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.
200 MEN Tit
Women and Children, R<
By Ar Rescuer^ Strive \
Alive WhSL
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VILLAGE SHAKES WITH FOR,*
THAT BRINGS ?H SECOND
EVER HAPPENED IN COAL
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190 KNOWN DEAD
(By Associated Pyes?,)
Ecce?ee, W. Va,, April
28.?^General Bay les. of
the New River Coiher!e?
Company, announced at
midnight the ISO rainer?
entombed in mine No. 8,
wrecked today by an ex
plosion, are dead. Mr.
BoyScs said the disaster
was doe to a ?fast explo
sicta. ;
Eleven bodies have
been, recovered from mine
number 6, a connecting
operation and six men aye
mhamg. ' Fifty-nine men,
all seriously burned, were
rescued from this opera
tien. ' :
' oil
Ecceles, W.
Four miners a
,#*d. fifty-nit
April 2.8.?;
jwri 1o be
it is be'iev?d, for their IiVss," fc?j
the result of an explosion of fcaij
m mines rumber 5 and 6 of th?l
New Rive Coal Collieries Gom-|
any late today.
The dead and rescued were ta.Kr j
en from mme No. 6 and it is all
but thirteen who entered this shaft J
early today have been accounted
v for. -; -<'> 'A . ' ' i
Rescuers Wnrjk Hard.
k One hundred and ninety of the
entombed men are in shaft ?ttui-j
\ bit 5, not a man having escaped"
since the explosion. The minis
tonight was burning fiercely, with
government, state and ybiuhteer
' rescuers working desperately to
subdue the flames.
The depth of the two main
shafts is 600 feet anl trie mines
. .ar.- connected underground. ]
re are two other shafts i
mines, but the explosion tn
ally wrecked three out oi the
iour. The lone entrance lea?si
into mine w.mber 6 and by ui.
of it the rescues were made, j
Little Hope to Savers .
umber 6 mine ?ppar-uisy ? shttt j
. ?ad Hscusr. ;
?lativea of Victims Stand
o Save Those Buried
5 Working
:e of dust explosion
WOfeST DISASTER i1
FIELDS OF blue
dead. The injured were assisted to
nearby homes* where physicians.WJait
*d to care for them. . . : y^Sl^V^
Th? rescued men expressed doubt
thai u.ny of the thirteen miners still,
in number G shaft would be taken Out
[alive. Some of the'men said'portions
I of number 5 -mine were 'badly \?
ed and they believed that the entrance
connecting with number &' had been
entirely destroyed.
Are Mostly Americans,
or the, bodies recovered, two aroj
Americans, one a foreigner anjf?^ttf?
fourth a negro. Many of the miners
are Americans.
A- United States government rescue
party arrived, at the mine at 5 o'clock
this afternoon and another- is - due
from nt?r?r?gh. Fa.. lomotfow.
The t<cw Rivers CoMerles Com
[ j?&b Connected with the Cuggon
jbeiov interests.
The rescue parties worked through
out the evening. Their combined" ef
forts were directed toward min?' num
ber & where ISO. men are entombed; .
[TOLLS REPEAL
Tacked Ois the Menkore
(By Associated Press).. 1
; Washington, April 2&.?After a twoj
hour discuslon today on the boose bill I
I repeal the Panama free tolls provision, j
.?fe? ?sna?*? estiftl "^HTKS?lee fyrep**^'?'
! to vote ' tomorrow on .these. four iiro
I posais-. . . 'I
To report the bill without, recom
mendabon:
To report It with en amendment pro
posed/ by S???t?r Stwtu??? yruio?t
would declare that by passing.t?ie rs
penl bhu> the jL'ft&ed mates ;would
wv?ve no righto possessed under the
! Hay-Psuncefoto treaty or otherwise :
! -: To report it with another amend
I ment proposed by Senator Shields, de
claring that the bill's passage should
not.fee hold to be ,a ccsccasicn by the
United States that it has not the right
to exempt its coastwise shipping from
ii'.r Walsh, which would, offprtl
(any foreign nation an opportunity
to try the mattet before the United
eport woul
session.
OFF N. C. COi
Mfs S*v?r# from Norfolk Go
i ' To . AMf 'of . Cr?(r---Ke?vy
Sem Powr?ng Vessel
: (By Associated Press)
Norfolk, April 28.?A Bh?p re
in*'the British steamer Argo,
I JawteS, from Prdgreso for.
FEDERAL JUDGE !|
JONES IS DEAD.
Decedent Was Twice Governor
/ Of Alabama?Appointed To |
Bench By Roosevelt |
H & Associated Press) j
Montgomery. April 28.?Thomas G. |
Jones federal judge of the middle Ala- j
>ama district, former governor-of the
$ate and one of the most prominent i
figures In Alabama for half a century,
died this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
the family residence here. Judge
Jones ?as - born in Macon county, -
knd with the exception of the periods
at the Virginia Military Institute and
Vttb General Lee and Gordon during
four yea'?*s of the civil war, he spoilt
In his entire life in this State.
Following the war Judge Jones Was
a leader In restoring white? supremacy
In Alabama, and edited the Dally Pica- '
yunet a powerful influence during the
Iff Alf? nf rA/lrtnai^i,*?*l??? Tn .? ?a^.^. -
day address in this city in 1874, he
sprang Into national prominonceflfljt*
Insing the sentence: "We can be
queath to our children nobler legacies
than discord and hate." He was elect
ed governor In 1890. and, in 1902. on
Ith? death of Judge John Bruce. 3?e
was appointed federal Judge by Presi
dent rtooTseVcii
01^ CANDIDATE
HAS ANNOUNCED
First Sombrero Hurled Into the
Ring For Office of Mayor of
Anderson
fighting tor the olBce'when the various
nther aspirants for the ofP.ce made
their bow, 1
, Mr, Payne has served on the city
council of Anderson and has also held
the office of County treasure?. That
h? b?a KMiny friends WUt' be- ?d!*Jt?*e4
on every side and he will be a hard ,
man for som? candidate to down. .
There are to be a number of can-]
didutes Ie tfco cemia* feat; they
are just a little bit slow aibout ma- t
teiialudag. Many say thai C. E. Tot-'
ly will be sure to run, while. J. 8. SV>w- '
1er and V/. Ia Brissey are also being1
prominently mentioned. .
(When affairs do warm up there will
be "something doing" and the voters
of Anderson "will have a merry time
}a selecting the men *?> *t**r the ship
of State for the next term.
TFnnVKIIJ_q
TWO TIGERS
?^onel Also Discovers New;
Tribe of People Who Dispense
With Clothes
(By Associate? Ptoss)
Rio de Jnneiro. April -lonel
Theodore Roosevelt on his journey
through unexplored regions of Brasil
discovered a tribe of savage hitherto
unknown.
The tribesmen, who were named
Pahhantes. -were naked ? C&ptaln A mil
car Masai Haas, chief of the Brazilian
mission accomcHuiylng Colonel Koose
velt, who relates this discovery to the
GAZBTA D?5 NOTIC??? today, says
the party met stirring adventures.
Colonel Hcoseveit killed two large
He? c*lb'
The expeouion traced the course of
the river Gyplranat a tributary of tha
the Gypiraaa March 13 when.
,e of the hosts capltfsed. only
trage was lost. The total bag1
imonats fo;4boui 2,M*H*&?
-? !
DIPLOMATS DISCUSS PLANS!
TO END
TROUBL?
ARMY GETS^ll?AbV
WflxUry Departments of U. S.
Prepare to F?H
Of the* Crb?
.1 (By Associated Frese.)
Washington, April ?8^t-The Mexlcai
criais now is centering on tile '
between those who are '.s??
th rough the good, offices and inter w,
diaUon of Latin-America to And some !
middle ground for pacific adjustment,
and those wno regard'a resort to ?
as an inevitable consequence of
baa occurred.'
War and Peace More?.
^Throughout today two dlst
uinuvinni u? b?itkj nvTi 7,". ,"-7. ?
here that of the ?voys of Argent .
Brazil and Chile in formulating sfefpfB
of adjustment to bo submitted to
United States and the Hu?rta rt
and that of the military and _
forc?e of the United States which_
tinue to go forward steadily in prepar
ation for any eventuality* which sasfc
cy?ye!op.
Fnaston at. Vera frffs.
The arrival of Generai Fcuoton und
a brigade of 5,000 troopB at Vera.Cr&t
Wee one of notable military devehw
meats of the day. '
Chief lnierost wa* dlrecled -to tb^
sessions of the South America envpy^j
lasting through th? day and iftt? into
the, evening. The m^.
atv?ta.Argentine legi
?d abor.t a
three envoys
internaUoai
and his cabinet advisers,- held, ?
teaylhy, sheeting, devoted , cniedy to
thpv-Colorado situation, although the
Mexican crisis continued In the ie#e
ground. To a large extent, however,
ft was felt that; the Mexican situation
Was unur -before thosa .s..
djsr taken to exercise. ux??r good Ot
flcea and care was taken not to embar
ras* the efforts of the envoya by any
announcement of conditions of set
would insist upon.
Envers gee Bryan,
Secretary' Bryan was called upon
by 0 ipasssdora and ministem of Sure
pea.5 as well as South American coun
tries. Amdng the visitors was the
French ambasador. Mr. Jussfcrand, who
th? French, ambassador, ML Jusaerand.
who expressed the warm empathy of
his country in the cause o& mediation.
With the exception of the three South
American countries, no power has
taken an oAclal action, although <h?
European diplomats are doir.^j their
utmost to further the cause or ?terje.
Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, British am
bassador, also WaS One 07 - .
Bryan's callers, Ids purpose, being to
report the result of the interview
held yesterday In the Mexican .capi
tal" by Sir Lionel Carde?, British
minister, with Centra
Lionel strongly Impr-.
p uerai the oplnkm of h_.
ment ibat he should sect
the good offices tendere?
Seasieaa Are Stws-L,
The sessions of the > i
being conducted In stric
no announcements are'l
the various stages of pr
on, it la expected, that
warrants, an officiai Hi
issued. But this is not lilt
attitude of tho two sides is being
weighed and an effort made to com
pose the most serious' peint&rof dis
egreiment, Thus far, ,
neither side has submitted formal con
ditions, nor has either aide^dfeep ap
proaehed as to cor,
might be mad % t he
being ?g?nerai survey
confert?<??.%iUi the best
on both sides, to develop > iMai'AseniJl?
07 approach toward a sattetontory n?d
dlr, ?round.
Fwporia Were circulated te ?a*???ao
ditomsth; quarters during tbo dav that
one of the plans ander ?aasi
contemplated a nrbvlskVa*} i
form of sov?.rument in Mexico.
cd
kCTION RESULTS OVER TiLL
MkWS CLAIM THAT TRUST
IS MAINTAINED
feAYS SOUTH IS HURT
Garoi?iuan Declare* That
Factories of Dixie Are At the
Mercy of the Morgan?
i
(By Associated Press)
Washington. April 28.?An investi
u by the navi affairs committee'I
the senate of alleged manipulation J i
f the coal business of the southern <<
In the interest of the Pennsyl-rj*
la railroad system and the mines J;
-which um that system was recom- j
mended to the senate today by the
'naval atfairs committee. Senator Till- ;
man, chairman of tlw committee, erg- ;
ed the importance of such an investi
gation. The resolution wss referred
*rol
Tlllmaa Discarded Mere.
Declaring that the railroads domi
the ent|rd coal situation in the
j south. Senator Tlilman said:
r "I was talking with a friend last
I week in tiouth Carolina, who is prcs
Iidant of thi'ftft cotton m.lla and ha tnlrf
me that coal cost them at tho mines
around $1 per ton end miners could
mcke money at that; that the cost of
teanfe^Mofftatlp? was anywhere ifc-om
I$3.7.% to $3.50. This is due to the
fact that the Southern Railway as Is
allleged is controlled by Morgan & Co.
and associates who \ use and abuse. It
in. the Interest of t'a'elr greater lnveRt
pnBl'lii'lii ni mi>.n8 on the Pennsyl
vania system.
Theru can be no Just reason why
manufactures in Georgia, South
13, North Carolina.
compared wHh'?''th^ir,'ctnnpetitors' in
! other states.
Says IVuHf Is In It.
"Anoth jt thing: Tbl? coal trust, so
called. by pome arrangement which we
OfilSk tQ find OUt. t>P?V<U?t* th-w. ?hiwwi mmi ?
of. cofti from. Wert Virginia and the
territory I have outlined to New York
or any point south of it The city of
Washington ? Uself is prevented from
of the" Pennsylvania's dominating at
titude towards the other coal roads:
Vis, the Southern Railway, the Chesa
tpeaks and Ohio and the Norfolk tnd
' Western Railway.
"I am told Its costs sixty seven casts
a ton to set coal across the bridge
here from Alexandria, seven: miles, if
it comes from the mines on'Wtfi;
Southern Railway, while coal from the
mines on the Norfolk and Western
Railway shipped over the Southern
Railway, comes Into Washington at
nnty turtntr rnntt a tnn hlahi>> than
the" rate to "Alexandria.
Says Feeble are Robbed.
"I am told that the neonie of the
South Atlantic, \e)t/itfs are send-lug
several million* o? dollars tc itw coal,
fields or the Pennsylvania system .b>\
pay for fuel and for its. transportation
which ought to go to the Southern
Railway and to the mines or, ihe
Southern Hallway. I am no cliaiaplon
of the Southern Hallway'* mbireats.
but J do bate to iico a 8he |irppcrty
Ilk?I that roblvjil or its Just right* by
lu? trmueef?. The relation'of the trus
tees to the property in mist is a sacred {
one and 1 want to call on Mr. George
P. Baker and, his associates In the
trusteeship to give an account of their
Stewardship of (he Southern Railway.
Besides, the people of my State are*
directly interested In getting' -cheap
coal for fuel, both for couAumptjfw ht"
their homes and to run their factories
with und as the Southern Railway
penetrate* the con!'fields. It ought to
serve our people by bringing us
cheap coal; but it Is not allowed to
do so because It is net managed for
4he interests of the stockholders."
"*e Vmr% Epidemics,
Washington. April ?s.?A new phase
ot the Mexican problem wsm brought
ta the attention of congress today
when Secretary McAdoo. on -behalf of
the public health service, asked the
house to appropriate and make "in
stantly available" $300.000 to prevent
(the introduction and spread, of epi
demic diseases.
eseeeepooe* ?e eeeo * e e
ft
?WALL POX ABOARD e
, BFFl'GE SHIP'S LIST a
jo (By Associated Press) o
fe", -Oalvestoa. April "?.--?mall o
o pox was discovered on the col-, o
o Her Cyclops today after half of o ]
6 3*50 American refugees brought
o here by the collier had been
jo landed. "Sarller in the day the
Id ??eamship Bsperanxa and
j o coo?oy ?MsS* landed their ret
o ees roamed the street* of <
? vee^bn wailing for trains,
o
eeeeeoeooeoeoeseen}
IKES BIG M
UDGE ALDEN APPEALED
FOR A HIGHER Chi
ZKNSHIP
GOOD PROGRAM
|The Dunbar Bell Ringers Delight*
AU; Rato Can Be Compared
With Nobody Eke
i
bat
sole #
sympathy
round hundreds of Anderson people
Ith one opinion?that they had paid
la much to see one performance at
some theater and had, received leas
out of It than for the price of the
teasOn tickets for the entire week of
Chautauqua attractions?and there]
was not .one moment yesterday that]
[was not enjoyed.
Despite the sodden turn In the]
weather, precipitating; summer x>ut or
the very lap of winter, the premier; of]
the Chautauqua was in every way a]
no time had the first afternoon 'en
tainment been ushered with as large
L,crowd as greeted Lincoln G. Dickey,
the superintendent, when he advanced
to the front of the Btage to start the
program. Mr. Dickey, handicapped as
he Is by such Utustrattous names as
"Lincoln" and "Grant" seems to seek
lame only In bis capacity to make
>lk? happy. *nd lie is there with the
ible personality and unrufled
1er to carry a Chautauqua to sac.
cess, which is as a matter of fact al
most as big a job as Lincoln and
Grant had around Richmond, and they
Worked at it steadily for four years.]
I V ' Taes?ay's Matinee.
The matin?es yesterdsjs afternoon;
was opened by the Dunbar Bell ring
ers and male quarteette. They gave a
mmlii??yabie pot-purn ot. topical
and reeltatSoaa, one ot
ieatures bet
t HT. Swingley In the
o ?ttoi?hca was m 1
\. the entertatnf
that made the afternoon pass rj
iy and enjoys&ly.
Following the hell ringers was
remarkable address by Judge Aides'
the subject of the "Needs of the Hour."
This distinguished gentlemen from
Masachusetts reached out and erip
ped the audience at the Very outset by
deeUrtne that.h? waa -
Massachusetts, Hp spoke In glowing
of the south and of the d?tel
ant he had observed on all side
is subjec t ?&? tiandltd in a manner
which showed that bis heart is In bis
work.
For Better Citizenship.
To reform the nation, he said,
te must be reformed. To make
state better, the municipality mi
reformed, and to make a mut'
pa?ity. better the standard of the
dividual citlsea must be made higher.
This was the Central them of his ad
dress and he handled It in a manner
witch reached the minds of all of his
auditors and inspired: them with
kind
Bramentthat he pictured.
was enjoyed
an aifdienee that filled the big tent
Ir, Dickey was all smiles when,he
mm. out to make announcement**.
IHP stated that the season tickets had
been disposed of nnd thot hereafter
:i person buying tlt-k^ta for all of the
quiiihers would have to pay ?9 for the
I ,M?vui .Or - enen cuiol'HMn"
lent will be-cn sale up town before
'h- hour f**ig!ns'nr?
Tita "Jarv Fear.
The Dunbar belt ringers again gavel
Ia half-hour of high class fan and it
was not ail fun. Interpersed wnhfl
their merry qhlps of songs were some
high class Impersonation and many
irts were touched with the arrcnge
ment of sacred song* and old folk
songs grown dear to nearly,all man
WodJ where tb* English tongue is
known. First a verse of some old
song, ot which the audience was fond,
evidenced by the hand-dapping up
on the first notes, and then the refrain
upon the sweet ?oned bells. I
* Mr, MfcC?5?*!!. one or the fear; ?>*d
the audience calling fr: more when
he sang a delightful little skit about
the "drum-major," and a* an encore
he gave an English chappie recitation
which war frequently interrupted with
merriment. Arthur N?shltt walked
right into highest favor when he play
ed a cooO'Crsc ?ecesi^animent
plane tn a ftrotesqae manner and MWfl
something about battercakee that any
'flour factory should pay a high roy
alty on, it makes1 folk* "hongry" Just
to hear, hini roil the words.
A high class piece of work was
Popper'a celebrated .gavotte for the
played splendf.dly by Jack
'cello
Wood.
Bn&
Following
thdse four j
of the evening
<ttarjiiii??..
light fui Work of
jw* was the port
j to the renowned
JOhn B. ?Vadtc.
ha* beoa trying to take him at
froki OhautatNiu? work, aort
sequence he in one of tits
WILSON ACTS AFTER COLO
RADO GOVERNOR ASKS
FOR THE TROOPS
MINE STRIKE IS ON
President Explain* That Federal
Government Wiii Take l\o
Side. In Controversy
IBy A as oclated Press)
Washington. April 28.?President
Wilson today extended the protecting
arm or the federal government to the
State of Colorado, where because dr
riots and pitched battles between
stri'ijbreakere and striking miners,
oovernor Ammons bad found the state
militia usable to cope wit*-**?* *?>~<,
tion and 'asked for help.
The Colorado delegation in congress,
mine owners and miners themselves
Joined in the request.
It man Ann iyf ?Kw w.u. _- --_
in American history when a~ State
found Itself impotent to assert its au
thority, but the president, In a tele
gram to the Colorado governor, oy.
pressly Stipulated that the Federal
troops would confine themselves io
mtuitalning order only "until the State
can re-assort its authority and res
the supreme control,"
Troops ^o Scene, '
. -Secretary Garrison ordered three
troops of the Fifth Cavalry from Fyrt
Leavenworth and two troops of ,*M?
12th Cavalry from Fort O. A. Rmvfctl,
Wyoming to Trinidad and Canon City,
respeeti'^eiy.
Colorado members of congress say
the mere .presence of Federal troops
will prevent, rioting. Stroit? ?S
Rnderal governmen; to dettj
strike; thus fetr ihave feii*i. <
rv?i.,? *h*i or^^eui
1 troops were beii,g ?tut
I Ammons today, "or by any a?
Jurtsdlcflos, hajeef the powar-ol
federal government into the coatrb
^rey .whlch^hea produced the present
troversy falls etricUy with^tho 2e?d
of a t?te power."
The president asked that th? militia
be withdrawn temporarily until the
l?iwslttiufc, which Tilt nji?iff'Winwitjrj
considers the situation and arranges
for it to resume ita police duties &
the State.
The situation in Colorado occupied
the pr?sidant and hi? cabinet at a Ion*
meeting after which the president**
telegram to Governor AmmonrandFjg
formal proclamation calling on mat
contents to disperse, were made pufr
RESERVE BANKS
READY AUCL?
?Aacr?Dtions In Several D?*tr?>2a
Have Afre?dy Been Scribed,
Say* McAdoo
IBy AsKociated Press)
Washing >h, April 2a<^*eevet*ry
Mcdfoob ?.. announced tonlghv that
the treasury department expected tan
aeyr federa? reserve banks would Jw*
ready for -business by August ?.
A Biaxemeut oy tne reserve oacic
organisation committee said snhserf**
lions to the stock of the federal re
serve banks in the twelve districts,
'received up to noon today, aggregated
$7t4??S(8000. The bankr in six of the
twelve districts already have sub
tier It->d more than the miatsnuni
amouut of l*.eou,ooo accessary to or
ganise the reserve banks.
These, districts are Boston, Ner
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland. Rich
mond and Chicago.
OOVTPLEABE IKYITK&
-
T? Kaha ad A??rm&m at Lstttf fivattsM
v Chairman "vVna. Cahfield writwrinsi
the elosing exercises of th* feohg
Branch school in Hones Path townehtp
Saturday will be accompanied by a
basket picnic to which the people et
*?ao.Jfewr.ty and adJaoSnt coantie* are
invita fiJI^rt W>Xt.>M mlOA
Wdiniiy invited. There wULfco c
tional addresses in the l
Rup?. y, B. Feltoh and J
S, Bogge, and in
speeches on general frethii
J. W. Aahley and
King and,
pected to
j it ic hope
{odtpourtag
I. AFusUe Win* Pel
[ Richmond. Va., Apr!
{democratic primary tod
silo defeated Councilmi
fi?af for the nomtaatka
[more than 2>BftO votes.