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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. Senator T. J. To Suc APPOINTED BY GOV. BLEASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON; FROM LANCASTER WAS NOT EXPECTED Member of Senate Committee on Asylum and Member of Inves tigating Committee It. was Hinted In Anderson last night I th.nl Governor Illeaso had tendered the position of superintendent of the State asylum to Dr. T. J. Strait, at proaent member of the State senate from Lanenster. Dr. Strait and Dr. Babcock are both natives of Chester county. Dr. Strait was elected to the senate in 1890 and ngntn in 1910, after a lapse of exactly! 20 years. He has been a staunch' sup- j porter of the governor . It is not known whether or not Dr. I Strait will accept. It bad been rumor-j ed t hat Dr. Houseal of Newberry or Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown might] be appointed. Dr Sawyer supported1 the governor and was defeated for re-. election to the house. He has been' spoken nf ?s a candidate for governor i this summer. Dr. Houseal wes Blcase's family ! physician in Newberry and last year: when the governor lost patience about; something he appointed Dr. Houseal j to succeed Dr. Babcock, but the senate. almost. urn .limous'.y refused to con firm the n jmtnatlon. Dr.Houseal stood by the governor and refute -Ioub charges made against him Ter ence to being intoxicated u ci. oc casion of his first inauguration. The announcement of the appointment of Dr. Straight will come as a surprise. He is a good man, a .courageous man, but has not taken especially high rank! in his profession. H Babcoe* .Plans It is understood that Dr. Babcock I will engage in managing a private sanitarium to be built at once by his friends. r^Clf^^a^vpredictod In The' Intelligencer, three weeks sso, Dr.j Babcock is one of the strongest men In Columbia, 'b popular favor, sod will' have no 'trouble to make a success.' of this big new undertaking. . '{ Dr. LeQrand Guerry, the distin guished surgeon, who has relatives and friend In Anderson, has begun the organizing of the company for the private sanitarium and Dr Babcck hai been ?oaraiitesd a larger salary than he has ever received. Dr. Bab cock rejected Just such an offer more than ten years ago. ?-^B Recently he and Dr. Eleanor B. Sau ders are reported to, have received nu merous flattering offers from beyond the borders of the sate, but neither wishes to leave South Carolina under the circumstances, Dr. T, J. Strait Dr. Strait is a native of Chester county, being born on Christmas day, December 25, 184C, bis parents being Jacob' F. and Isabella Wylie Strait. He spent part of his boyhood at Maya ville. in Sumter county At the age of 15 ho volunteered in Co. A.. 6th South Carotnla votunteera and In. 1863 was transferred to Co. H, 24th South Caro lina. I Jn 1869 Dr, Strait married Miss Kate A. Lathrop of Abbeville county. In* 1871 Dr. Strait Went to Mississippi end entered the Cooper Institute In LAuderdaJc county. After completing a three years' course he returned to Chester and engaged in teaching. In 1876 he taught at the famous Ebcnezer school, about a mile from the present site of Winthrop College. _ In 1*79 he removed to ""Laa-'SMer add continued In the same profession until 1881. He then began farming and refttllng medicine. In 18S3 he en tered the South Cerolina medical col lege in Charleston and graduated thorerrom In 1885, with honor At the* age of - 40 years he began to prac-, tlce his profession. In 1890 the "re form" movement swept over the state ' and Dr. Strait went to the state sen ' ate on the Tlllman ticket. In 1892 he was elected to congress over the brilliant John J. Heruphill, perhaps the most gifted man the state has had in congress for 60 years. He would not espouse TUImanlsni and was de feated by Dr. Otrail. Dr. Strait bold the office six or eight years and was defeated oy D. B. Finley.who t* y?* i*i cr.-^r^Si. \fU. Kin.ley opposed Dr Strait three times before he got the office and Dr. Striit haa'riin >galnst Mr. Fintey twice and has been announced as a candidate this, summer. Dr. Strait bus been a successful farmer and has engaged in quarrying granite; While in congress be assist ed1 In putting on the market bromo settser. which has made an Immense fortune for Emerson, the proprietor of; the corner drug store who dlscov eved the foroalo. Dr. Strait has been regy?jed: as a gdllaat sc?ii", - d^tcrs-.iss? G;. ?'??; .. out in 1876 and s good cltleea. His! prpfcsaional experience has not been given much Istltude. j Four years ago. Lancaster county was torn 8?onder over the matter of - building ah expensive highway and Strait ceed Babcock on account of the public resentment ] tbere against automobiles, the bril liant Yancey Williams, who was re tired from the State senate and Dr. Strait defeated htm Dr. Strait \has been aligned with Governor Bleaae for the last four years, even opposing his j fellow townsman, Ira B. Jones, on ac count of long standing political dif ferences. Dr. Strait has been a member of the I standing committee of the state sen-] ate on the asylum and was a member J of the committee which unanimously vindicated Dr. Sauaders from the chr.rges made against her by attachen j of the asylum. NEW (JRKEXYILLF CONCERN TaO Corporations for Neighboring City (Spcolal to The Intelligencer.) Columbia. March 13.?Rush Bros. Co., of Greenville, was chartered to day with a capital of $50,000. The of ficers are, B. F. Rush, president; J. H. Rush, vice-president and treasurer, and R. 8. Alton, secretary. Mills Realty Co., of Greenville, was J ocmmisBioned with capital of $9,000. Petitioners were L. A. Mills and C. F. Haynsworth. TRAVELING MEN WILL CELEBRATE FRiDAY T. P. A. RALLf - WILL BE HELD SPEAKERS COMING Post "D" of Popular Organization Is to Hold Great Meeting ! Friday Night Every traveling man.living la An derson Is now making preparations tp, ?Trilfr'Ia her^for the gF?is?: meetias ?f the local.post of the. Travelers' pro tective Association, which is to take place next Friday night at 8:30 o'clock. It was said yesterday that I this meeting wltl be a banner one and] record breaking in point of attend ance. C. Ban Allen, the president of Post D, snd Fenster V. Tribble, the secretary, have been exerting every effort to get enlendld speakers on the program for this occasion and how' well they have succeeded 1b shown by the following list: J. N. Walking J. W. Liliard, J. H. Dudley, F. 9. Ev ans, Thos. H. Pope and T. St. J.' uood wyn. It is possible that still another I namo may be added before the meeting is held, since none of-the addresses already on the program will be at all ] lengthy. Some of the best Jcnown traveling men in South Carolina will be here tor the event and the large number of visitors present will also go a long way toward making the evening pleas ant. No member of the local post can af ford to be out of the city next Friday because it is an assured fact that there will be some feature, on the program to interest every man pres ent at the meeting. WHAT A SHAME, NO CLAIMS PAID! Comptroller General Dolph Jones | Makes a Point of Order On Them Columbia, S. C .March 13.?Taking the position that claims aga.'tet the State amounting to $12,678.01 were not properly passed upon by tho Gen? erat Assembly, A. W. Jones, comp troller general, Friday declined to pay them. The legislature appropriated |t2,000 for the payment of claims against the State. OFFICIALS ARE CODING TODAY St N. Men Come to Anderson] Some Time Today on Their Tost of Inspection A party of officials of the Piedmont ft Northern lines, composed of J. B.-j Duke, W. S. Leo, E. Thompson. Z. V. Taylor, traveling in a special car Over the Piedmont it Northern lines, will arive in Andeson toflay. The uxact hou of their arrival was not known last night at the local office of the company, bnt It was Said that the! party would certainly ne Per* some time during the aay. :4| The Officials-left Charlotte Friday, and it le understood that they bavai bjon making inspections all along the lino I* *r?- c?!d hern n'.shi ?i? this trip was merely an Inspection tour and nothing more . ' ^jv'lw EXPORT TRADE IDE BIG GAIN APPROXIMATELY A BILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO KING COTTON LEAD Steel and Iron are Close Seconds; Engines and Machinery Being Largest Factors (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 13.?Export trade of the United States during the last ten years from 1903 to 1913 in creased approximately one billion dollars, whereas in the preceding 30 years, 1873 to 1903. it increased only $917,000,000 according to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce today. Comparing the 1913 figures with those of ten years earlier, it is shown that the raw cotton maintained |its leading position in the lists of ex porta, having gained 1196,000,000 or 52 per cent; while breadstuffs fell from the second position in 1903 to third in 1913, and meat and dair pro ducts from third to. fourth place, these groups Having been passed by Iron and steel, which gained $195.000, 000 or about 200 per cent, machinery and engines beicg the largest factors. -= l'N?UIE ?AM VS. JOHN BULL _ English Champion Unable to Defeat American (By Associated Press.) PInehurst. N. C, March 13.?The United States today won the Interna tional mixed golf foursomes here, ar arranged In honor of Miss Gladys Ra vencroft,. of England and holder of the woman's national championship in thiB ' country. The score was four to two with one fitttnii \tit lb*.-seven halved, .. Mlsa^lriavecroft played with E. P. Johnston of England, but was unable to win from Parker W. WhlttettWe, O? Bfookline, and Mrs. Williams West, Of Cam ..the match being hal OQilH BELLE IB #P0SNT?0 BPOrlSOR Grand-ttaugbter of Generai Wade Hampton Honored By Cam mar.der-?n-Chief U. C. V. ( Special to The Intelligencer.) Columbia. March 13.?Miss Corrlne Hampton of Columbia, daughter of G. MfiDume Hampton, and grand-dau ghter of General Wade Hampton has been appointed sponsor for the South at the coming reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held In Jacksonville In May. The appoint ment was made by General - Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chlef of the United Confederate Veterans' Associ ation. Miss Hampton has accepted the appointment / BR1T0X8 IN EARNEST Want Their Nation Represented a* Exposition London, March 13.?Thirteen mem bers of the House of Commons, act ing on' the request of the 363 mem bers of Parliament who recently slgn Sa memorial asking Premier Asquith reconsider the government's reject ion of the invitation to participate In tho Patina-Pacific Exposition, have addressed a letter to the Premelr ask ing him to receive a deputatton on the subject..' Y ALITER- PICTURES VAULTED Until Danger ef 8ulfr?gist? Attack is Passed ', London, March 18.?Valuable pic tures \rr&t. Paul's Cathedral have been Eremov?d -and placed in a crypt un iiii ihe danger or suffragette attacks has passed. Li It' 4as announced today in govern Seinvl circies that no new steps are iak?n? to suppress suffragettes, since the "eat and mouse" set' was' working so well that the wUltants vahre dbl? to command the services,of only seven women who were willing ; to commit outrages. Unemployed Happy Enough Kacremento, Cal.. March 13 ?While the Sacreraeuto and Yolo county au I thorities argued today over their dis ! .position, members of the army of un employed that started from San Fran cisco far Washington basked la the sunshine, fished from the Yolo levecj m? ?tu?jwd an abundance of rood) suppli?e fey the labor unions of Sac [vamnnto. & 'JOY RIDING AUTOS" LIKELY?OBE 8TORE0 SEN. WILLIAMS PROPOSED WAS EXTRAVAGANT District of Columbia Officer. May Have to Use Street \ Cars or Own Auto (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 13.?In passing the $13,000,000 annual appropriation bll'avfor the District of Columbia to day, the ?enate incorporated an amendment 10 provide that no part of the money should he uBedjto main tain automobiles except for fires, po lice. o:? emergency health service. If the house concurs the amendment will send to storage some 31 /automobiles now used by the district government. Senator Jahn ' Sharpe Williams pro posed the restriction, insisting that district officials could use the street cars or pay for their own mnchlns. SIX BODIES YET IN BURNED DEBRIS Seven of the Recovered Charred Beyond Recognition?17 (By Associate Press.) St. Louis, Mo., March 13.?Six bo j dies removed from the ruins of the I Missouri Athletic Club today brought the total number of dead recovered [to twenty-four. The bodies of six other victims are stilt left in the fire wreck jage. . > *y Seventeen of-the removed dead hav? [been identified^ bi?t; the others are burned beyond recognition. Insepctiona of other buildings by the Art, department, today revealed scores of unsafe structures,, including the municipal k?use?^fi?a^eation foi an exclusive social club, a large thea tre and several hoteis. < Charles Sehtmel of Chicago, one of the Injured in the fire filed suit for $25,000 damages against the club and the Boatmen's Bank, both of which oc cupied the building.' . Scbtmel's petit ion charges, that lire ordinances were disregarded in that no rope or fire escapes wos provided for Ulm. Spring WiW Act As Stimulus to Trade (By Associated Press) New York, March 13.?Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "Trade Is still on the quiet side. I For this the winter's varying weath er conditions, conservatism born or < recent years hand to mouth buying, the late Easter season, and uncertain ty as to future business- legislation, are ail held varlbly responsible. The pr?dominent feeling tbst the opening of spring will act as a stimulus to trade and industries. Tale Defeat* Princeton .Princeton. N. J.. March 13.?Yale de j feated Princeton In their, annual dual 'gymnastic meet tonight by the score of 30 te 24. I PLAN QUICK AND DECISIVE BATTU: [ADMINISTRATION LEADERS ACTIVE IN BEHALF REPEAL - Senator Owens introduced / Bill Similar to One Pending in Lower House (By Associated Press) Washington, March 13.?Admlnis Mon leaders in the senate and bouse today set themselves for a quick and decisive battle next week over the re peat or the toll exemption clause of [the Panama Canal act, confident that 'President Wilson s plea for reversal of policy In- the interest of the gov ernment' i foreign relations would be heeded. tn the Senate, after informal con fereaces of - D?mocratie leaders and a \ talk with* President Wilson. Senator Owen of Oklahoma. intrtuine^d ? re peal bill similar to the Sims bill now pending In the House in order to have the Issue immediately placed square ly before this committee Li nrrfor *h?? it msy be ready for action In the.Sen ate as soon as it to disposed of la the J House. ? - . ;f U. S. EXPRESS WILL DISSOLVE DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO LIQUIDATE ITS AFFAIRS DEFICIENCY SHOWN Parcel Post's Success and Recent Express Rate Reductions Held Responsible (By Associated PreRB) New York, March V.l.?Directors of the United States Express Company voted unanimously today to liquidate Its affairs and dissolve It In the short est possible time. A committee on liquidation, which embraces the leading interests of the company, was appointed to under take the work or dissolution. I The precise plan for realizing on the company's assets was not disclosed, but it Is thought a syndicate will be I formed to take them over, so that they may be disposed of to the best ad vantage. Persons familiar with the company's I affairs declare, that the return to tfce shareholders will be between .asti and UlOO a share. The success of the parcels post and the recent express rate reduction by the interstate comme ce commission ere held directly responsible for the company's retirement from business after sixty years of continuous ope ration. Earnings for the five months of the fiscal year so far reported show a j steady decline, with a deficit of $32.000 for November, until some of the more {influential interests became outspok en for l'^uidation. There _.e outstanding 100,000 shares or the United States Express Corapa ny Stock, and these are* in compara I tive'.y tew hands, The Harriman esate I is believed to hold over one-fifth, and {the late E. H. Harriman acquired at an outlay of about f2,250,000 this stock The exuress company ?t ''''sjisaji .ha^'-centracts over SS,' part these contracts have expired, hut the remaining ones'are said tfi bo of potential valpe, and it is assumed they w|ll br transferred to one of the for mer competitors, probably Wells, Par go and Company. In which the Harri man interests have large holdings. SHhSLMGETs' l. Ii. sek depot Many Cities Competed For the New Structure?Will Cost $125.000 (By Associated Press) Washington, March 13.?The new lighthouse service depot for the South Atlantic coast will be located at Char leston, on/ a site on the mainland, known as Chlaliolm's mill landing. Secretary Redneld today selected the Charleston site and thus ended a contest which hsa raged for months among Charleston. Wilmington, Fer nandlna and Jacksonville. Congress has appropriated S 125,000 for the de pot, which will be the anpply station for light house Inspection district, number six. Extensive hearings on the. advanta ges or-the different, cities, were held several weeks ago. The depot for the district was formerly located at Char leston, but not on the mainland, and was destroyed In a' gale. Kef um- to Concur Richmond. Va., March 13.?The house of delegates tonight by a vote of 47 to 41 defeated the bill for the establishment of a woman's co-ordi nate college at the University of Vir ginia after it had been passed by the senate on Tuesday. The fight for and against the Institution has been wag ed for years and in support of their claims the women who we're advo cating it offered in evidence an in dorsement'secured' from President Wilson. Wilson's Hfessage a Classic London, March 13.?President Wil son's message on the Panama canal, considered purely from a literary standnnint; t? regarded by Alfred G. Gardner, editor of the Dall News, as a "classic, of which all English speak ing people can be proud." Engagement of President's Daughter Is Announced Washington, March 13.?"The pres ?tont ?nrt Slra Wtlunr. annnnnM ?ho engagement of their youngest daugh ter, Eleanor Randolph, to Hon. Wil liam Glbbs McAdoo." Tbla announce ment wa? mode today at the white nouse. by Secretary Tumulty. Miss Wilson will be the fourteenth white house bride, and the second of President Hm His Sole President Wilson's daughters to wed| in tho nation's exectutve mansion li? r sister. Miss Jessie Woodrow Wil son, became Mrs. Francis Bowes Say , re in the east room on November 25th| lust. MOHf.'i: Hi hi: RETTER (By Associated Press.I George Hike, aged 16. who was op crated on for appendicitis at the An derson county hospital Thursduy, was reported to be resting easy yesterday, lie has bee.i in a serious condition but I every hope for his recovery Is held I out. Change liante Yards Washington, March 13.?Secretary 1 Daniels has chanced the home yarda of the presidential yacht Mayflower, and his own yacht, Dolphin to Norfolk from New York. As Norfolk is nearer Washington it is expected to reduce the cost of repulrs on the craft. BUENOS AYRF.S Ql'IF.T (By Associated Press) Heuuos Ayres, Mardi 13.?Accord ing to telegraphic advices received to day from Hlo de Janeiro, quiet still prevails in the capital. An official concerning the Proclamation of I murtlal luw in Cenera suys the step waB taken owing to tho possibility oJ pacifying the state by normal means. THE LASl ISSUE OF i CONFfftERATE MONEY LITHOGRAPHIC STONES IN ! ANDERSON NOT DESTROYED D. H. Russell Te& in the Confed erate Veteran of,When Last Was Mactie Of interest Co Anderson people will be the fact, that there are now several of the, lithographic stones in' the city used in the days of the Confederacy .for making Confederate money.' This {fact 's not generally known and really ja great many people over tn* country I think that all of these stones were }destroyed. This is not the case as is shown by the following, ariicie written ;by D. H. Russeii ot this city to the .Confederate Veteran. "In the December number of the /'Veteran Comrade," W. F. Spurlln, dt Camden, Ala., writes of the last is buc of th? Confederate money en?* ' so what became of it, and also,the ,1 thopraphlc stones from which it was printed. These were pot all destroy ed, for upon Sherman's approach to Columbia the Confederate treasury was moved to Aoderson, 8. C, and lo cated in the building of the Johnstons Female University. It is known that there was a considerable amount ot .gold coin. Confederate, bills and bonds brought here, and when Brown's raid ers came through in May, 1865.'th? gold was secreted and afterwards ap propriated by men who hail, no right to it. Confederate bills and bonds wore scattered about the streets. The lithograph stories ^wbae . tk'rotfn/Jb** an abandoned .well on t^e untvers'lty campub, .where' they fo^apisd* fc>Y 20 years or more. In the meantime, a military school .was started In th-? buildings, and the principal decided to clean out this well and use It. In doing* this the lithographic ston9S were brought to light, but the action or the water had erased the Inscrip tion on most of them, though not all. There were probably fifteen or twen ty of them.' I have one of them In my home now, used as a doorstono, and I know of six or eight more used as the frontdoor step of one of ray neigh bors. The rest were ca-rled off by different people, some of the cadets. These statements caa be verified by '.witnesses here.'' INSPECTOR IS INANDE^Otf ! S. M{. . Sloan of Commis soner Watson's Office on Official Visit to Anderson S. M. Sloan from the office of K. .(. Watson, commission or ot agriculture, arrived in Anderson yesterday and jwi?l spend the uajf ? ???.???pcCtiM? va rious shipments of corn,, coro meal, flour and other food stuffs. It is un derstood the office of agriculture of thts state baa advices that moulded corn he? been a\,^t* ?Scstbf C" ol Ina and if there' are any, such ship ments In Anderso*. Mr. Sloan will find them lode. It is possible th?t ui? in hors here: may consume more than one day, in which event l?e will remain hero un-1 til Monday. irta Wants Hers Released NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS IS FILED UNLAWFULLY HELD Have Been Interned at Fort Blue Since Villa Occupied Ojinaga (By Associate Press.l San Antonio, Texas, March 13.?Art plications for release of Mexicant'ed ral soldiers interned at Fort Bliss was ready to he filed In the Federal court today. Petition for the refugees, who were interned after they fled to the L'nltdd States when Ojinaga was occupied by General Villa >Uid the Constitutional ists, has beer, rumored for some'time. The Huerta government, through its ugents. questions the right of the Uni ted States army, under The Hague treaty, to interne the federal soldlors. Conditional release of the Mexican {is demanded in the petition that couu 'sel announced tonight tahat would I request be made return?hl? in S! Pass the rtrst Monday in April. Notice that application for habeas corpus would be filed Is said to hare been formally given military author ities at Fort BIIsb. Rebels Advancing On City Of Monterey Laredo. Max., March 13.?Monterey, an Important railroad center, and the largest city in Northeast Mexico, is virtually isolated .with Rebel troops advancing from ill sides, according to the dispatch rec?leed at the Federal military headquarters at Nenvo La redo tonight. Only one telegraph wire out of Monterey is Intact, and with tae exception of the line to sslilUo, railroad communication has Wan 04 st roved. An attach on Monterey. It l?v under Southward of Ihr reb"l army. The dispatch reportced the ragsg ; body of rebels approaching from the direction of Matamor,spparentt| well supplied with arms and ammunition, including several pieces of artillery. The strength of the- two armies is , not known. WOULD FORM NEGRO COLONY Georgia Representative Introduc ed Bill?Other Meaican Matters Washington, March 13.?A bill to di rect the president to acquire "by pur chase; treaty or conqeat" the North ern states of Mexico, and to colonise them with the negroes of the United States, was introduced by Represen tative Park, of Georgia, a new demo I era tic member.' The measure which excited humorously mild comment, was referred to the foreign affaira Lommittee. It was not expected .to [get out of the committee's files. -The. government will continue to in* Islet on getting from General Carrauza mid the Mexican constitutionalists, in formation concerning the welfare of 1 all foreigners in Mexico, and will not' relax Its cneregy in using its good of-, flees for their proteet?==. This is the effect of a communication from Sec retary Bryan to American Consul Sim pich, at Nhgels, who has presented the information to General Carranza. Further inquiry as to the conditions; in Mexico is contemplated by the Sen I ate committee on Foreign relations I soon, and in anticipation of examining witnesses, the committee today obtald-' ed authorization to issue aubpoenaa. Senator Shively. acting chairman of I the committee, tonight said that it was [ proposed to get all Information that could be had. El Paso. Tex., March t? ?An Infor mal agreement was reached today by Sh Ich the rebels will give General cett prompt Information of the move ment? of the bandits along the_border. Ir. this ~'?>'. ?ha Aiiioivkn u??cer, it is sal,d. can keep his patrols On the, alert, to prevent raids'Into American territory. The committee of Spaniards having; charge of the distribution of relief funds to destitute Spanish refugee^ from Mexico today reported that 000 had been distributed. No further information of the Ca* ranxa commission's Investigation that is said to Invoke twd of Gsnsrsl Vil la's officers in the killing of William 6. Benton and Gustav Bauch, wag available. t.(MU 5; fj???>??e? charlotte. N. C, March 13.?Three small negroes, aged ?. I years sad 1? months, children of Grsavtlle Masse v. a faria?r. were burned to death in their home this morning, three flu'.ea from Monroe. N. C? while their pa rents, wer absnt.