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ntellioencEf TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Weekly, Kpfalilfolied I860; Dally, Jan. 18,1014. ANDERSON, S. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1915. PRICE $1.50 THE YBAR LE L BLEAK VOLUNTMUL GOVERNORSHIP OF SOI RESIGNATION WRITTEN IN RED INK 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 Asfloclated Press.) COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. 14.?Cole L.- Blease today retired as South Caro lina's governor, five days before his second term of 'two years would have ended. His resignation, sent to Secretary of State McCown, was suppl uientcd 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 waa nec essary and by direction of the presiding officers in the two houses the mes page was received only as Information. Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Smith was Immediately sworn In as the State's chief executive to serve out the unexplred term. Chief Justice Gary, of the State supreme court, administering the oath of office. Mr. Blease and several State officials then accompanied Mr. Smith to the governor's office. I.eGrand O. Walker, president of the senate, automatically succeeded to the lieutenant governorship. No previous intimation of the governor's action had been given and no reason for it was assigned. The present leg^'ature is chiefly composed of inen who are his political opponents and it wus-'sald that proposals to in stitute, impeachment proceedings againBt him ware made at a meeting of legislators Tuesday night, but that no action war. taken. Written by V.an? and In Rr d Ink. "I hereby resign my office as governor of South Carolina/' wrb the full communication of Qovernor Blease to the secretary of state. It was writ ten by hand and In red ink. Both the governor and his friends Tefused to add anything to the brief statement. The message to the general assembly was equally terse. Governor-elect Bichard I. Manning will be Inaugurated next Tuesday. He has been a political opponent* of Mr. Bleaso and defeated Lieutenant Governor Smith, endorsed by Governor Blease, for the Democratic nomina tion for'United States senator by Ellison D. Smith, the incumbent. He Hah Had a Bemarkable Career. .... Governor Blease, some times called "the 'Stormy Petrel of South Caro lina," was accounted one of the most picturesque figures in American pnb 11c life. Original In conception and daring In execution, hin administration has been marked by many unusual' actions. Numerous grants 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 hl i official career notable. nig waba?! * l Pardon Record. "'"I love the pardoning power," once said. "I want to give the poor devila anothor chance.. I hope to make the number an even thousand before I go out of onlce." Records show that the governor surpassed even his own expectations. Just.before retiring today he Issued 27 clemency grants. Four men sentenced to life imprisonment for murder were paroled and four others received com mutations.. ' Most of the remaining number were given commutations. To day's action made a total of 1,708' prisoners granted clemency during the governor's four years administration. FuR pardons recently were granted approximately 1,000 prisoners who, Previously had been paroled, this action restoring their citizenship. Super intendent D. J. Griffith, of the State penitentiary, said tonight that less than one hundred prisoners ate now held here. . Governor Blease is the first South Carolina chief executive who has re signed to enter,.private life. Other, governors have resigned, bnt only forJ ,t.h? purpose of accepting some other office. Mr. Blease has made no an-'] n oun renient as to h la future plans. ' .'' Kfc Speetacwlar Political Career. _ Governor BI?aae'n oolitl?al career has been* marked by'numerous specta - cular Incidents and controversies.. While practicing law in Newberry, S. ci., ho became active In politics and in 1890 was elected to the'State house of j representatives. He also served in "the State senate and was president pro tem of that body In 4907-'08. Afterva heated campaign lu 191?, In which defeated the prohibition of! element's .candidate in. the . Democratic, primaries, he waa inaugurated 'as governor in January, ion. His inaugural address was considered a unique State, document in that It contained scathing denunciation: of .some of tho nelfr-govern or't,enemies:!. Shortly after he\ assumed office he .began ex-, tending clemency to convicta in the State penitentiary, declaring that- a prlately^ntfootod. Institution at the prison wus a "tuberculosis breeder.** One statement attributed to he governor at that "he would free at least one prisoner, for each, day he's'^e^ as goveraor/^ . ,'_.* '' J'-'-''' ' .CtovArrisy^ Term. X \ Blease was rehomtnated in 1913 in the Democratic, primaries, defeating Irn B. Jones, who resigned aa chief justice of the State supreme court, to oppose him. ' His second-term wa?. Marked by his dismissal of virtually all the notaries public from office;"his dismissal of a number of magistrates who j had incurred his disfavor, and his participation lu a number of public con troversies with members of tho State supremo court nnd' other Stato offi cials. He also became involved in a dispute with the federal war. depart- J m?ht over State mUH'a affaira and. several days ago he Issued an order dis banding, the entire militia. / : During ills administration Governor Blesse and tho State legislature j (Continued on page eight) . A SMITH'S SEAT TO REMIUNVAGANT LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSHIP WILL REMAIN OPEN UN TIL BETHEA TAKES HOLD NEW GOVERNOR IS CONGRATULATED Felicitated by Friends in All Parts of the State=-No Spectacu lar Moves. Special to Tlio tnlclligcncer. COLUMBIA. Jan. 14.?The position of lieutenant governor of South Car olina will remain vacant until An drew J. Betheu is inaugurated on next Tuesday at noon. Senator Legrand Walker Is the president pro tern of the senate and as such will wield the gaMel 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 tern and will not qualify as lieutenant governor. He stated this tonight after adjournment or the senate. ir he were to qualify as lieutenant governor it would vacate his seat in the Ben ate'. No one can make htm qualify and no one wants to see him lose nlB seat. He In too valuable a member and every one realizes that he would adorn the office of lieutenant gover nor. Governor Smith was in his . office this afternoon. Telegrams or con gratulations reached him from several parts of the State. Editor Hooker of the Spartanburg Journal wired con gratulations and many others came to him. His office was thronged with people coming in to congratulate hint, 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 more formal Inaugural exercises for Governor Smith. The resolution came ofler on the senate side tonight but on objection from Senator Slak ier went over for consideration to morrow morning. The rapidity with which.changes in the governors took place today was still the t?lk of Columbia late'tonight. The nu tter 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 Smith late this afternoon indicated that his five days in office would not see any spectacular moves. There Is general satisfaction that he Is goWrnor and It is the general con census of opinion that he will fill the office with credit to himself and honor to his State. He sent a message to the scnato tonight notifying them that he had taken the oath of- office as governor? The Weather. South Carolina: Pair Friday and Saturday. WILL STAY AWAY FROM CEREMONIES Governor Hooper of Tennesst Will Decline to See Success** Sworn in. (By Aanoci&tal PrcwO NASHVILLE, TENN.. ' Jan. 14.? Thomas C'Rye, of Paris, TennJ, will be inaugurated go^er?or of Tennetsee tombrvttw at noon. The ceremony will take pkee In the Ryman. auditorium and a'large crowd is expected, to wit ness the return of a Democrat to power. 1 In a statement issued today Gover nor Hooper announced that h? would not ratend his successor's inaugura t?on. "Only tho most cogent reasons in volving important'considerations of .a public character : could constrain ?ne t? d?clin?." he aayo. .* Governor Hooper charges the leg 3nature of 1911 with delaying his in uguration and the present Demo cratic legislature with netting th? seal Of its approval upon that action by fixing the inauguration 10 days be fore the expiration of his constitu tional term of oftlce. '^s^^^i FRENCH FORCED TO YIELD IN FRONT OF UREGUY AFTER 2 DAYS FIGHT KAISER PRESENT AT OPERATIONS Petrogtad Claims Progress on Right Bank of the Lower Vistula. (Dy Ataociftted Prag.) A reverse of the AUien along the AlBnc in the neighborhood of Sols song is admitted in the latest French ofTicial statement.' although the possi ble effect of the German advance is officially minimised. After continuous engagements! which igRi.od nearly two days, ihe Germans rorced the French to yield in front or Vregny. east pf Crouy. The French war office explains that the flooding of thc River Aisne destroyed several of the bridges and thuB ren dered precarious the communications 0 fthe troops operating on the right bank. These troops were withdrawn, as it was> thought impossible to send reinforcements to their support. "The success 1b a partial one for our adversaries," says the French statement, "but will have no influ ence on the operations as a whole." Emperor Willlajm himself was present at these operations which re sulted in capture of several thousand French prisoners ajnd were continued throughout January 12 and 13. Petrograd claims progress on the right bank of the lower Vistula, where the Germnn cavalry was, repulsed. On the other front the fighting Is made up largely of skirmishes and artillery duels. - ^ The general otaf?-of the Russian Caucasus army devotes a statement to operations in Azerbaijan, where it is explained, it became expedient to regroup the Russian forces, nccessi 1 tating evacuation of certain places previously occcupied. No important action took place. British aviators early in the week dropped bombs on the German posi tion In Antwerp, according to a Neth erlands newspaper dispatch. Tho damage has not been ascertained. Eighteen Russian generals have been discharged from important posi tions, according to the Hamburg Fremdemblatt. Geneva reports that members of the Austrian nobility and aristocracy and Viennese financiers arc 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 spirit receipt of the pre liminary British reply to the Ameri can protest against treatment accord ed neutral commerce by British war ships. No comment Is made by tho secretary In view of the fact that It is Great Britain's intention to reply lat er iu detail. / ITALY'S 'QUAKE FELT IN AMERICA Swarthmore College Seismograph at Philadelphia Recorded, Vibrations. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA. Jan. I4.r-Vibrn tlons from the earthquake in Italy wore recorded by the Swarthmore College seismograph. Dri 'J. A., Mil ler, professor of astronomy, who de I voloped the film of the Instrument to day, said there was a series'of shocks, ! the Orst recorded at 8:44. Tuesday ['night, or 2:35 a. m. Wednesday, Rome I time. The most severe f "lock occur red at 11:21 o'clock Tuesday night, or ht 5:12 o'clock Wednesday morning in Home. o ooooo oo ooooooo o o o o o * o ALABAMA MAV o o 'JOIN "DRi*" COLUMN* o a -* ? o (By Associated Press ). o o MONTGOMERY, AJs., Jan. 14. p o ?i-A bin to make .Alabama a pro- o o hlbltlon State after Jon e30, 1915, o b was passed today by both houses o o of thc legislature and, atter final o o ratification by both houses tomor- o o row, will go to Governor O'Neal o o for his consideration. Should tfe o 6 take adverse action on the. mess- o o tire, it was asserted, an attempt o o will be made to pass it over bis o b Veto. Prohibition leaders claim- o o'od that the voto today?74 to 27 o ? in the honso and 26 to 9 in the o o senator-Indicated that this could o o be accomplished. o ESTIMATED DEAL FROM ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE 25,000 TO 50,000 WORK OF RESCUE GOES FORWARD Dozens of Towns Have Been Literally Levelled to the Ground. (By Associated Pre?.) ROME, Jan. 14.?The toll of tlencl and injured In the great earthquake that sweot over c<?ntrul and southern Italy has not been made up, but ad vices reaching Rome indicate the ever-growing extent of the uloutjier. Towns with thousands of inhabi tants have been overthrown and from sonic- of these come details which show an immense loss of life. Esti mates ran tonight from 25,00(1 to 50, 000 dead and injured, and yet there .are several sections which undoubt edly felt the.-earthquake in full mea sure, from which no estimates can be obtained. In the ancient territory of MarBl, which includes Avezzauo, the victims, are placed at 25,00. Only a small min ority Is left of the inhabitants of Avezzauo. who numbered approxi mately 10,000. Fifteen other towns and villages in that section have been laid waste. King Victor Emmanuel is at Avezza no and 30,000 soldiers have been des patched to various centers where the force of the disturbance waB greatest. Italy as a nation has arisen to give succor, as she did at the ttme of the Messina earthquake six years ago, to j those who have fallen is this latest catastrophe from which the country has suffered. '?$?ffd While the greater part of the dam age was done by the first earthquake which occurred Wednesday morning at 7:55 there has been at least one se vere shock since then which resulted in the collapse of many structures which escaped the first and it Is esti mated that more than one hundred shocks, for the most part of a minor nature, 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 earthquako passed. Thousands of dead lie beneath the debris or dwellings, churches and pub lic institutions which crumbled un der the earth's vibrations. Not even an estimate of the aggre gate fatalities 1b obtainable as num erous plac?e are still isolated owing to the severance of telegraphic, tele? phonic and railroad communication. It is known, however, that Avezzano is a necropolis and that also in Sora, some 25 miles to the southeast, a large number of lives were lost. In Avezzano and vicinity it is esti mated that 15,000 perished and that the dead in Sora will total 1,000. So far as known about 20 towns have, been completely levelled while an almost equal number suffered ser ions damage. In all these places per? sons were killed or Injured. . Volunteers worked heroclally night and day endeavoring to extricate wounded or rescue the bodies of the dead from the ruins. King Victor Emanucl himself directed tho work at Avezzano, where th? nl*ecus appeal*! of pe??oss cf usht beneath wreckage ' could be plainly heard. It is estimated that in Avezzano 4, 000 persons are. burled alive, some of them school children In an institution which collapsed. Only four soldiers of the garrison of 400 In Avezzano escaped when the barracks fell. Sora with Its population of 20,000 was almost entirely destroyed. All municipal government authorities perished. Four hundred and fifty bod ies already have been taken from the ruins there and a large number are under treatment. Tra?na; from the east aro bringing hundreds of Injured into Rome, where they are being taken to hospitals aud private houses for treatment. Sur geons and nurses are being dispatched from all. directions into the stricken districts to minister to the needs of the injured, while troops are being sent to the ruined or damaged towns to guard against vandals. Among the towns which are said to have been virtually destroyed are Avezzano, Sora, Capelle. Magila no, Marse, Massadalbe, Collarmele, Oer chlro, Lei II, Paterno, Sah Fellno, OiO* samarsl,, Scurcola, Caplstrello, Antro aano and Castronovme, while Pesciua, Orthonnmarl, Sanitelimo, Sah Bene detto, Ortucchlo, Cocullo, Bioegnn, Balsorano, Canlstro, Clvitelladantlno, Castellafluml, Pagllotra and Sorbo are badly damaged. From many other'places com6 re ports of slighter damage and minor casualties. COUNCIL DE COMMISSW HANDLIl MANY MATTERS OF INTER EST BEFORE THE STATES LAW MAKERS JUDGE M. L. SMITH Former Speaker of House and Candidate for Governor Elect ed Judge of Fifth Circuit. Special to The Intelligencer. COLUMBIA; Jan. 14.?In a half hour sesion tonight several important new bills were introduced in the Senate. One by Senator sink 1er provides for the ubc of thc Australian lmilot in all primary elections in the city of Char leston. The Charleston senator also put In the Swearingcn bill providing for lo cal option compulsory education. Sen ator Carlisle introduced the Evans bill providing for straight state-wide compulsory education and Senator Lee introduced a bill providing for compulsory attendance on the public schools of all children between the ages of six and thirteen years. This trio of educational bills went to the committee on education. Prohibition Bill Introduced. Tho bill for a referendum on State wide prohibition September 14th was introduced by Senator Carlisle and Representative Alan Johnstono, Jr.,' and referred to the committee pn po lice regulations. Sepator Hughes.in troduced a bill providing' for a flat two cent passenger rate on all rail roads with short lines exempted. ?l? 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 l?th without penalty wbb introduced by Senator Nicholson. Senator Verner introduced a bill to repeal the cotton acreage reduction act aid also one "rovidic fsr 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. - ' Tho house yesterday voted to go to Winthrop. On nomination of Senator Carlisle, Senator Sherard of Anderson was ad ded to the committee on commerce and manufacturers. Senate Names Committee. A concurrent resolution introduced by Senator Laney, providing for the appointment of a committee of tbveo members from each' HouSe .to wait on Governor-elect Manning and Lieuten ant Governor-elect Bethea and ar range for their Inauguration on Tues day, was unanimously adopted. Presi dent pro tern. Walker named Senators Laney of Chesterfield, R. D. Epps of Sumter and Slnkler of Charleston as the committee; on the .part of the Sen '.Mendel Smith Elected Judge. . Mendel L. Smith of Camden was unanimously elected Judge of the fifth Judicial circuit here this afternoon by the Senate and House In Joint assem bly. Mr. Smith was placed ta a nomin ation by Representative Mills, of Ker shaw county and seconds came from all parts of the hall. Judge Smith was formerly speaker of t ie House and made the race for governor last surr? mer. Election Next Thursday. The House set Thursday of nest week for the Joint assembly to elect penttebttnry directors, code' commis sioner, and college trustees. The Joint assembly canvassed the returns for* governor and lieutenant governor at 1 o'clock. Hon. Richard I. Manning was declared the nominee for governor and Hon. A. J. Bethea for lieutenant governor. They will be inaugurated on Tues day at noon In the presence of the two houses in joint session. COTTON STCAMER OFF FOR GERMANY ) Clyde Freighter Navahoe Sails From Norfolk with 4,000 Bales. (By Axsodat^d. Pre**.) - NORFOLK, Va.. Jon. 14.?Tho Clyde line steamer Navahoe sailed.today for Bremen, Germany, wiih a cargo of cot ton. She has 4,000 bales on board and was loaded under the supervision of inspectors from the British consul's office here. , Her fetches were bat tened and stamped with tho British government ?etil. . ^ . _ ?CIDES ON >N PLAN OF VG PAVING SHOULD BONDS BE VOTED FOR STREET PAVING A COMMISSION IS TO HANDLE THEM SPECIAL BODY TO HAVE 7 MEMBERS i Consisting of E. R. Horton, Dr. B. A. Henry, B. O. Evans, Paul E. Stevens, J. H. God* frey, Walter Dobbins and Charles Spearman. ..^ oouoooooooooooooooo o o o PAVING COMMISSION. ?: & Godfrey, -^sirsss; S. 5.? o Horton, Dr. B. A. ficftry, B* O* a o Evans, Pan! E. Merits, Walter o o Bobbin?? Charier Sncanasa. a 0 p oooooaooooooooooooa Should the citizens of Anderson vote a bond issue for ' street paying, the funds will be handled, by a special 1 commission of four freeholders 'at large, two aldermen and' the mayo?. the personnel of which will,consist of j Mayor J. H. Godfrey, who will bo chairman; E. B. Horton, B. A. Henry, I M. D., b. O. Evans, Paul B. 8te*?ps, Walter Dobbins and Charles Spear* man. " ' : The Oalj Way. The decision to appoint a paving commission to h?ve charge of ! i5e' handling of the proposed bond issue was made at a epeclal meeting of city counclj held last night in the mayor** I office The election of members of the commission waa earrlcwt ? tbi same time. In addition, the city at torney waB instructed"to fsrtfard to the Anderson County dolegatloa In itip general atsembly the proposed bill providing for the calling of an elec tion in Anderson on tho question of Issuing bonda tor street pavemsnt Commission to Organise* Within the neat few days the pay* Ing commission will meet for the par*, pose of organizing and mapping bat plans for circulating petitions calling upon city council to order tho bond [election. Members of council yester day consulted several prcm!neu t bus iness men of the city with reference to their willingness to servo on tho paving commission, and ! from the I large number who stated they would serve council last- night chose tue four whoso names have been mention The Special Meetfeg. Upon the convening of the special session of council last night It Was explained that the object of the mov ing was to determine how' council should handle the matter of disburs ing the paving funds, by having coun cil take charge of the matter or by appointing a special commission of citizens ot large to cooperate with a smaller committee from city council to handle the matter. Alderman Barton came forward with a suggestion that council appoint six citizens of the city, one from each ward, who would cooperate with council In handling the paving mat ter. Objection was raised to Alder man Barton's suggestion on the grounds that the commission would be so large that it would prove un wleldly. Alderman Dobbins' !?<kjo?L Alderman Waiter Dobbins oame forward vriin a resolution providing fos i?ie appointment of a paving com mission c-t five persons, three t~ bo elected by city council at largo .ad the other two to be ah alderman and the mayor. Objection, wan raised to the division or the commission, Alderman Sp*ar man proposing three members of council and three ci'utens at large. In the discussion of thia proposed: amendment members ex" council otat ed that unless council Uok the paving matter out of their bj&V;rav3igcaa it in the hands of a cotu^aloa a bond issue, for paving would ' neve* carry. They sUted;tbat>.t;ws? ne* that the citizens of Anderson did not have the confidence in the integrity of members of council, but they desired to see the matter taken out' of poli tics. For the next a?rera* ?listsa there ... free-f( discussion Of proposed amendment and.for a It seemed members of council were hopelessly divided on the point. Fi nally, It was suggested that the repre sentation of citizens at large bo in creased from three to four and thst the representation In council bo :1a cveased from two toOjrttvHaahlng a commission of seven menders instead of five. The suggestion served as a compromise, and Alderman Speannah offered the suggestion as op nmrad ment to the resolution proposed by Alderman Dobbins. The/amendm^nt *^<c?immrED os :P4pSyf^vTW,).'.