Howard IA. Banka, aide to Jose-;
phua DanlelB, secretary'of the navy,
ia a South Carolinian of the Rocky
Creek Irish of Chester county, a col
ony that settled where once waa hia
torie Port -Dearborn and ls now the
scene of activities of Catawba Falls
power development. Fort Dearborn j
Just lacked one'vote In the United]
Congress of being made the United
States Military'Academy, 'the vote ln>i
th?; senate being broken by the elite of
Wie vlce-drealdent of th? United
Di C, Roper, la the '.right, handyman
of the postmeeter>gen'eV&l.
With a line cut ot Josephus Daniels.
Secretary ot the Navy, on one side of
tlie page, ?md an equally fine cut of
isoward A.] Banka, private aeeretayy
to Secretara Dan^aen the othes*, t^ft*
Now York Tribune of Sunday gives an
entertaining aceoa,??,?ji the maa?er-tla.
.which these] two newspaper men have
evolvel the J best system of supplying
flin wir n?uru tina* fha gnvurnniant
has yet kooVnV And this is bow they
do it: -
"Mr. Secretary, there are reports
around that that conditions in Maxton
City are KortouH. Can you rind out for
us whether^ or ?rttit these report* are
truer" . ' ? ^/aaaaMaWMsaBasaw
"Why yes. lil do so at once, Banka
send a telegram tb 'Admira*' Fletcher,
nuking him: to transmit immediately
a report onl-eondltlons-Iathe City of
Mexico."
Thia brief conversation took place
at 1 o'clock the other morning ta
.* ^fn^ttvy^tf" " fflfit^ ^^wam^per
men stationed ?n^the State, Whr^ond
- ~^ep~Ba4HKng- JBh. Washingiearf^t- -r^
It waB only one of ?ie many little
; conversations of tho klni that have
occured there since th? conflict ber
tween Mexico, andjUnlted^ jStatea
?egan"'twoi*;uy^hxae^weeks ago. and
they ull go lo prove tho survival of the
newspaper map in the Tar Heel atats
*?ir^Hf*'Oi*n*> >?,? ,7sV "'.' .
If It hf dn't been for Jossph.ua Dan
iels, Secretary of the Navy and manag
c- ?|f>ed4t?r Ofthe ?teli?gli'News aa&m
server, the' greater part of the Infor
mation which has been given promptly
to the American people''concerning th?
o!>?id!t!osii at Vera Crus, TamplCo ?hd
other parts would in all probability
have not boon made known until the
. lapse o? time had robbed lt of lu
freshness.
When the fleet was ordered I
Crna and exerting things began to hap
pen, Mr. Daniela forgot at Interval*
'hst he- WRS c-f navy ant!
lie became the managing edliof wlJ?P
Hann administration. His newspa
training told him;that the peoplr
sre hungry f?r ndWa of Mexico, ant
.at'once set to work-f o' gtvt
-.thaav a^iMiiaawl^BBHBIBBBIIIB^B
? at-''ohed -.>org?0tecd lr .
?:, sotiSeeretajry' tif th? ftavy ?md Frau?
h. i Spilth -ki icronftdentliT clW-H. aeso^fej/
.'..THitumg :the 'hoWa- aa'?qtnc?iy
Af rivoli there to the group o?.'-waBjai
-i ^SBd.awi?rB'bT the Aie?rii^iu
. made the reporters, and. it wasn't ver
<? All sorts o
! hi??s?? tri ali naff-?
?jil ?
i win e
Jr?tion will Cc
ll ?: III
leo was toeing distributed from the
Navy Department.
The ante*) for dlstribitiag this in-,
formation waa interesting. , Most of
the new? aol far has come from Vera
Crus, which1 is 3,000 miles'away, from
Washington, but the system for dis
tributing lt;and receiving lt was HO
completa th it one,could almost" ton
rcirSs ??? isa admiral oa^he other
end of th? ?tre. j
>W >\ v / ! 1 l>?ns3^??
A telbgran li office, la Just outside the
door, of th? * d*'co of Secret arv Daniela,
wsihm Ywo minutes after & tHegraJa
ls received, t ia turned over tb either
tori'Barites fr. Howell or MrTflEftK
who take-tu ns on watch. iiTii
turned over to Captain
' ark L. Bristol end Commander. Wil
llstn '?>. ???ah~. the connors who got
over lt ou?r*'./ Tliey bold out only
parts Of tHt< telegram which may con
cern strategy or aomeinmg or that
kind and in a few minutes it h. turned
eyer to. a.,stenographer, who quickly
mimeographs lt and hands lt over to
newspaper nien. The average, the re
ceipt of a telegram from Admiral
Flet?h?r?or Admiral Badger at the tel.
Cgrapb^c?c? and the. distribution of
wifusa mr n tit tni 5VTT 5p?p?T. urou hSS
npt been more than 15 minutes.
-
While, of bourse, ?tr. Daniel's expe
rplnee with libo newspaper men has
. been the^coagon for the excell?ht aefr
vice, nevertheless, it would np^ heve
been so successful had lt not been for
thp assistance of Mr. Banka ,indth*
newspaper men and of Mr. Smfih. jrtuj
had had considerable experience ia. the
. iUiUUcUJUKorkHat. tha.Damorgrdttc j??,
tional headquarters in New York! Mr.
- iuSwf/T!wjSi^?f I'^JriL^Lrfi n"
, wt?e^Hr:?Trow?i" c?f??*d Albany foi
a New York-paper.
"I am gleddo fcnow," said Secreta? j
Daniels when he had been complanen,
ted on U*?..wey; he nad been handling
ingina, coria^pc^anta, > 'Unat- . tiny, et
forts ara. a^pr^c^ated. ? \. twM th? pres
Mont.at tho .time ih?fc.Jie
honor to maka me -?oer?tary of' th?
U'avy. III fit rt ifrfrwbartn?Mte wiafteoffail
to, bo nianapipK ?diteront the .Navy
I find mj nwspspr training, and 1 fin?
myslf constantly looking -upon ever j
incident la the stirring events cf th?
present time In Mexico from the news
naper viewpoint. I am constant!:
thinking-after this man or tha
comes in and gives me tpformatlo?
which he has concerning Mexican af
fairs or when the bulletins-are comlni
lo from Admiral Badger dr Admira
Mayo, or Admiral Howards-what then
I? of pews val ?ii? tn all nf this, and ?!
feel that tile people of thia country an
jil?t an ntivinna IA.know, tho contentJ
of there.dispatches et, I am or ss tat
President is.
te Sift, that >which must be kent con
hdcntia?; front that which ft'ls posa.bl
to make-'.public, and J'Uftt as- soon aa
can .bba?peno?l the confidential part
of the.reportsyef the bulletin is takei
by Homsroaa1?* my assistant edttorte
jtorfe-f-^cf.to' s?s&k^-aodatenttaiea*a?
mimeocrnaOetr by the hOfttfred? of COB
lon.e*qu tiki? isa jfaaatbla; <3n ..
short time afbaiJ i myself "rec?J?ve th
xOOtdtaithey ar?&&fihed over tbs .-?Ir*
?^ pa?^??fc?wv l/'Bitwl Stales on
the news, contained ta them P) bein
cried by the newsboys as they bawl
the extras through the atra?is,
"Admiral Fletcher when he wen
ashore av Vere- urns to take comni&bt
evinced aafc'jba, a>nstttlea<af a trata?
jOiirna?isT. nc put the news iOwcarv
to the front in the stories from Ver
Cruz and seemed to bear in mind tn
great concern of the American pee
pie to know what waa transpiring an
forwarded the facta In such form the
bis stories could immediately be gh
?8^%ltoci?T^n^
ssMeg^meoi^roftbo editorUilstni
iii? navy. He :WtjnM have:made
I Tills lot
TRIC V
fie,*?!?.' Your I
?vittce You. Phon
,fft..t/?i !';. "
Photo copyright. lil?, by American I
Aincnttti
The detailed hospital corp? did ge
told about atty wounded sailors and
?bot by a Mexican ..sniper1' from ft .?
. Hon of. s tied Cross fla?. The W?UB
?ompetent surgeons.
?tooa?rT^it ?fc?lted. The' hew1 maa wdn
hist ?pura with the stdry"?t? aent in.
'..?(^. - ? . ___
. This waa Mr. Banks' auspicious la
ttrod?o?o|s^t*>metrbpolltan journalism
Hattft-jhe went hack to North Carolina^
and-bought Hhs Hickory - Dem oe rat,
caught( the eye pf Josephus Daniels,
Soutar- ot "the" Haleigh News and Ob
server and >ifc*it1 Mr. Daniels: was of
fered the'navy portfolio by President;
?B?&? M?^Miag of ?ls?pict ns. "2 Wl*h
NeaTs Creek Charch.
The^nnloa, meeting pf District JsX
?H3^-r.e*?'s,Cr??k church May S?-5i%
The program fellows;
Saturday Morning
J t. o'clock-^Introductory sennpu
by Jfcev. R. G. Lee,' or his alternate
L M. Smith.
Enrollment of Delegates.
IrifcermlBSlcn for dinner.
Afternoon session
2 ^M.-Strt query. "What should
be th? .attitude ot church member** tn
waria* worldly amuaementar'-Rev.
J. H. Herron and Dr. Burton, follow
ea by general ?scheelen.
..*hj?t.auery~,fWhat ire the qualin?
cations and duties of a deacons
Should a deacon once ordained serve
. nullum DHU '???? "?..
Ellis, followed h7 general discussion
- Adjourn at pleasure.
Sunday ,Morning
. S-.30 A. M.-Song service conducted
HMHBfeif.
10~?, M.-^und?y School Union..Re
Vf.-:M5ssionory Address hy
_ otAnn i?i? - a\ten?ate
. Hammett,
H. W. Hiott,
J. T. Mann,
_ Qommltteh.
TAKE SOm. DELEGA
v.
S^eon L. Rice, Chairman Housing
Confederate Veterans Reun?
Anderson, S. G.
ist ao? >
An
'A?UUli
e us and we will
.'??!=
*-i?ei< -'^BW^IEr ."'MV'
?rasa Association.
- .Tl.-fl^ iii? -Ht'^ J_-'
QI VUUSr BCU Vrl
ort service daring.th? first fighting at (
tsarines were^ce?^fi t<w. The picture i
i4^^^"^><tt^^|jn^n tb the wharf by
ided Americcos ' were removed to the hot
DEFIANCE WOW !
AWAITS LIPTON
?Otte"<tf--Tha^^Am?rteaa Cup De- .
L ?en^era.?^^;W?('MOB*'
one bf the three yachts which will ?eo
Our honor of defending the ?^?-egj?Mi
cap in the .rabee' atoriwrt.fii?^?ma?
MPWW* challenger his^t< - fan, was
paunched from.her, bpUdar'e yards here
Mo.nd?y. afternoon. She was laanehed
%S*r flrat Instead, of stern ttf^MM?
^customary.
! Thin, waa the .second of thc
[beata to gel Into U>? waten Tin;
J Resolute, owned bra s/ndicate of New
[York Yacht club member?, took her
maiden plunge at Bristol,' R. I" two
I weeks ago, while the Vanitie which ls
ibbie g built at Bosloa for Sir Alexan
jder Smith iTochran, is'on her ways.
w? ^te Defiance carries the aspirations
1 of fifteen vaehtaineiv is called the
ffrf^ty yacht, s?n?o the syndicate of
j owners ia made up froni ?eight men of
?oslen, six from New York and rue
.from- PhHadolphla. Georgs h?. Pya
ciion of New York. Kl YFaiter Clark of
Philadelphia and/Beuyy' Taggart of
though Mt% *?>ggart* ta "acting *as aa
agent tor another1 Boston yachtsman,
who doe? not desire bia identity
known. '. ?Mr\ Pynchouis the manager
and Sir. Clark is the treasurer'of the
syndicate.
Georg* Owen of Newton" Mass.. not-,
lcd for hiaJsmmsWiSnKnrnc out tao
} lng boats was Selected d?signer and
j for t?e first rn'tfesvfeSiitdry of the Ara
i ericka cop the ?t?te ot IBeiaa was giv,
?sri' a? ' opportunity x?1 regain thc sn
j premafcy of the seas one*, h?>id by Bath
jolippers.' The contract ot thc ron
TES{l^S??????SES
'1'S,l,'"J!*1,r*>?*l' M?!
1 ^Cl-ti.,^^
send a machine ?
SOUTHERN ]
A lag Kt T ^a ?a
the occupation of Vera Crus. AU
thew? a- voundad marius who .waa
a V hospital aquad unisr. the prbtec
?pital ship Solace and treated by
It was decided to make the bout cl
campoeUe construction.with^atgalj
frames, and a double fjgad^$nwra
inner p? Doag?as flr and tba outer of
Gaboon mahogany. The lead.keel was
yachting, the: JOe??nee appears;
ter hot little trom hw two, competitors
foi -jup-defending honors She dis
tinctly a modern yacht, With a mode
rately, long body and : overhanga,
, ?uil garooaros ann a a?se?
resembles-the o?d fin type, but
rahly thicker, with some 60
longer and' wider thar, the Resolute
end . her draught is practical tv Che
same. - tuptji^ . . *
The feature of the Deftunefl ls in lier
Tho l?uBi'?s well forward of
r. iii f?O? Buv?t ii?K vjiy Ini?
taeccoi*r and the lead bow. She
therefore, act a single -low jib, while
her main sail will be the M? >?ea> ot
t??ee boats. .Her rig ls.also very lofty
and for the races scheduled off, Sandy
Hook In mid-June thc Defiance v/Jl!
have to douse her topmast' fri posting
uudar the Mast River bir/?go? a* New
York in her pfis#??< >".ir? *T to *ea.
The .exact' dlniensi.w* . of L:M lienance
aro withold for the oresc!;* bm it bn-i
beti' ataed that her genera' measnte
'merit?* are appro*lt??tbly lift I ?.>i over,
all lt ls expected tfcat sh* hove
to allow the. Resolute several uflb aten
ir. -? 20 ?sUe r5??? Tb*or>t?.pdily the
Defiance should riolnl faster ^and Toot
fi.?t?- .han no: r;vbot nt KT :;Ug. 8?/
sb > will proa-vb.y be a dlfflocH bop*
Ito rteer.
Li'tlc,effort ?111 be made to put tho
Defiance into condition lo either Maine
or Maasschusatta- water, although she
mftv K?\ve a trial or two off tho mouth |
or'the Kennebec or at M&rtiobead.
Bringing the yacht to fora will be
accomplished io the smooth waters
o? upper ?-sng island soT*ad. p?obsbty
off Mr. Pynchon's summer residence
at greenwich, Conn., ff Uh City'island
as a repair base.
> Capt. Se'ah B. Howell of Highland,
V(. J., ona of the ablest skippers on
the eOaat wliLbeJA charge o| tho De
nano? OBB?ZK?W iJjn mi
other members of the syndicate. The
mates and crew were fortrie, ly on the
sloop Istalen* which Mr. lynchon has
raced successfully for six yeal?, While
Mr. Clark bas re-engnscd. sotae.of the
host ot the lrollta foreOtset bands.
1tc*ataeet will Be Imping and Cl?s.
1 ^stshthttiOH, MajP lf.^^e^'^sroie i
atato> ot * women, facing Southward.
a?? &?isrlf)i to aa outstretched hand s
wreath of laurel, will be the contrat
figure of the Con federate' nKmataftnt1
to be tin veiled inArlington Nat
June 4, it^'wttt'attnoe
?lute wm be grouped m my
!Bd flgwris. '.'..V- '.;'?-:'< j
BSTSBTAINMEXV At TOTTSVILLE
Townvllle. May if.-Neat* Friday ev
ania*. May 15, beginning a?. S;30
^eattier
k INIER
and expert for a trial.
PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.
m
.M i.
A thousand might be
wrong^but?iot five hun
dred thousand. Mor e
than a half million buy
ers haye picked the Ford
because ot" its ali 'round
serviceability, its low
"first cost and its low cost
of upkeep, the Ford has
made good.
Five hundred dollars la UM. jjjee of the
Ford tanahouta: tho tourlnavear w^?v?
Blt?; the town ear sereu Wtjr-f. n?
Detroit, complete with ?V^^k?^?
catalog and partlculara from^AWTO u
Todd, l?caT dealer, .Anderson, a. o. .
CONDENSED PASSENGER SCHEDULES.
Effective.
API.IL 16th. 1914. > ANDEB3QN, S. ?
AS?UYAL8. l?El'ASlT?TSES?
No. 31. 7:3P ajni No. 3d..,.,, f
Ko. -.;.-....v.;..^-. S:SSBH. NO. ?2... f
NO. W..? ;... v tl ?46 r.m; No 34_. U
PM??">>.''.'I-:.ivlilS p.m. No. 36...;.,..:;.....;.. 1
No. tS,.?...-.......,.,,.. , 3:25 a.m. No. ag........ J .. ;
No. 41. 4:45 p.m. 'No. 40..... ;
No. 43. ... 7:15 p.m No. 42... .
No.' #S...... o..... ;. 10:10 pm. No. 44, - :.
?m;ii!j*>i;!ii^
ANDERSON INTl^LIG?iCE?
JOB PRINTING Dl^ARTMENT
fh^^Sbohv^w^ LOCAL AGjrmT? - {Sito
?HR - goic THIS ftxcLUvSiVR LiNgy.- jyW
Until you have seen the ones I have for sale, ii
you want the best, say Piedmont Buggy^or MU
bum wagon.
Theo- P. Watson
...Sales Stables
N. MeDuffie St,
Anderson, S.
a-!-^JHaPJtdim!
o clock (don't forgot the bonn Che fee to help yo? eoloyaad renumber ,
School Improvement association of Th* Me? ta tweaty-flvp panta and
TownvUio'wll!give ita crowning foe- "?B^,.C20^^^
turoof the season in;tl? embodiment . 'r ? ., ? . " .-. ..fflr-'.
? > "' ! trlct School ?it%lu?berry j CA Jil. HT EPH KN ?, tHK
Corner.:: - - , ?
Everything te connection wtfU tue
nb^ that Ut the play aa written, and meeting of this ?amp ta sailed to be
not th? tocar talent, is quaint, old held in the sapervtaer'e ?Sea la the
fashioned and ridiculous. ThS play court, house on Wednesday, ina tilli
te rendered in three acts, has twenty- inetant.
nine character* and will last about A tull ?tt?ad&lee is desired,
two hour?. It is two hours of con- Joseph N.? Bro wa,- Commander,
tlnuoua amusement-one continuons L. P Smith, Adjutant <.>,.?
lanah^,... Anderson, 8. CU May ll, 1P?4
>.< . . i: ; of" aUiict?d
wno ?ny o? i ho KymjmJtn? ?O?JTTO?, I
? I it meat that can}^ lt la vadersioc r
rio |T"Cw?rii*3U WT yOU. it MTlSi lOUBV? J ill \Vi?ii>?C??GTi '.th ? :-"
you u^ fot tho time being anyway. I the, Confederate >:
.Come and bring all of your friends, 'ton, Va., and afeo Tn <
It ts for the benefit of tho schcol, and Jthe a^proriching State i . : ! -
y^s, lhere i? lust a amati admission -dVson