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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. FEDERALS FEINT RETREAT EXPLODING 127 MINES UNDER PURSUERS MANY KILLED OR TAKEN PRISONERS Rebel Army Proper-Now Five Miles from Torreo?-Will Soon Bombard the Cry Villa Still Confident Mexico Ciiy, Mar. 26.-?-Con firmation of the reported defeat of General Villa's army at Tor re?n by Federal forces under General Vel?sco was given in a message received at noon today at the Mexican war office. The rebel losses are placed at 700 men killed. The rebels are said to be re treating at Bermejillo, a town on iiie railroad dwenty miles north of Torre?n. At the war office it was said that the messa/re was sent ?rom San Pedro De" Las Colonias, a. town 37 miles norteast of the battlefield andras filed by a Fed eral officer. lt was the first despatch to come through the fighting zone. Eagle Pass, Tex., March 26. Notice were posted in Piedras Negras declaring Villa had been repulsed with a loss of' 2,000 kilK> ed and wounded, and. that the constitutionalists are now retreat ing toward Escal?n. No details were .obtainable alt Pa*o. Te*., March 2f,.-Conflict ing reports today loft tao situation at Gomez Palacio and Torre?n a mat ter of conjectura General Vllh? telo-* graphed to' ffianbel Chao at Jeayes, that he hod been In" possession ot Go-1 mips Palaoio since mortons end'ipifch'] dieted that the' rebels' would 'seen have Torre?n, not later than Saturday ] On tho other hand Miguel biebold of Huerta's \-o.iSu?sr service? exhibited telegrams declaring the rebels bad been repulsed at all pola;?. niebold asserted that when at ?rat' tho rebels thought thoy had'taken Go mez Palacio they wore victims of a ruse, os a result of which they lost i nissy ?tju? Atm ??UuuSu and six hun dred prisoners. Tho F?deral retreat, he aald, waa a feint to draw the rebels over 127 dynamite mines which he said . were exploited under the invaders with the result mentioned. General Villas telegram as given out by General Chao, asaarted that the i rebels were maintaining a base at El Vergel, five miles rroni Gomez Pa lacio, whllo the railroad between the two places was hoing repaired. He ad- j dod that the Fed?rala had attempted to evacuate Torre?n through hills to the South, but were driven back lalo , the city. Chao declarg* Vitt? asserted that i for 2t hours prece.1big.-hla taking of Gomes Palacio tho battle was con ?ned mostly to artillery practice. Today VfMa ta elated ra* Baying that i bia men vere moving Into positions for the attack on Torreen proper and that be believed tbs Federals would be in no position to withstand an as sault after the bombardment which tho rebe!* have in store for them. Observers ?'f the situation bare say that they bars been misled so often tn the last ten days by so-called of ficial reports of both sides that ueltb er 'official uttlrgnco waa impressive. More importance, lt waa said waa at tac h ed to the new embarre which h?s? prevented newspaper .correspondents at the front from sending impartial stories of events under their obser vation. Villa Is Claiming Chihuahua. Mex.. March 26 -An of ficial report today says the rebels have established headquarters within a mlle of Gomes Palacio and are try ing td get in closer to Torre?n. Fir ing was heavy today, bat tba relative! positions of the opposta* armies with ? respect to Torre?n wa? little changed-1 tutlonallst agency-.hero early Friday morning gave out tbs following tele ?Ta?B tzv?i H??se? Husqutz, cchstitu tlonaltat agent at Ki Paso: "Gomes Palacio and Lerdo are in our banda and Torreon ls completely nurrounded. We are expecting victory at any hour." -rr HESELS ITRAVELING JKEN ON MOTORCYCLES [Salesmen Coming Into Anderson| Daily on the Motor Driven Bicycles . Armour & Company has int md ne ed an innovation in this section of I the country by sending out their| traveling salesmen on motorcycles. Representatives of the company are going from town to town In this part of the at ate on their own machine?, I an? it is sa!d that they nmc been able so far <o make much better con nections than the railways afford. The salesmen Iftft the home office I this week on mptorcycles for the first I time. The weather tja? been of the | beat and the roads are in the prime , of condition. This was done much I to facilitate travel, and has at the beginning made a favorable impres sion upon the. traveling men. When I rains come, though, and' the roads j grew almost impassable In certain |, sections of the country, the machines must neee??i?ri|y vive way tc * railroaded. STOCK m&N WILL I SOON COME HERE! [4. T. Watt Expected Hem to Con fer With Anderson County Stock Raisers J. T. Watt, United States govern ment live stock expert, attached to I Anderson-areenvffflhBparlanburg ter ritory who has jti?t returned form a J trip to the mlddCW&st, where he purr ,cbaf?d-f?^P worth af Hr* ?tock fm the farmers'Ihtsra^ted in Ure stock development will be in Anderson . .. '? .? ? ? gald to tat? up the matter of another shipment of cattle from the West All future gvsde cattle, will tb all ? probability, have to como from Kan- ] aas to Missouri, as it ls almost im possible to purchase grade live stock east of these states, so great ls the demand and so short ls the supply. It may be that the nett trip will bo In the "Teia.i Pach?ndl?, ^sre thors ?s e?lt? I a. gOOu buppiy, ?U? ?vii?re poor graso conditions make prices cheaper, hav- I lng been a drought In.that section of,| I the country last season. - I ?rr**1 persona dea Irin* to place orders for s*?ck may leave ,sasie with J. W. Fothrock, Chamber of Commerce Ag rlcnltnral Lepartmept, or leave same it lb?; ofTico of the chamber of com merce. ? RAItWAY Witt . DIMINISH HELP Pennsylvania W?l Cut Oat Sev eral Thousand Men Mow On Their Payroll Philadelphia, March 26.--It waa sta ted at the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company today , that the pol icy of retrenchment and economy put in effect In the cloping months of last I year will be continued until the num- I ber. of employee on Its lines east of I Pltsturc'u and Erie bad been reduced form 142,000 to 117,000. The company \ today confuvmed the reports of the number of employes had already been lowered in the last few months to 125,000. It waa explained that the trafile tn October 1913 when 142.000 men were ! employed, waa about the rain* aa lal February 1810, whewvi?V.OOO men were ] on the pay roll a-cdiihat the company i decided to reduce vti& number of em- ! ployea to the 1910 basia. - j The Unes wc?t of FUsburg, it was further stated. . are also affected by I the retrenchment policy, but no ^fig ures were given ont. Drowned ht Washtub, Atlant?. V?.r >h ?S -La%iu in thc backbit:d'the twt^yunr-oid'scm of Dr. and WTrs. Wandall Wttltson fell Into ? washtub* yesterday afternoon and was drowned. o e e e o ed a * a e a e.o e ? o . a/e 'a,.;. tNDEHWOOD'S RACE? o .'a -;- ? a o Washington, ?ifarch 28.-Rep- o o canutaste mr the Alabaua der.; 0 oeretla nomination, today filed o 9 ttl? comnata^?i?fjvnt?*- ?nd o je e&peiur? ?taUwMfit, showing ex 1 o pendltujfe***.* $2,477.2?. with jo contribnUon? from private eour o ces amountm*v<4>r$S,la06f.. o? .' ' a ?a e e ? o oe a ecceeooeeoe ?o GREAT BRITAIN IS STILL FACING DIFFICULT SITUATION STAFF CHIEF QUITS Premier's Promised Statement to Parliament Postponed Until Today (By ABROClated Press) London March 2C.-That the gov ernment still ia facing a situation of extreme .difficulty ia proved by the fact that Premier Asquith was not In ( a position tonight to make his prom ised statement in parliament, cud it I consequently wa? postponed until to morrow. I The Only new facts in the situation today were found in the resignation I of Field Marshal Slr John French. .chief of the imperial staff and Slr John Spencer Ewart, adjutant general from the army councils Rumors that ' other members of the army council 1 have resigned could not be conflremd. I It (a now asserted that aa soon an ? the government formally withdraws ilix: B??j?iivccB gtVc? by O?*. ?icC\y, secretary ot war, and Field Marshal Sir john French, many officers will again resign their commands and as one of them'said; "This time for good" j Brigadier General dough,- com mander of the Third Cavalry Brigade, [ said today: "If Premier Asquith with- , j draws- the' guarantees ho will have to throw over the army council and the I government will he faced particularly with disruption of the anny." Lumbermen In Convention. Norfolk, Va,, March 2$.-The twen ty-fifth annual meeting ot the North Carolina Pine association composed of lumber, manufacturers in Virginia North ahd South Carolina, began here today with a large, attendance. Propetry Owners and Railroad Will Probably be Able to Get Together I Following the suggestion n.ade tn .The intelligencer Thursday morning, the owners. Of land adjacent to the Blue Ridge raliway in ?bat portion of tho firv tr. be affected hy th? erec tion of tho new passenger ?*?Uon for that line, and the railroad officials will probably be able to ?et together on the matter now perplexing Hhemn They may lie. able to arrange the mat tera so that there will bs no litigation or troubles ip tbJJP?ourtS., It ia hoped that an arrangement can he made between the property owners and the railroad officials by which the mather can be amicably adjusted It waa Buggcfctcd that the property own ers \glve right of way for an alley way just In tho rear ot" Tho Intelligent esr fchice* extending from Hubbard's Jewelry alore to the railroad, which will supply them with means for get tint Itt an? otfljbr their business hous es il theirftllmgd company would then bridge the eua ?This has been the bone of contention between the .persons af- j feelcd and thi: railroad and thia ls what gave vise to the threat of In junction proceedings. The property owners hold that with the. erection of the new passenger station tuey would be cut off froib a rear exit for the stores fablag cn North Kain street and on the public square, ^and would have no meanp of getting goods in or out of their store?. The intelligencer pointed out yes terday niornitg that much of the tim ber ufced In the old bridge ~ " be utilised in tho construction o- uaw bridge and t t a conference held by the property owners Thursday this was concefle? to be possible. Follow Ins a d?ic?Estcr. ou the matter, all the proj^irty CUTitTZ a?T?c??? -wiiu one possible .exception, agreed that, the building ot tho new bridge: was t' s correct* COUMC to pc roue and are on r^.Or*> *z*r ?** i Villip yin Capt. J. it. Anderson, superinten dent of the Blue Ridge railroad raid yesterday that he was in no porlttm to mago any premises concerning this matter but he was of the opinion that In ord?? to help ooh bb? railroad, would bcbr .part of ?be expense in the , matter of building a bridge mich aa will b* UM,hired. If the railroad will do thia, this matter t til probably be adjusted and thus months of lUisattan iwtl! be avoided and the |..,ealbltlty of having lb* Improvements on the rall ?road holdup will be done away with. I captain anderson says them ls ab aolntely bo chad ow on the titles of tba raUrna.4 to the atrip of land In* tat ii would not help th? mer chan ta to takes the matter VESSELS THAT WOULD PROFIT BY FREE TKADE OWNED BY MOGULS THE BATTLE BEGUN ! Rule Introduced HI'lerner House to Limit Debate ??t .Measure to Twenty Hours I(By Associated Press) Washington, March 26.-A rule to limit debate on the Panania tolls ex- 1 emption ropeal hill to 20 hours was 1 presented today to rhV house at 4 i o'clock, a vote on the rules was ex- < pected before adjournment. < By agrev?uent debate Oft thc rule was \ limited to three boura, 0? half under control of Chairman. Henry and one i half under control of ? representative 1 Campbell, ranking republican of the 1 rdles committee," forty minutes time ! to be allotted to the J?rr?gressives. Representative Heat**.opened tho argument for the rule. H;? discovered i that the free tolla Plaf?fV of the Bal-. * timor? platform did not.represent tho 1 democratic sentiment gjfd pointed out ; that when the Panamnse&nul act was i passed, only V2 democralit iu the house 11 votad for free' tons, While 94 voted i sgainat the provision. "I propose," he eaUngo aid in the correction of a bhinner that h?d<M$tr > committed by the ?merfc?n congress. This free toll provlsl?nalpiates a trea ty and contract Wc ajUHHth England i and other nations. .T% r>r2sldeut of I the United States bj|HSpe to the 4 house and has s um ramped us to Iiis cid in this great cHaawQtfl I propose to follow him." i Mr. Henry asuerfetftgJB the Ameri can people becured no'benefit from 4 Tree tolls and ass?ft?j^wat the yes- i s^ls that would pf^KSJIMJj^ho exemp- ! tien are owned sIHMfeteel Trusts, the Standard Oil Trb^j?t? tho South- i ern Railway, the NsjjjMfJ&<n: Railway < and the Seaboard xSS?tMk. 'These, aro the proptfwho are to shipping trust investigating commit tee ?to show the railroads controlled moat of the American ships which ute the Canal. .Progressive leader Murdock oppos ed the rule saying: "I am not willing to narrender by < my vota in any upirit of-eas/ ??eomp da?ion to f?raat. nrh.v.r:. tut* :<aiion ?SVtrcigbis ?^?mi. ? U) not fully know the complica?:...ti which bring this crista: We s'e asked not co suKpend the tolls exemption laws until our rights may be arbitrated, hut tq confess national dishonor f do not know tile* relations which make Great Brittan and .Tnnnn friends, or, ? Japan and Huerta allies, or bow near true the rumor Is that wc need the , aid of Oreat Brittan as Japan's friend , < to lighten our responsibility is Mex- < leo. . But the known facts, the risible < facti, tho arguable facts are plain and < elementary so far as our rights In the i canal are concerned. I "Shall wo surrender our soverlgn- ' ty In the canal? Before the surrender i the, Act seems of little moment to ( many; but after the surrender, each , y:>ar will emphasise the- error that ? may bo committed here." i There Was deep feeling in the presi dent's voice, as he explained tho sit uation to ona group of callers. He re- i fermi to the American nation as too t big and powerful to bo ungenerous or , captious tn its 'construction of the. i trestles. The United States ho bc- ? Hoves ls too big to say, we will do just j aa little as possible and as we please IQ Interpreting our obligations. He in sisted that , the thing for the United , States to do waa voluntarily and un grudgingly to make its own ships pay ' tolla on as compared with the inter- i national ' Inconvenience and loss of i prestige which he thinks would be occasioned. . Killed Uncle Was Set Free (By Associated Presa) Calhoun, Ga., March 28.-After Mrs. Charles Chapman told the court that ?ne ?med ber uncle. Sidney Chapman, because he was guilty Of Improper conduct toward ber, Justice Vox, pre siding at her preliminary trial here today ordered the woman's Immediate release and ahe was rentored to free dom. Mr?. Chapman's confession .was not unexpected aa ber lawyers annonuc?d .hat mho tVrtnl/T r>lw.luih!? waa,Wk ^ tm. portant statement jn connectloti wP\t the killin*, r^ast Saturday -narrung tho body of Shiner Chapman waa fonnd lying outside the door, of Mrs. tassie Star nea* home. Mrs, Sternes and her daughter. Mrs. Charles Chap man were arrested as suspects, and Charlea Chapman was later tak?n toto custodyd on Ovs sam? charge. Viv.'. lui IO THE SITH BILL COTTON EXCHANGE REGU LATION BILI. WILL UN DERGO CHANGE ALL FOR ADOPTION Government Standard of Grading ivor ^'Middling Batu" of Settlement ???? (By Associate Press.) Washington, March 26>- Debate on thc Smith cotton exchange regulation bill In the Senate today Indicated that the lnawure would be radically amen ded bt*f.w.;> it passed. Senate loaders lonlght h:.?d, that while prohibition of jae of ibo mall to members or ex changee dealing thc futures for other than actual delivery, would bc retained In the bill, the uocllon probably would be chang?e to muk? lt apply ouly to mattera directly relating to, future contracts. LTrglng hie amendments broadening the bill's termed Seiuanr Hoke Smith of Georgia. dcc\;red Jpe so-called Pat ti a cotton DOO' w;u* s patriotic enter prise entered toro-for the purpose of rro^iu?? \*n*a ens^i ln^tfc?- .legiti mate bujdn^ea* or trading ip-cotton, from the cvH influences W the Nsw York notion exchange. The men who formed/that pool, lie said deserved commendation and not indictment as bad been their fate. SAnatr.r Rs?sdeJ! -defended legit? mate ful ure trading as the only pffeami by which stifle contracts for spot :otton between manufacturers utid merchants could be piado. The bill and all substitutes and !tmenda.ents under consid?ration would provide" for the adoption by all lotion exebangea of the govarn.tt;?.ut standard of grading. In regulating future contracta it is proposed ,'hat ibo actual commercial difference tn the value between the grade deliver ed an-1 ahnt called for on the middling bases provision of such contracts shall AN ELABORATE SCALE Secretary Daniels Will Send Bet -t!?*hij? foi t?e Occasion tt? "Fravided" (By Ansociate Press.) Jackaonville, Pla.. March 2G.-The Rnanc'6 committee of tho Confederate reunion organization announces today that ample fuud3 to carty out the re union plarji and festivities on |ke? elaborate neale have' been obtained. &23.000 have been paid ht. with $7, M)0 more' p'.eflgpd and fully $15.000 In sight, it looks RH ir more than 150, }OQ will be raised If that amount la needed, declared Chairman Chase of the campaign soliciting coin m it tee Today is "button day" and the women ir? 86lllng them on th.- streets at tl sach and are meeting with great suc cess. Adjutant General Forrest de jares the reunion will bo one' of the moat successful ever held. A telegram from Congressman L'Engle today announcer that Sec retary of the Navy Daniels will send the 'president's yacht, Mayflower and one or more battleships or ccruttera here during the Confederate reunion in May, "provided the Mexican situ ation at that time, will permit." Norfolk. Va., Man* 20.-The but tlcships Wyoming, Rhode Island, Vir ginia and Nebraska re; irned to Hamp ton Roads today from the Southern drill grounds off the Virginia capes, following target practice. The trophy Is declared to Ile between the Itbodo island ' and Wyoming "with tho rtah still on tho "drill "groun"dsr^h?*?fttb?r ls expected hore tomorrow. Southern Pacif ic's Revenuen Decreaced (By Associated Prose.) San Francisco, Cal., March 2d-For ate ' eigbt month? ending February 28,1914, the Southern Pacific Company mowed ' a decrease In gross revenue >t $3,201,127 and a decrease In the re renne in exe?** Of'operating expon ?as and taxes ot $4,506,748. During-the same period there waa tn increase in operating expenses of M93.663. an mercase of taxes of #811. ?5V and an increase In total expense? '.i.d taxes Of $1.305.620. X?_ x^- ,_-* . A , .--. * I * v. . vwi u*?* jr , . v . ... ?M ?5?ri>c, vm? - Corresponding months In 1913, the dc' o .rease In grots revenues was |60t,? o Ila and the decrease tn revenue ebovj* o jperattng expensa and taxes was 94&V o lld, while the Increase in taxes waa o 177,879 and the Increase In all ie> o tenses Including taxes waa $188,009. o These' figures were given out today j o rom tho company's office. > nhl. " " '?>.:v?iai . \ RED lETlER THE UER tEMOVE MENACE TO NAVIGATION !ulh of Sunken Liner Monroe Blown Up by Revenue Cutter Service Norfolk. Va., March 2d.-The BUb iergod hulk of the old Dominion liner ion roe. whlcii gatik off the Virgina oaat on January M. with a los? of wo r.vorrt lives, wan blown up (oday y ibo revenue' butter Onondaga, light hundred and forty panuda ot un cotton wa? ox ploded in domoilsh W the wre?k, which was considered \ the revenue service, na a menait ?. ) navigation. Nono of thc bodies OL ! 10 dhaster'B victima waa found. I Captain Chlowell of the Onondaga, I ad been inatucted to remove wreck go to a depth of forty feet. Fourteen thieu were exploded, each containing iv ty pounds of KU neut ion. Diver ex luhuition showed np wreckage re tained above a depth of fifty four >ot. Although in H peet ion bore out the Sport? of divers who previously had xploi-ed tho wreck, to the effect that 11 of the forty-one bodies that went ow, with thc vessel had boen swept WJiy. COMMISSIONERS DID NOT TARRY L. Caughman and McDuf fie Hampton Only Two Mem bers in the Party Thc railroad commission of South aroliua did not tarry on ita visit to, uderson yesterday, hoing here f?r itj? about '?b minutes. Thc part o iring r.t i:;;r, o'clock and leaving I t 2:10 . 1.. Caughman and McDuflle Hampton 'ere the only two members to visit H;; city, Major John O. Richards, the -.airman, having been unable to reach ugusta in tim? for. Ui?v departure of ie special. hV M. tioat, suporiot 'li ent of construction of the P ft W. ?, iii road accoinpai led tba tommin- j< iuuer; io Anderson. . j .The party was mci at the station I v local ofuclatH of ?ho rv W. C. r?*i? y. :.::rt and escorted over the city. They f bent a short time at the railroad tatlon br>re and visited the business iatrlct of the city, hf ter which they carded their train and proceeded to IcCormick. There they were- Joined y M i ?or Richards and he will ac jmpany them on tho trip to Laurens, rom wh!ch point a -visit will be made 3 Spn.rtnnburg. T.V commlSblor.?->ra said that they ad observed a great many lraprove tents op. tho road bed of the Charles in & Western Carolina and .compll .ented tbe Anderson officials on the ork that the' railroad had done, ea crislly tho ballasting on the Ander >h line. i 1 :HAMP CLARK ON PANAMA TOLLS I fakes Red Hot Statement Op-] posing President Wilson*? Policy Washington, March 26.-Speaker 'hamp Clark, who before had not nnounced his position on the repeal Otley, issued a statement Thursday fternoon. Sorely thero in nothing acred about this repeal bill, and nero ia no reason for this mad rush, aid tho speakers statement. "I wilt ot he a party to ramming such a rule own tin- throats of members. An Andersen Boy. Greenwood, March 26.-James A. oyt waa today elected president ot ie state conference of charities 'am irrections. now In session here. Ile :cc?"d? ?v??r. A- T. Jamison, president : the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, r. Hoyt is-president of a Columbia inking '-ruse and ds clerk of the >use in thc South Carolina legisla te. Hu was formerly editor of a Dtumbia newspaper. O O O it O fl o o o o o e a o o o o . o o UK AIM)*' t'0M.If?0\ o Fort Smith, Ark., Mar. 26.- o Between 25 and . 30 persona o were hurt, nen? o? them 6a- o tally in a collision between two o Frisco passenger trains west o of here today., Physicians were o l im from bore. ?', o noonoo COUNT i FIE! D DAY TO BE A BIC EVENT OF TODAY PLANS COMPLETE FOR THE EVENT Feral Field Day That Anderson County Has Ever Known Begins Early This Morning Nothing had bean .loi! u;i.l>ao last night In the plana, and preparations io; Anderson county field day, the drat of Its kind ever held in this couti ?yy and If tho weather today ls fin?^ ns tho school officials hope it wlll.be, the event will be the biggest success ?if its kind that th^.school people baye ^ver attempted. , If.J.. ll. Felton, superintendent of ed ucation last night.said.that bc bsd put forth ? vc ry effort to make the events of today a continuous success and that li? felt assured they would be. Miss Maggie M. darlington, sttper vlBoatoj^rural schools, said that she : :'^^|SHlfcS*rd t? completing all :tStt4toe'day and that if ev r bseture on Uta t.rogram did not' MjjG^Hp would be disappointed. * B. 0/*fl9tSnts, superintendent ot the city schools, said be waa positive that the school officials done er orythhtg that could be d. .:o and that the success of Anderson.' v rsl field, Jay now IV with the bsacuori and the pupil* of the various srhuols. Tho following ,1s the complete pro gram tor the day and the hours %t which the various events './Ul tage place: . ? "?j, ?j, " Judges- Clan* A. Visa Jessie. Herron, MU? Mb g Hit* gida sod Miss Mary Wilmington. ??eructan? K* in. Miss Ethel w%V Teague.. 1:56 ifcieek. Map dr?W*^r?^02?35t - XS??C?$ ICreet School. ? nages. ...Mise Macy Fant, Miss UU.au Clink K^s Sallie Thompson, to i I.^ O'Clock. '??edy Street chotrt. ."; ? ; !. Judge* grd Grade Ms te h. Mloo Jessie Thompson and Mrs. lohn Ragedale. Jadg*s 4th and '.th Grad? Unten. Mian Valeria Crowther and Mias) f-ois Hudgeiia. ludfres ?iii nnd Higher tJrtdes Match. Mr. W. C. Petr?, and Miss Huela olff. 18 O'Clock. Picnic dtnne- at Suena Vista park, 8 O'Clock, At Buena V?a?a "ark-Co?uly AUi? letic meet, Presentation1 of pr.zea by Prof; W. . Tate, supervisor ot rural schools. Judgesr-Boy's Wood Work. Mr. D. H. Russell, Mr. J. E. Barton ?nd * M. Paget. jadgett-fJirl's Hand Werk. .Nf ra Albert Sharp, Mrs. Rufus Fant ind Mrs. Span Howling. Judges-Floats. Mayor Lee O. Hoi loman, Rev. J. WI ?;ieake and Mr?. T. A. Wigglngton. Indications are that theta will ba mt less, than 5,000 school children tn slty arid lt Is very probable that even ? larger number will be here. With, tooti weather ev?ry single school In Snderson county will sendjatge del egations and it will be a sight the >eople of Anderson never saw before viten all-these children got.together* lt ls planned to'kdve every event m (he program started promptly at he iiour for.which lt is set and th??? vha have charge ot the undertaking ?id last night that thay hoped to be ible to carry this out throughout tho irogram'. Ono ot the decided features of tho !ay '"Ul WUi? pimtc dinner at Ru ina Vista park at noon. St? thousand ?hlldreu eating dinner, many of them iccompanled by their parents, will be i sight to behold. The various contests Will all draw argo crowds but th? nett drawing vent or tbe day will be probably tho ''ii.-tic events which will begin at tho ?ark on tho stroke of eight o'clock. ? heoe events the boya from all sarta if' the cdnnty ^'^?^?^HM'^^Bwngj wiii^HMHssSnHM plendld feature will'be the basebaH ?ante. When everything ts said abd dona, .nderson county win today have a leid cfny to be favorably compared /Ith those of the other counties of the (tate and lt will bo a day long to e remembered by every school child n AodorBon. HnHwHsfls^BsH