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DEPOSED MEXICAN PRESIDENT KILLED WHILE IN TRANSIT TO PENITENTIARY Liberation Attempted Claim Provisional President. LITTLE INFORMATION AS TO THE DEED Mexican President and Jose Tino Suarez, wlilit in Transit to Peniten tiary under Guard, are Killed in Mysterious Manner. Government Claims that there was no Plot to Put Them to Death. Mexico City, Feb. 23.?Francisco I. Madero and .lose Pino Suarez are dead In a midnight ride under guard from the National palace to the penitentiary they wore killed. The circumstances surrounding the death of the deposed president and vioe president of the republic are un known, except as given in official ac counts which do not in all cases con form. The only witnesses were those actually concerned in the killing The provisional president, (Jen. Viotoriano Huorta, says the killing of the two men was incidental to a tight between their guards and a party at tempting to liberate them. The min ister of foreign relations. Francisco do LaBarra, adds that the prisoners attempted to escape. Neither make a definite statement ns to which side fired the fatal shots. It is not tmpoa Blble that neither knows. An official investigation has been ordered to determine the responsibili ty and solemn promises have been made that the guilty will be punished. Not unnaturally a great part of tho public regards tho official versions with doubt, having in mind the use for1 centuries of the notorious "Ley fuga' the unwritten law which is Invoked when the death of a prisoner is de sired. After its application there is written on tho records "prisoner shot trying to escape." Senora Madero, widow of the ex president, received the first definite Information of his death from tho Spanish minister, Sonor Cologany Cologan. She already had heard re ports that something unusual and Werious had happened but friends had endeavored up to that time to prevent her from learning the whole truth. Soon afterward, accompanied by her brother, Jose Perez, and Merce- j des Madero. a sister of Francisco, Sonora Madero drove to the peni tontlary but was refused permission to see the body of her husband. Senora Suarez also was denied ad mittance to tho mortuary, where phy sicians, in accordance with the law, ?were performing an autopsy. In contrast to tho widow. who grief was of a pitiably silent char acter, expressed in sobs, Mercedes Madero, a beautiful young woman educated in Paris, who has been a brilliant leader of society since the revolution of 1910f. was dry.eyed 1 and tigerish hi her emotions. By the side of tho two women whose husbands had been killed, the girl huled accusations at the officers who barred tho entrance. "Cowards!" "Assassins!" she called them, her volco pitched high. The officers stared Impassively. "You, tho men who fired on a de fenceless man! You and your super * lor officers are traitors!" Not Allowed to See Bodies. No effort was made to remove the women nor did the officers attempt to silence them. Senora Madero con tinued weeping and tho girl did not eeaso her hystei leal tiread until the arrival of the Spanish minister and the Japanese charge, who came to offer their services. The minister spoke with the offi cers in charge but was told that on account of tho autopsy it would be impossible for any one to sen the bodies. Madero's father and Rafael Meran dez, former minister of the Interior nd other friends mado efforts early *n the day to recover the bodies and it was said this afternoon that the Aimerioan ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, had Interested hlmsolf and secured the promtso of de La (Contlnucd on Pago Ten.) THOMASON ELECTED AS ALDERMAN Defeated R, 0. Franks by a Vote of 71 to 68. Doubt until very Last. The second primary for the election of an alderman in Ward f> was held yesterday and resulted In the nomina tion of W. I'. Thomason* Jr., over R. Q. Franks. The vote stood 71 to 68. The nominations for municipal offices stand now as follows: Mayor, C. M. Babb; Aldermen, Ward 1, L. O. Hires; Ward 2. J. Warren Holt; Ward 3. Dr. J. M. Bearden; Ward 4, T. C. Swltzer; Ward 5, W. P. Thoinason, Jr.; Ward G, Augustus Huff. The election to confirm these nomin ations will he held March 11th. FEDERAL HINHING AT CLINTON. Appropriation for $60,000 Inserted in Public Buildings Bill. Washington, February 20.?Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, today announced that ho had induced the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds to report favorably amendments to the public building bill, appropriating $60.000 for a Fed oral building at Clinton, and increas ing the appropriation for .he Colum bia postofllce from $22r.,000 to $2G">,000. A persistent rumor is afloat, com ing from sources close to the Adminis tration, that President Taft is Inclin ed to veto the public buildings bill on general principles. GENERAL SESSION'S COURT. Convenes March 10th, Judge Ceo. E. | Prince lo ho Ihc Presiding Judge. The regular March term of the Court of General Sessions will con j veno March 10th, being the second Monday in March. Judge Ceo. E. Prince, of Anderson, will preside. The jury commissioners met in the office of the clerk of court Monday and drew the new grand jurors for the coming year and the petit jurors for the coming term. The grand jury for the coming year Is as follows: John A. Franks, I.aurens. G. Marlon Moore, Waterloo. J. If. Abercromhie, Dials. R. E. Boyd. Waterloo. I.T. W. Medlock, Sullivan. J. A. Taylor. Dials. J. B. Phllson, Hunter. I Jim Wade Hill, Cross Hill. S. P. Blakely, Scuffletown. J. Ben Hunter, Youngs. W. B. Silnms, Waterloo. Dan J. Taylor, Hunter. H. M. Campbell. Hunter. Ernest Rasterby. Eaurens. P. S. Jeans, Hunter. W. W. Bramlett, Youngs. J. O. King, Cross Hill. J. C. M. Melton, Jacks. The petit jury for the March term of courst Is as follows: T. B. Crews, Jr.. Laurens. C. E. Todd, Hunter. B. M. Cannon, Laurens. N. J. Anderson, Laurens. B. B. Goodman, Jr., Cross Hill. J. B. Tlmmerman. Laurens. M. D. Mitchell. Waterloo. J. M. Denn, Eaurens. John A. Armstrong, laurens. Smith J. Martin, Youngs. P. B. Adair, Hunter. R. J. Patterson, Scuffletown. T. L. Madden. Waterloo. Robert A. Harris, Youngs. F. T. Duncan, Laurens. T. J. Nahors. Hunter. John H. TumJblin. Aaurens. D. R. Simpson, Laurens. J. D. Chaney. Laurens. Geo. M. Xabors, Jncks. C. D. Cox, Youngs A. P. Young. Hunter. Hi J. Martin. Laurens. J. W. Drake. Waterloo. C. A. Owens, Scuffletown. 0. R. Cooper, ScufTletown. s. E. Jones, Hunter J. D. Sexton. I/aurens. W. T. Blakely, Scuffletown. I?. H. Martin, Daurens. II. C. Hfpp, Cross Hill W. 8. Riser, Jacks, j L. I. Spoon. Jacks. L. S. Young, Hunter. W. P. Chaney, Laurens. L. E. Corbett, Laurens. CHICORA GLEE CLUB TO VISIT CLINTON Vivacious Young Presbyterian College Girls to Sing before the College Hoys Clinton, Feb. 25.?Much interest Is being aroused by the prospective ap pearance in Clinton of tl|e Chicora Glee club. This club has a member ship of twenty-five young ladies and it is said that the concert presented by them is of unusual quality. They are to 'be here on March 7th under the auspices of tho Presbyterian College baseball association, and the proceeds of the concert will bo divided between the two organizations. Mrs. .1. F. Jacobs intends to give a reception for the Chicora girls while they are in Clinton and It will doubt less add greatly to the pleasure of the visitors as well as tho local guests. William P. Jacobs, Jr., is manager of the baseball team at tho college this year and thinks the college will have a look-in at the pennant. Coach Doak, who was here last year, is back and at work. The debate between the representa tives of the Rkikosmian and Phlloma thean literary societies lost Saturday evening resulted in a victory for tho PltUomathenn society which upheld the negative In a discussion of the woman's suffrage question. Tho vic tors won tho privilege of having their names engraved on the trophy cup as well as the possession of it for their society. Clinton County Fair. The ladles of Stephen D. Lee chap tor r. I). C. met. on Monday afternoon and perfected arrangements for giv ing the "Clinton County Fair" here on the 13th and 14th of March. The en tertainment will be in the nature of a musical comedy and wilt have par ticipating In it a hundred and fifty local characters, children, young la dies and young gentlemen. Commit tees were appointed to invite charac ters and arrange for all the details connected with the play as follows: J publicity committee, Misses Fill one McCaslan and Fronde Kennedy; dia logue committee, Mrs. J. I. Copeland and Mrs. M. A. Hays; chorus com mittee. Mrs. W. B, Owens, Mrs. II. L. Scnifo, Mrs. W. B. Parr. The young lady who is to train and instruct the players will arrive Monday. This play has recently been present ed in Sumter and Camden in both of which places it was very BUCCOSSful. The proceeds of the entertainment will be applied on the monument debt. The ladies hope they v ill b able to clear away all debt by the first of May and enter upon a campaign for erecting a chapter house. Surgical Work at the Orphanage. By arrangement of Dr. A. It. Holder by, of Atlanta, who is a member of the board of trustees of the orphan age, four specialists have spent the past two days at the orphanage in firmary operating on the noses and throats of tho children. There were seventy-one cases of adenoids and en larged tonsils which received atten j tion. This kindness on the part of their Atlanta friends is greatly ap preciated by the orphans. Week-End Visitors. Washington's birthday and the con sequent school holiday brought sever al visitors for the week-end. Several camo from Winthrop. Miss Evie Shands was accompanied by Miss Marcum, secretary to the president. Miss Sallic Grant, supervisor of the practice school, visited her cousins, Misses Sallie and Mamie Burgess. Miss Bradley of Chicora college spent last Saturday and Sunday with her cousin, Mrs. J. Whitmore Smith. Mfos Leah Martin, a last year's graduate of Thornwell college and now teaching at Cokosbury, visited friends at the orphanage. Personal Items. Mrs. J. Q. Phillips and Miss Agatha Davis are expected home from Macon this week. Mrs. M. J. MoFaddon and little son, Dawsle Howes, have come home from Chester where they have been guests of Mis. MoFadden's father. Several Clihtonlnns wont up to Lau. rens to hear Reed Millar this even ing. , Moved Into Todd llonse. Mr. W. II. Anderson, who has been occupying one of the Gray houses on Jones street, has ronted the home of Mr. A. W. Todd, on West Main street, and has moved into ft. MANY TEACHERS COMING SATURDAY .Monthly Meeting of County Teachers Association to be Held Saturday. Prof. Tute to Speak. It Is Confidently expected that a large number of school teachers of the county will be In Laurens Friday evening and Saturday to attend the regular monthly meeting or the coun ty teachers association and to hear the lectures of Prof. W. K. T?te. Homes have been provided ror all the teachers who will attend and every care will be taken to make their stay In the city pleasant and profitable. The trustees of the different schools will bo expected to take upon them selves the duty of providing convey ances In which these teachers may reach Eaurcns who otherwise could not come. As this meeting is to be such an exceptionally Interesting and important one, the superintendent of education and school supervisor are anxious that every teacher attend who can possibly arrange to get here. The meeting this month is to bo featured by several addresses from Prof. W. K. T?te, who has recently returned rrom a tour or inspection of the schools of Switzerland. Having studied very thoroughly the school system of that country, ho is now try ing to apply some of the lessons learn ed there to the schools here. It his addresses he will give his hearers the benefit of the Impressions he gain ed in Switzerland and in the first ad dress he makes, which will be Friday evening, he will give lantern slide il lustrations taken from scenes in that country, Tin- lecture Friday evening is in tended to appeal to both the teachers and the public. For that reason, the public and especially that part of it interested in schools, is invited and requested to be present. The lecture.-; Saturday morning will be intended es pecially for teachers and trustees, but the public is invited. The program of the week-end meet ing Is as follows: Friday evening, a lecture by Prof. W. K. T?te at the graded school building, beginning at 8:30 o'clock; Saturday morning at In o'clock, a lecture by Prof. T?te to the teachers of the county; Saturday morning at II o'clock, a lecture by Prof. TatO to the trustees of the coun ty. Some time during Saturday morn ing, a meeting of the county teachers association will be hold, when the county educational fair, to be hold April 18th. will be discussed. The assignment of homes for the teachers was published in the last Is sue of The Advertiser. MEDICOS MEET HERE .NEXT. District Medical Society to Meet In I,aureus March 27th. The quarterly meeting of the Dis trict Medical society will be held In Lauren8, March 27th. It was decid ed to extend the invitation at a meet ing of the county medical society held here Monday morning. Physicians from the counties of Abbeville, Green wood. Newberry Saluda and Laurens compose the society. The election of officers of the county society also came, tip at the meeting Monday morning and resulted as fol lows: Pres., Dr. J. H. Tengue; 1st vlce Pres., Dr. Isadore Schayor; 2nd Pice President., Dr. .7. Lee Young; Sec. and Treas.. Dr. T. F. Klugh; Reporter, Dr. J J. L. Fennell. Dr. Rolfe E. Hughes Honored. Dr. Rolfe E. Hughes, of this city, was named n trustees for the State Medical College when elections were held in the legislature last week. The state of South Carolina has taken over the Charleston Medical college and made it a state Institution, providing ? a yearly appropriation therefor. The institution Is now a part of the state university. Dr. Hugh.es was nominat ed by Represented Homer s. Black well, for the Laurens delegation, and was among the eight securing the highest number of votes on the first I ballot. All other names were then) withdrawn and the olghl were thon elected trustees. The honor was con ferred upon Dr. Hughes entirely with out his knowledge. He was only made aware of it several days later when word was received of It at the meet ing of the Trl.State Medical associa tion which ho was attending in Nor folk. |JH HON. RO?T. A. COOPER MAY ENTER GUBERNATORIAL RACE Stated In Columbia Several Days ago that He Expects to be in the Race In 1914. Columbia, Feb. 22.?'M expect ({?? bo In the race for governor of South Carolina in 11? 14, although It Is not my intent ion to make a formal an nouncement of my candidacy at tili? time," said R. A. Cooper of Laurens. when asked yesterday by a represen tative of The Stale whether or not the rumor to this effect were true. Mr. Cooper explained that in his opin ion the formal announcement of a man's candidacy for tho offtco should t)o accompanied by his platform. Mr. Cooper I? entering on his third term ns solicitor for the eighth judi cial circuit and has never hern op posed for re-election. He Is a mem ber of tho law firm Of Simpson, Cooper & Habh. of Laurens. Mr. Cooper was for a numbor of years county chairman of tho Democratic party In Laurons comity. Ho Is well known throughout South Carolina. CONTINUED INTEREST IN HOOK-WORM CAMPAIGN Dr. Itouth Visited Several Schools Monday Making Addresses <m San itation and other Health Subjects. Dr. P. M. liouth, who lu conducting (he hook-worm campaign in (his coun ty, states that he Is still receiving tho co-oporotlon or the physicians and other people of the county in the work that he is doing, lu addition to his work relating to the hook-worm dis ease, he is giving considerable atten tlon to the question of sanitation. Monday ho went with Sllpt. of Edu cation Ceo. L, Pitts to several schools of the county and made addresses on sanitation and other health subjects, lie is endeavoring to impress upon the school children the need of keeping the school buildings and grounds cleanly ami healthful. Nol only Is ho stressing the need of this, but he Is appealing to them to observe sanitary laws for appearance's sake. Appeal ing to their higher reuse of duty and arousing a sense of pride, he is enlist ing their aid In a campaign of clean liness and boautiflcatlon of school buildings and grounds. Mr. Itouth will give considerable time to this phase of the work for (he next several weeks. The now laboratories ostahlisho l for (he treatment of hook-worm arc as follows: Orn, W. 0 W. hall, each Tuesday Ooldvlllo, Dr. Shcaly's office, oach Wednesday. Waterloo. Dr. Fcnncll's office, each Friday. As before, each Saturday he will be in Laurens where the people of the entire county can visit him. THE BAPTIST CHURCH CALLS A PASTOR Rev. M. L. Lawson, of f'amden, Call ed at Meeting of Congregation Sun day. Rev. M. \j. I^awson, pastor of the Baptist church at Cam den, has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of this city, to suc ceed Rev. W. R. Thayer, resigned. Rev. Mr. Ivawson has signified his in tention of accepting the call and he ia expected to take up his work here by April 1Mb. Mr. ijawson is a native of Qultman, Ca., and has been a pastor at f'amden for three years. Ht la a splendid preacher and a model pastor. The Baptist congregation will doubtless congratulate Itself upon securing such an able pastor so soon after the resignation of Mr. Thayer. New Headmaster Arrives. Mr. .1. K. Olenn. the newly appoint ed division roadmaster of the C. & W. C, railway to succeed Mr. A W. Todd. who was recently appointed general roadmaster, has rented the house on .Ion08 street recently vacated by Mr. W. H. Anderson, and has moved his family here. Mr. Glonn is a Very com petent railroad man, having been con. ductor on the work train bofore the promotion lO Ids present position, lie will have charge of maintenance and Construction between Verdery and spartanburg and Laurens and Green ville. <? Al ML Pleasant Church. There will be nn oyster supper nt Mt. Pleasant church Wednesday, March 5th for the benefit of the church, be ginning at 8 o'clock. The public is Invited to come. SEEK TO REDUCE INSURANCE RATE Petition to Council for Ap praising Property. CITIZENS MEETING MONDAY NIGHT Kn'orl being Made by State InHuranco Department to IfodllCC l ire Losses in (his State in Order t<? Secure ?? lleduction in hiHurauce Itatetit a mooting <>f tiro inunrnnco agents and other business men was held in tho chamber of convmorco rooms Mon - day evening for tho imrporo of dis ous8lng the (|u est ion <?f reducing tiro loss and taking nine hind of action thereon, The mooting was held at the Instance of Deputy InHuranco In spector. Deo II. Wharton, who wan hero to discuss the situation. Tho net remits of the meeting wa.s the adoption of a BOl of resolutions to bo signod by the vie Insurance agents of the city, to he presented lo (lie city council asking for an appropriation signed by the lire Insurance agents of having a commission of three nu n ap pointed to appraise building" within the city. Following the recent exposure of h Bo-called "arson trust" in New York ? city, the pre;s and (lie public general. I ly have discussed the question of pre ventable (Ire loss in this country. Hy comparison of figures in (he United States and in European countries, if. has been found that where the per capita fire loss In this country is about $:'..00, the per capita loss In European countries is about 30 conts. The largo fire loss In this country i". charged up to unintentional careless ness and criminality rosultant upon over-insurance. Hut, as (he resolu tions printed below suggest, all firo loss tfrom OVOr-tolSUranee does not. necessarily result from criminality but from carelessness to a fooling of se curity and a consciousness that in ease of fire the loss would not lK> ruinous. The meeting held in Laurens was only one of many expected lo be held In every pnrt of the state for the pur pose of star(ing a movement for tho reduction of lire loss In South Caro lina so that a reduction of the firo Insurnnce ratOfl may be Scoured. Fir ? Insurance agents will state that tho Insurance rate is based on the cost of doing business including tho payment of fire losses, agents* foes, office ex - penses ere. plus a profit on tho capital stock of the insurance company ari l the less the expense of doing business the less the rates would be. A? the largest item in tho cost of doing busi ness is tho fire loss, then, a reduction of tho Ore loss should result in a rel ative reduction of the innsranc* rate. That the movement will result in a reduction of the rate is not guaranteed but l( is probable and almost to ."mount to a certainty; that Is. if the entire state organizes as it is intended that Laurens shall do. In case the council acts favorably on the resolution, the city of Laurent will he the first one In the state to take tili.-, progressive stop, If it can be regarded as such. Other cities aro expected to follow in tho wake of Lau rens and all Join in the movement to (Continued on Page Ten.)