Senawr -rumian, will bo sum I uoned. trena Washington to testify j jefore tr:?- committee. Clcna'.or T. J. Mauldin is from| rMckeus county and Representative .Vyeho ia from S.iartanburg. Small' fox Epidemic Raging in Niagara (By Associated Prese.) Niagara Kalla, N. V.-Jon. 29.-Dr. Sd ward Clark, of Buffalo, repreaent tlg the state department of health,! oday promulgated as an order tho | ecommendatonB of Dr. Herman M. ?lggs. state health commissioner, ! ooklng to the stamping out of the mallpox epidemic here. The order -equlrea tho cloBlng of churches, heatres, dance halls, and other places >f public assemblage;. the. exclusion 'rom the schools, factorisa and hotels .f all unvaccinated persons and the tonipieie isolation of smallpox cases ind suspects. A public meeting of cltisens and j inalness men was held today at which t)r. Clark was ensured of the co-oper-1 ition of the authorities) and business den. There are now 130 cases in | he city. Vanderbilt's Yacht Wrecked Near Colon Colon, Jan. 29.-The steamer AUnl rante late today arrived here having m hoard Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Falconer, who were rescued ?rom Mr. Vandervllt'a Facht Warrior, which ran ashore In ? storm Monday off the ?east ot Co totrjrblQ. * Apparently Mr. Vanderbilt and his] guests Buffered no Ill-effects from their experience, which included al lay and night of uncertainty while] the yacht was being pounder* by hi g leas, and a trip through the breakers I from the stranded vessel to tho) Almirante. ... itate that had qualified, by having the itate military, board to appropriate l?verai hundred dollars to the Item, 'regimental headquarters/' when as a natter of fact the headquarters had required about ? 100. Gen. More saya ia bis letter that ie did not make a fight on the pro >o8ition. for Ita suddenness left him mable to defeat it He says that he -nallsee that tills, money ls to be paid a companies that th? government laid were not legally entitled to re solve lt. W. H. ii HAS WITH BOA T? il mann and Bleat? "Will Be Subpeoned It Ia Reported Abo That ames M. Payne of Andereon viii Be One of Witnesses . Columbia, Jan. 29.-United States Senator Tillman and Gov. Blease of South Carolina will be requested to appear, before the legislative committc*; to investi gate the alleged scandalous con ditions at thc state hospital for the insane. The first testimony will be taken Tuesday. Sub poenas will be issued for the su pe r in tenedent'of the asyium, the secretary of the boarder regents, the members of the board ( the .secretary of the asylum commis sion and the members of this com mission. Jas- M. P^yne of Anderson is one of the members of the com mission. SALVATION ARMY HE?RD AT CHURCH -- v Splendid Meeting Took Place At The Central Presbyterian Church Anderson, .people last night had the opportunity of bearing a splendid speaker when an address was de livered at the Croirai Presbyterfan the Salvation army. Capt. Mb-bce is church -by "Staff Captain Mabee of to speak' again tonight, this time in the courthouse. T?fOr TaW*rnSo?swBSU Vf. IUiv."'.1?)"." Wi1! Il Fraser and tho npeakcr introduced hy Rev. D. Witherspoon Dodge , psa tor of the Central Presbyterian church. - Capt, feVoGee made a splendid ad dress and deeply tmprtssed hts largo audience. He showed that he la - scholar of parts and he mads a great, plea for the work that thcSal tlon Army is doing. (The benediction waa was proncunc ed by nev. J. T. Slack. Capt. MsJbee's address at the' court house tonight ts being . an i ici paled with much pleasure and daubtlescs oh will boudttbloso will be greeted by a large audience. CONFERENCE HELD AS TO PATIENT Attending Physicians Think That Some Improvement Is ?vident A consultation of those physicans attending HI C. Townsend, who la critically ill at Uie (Anderson county hospital, was held yesteray after noon Present at the conference was Dr. W. A. J?oughty of Augusta, Ga. The physicta?s st hramr amfomfamt Thc physicians stated last night, fol lowing their consultation, that in their opinion the patient was acme what improved sod they aro slightly encouraged Over his condition. This will bo splendid news to Mr. Town rend's many friends and the fact that there ia room for even the sw al I est hope will be welcomed on every hand in Anderson. E. J. Pringle of Sumter, arrived Inat night tor a short stay._L Compt?gory Attet Passed by ______ THE McCRAVEY LOCAL OPTK SUrT lCUiKr SUPPORT TO j Columbia, Jsn. 29.-After a brief and perfunctory debate the senate passed to third reading tbs Harper bill, providing for the compulsory attendance at school of all children between the ages ot s and 12 years after a majority of.the qualified vol .ter* of each school district has voted in favor of the law going into effect Hy Agreement with Mr. Harper. Mr. McCravey of Picken? substituted for the measure cf the Darlington mom bill passed'last year cv the general assembly^, vetoed by the governor, passed by the abase over the veto, and ?ost ea the t?to itt the senate by a few Vote*. 1 The'opponents of compulsory achdtol Wtteacanednrwlhte apparently the iu tiliity of opposing the Harper bill on FORMAL A? 7 ! O UN CEMENT OF HIS ACCEPTANCE C? PRESIDENCY BOARD BACKS UP EVERY REQUEST And the Future of the Institution Seems to be Very Bri^t Tn deed-Vbitir3 limbers At a meeting of tho board of trus tees of And?rson College held Thurs day afternoon, Mr. W. H. Hand waa formally declared the president M the Institution, and it was later an nounced that ha would come to derson on the first or July to'' charge of the duties of tho post He cannot get through with work he has in hand before that time. Hand ia now the state supervisor or high schools, and his work for ^i* upbulldingof the schools of the state is well known. . The selection of Mr. Hand by, th? executive committee was made known some time ago through the Columbia correspondence bf Tho Intelligencer and lt was learned through the sam? source last Saturday night th'at^Bj. ? Hand would accept. The meenaar yesterday waa merely a ratification by the entire hoard of the work of the executive committee. The out of town members here yesterday were Rev. Oravs L. Kalght of Granite ville. Col. Walter H. Hunt of Newberry and Rev. L?>!UH j. Bristow of Ab^er1*1* ! The local members present were. H. H. Watkins, chairman, R. 8. Llgon, C. S. Sullivan. J. J. Fretwell, M. M. Mat tison? Jot. N. Brown, W. A. Watson and P.. B. Cllnhscales. ~-4>he ontlra boar* had hP*a apprtsod t?f thecegatlatlohs with Mri Hani and had given approval over tho wire, hot he wished to have a presonsl confer ence with the entire board and ho put before them several' questions which were answered deliberately and prayerfully. It ls not Mr. Hand's de sire, Intention or wish to make of thia a mere collegiate Institute. Ho wishes to see Anderson college unique tn that It will hare the highest standards hi the state. The board assured him tua$ ii would support ii tu? ?ju?uoiaiiy and every other way In bringing about this desired en* The future ot the now that the m. Uer ot the presidency college is regarded aa very bright, ia settled. Members of the, board were enthu siastic yesterday over the prospects, and at tu? saut? iimv Lu vj expressed great gratification over the work that has been ddne by nr; John F. Visci. The latter accepted tho presidency of the colige .wUh: C?e greatest re luctance for hS did not wish to l?se any time from his evangelistic work, which had been wonderfully Wearied. But the same remarkable executive work wblch Dr. Vines had shown ?a pastor was carried Into the college administration, and ho has evcrythtagj well organized for Mr. Hand wheo tko latter comes to take charge. CONVICTS MISTREATED (By Associated Proes) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29.-Clyde Thom ason. In charge' nf the Adamsvi??e, Fulton county convict camp, WSB-in dicted here late .oday for assault ot a prisoner with intent * to murder. His indictment followed the testimony before the grand jury of several pris oners from the Adamsvale camp, re* garding alleged mistreatment ot con victs. C. Y. 8orlth of ftreerivlllo, spent last night in Andersen. ._ ' * ,;M ndance BUI the Lower House ON BILL SEEMS TO HAVE PASS OVER ANY VETO the floor ot the booie ?nd not ft 8peech was made against Uta pas sage to third reading. Kr. Harper and Mr. Nicholson ot .Greenwood* both spoke brlcUy in favor ot the pas? sage, of the hill,-the latter quoting, from the report ot the superintendent of education to the effect that while there were 104.000 negro chi toro ?a rolled in the publie Schools thia yeah* there were only 167,000 white chU dren so enrolled. By a vote of 66 to 82 the hene? words of tee hill, this vote it? as sn Indlncatlon that it the govewtaf words of the bill. This vote ls tamo ru a? taring; that ho would o, tho ; houBo will pass Jt over his veto by the necessary two thirds majority ps ia the caso last year. ; . A. D. Cy,