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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA E L ?.EASE WAI GOVERNORSHIP OF SO RESIGNATION WRITTEN IN RED JINK BY OWN HAND CAME AS SHOCK TO THE PEOPLE OF ENTIRE STATE DRAMATIC FINALE OF CAREER IS WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Smith Steps Promptly to the Helm and Good Old Ship of State Sails Serenly on--Has Five Days in Office. ;? (By Associated Press.) > COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. 14.-Cole L. Blease today retired as South Caro lina's governor. Ave days before his second tenn of two years would have ended. Hie resignation, sent to Secretary of State McCown, was suppl mented by a brief message to the general assembly informing the members that it also was tendered to them. Some members of the house of representatives and senate cheered the announcement of the governor's resignation. No formal action was nec essary apd by direction of the presiding officers in the two houses the raes page was received only as information. Lieutenant Governor'Charles A. Smith was immediately sworn in as tho state's chief executive to serve out the unexpired term, Chief Justice Gary, of ike State supreme court, administering the oath of office. Mr. Blease and several State officials then accompanied Mr. Smith to the governor's office. LeGrnnd G. Walker, president of the senate, automatically succeeded to the lieutenant governorship. No provioua intimation ot the governor's action had been given and no reason for it was assigned. The present legislature is chiefly composed ot men who are his political opponents and lt was said that proposals to^in-^ at&uT^Impehchment .proceed!*** ?raina? hlrWer? roadr- gt ?''twsgjSg^M legislators Tuesday night, but that no action was taken. . Written by Hand and In Red lng. "I hereby resign my office as governor of South Carolina," was the full communication of Governor Blease to the secretary of state. It was'writ ten by hand and tn red ivV. Both the governor and his friends refused to add anything to the brief statement. The message to the general assembly was equally terse. Covernor-slect Richard I. Manning will be inaugurated hext Tuesday. 'Ho has been a political opponent of Mr. Blease and defeated Lieutenant Governor Smith, endorsed by Governor Blesse, for the Democratic nomina tion for United States senator by Ellison D. Smith, the incumbent. He Has Had a Remarkable Career. Governor Blease. some times called "the Stormy Petrel of Sovth Caro lina," was accounted one ot the most picturesque figures In American pub lic life. Griminal in conception and daring in elocution, his administration has been marked by many unusual actions. Numerous granta of clemency to State prisoners, public statements which were construed to mean that he was opposed to Using State troops to prevent the lynching of negroes when they attacked white women, and the recent ? disbanding of the South Caro lina national guard helped make his official career notable. His Woaderful Pardon Record. . "I love the pardoning power," he once said. "I want to give the poor devils'another chance!1. I hope to make the number an even thousand before I go out of office." Records show that the governor' surpassed even his own expectations. Just before retiring today he issued 27 clemency grants. Four men sentenced to lifCM imprisonment for murder were paroled and four others received com mntatlnns. Most of the remaining number were given commutations. To day's- action made ? total of 1,708 prisoners granted clemency during the governor's four years administration. . , Full pardons .recently were granted approximately 1,000 prisoners who previously had been paroled, this action restoring their citizenship. Super intendent p. J, Griffith, of the State penitentiary, said tonight that less than one hundred prisoners are now held here. Governor Blease Is the first South Carolina chief executive who has re signed to enter private life. Other governors have resigned, hut only for tho purpose of Accepting some other office. Mr. Blease has made no an nouncement as to his future plans. _ " Ills Spectacular Political Career. Governor Bl ease's political career has been* marked by'numerous specta cular Incidents and controversies. While practicing law In Newberry. 8* e., he became active in politic i and in 1290 was elected to the State house of representatives. Me also served In the State senate1 and waa president: pro um ot that body In lOOT-m ? jAfter a -heated Campaign ia 1910, in which defeated the prohibition of element's candidate in tho .Democratic primaries, he waa Inaugurated aa governor in January, 1911. His Inaugural address waa considered a unique State, document tn that lt contained scathing denunciation of some of the new governor's enemies. Shortly after he assumed office he began ex tending' clemency to convicts Jn the State penitentiary, declaring that a priyi^g^^pcled institution at the .prison waa a "tuberculosis breeder." One statement attributed to he governor at that "he would free at least one prisoner for each day he served aa governor." Governor Blease*? Second Term. 1 Blease was renominated' tn isis in th* Demscr-tie priantes, ?efroins Ira B. Jones, who resigned ac chief justice ot the State supreme court, te oppose him. lils second term was marked by his dismissal of virtually all the notaries public from office; bis dismissal of a number of magistrates who bad Incurred hhs disfavor, sad his participation ta a number of public con troversies with members of the State supreme court sad other State rials. He also became involved in a dispute with the federal war depar ment over State militia eK&lra and several days ago he ts*oed an order dis banding the entire militia. DurLtg his admtatatraMon Governor Blearo and the State - legislature (Continued on page eight.)' , SMITH'S SEAT TO REMA|NJAGANT LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSHIP WILL REMAIN OPEN UN TIL BETHEA TAKES HOLD NEW GOVERNOR IS CONGRATULATED I Felicitated by Friends in AU Perts of the State-No Spectacu lar Moves. Rpeoinl to Tho Intriligeocer. COLUMBIA. Jan. 14.-The position] of lieutenant governor of South Car olina will remain vacant until An drew J. Bethea 1B Inaugurated on next Tuesday at noon. Senator Legrand Walker ia the president pro tem of the senate and as such will wield the gaUel in the upper body until Mr. Bethea is Inducted into office. Senator Walker will remain as senator from Georgetown County and hold the position of president pro tem and will not qualify as lieutenant governor. He stated this tonight after adjournment of the senate. If he were to qualify as lieutenant governor it would vacate his seat in the sen ate. No one caq make h'm quail and no one wanta to see him M?#ei *eaWo44a.ia too yabjahle_a, ?-fri ever;' ???e realign that he wculc1 adora the office of lieutenant gover nor. Governor Smith was In his office! this afternoon. Telegrams of con- j gratulatleus reached him from several parts of the State. Editor Booker of j the Spartanburg Journal wired con gratulations and many others came to him. His office was thronged with people coming In to congrat?late htm,] and the State. The house thought there ought to] be some more formal inaugural ex ercises for the new governor and ac cordingly adopted a concurrent reso lution for the two houses to meet in Joint assembly at noon tomorrow for I more formal inaugural exercise's for Governor Smith. The resolution came o<er on the senate side tonight but on objection from Senator Hink ler went over for consideration to morrow morning. The rapidity with which changes in the governors took place today was still tba talk of Columbia late tonight. The matter was the general topic of conversation in the capitol. In hotel lobbies and on the streets and every one had his reason for the occurrence. Governor Sojith late thia afternoon indicated that his Ave days In office would not see any spectacular moves. There ia general satisfaction that hs j is governor and lt is the general con census of opinion that he will MI the Office with credit to himself and honor to bis State. He sent a message to the senate tonight notifying- them that be had -taken the oath of office as governor. The Weather. South Carolina: Fair Friday and] Saturday. WILL STAY AWAY FROM CEREMONIES! Governor Hooper of Tennessee WHl Doline to Sae Soc cats or Sworn tn. CBv AMorUttd Fl??) NASHVILLE,' TENN., Jan. 14. Thomas C. Rye, of Paris, Tenn., will be inaugurated governor of Tennessee tomorrow at noon. The ceremony will take place in the Ryman auditorium and ?* large crowd is expected to wit ness the return of a Democrat to| power. In a statement issued today Gover nor Hooper announced that he would not attend hts successor's inaugura tion. "Only the most cogent reasons In? volv?as; important considerations of a public character could constrain mo to decline,'* he says. Governor Hooper charges the leg islature ot 1811 with delaying bia in auguration amt the present Demo cratic legislature with setting the sea! of its approval upon that action by fixing tho inauguration 10 dare^jMg* v^ro ?he expiration Of his constitu tional tarni of office. ALLIES SUFFER CHECK Oj AISNE FRENCH FORCED TO YIELD IN FRONT OF UREGUV AFTER 2 DAYS FIGHT ? -i - KAISER PRESENT , AT OPERATIONS Petrograd Claims Progress on Right Bank of the Lower Vistula. ?ni ii i ' (By Associated Prut.) A reverse of the Allies along the Aisne in the neighborhood of Sois sons is admitted in the latest French official statement, although the possi ble effect of the ilene .in advance is officially minimized. After continuous engagements! which lasted nearly two days, the Germans forced the French to yield in front of Vregny, east of Crouy. The French war office cxplnins that the flooding ot the River Alane destroyed several of the bridges and thus ren dered precarious the communications o fthe troops operating on the right bank. These troops were withdrawn, as it was thought impossible to send reinforcements to their support. "The success ta, a partial one for our adversarles," saya the French statement, "but will have no influ ence on the operations as a whole." Emperor William himself was present at these operations which' re sulted In capture of several thousand French prisoners and wero continued throughout January 12 and 13. Petrograd claims progress on the right bank of tho lewer Vistula, where the German cavalry was repulsed. On the other front the fighting is made up largely of skirtnliihes and artillery r.'fhe .general' ??Jr of the Uneaten Caucasus army devotes a statement to operations in Azerbaijan, where ?it ls explained, it became expedient to regroup the Russian forces, necessi tating evacuation of certain places previously occcupied. Nb important action took place. British aviators early In the week dropped bombs on tho German posi tion in Antwerp, according to a Neth erlands newspaper dispatch. The damage has not been ascertained. Eighteen' Russian generals havr been discharged from important posi tions, according ? to the Homburg Fremdemblatt. Geneva reports that members of the Austrian nobility and aristocracy and Viennese financiers are deposit ing large sums of money in Switzer land and also giving orders for pur chase of quantities of ammunition supplies. Secretary Bryan has acknowledged In a friendly aplrit receipt of the pre liminary British reply to the Ameri can protest against treatment accord ed, neutral commerce by British war- j ahips. No comment, la made by the] secretary in view of the fact that lt 1s Great Britain's Intention to reply let er in detail. ITALY'S 'QUAKE FELT IN AMERICA Swarthmore College Seismograph j at Philadelphia Recorded Vibrations 03r AwpcUted Fr*??.) PHILADELPHIA. Jsn. 14.-Vibra tions from the earthquake in Italy were recorded by the Swarthmore College seismograph. Dr. J. A. Mil ler, professor of astronomy, who de veloped the Bim of the instrument to day, said there was a series of shocks, the first recorded st 8:44 Tuesday night, or 2:35 a. m Wednesday, Rome time. The most Revere shock occur red at 11-21 o'clock Tuesday night, or at 6:12 o'clock Wednesday morning in Rome. OO o o o o o o o o o o o o o ooo o o o ALABAMA MAT o o IWS ?f>K?* fOLirMX- o o o (By Associated Press.) o o MONTGOMERY, Ala. Jan. 14. o o -A bill to make Alabama a pro- o O htbltton State after Jua e30. 1915, o ? wo? n*a?ui today by'tot h liosae? u jo of the legislature and, after Anal o t o ratification by both houses tomor- o ?o row, will go to Governor O'Neal o o for hi? consideration. Should he o o take adverse action on the meas- o o ure, It .v? asserted, sn attempt o o witl be made to <paas lt over his o o teto. Prohibition leaders claim o'ed that the vote today-74 to 87 o O in the house and 241 to 0 tn'ytte^p o senste-indicated that this could o o ho accomplished. ? o O O O OOO OO DOO O ooo O OO VICTIMS MAY GO BEYOf 25,000 ESTIMATED DEAD FROM ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE 25,000 TO 50,000 WORK OF RESCUE GOES FORWARD Dozens of Towns Have Been Literally Levelled to the Ground. (By Astodatod Prc?.) ROME, Jan. 14.-The toll of dead and injured In the great earthquake that swept over central and southern Italy has not been made up, but ad vices reaching Rome Indicate tho ever-growing extent of the disaster. Towns with thousands nf inhabi tants have been overthrovn and from some or these come details which show an immense loss of life. Esti mates ran tonight from 26,000 to 60, 000 dead and injured, and yet there are several sections which undoubt edly felt the earthquake in full mea sure, from which no estimate? can be obtained, In the ancient territory of Mars!, which includes Aveszano, the victims, are placed at 26,00. Only a small min ority ls lett of the inhabitants of Avezzano, who numbered approxi mately 10.000. Fifteen other towna and villages In that section have been laid waste. King Victor Emmanuel ls at Avezza no and 30,000 soldiers have been des patched to various centers where the force of the disturbance was greatest. Italy as a nation has arisen to give succor, as she did at the time of the Messina earthquake six years ago. to lias sufZersu. *"-*..'?, Ssl While the greater part of the dam age was done by the first earthquake which occurred Wednesday morning at 7:66 there has been at least one se vere shock since then which resulted in the collspse of . many structures which escaped the first and it l? esti mated .that more than one hundred shocks, for the most part of a minor nsture, occurred during the 24 hours after the disaster. ROME. Jan. 14.-Demolished or partly demolished towns dot Italy from Naples northward to Ferrara and crosswise the peninsula from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic Seas, over which Wednesday's earthquake passed. . Thousands -of dead lie beneath the debris of dwellings,, churches and pub lic Institutions which crumbled un der the earth's vibrations. Not even an estimate of the aggre gate fatalities is obtainable as num erous places are still Isolated owing to the severance of telegraphic, tele* phonic and railroad communication. It ls known, however, that Avezzano ls a necropolis and that also In Sora? some 25 miles to the southeast, a Isrge number of lives were lost. In Avezzano and vicinity lt ls esti mated that 15,000 perished and that the dead In Sora will total l.oOO. So far as known about 20 towns bave been completely levelled while an almost equal number suffered ser ious damage. In all these places per sons were killed or injured. Volunteers worked heroclsily night and day endeavoring'' to extricate wounded or rese?e the bodies ot the dead from the rums. King Victor Emanuel himself directed the work at Aveszano, where the piteous appeals of persons caught beneath wreckage could be plainly heard. It is estimated that in Avezzano 4, 000 persons are buried alive, some of them school children in sn institution which collapsed. Only four soldiers of the gsrrison of 400 In AvezzsnO escaped when the barracks fell. . SOTS with 1U population of 20.000 wss almost entirely destroyed. All municipal government authorities perished. Fruir hundred and fifty bod ies already have beep taken from tbe ruins there and a large number are under treatment. Trains from the east are bringing hundreds, of injured Into Rome, wuere they are being taken to hospitals and private houses for treatment. Bur? geons and nurses are being dispatched from all directions- into the stricken districts to minister to the needs ot the injured, while troops are being sent to the ramed or damaged towns to sserd against Tandaie. Among the towns which are said to have been virtually destroyed are Avezzano. Sora. Capelle, Magllano. Marse, M ss sod a I be, Collarmels, Oer ehiro, Lelll, Petorno, San Felino, Qlo samarsl,. Scurcola, Capistrano, Antro sano and Castronovme. while Pesclna. Orthonamari, Samtellmo, San Bene detto, Ortuochio, Coculio, Bise ^n a, Balsorano, Can ls tro, Civltelladantlno. Cestetlafiumi, Pagltetra sod Sorbo ara badly damaged. From many other plat"..? come re porte cf slighter damage end minor casualties. COUNCIL DE COMMISSIQ HANDLI1 LEGISLATORS IN B?SHESSION MANY MATTERS OF INTER EST BEFORE THE STATES LAW MAKERS JUDGE M. L. SMITH Former Speaker of House and Candida;? for Governor Elect nd Judge of Fifth Circuit. Bpooiai to Th? Intelligencer. COLUMBIA, Jan. 14.-In a half hour sesi?n tonight several Important new bills were Introduced in the Senate. One by Senator Sinkler provides for the use of the Australian ballot In all primary elections in the city of Char leston. The Charleston senator also put in the' Swearlngen bill providing for lo cal option compulsory education. Sen ator Carlisle introduced the Evans bili providing for straight atate-wide compulsory . education and Senator Lee introduced a bill providing for compulsory attendance on the public schools of sll children between the sges of six and thirteen years. This trio of educational bills went to the committee on education. ProhlbRJoB Bill Introduced. The bill for a referendum on State wide prohibition September 14th was introduced by 'Jenaror Carlisle and Representative Alan Johnstone, Jr., and referral to the committee on po Hee regn'atlons: Senator Hugh? tn ?r>d?e^ .. Mil arevjdinjtr Tor ? f;=? tao cent passenger r?te on all rail roads with short lines exempted. He also put in a bill to separate races in textile manufacturing plants. A Joint resolution to extend the time for the payment of the State and county taxes to March 16th without penalty was Introduced by Senator Nicholson. Senator Venter introduced a bill to repeat the cotton acreage reduction act and also one providing for mov ing pictures in public schools. The senate tonight reversed its former action and decided to accept the invitation to visit Winthrop Col lege on January 20. The house yesterday voted to go to Winthrop. On nomination of Senator Carlisle, Senator Sherard of Anderson waa ad ded to the committee on commerce and manufacturers. j Senate Manes Committee. A concurrent resolution Introduced by Senator Laney, providing for the appointment of a committee ot three members from each House to walt on Governor-elect Manning and Lieuten ant Governor-elect Beth ea and ar range for their inauguration on Tues day, waa unanimously adopted- Presi dent pro tem. Walker named Senators Laney of Chesterfield, R. D. Epps of Sumter .and Sinkler of Charleston as the committee on the part of the Sen ate. Mendel 8 mi th Elected Judge. Mendel L. Smith of Camden was unanimously elected Judge of the fifth Judicial cl rouit here this afternoon by the Senate and House in Joint assem bly. Mr. Smith was elsced in a nomin ation by Representative Mills, of Ker shaw county and seconds came from all parts ot the hall. Judge Smith was farmerly speaker of the House and msde the race for, governor last sum mer. . Flection Next Thursday. The House set Thursday of next week for the Joint assembly to elect penitentiary directors, code commis sioner, and college trustees. The Joint assembly canvassed the returns for governor end lieutenant governor at 1 o'clock. Hon. Richard I. Manning was declared the nominee for governor and Hon. A. J. Bethen tor lieutenant governor. They will bo inaugurated on Tues day st noon in the presence ot the two houses In Joint session. COTTON STEAMER OFF FOR GERMANY Clyde Freighter Navahoe Sails From Narlo& with 4,000 Bales. (By AtflOilaUd fsa) NORFOLK. Va, Jon. H.-The Clyde line steamer Navahoe sailed today for Bremen, Germany, with a cargo ot cot ton. She has 4,000 bales on board and was .loaded under the supervision ot inspectora from the British consul's office hore. Her batches were;4|jp*f tened and stamped .erith the Brilla-? government seal, . WIDES ON W PLAN OF VG PAVING SHOULD BONDS BE VOTED FOR STREET PAVING A COMMISSION IS TO HANDLE THEM ?SPECIAL BODY TO HAVC 7 MEMBERS Corseting of EL R. Horton. Dr. B. A. Hoary, B. 0. Evans, Pani E. SteVen?, J. H. God frey, Waller Pobbttta asad. Charlee Sp s aman jj. io, . 16 PAVING COKWISSION. 0 J. H. Godfrey, cha im?n f E. B. . e Berrea, Br. B. A. Henry, B. tva e Brans, Pani ?. Mertons, Walaw a e Boobies, Charles Spearsssa. a o a Should the cltisens ot Anderson ?vote a bond Issns for street paving, the fonds will- be bandied by a Special j commission of four freeholders at large, two aldermen and the mayor, the personnel ot which will consist ot Mayor J. H. Godfrey, who will, hs I chairman; E. R. Horton. B. A. Henry, M. D" B. O. Evans, Paul E. Stevena, Walter Dobbins and Charles Spear i man. Tho Only Way. The d?cision to appoint a paving [commission to have charge of. the handling ot the proposed, bond issue I was made at a special masting ?lotty icouncij held lust night in the mayor's office The election of members ot the [commission w,r carried-ant?gt, [same time, m addition, th r_$r -ag igl^ftif?tBg-"?'itt. fw.'?.-j.rj the Anderson County delegation tn the ? ?general assembly the proposed bill ? providing for the calling of an else* [tlon in Anderson on the question ot issuing bonds for street pavement Commission to Organise, Within the next few days tho par ing commission will meet for the pur pose ot organising and mapping oat plans for circulating petitions railing upon city council to order the bond election. Members of council ' fester dey consulted several prominent bis Iness men' of the etty with reference to their willingness ti? serve On the paying commission, and, (rosa the large number who stated, they would serve connell last night chose . the four) whose names have hean mantisa ed. The Special HtoUag. ' Upon the convening ot tbs special session ot council last night St tia explained that the object of the mess ing was to determine how eountO should handle the matter of disburs ing the paring funds, hy having cons eil uk? charge of the matter or hy appointing a special commission ot citizens st large to cooperate with a smaller committee from etty council to handle the matter. Aldermen Barton came forward with a suggestion that council appel?t six citizens ot the city, one trow each ward, who would cooperate with council la handling the paving mat ter. Objection was raised to Alder man Barton's suggestion on tte grounds that the commission would Ibo so large that lt would prove un? 1 wieldly._ Aldermen DobelBs* Hatton. Alderman Walter Dobbins esme forward with a resolution providing for the appointment of a paving coat ! mission of five persons, three to bs elected by city council at large and , the other two to be ah eldonna* and jths mayor. Objection, was raised tc the division of the commission, Alderman. Spear man proposing three members of council and th re? eltlsetts at largs* In the discussion ot tata trew? amendment members of connell stat ed that unless council took the paving metter ont of their bands and placed it la the heads of a commission a bond Issue for paving would sever carry. They stated that it waa not that the citizens ot Anderson did ant have the confidence tn the tat-grtty ot members ot council, hat they desired to see the matter taken out ot goa ties. For the next several minutes taara I waa a free-for-all dt&enatJn* ?*? g? proposed amendment nag loir a tinta lt seemed members ot aSaaoU were hopelessly divided on the point. Fi nally, lt was suggested that th? repre sentation ot cltf>sns at targa be in creased from three to toar, and that the representation tn connell be m" creased from two in three, making a commission of seven members Instead Of five. The suggestion serged es a compromise, and Aldermen Spearmen offered the suggestion es an sated meat to the resolution proposed bf Alderman Dobbins. The eJitsndm+ot I,.?... .Hllll In ii i II 'I CONTINUED OW FAGS ?tV*S >