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INTEREST Y? CENTERED IN TH
GERMANS BETWEEN VISTU1
POLAND? FOR TT IS BEI
THERE WILL HAVE A
OPERATIONS
(By A?Eociatcd Tm*.) , , .
Only meager reports are at band
from any of the scenes of hostilities
but it seems probable that the severe
contest is proceeding in that western
strip of Poland with its northern and
sounthern boundaries, respectively
the Vistula and Warta rivers and its
western front the border of Posen?
"Particularly quiet," ls the descrip
tion of operations in the western zone
given by the French war office, al
though the usual artillery duels and
attacks by infantry at various places
were in progress. Tracy-le-Val, a
short distance northeast of Paris and
at tho crook of the elbow of the west
ern battle front, was the scene ot the
principal infantry attacks. Hera Ute
French reported they held back a Ger
man attempt to capture the town, In
flicting heavy casualtlee.
As for the east, Petrograd has ad
mitted a big reverse in Poland- a
reverse in which the Rusisan armies
have been pushed back at least fifty
miles from the German border toward
Warsaw-but Berlin remains reticent.
"In the eastern theatre the newly
commenced battles are proceeding,"
is all the German waa office naya A
semi-official Berlin report says 'reas
ons of strategy" prevent disclosure of
troop movements.
That these battles are proceeding,
however, is taken to sean that the
Gerpaans are still pressing against
the Russians in an endeavor to drive
them back eastward to Warsaw over
the samo territory in which only a
short time' ago the Russians hetd the
whip hand, and drove the Germans
westward-before .them from the polish
capital toward, t^e. German frontier.
Alums the r,usi f russian ooraer the i
atSSCOVivoS -c mim i-arty < tore COntinU
oualy pressing forward and making
inroads Into German territory. Here
also Germany makes claims.
With regard . .'iii . the operations
southward in Galicia and in southern
Russian Poland, the Russians, accord
ing to unofficial reports, are follow
ing up previous successes against the.
Austrians. On the other hand, a news
dispatch from Vienna declares Gie
Austrians' have captured 7,000 prison
ers and many guns.
A battle haa taken place tstwoen
Russian and Turkish warships off
Sebastopol In tho Black Sea. As to its
results reports are contradictory. Pet
rograd claims the former German
cruiser Gooben, now flying the Turk
ish flag, was atruck by Russian shells
that explosions occurred on board her,
that abe quit the encounter and dis
appeared ih the fog..
Constantinople, through Berlin,
makes no mention of Ute Gooben hav
ing been Injured but says one Rus
sian battleship was badly damaged
and that the others fled towards Se
bastopol.
The Bri Uah again have been suc
cessful In an attack on a Turkish po?
siUon. The force operating on Ute
Shat-El-Arab Uiver and the Persian
Gulf drove from their trenches an
Ottoman force and captured prison
ers, guns and ammunition. The Brit
ish, however, l?st three officers and
35 men killed in Ute attack. The Tur
kish casualties ware not stated.
From the British general headquar
ters at Ute front comes a further ac
count of righting along the British
, lines covering Ute period from No
vember 18 to 10. Ih this recital lt ls
declared the situation so far as it re
lates to the British has not altered
from that tune.
Engagements consisted for the most
part of Bheling at long range and the,
violent Gannan attacks, which pre
-. viously had hean so persistent had
not -been resumed.
That several sharp encounters oc
curred ls Indicated, however, by re
ference to heavy loses and the admis
sion that Ute Germans had penetrat
ed the British Unes at one or two
points- later to be driven back.
Owing to the ?Moded country on the
northern line in Belgium Ute belli
gerents frequently resort to the use
cf Sat bottom co- boats JO. their operat
ions.
Turkey has not replied to the re
quest of Ute 7 pited States govern
ment for information as to why the
launch of the Americas cruiser Ten
nessee waa fired on by Turkish land
forces at Smyrna; lt sn answer ls not
forthcoming shortly It ls probable
the American government will ask tba
British x/miralfty tor permission to
ase Its wireless >o communicate with
the American shins In Turkish watara.
LONDON, Nov, 19.-Both German
and Russ sn headquarters are very
sparing with ?nforma?on. All tifas fci
definitely known Is that the Russians
advance guard, consisting largely cf
cavalry, which advanced right on to
tho German frontier, arter the hattie
at-Warsaw, met superior forces sad
has fallen back more than half the
distance covered tn the advance.
The Creroa&ns ara sending strang
forces bite tho country between the'
twa river* whare Ute hattie moat he
fought hoping that In this confined
Drat Ute Russians w?U A* be ?bl? ta
ERS ARE VERY
[H_ INFORMATION
? BATTLE OF RUSSIANS AND
LA AND WARTA RIVERS IN
JEVED THE OUTCOME
MARKED EFFECT ON
ELSEWHERE
deploy their enormous armies to ad
vantage. The Russians, however, now
can choose their own ground for tho
battle and it is probable they will se
lect it as far as possible from the
German lines of communication.
In Galicia, before Cracow, and in
Bast Prusia, the Russians are pushing
their advantage, apparently disregard
ing the fact that their center has been
compelled to fall back. They also are
showing much activity In the Car
pathians to prevent the Austrians from
retiring into Hungary. It is stated
they already have cut off 800,000 Aus
trians, who now will be compelled, if
defeated, to retreat westward.
In Flanders and France the battle
which has been going on for thirty
five da i has again developed into a
artillery duel. Thia doubtless is due
to inability of the Infantry on either
side to operate successfully over the
muddy ground, and to the extended
flooded area between the coast and
Dixmude.. While they are moving men
eastward to oppose the Russians, the
Germans are reported to be bringing
more big guns to the western front.
Russian and Turkish squadrons have
met in a long distance duel off Sebas
topol and both claim victory. The
Russian report saya '. the Turkish
cruiser Gooben was damaged, while
the-Turks claim a Rustan battleship
suffered severely and .that the ' other
Russian warships fled.
Reminiscent of carly days of war
is the report from Vienna that Bel
grade has been called upon to sur
render. This city, capital of Servia,
was undsr bombardment for weeks
and waa relieved on ry when uic nun- <
situ! auf tm co >n Galicia compeiied the
Austrians to look after their northern
frontiers. Now the Servians, like the
Montenegrins, are back in their own
country, and .the Austrians, unmindful
'of the second invasion of their north
ern provinces, are endeavoring to de
stroy the two little armies.
lieft Large Estate.
t r.EW. YORK, Nov. 19.-Anthony N.
Brady, the financier who died .in Lon
don in.July, 1013, left an estate val
ued at $77,042,443, it became known
today when the report of the trans
fer tax appraiser of Albany County
was filed.
Mr. Brady's holdings in the Ameri
can Tobacco Company amounted to
$7,147.200 and In the British Ameri
can Tobacco Company to $5,190,030.
He held securities of the United
States Rubber Company valued at
$3.064,648.
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Body of Lord Rot
to Its L;
The Streets Were Lined With Trc
Stood With Bared Heads in
Cortege Passed-King G
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 19.-The body ot
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, borne on
a gun carriage, moved slowly through
the streets of London to Its Isat rest
ing place in BL- Paul's Cathedral.
The streets were lined with troops,
while thousands of civilians stood
with bared heada in a cold rain aa
the funeral cortege passed. .
-The procession reached SC Paul's
at noon, where funeral services were
held before tv reverent throng, nl
eluding King George. The body will
be interred alongside the remains of
Wellington, Nelson, Wolsley.and oth
er famous Britons.
Lord Roberts died from natural
causas last week at tba headquarters
of fha RHMah army in France. Thc
body waa returned to England yes*
terday and last night it lay In hia
residence! at Ascot, where brief ser
vices attended by Lady Roberts and
her daughters were held. Thia norn
ing the coffin was brought to London
for public funeral.
It la recalled today that just M
years ago the body of the Duke of
Wellington waa Interred in St. Paul's
Cathedral.
Lord Kitchener, secretary ot war;
Admiral Lord Charlea Beresford.
Lord Grenfell. .Admiral Sir E. H. Sey
mour; Sir Evelyn Wood and other
prominent naval and, army officers
followed the coffin ?earing the flag
draped coffin through the streets of
the etty.
Klug George waa not In the proces
sion. He drove from Buckingham Pal
ace direct to the catha!rai, which he
mashed short!v before the arrival of
the cortege Thia la the' first time
asaalaasTa kine has attended the fun
end of a national hero airca the bur
ial of Wellington.
Preceding the caisson was a bat
tery ot Lidian artillery, given Ona
LAND 1ST BE
RE-DISTRIBUTED
FIGHTING IN MEXICO WILL
NEVER CEASE UNTIL WORK
ERS OWN THEIR HOMES
THE NATION WAS
MADE HOMELESS
Relieve? They Are Emerging Into
the Light of a New end Better
Day.
(By Associated Pren.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Fighting in
Mexico never will cease until the land
has been redistricted and workers can
own their hornes in the opinion of
John Lind, President Wilson's person
al reprsentative in the southern re
public during Huerta's, administra
tion. Addressing the Industrial Club,
here today, Mr. Lind sketched the de
velopment of the landlord system un
der the Snanish conquerers and then
declared:
"AB a whole the nation waa made
homeless and nae so continued. to
this day. This la and w|U be the cause
of ' revolutions in Mevlco until the
question ls settled. The state of Moro
los, for example, is owned by 27 men."
Nominal freedom. Mr. Lind said,,
waa accorded Ute peona but they are
poorly paid and practically compeled
to remain tn the service of the great
land owners. Laws-forbidding employ
es' to leave the landlord's service
while in debt have aided in keeping
the workers In subjection.
Careful study of the. Mexicana, tho
speaker continued, convinced him thai
the differences between them and the
citizens ot the United States were not
raclai' nor psychological. The turbu
s\t thd Ue.fj.ona 1%A mn lil fvmld
fr-, A*,*Tlte&r.$ <S* V?at'?i of ii^.p?siou.
"The . hard experience of tho Mexi
can has.made him wary and suspi-'
clous," said Mr. Lind. "It has been
difficult for the Mexican people to
believe our President did not have
some ulterior motive in hie proffered
good offices. I think, however, that
they noir eris about convinced, and
when once convinced, more loyal
friends are not to be found."
'The speaker closed with a plea "for
a, /armer and kindlier interest In
these, our neighbors."
"They hear us'no 111 will." he de
clared. "They need our good will. We
need theirs. We must bo friends in
peace' and allies In trouble. The peo
ple ot Mexico dwell in a 'rich and
beautiful land. I feel that they are a
people ot great promise. They have
suffered vicissitudes which we have
escaped. I believe, that they are em
erging Into the light ot a new and
better day."
felts Borne
ist Resting Place
? ????
ops While Thousands of Civilians
n Cold Rain ns the Fanerai
?orge Not in Procession.
place ot honor because of Lord Rob
erts* lifelong devotion to the king's
Indian troops. Ta'.l sikhs, their tur
bans wound round with khaki led
white mules of their battery, and In
dian officers, wrapped In their khaki
capes, paid silent tribute to their de
parted friend. Lieutenant General
Pole-Carew and eight other officers
rode beside the caisson carrying the
lnslgnlt ot the field marshal while
a groom wafted behind leading the
former chieftain's horse.
I* required more than an hour for
the military escort to pass. The three
bidgee over the Thames commondlng
tito rout? of march along the Vic
toria embankment were massed with
crowds, but it was with great difficul
ty thst thsy co?ld wm ibo procession
In the avenue below because of the
rain and heavy fog. The silent sold
iery passed by enveloped in mist
which seated to Intensify the solem
nity of their mission.
The pipers ot the London Scottish,
followed by a bataillon of that organ
isation, lsd the procession in which
the guards and bataillons of naval de
tachment* preceded the Indian bat
tery, After the caisson came Ute car
riages of the mourner* and pallbear
ers, than a battery of the Royal Horse
Artillery .whil* three bataillons of
cavalry all in field khaki b??ught up
the rear of the military escort.
A salute ot 19 guns waa died aa the
funeral nocesrUm left the railroad
station. Traffic waa suspended along
the route and the crowds stood In
absolute silence. The only, sound as
the military escort passed along was
tho rythmlc tread of Infantrymen and
the crunching of the horses' hoofs on
the sand-covered toada
Loag before the Um? fixed for the
funeral services, the vast cathedra]
was fitted. Th? strains of, tho Dead
* (Continued on'Page 8.)
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o MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19. o
o -General Obregon issued i o
o manifesto tonight calling up- o
o on all citizens t? unite against o
o General Villa, whom he de- o
o nominated as "a traitor and o
o criminal, whose whole pur- o
o pose is to sacrifice the coun- o
o try on the altar of personal o
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FIRST MEETING
OF COMMITTEE
Cotton Loan Committee That
Will Admamister Fund to
M set Today.
(Dy Aaaociated Pren.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-W. P. G.
Harding and Pant M. Warburg, of the
federal reserve board, who have been
the acUve agents in the raising of the
$135,000.000 cotton loan fund, left to
night tor Now York to attend the first
meeting there tomorrow of the Cot
ton Loan Committee which will ad
minister Ute fund.
Hr. Harding, ls chairman of the
committee, and prominent bankers
from New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago, and St. Louis are members.
Ita first work will be designation of
State committees in cotton producing
States which will pass on loans ask
ed by growers.
The office of Ute committee wiri be
; in New York and Mr. Harding prob
ably will spend much of bis Urne
there for the next few weeks.
Buying More Cotton
Than Ever Before
S ? ? . ? *a? *
SAH MftAKc?Bx?, '-iaor. m^jsiSn^
ese and .Chinese manufacturera are
buying cotton here as never before
and they neem willing to purchase all
Utey can had vessel space for. Their
mills are reorted running to capacity.
The price Is eight cents a pound Ger
gany ls .understood ( to be bidding
om 18 to 20 cents with virtually no
orders being filled and her own stock
near Ute vanishing point.
Cotton acreage tn California only
recently has been .developed and lt ls
generally believed it will be reduced
next year.
Letter of Sympathy
To Mexican Hierarchy
(tty Associated Pim).
BALTIMORE. Nov. 19.-Cardina:
Gibbons, at Ute request of Ute arch
bishops of Ute United States; has writ
ten a letter of sympathy to Ute Mex
ican hierarchy.
"Tho deplorable conditions whict
for some Urne have prevailed In Mex
ico and which apparently became mon
intolerable with each attempt to re
medy them," says Ute letter, "says ti?
letter, "are Ute source of deepest con
cern to Ute bishops ot Ute Unite*
States."
- .. . .
Discovery May Save
Lives of Thousand!
(By Associated ' Prats.)
GENEVA, Switzerland. Nov. 19.
(Via Paris, 6:15 p. ra.)-A prepara
tion which it la claimed will stop si
most Instantly the flew of blood fron
a wound has been invented by Pro!
8heo?or Kocher, ot Berne, winner o
Ute Nobel prise for surgery In. 1913
and his assistant. Dr. A. Pone?. Th
new. pr?paration, called Coagulen, i
a powder, and is dissolved in wate
before being applied VJ a wound.
Medical mea here declare the live
of thousands of sold fe? 5 probably wll
be saved by lt It can .V? applied b;
untrained bands, it ir. said, br by th
wounded maa Ourself.
nt_ s m
vimnoD Doara or
Trustees Adjourn*
Special to Th* IjrtalUcftncar.
. CLEMSON COLLEGS, Nov. 19.
The board of trustees adjourned thti
afternoon. All mom bora were pres
est except Senator Tilintea, Congress
man Levjr and J. J. E^Shs. Reutin
mattera wera passed upon, this beinj
a regular meeting.
Dr. PA O. Feeley waa elected Stat
veterinarian. and Professor of veter!
nary science to succeed Dr. M. F
Powers, recently resigned. Dr. W. A
Barnett, was elected assi*..tnt veter
InarUn and first assistant State vet
orinar?an. Both these elections wer
promotions. '
Record floreat ber Snow.
BttlBTOL. Tenn.. Nov. 10.~Whst t
said to be a record snow for. Nove?
"ber 19 In Bristol and the first of tb
season started ratling tonight at J
o'clock and at midnight ht 4 fallet
tc a depth of over two inches, wit'
; no let np la. sight. . -_A ?, a. tr?
CARRANZA TROOPS INCOR
PORATING THEMSELVES
IN VILLA COLUMNS .
HIS ARMY IS
WELL EQUIPPED <
Two Hundred Refugees Telegraph '
. Presic nt Wilson for Aid to
Leave Vera Crts.' 1
i
_ i
(By Anoclatod Pms.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Villa's j
march on Mexico Citl continued un
obstructed according to telegrams J
today from American consular agents ,
accompanying him. Two thousand \
Carranza troops changed their alie- >
glance on the arrival of tbe Villa ad- ,
vance at Leon, tho dispatch aald, and ,
garrisons all along the line are In- ?j
corporatlng themselves In the Villa <
columns. ]
The American agents predict that <
Villa will reach Mexico City without ?
difficulty. His army, they say, is well ,
equipped and ls moving with seien- i
tifie precision. From Carranza i
sources, however, it ls declared VU- i
la will clash tn a few days with the .
troops of-General Obregon and Gen- ?
zalos, south of Irapuato and near j
Quere taro. ,
Washington representatives ot C.-- ,
rania tonight gave out the following ,
telegrams from Carranza, dated yes- ,
terday at Cordoba:
. "That you may be clearly Inform- i
ed ns to actual conditions, and Jp) In
a position to deny all false rumors,
I wish to place in your nanda all the
details of the situation beginning by
tri vin? y/>? the condMWM!*: on vhiclr I
. wita Willing to resign as 1 expressed
them in messages to General Gonza
les. These points were: I will sur
render the power In my hands to any
person whom I deem trustworthy as,
for example, General Pablo Go^tales.
General Villa shall deliver the actual
i command of his forces to the admin
istration in the territory controlled
by General Eulalio Gutierrez. Villa
and myself shat, both leave the coun
try and meet in Havana on November
1 25. The convention of ?ener?is shall
convene In Mexico City to select a
president for the entire pro-constitu
tional period. Generals Gutierres
and Gonzales shall deliver the. com
mand of the troops under them to the
' newly elected president. If on tbe
30th of November these conditions
have not been complied with, Carran
. sa shall resume his character as first
1 chief of the Constitutionalist army.
(Continued on Pago Seven.) . I
I South American
Face A
i
. In Several Countries the Situation
C* tton Growers of the Unite
I Market Was Clo
(By Asoclated Pratt.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. *9.-That
five hundred million doliste1 , loaned
I to" the countries of South sad Cen
l tral America within the next five
r yeera would bring to this country
? more than one and a half billion
> doliera lr trade* was the declaration
3 of John Lorrett, director-general . of
B the Pan-American Union, at the op
r ening session hera today of the first
International trade conference of the
" Mississippi valley and Central Weat.
I Mr. Barrett waa the principal
y speaker at the afternoon session
e which waa devoted principally to the
organisation of the conference. Ed
ward fi!. Gore of Chicago, was elected
.nar-manmnt chairman nf m*K*lnr
. M. B. Tresevant. ot New Orleans, aec
. rotary and committees were appolnt
1 ed to consider the subjects of trans
portation, the establishment of a
. credit system, exchange of commo
\ flitlee between the United States and
n iUatin America, and banking. The
. committees wUl ?report to the finn*
4 stVwdon of the conference tomorrow,
a Did agates from all the States In the
v Mississippi Valley and nearly every
Southern State are ia attendance,
a Mr. Barrett placed before the con
j. ferries facta and figur?e calculated
t to throw light on the problema con
nected* with the development of South
? American trade. With. European cap
- ital, which has heretofore largely ft
s nanead 'business ta the South Ameri
can com itrios, unavailable, owing to
the Euroyjean war. the opportunity
for American business men and maa
? afacturersV to secure a larger trade
I" rstetlonahfa? ls great, he stated.
t> WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.--The. bu?
? reau of foreign and domestic corn
It moree ls at work on reports from
every South American country with
SAH H. H. TO
ON THE FRAN
DISPASSIONATE DISCUSSION C
REFERENCE TO THE RECEN
TER OF THE FRANCHISE
ERN PUBLIC UTTLITIE
BUSINESS IN THE CI
The following communication from i
'apt. H. H. Watkins haa been hand- :
H\ The Intelligencer: <
IX) THE EDITOR OF THE INTEL- I
LIGENCER: i
Owing to the fact that my name has 1
Men used several times in The In- 1
:olllgencer regarding the franchise of 1
he Southern Public Utilities Com- 1
pany, I have decided to depart from 1
ny fixed custom cf keeping out of the 1
newspaper prints, a custom to which 1
[ have rigidly adhered since I first
?ame to Anderson, a little over 23 ;
roans ago, since which time I have i
heart and soul made Anderson "My i
rown." During that timo, it has been l
ny fortune to be the legal represen- i
tative of a number ot corporations i
which have invested their money inti
thia city, and whenever this relation ;
aas given me an opportunity of en- '
couraglng any new enterprise to en- t
rich and upbuild the city, I.have tak- i
sn advantage ot such opportunity. In ;
?very instance I have felt that Ute 'j
success of these enterprises meant <
the expansion and development of
the city, and that without auch ex
pansion and development, Ute enter- ?
prises themselves could not grow. I
am still convinced that the progrese
of the city and the enrichment of Its ?
citizens, both individual and corpor
ate, depends upon fair and . liberal
treatment, Ute one of Ute other. In \
contracts between Ute city and indi
viduals, or corporations, lt ls- natur
ally the duty ot Ute city and lbs rep
resentatives to safeguard ali Rs in
terests, and lt is likewise Ute duty of
corporations in a proper way to safe
guard their interests.
At Ute outset, let me stets that
while I had nothing to do, either aa
attorney or an Individual, with pro-,
curing Ute adoption of the franchise
and contracta with the Southern Pub
lic Utilities Company, in the course
of my duUes as attorney for the com
pany I have made myself thoroughly
familiar with the provisions of these
instruments. I am also familiar with
Ute franchise and contracts under
which the Anderson Water, Light and
Power Company operated. Beta g thus
familiar with them, I do not hesitate
to say thu? I believe Ute present con
tracts are entirely fair and liberal to
ward the city, and that a careful ex
amination of them will convince our
ciUzens who are opposed to them
that Utey have been laboring under
a misapprehension as to what tbese
provisions are. . Unfortunately, Ute
Countries
Serious Situation
is the Same as That Which Faced
d States When the European
eed by the War.
a view to suggesting to American
manufacturera a feasible way of se
curing Ute enormous trade with those
countries which Germany was forced
to abandon at the outbreak of the
European war.
Preliminary statements show the
situation to be greatly complicated.
With Ute exception ot Argentina,
every country la financially embar
rassed, and with some, notably Bra
sil, an unsound financial condition
aggravated by Ute war, adds to Uto
difficulties.
; In several countries the situation is
the same as Ut at which faced cotton
grcTTcra ot Ute United States when
their Enrop?ftn ?e*rk*t wss elcecd hy
Ute war. They are loaded with huge
crops and mineral products usually
absorbed by European manufactur
ers, now out ot reach.
There are very few factories tn
South America, and HUle prospect
that those of Ute United States will
be ante to take ap any large portion
of the raw materials now fliting South
American wsrehouaes.. Without ex
ception American consuls reported
that some arrangement must be made
to permit South American producers
to realise to some extent on these
stored products aa. a preliminary es
tablishment ct permanent trade with
Ute southern continent.
Those in close touch with Ute sit
uation pointed out tonight that many
difficulties would be encountered in
any effort to organisa a loan sydi
cate to aid South American producers
as cotton producers are being aided
in Ulla country. That it waa unlikely
anything could he sccompllsbed to
ward turning. South American trade
to Ute United States for several
moaUts at least wast generally admit
(Continued on Page 8.)
UNS WRITES
?CHJSE (QUESTION
>F THE VEXED QUESTION IN
T AGITATION IN RE MAT
GRANTED THE SOUTH
S COMPANY TO DO
TY OF ANDERSON
iltuation hag been, clouded by th? In
jection or personal criticism Into th?
iiscussion. In orSer that the matter
nay be more clearly presented to
those who may feel inclined ta tire
careful consideration to the matter,
ind who may have the patience to
read this article, 1 submit this etate
nent, fully conscious, however, ot the
fact that my views are notlntalUble,
ind I accord to those WMpSgay dit
rer with me all credit fordon Wt dlf
rerence of opinion.
The only contract between the
Southern Public Utilities Company
and the city that was submitted to
me for suggestion or approval was
the White Way contract. This con
tract had been drawn hy the city at
torney, Mr. Sullivan, and I think that
lt was at his suggestion that he and
Mr. Orr came together to my office.
We went over the contract as lt had
been drawn. I approved lt without
the change of a word, so far. as;I
remember, and lt was signed by both
parties. Mr. Orr then stated to rae
that as an. investment for the com
pany, he did not favor the eoprract,
which required at the beginning an
expenditure of pearly ten thousand
dollars, but that he realised it would
lx> a great advertlsment for the city
and that If the citizens desired Jt he
thought lt the duty of hui company
to cooperate in furnishing lt Itj is
not my purpose or prerogative to pass j
upon the Question as to whether the
city can afford this White Way cr not
I think lt will be conceded, however,
that no or-_ thing has ever been done
which hss contributed ao much to
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ance of the city, both to Us own peo
ple and to the outsiders, as the es
tablishment of the White Way. It is
a great thing for a c?g to have its
citizens build handsome and, expen
sive homes, places ot business and
public buildings when their means
justify lt It is an ?Qual advantage,
if not a greater one, to have Ita
streets thoroughly and beautifully
lighted, since nothing is a greater aid
to comfort and safety, ncr a greater
enemy to crime, than light It never
occurred to me Chat tbs contract tor
the White Way waa Invalid, nor do
I now think lt ls Invalid, if I had
had any doubt about the matter I
should have made. it known to my
client before it signed a contract and
before lt expended its money, and I
would have felt an equal obligation
to make the sams statement to the
representative of the cit/, though. I
did not represent lt, if I believed
the city was signing an illegal con
tract. If through lack of knowledge
I had approved an illegal contract
whose terms had been . voluntarily
agreed to between my client and an
other I ahould advise my client to
fulfill Its part ot the agreement at
whatever cost particularly^ It the
other party had already epSttVa, large
sum of money Ia carrying out Us part
of the contract
With, reference to the old franchise
and contract with the Anderson Wat
er, Light and Power Company, lt
should be remembered that tbs light
ing contract and franchise gave th?
exclusive right to th? company to
furnish not only the public lighting
of the streets and other public places,
but also Ut? exclusive right to fur
nish ?nd seU electrical current with
in tho city for all purposes tor .a
period of 25 yeera This franchise
was given hy the council withoue a
vote of the people, and was never
questioned by act ot the city connell
01 by the courts, although ft was ex
desire. The water franchise con
tract though not exclusive tn terns,
waa exclusfrs la effw?, btcauie the
city stipulated that it woujd ase too
water furnished by the coonany for
a period of years. In Ul* water
contract it was provided that the city
should nave tn? right io purcnaue th?
system at nair the exftbeMsa af the
SS years, sc-? by giving notice of In
tention to do so ose ye?; -i?rtor to Uso
expiration of said time. T?ere was
vc right given tee city to parchase
the lighting plant at any ?fae,
The franchise end contracts' W?t?
the Southern Public UtiUtlse Con?
pany make som? very radteel andi
sweeping changes in faro*, ot the
city. Tn the first' place, !t mutt bo
observed that it is ?ot in any tease
an exclusive franchise. ? It dives the
right to th? Utilities Company to fur
nish water and lights to Ute city and
Its ciUsens for a period of 40 years,
which at first view, might saeta to be
a long period. Coupled with thia
right however, 1* the right to tho
elsy te yegtfaste the water elset ?vt
aay momeat ft may desire to da se.
lt could parchase it tomorrow and
put the FuMio. Utilities Company out
of business so far a* ike water sys
tem is concerned, sad thc pi ice ls nat
left to the Utilities Company, whlea
fe set Stowed te tx i'ce val twilla ap.
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