VOLUME m.
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ANDERSON, S. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1916.
NUMBER 92.
LARGE FORESTS
SWEPT BY FIRE
IN EASTERN N. G.
FLAMES RAGING UNCON
, TROLLED IN ONE SECTION
AND LOSS ENORMOUS
BURNED TO DEATH
One F her. Dies in Public Road
--7 Kn of Bayboro Menac
/ ed .or Hours.
(Hy Associated. Press.)
Raleigh..N'. C., April 15-Millions
of feet of standing timber have been
destroyed and other property burned
In forest fires ranging at widely sep
arated points in eastern North Caro
lina, according to reports reaching
here tonight. One man is known to]
hnve lost his life. In Beaver Dam
and Cedar Creek townships. Cumber
land county, the fire ls raging uncon
trolled tonight. Daniel . Carter, a
farmer, was burned to death on a pub
lic, road.
A report from Rocky Mount sayo|
the most serious fire ever known in
that section is burning. St. James]
church, a historic land mark In Beau
fort county, was destroyed. The j
town of Bnyboro was menaneed sev-1
oral hours last night.
Reports from Norfolk say the fires
are rnging In Nansemoi.d and Dln
widdle counties 01 Virginia.
THE POLITICS OF
GREENVILLE ARE
GETTING "WARM"
Former Sheriff of That County
Discusses Situation While
in the City. ?,
"Politics are warming up In Green
ville cbunty, and i-;tbilisi; to .-get I
much warmer before tho campaign nf
over." said Mr. J. D. Gilreath, form
er sheriff of that county, who spent
yesterday in tho city on'a visit to his!
daughter, Mrs. Julian Cllnkscales..
Mr. GRireatb talked Interestingly of
political conditions in Greenville
county and throughout the state. He
is probably moro cognizant with- the
political striation In Greenville coun-1
ty than any other man living there.
Mr. .Gilreath skid he would not be!
a candidate for sheriff this timo. He
ls busily engaged in farming Just now,
and, incidentally, is making quite a 1
success-of.lt. He would not predict j
how the sheriff's rnce is to come out
In Greenville county, but did state
that "things aro getting warm In that
race."
Sheriff Hendrix Rector ls the ' in
cumbent, and has served four years.
He has announced for ra-electlon, and 1
will bp opposed by some four or five |
others.
Mr. Gilreath, is well, known lu An
derson county and, has many friends |
In the city. During his .long term of
office as sheriff of Greenville county
he established a state-wide reputation
as nn office of marked ability. He
probably did more than any other
mnn to break up "moonslilnlng" in the
"Dark Cornor" of that county.
Pantons Witness Read.? ?*
Atlanta, April 15-John R. Black,
the Atlanta detective who made tom
tit famous In' the trial of Leo M.;
Frank by admitting under ero'a ex
amination by Attorney Luther Hos-j
sor that he "was all mixed up and
didn't know where" he wos at," .died;
yesterday of Bright's disease.
SEAMEN DE
INCREASE i
ACCOUNT^
Delay of Liner Mongolia May Be
-Truce Effected Bj
Being C
NeV York, April ?5.^AcUon which
?New. York, .April .15.--Act'ar? which
may be the forerunner of a general
strike among seamen on ocean-going
steamships resulted ...;.to?axV,1tt\^'.the
American liner Mongolia hoing de
layed several hours in tatting and the
New York .and * Porte 1 -"RR* liner
Oraros being forced to anchor: down
the nay. after leaving her pl?V^Wben
the Mongolia finally suU?d it .waa ex
plained tant a "truce' waa effected and
jv V.*.'.> ". " it j
WEAR TO OBEY
PRESIDENT
PROVISION ADDED BY SEN
ATE AS AMENDMENT TO
ARMY BILL
OFFICERS SCORED
Borah Says Heads of National j
Guard Have "Embezaled"
Some of Funds.
< By " Associated Preps. )
Washington, April 15.'-Two pro
visions to strengthen the federal ste
tus of the National Guard were adopt-!
ed in the form of amendments lo the
senate army bill today. One provid
ed that all otllcers above the rank of i
captain be paid five hundred dollars
annually. The other esquires all
guardsmen on enlistment to take, an j
oatli to obey orders of the. president |
as well as the governor of stiles.
Senator Borah attacked tho guard
officers' and their uso o', ederal funds.
Ho declared the eight million dollars
available annually tur thc oise of the |
guard under the Dick militia law
had been "shamefully" utlized by of
ficers to the exclusion of enlisted
men and somo ot lt absolutely "em- ]
bezzled." Reed, Pomorne. and oth
ers defended the guard. Reed Intro
duced an amendment to provide |
schools to train young men as re
serve officers for the army and navy.
NEVER HAD DOCTOR, TAKES
NO MEDICINE, AND IS HALE
AND HEARTY AT AGE OF 103
Atlanta, April 15.-Though? L051
years old. "Uncle William" Claxton,
of Claiborne, county. Tenn., can walk |
ten mites a' day - wittt'Mrtie- fatigue,
declares an Atlanta man who has just
"returned from a vlslj^to that section
of Btate. The aged'man has never
worn a coat in summer or winter,
and during his entlro life has neith
er culled a physician nor taken any
medicine.
"Unclt William" resides with lils |
son, Albert Claxton, who B now sixty
eight years of age, at their home on
Straight Greek, about six miles west
of New Taxewell. The older man
was born and reared In Clnlborne |
county, and has resided t?tere through
out his life though at present he ls
enjoying a visit to relatives in Vir
ginia.
Though almost deaf, this active
centenarian thoroughly enjoys u co?
vorcation with any of his various
friendo, or acquaintances when it hi
1 possible for him tb understand.
Paperweight Relic.
Atlante, April 15.--Alfred C. Now
ell, au Atlanta man, ts the proud pos
sessor of a rusty twenty-pound pa
perweight, with a history. The bf
fice ornament is a three-inch shell
about twelve inches long and conical
tinned. It. wan left bl'rlerl ten feet
under ground at tho chat tnnoo eh ie
river on the Mayson and Turner road
by General Sherman, and was aug up.
a day or two ago by a laborer for a
local engineering firm,-who wore con
structing new approaches to the coun
ty bridge. It was presented to Mr.
Newell.
The shell ls similar to the shrapnel
used in the European war except that
it has no timing mechanism at the
tip. A similar shell dug up several
years ago on the Atlanta ?battlefield
exploded and killed a boy, who was
chopping lt opon with. an axe.
MANO AN'
UFWA??S
"WAKRISK"
s Forerunner of *' General Strike
f Some of Demands
^&|| :,v.
-some demands ol the strikers granted.
"Abeardr-the'Sr^Eos's. ceilce ^ree
posted;by the crew and signed by tho
?tyji?llc division of the International
Seamans 'Union of America.' of which
Andrew .ITurusetb. is hean. " Fumseth
collaborated with Senator LaFollettc
f?rifpraiting the new ' seamans act.
The .seamen demand A1, "dwanty-five
per cent increase In wages, lui own as
" war risk*. ?'- tor sailors ; Y passing
'Jh rough war, zones, and furthar regb
.Jar increase;
New Ambassador to Chili
J II Shea.
J. H. Shen, now ambassador to
Chill, who was nominated by Presi
dent Wilson on the recommendation ot
the late Senator Shivcly cr Indiana, is
now .In Washington receiving his in
structions from the state department
Ho had Just completed lils term ns
Jutiice of tlie Appellute court of
Indiana when ho was named. He ls
fifty-three years old and a bachelor.
SPEu???lIflslo
"BIG FOUR" MEIERS
Delegates to National Convention
Be Named at Columbia Meet '
Democrats.
(Special to The Intelligencer.)
Columbia," ..April' " 15 -There ' Ts
much speculation cs to who will bc
named us the "big fotir" to the na
tional Democratic convention in St.
Louis. Tho Stat? Democratic con
vention meets in Columbia on May 17
to elect delegates to the national con
vention to be held, beginning on Juno
14. '
The club meetings will be held late
in April to el^ct delegates to the
county conventions. Tho county con
ventions will name, delegates to the
state convention.
It is very probable that the South
Carolina delegation will go to St.
Louis instructed for the renomination
of Woodrow Wilson.
17. S. HAS NEW
SUB WORRIES
Official Word of Two More Dis
asters With Americans
Aboard Received.
? , i
''.Washington. April 15.-While the
United States was amassing evidence
that Oermany has violated solemn
pledges to the United States in sub
marine warfare, official word of two
more Shipping disasters, with Ameri
cans aboard the shir - were received
here today. Consular dispatches indi
cated that the steamer Margam Abbey
and Bark I?verlyon were both at
tacked by submersibles. These cases
will probably be used in the American
Indictment against German methods.
OVER 3 THOUSAND
HAVE ENLISTED IN
PAST THIRTY DAYS
Washington, April 15.-Three
thousand, pine hundred and. twenty
seven have been .enlisted by Ute army
put of sixteen thousand, eight hun*
dred and seventeen applicants in the
last thirty days the war department
has announced.- San Francisco led
with' Chicago Bocond and New York
third. ;
GOVERNOR MANNING TO
SLEEP WITH VETERANS
IN TENT AT ROCK HHL?
' ' . ~-- - ' 1
. (Special to The Intelligencer.)
Columbia, April 15.-QuVomor
Maning'and the members-of bis mil
itary staff are preparing to attend the
annual jreunlou of- Smith Carolin
Confed?rate Veteran? to' bo held tnt
year at Hock THU. April 2* ???d 2fr.
The gbvefuer will sleep In a tent with
th?, veterans,
&y. '^?V^^i^v^^^ V' - -v-^v
U. S. ONLY BILLING TO FIX
LIMIT ON MARCH OF
AMERICANS
WIL L WITHDRAW
TROOPS SOON AS
BAND SCATTERED
Official Report Says Two Ameri
cans and Forty Mexicans Kill
ed in Recent Fight at Parral.
(Uv Associator! Press, i
Washington. April 15.-The t'nlted
States ts willing to agree to tlx a lim
it on the distance American troop?
shall proceed Into Mexico and make
the llm.it not much further south than
the troops have aAreidy advanced.
The government also will give assur
anees thut Americans will he wlth
j drawn within a "reasonable time" or
soon os it is. definitely established
thut Villa has- 'reached a point where j
he can be handled by the ''.Tranza
forces better than before. Pr&udent
WllP-n decided today to inf omi Car
ram.?, that the United States will ne
gotiate for an agreement along these
lines. This is said to haw been
agreed on at yesterday's cabinet meet
ing. Meanwhile, (fte pursuit of Villa
will continue. f
General Funston sent one dispatch
today saying ho bad not heard from
General Pershing for three days, utl
dlng that he ia? trying to get an au
thentic'report of the Parral incident
FIRST OFFICIAL BEPORT
, SAYS 2 AMERICANS AM?
FORTY;MEXICANS KILLER
? .. _?_1.I?J j.
/Iii/ ASSOClEt01* Pritcn 1
Washington April 15.-Tho first
official report of the clash Wednes
day at Parral, reaching tho war de
partment from Geaeral Funston lute
I tonight said two Americans and fort>
Mexicans were kilted. Secretary
Ha'ker uunonnccd General Fua:.ton">
quoted telegram from General Per
ahlng, that the latter had just receiv
ed Information of the. unprovoked at
tack on Americans who entered Par
ral to buy supplies. General Per
shing also reported ho bad niven in
formation to C'prranza's general, Hcy
?era, as lo tho novUlon, direction and
general destination of American
troops pursuing Villa. He sent an
aeroplano for the Pa.-ral particulars.
MACHINE GI N CORPS OF
THIRTY 31 EN .ORDERER TO
? PROCEED TO CA LEXICO
(Hy Associated Press.)
. San Francisco. April 15.-Major
General Bell, commander of the wes
tern department of the army, today
ordered a machine gun co-'ps and
thirty, men, o? the. Twenty-Fist In
fantry stationed at Valcouver, Wash
ington,- to pTOced to Calexico. Califor
nia, cr. the Mexican border. Nr.
chango In the Mexican situation was
responsible tor the dispatch of thc
machine gun corps, lt was said at ar
my headquarters. A battalion of the
Twenty-first is now at Calexico.
M?XICO CITY 18 PLEASED
V/ITH PAVERS STATEMENT .
. THAT TR00P8 HE REMOVED
(By Associated'Press.)
Mexico. City, April 15.-The state
ment was published here In Mexican
papers today that the United States
has announced Us intention of with
drawing troops pursdlrtp- Villa. Gen
eral satisfaction was oppressed at
this, but Carranza und his cabinet said
they would walt for word from Wash
ington. ./?.., ??fUf
TAKINGTSNAKES BY THE
TAIL, WOMAW DROPS 13
OF THEM INTO A JAR
L ? j
Atlanta, April lp.^-drcus. snake
charmers and ragged Hindus of the
Orlbnt Who handle-the deadly Cobra
with as much pleasure aa an old maid
handles her Tabby cat are .?hacked off
the board by Mrs. W*. T. Monk ot
Atlanta who captured thirteen high
'land moccasins y6Sl?ru?> and . put
tt?str in . a', big glaW . Jar with the
avowed^intention c-f training them for
household-pets. ' ..i.
A child in the neighborhood ran to
Mrs. Monk in greatv alarm because
bf a asst of snake which bo had dis
covered tn her beete yard. Mrs;.
Monk 'put ?down h?r-siiwldg. wont in?
to -, thc yard with the Jar, picked ? Up
the shakes by* thejr"tails, aw* then
screwed on tho top. . .
Countess a Suicide
.Hrs. Joseph K. Howard,
Formerly ( OIUIIOHN de Hean fort.
Mis. Joseph l?. Howard, daughter
of M. H. Kiigallen, n mllllonnire of
Chicago, and formerly the Countess
de Beaufort, shot herself to death In
an Omaha hotel the othe:* day because
she was Jealous of her husband. He
was an actor on the Orpheum circuit
FIGHT Ij PROGRESS
Commission to Probe Matter of
County With Rock Hill as
the Seat.
(Special lo Tim Intelligencer.)
Columbia, April 15.-Another new
county fight Is In progress in South
Carolina. Governor Manning has an
nounced that he wlU appoint a com
mission to Investigate the matter of
forming a new county out of partB of
York, Chester ?r ' ""lirfleld counties
with Kock lilli u . - county seat.
That the com - ssion be appointed
waa tho only contention of tito new
county advocates. They realize that
the new unit cnn not be formed until
tho lilshaped county act of the 1?12
goners I assembly is declared uncon
Minn ional by the supreme court. It
is said that they will not ask the gov
ernor to order an election until the
"shoestring" county act lins been de
clared Illegal. ' ">
The new county would be about BS
miles long und four miles wide at the
narrowest point. '
SOUTHERN SHOWS
PREPAREDNESS TO
SERVE UNCLE SAM
Eleventh Cavalry Moved to Mexi
can Border With Greatest
Despatch. *r
Preparedness on the part of South
ern raliway to servo tho government
should this country bo involved Sn a
state of war was shown In tho mover
mont of tho 'Eleventh Cavalry In sev
en special trains frtnm Fdu-t Ogle
thorpe. Chattanooga, to the Mexican
border, declares the Southern News
Bulletin in its current issue:
Orders for the movement were re
ceived at 2 o'clock in the morning
and by .breakfast time a sufficient
number of cars had been assembled
at tho fort for loading the heavy
equipment and by four o'clock In tho,
afternoon the first Bectlon was. made
up and. ready to depart. . The trains
were operated on fist schedule, mak
ing only stops necessary for feeding
and watering the horses, and covered
ute distance of 1.463 milos to Kl Paso
In about sixty-nine honrs, or ?/lxty
hours actual running tinto, wnlnli,was
several hours'less than the time the
government had allowed. , '
Jt required a tqtalrof 122 .c4rsH0.
make up* thef trains;: twenty-seven of
these boina* tourist sleeping cari, fif
ty-two stock car?, and the remainder
beir.? 'baggage,' fiat *?? freight cafs.
' thav the railway ; could assembly
this* 1 urge attiotnt of high class equip
mens upon ,*hofct notice without rob
bing equipment- from ito "regulad
trains, the Bulletin pointy ou^ tndU
cates the Southern's preparedness to
handle .emergencys'cal?s from the f ov
ernnmnV should any gtmve situation
ants?; ? making necessarythe ?ulok
1 r a n s nor t a 11 on Of ' >large bo di CU '? pi
f)*: from one point to another.
MANY REPORTED KILLED IN
BAYONET FIGHTING NEAR
THE FORTRESS
PARIS IS SILENT
French Capital Has Nothing to
Say of Disastrous Battle Near
Dead Man's HUI.
London. April 15.-Tho French
launched a vigorous counter-attack]
in the region of Dead Man's Hill, ac
cording to Berlin. The attack, fol
lowing violent artillery preparation,
wns directed against the German posi
tions south of Corbeaux and Cumiares
Wood and on Dead Man's Hill. The
Hermans admit the French penetrated
tho Teuton position on Dead Man's
Hill, but claim many attackers were
killed in bayonet fighting. Paris is
silent on this oattle.
Russian and Austrians are engaged
Dn the lower Strips and Dnester riv
ara, Galicia ami northwest Ozernowltz,
Bukowina. The Austrians stormed
Italian positions at Mrzllvrh. and
claim to have beaten back several Ita
lian counter-attacks. The Austrians
admit they evacuated their positions
south of Superone.
The BritlBh steamer Shenandoah
and tho German steamer H?spanla
were Bunk by mines. The Danish
schooner Proven was sunk by a sub
marine and the Danish steamer Kasan ?
war. captured hy a German subma
rine.
COLOR FAMINE LIKEKLY
TO CAUSE CAMPAIGN FOR
ONLY WHITE APPAREL j
' r - . *#1
Atlanta, April 15.-Dry goods mer
chants in Allunta und thioughout the
southern states may econ start a
campaign in. thc interest of white
wearing apparel. Milady will have
to forego dyed fabrics. The color fa
mine, uccordlng to reports received]
here, has reached alarming propor-1
Hons.
it nov; appears that despite thc
best efforts of tho American dyestuffs
Industry, persons generally will nao
to get along with less color in wear
ing apparel effects,' while au addi
tional deprivation to bo encountered
probably, within a few weeks will ibo
tho circumstance thuct retail stores
will no longer he in u position to
warrant many fabrics us dyed with
lasting colors.
In short, as pointed out yesterday]
by wholesale * and retail dry goods]
men, the embargo on German dye
stuffs ns a result or the European I
wnr has at last reached tito point
where the ultimate consumed will bo j
called upoo to oxerciBo patience, and I
an unusual degree with bis trades
man when it comes to purchasing nil
sorts of wearing apparel, house Citr
nishingB and all arttcleB of every dny|
HBO in into which color enters
. ILatB now being shown In Atlanta
for the coiuing season are refieciing
the color scarcity and are made In
light shades, particularly grays and
natural mixtures of furs requiring no
dyes. Soft hats which can bc made
In tho lighter and natural colorings
willi, say Atlanta dealers, supplant
very largely the derby hat, for which
dyes are necessary. '
The ramifications of tho dyestuffs |
shortage will probably be felt in the '?
laundries, as Atlanta laundrymen
havo received advices urging |
them to exert pressure on customers
to make as wide use as possible of|
white goods the next few month:?.
WITHOUT AU
TO CHANGE
OFAF1?
'J
Attorney General Gregory Gives <
-Block Transfer of Bank
io pat?
Washington, April If--Attorney |
3??6?B1. G?^Ory-t?d?y lulu iii M? lue
'ederat reserve hoard has no authori
ty to chango the location of a f?d?r?t
reservo bank- Hts opinion, submitt
ed at the request of the board, is that
there ls nothing In the'law to pro
irent the reduction of the capitel bf
resorte banks, by a transfer? ; from
member banks from one district to
mother.
The banks cnptln! aro fixed at four
?tulon dollars, on organisation. The
STATE'S HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
WILL PASS ON LANEY
ODOM ACT
INTEREST IS KEEN
South Carolina Anxiously Await? -
ing Outcome of Test of Anti
Compact Statute.
(Special to The Intelligencer.)
Columblu, April 15.-Monday tho
South Carolina supr?me court will bo
asked to decide on the constitution
ality qt the Lanoy-Odom act. which
IB popularly known os the anti-com
pact measure. This ls the act that
caused piactle.ally all of the'Uro In
surance companies to withdraw from
the state. Injunction proceedings
have been begun against the insur
ance commissioner and the attorney
general to prevent them from enforc
ing the terms of the act.
There is much concern In the state
os to the outcome of the Ure Insur
ance situation. Reports . from sev
eral counties would Indicate that
many policies are being cancelled and
that it ls possible to secure Insurance
only ou the best rlBks.
Thero ls much talk of a extra ses
sion of the general assembly, although
U ls not believed that the lawmakers
would repeal the act. It ls freely
predicted that an extra Besslon would
mean tho entrance of South Carolina
Into the fire Insurance business.
MR. H. MAHAFFEY
IS DEAD AT HOME
IN WILLIAMSTON
Well Known and Highly Respect
! eci M IM? C? Thzi Vises
Pastes at 80;
(Special to The Intelligencer.)
Wllllamston, April 16.-Mr. Hugh
Mahaffey, 89 years old, a well known >
nnd highly respected farmer of thia
place, living on Miin itreet on the
outskirts of the town, died this af
ternoon at 2:40 o'clock following a
short illness. Mr. . Mahaffey waa
remarkably hale and hearty for one
of bis age until*some months ago,
when he began to fall. '.";]
P?a?r&t ?urvicea will be held to
morrow afternoon at Cedar Grove
church, the Rev., Mr. McCuen officiat
ing. Seven children survive Mr.
Mahaffey besides his wife.
SOME NEWSPAPERS HARD
HIT AND MAY ADVANCE
PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION
Atlanta, April 15.-?How would you .
like to pay fifteen cents u week for
your newspaper, instead Ot ten or
twelve cents that you are paying
now? Such a thing is a di uniter pos
sibility if tho price ot paper, meta J,
ink and the 'other commodities the
newspapers use cofitiuue to -ulvnnco
os they have In' the last ?ew' days
The Atlanta newspapers as well as
all other newspapers In Georgia and
over the southern states will have
to pay from ono to three thousand
dollars more for the whlt? paper they
use to print their editions this year/
than last, if they are able to get all
the paper they need, livery publica
tion hos been hit hy the skyrocket
of prices. . * ;
HORITY
LOCATION
WKAL BANK
)pimon at Request Reserve Board
; From Richmond District
?more.
' ' C'/''ll -.
opinion stops the efforts ot Baltimore
u??kvf? io haine i ho bern rd transfer a
reserve bank in its district from Rich
mond to Baltimore. A similar effOML
wes made on behalf of PHtsburgb in
the case of the Cleveland, bank?. Vttf&,
Attorney General ts ..understood
hold that inasmuch as the law pro
vides that charters issued to existing
reserve nanas Bhall wift twenty yjs?Wr
th? bank's iocatfo? ls*; not- lo be
changed without, tho forfeiture of itfc,
charter. . . ..-?'.; ;?