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tm ESTABLISHED ACTION OF GREENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF CAN VASSERS REVERSED OPPONENTS WILL APPEAL DECISION Town of Cayce Shocked by Dy namite Explosion--Other Capital City News. Kpcriai to Tba InUlll*ene*r. COLUMBIA, Jan. 27.-The State board of canvassers this afternoon unanimously reversed the action of j the Greenwood County board andi declared that the new county of Mc Duffle, formed out of portions of) Greenwood, Edgefleld and Abbeville counties, had received a majority of j tbe votes at the recent election on ! this subject and ordered the county established. 'The opponents' of - tho new county will appeal to tbe su-1 preme court. The town of Cayce, Just across the Congareo river in .Lexington County was shocked, the side of a blacksmith shop waa ripped off and a supply house was badly damaged this after- | noon when: 200 pounds of dynamite exploded. The explosive was 'being "thawed out" by a steam process. Several workmen were near the place Jiiat a few minutes before tho explo sion The box in which the dynamite was stored caught, on fire and', the workmen .fled. Many window panes lu the town were broken by the ex- j plosion, which was plainly heard In Columbia, The executive committee of the State Bankers Association this after noon decided to' hold tho next annual meeting of tbs State Bankers Asso ciation at tbs Isle ot Palms on June 15, 16 and 17. . A favorable report was made by a majority of the committee on educa tion to the senate on ' the bill estab lishing a State board of examinare fnr dvnnhdro Thc Judiciary committee recom mended thal a committeo bf four, two from tho se?alo and two from the house to Investigate the matter of missing records from the governor's qhlee In accordance with tho message rrotn Governor Manning, 'rn? report waa adopted and a Joint resolution providing for the naming ot the co? i~ mlttsc tri= introduced! aaa ?dopted unanimously and sent to the house. Debate on the bill to repeal the acreage reduction act waa renewed In the senate, tonight. Senator Stuckey moved to substitute his bill. After nearly two hours . debate a m m inn hv s*t?>tor Kvauft to *A*o?rn debate on the bill until tomorrow waa lost 55 to 2S, but after a threat from senator Appelt to open a filibuster U?e bill was allowed, to go over. A favorable report waa made by the ?nance committee for a loan by the State to Glenison College. SPEC1AXMAP HAS ARRIVED! Sou Survey Map ol Anderson! County on Display at Cham ber of Comme r??. The. special soil survey* map of An derson Cotu.ty, as recently Issued by the Department of Agriculture, baa ar* rived here and been placed on display in the office ot the Cnamocr of Com merce. v It ls a splendidly gotten together map, dud o? great varuo to farmers, buslneaa men and others interested In *oila, land culture and kindred mat tera. This map ls not to be confused with the Rural Route Map which are shortly to be delivered here to all those persons who placed orders for same recently with the' Chamber of Commerce, all of which are expected to be lb Anderson In a few days... -hes ttcy ^iil Oistributed to those i who purchased them. Siek Headache. Bick headavho is nearly always I caused by disorders of the stomach. Corr*??! *Jbsst asl thtt periodic ??Uckf o? sick headache will disappear. Mrs. John Bishop of ?c?ri.is; Chlo, Writes: "About a year ago ? waa troubled with indigestion 'and bad sJekrbeadache that tasted for two or throe days at a Urns I doctored and triad a number of remedies but noth ing., bel ped see until, during &ne of those-sick spells a friend advised me to take Chamberlain's Theta**. This , aaediclne relieved tese th a short *;ifcg*? fter sale by all dealers. 1 ?Qr|im?jric4j Stock? and Bonds. NEW YORK, Jt .. 27.-All recent calculations and estimates dealing with financial and Industrial condi tions underwent radical revision to day ba a result of yesterday's passing of the United States Steel common dividend. This was seen, not only in the weakness of the market, hut in the general attitude ot the speculative and Investment public. Steel common opened at its mini mum price of 48 and remained at that figure throughout the feverish and active session. In the socalled unoffi cial market, which came Into vogue while thc stock exchange was closed in the latter months of last year, the stock sold down to 43 1-2. Steel preferred bore the burnt ot the attack on that and allied issues, falllug 5 1-2 point? t^sjK-.Ithln 1-2 a point of its ntlnundm ami rallying fractionally. After the closing of the market of ficial annourtPqniP?t was i&Ajd? . ffratJ beginning with tomor?oflrs trading the minimum prjeo o? steel common would h? lowered to 43. ' 1 \ The catlee list declined .'.wflfi a feel, internacional Wiaroa, coalers ' and \ soutbertsroads, as well ?s (ndj?frrlats and utillt^MgJ^mK from 2 to 4 Mints. There wffa a jaoderata rally ; tn the final dealings", *ohT wealrnea prevailed at the close. s Pallare of tho directors of tl* I Pressed. Steel Car Company to flftola/^ ] a dividend on the comme?) K WCU wA* In keeping with general expectation?.. Apart fiom thc stock market Itself, the most interesting feature waa the | sale by th?" Pennsylvania Railroad' Company of $49,000,000 of first mort-' gage bonds, the last of an Issue of* $100,000,000 authorized many yearn ago. The Erie road also announced Its Intention to issue bonds, subject to State approval. . Bonds followed the course of stocks with BO vere declines, in speculative* issues. Total sales, par value, were $2,545,000. United States coupon 3's declined^ 1-2 per cent on call. New YorkCotton. NEW. YOE?. Jan. 27^-Cotton waa. unsettled today with-prices easing off under liquidation and scattering pres sure which seemed to "be chiefly in- j spired by further talk of freer spot offerings from the eastern belt. Clos ing prices were steady, but from 13 to 16 points net lower. . Llverpool dtd not fully meet tho local advance of yesterday afternoon and first prices were 3 to 4 points net lower. After showing a net* IOBB of from 8 to 10 points under liquida tion, prices railisd with 3 or.4,points of iast nights closing figure'u? cov ering, western buying, an/, moderate j support from, some of the local spot ' bouses. There was not much Southern sell ing, but the demand was. at. no timo active or aggressive, and the market weakened, again in tho late trading. Active months sold 14 to 16 points net lower and closed at tho low point or th0 dayl L'.'*-- , Cables from the American ambassa dor af ?Berl?n re**ort!?>t. as'es o* good middling cotton m the Hamburg mar ket around 15 cents for February de livery caused rumors thal shipments from thu? country to German markets under prevailing conditions looked leas attracting. Spot cotton quiet; middling up lands &550; sales 600 bales. Cotton futures closed steady. Open. High. Low. Close, March .. .. 8.50 8.52 8.41 8.41 HgjUy ' S ?5 K.82 ?.R8 8.69 Joly *.I .. .. ? ?l ?-02 8.00 8.90 October .. .. ?.22 9.22 9.11 9.1?? December .. 9.33 9.35 9.24 9.24 New Orleans Cotton. NBWi ORLEANS, Jan. 27.-The cot ton market was soft today nader sel ling based on weakness In the secur ities market The close was at the session some steadiness was shown, bat the market weakened later and the lone on the close was barfly [needy. Reports from mills were that large orders Were being placed* by Europe for duck and other heavy Cloths, ?? well aa for large quantities ol knit goods Spot accounts were about the same as they have been, showing a good demand for what ie left of the, crop' Aa the result of what was generally ! considered to be storing against corn lag shipments, stocks at all United; Slates porte today, for the first time: lu ?ho history or the country, weat over the two mil lion mark, the total being 2,024.950 bales. Spot cotton steady. Seles on the MM'1,000 bale?; to arrir* ?50. Cotton futures closing: \; \ May 8.33; October 8.81; .lutror o.at. ^JtfSXaVBSnBSXflHsaBS Liverpool Cotton. ?POOL .ian. 27. -Cotton, Spot, steady. Good middling S.38; . 4.98; low middling 4.53. Salea 5.OO0; speculation and expon 4tt). Paturea steady. Mfc>-3< rust 4.88; -2: January-February ?.02. , Live Stock*-' CHICAGO. Jail. 37.-Hom tied. Hull: $-5,:S5gH8.rt0; tlgh 6.&?: mixed $6,i5??.?0; bea; ?.f*0; rough $5.90; light $6. mixed $a.1e?t.so; beavy $& rough $3.90?tki0; pigs $S#i Cattle weak. Extra fancy 9^0; native steer* $&Mr#?? heifers $307.?5; calves X?k fih?H?p weak. i??v*-ij> ?? Financial Cotton Seed Oil. H fy. vy NEW YORK. Jsn. 27.-Cottonseed oil advanced 14 to 18 points ' todsy with trading more active than for many months past. The west as mil as tho south was a heavy buyer, in spired hy advance crude markets and the pronounced strength in-lard and grain. Near the close profit tak ing sales caused a partial setback, but Qnal prices were 9 to 10 points net higher. Sales 88,700 barrels. The market closed Irregular. Spot $6.8807.25; January $6.9106.99; Feb ruary I6.90O6.99;; March f7.07O7.09; April $7.1107.15; May $7.20@7>23; June 37.3007.34; July 97.4007.41; August 97.4707.49.. --o Pry Goods. NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-C ton goodB were steady ' today, but not so active. Discounts are to be. shortened, begin ning Monday on staple printed lines i not akreftdy advanced. Canton flan neje and other napped goods were firmer. Mien's wear lines were again opened. Some fancy overheatings end souitr ?w??y =tU??Ms were up from 7 l?ti to lt) cents a yard. Laces and etnbrciaajle's were quiet. Chicago Grain. CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Increased diffi culty in obtaining wheat throughout the west resulted today in a hroad market on 'change here, and new hlRh record War prices. There waa a ner vous feeling at tho eloBe, which'was, 1 1-8021-2 above last night Other leading staples, too, all made net gains, corn 5-8 to 7-801, oats 1 to 3^401 7-8. and provisions T 1-2010 to 62 1-2. Grain and provisions closing: I Wheat: May..,.1.48 3-8 July..1.33 8-8 |Corn: Way.81 1-S July.? 82 1-4 ???iy....59 3-8! July.68 Cash grain: Wheat, No. 2 red, 1.46 1-401.48 f.8; No, 2 bard, 1.46 1-4? 1 48 7-8 'corn. No. 4 yellow, 72?74; No. 4 white, 72?73 1-2. , . , Oats, No. 8 white. 55 l-2?56, 1-2; No. white, 50 1-40 65 1-2. SIM IMO TO ffllE-IERM POliGY Pres. Tait Believes ?r?*h ? ? ? ? i?cii?* SirC?l? Be Rendered In eligible After Seven Year Term. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan, 2T. -Former President William H. Taft,] in a" -j^r?B? d?l???r*x? tonight, at. *he! University of Virginia, emphasised' bia j belief in the ene-term idea as appliedf to tho office of ?resident of the United State3. *1 am strongly inclined to the view." he said.1 "that it would have been a wiser provision, as lt waa at one time voted fin the convention, to make the term of the president I Seven years and render bim ineligible thereafter. Such a change \J?W,; give the executive greater courage and InatbendencB in inc discharge of his duties. The absorbing and divert-. interest In the reeled lon of the In .".nbent taken by thoso f?deral civil servants who regard their own tenure) as dependent upon his, would disap pear, and the efficiency of administra tion in the last 18 months ot a term would be maintained." M Discussing the relation of tho presi dent to cong"CS3, Mr. Taft said: "I think lt would have been better j to bring tho executive a little closer In, jt?tet?:with congress in the initiation c>t legislation and Its discussion,' not ably in tho matter of budgets and thc economical administration of govern-: mental affairs. But xe are la an age of iconoclasts, and Bhoutd a movement ftain force to introduce some slight amendment* which experience would sustain, the benefit to b? dertv?! might, Vie gar outweighed by tito danger of radlckt-changes In tho constitution.) subversive of the great benefits'that it : .11 red to the American people. 1 ^^MRi'Taft commended the action efl President Wilson la adaresalng cob stfees In person on the occasion of .the'; -7 o? u? u?OTw?ges, ana adaedi ?aejremark: "I cannot refrain from! 7 smite, however. wHn I think or the, oratory which ts lost * because Mr.1 Roosevelt or X did not inaugurate such a change." Mr. Tact closed hts address v 'th a jolea for sympathy and aa far as pos I STOIC Btrppofi iur \u? pi vnl??T?t. "?vr ' . r, pr^sWetkt does the best h? ?an* ne sam. **Whlte we- may ditter with him in Judgment, while we-may think he doe* not bHog'tbo greatest, for?*' eight to his task, Uiat ha maying** poor instruments fer hts resistants, 9wA*c;-therefore may '. properly agaiast his continuance in <,ilic<\ we ?9?^.;v1?nei??l?>'<-tt?t '-while he ts in office' fte is tho. head of ocr govern ment- We should Indulge in hi; 1 th?; strongest presumption that he acts under a high sense ot duty." ' Thia -waa- the tirst or a ser?es of three lectures which the fernier pres - ident ts delivering at tn I of Virgin** en the Rarbou?VP?g? ?oun : da?cn . I Wnlfc-.,there Mr. Taft ia tho guest of J President and Mr*. fv^cin A. Aldt-t - I man Search For Italian Steamer With T| Abandoned Today aa It I?, I pi the. Atlantic Ocean (By A-aocuUd Preta.) NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 27.-Unable to locate the Italian steamer Angelo] Parodl. the revenue cutter -tasca to night reported that she believed the ] vessel bad gone down w'.th all on board. The Itasca discovered considerable)} wreckage at sea, an**. Captain B. M. Chlawell, her maator, ls of the opia ion that tho Itai'-an croft sprang a leak during *?e sevore gale of Sun day and Mcuday and sank to the bot tom of the Atlantic Ocean, 300 miles j eaat of Jape . Henry. The. Itasca found the Angelo Parodl Uy?t Saturday, short of fuel and pro visions. The steamer had been with out coal tb reo days before the Itasca found her. ' The American vessel tried to get a line to the helpless craft, but the high seas and hurricane winds' made thia impossible. ' The Itasca waa unable to send food ] to the ship because her boats could not live in the high seas. The Angelo i Parodl, being unable to anchor, the ! Atlantic being almost bottomless | where she was found, was forced to drift about in a helpless condition in a high gale. Sunday and Monday the wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour and aeas broke all over the help leas craft. I The Itasca, unable to help her, 1 drifted in her wake, she, too, recelv* iug a terrific lashing from high aeas ] and winds. ??one of her crew slept ] I tor two days, all of them being anx ious to render assistance to the help less foreign Bteemer at the drat op IfisBlii HNMYC?S3I0K! jMr. Jno. B, .AdgerAnxious to See Actual Work Begun on Uf? County Roads. Mr. John B. Adger of Belton when In the city yesterday atated that he was ? in iavor of the appoint ment of a ? County Highway Commission or some other plan similar therewith by which -in expert road builder cotild be se red for Anderson county, and work gun on 'th? actual building of peV maa$ht 'hfghursys throughout the county. He say? that about $50, QOfcOO per annum is now. spent on roads in tho county'-and. that to all intents und pt?rposss'We have no roads such as wo should have, and hs says it cannot be blamed on Supervisor King, -*?? haa^done the host hseouM v.r. ?c. 'shs t&enme&aoss, ?mr-*aa* i?? n? were able to so handle hts tunda aa to do ' permanent work that the whole county were would bo A bene factor. '' By' having an export --nutt builder he would be able to facilitate the work arid handle same cheaper. ' Mr. Adger is a firm believer fa good roads ?nd thinks that th? best plan might be to Issue county-wide good roads bonds and secure same, and thus henceforth, instead of-spending $50,000.00 per annum In maintaining present roads, that with permanent highways wo could use tho $50,000.00 for interest on bonds and a sinking rund, giving the county a million dol iera worth of splendid highways. He says, however, the question of bonds for highways must be considered from all standpoints, and especially that br method of construction. executive to havo tho power of partial veto.. I ani not entirely ?ure it would be a safe provision, lt would greatly enlarge the Influence Or the president, .already largo enough. ? ham inclined' to thing It ie better to trust to the "action of the people In I eontiemntug the party which becomes ['responsible for ?rfders4 than to give, in such a powerful instrument, a temptation to its sinister use by a president eager for continued politl ! cai auccess." [TURKISH T [ Not O-tly Has Invasion Begun But Considerable Advance Has Been Made. CAIRO. Hgyi. Ja don" 4:20 '.a.:nv)^sj <durred /yesterday to Kl Kantari, in K Wah tho advance ct oe 1 of ably Uah: a compara;4.-.-:.' mail numb? were engage4! -rn' 'the nghticj nave neen .stgiipu nt three other t bf th* .. bW no fighting has resetted except that in tho vlelnlty of ail Kantara, itt this engagement the-Turks opened ^sejDwra *enty-Seven Men Aboard Wi? Be tgtvfd Sh? Is at the Bottom 00 Miles East ol Cape portuetty. On Monday Ute Itasca made another effort to get a line to the steamer, pnly to be again baffled by high sea? and adverse winds. During the night the weather thickened, and the storm grew more severe. When dawn broke lt was raining and a mist hung over the ocean. Seas were still high and the wind blew with a terrific fo'reb from the northeast. There were rio signs of the Angelo Parodi. The Itasca reported at the time that the steamer had been lost sight of In the mist, but she continued to search for her. All through yester day, laBt night and today the Itasca searched for the missing ship but iou nd no trace of lier. The revenue cutter .Mohawk was sent from New York to participate in th? search. ' Tonight' the Itasca found' consider able wreckage at sea The 'weather was clearing but still there were no signs of the missing steamer. " *. *i The Angelo Pardol left: Baltimore to' December for Maddellena, Italy, and ? we believed to be on' her return voy- j age when she ran short ot fuel and1 provisions. She carried a crew of 27 men and was commanded by Captain Beneve-1 ?uto. i Search for the 'vessel ls still being made but will probably he abandoned so far as ?.he Itasca is concerned to morrow."' The latter craft is! running short of coal herself and being 300 miles from port, she could not arrive here within three days. - She is ex pected to' arrive here by Sunday. of Egypt been begun as was reported ID an earlier dispatch from Athens, but' that Turkish fofces have pene trated a considerable distance into Egypt. El Kantara is 28 miles south of Port Said and Is on the Suez Canal, which, it ls assumed, is the- imm?diate ob jective of the Turkish advance. The territory to the east ot El Kantara referred to ia the foregoing dispatch la the northern part of Sinai Penin sula, which extendB to ina Turkish frontier. '.'it"has been reported on several oc ?j?sionK since, the entrance of Turkey into the war that an Ottoman ex pedition agatnat Egypt would be at tempted. According to these TeportB, the; deposed Khedive of Egypt, Abbas tiiiuii. vina w M??? viii;* expedition, but he was obliged to glvU up this p|an owing to a wound Inflicted In aa attempt oh his life at'Constantinople several months ago, which necessi tated a trip to Switzerland to consult a specialist. : -British military commentators have asserted that tho perils ot a trip across the sandy wastes would deter the Turks from tactually" attempting an lnvaslpn of FVynt. Elfi ?MMM io it G?HNS Will Try to Establish Supremacy of the Convection Govern ment* (By Associated Pr*?.} WASHINGTON, Jan. 27,~G>nerai Villa telegraphed the Mexico City convention agency here today , that he was organising two new and power ful columns for a, campaign tb es tablish the ' supremacy of the conven tion government. He ahm announced that he had acquired a fleet of aero planes to locate enemy's positions, and that the first of the machine? already had arrived at his headquarters tn Aguas Calientes. Other advices, according to Enrique C. Ll?rente, of the agency, said Gen eral Carrera Torres' troops, In the service of the convention, were engag ed br - forces ander General Cabal lero in tba vicinity of Ciudad Victoria, capital of the state of Tauaulipas. Advices to the state department to I dsy from Yera Cru* said t?l?graphie : communication between Mexico City ! and V?ra Crus had been broken since i Sunday end probably would not be resumed for some days. . -ther report announced that pert mission had been granted to the Hti?ateca Petroleum ' Company to re sume exports of ern-?. iir.i. ( permuted to t&Hvrfia ihvir ^liiprnVms. kallon ot |t the E rhody -suit ty ?o? ici? ?thing Younga Island. 8. C., NOT, 23. 1914, To ge', atar ted with you we make yon the following offer. Send uk fl.fjO for 1,000 Frost Proof Cabbago Plants, ' grown in the open air and will stand [freezing, grown from the Celebrated Seed ot Bolgina ft Son and Thorbom & Co., and I will send you 1,000 Cab bage Plants additional FREE, and yon can repeat the order aa many times as yon like. I will give you special prices, on Potato Seed and Potato Plants later. We want tho. accounts of close buyers, large and small. We can supply alL I Atlantic Coast Plant Co. To heighten the wit, of Pickwick Papers, Dick ens forms a background of physical content ment ; there is a gargan tuan amount of eating, a prodigious quantity of drinking? and the cheer ful glow of the flames from the fireplace of Dingley Dell to the grate of sea coals in Peacock Inn flicker ttiro its pages. . .>..*?..*??.?? .?<.?..S'S SATB?? & BALMV1N ARCHITECTS * ? ?: -- * Bleekley BMg. .Anderson, ?. ?, * V Clnsens Matronal Hank Bldg. * * Baltegby N. C. * t> + . . . ?*...". . * ? e . a ?. ?. 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