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VOLUME 1, NO. 187 Weekly, Established I860; Dftllj, lu. lt, lflf. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM THE SECOND RAGE IS DETERMINED Richards, 26,954; Manning, 25,289; Cooper, 24,983 COLUMBIA, Aug. 27.-Richard I. Manning of Somier and John G. Richards of Liberty Hill Will Make the Second Race for Governor of South Carolina. The Second Primary Will Be Held September 8th. The Complete Report Follows: Richards, 26,954; Manning, 25,289; Cooper, 24,983. This Is Not the Officia! Report From Al! Counties, But Is Complete and Is Accepted As the Result of the First Primary. The Figures Will Not Be Changed Materially, and the Relative Standing Will Remain. NEW PONTIFF WILL RE KNOWN AS BENEDICT XV A LONG SESSION Since Monday Conclave Has Been i Balloting Unsuccessfully-Fin ally Electing Cardinal Gio con.c Della Cfe?es (By AsaocL-.ted Press.) .Rome. opt.. S.-T~cardlnal Giacomo! Della '"'liesa, archbishop of Bologna. Italy, was today elected supreme pon tiff ol the Catholic hierarcr.y In sue. cession to the lato Pope Pius X. who died August 20. He will reign under thc name Benedict XV. ; Thc conclave of the Sacred i Col lege,' whose ?duty lt is to elect the pope,1 went into cession tho evening of Mon-) day, August 31. The announcement of the outcome of Us deliberations wa? made thin morning shortly after ll o'clock. Were T?o Late. Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, and Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, are on board tho steamer Canopic, which is not due at Naples until tomorrow. They were on their way to attend the conclave. Conroquently neither of them participated in the election of the new pope. Cardinal Parley, of i New York reached, here several days j ago. Prince Chlgl-Albanl, pne of the as-j Distants to the throne in th? popwaj household i was*, hotf led at: a quarter East eleven that Cardinal Della Chlcsa ad been elected, ! Thc News Deceived. At twenty minute* past eleven, Mon signor MJsclatelli, eubprefect of tho Sacred palaces and .governor of the j ?conclave, .received a communication .from- thc new pope asking that the ?Tatings of the Banalit? tit St. Peter iipenoA ov?iixu? tie purposed ?o-u ahdrtr>ittrao to issue his' proclamation, .ir! At this rame hour-?lovfen.twentyU the master of ceremonies appeared'<6n ujkeocentral balcony of St. Peter's ?md aprcatd'out the rod carpets The'great croud. lolow, which bid been walting fop-li pu rs in the square-in' the erpec tation of an announcement*-as- td: the outcome - of the deliberations of thc Sacred College, understood that a se lection had . been reached. The peo. plc applauded vigorously. New Name Chosen. At twenty-five minutes before twelve Cardinal-Delia Volpe appeared on tho balconv wIth Mnmignnr Capes tos tl bearing the pope's cross on his right, and pronounced the ritual an nouncing the - election of Cardinal Della - 'hiera. To thia ho ad led that tho new pope had chosen the nsme of Benedict XV. - Agaip .tbs crowd- of .several thous a^iL^rsppa cheered rand, at ont?e-.be gan,.ta)?ske. Ibeis way .to the Basilica to linar...Ute benediction- of - the new r,.. . Pronounces, BenetfcUeav: : - i _ ;?f,, Mftcpn. minutes .before twelve the? ney* ?popf appeared, op. an. inner- baD j -rp-y-rr,--p-i-I-ITT rt"-rr*-rr+-? J .;. .(Continued On Page l?our.) , , t, TTCV*',^*' rt*7-~'^~*J-^<''-~~^4-v?* -J?'..<A?Jil**?JU.< fm>si'? ?y ?7 -!.* t- ,n: J ; Latest hiern; f Important Suppress. Paris, Sept. 3.-11.45 a. m. issued today the wir office says: "There has beert no contad region of Complegfie and Sentis s been taken lp stop any offensiver Measures have;jbeen taken t< man aeroplanes, especially those b prevented from flying over Paris. . "The situation In th? northeai 4*pe Lam Chefoo, China, .Sept'3.-S.2i ditional men at Lung Kow today, lines, theothers being soldiers. *3&^:Lurtg Kow is a new Chinese Tsing Tau in Xiao Chow. Between to,ooo and 15,000 at Lung Kow previous to today. 1 lines out' of Lung Kow. Snells London, Sept 3.-8.40 p. gram Company from Amsterdam "The bombardment of Malien Jy 200 shrapnel? exploding, in the . ..,?. -?.?.--. \ - --- - -...-???.?. its beautiful stained glass window.? troyed. \. (Continued e - GLOBT HALLELUJAH! o o Time* are new faina; to be o o ?letter! That maj be a very o o startling statement bat lt la o o neferthelees a fact and Ander- o o son business mea were re. o o joking last night. All tbe cost- o o motion in beata ess circles was o o doe to the fact that Capt. John o o B. Anderson, Superintendent of o o tbe Bine Bidge railroad, recelv- o o ed a telegram Informing him o o thor his railroad and others o o hat? i. -ced to accept freight o o ior s*n?ment to the foreign o o countries. The following is the o o telegram received beret o o Embargo 528 Is modified ef. o o Festive at once. This company a o viii accept freight for expert o o iv European countries through o o ports reached by this company o o presided thai prior to issuance o o hUl of lading the freight Is o o booked and engagement made o o for sp?cifie sailing and coa 0 firmed by a traffic officer of o 1 o this company. Bills should be o la endorsed to show engagement a o and specific sailing." o jo . ooooooooooooooooooo WAR TAX REVENUE I WILL BE DISCUSSED Congress WUl Meet To Hew President's Request For Many Millions i Washington, Sept. 3.-Congress w!U meet in j?iht session tomorrow after noon to hear President Wilson's mes sage? asking for a war tax revenue measure that will provide 91,000,000. OOOi A concurrent r?solution provld-l ' for tho' ; Joint cession, 'gdepi-J ed today in both hamses v |ilTt is understood that5 tho President Will, conting-bia message to the pre sentation'of Ibeneccjsl'ity tor emergen cy revenues wkhout suggesting the means'for raising the'funds.' It 1B [said to bo tbe desire however, that the tax fall too heavily upon any particu lar class of citizens. Thc prosident submitted the message todav ttV Representative Ilnrtrtnc/vyJ chairmsn of tho ways and means com mittee, which will frame the, revenue bill. The latter communicated to the president the framework ot the tax plan he and bis associates have pro posed to meet the expected dciiclt that vms caused by the' falling off cf the "puStoras receipts'. MV'PKU ? ' Mr. : UnderWocd enid Mater thal the fclan w^ftcalculaitd1 to 'product* ^100. 000,000 by an additional revenue tux on very. ;*w enmmodltles'btat he then nx>Uld not diste?Bs itfUrthcr. ''"M A^To^t-, > -'= I.'"-^ ,r.-.;'- f-' I I'l-'tM; ^?it*v zr BiiHetins;^ s o f Ail The Happenings ?d News. Delayed-In an official siatemant' I t with the German forces in the ince yesterday. Precautions have npvement oT the enemy. ),provide for the pursuit of Ger f the armored type, which will be] it is the same as yesterday." I Troops. ft-p. m.-Japan landed 4,5oo ad Of these forces Soo men are ma port, situated loo miles north of japanese troops had been landeed "he Japanese control the telegraph ed Havoc. T-A dispatch to the Reuter Tele sayS; s yesterday lasted two hoXirs, near town. Much damage was done. *s ct-i D-.u~tj-. C. At--il i and its famous chimes were de-J on Pago 7.) i ru CRUISER CAN'T DELIVER GOLD TURKEY WONT PERMIT THE AMERICAN CRUISER TO MAKE TRIP WATERS Ar^E MINED Straits of Dardanelle Are Unsafe For I-arge Ship To aPss Through . Washington. Sept. 3.-Turkey, bas declined to grant tho rennest'of the.(; United Stateb for permission to Bend [?b?'jCT.uiBor, North j Carolina through j th? Dardanelles to eohjBtantmO^te 'tjdl 'deliver iis?.op* te^i^fsi^^!^ | for the relief pi the Americans !n the Ottoman Empire. ? The Grand Vizier has informed tho ' American government that (h? waters 1 of the Dardanelles aro mined and that ' -it -would, be unsafe for a vessel as large as the North Carolina to go ' through the straits: He declared alstv that it might establish a precedent, for tho passage of other foreign war ships and suggesed tilgt the American naval yacht. Scorpion, on duty in the Turkish ? waters, be sent to sea to meet the North Carolina. \ I 1 Thia waa the substance'of a long i>aKtntr,fti? ... ..I * .v.- 4B.1?4.*4.. - -?... vii v- IVUfVU BUUOV and ?tate department today from Am bassador Morganthau. the first mes sage from Ui'm in several days. The ' ambassador made co mention of any I declarations of war, but referred to i the diplomatic situation as highly ^critical. The ambassador reported that all 1 Americans who wished to leave bad dono so and he thought that funds aboard the North Carolina were suf ficient for immediate needs. In-view of the deQ lea te situation th? j American ambassador suggested that the pbvn of sending tho Scorpion to meet, the North Carolina outside the j straight be adopted. . The incident was I discussed at the navy and . state de- < partments today , and the North Caro lina, now at Falmouth, England, will i start tomorrow for the Mediterranean, j 8he probably will touch at Italian port? and teke aboard Assistant Sec retary Breckenridge. . reaching the Dardaneue* in a week or ten days. , By the tune of her arrival there the otncials here expect Turkey will have ' declared war on either Russia or cn Great Britain. In that event they deem it more . prudent to keep the , cruiser away from the scene of pos- ] !*(>>)* i??Vf?1 *HT?nfH???o *. i1 The incident recalled past rela- ! tions between the edited States and Turkey oh the passage of foreign ; warships through the Dardanelles, ? Tb? United never has recognized the right of Turkey to close the straits to 1 foreign warships !n times of peace, although the European powers have agreed to U. '?The American govern- . ment merely .hhs recognlded the cus- ' tom of excluding foreign warships as 1 "a usage/* Secretary of State, Fish, tn 187S, ? wrote In this connection to the Tur- 1 lusa government: . 1 The abstract right of the Turkish > government to obstruct the navigation 1 of thc XTtrdanelles even to vessels of ' war time of' peace ls a serious ? question. The right, however, has for ? a dong time been claimed and been sanctioned by treaties between Tur- 1 key hod certain European stetes. A 1 proper occasion may arise for us to 1 dispute the applicability of the claim ? to the United States men of war. 1 Meanwhile it is deemed expedient to < acquiesce In the exclusion." Officials here have agreed that the 1 imminence of war in Turkey made lt * Similarly expedient at this time for < the American government not to press l its re?ues' that the North Carolina 1 be granted naj?utr?. Tba Turkish siuation was discussed ll today by Count von Bern storr. tbe(l German ambassador and A. Rustem 1 ??ey, the Turkish .ambassador, and < AN FIELD ARTILl SENDING REINFORCEMENTS London, Sept. &-A dispatch to the Star from Athens says* "The Servians are sending as ninny tro?ps ns posglbld to reinforce those t already nt the River Urina. There Is no truth.In the' report thnt the Aus trians are withdrawing- troop? from i the Servian frontier end sending thea to weet the Russians. On the contra ry, Austria is ?. sending Blore mea ' against Serv?a to preven, the Servians j i-ii! er lug Bosnia," THINGS LOOK BLUE Paris, September ^-Beginning to. night no person* may leavre or enter Parla hetwftejy? pi m. ead S a. ak? without ? mflttary puss. Automobile* may enter freely luring the day* but cannot leave without permission. Pe destrians ari^nietBi^ pass with out challenge thrdllgh certain gales while other gateat are doced. People ?rJagiag iresk.*dg?tabl*s te die city are permitted'Mceetts at half hour la? -_-a_- - j .WOUNDER ARRIVING ii LoadOav Sept. A^-A. dispute* to The. EveniagjrievTNifnorn Copenhagen ears* : ..?Gasa* laaanJbcrs of ? wounded are ar riving! dr Berlin ??Hay. The traies dre ! not e??eaded aaUl after dark la order j to avoid andee curiosity on the part i of the public* The wtfunded are most ly from East Peajsrin. I "Princess Louise of Belgium, has j boen ordered to leave, Vienna within I Si hours." TO HELP SERVIANS M Lo!?d<>U; Sept A d!.u>>eirk te the' Central News from Copenhagen nays tba! a message received at Berlin re?} ports the receipt of adricen from Ans- I trian headquarters stating that Bas- I pla ls transporting ammunition con tinuously by way el the Danube to Servia. At the month of the Danube extensive ' measures \ are being taken preparatory to the dispatch of Bas. shut troops to Servia. ?$L TUSKS ARE MOBILIZING. . ) Petrograd. Sept, 8*-Turkish mobil batten- >?n the Persian boundary line Is. slow. Many christians and Kurds have^vefae*d-<?o Join the movement. The Turk* are f*clbly enrolling nil persons of mUitarr 5ge. ? There hag bee? a serious conflict between Tarks and Armenians nt Blt Us, Turkish Armenia. If : SWEDES ABE ANXIOUS _ . .L?=?oB. SeaL rfc-Telegraph IE? from Stockholm The Star corrcspon ii vii. mm J iii "Great anxiety Ii felt In the Swedish capital Because of tao efforts Germany ls making, aa ?hewn by articles la the &*r*=*? ayvrspsaer*; to Induce Sweden te abandon her attitude of neutrality and rwke the nein aa an airy io uer many. The Object SOB gb t Is te weaken the Bassin? attack In East Prassln hy means of a Swedish attack on Fla had on board nbost IfiQO Americans, ? -, AS? STILL.TREV LEAVE Havre, vin Parla, Sept. 8-The Uni led States cruiser Tennessee sailed rrom here today 1er Falmouth. She ? ? - i _ ilso f?cupied the attention of the British and French, ambassadors. Prom Turkish officials it waa learned Lhat the first i. declaration of war probably would b? against Russia, ind that Turkey's delay in nnnonn ing her intentions waa due to her de tire to complete military preperations. The Turkish ambassador and Tur tish mobilization had been In progress 'or nearly a month and that he be lieved 500.000 or 'possibly a million nen bad been enrolled. He reiterated bat the mobilisation was not aimed ?t Oreece or Bulgaria. Diplomats generally believe Greece inmediately will sign herself with the lilies against Turkey If the latter dc :lared war. The expectation also * trowing that Italy la preparing to sid ff?b. the allies, lt abe intended to lt m? A Kv n.rmiav ?.wi A...?-1? *?--... believe,'notification already would J tiave been sent to Italian ships to stay I in neutral ports and avoid British war reeaeis. V LERY CO?'/ * PARIS IS CALMLY FACING OUTCOME Moving of the Frerch Govern ment to Bordeaux Causes Little Excitement Paris. L'jpt. 3.-Paris again today showed ita remarkable adaptability to circumstances. Though all allusions to such a contingency had been strict ly forbidden in the newspapers, that the government would be transferred to Bordeaux was an open secret sev eral days ago among the journalists and the public officials and in the mili tary circles.' Among .these persons the effect of the -announcement has bees largely discounted. 'The public, after Its first surprise, ls viewing tbe situation with composure and tonight there 'suems to be a ?-.ctter feeling all uround; Mili tary secreta arc being well guarded and/all reference to them ia largely speculation: but it ls p reasonable Supposition that General .Tofft * prefers jU> accept #,decisive battle against tho. Germans iii front of the for? and the ^trenched camp at Paris. . > "The . Temps this af tern ooh printed another article lu which it predicted final success for tho.allies. . ? * The Liberte quotes an-English oflV cer who arrived here ? today form Pierrefittee, 28 miles' southeast of Pau, as saying he was wounded tn n fierce battle near Compignie in which the Germans Were' driven back sover at timos with he ?.-ry losses. - He' said tho French and English offensive was successful over a front ot several miles, tho Germans retreating toward the left. AMIENS, FKANCE CAPITULATES Germans Met With No Resistance In Occupying the French jjP Town London, Sept. 3.-A dispatch fr?m ' Amiens, Prance, to the Dally Mail, dated Tuesday, September 1, declares that th? Germans'have taken posses sion of Amiens after three - day's fighting. The dispatch to t*e Daily Mall from Amiens adds that tae success of the Germans at Morcull made the .capture of Amiens certain. The entry was net contested. The mayor after re ceiving a German envoy announced the surrender of the city and urged the cit 1 zea to make ho disturbases. "lt was 7 o'clock Sund av evening;." says the Mail's correspondent, "when s ?arty af Uhis^s entere?? Arnt?na. Atter a brief reconnoissance they? re tired to the.eOrman main body at Cam on. A half hour later they returned accompanied br an rr.vov bearing a white'flag. The latter Interviewed Mayor Figuet at the town hall. After an hour's discussion the mayor ap peared ia front " the town hall with trumpet ?ra and officially announced the surrender of .the city. He urged that tba cltuena make no disturbance. "Later the mayor and the-municipal counselors drove out In carriages to pay a formal visit to the German commander, who told them that they would be held responsible with their lives for the good conduct of the cit izens. "The Germans thereupon went to the town hall where they hauled down the French flag and hoisted the Ger man colors. The German troops be gan after entering the city at midday Monday singing aa they came, "Die Wacht Am Rhein." and "Deutschland ?ber Allen." "No time") Waa wasted, however, as the orders were to move swiftly out of the high roads to Paris. Only a few men were left to guard the city. The only casualties in connection with the-German occup?t lon were those of a chauffeur who was shot at the gate because be did not atop quickly enough at order of the sentry and threat of a local sausage-maker, who got in to a war of words with some troopers "When the Germans entered Amiens tba French retired to Picqulgny (I aulles northwest of Amiens) blowing np both bridges over the Somme." ANDERSC ENDED ooooooooooooooooo o o| o DISTANCES IN WAR ZONE o n - o o The following table of o o railway distances may be o o helpful towards an intelli- o o' gent reading of the dis- o o patthes: ol o Paris-Brussels, 200 miles, o o Paris-Namur, 191 miles. o o Brussels-Liege, 33 miles. 0 o Bfussels-Namur, 34 miles, o o' Verdun-Metz, 42 miles. o o Paris-Verdun, ! 75 miles. p o o o o Belfort-Mujelhausen, 3 ? o o miles. o o Muelhausen-Bascl 21 miles o o Muelhausen-Colmar, 28 o o miles. o o Colmar-Strassburg, 41' i\ o miles. o o Basel-Strassburg 89 miles o o o ooooooooooooooooo FLOOD SWEEPS MANILA Philippine City Visited by Dis esterons Flood Ceasing Death and Destruction. t Washington, 8e?>t. 3.-Seven Killi inos and one American were drown? in a flood which swept Manila after a rainfall of more than a week, ac cording to a message today , from Governor General Harrison. During the forty eight- hours' ending at . mid night Tuesday 16.4 inches of rain fell. The lower section of. Manila was. flooded to. .a depth, of from three to five feet during high tide yesterday. "uThe Filipinos were lest from over, turned canoes and the American, whose name, is opt given .wag drown ed. 1 - . ..".'li . Governor Harrison's^ report says' no houBes,werc destroyed io,Manila and, rapid Work' hy Insular government and etty authorities prevented loss of Ufa, Five, thou sand ? women and. chil dren were removed in rowboats to higher ground. In several districts of the city bridges and streets were damaged and the water flooded the furnace room of the street railway and power company. From 1 a. m., September | 2 no cara were operated unlit i "ac, night ot the third. ROYALTY VISIT* WOUNDED London, Sept. a.-Klag George and Queen Mary today visited a Lonuon hospital, White Chapel, where the aol? diera wounded In the battles la France are being treated. There were SOO pee? In this big hospital, to which they were tajum so.that they, might be nest their relative*. ? The klag ead queen gave m?nate at-1 tentlon to the aeeomodationn provided. | They conversed freely with the wound ed and expressed pleasure at the rare ] being bestowed en them. As Germans JsJews Beac Lackin (By Associ: As the lines around Paris tigi closer to the French capital, the ofl gress of the war grow briefer an details. So far as the public is conce how the armies in the fielding are made public from official quarters stance the announcement of? the?, been no contact with the Gerrfan and Senelis, since Wednesday, and has not changed. The two towns are respective! of the French capital and they ai Paris to which the German advano With the removal of the go around f'aris have been directed t investment of the capital by the < authorities have, ordered aeroplane iher raids by German aviators. / contittally flying in the neighbor! readiness to attack any of the G sky. The attitude of Turkey ?s aw. (St. Petersburg) dispatch says she dary, but slowly. Annfher list of British casual numbers casualties at 5,228, of wi and 4,7 58 , are. missing. The list fleers. )N GIRL HER ??FE EULA SMITH COMMITTED SUICIDE AT COUNTRY HOME YESTE????? LEFT SHORT NOTE Employed a Shot Gun To Com mit Rash Act and All of Left Breast Was Blown Away ! By Its DUcharge _ . After telling bur mother and Birders that ?he did not cari? for any dlmnar yesterday, pretty Eiila Smith, We1 tf? year old daughter of Mrs. V. B. Smith disappeared from the houae. . Ah hour later members of'the family bo gan to search for her end She Sra? found In a pool qt her own blood*.1 about one quarter ot a mlle' from the. home. She had committed suicide, us ing a single barrelled shot gun and 'death had been Instantaneous. I All the membea ot the Smith fam ily came to Anderson yesterday from1 their home, which ls about BIX miloo from the city in the Prospect section of the county, and Miss Eula cooked the dinner. Shortly after 2 o'clock her mother aad sisters returned' from the city ana (he dinner was ser red. j The girl er plained ?lint she did net ?care for any dinner and walked out on [the front porch. Then she began to read The Intelligencer to an aunt and after a few minutes got up* and went into the house.' This'was the. last time that any member of the family saw her alive. , When the noon meal was finished, and shortly bofore, a o'clock,' the mo*n?. t,er inquired where Eula Swas ? and sha waa told that the girl bad gone.to ber room>' Mrs. Smith then went to the room and found it empty and then abd began to be alarmed. . A search waa -immediately im'WttqifflB^'Milili'Hgt .was gals?.-OB s rio* azs ?raf ls i&s distance but the members'ol . the-fam ily atached aa significance to the .the fact. ii .. > Wnen the house had been starched and. the : girl could not tte, fbas.i; they started over th? farm and Miss Lola Smith, a sister or the dead girl, after walking down a path by the side, of tho woods, happened .to sae something i smouldering in the woods to one sida of the path and when she pressed for ward through the trees-abe came upon on the body of her sister, leaves and part of the girl's clothing being on Ure. I most prostrated and they could do but little but the farm bett waa sound* ?ed and neighbors gathered in. Dr. J. O. Sandor s was summoned from the city and made an examination, I It was found that the. girl bsa [cured her brother's single barrelled ?hot gnn and had gone Ihta the woods, ?placing one end of the gun against a small tree, she tied tht trigger with a ?piece.of hemp. She then stretched her?elf 'on tho ground \ and pressed, ?against the rope with oho foot, holding the other end ot the rope in her hand. The gun fired, the entire' charge tak ! lng effect in her left breast and i?^c . trating the heart. The physician (Continued on Page devon) mA.dvCLnce nines JSaqre g In Detail] ijte'd Press) ?ten and ?ie Gerinl?)/fpn?i 4rayf ficial statements regarding the p*o d are more and mofe lack:ng Jn med little activity is known as to ?faring. Most or the information is of a negative character, for In French war office, .that thire has forces in th> region inf Compieghe i lat the situation, th the northeast ly 45 miles and 3? mHei natjtieast ppear to mark the points nearest e guards have approached, yernment to Bordeaux all efforts 0 preparations for the Ihreaterved hermans. In addition the french 1 patrols to ?uard against any fur k. number of Frerjch aeroplnes aire lood of Paris and others kept In ?man airmen who appear in the O* L Vf. J^iftlWWl rited with anxiety and A Petrograd is mobilimg on the Persian boun ties, officially reported at London. hom 470 are killed and wounded shows a large percentage of of