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Southern Power Co. To Build Big
$100,000 Transmission Line Here
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLET
ED AND WORK IS TO BE
GIN AT ONCE ON GREAT
DEVELOPMENT
TO BE BUILT HERE
FROM BELTON
-?7
4,000 Horse Power Transformer
to be Installed at Local Sta
tion?Will be 100,000 Volt
Line
?, UlLLUi
Returinr ?-eBterday morning from
Charlotte, i>w. H. A. Orr, manager of
the AndersJv division of the South
ern Public JtllltleB company, an
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MANY VESSELS
DUE AFTER DATE
nounced the ?iccessful negotiation of iwenty-?even Steamers From
New York Will Arrive m New
War Zone Aft*, rub. 18
NEW YOR.w Feb. 16.?Twenty
seven stCM<rer8 from this port, mari
Jjftfj? records show, are due to be
at work Jmmedlate^-f'WiUiln the war zone declared by Ger
tructlon of tho.?v?t -dL | many on and after February 18, the
day set to establish the zone. Four
of these ships are American-owned
and fly the American flag and five
carry passengers. ,The four Ameri
can ships are the Surnga, for Gothen
burg; the Curbing, for Copenhagen;
the Kanaan, for London, and the
Philadelphia, of the American line, a
passenger-carrying ship, for Liver
pool.
Tho four other vessels carrying
passengers are the Adriatic (British)
of the White Star Line, which should
reach Liverpool late on the 18th or
on tho morning of the 19th; ii3 Nor
wegian steamer Bergensfjord, for
Bergen; the Cunarder Oruna (Brit
ish) due at Liverpool about February
26, and the French ' liner Niagara,
which sailed Sunday for Havre.
All the vessels were heavily laden
with freight. The Philadelphia car
ried 250 passengers, and the Adriatic
400, and the other three liners had
fewer passengers aboard.
planB for the colldtng of a 100,000-volt,
double clrcuLv steel tower transmis
sion Hoe frtd$ Belton to Anderson by
the SouthertJ Power Company- The
cost all tolUtwill be between $75,000
and $100,001'r and the line will be
completed Wtfiln 90 days. Fifty men
will be pla
upon the
An order^ae placed to - tue neces
sary nujOTial and pruipment which
wU! L'^taed nwf'*a once.
gfneea t< Greenwood.
This transmission line between Bel
ton and Anderson will be a link in a
line trom Seneca via Anderson to
Greenwood. The line will be of the
same Bize as any of the other great
transmission lines constructed by the
Southern Power company throughout
the Piedmont section of the Caro
linas, and will bring to Anderson
power sufficient for any great electri
cal development.
Big Transformer.
Mr. Orr stated that a 4,000 horse
power transformer will. be Installed
at the Trlbble_?treet station, with all
necessary. switches; etc., and will be
added to as the 'demand for power
warrants. '
For the present the transmission
- line from Belton to Anderson will be
operated at 40,000 volts; being con
nected at Belton with the "pole" Une
from Greenville to Greenwood.
The total, length of the tower line
from Seneca to Greenwood will be
60 miles,', and the other links will
be constructed after that from. Belton
to Anderson has been completed.
Fulfills Promises,
The construction of the transmis
sion line from Belton to Anderson ful
fills all promises made by the South
ern Public Utilities company in its
application for a franchise to do busi
ness in I Anderson.
These promises were a 10 cent rato
on electric lighting, enlarged water
works capacity and a transmission
. line of the. Southern Powur Company.
? The company has done more than
fulfill its promises, for It installed
in the city of Anderson a "Great White
Way," Ulis hot.being among the im
provements promised, j
Tita company has ?peut 525,0.00 la
Installing new water mains, and the
Southern Power company is now pre
paring to expend approximately $100.
000 in the'construction of a splendid
. - did transmission line between Belton
and Anderson.
Fourth Source Power.
The building of the transmission
line to Anderson means that this city
will be afforded practically an - un
limited supply of power for any big
developments that might be started
here. It also, means Out Anderson Is
to have a fourth and distinctly new
source of electric ; power. The other
..sources of power axe.Portman Shoals,
Gregg Shoals and. tho sttcm plant
here in the city. . .
AIRMEN BOMBARD
G?RMAN POSITIONS!
Air Wing of British Navy Makes ]
Another Attempt to Destroy
Submarine Base
LONDON, Feb. 16.?(11:50 p. ra.)?]
The air wing of the British navy to
day made another massed attack on
the German positions along the Bel
gian coast in an effort to destroy or
damage the submarine base at Zee
brugge, the guns at Ostend and
Mlddelkerke and the aerodrome at
QhisteUes.
According to the official report,
good resultg were attained. Forty ma
chines were utilized.
While the British airmen. ?.-ie drop
ping their bombs on *Vj gun posi
tions and the supply* .rains, barges
uad trawlers used in mine laying and
mine sweeping op* rations, eight
French airmen att^Sed the Ghlstellea
aerod?vuie, preventing the German !
-lifflen from making an attempt to cut]
off the British machines.
The official 'report makes no men- j
tion of the airmen engaged, so It is|
presumed they all returned safely.
The day was bright and clear, condi-1
tlons being more favorable than for |
last week's raid.
Six From Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. " 16.?Six British
steamers which sailed from here in
the past fortnight are due at desti
nations In England or Scotland on or
after February 18.
Only one ,of them; th? Pretorian,
due vat Glasgow February 18, carries
passengers. The others are freight
ers, carrying foodstuffs chiefly. They
are the John Bakke, for Manchester;
Devonian, for Liverpool; Nlnian, for
Manchester; Anglian, for London,
and Leo, for Glasgow.
CONDITIONS
ENCOURAGAING
Representatives From all South
ern States Attending State
Secretaries Convention
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Feb. 16.?-Repre
sentatives from all the Southern
States were . In attendance here today
at tho annual meeting of State secre
taries of tho southern Baptist con
vention. New officers named for the
coming year were Dr. J. W. G?tern ;
Tennessee; chairman,' and Dr. W. D.
Powell, Kentucky, secretary.
The work of the secretaries In rais
ing for State, home and foreign mis
sions, us discussed at today's sessions
by Dr. G. H. Crutcher, Louisiana;
Rev. Livingston Johnson, North Caro
lina; .Rev. B. D. ,Gray, Georgia; and
Dr. P.' L. West", of Missouri, showed
that conditions were encouraging des
pite the financial depression resulting
from the European war. ~
SSTUAT?ONj LARGELY OUTGROWTH OF COUNTRY'S HEAVY
?N&aF-"-'"'
NEW YORK, V
tion in foreign* exchange markets has
, affected .th? big flnanefal Interests to
such ah extent that a meeting of in
ternational ! Danger* may : ho called
coon to readjust conditions, financial
experte said today.
Sight drafts on London sold down
to 4.79 a pound. Bterling today, the
West la<a?e>attoifc; hat-ssc^^d,
before the enft of the market session.
The drop In exchange was followed by
announcement of another ?nal?-vhn
PortaUoo of gol*-|2e60?,00-that
.amount having been released by thu
Bank of England1 from the largo sum
now to im'/br-?die !s-Ottawa. .
Exchanges between New York and
.most parts i of continental Strops,
whlio less unsettled Una at London*
pointed to acut? strain. Francs, reioh
marks and lires were quoted at in
creased discounts, and some conserva
tive banks and b&nklng houses declin
ed to *t<gago In''any actual transac
tlons.
The situation Is largely the out
grow*^ of Ute canctry's heavy extra
. exports to Europe - la tho first four
moaibs of the war ahipmenfjs of v*ur
material a aggregated almost IW.OOV
O00 and according to trustworthy ac
counts, they have passed the $100,000,
000 mark now. This does noi Liclude
the enormous export or foodBtuffs and
Other: commodities whtch have go ie
out In unprecedented volume since the
heglnnlhg of 1916.
?\-Except in instances where credits
had been establ ished . bore, payment
for these exports? was made in pounds
Bterling, francs, marks and other for
eign moneys. ,These bills' *fe now
pressing on the exchange ! market add
their extent, coupled with England's
refusal to release gold in eufflctent
quantity to. meet dorn and, have been the
primary fasters in depreciating rates.
Tho situation has put all foreIgn'&W&
at a premium.
..The market has become so deranged
that a number of contractors and oth
er, exportera of supplies, it,Is stated,
have decided to demand tutore pay
ments In dollars. TVi:.9laa ne
cerfsltato the placing of additional
credits to this country tv foreign gov
ernments and indlvidnala The .Brit
ish and l^sslan" govenunanic have es
tablished such, credits, but ftt?vjunto
available are said to be inadequl
BALANCE IN FAVOR
OF UNITED STATES]
Report Shows Decrease of $6,
813.619 Compared With 1
Preceding Week
' \
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.?Foreign]
trade during the week ending Febru
ary 13 netted the United States a fav
orable balance of $30,320,607, accord
ing to returns announced tonight by
the department of commerce. Com
pared with the preceding week this
was a decrease In the balance by
$6.813,619,
Exports last week were $54,186,4301
and Imports $23.865,823 compared with ]
$59,5.1,106 and $22,446,880 respective
ly for the week of February 6.
Cotton exports amounted to 285,5491
bales, making the total tor the past|
ten weeks 2,901,981 bales.
GIVEN RE-TRIAL
AND ACQUITTED
German Surgeons and Nurses
Freed on Absence of Proof
of Theft
PARIS, Feb. 16.?15:?5 p. m.)?
German surgeons and nurses sen
tenced by courtmartlal late In Novem
ber to prison terms for alleged pil
lage at Peronne September 15 and
who appealed, were given a retrial
today and acquitted. The decision
of the court was that there was an
absence of precise proof of the al
leged thert.
When the hospital at Peronne was
captured by the French the bulky na
ture of the baggage of the German
surgeons and nurses aroused supple
Ion, A search was ordered and it
was alleged that in the baggage, of
Surgeon Major Collins, who, with
Surgeon Major Wohlfart, was in
charge of the hospital, there were
found, three Tanngra statuettes with
labels of the Peronne museum attach
ed to them. In the baggage of the
nurses it was charged that there
wore pieces of silk, carpets and fine
linen. The nurses assorted. It was
stated, that these things had. been
?lven them by the Carmelite Sisters
l appreciation of their, kindness to
the French wounded.
Charge Lynchers
Guilty of Murder
MONTICELLO. Ga., Feb. 16.?Su
perior Judge Park. In his charge to
day. to a grand jury, which be.gan.an
Swcstigatlon of the recent lynching
ere of four negroes, held that the
perpetrators were guilty of murder.
The negroes, two men and two wo
men, were alleged' to have shot and
wounded, an officer who attempted to
arrest them on a minor charge. They
were tokon from jail on the night of
January 14 last, hanged to a tree and.
thenv flred upon.: The Investigation/
was not completed today.
Captain of IHnecher Bead.
EDINBURGH, Feb. ' ' 16.?Captain
Erdmann, commander of the German
cruiser Blnecher, who was rescued
when his.-, vessel- sank in the North
Sea battle of January 25, died here
tonight from pneumonia. Hip illness
was. due to exposure.
British Steamship Floated.
LONDON, Feb. JG.?(2:40 p. m.)?
The British steamship Wavelet, from
Ponoaeolaaud . Newport- News for.
LetUi, Scotland, beached near Deal
yesterday after , striking a mine In the
Kng'.lsh Channel, was floated todny
and Is being towed to London. ; An
Inspection showed that damages caus
ed by the mine were extensive.
Pass Woman Suffrage Amendment.
TF/SNTON, N. JV' l*eb.\ 16.?The ]
senate'tocay passed the. woman suff
rage araeudmont to the State cohvan-1
tion. 17 to 4. The house, passed tke
resolution two wooka ago. and tlh|
QhMdion now will be ; tmbmllted
the votera next September. (
BELIEF ASSOCIATION
HEIPP?JI PEOPLE
.FIRST MONTHLY REPORT
PRESENTED TUESDAY
TO PRESIDENT
PLAN OF ACTION
The Association Helped Many
People to Help Themselves.
Report
The following report of the activi
ties of the Anderson Hellet associa
tion for the first month of its work
was presented yesterday to President
G. Cullen Sullivan by General Sec
retary Fred M. Burnett:
February 16th. 1915.
Mr. G. Cullen Sullivan, President.
Anderson Relief Association,
City.
My Dear Sir: We beg to submit the
following brief summary of the work
accomplished by the Anderson Relief
Association for the month of January
February 11th, excluslvle.
It will possibly be well at the very
outset to state some of the principles
which have guided us in approaching
the cases which have come under our
Jurisdiction.
First of all we have exercised great
care with regard to making personal
investigations from our headquarters,
that is to say, we have thought it a
part of wisdom to get all the Informa
tion possible about cases ' under con
sideration from neighbors and from
the individuals themselves, yet we
have not in any case rendered assis
tance where an official from our head
quaters has not looked Into Buch cusc
personally and mado recommenda
tions to your secretary.
The second principle which has
guided us has been to give practically
no money to parties applying for re
lief. In case groceries, coal, wood,
medicines, etc., were needed we al
ways furnished such and had tho mer
chant or merchants supplying same to
send bill to Mr. G. ,14. Geiger, treas
urer of the relief association.
Wo found at the, verjr. outset that.a
careful Investigation "of"each case re
ported to use would require a great
deal of time and labor ou the part of
the officials, of the relief' association,
therefore, it became .jnecepsary to or
ganize the different -forces of the com
munity interested Jn the work of the
association. Wenhve found the ser
vices of the relief ^coinm|ttees of the
various Sunday school classes of "the
churches of the city are Invaluable
in making investigations, and we wish
to lay special emphasis upon the con
ference of the representatives of the
colored population of the city which
met at the.Y. M. C. A. on the loth of
January.-' There were gatfiere? a? this
conference 26 of the leaders, Includ
ing pastors of the colored churches,
teachers in the jubliu schools, as well
as representative laymen from each
of the churches, and committees were
appointed from each church and
school for tho purpose of calling to
the attention of the association cases
where relief seemed necessary, as
well as to carefully investigate and
made recommendations to the associa
tion. We desire in this connection to
mention also a contribution of about
375 packages of food donated by the
different grades of the Colored graded
school of the city.
/to the very outset we were flood
ed with requests for aid but as . oon
aa every ons was convinced that in
each ease a careful Investigation wis
to be made we found that the . -
worthy applicants were rapidly
duced. All requests coming from any
Of the citizens of the mill village com
munities, were handled by our Mr.
Mima, abd mention should be made
here of the hearty spirit of coopera
tion manifested by the officials of each
of our cotton mill Communities.
We wish tp emphasize also in this
connection this Important fact, that
the people .who bave applied. to us
for most part, have not desired chari
ty, but an. opportunity to do honest
work, and we feel that the greatest
need at this time In Anderson is two
or three hundred jobs for persons
looking for work. The extremely bad
weather conditions -have made it
practically impossible for-^he laborers
who have been in the habit of doing
washing and odd jobs around the
house, such as cutting wood,, garden
ing, etc., to do any work at all. With
the single exception' of cases of pro
tracted illness we have fcsuC the
above mentioned casa most prevalent..
- V-Wa wish to emphasise also the
splendid contributions made by the
physicians of the city, both white and
colored,' both in treating the sick and
in .making wlso recommendations to
us. In practically all cases .of dis
tress we find that the services of a
physician are necessary and tho doc
tors have in many cases been our best
guides and most valuable counselors.
Their services hav;e Indeed , been of
groat value. ;
We have nut bocn at all embarrass
ed for lack of fundB.j tjfcS? Th?. con
tribution of money as well as articles,
of clothing, etc.; etc., has been In deed
generous. All of th? churches of the
community both white and colored,
hare m?do splendid contributions. The
city of Anderson, through the mayor
and the city council, and a large num
ber of private individuals have <-on
trlbnted generously, and wo have re
cently, received a llboraV contribution
from the charity-hall fund given un-!
der the ?uspicis of the Rose Hill
Club.' 1
Wo have been working on the the
ory vibat the cl?sens of Anderson will
.not knowingly allow any Un fortunate
oca to tack for food Or clothes or
proper'care, believing all tho time
that whatever funds seemed neces
sary. aad{,ww?mmei?d?o\. by .the asso
ciation would be cheerfully furnished.
- Before/ giving a brief summary of
the investigations made, the asBlB
tance rendered, positions secured, ap
plications for ork. etc.. we desire to
give in brief three or four typical
cases:
1. A colored family, consisting of n
mother and small children, the oldest
of which was nine years of uge, and
whose hurbaml was murdered a year
ago, was called to our attention. Up
on investigation we found that the
sole dependence of the family was the
labor of the mother nnd that she her
self was addicted to strong drink. We
went to this home on Suiim?tiy und
sound that the five children had not
had anything to cat except molasses
Blnce the previous Wednesday. Tho
live children were sitting on tho floor
eating molasses from tin plates. The?
children had already turned an achcu
?:olor, thus indicating the extreme
lack of sufficient nourishment. All
the children were hareooted and thin
ly clad. ' .
2. A man with our small children,
the oldest of which was six years and
the youngest one a few months, ap
plied to us for aid. The mother of
the small children diod last Decem
ber and the man had heen wandering
about from place to place since that
time. Some kind-hearted people at
the Gluck Mill offered them food and
shelter temporarily, us a result of a
special appeal from us to the com
munity through the local press a lib
eral response of clothes, etc., was
given. We succeeded In placing the
man In a good position and the chil
dren in a comfortable home.
a. An old negro man 87 and his
wife 85. After careful Investigation
we found that they had not had either
coal or wood for two weeks. This was
during one of the recent cold and
rainy period?. They had actually burn
ed at least one bedstead and several
Chairs in the attempt to lteep warm.
The husband was practically blind
und their only means of support for
aevcral years has been tho lubor of
the wife, doning such odd Jobs as she
was ablo to lind.
4. A negro woman with seven
children, whose husband abandoned
her several months ago, was found In
most destitute circumstances. The
oldest child was only ten years of ago
and the youngest was only two weeks
old and the mother had been, since the
child was four days old, picking cot
ton and trying to get enough food to
keep the children from starving. All
hopes of ? fire had been abandoned,
although the weather was very cold
and the rnln was falling in torrents.
We found that this woman had a
splendid reputation, that she was a
hard worker, but she was waging, a
losing battle against cold and hunger.
We have investigated all told 161
different cases and have rendered ns
sIstancT In 114 cases. 47 different In
dividual have applied to us for work.
We have been ablo to locale%14 posi
tions only. We have given clothes to
57 dig?rent familles.
We Wi . to especially commend the
work of Mr. T. E. Smith as special of
flcldi to investigate caKes reported to
us. '
Our work Is by no mentis complet
ed as we have a number of worthy
cases on our hands now.
Very respectfully submitted; "
Anderson Relief Association.
By P. M. Burnett.
General Secretary.
DISCUSS THE
& WILHELM1N?
American Ambassador and British
Foreign Secretary in
Conference
LONDON, Feb. 16.?(8 p. m.)?Wal
tsr H. Pages, the British ambassador,
conferred, today with Sir Edward
Grey, the* British foreign secretary,
concerning the German note offering
to cease attacks on British ships If
Great Britain will permit foodstuffs
for the civil Jan population to enter
Germany.
,, Mr. Page and Sir Edward .also dis
cussed the steamer Wilhelmhia load
ed with food for Germany, which is
being held at Falniouth for a prize
court and/ the status of whllch has not
yet been determined.
The British government has evi
denced in many ways that It is unter
rifled by threats of attacks In shipping
and that it has no thought of making
any concessions to Germany, but on
the contrary. Is preparing to tighten
the restrictions upon freight move
ments toward that country. State
ments in parliament also have indicat
ed that it is the determination of
Great Britain to make reprisals if
Germany enforces her threat to de
stroy merchant snips together with
heir crews.
Should the efforts of tho commis
sion for the relief of Belgium to buy
th? cargo of *ho Wilhelmina fail, the
evidence of the owners that the' food
is destined, to the civil population of
Germany alone, probably would be
submitted to the prize court it is
considered unlikely, however, that any
evidence could be produced, which
would Induce Great Britain to permit
th? food .to go to Germany without
tho action of any prise eourL
BRITISH STEAMER
IMPORTED SUNK
Vessel of 3,209 Ton. end Was
Owned by Brtish Steamship
... . . v .
Company
LONDON, Fob. 16.?(11:85 p. m.)?
IA Lloyd's dispatch from Fecamp,
I France. Bays 'the British steamer Dul
' wich. Captain Dudley, bound from
Hull for Bouen, was blown up yes
terday f 25 miles oft Capo Antifer.
'- The dispatch says that < seven of
the crew arrived In Fecamp last night
They reported that no.-one had been
injured and that All of the crew could
have rnado jheir escape in the , life
boats.
Tho Dulwich _waa .h ,y.esj?Lof_ 3*289
tons and wan owned, by tho British
StcaniBhlp company.
?'S CONVENTION
LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN
HISTORY OF SOUTHERN
PRESBYTERIAN ISM
"THE MESSAGE
OF THE HOUR"
Subject of Address by J. R. Mott.
Says Time is Ripe For World
wide Evangelization
(B Amodatad Trws.)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Feb. If..?"Th<>
Message of the Hour." as outlined by
John rj Mott. chairman of the con
tinuance committee of the world's
missionary conference, to the biennial
laymen's missionary convention of the
Southern Presbyterian church east of
the Mississippi, Is that the time is
particularly ripe for world-wide evan
gelisation in that the mlgnltudo of
the present European conflict has by
the process of exclusion brought the
notions of the earth to see that all
else besides Christianity has failed
us a civilizing influence.
Dr. Motto's presentation of the call
of tho world to e\Icngcllzntlon wa3
made to the largest convention of
the laymen In the history of South
ern Presbyterlanlshi, .the :?,noo clergy
and laity in attendant e on the three
day meeting which opened in this
city this morning at 11 o'clock with
the singing of "Come TilOU Almighty
King" by a vast masculine chorus led
by Dr. Charles G. Vadpll, of tho Soulh
ern Presbyterian College for Women
at Red Springs, N. C, being twice the
number ever attending a similar meet
ing.
The delegates were welcomed to
Charlotte by Morgan B. Spolr. chair
man of the convention committee and
the reaponso wus by Dr. James Lewis
Howe, "member of the laymen 'a exe
cutive committee of I^exlngton, Va.
At tho morning session "tourists
view of missions" was presented by
Rev. J. H. Mills, D. D., Washington,
D. Ci at the afternoon sessions
"Holy Spirit aud Missions," Rev. Dr.
Rockwell Brank, Savannah, Ga.;
"Life end Missions." Rev. D. H. Og
den, Atlanta; "Prophecy of Missions."
Pi3V. Dr.. William R. Dobyns, St.
Joseph. Mo.
Tonight In addition to the address
by Dr. 'Mbtt, c/v. VIckery, secretary
of tho mission education movement,
New York, demonstrated tho "poj
rlbilfttes of moving pictures In mis
sionary education." ""V,.
ORDERED TO TAKE
OFFICIAL BATH
Member of London Scottish Regt- j
ment Describes Clean-up
Day in Army
LONDON. Feh. lfi.?A description of
the soldier's monthly "official bath"
is Bent from tho front by a member
of a London Scottish regiment:
"Yesterday wo had a noval exper
ience," he says. "As none of ub hod
seen roap or warm water for over five
weeks wn wore ordered to toko en
official bath. We were taken to a
town in th? roar of our Hno3 and
escorted to a large building, where
facilities had been arranged for the
purpose. In tho first room wo wero
numbered off into squads of ten men
or so. In a second room we emptied
our pockets arid laid aside our boots,
bonnets, puttees and sporrans. In a
third room wo threw tho rest of our
clothes into a heap, and then made
a double-quick to tho ehowern. There
were two men to each shower, and
wo. wero allowed ten minutes under
the hot water with a generous supply
of laundry soap.
"At the end of our ten mlutes, we
hurried on to. a drying room, where
oach roan got a. huge towel as thick
and rough os a carpet. Then we rush
ed off to a dressing room, where an
attendant gave us anything we want
ed In the way of brand new under
wear, shirts, and. socks, while on
hooks at one side were our clothes,
which had been thoroughly fumigated
"After wp had got back our bon
nets,. boots and other property, we
wero ushered into a room whore a
squad of barbers awaited ' us. Whon
they were through, wo marched, p.pjc
and span agt??s, mlo a tea roots for tea
and cigarettes. Could anything bo
better arranged?"
Bank Declared insolvent.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Feb. l?\?
Tho State banking department today
closed the McKinley Security Bank of
Ravenswood, declaring the institution
insolvent E| E. McKinely, tonner
enshior, was arrested and lb being
h?!d on a charge of having made false
en. ries on . the bank's books. The*
ban* was capitalized at $2.*,000 end
bad dc-cplsts of $40,00p.
-feJ-: ? '
Asks V. 8. to Guard Bridge. i
OTTAWA, Ont.; Feb.. lC^-Th?; Dovl
minion government has' asked" Uto!
United States to place guards on the
American side of the international
boundary at highway and rail ap
proaches to Canada, it was learned
tonight' The request was made
through the British ambassador at
Washington.
-;AtMMKWaUM
bOiO Dy O??J?Q?S IS ptRVWi?
EDUCATION BILL SENT \
10 FREEJGONFERENGE \
SENATOR LA NEY ENTERS OB
JECTION TO COMMITTEE
AFPOINTED ?!
BITTER ATTACK
ON M'LAURIN
Debate on Amendment to Abolish
State Warehouse Moves
Merrily on
Fporinl lo Tim Intrllim>ncer.
COLUMBIA!! Fob. 16?Tho compul
sory education bill was sent to free
conference tonight. Lieutcnunt Gov
ernor Bethea appointed Senators Slnk
ler, Carlisle and Lee on tho free con
ference on the part of tho senate. Ob
jection to the comm.lttco was voiced
by Senator Laney on the ground be ?
?:ald, that not a member of the Com
mittee represented the majority of tho
senate oh the compulsory education
idoa. and he gave notice that if the
free conference committee did not
bring in a report in accordance with
the majority Idea of the senato he
would fight tho report and do what
ho could to hill the bill, and he cnllcd
on* tho senators who had voted as he
did to eland behind him.
Led by Senators Stuckc-y, Buck and '
Jno. F. Williams debate on tho Lee
amendment to dcvolvo the duties of
the warehouse commissioner moved
merrily on In the senate tonight. The
trio of senators nentloncd attacked
tho Lee amendment and urged Its do
feat. A bitter attack on the ware
house commissioner was delivered by
Snnutor Lee In his broadside tonight.
"I would like to ask those senators
who have eulogized Jon. L. McLaurtn ;
If they are willing to risk their politi
cal future by going over the State and
defend him." wns the challenge hurl
ed by Senator Leo.
"Wo all know that It Is impossible
for Mr. McLaurln to come back in
politics because his record won't bear \j
inspection," continued the Darlington
senator. The debato rovolved around
Mr. McLaurln, som0 flaying him and
others eulogizing him. Tho Lee
amendment was tabled 27 to i:i and
the bill enlarging the powers of the
State warehouse commissioner. was
then passed aud sent lo the house.
Debate on the fifty car bill occupied
tho time of the senate Aonlght and was
adjourned over until \ am or row. m^DJSBi^.
lng. Many railroad men " crowded the
galleries to listen to the debate, Sena
tor Nlckles leading tho fight for the
bill. Governor Manning tonight'sign
ed the prohibition referendum bill.
TOUCHING NOTE
ATTACHED TO DOLL
Little French Girl Replies to Let
ter She Receives With Doll
From America
PARIS, Feb. 16.?Among the pres
ents sent by tho children of America
lo France, -distributed recently in the -
_jrn?n'nco of Madame Pnincare, was a
doll, which foil to the lot of Ir?ne
Chapelle, one of tho refugeos living
temporarily at the refURO of the city -
of Paris. This little girl found . at
tached to the doll a note reading:
"My Dear LittleTJuropeau Sister:
"I send you this doll and I feel lots
of pleasure In giving it to you. I'am
12 years old and I Uvp in Chicago,.
I ofTor you my affection and my sym
pathy and I hope that very soon bet- J
tor days will come back and that
peace will relgn over you and tho lit
tle girls of your country. I hope-'
also that my doll will find ? good
mamma in you and that she will con
solo you.
' "Your affectionate sister, '
"Katherine Roberts."
Tho. little French girl who "receiv
ed this letter was so much touched
by It that she has dritten the follow
ing reply: .
"Dear Little American Sister;
"I am tho llttlo French girl to
whom W3? giv?u y .}* toretty-dolly. I
am vory happy that I. was choi?u' to
receive this proclous token of friend- -
ship from a little American. I'also
nra 12 years old. I am from the-city
of Rheims, a refugee'with all my fami
ly In Paris, which is a very beautiful '
and very great city whero tho people
ore very good also. Wo wero very
unhappy to leavo our homes, but we
have been much comforted by the
kind reception in our dear capital. But
when my papa shnll como ack and w?
may return homo I shoL take your
daughter with mo and ? shall keep
also' the llttlo piece or money . In sou
venir of you and your ..country: I
?end you sumo violets of France *ud I
embrace you vory affectionately.
"YourlUtle French eistei- who.will,
alwa/s koop a kind remembrance of
you, . ri' '
Mireno ?jjapell?,
"Au-Rofugo do labile^e Paris."
Dismisses Complaint
Of Lumber Dealers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1G.?Tho in
terstate commerc? commission today
dismissed .the . complaint of lumber \
dealers on tho Norfolk and Western,
Southern and Virginian railways,
that car-load lumber rates from their
producing, pointe, all ehBt of Roanolce ;:, \
and couth of tho Jarnos ;i?vmy to
Pittsburgh, - Columbus.; Ohio, and
other points, are unreasonable odd , C
discriminatory Whoa coraparod with
rates to the same points frcm the- so- ..
called Virginia cities, : Norfolk, fibf
t?ik;:"PeteVsb?rg.' Klcmn?im?; Lybch
burg and Roanoke.
