Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. 1, NO. IS Tfeeklj, EsUbiiflhed i?Mt Daflj, Jab. 15,1914. DAILY INTELLIGENCER SON, S. C. SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1, !iM4. FR?C? FIVE CENTS. . $8.00 PER ANNUM. CAPTAIN OF ILL I KS GRI KANTUCKETS CAPTAIN WA THE BOAT AND W HAS INSTITUTED DA FxOR A ROUN Strong Allegations Are Sobmitte . Reciting in a Technical Wi ion and Los Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31.?Declaring the sinking of his vessel was due to the negligence and carelessness of those in command of the steamer Nn??ickri, CajjI. e. m, Johnson, com manding the ill-fated steamer Mon roe, filed a libel against the former vessel late today. He claims a million dollars damage?. The libel was filed in the United States district court at the point and served on officials of the Merchants and miners' Transpor tation company at Norfolk and Balti more Capt Johnson alleges that the Monroe was proceeding at half speed or less before the accident and hgd laid to after hearing fos whistles. He s?ys the Nantucket came upon him at such speed .that a collision was unavoidable, although he had or dered his ship ahead at full speed to avoid the onrushing bow of the Mer chants and Miners' steamer. After describing the disaster from a tecnnical standpoint, Capt. Johnson says: ! "The libellant' further alleges that by reason of said collision be baa suf fered damages in tb'e total loss'of the said steamer Monroe, with her stores and munitions, lier cargo and freight, and the effects of the master and ma? riPBT*ae*ea?jfr ?-*tch ******* BELTQN THEATRE PARTIALLY BURNED Film? Caught fey Qgers+jag R>?ggt and Spread Throughout Buildr-'g. . Fire gt 9 o'clock last night practi cally destroyed the Pastime Theatre la Belton. The theatre was being con ducted as a motion picture show, this being operated by Messrs. Campbell and Cox. The fire started from a film, the flame Jumping from the current and igniting the very inflamable strip. In a very Bbort time it spread through the operating box, driving the machine operator from his post and before the/ fire department cculd arrive had entirely destroyed all the films in the place, burned the operat ing box, and when It was finally ex tinguished had banned a large hole In the roof of the building. Rain* flat nrrfoy Sight, the thCStTC was crowded, and it Is regarded aa hardly -less than miraculous that a panto of some kind did. not ensue when the theatregoers discovered that the place was on fire. However, nil of the people e?emed to keep their heads* and' in good order they filed from the building without any one being hurt er any semblance of a stampede. The work of the Belton fire depart ment was jfcplendid and they suc ceeded in getUug the blase under control before very much damage had been done.. It is estimated that . the entire less will not exceed 3200, whereas Intft for tho splendid work of the department the entire theatre building and additional buildings might h?ve?, been completely de stroyed. Felix Diaz Plots to Overthrow Huerta Mexico City, Jau. 31-^wlth the ar rest today of Jose Luis Kcque-na. chief of the Felix Dias political organisa tion, and two or three other men. and the discovery of the several hundred i ? -OT?rca in-the capital, the war department believes it has well in hand a new plot, which, it is alleged, bad ?s i'Jj object aa attempt to over throw the government tomorrow. . The Saille Lengae. Savannah, V>&., Jan. 31.?President N. P. Cornish of the South Atlantic league announced hire tonight that the circuit for the 1614 season would eeejtsv - of eight clubs?savannah, Jacksonville Albany, Columbus, Ma con. Chsriesicr., Augusta and Colum bia, the latter two clubs having, com plied with the conditions iajd down at the league meeting Thursday. FATED MONROE 1 ALLEGATIONS S INCAPABLE OF MANAGING AS NEGLIGENT. MAGE SUIT D MILLION DOLLARS d in His Bill of Complaint, After ay the Causes of the Collis? of Life. well as the baggage and personal ef fects of the passengers, which were lost, and on account of the expenses arising out of said collision, in a sum wnich the libellant 1b at present un able to state with accuracy, but which upon information and belief he avers will amount to upward of $1,000,000. A Serions Charge. "The libellant further recites that the collision was in no way caused by the fault or negligence*of those on board of or in charge of the naviga tion of the steamer Monroe, but was "due solely to the carelessness, negli gence and faulty navigation of those on board of and in charge of the steamer Nantucket, and especially in tho following particulars. "In not having a competent master and crew; in falling to give the sig nals required by law of a vessel un der way in a fog; in proceeding at a high rate of speed in foggy weather; in net stopping h?r ensr'nen when she heard the fog whistles from the Mon roe; in falling to keep and maintain roe; in failing to keep and maintain mnking absolutely no efforts to avoid the collision, but; instead, coming on with uudiininished speed after she had heard the signals from the Mon roe; in that the Nantucket wi NEAR CYCLONE IK ANDERSON COUNTY Wbic! m? R .2 Si?fsi V???d ihe . Piedmont Section Early Yesterday. Breaking on the city with .terrible velocity and likewise throughout An derson county and the Piedmont sec tion, a terrific wind and hal! storm, which might be described as a young cyclone, swooped down about 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The wind blow a gale and the hail fell la quan tities In some parts of the county. No great'damage,has been reported In any part of this section, although Pendleton seems to have fared worse than did any other town In this im mediate vicinity. At that place, on the old Shanklin plantation, where Mrs. S. E. Newton now lives, t.vo out buildings were practically destroyed, a carriage demolished and mh?! chimneys blown down. Window panes ware also blown from various houses. Pendleton people said yesterday that the wind blew great rocks np against their houses, literally pelterlng the roofs with boulders. No loss of life accompanied the damage done at Pendleton. In some parts of Anderson county bar .? s were blown down, while a num ber of fences were moved entirely and some completely destroyed. ' Within the city proper the damage was small, this consisting/ of several telephone and telegraph wires going out of commission and the. electric light wires also suffered .some dam age. A number of Anderson people said that tbe storm reminded them very much of the destructive cyclone which struck this city on February 18,1894, when great damage was done In all parts of the county. IN ABBEVILLE Northern Mining Man Pays-Visit to, Abberufe ?ad Iva Abbejlllc, Jan. St.?Mr. A. J. Keniiijr, nead'of the eel Deration that is tatrfested in the developing of the kaolin :nire core, was in the ctiy yesterday. He states, that they are unable tc say now what the dcvelpp meutewill b" at- a great deal de pend. i,u how low a rate the railrotn wilt, grant them to ship theprodact :-. ix ;ou- grade, ne tmngs ir lue i.'nirndss r)l graut them a low enoug't.inte i<:\-y wiii be ao*e to ao ci'i/.nl ral't'? bu^meis. it is to be faOiM! t>ot IVey will secure the rate. *?eifv<l as the- development* of the vtMiv K*aci a rfrrat viral So Ai ill- Dt:tl ::-::r.^l=g c^ar ;ij. . He Ldt Vliiir? -vLire he is "CHIP" CLARK We Can I,ow "Point With Pride" to Our Record, He Says. DISCUSSES TARIFF Says New Currency Law Fur* nished Substitute for the Worst Ever. juuscatine, Iowa. Jan. 31.?Pride In what the Democratic party has ac complished since it came into control of the government, less than a year ago, and confidence in the program; cf the administration to complete the work of carrying out the promises of; the party's platform, tonight was voiced here by Speaker Chimp Clark In a campaign speech for Henry Vol mer, Democratic nominee for con gress to succeed the late Represen tative Irvine 8. Pepper. "For sixteen long and wearisome years," said the speaker, "all the Democrats could do was to promise what they would accomplish if they; were given power. Now all that is changed. We can witli pride and pleasure talk about what we have dohc and also about what we intend to do. "At the election in 1912 every in telligent man within the confines of the repubiio knew that If we carried the election there would be an extra session o? congress, sec t??st tuo first great premise we undertook to carry out would be to revise the tariff. We proceeded as promptly as possible to the work of revising the tariff down ward. In my judgment It is the best tariff bill ever. put on the Statute books. It there wero no other good MBlMth jff very best'tariff bills." Referring to the currency bill, the speaker said "the new law furnished a Substitute for one of the worst cur rency systems in the world." "It provides a working scheme," he continued, "for the currency when the increase is needed and for con tracting when the public need de mands it. The bill authorizes the na tional hanks to loan money on "good farm lands, and it is' believed and hoped that ii will to & very large ex tent prevent panics. "It is claimed that it lodges too much power in the hands of the pres ident and that it will not bear the light of day. Power has to be lodged umewhere. The only question In that regard Is whether it is better to lod?e the immense power conferred In your currency bill in the president of the United States, or in the hands of some private citizen! So far as I am conccrend, I choose the former. "We Intend now to proceed to re deem certain other promises In the Democratic platform by enacting laws on the subjects of trusts/ the farmers' banks and perhaps od the Philippines." JUDGE WILSON ?S Ufc??INED Civil Court Will No; Convene Until Tuesday on Account e? Jsdss's Abates. Court of Common Pleas, Which should havs convened in Anderson to morrow morning, will not open until Tutday. this being due to the fact that Judge Wilson, who Is to preside here, wss called ep Sumter by the death of his brother-in-law. W. H. ' Ingram, the Sumter man who was among the victims in the ship collision which occurred In Chesapeake bay early Friday morn ing, was a brother-in-law of Judge Wilson's and the Judge hastened to Sumter Immediately upon receiving notification of the sad fate which had overtaken his kinsman. Little Inconvenierce will be caused by the delay in court convening, ow ing to the fact that the court always adjourns on salesday, and tomorrow Is salesday for Anderson county. Mexican Situation Is in Best of Hands Des Meint?. Iowa, Jan. 31.?In s p?ecli in Ulis Stats .today Champ c;?rk referred oiiefly to the Mexican jfltittation, saying that It was being handled by the president, who. was In constant touch with things in Mexieo; and who "knows "more about the situation nrobably than, any -ftth?r rhan in America " "It seems to me." he concluded, "taat the people of the United States nticht to support him end his policies and to remember ti:at silence is golden when we refer to these mat ters. I ha?? n-j Bori of doubt that the ' Ideut and tho Democrats in con gress wilt work along In harmony for the glory and prosperity of the republic." SPEER RETORTS Comet Back Strong at the District At torney. ? DIVERGING VIEWS Akerman Was To* Tender to the Liquor Interests, Says the Jurist. (By Associated Press.) Savannah, Qa., J^in. 31.?Federal Judge Emory Speer, of the South- , ern District of Georgia, character- ' ized today as "malevolent distortions" -. m ?U? -? ^- -1... ??t. I UlUOL V. V-D ....... r.--? ...Uv.v ?, .?- ; nesses before tlve congrest\'onal ' committee' investigathi; alleged mis- . conduct of the jurjst. At the con- I ings, which have been in progress/, in this city and Macoh^Ga., for the past two weeks, were concluded. (Members of the congressional sub- ! ; Committee declined to intimate the n?* ' ture of their report-io the housfc Ju dietary committee. 'Judge Speer was j given three weeks->m which to file { a reply brief in repjy tothetestimony of the seventy witnesses examined by . thu committee. It l?understood that ' West Union'have alt Plans made for < a ?final ' report to tifa judiciary com- ( mlttee win; not be '.made until two weeks aiter thp subcommittee has received this frr' The intense feeling manifes.od (by Judge Speer. whan ojlThree occasions he interrupted the ftntlmony of wit nesses was net ap&rent while the jurist was oh the inpd today. Mem bers of the comtpabee decliend to I allow Judge^^HH^H rea^ specially Wquld have to be "oWpr?i imtTtetJl- [ fy.as any other/ witneg*. | When it became known that Judge] fiiieer had agroed; to appear In this ' way Chairman Webb announced that5 no additional witnesses would he , heard. The jurist began his testimony j with a denial of.the charges made | ycifterday before the committee by; Distiict Attorney Alexander Aker man. Mr. Akeriiiuu testified that Judce Speer had threatened to send to jail any lawyer who sought to disqualify him in a case in which Judge Sneer's sonlin-law, A. H. Hey ward was "counsel. Denounced Akerman lAfter this denial Judge Speer de nounced Akerman, declaring: "Our differences grw. out of our diverging views on .questions in vol v clples of morality upon which the welfare of the people depended. Mr. Akerman allied himself with the li quor interests and Insisted that I nolle proBse certain liquor casest "I did not like, his accenting em ployment from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, while he eras district attorney, and I did not feel that Mr, Akerman was quite faithful in the naval store cases." ST?T? CAPITAL j ' Columbia, Jan. St.?The inks' home holding company of Anderson wss commissioned Saturday tar the sec retary of state with a capital of $10, 0C0. The petitioners are Vf. L. Bria sey and 8. M. Wolfe. The governor Saturday reduced the sentences of 14 convicts in the State penitentiary from Union. ' Lexington and Leo counties so that the men .rill hate to serve their time on the coun ty exchanges. "We bave not enough men to work the State fsruu," said Superintendent D. J. Griffith today. ?-? The Walhalla Light and Power company was commissioned today with a capital of $10,000. Petitioners are! William A. Strother and J. W. Bell. E. F. Warren was named as s ape clal judge for the Hcnpton court to Senaotr Lane "In Bad" For Fresh Remarks Washington, Jan. , 31. ? Senator I -aH? r.t Cirttann ind.iv " vira* n>nut?a4 I from th? floor of the Senate, in s par-] 1 !:r.c ; _;> ai\a>, ?,? Vi.i-res???nti Marshall, who held that Lane had! v?obited the rule against reflecting on members. Senator I-snc had charged that the interstate commerce committee's report on its' hearing en his resolution for an Inquiry into al leged granting of rebates jo the steol corporation had becjn "doctored." ' MASS MEETING AT IST BAPTIST To Plan for Corning of the State S. S. Con vention. THE PROGRAMME Every Christian Worker in Ander son Invited?AU Other Churches Close. .'ut,''rations arc that the mans meet ing or the great body or Sunday school workers in Anderson interest ed in the great annual convention which is to meet here will bo large ly attended when it is railed to order at the first Baptist Church tonight. All other cherches will he closed at night. Various matters relative to the convention will he taken up and dis cussed, and in all probability the va rious committees will be instructed in the details of their work. Mr. H. S. Ligen, president of the Weslcyan bible class of St. John's M. K. church, will-preside, as chairman, and Messrs, B. F. Mauldln, Baptist; J. ft. Shelor, Presbyterian, and O. S. Taylor. Episcopalian, wul act as vice chairmen. Mr. Fred Burnett of Ute Y. M. C. A. will be secretary and Mr. Whaley of .the Chamber of Commerce will be treasurer. The- program .follows : luve cation, Rev. John F, Vines. State convention, what it means. G. Cullen Sullivan. - Spartanburg convention, as 1 saw It, Rev. J. W. Speake. Finance plan for Anderson conven tion, by chairman.' Two-minute talks, local ministers. i. Rev. Dr. W.^^jrasor. So:as" to cemfortaW^ Who'mayr come. The exercises will begin at 8 p. m. promptly. MR. TOWNSEND IS NO BETTER Hospital Authorities See No Im provement in His Con dition. It was said last night at the An derson county hospital that H. C. Townpend'a condition was decidedly grave. For a time he rallied and seemed to ho! ; bis own, but through out the mcrn.ag yesterday he seeni ed to grpvv weaker. However,- hospi tal after, lants ^stated last' night that he had been holding his- own during the afternoon and that so far as they could see he was no worse. "'Mi TOWN" VICTOR 0VEHJ6REENW00D Local Lade . Won in Basket Ball From Soldier Boys Sat urday. One has but to glance at the score 15 to 16?to see what kind ot batiket bait game took place yesterday after noon when the Anderson High School tegm and the Bailey Military Instl tute came together. The local Jads won the event In handy style al tough as one of the cadets remarked been to a' game. The gam? was called by referee the Central High School and some splendid playing wa \ done by both sides. Wasters for -Bailey, was easily the star of the visiting aggregation while'earn Jones, captain of the lo cal team, was the best plsyer on the field, regardiez of side. He put up did Holder tor ht Anderson team. . The following is the way .the line up appeared when play was begun : Anderson?Jones, captain and for ward; Bruce, center; Ballenttne, sub center; Daniels, sub Center; Holder, and Bowen guard*'. * B. ML 1.?Masters, forward; Tark ??K-?en and eirickiand cente.-s; -wai ters and Crosby, guards; . Peeples, OSp?~~a and guard. The development of athletics at the Anderson High School !s a matter demon. ^' HK.lt HK? Hl KT Mftvfe&tercr'.-' '..\ -.'r~- .: ;v, lx>s, Angeles. Cal., Jan. 31.? * * Lincoln Bsaekey was severely -i* 0 * Jured late today when bis aero- * plane fouled a tree in a race" with an automobile. The- tern * plane was smashed. for -mm of the tei -~% LATEST I NEWS Governor of Virginia. Richmond. Va., Jan. 81;?Henry ? Carter Stewart today took the oath ol office of governor of Virginia. He will qualify on Monday before the joint session of the general assembly. Kern Peacemaker. Indianapolis, Jan. 31. ? United States Senator . John W. Kern, in an address \o the United mine Worker;; of America here late today, urgtd the organization to put aside petty squab bles and join together for a fight on the enemies of organized labor. A Tug Downed. New York, Jan. 31 ? The steamship Concho of the Malory line, outward for Qalveston, today rammed the tug Dinsdale, off the Statute of Liberty, sinking the tug almost Immediately. Two deckhand h were drowned. The 'oncbo. undamaged, continued oh ber Wnv ' rPhia tU*' w...* aw?aH hv a ioCSl coal company. Insane Passeuger. Bremerhaven. Germany, Jan. 31.? An insane steerage passenger killed F. Wcndt, third officer of tho North German Lloyd steamer ?Brandenburg, on the voyage to this port front Gal veston, Texas, .whence she sailed Jan. 12. The madman tired six shots from a revolver into'the body, of ths.offir cer. ' . Charge Rebating. Chicago,. Jan. - 81.?Indictments charging rebating were returned by the federal, grand jury here today against Swift & Co., tho Pennsylvania railroad, the Penhandle lines and the Chicago. * Northwestern railroad. Member* I. ('. C. Washington, Jan. 81.?President Wilson today nominated Winthrop Morp Daniela of Princeton,-N. J., and Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs, Col., for members of the Interstate Commerce commission. To Offsst B dss or Negro Population Washington. Jan. 31.?Southern States will get more than their just share of the funds for farm demon stration work provided for in the Le ver agricultural bill, according to Senator Cummins of Iowa, who today contended that the funds should not bo distributed by a basis of rural pop ulation, but on farm land acreage. Senator Vardamaa replied that tho South had to carry the burden of a negro population and that the money was needed to offset that burden. Senator Hoke Smith said tha rural population method was not adopted at his suggestion, or that of Represen tative Lever, but at that of a commu te* representing State agricultural cr ileges. An Official inquiry Has Been Conducted Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31.?A thorough investigation of yesterday's disaster at ssm, when 41 persons lost their llv.^s on the Old Dominion liner Mon rcc, has been completed by govern ment port inspectors. Their findings probably will be made public next week. Ja?. H. Craig Resigns His Post as Cashier J. H. Craig. who has been the or ganiser and cab bier of the Dime Sav ings Dank, has resigned his) position with that Institution and will shortly take up other duties. Mr. Craig has made a capable and efficient banker and the people of Anderson who have business to transact with that instl tutlou will regret to learn that he will no longer <be connected with it. fitted him for this work. It has been rumored that Mr: Craig would offer In the state cam paign for the position or Comptrol ler General, (but this Is not the rea son for retiring, and it 1st said that I he has something very much better !s view. Hi~ *5any friends will al ways fee glad of his success._ HUERTA RUSH! TO REINFO 4^BjLMHgnaaggcfljs9 Juarez. Mexico,' Jan. 31?Federal reinforcements today were ordered to Torreon. where the rebels ere to inahe their 5??t attack. Gen. Garcia Hidalgo, with 40*.soldters, l?n Stl Ullo to Join d%& R?fugie Velasco. while Guatavo Maas with 3.000 men was sent out to maintain the railroad EPHQNE_SYSTEM Recommendations ?v?ade by Postmastsr Gen eral Saturday. _______ ? ^ sent to senate with his o. k; The Commission Which Drew Up , Plans Headed by D. C. Roper of South Carolina. .1? Uf.:;;,<?<,tc_| Jnr> Ol -PCitJS?Sttr Gcrcrul Burleaon today subro'.ttod to tho senate the recommendation* at the departmental commission ap pointed by him to Investigate the nraetlea.bility *>' gnrawwot owae? ?hip by telephone and telegraph lined. The .report declared that "the- only way t? afford to the people the com. plete and modern postal facilities that the constitution makes It the duty of the government to provide" la by ca*? rylng out these suggestions: "1. That congress declare a. gov ernment monopoly over *l' t**?*5?sp*ti telephone and radio communication and ouch other, means for the tras? miBHlon of intelligence as may here after develop. "2. That congress acquire by pur chase at* appraised value the comnoey cial telephone, network, except , t?* farmer lines. "3. Thai congress - authorize ' the postmaster general to Issue, in his dis?crctipsi muu under such reg...atwS as hn may prescribe, revocable ' ?t-i censes for the operation by private individuals, associations, companies, and corporations of the telegraph - service and' such parts of the t?l? phone service as may Pot be acquired by the government." The recommendations are stgMp? C. Koons, superintendent division of salaries and allowances, compostag ! the committee, "The private monopoly," states the report, "has no incentive to extend lu facilities to unprofitable territory; but the government must serve all the people. "It is. economic waste to permit private enterprise to build up vast properties thai eventually must bo taken over by the government in re BUtning Its constitutional monopoly at a cost out of all proportion to the value of the parts of such proparues that may be utilised to advantage Se the postal system. "Telegraph facilities have' not bee? extended to the small towns and vjjp lages along with the government postal facilities. "According to- the best avallabte data, the capitalisation of the long distance and toll lines represents ap nroximately $200,000,000 and the Cap italization of the entire commercial network approximately $900.000.000, The cost to the government would he less than the appraised value, since It would be uodesirablo for the gov ernment to purchase the real estate' boldfng8 of the companies. Exchanges could be leased until accommodations could be provided in t?i? postoJP.oes and stations." SUSPECTED OF "YE?G" STUNT Two Negroes Charged With glarixing Safe and Store In 1908. Charged with having some knowl edge of a robbery committed at Gluck; Mills in th? year 1908, WiUts Curry and Claude Tucker were lodged la Jail yesterday. The crime committed consisted of breaking into the store ai the Gluck Mills and also., the post office: At the time of the robbery the store reported thst about $100 metal checke wore lost, and the arrest of the ne groes yesterday was based upon the fact that they tried to pass some ot the checks that were stolen. It is said that the chcecks showed signa of having been burled. Only a small amount of money wan secured by the robbers when the pur*? gl?ry was committed, the total su?a not reselling more than $40. The two negroes, when atTCSte* yesterday, said that they had gotten the checks from another negro and d!d set know Wk?~3 th?? u?? wrig inally come front. ?NG MEN ?CE T?RRE?N between Torreon and S?Hil?o, whk9?. It was feared, the rebels might de stroy, As a* precaution aga'.r?? reb el advance from Durwtgo State Gen. Argumedo marched westward. In all. the federal garrison at Ter roon will be ebont 10,000. which w!U be"* slightly fowsr than the attackiog rebels.