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In Anderson VOLUME II, NUMBER 32. Weekly, Established 18C0; Dally Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C.THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENT* D 3nies Ships Are Unduly Operations Have Beei unition in the Volum . Says England Will many's Submarine Ca (By Associated rn?.) WASHINGTON, Fob. 17.-Great Britain's^ second and complete reply to thc Amt'ricun note of protest, which, >n Decerobcr 28 Inst, asked for nn early Improvement in the great ment of American commerce by the Hritlsh fleet, war made public to night by mutual .agreement between tin; State department and the British foreign otllco.' Tin' not?*. addressed to Ambassador Page hv Sir Edward Grey, under date of February 10, denies that the de pression in Nun-ri ra 11 industriell is due to tho activity of tho British fleet, and suggests amone other causes the shortage of shipping facilities, the. consequent dimunition of cotton trade and tliV dostruction of many neutral ships by submarino mines, "laid by the enemy indiscriminately." The communication contains the an nouncement tiiat Great Britain In tends to toko retaliatory measures against tho German submarine cam paign ou enemy ships, but does not reveal their nature. Conceding that foodstuffs intended for tho civil popnlation of a country are not contraband, the British gov ernment points out that "In any coun try in which there exists such tre mendous organization for war as now obtains in Germany, there is no clear division between those whom the fi?>vi ruinent is responsible for feeding and thoso whom it is not." ? Will Try to Prevent Injury to Neutrals "It will still be- our endeavor;" says j < the note, "to avoid Injury and losses j to neutrals, but tho announcement by the Gerinan^^^^jj^^i^^g^^l *iTneWc?rgoaR without verification of their nationality of character and without making any provisions for the safety of non-contraband crews or giving them a chance of saving their lives, has made lt. Necessary for I Hu Majesty's government to consider What measures they should adopt to protect their interests, lt in impossi ble for o=o .belligerent to depart from rules and precedents and for the oth er, to remain hound by them." Supplementing the preliminary re ply of seyeral weeks ago, the new note 1) about 10,000 . words long and Includes not cn ly statistical argument, but a further discussion of tho legal principles Involved. Better Acquainted With Trade Statistics. Since the presentation of tho pre liminary note, Slr' Edward states he has had "further opportunity of ex amining into the trade statistics of tim Culled State* as embodies in the customs returns, In order to seo whether the belligerent action of1 , Great Britain lias been in any. way Ute [J cause Of the trade depression which j ' T. Your Excellency (Ambassador Page) ' describes as existing lu thc United States and also whether the seizures of vessels or cargoes which have been made by the British navy have inflict ed any loss on American owners, for which our existing ''machinery pro . Addcs no means of redress!' "In setting out the results cif my Investigation I think It well to, take ' the opportunity of giving a generali* reviow of the methods employed by , * ills Majesty's government to inter-j. ' copi contraband trade with the enemy,. ' of their consistency with the admit-. * ted right ' Of a belligerent to Inter- '1 copi such trade, and UIBO of ?be ex- , ' tent to which they have endeavored to * meet tho ropre. mutations and com- ' Anderson Pat Fasses Fi . SptU-inl to Til? 1 Ul rill Efl.r?T. COLUMBIA, Feb. 17-Tho billian thorlzlng tho city ot Anderson to ?na sosa abutting property owners; tor r permanent street improvements pass ed Us final reading today and was or dered enrolled for raUflcation. It will probably bo ratified tomorrow ar . the governor will be asked to sign it im mediately BO that the city can proeeyd to order ac olectlon un ihe question; ol issuing bonds. The county bond bill in it? smended form will be passed tomorrow nnd. will ne ratified by the end ot Ote week. The house today addod to Hs list of merit marks the passage of the Chris tonsen-JQfraydoa WU, providing for a St ate ?board of charities and corres-; lions. There was*a protracted floht on REPLIES TO Detained or That Naval i the Cause of any Dim ie of American Exports. Retaliate Against Ger impaign. plaint? from time to.time, addressed to them on behalf of the United States government. "Towards the close of your note of the ~?8th December, your excellency described tho situation produced by the action of Great Britain as a piti ful one to the commercial Interests of the Putted States, and said that many of thu great industries of the country wore suffering becau?e their pr?Huct? were denied long established markets lu neutral European coun? tries contiguous to the nations ut war, Impossible For Trade lo KHC?MO In jury. "It ir, unfortunately true that In these days, when tredo and. linance are cosmopolitan, any war, particu larly a war of any magnitude, must result in p. grievous dislocation of commerce, including thut of the na tion:-, which take no part in the war. Your excellency will realize that In thia tremendous struggle, lt ls impos sible for the trade of any country to escape all injury and loss, but for Buch his majesty's government are not to blame. "I do not understand the para graph which I have quoted from your excellency's note as referring to theBe Indirect consequences ot tho state of war, but to the more proximate and direct effect of our belligerent Ho lton In dealing witn neutral ships and cargoes on the high seas. Such ac tion has been limited to Vessels on their way to enemy porta In neutral countries adjacent to\ the theatre of j war because lt ls only through such ports that th? enemy lotto] ?Tor carry 'o- the war." Only Eight Ships in Prize Sourt. Slr Edward asserts thal only eight jf the 773 shins-sailing from the 'Jnlted States for neutral Europeau 1 countries have b?en placed in prize I om ts, and that only 45 have been 1 'temporarily detained to enable par Ljeuiar ..oasignmcnts o? cargo to be discharged for the purpose of prize , court proceedings."' Thc note does not go into detall1 is to American shins detained on' thc high Beas or takon to Biitlsh ports for search. Tho statistics of exporta "fora the United States are analyzed and thc observation made that "if '? ?otton bc excluded, the effect of . the ivar has been not te? decrease, but practically to arrest the decline of American exports which was in pro gress earlier in thc year, in fact, any iocrease^ln^American exports which CO?XT?NU?n ON PAGE THUE?") 000 o ooooooo o o o o o oo o' > o 1 1 ham H tes 31 es Ico City. o > EL PASO. Tex., Feb, 17.-Gen- o ) 9ral Obregon, the Carranza com- o ) mander, has evacuated Mexico o > City, according to advices recetv- o > cd tonight lp Ju?rez from the o ?south, lt was said that theo > troops ot General Zapata had oe- o > cupied the capital. o -i , Advice*-, received by officials to o ) Juarez stated that the 'troops un- o 5 der General Villa had scored -a o ? victory over the Carranza o i forceo at Santa Ana Ocoatla? o ) between Zapotlan a?d Manzanil- o > lo; r -vest coast port. It waa said o ' > that 2(?o of the Carranza forces oj ) had been killed. a , jr General Villa was reported to- ol > day at Zacoaloo, Jnflsco. o i > ' o| )00 o ooooooo o o o o o orr o ing Bill mal Reading\ ?L , . , I he l)?ll and-really the discussion waa argely .forensic, because the house. iad v?ry Itttl? el??' lo do and many ?i he mottibers had speeches which they vlshed to deliver, The arguments tn avor of the bill today were made by ?esars. Clement of Charleston. Mc nnl*. McCullough, . Boyd. Searson. Atea-Of Orangeburg, ?ridham and tandera of Sumter, and the opposition o the bill was made by Mesara. Dlx in. Lee, Smith of Colleton ari ??rr!? f Grcenvillo. Soma of these did not bject so much to tho plan but to de? alls. The force*, In charge of the .Ul had as their general Mr. Graydon f Abbeville, while the opposition Cl ewing th? aroendiue: Berry, A Orangebwrg. fey w thal the i Ul investigators instead of a hoard. DEFER REPORT ON WILLIAMS BILL AUTHOR GIVES HIS REASONS j FOR INTRODUCING MEASURE WOULD PROTECT STOCKHOLDERS I Says Certain Cotton Mills Had Gone to the Bad Speculating in Futures ! PpreisI to Tlio riilfrlligrncer. CfjLlTMBlA. Feb. 17.-The house i [committee on manufactures this nfle.r [noon decided to postpone until tomor {row it? report on tito Williams bill to i require cotton mill? and other "indus trial corporations" to furnish state ments to tho State lusurance coinmls I sloner. At the hearing this afternoon. Sena Itor John F. Williams of Aiken, the au thor of tho bill told of his reasons for Introducing tho bill. Certain big I cotton mills in Aiken County because I of mismanagement, speculating in fu tures and such behavior had gone to the bad. and many stockholders had I suffered great loss. He only Intended to safeguard tho Interests of stockhold ers he said, and had no other motive. I He read from a report made up by ex perts on the condition of the Aiken mills, which had recently gone Into , the hands of a receiver. Mayor Mos ley of Aiken also spoke and told of his j efforts to get Information from Now York persons who owned a controll ing Interest In another mill. F. Barron Crier. ' of Greenwood spoke in reply and said that he appre ciated the good intent cf Senator Wil liams, but this bill would not accom plish the purpose cf the author. It I would take away from the stockholder thc right W>. manage their property I nnd put the power in the hands of one 1 tnan.j the ?Btjiirftiut?^.irim<?Bmbr- ?"j fa*wno might be good, as at pres [ ont he was, and again might bo bad. [Th? personnel of the office, however, .had nothing to do with the matter. It was a bill which gave plenary power i to cup man. It might be entitled "a bill to take away from stockholders tho management of cotton mills and put same in thc hands of thc State in SUVaztce f*o^.^.i;;?5l'>ne...,' Ho then ex plained in d?tail why certain 'rade se crets could be used to work a mill, its labor cost, the cost of KS cotton, and all those sorts of things could be secured by a competitor or one Buying goods from the mill, all to its hart. There was no more reason to lt than that a merchant should be required to mark in plain figures tho cost of tho articles he exposed for .sale. He show ell that under present laws directors were liable when they paid out divi dends that bad not been earned, cited the case cf lier TB. Jenniuge decided nsr<?lnpt A director, a case which he carried to, the supreme court, there was already sufficient law to curb di rectors, they could be made to answer | for criminal negligence and ever for careless mismanagement. Mr. P. A. Wilcox said that he was interested in other corporntoins that might be af fected, that if the words "other indus trial corporations" were stricken out he would not further oppose the bill, though he sdw no particular reasons for Its passage. Mr. J, K. Hood, also cited Instances wherein the bill could be used to the great detriment of a cotton mill. President Victor Montgomery of tho l*aoolet mills, waa asked certain prac tlcal questions as to possible ill ef fects of the bill on tho industry and showed by long experience wherein it could be Used to seriously handicap a mill's selling facilities, and would play right into Ute hands of stock brokers who could hammer down o stock for their own personal gains. The committee after about half ah hour's session decided to postpone a report on thc bill until tomorrow. Thv bill ha? u?reu?y passed the sen ate. Big Damage Suit Filed in Atlanta H\y A?tt>elat?d PCM.) *l ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 17.-8alt for $180,2S2.2r> dtmages was flied In the United States court here late today against the Bastmsn Kodak roraonny ot .NeW Jersey, hy tho Southern Photo Material compsny of this city. Re tt ral nt of trade In violation of the Sherman nntt-trust laW is alleged. The plaintiffs ask an additional $10. 0*0 attorney's fees. Gemaay'a Rcpiy (lives Aatlmsstdor. BERLIN. v?a London. Feb. 17.-<Jor tuaay*e reply to tb? Ames lean pro " against tht proposed rogo lat lons r.?.va? war none around the Bril les, hna been handed io.Ambas ' Gerard and probably will be An Inv The Intelligencer visit its plant this e after ninh o'clock, an newspqnw is made, prepareayto study tl making a? newspaper, come, and we want y< as long a&tyou will. T I AM) KILLED MYSTERY SURROUNDS KILL ING OF LEESBURG, GA., BANKER ?NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE! I Old Checks for Mon Than $600, 000 Found m Pickets of Dead 4 (Hy Amoristcd* ureas.) LEESBUnn, Ga.. Vrfb. 17.-A. L. Oliver, president of ^the Formers' Bank and Loan Compdny. thia city, was shot and killed hero early tonight in front of his hn"k TAe^*Se*?--?<go I l'i)M^'tari|isiVr lyfilfn'a nm i iiiiiiini iTnm I the scene immediately after th - re ports of three shots had been heard, but no arrests had been mad' np to a late hour tonight. mystery sur rounds the shooting, friends of the dead man being unable to assign a causo. OHVar w$s released from the Mis sissippi State penitentiary several months'after having served four years on a charge of blKomy. He satiscn the court thai he was not the ' man against whom the warrant had been issued. An examination of Oliver's body showed that the wounds had heen made with buckshot. The authorities believe his slayer? escaped in an . automobile. Old chocks for more than $600,000 were found In the banker's clothing. One in thc Pennsylvania Railroad Company,- whjfch was dated, ll year.-? ago. caned for $250,000. while another on tho Columbia County Hank, of Ben ton, Pennsylvania, was foi* $350,000. Hoth wero made payable to Oliver, COMMITTEE AGREES ON EDCCATIGNAL BILL Free Conference Committee on Compulsory Education Meas ure Makes Report Special lo Tho Intclllgenm. COLUMBIA. Feb. 17.-Tho tree eon ferene?; committee on tho compulsory, ?ducation bills will bo reported to night. First and mont Important the committee has agreed and some be - ginning will bo made. The advocates Of State wk1.- compulsory, education could not get what they wanted. The school district was made tho unit in the agreement. Tho compulsory age was fixed at from S to 14. Provision rife mail?-- ??iit ir. districts bavin towns or cities? with 1.&00 or more population thc- school trustees may orner an election as to compulsory at tendance without politl?n. lu any other school districts the compulsory attendance may bo .provided for by majority petition. The regulations as to enforcement rema'n practically un changed: Thc material point being tha? the echool district ls made tho unit and the compulsory system bo ComrV operativo only after malority petition or vote. Tho adoption of the report means the ncceptance ot the law. The report was adopted hy the boure. HTAUT'OX WMtlLE TO ARREST ?NIHAX COF/TEZ. Col.. Feb. 17.-Twenty-?ix mounted and heavily armed men ntart cd weftward todav on a 90-mile ride to Bluff. Ptah, to orren Tae-Ne-Gat. (Everett HatchK a Pluto Indian out law, chanted with the murder of Juan un three to five days will. kation ' invites the public to vening at any time d see how a corning We wish you to come ie different steps in You will he wei" DU to come and stay "FAGING THE " SITUATION" FEATURE OF SECOND DAY'S SESSION OF LAYMEN'S CONVENTION ROBERT E. SPEER MAKES TWO TALKS Says All Christians Rave to Offer Pagan World is Christ and His Life (Th- AunrJated Prow.) CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 17. "Facing the situation" was the gen eral theme ot the second duy'e ses sions of tho biennial ! vciolon--cv ahern Presbyterian Church East ot the Mississippi, the address of H?bet E. Speer, secretary of the ?oard of foreign missions of thc Presbyterian church of the Unit ed "tates at both morning and even ing sessions featuring. Tonight he spoke on "Christian ' Mission and World Issue;-.." stressing the urgent demand for money in spite ol' tho low price of cotton and saying that Chris tians muBt get back to a realisation that all they have to offer the pagan world ?!? Christ ?ni His Ltfv,. This morning hts subject was "The'Condi tions For World Evangelization." "The world is wide ajar." he said, ''making the possible exception of Afghanistan; world evangelization de pends upon those who are to do the work, which eau be done only through thi realization of personal steward-, ship and a recognition of the uulty of all nations." Presenting the situation at thc front were Rov. Dr. J. O. Heavls of the chair of English Bible, Columbia.. H. C., seminary who spoke on African missions; Rev. R. T. Colt, mission ary to ( ona, on Corean missions, and Hov.. Dr. S. H. Chester, secretary of foreign . correspondents, executive committeo foreign missions. Nashville, Tenn., on Brazilian missions. "As A Layman Sees lt." was the themo of Dr. J. P. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn. Missions to Cuba wore treated this afternoon by Rev. Dr. W. H. Williams, field secretary. Nashville. Tonn.; In Japan, Rev. T. Kagawa, in charge nf ?lum work, Kobe, Japan: in China, Hov. Dr. J. L. Stuart, professor Now Testament. Nanking Theological Seminary. Charles ^. Rowland of Athens, On., made a report of five months Investigation of "missionary investments and dividends." At night, in addition to thc address of Robert E. Speer, Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Davidson College and moderator nf the Southern Presby terian general assembly, lectured, on "Our Increased Hespopslblllty," whtlo "tho Now Times and the New Man" was the theme of William T. Ellis, editor field or the continent, Swarth more, Pa. Unable io Manage Damaged Airships ffly A*ftKi?t?d VrvwO LONDON. Feb. '7 (.1:32 p. m.V.-A big airship, believed, to bo of thc Parseval typo, apparently damaged by gun fire, flew over Amsterdam this morning, cays a Renter dispatch from that city. The airship was st a height of about 600' feet and ita crew waa unable to keep lt la a horizontal position. Assuming a vertical position, the aircraft drifted in tho direction of thc Snyder Zoe, an arm of the North Sea, carrying with lt telegraph wires with which a dangling rope had become en tangled. ......... . Introduces Rural Credits Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb., 17.-Reprea tativa Henry of Texas, today intro duced a general rural credits bill, the measure provides for direct loans to farmers under a system separate A tho federal reserve law. French Claim to Ha VD Cai and to Have Repelled Time Limit Set by Gei ping to Take Measure Her Threat Expected i Tho Hmo limit act by Germany for neutral ?hipping to take measures of safety IIUH expired and Germany ls now expected to put into operation her doclured intention -of employing her submarines and' mines in tho wuters around the Uritlsh Isles, which she has proclaimed a wur rone, with Hie object of cutting off food sup plies to the British people. Germany has earnestly warned *ho I neutral States that this zone will | horeafter be a dunger rone for all shipping and has expressed her deter minatron to take tho most stringent aciion agulust Hrltlsli merchantmen. It is announced from Berlin that Germany's reply to the American noto of protest aguinst this action has beeu handed to the American ambassador \ at the. German, capital, but tho reply, has not been received by the stato de partment at Washington. In the mean time Gurmany, in developing her sub marine warfare, has added one more merchant ship to the list of vessels destroyed by sinking the small French steamer Ville de Lille off Cherbourg. Regarding operations on land, it ls f1 apparcnf from tbe official announce ments issued by the French war office I that heavy fighting is taking place bo th in Belgium and in France. The French claims not only to havel maintained the ground recently gain- 1 ed but to have captured German 1 trenches and to have repelled m ii nv Utanka-hy -the aeTnTt?XT' French aviators have dropped bombs MI the raliway station at Freiburg, Baden. Field Marshal von Hlnedburg'a suc cessful operations against the Russian army in East Prussia are still being celebrated in Berlin, where von Hind enburg's direction of the campaign ls described as having been characteris ed by masterly skill. Officially it ls ! announced that the German troops are j ' still following the Russians 'north of i1 the Niemen River. . Ic Poland, north of the Vistula, from Plock. recently occupied by' the Germans, to Radons, another ?reat battlo ls apparently developing? Fight ing in that region already 1B of a des perate nature.' Austria, according to Swiss advices, for ton days IIRB been concentrating j troops, chiefly artillery, on her Italian frontier. ' Guns have been placed to dominate the Tyrolese passes. All along the entire boundary of j Serbia, Albanian forces are active. < Warships Blot -hading Bulgarian Port. BERLIN, Feb. IT.-(By Wlrless to Suyallle).-British and French warr Bhlps arei blockading the Bulgarian port of Padeagp.ch to prevent the Impcrtntktn of Voodstuffs destined for Germany and Aurilia, according to a Constantinople dispatch to the Over seas News Agency. j Banker Paroled. tOS8lNI$G. N. Y.. Feb. 17.-David A. Sullivan, the Brooklyn banker con victed In ?19?3 of having misappro priated $20.000 while president of the Mechanics* and Traders Bank, was paroled today at the expiration of bis minimnm- sentence of two years. Prohibition in Oregon. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17.-Statewide prohibition effective January 1. 1010. became the law of Oregon today when Governor Withycombc signed the bill lt pas-eil by the legislature to make ef- j ? fective the people's mandate of lust November, when a prohibit (on amend- ( ment was voted Into the State cen- i stitutton. ? -L . i erm of Supt of Educati - 8p?rii?t to Tl>r InU-tlitmn*. C COLOMBIA. Feb. 17.-The bill of fi Iti presentatlve Wolfe, of Anderson, to Increase the term of tho county j! superintendent of education to four |? years has passed both housse of tho fl general assembly. Two counties, c where. Uie county superintendents c duties are combined with there of fl another county office, are exempted y under tho oct. Thc bill does not extend the terms o of those who are now holding office v under a tenure of two years.: hut lt a does prolong their terms from the i first of January until thc first of fol- s lowing July. The bill .had.the en- li dnracment of the State superintendent tl af education and ot the teachers cf u the State* generally. It ls designed fi and lacreas- .1 stared German Trenches Many Counter Attacks, rmany For Neutral Ship ss of Safety Expires and :o be Put Into Operation. Ochrlda, 100 miles north ot Janina, luis beeu captured by the Albanlaua ami violent fighting la In progress at several placoa. A Constantinople dispatch to Berlin Bays that tho Bulgarian seaport of Dctleagatch. on the Aegean Bea, la blockaded by British and French war ships to prevent fooilatuffa from, being transported to Germany and Austria through this route. Copenhagen hears a report that 6, QflO.000 Germans, ineligible for army servier, who have independent means, ure to be ordered hy the Germen gov ernment to proceed to neutral coun tries and there remain until the end af the war to decrease the eon nura p tlon ot food in tbe emprie. I A report from Basel, Switzerland, naya that Emperor William, who has Invited Mr. Gerard, the American nra baBsator to Germany,'- to the.' East Prussian front, will epolr/gfae per sonally to the ambassador for Ufa demonstration made against him re cently in a Berlin theatre*. Basel jives a Berlin dispatch' ha the benia for this statement. Great ?ritaln, in her answer to the r\njerican protest against tb? deten tion of American ships hy British war vessels, denied that Great Britain un duly detains shlnaf or- that the naval operations pf Great Britain have, been . tj^canasfe-ttf- any- dim unitiva in the roTtVnie bf American exports,- adding that if tb? commerce ot tbs. United States ia in the unfavorable condition charged in the American note "the cause ought, in fairness, to be sought elsewhere than In the activities of Hts Majesiy'c naval for?as." ; Among these causes tho note cites the shortage df shipping facilities, the consequent dtmunttlon of the cot ton trade and thc destruction by sub marine mines "laid by the enemy" ot many neutral vessels.1 - - The answer concedes that foodstuffs for a civil population are not contra band, but says "is. any cao?&?y 'ra, which theft exists ?Uth - irei?OCdautf organization tor war aa now obtains In Germany there is np clear division between those whom the government lt: responsible for feeding sail whom lt ls not." The note saya Great Britain wi'l retaliate against Germany's sub marino campaign, but does not go Into letalis concerning Its proposed pro ceedure. - ? _ . Emperor William ITo Direct Blockade -u The Wheat Shortage in Germany Much Greater Than Has Been Believed (By AworUtod PTMO LONDON. Feb. 18.-(3:07 a. m.) Hie Dally Mail's Copenhagen corre ipondent savs he learnt? from Hate burg that the belief prevails that l?tnperor William is going to Hel^n lanrt personally to direct Germany'a lubmarine blockade. "The wheat Fhortag?f In Germany." he correspondent adds, "war conceal ed until the last moment tor fear of llscouraglng the people. It la much treater than has been believed. Qer na uv will escape famine before the text harvest by a narrow margin." irintendeni on Extended d efficiency in the public school cys era. The term of the present county su orlntendent in Anderson county ls or two years? and the effect of ? the ill will he to extend hi? term af ot ee six months or to July 1, 1917. An lection will bo held th Anderson ounty aa usual lu 1016 and the of clal then chosen will hold tor four ears from July J, 1917. The bill establishing a State board f examiners for certified examinara 'ai given third reading in the san to tonight and ordered enrolled for atlficatton. The Stare tax couunls blll and the bill putting the Webb Into cfftKt In thl* SUte limiting ie shipment of liquor for personal se were nasacd to third reading. The apply bill came over from the house nd was; g i yen its first reading.