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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K t WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. Mystery Still i The Ketti? WHO EXHUMED BODY REPORT IN DETAIL The Remains Were Bropgbt to American Soil Early Sun day Morning (Hy Associated Press.) Laredo, Texas, March 9 --"Rescu- I crdo Remembrance"-written on a ! card attached to a shovel that protrud- ( cd from the ground was the single j trace found of tho party of men who i mysteriously entered Hidalgo eenie- j tory ia Mexico, exhumed the body of ( Clemente Vergara and returned it U?'| Texas. . '| ? Versara'? body was carried across thc Kio Grunde 45 miles below Larc- ' do Sunday morning and there it was j found by a federal official, a state of " fleer and a county deputy sheriff. Who ] was ro'jopnsible for its removal from Mexico was a question unanswerable, j Ti: I:cody was here today awaiting examination which state authorities hope may disclose something to aid , them . in placing the blame for the ranchman's violent death after he was taken prisoner in Mexico . Capt Sanders Reports i Hy Associated Press.i Au-jtin, Tex., March 9.-Preliminary to un official investigation of the exe-' cutlon in Mexico of elemento Vergara American ranchman, and the myste- j rlous return of his body early Sun day morning to the United States, Gov. O. B. Colquitt of Texas, late today di rected Adjutant .General Hutchings ! to proceed to Lai-ed? immediately to view tile body. Mr. Hutchings lef? for, Laredo tonight. The. governor in structed that photographs be taken \ ?' of the wounds' oilba body and ot the j . burned left hand, and proper measure- 1 Capt. J. J. Sanders, commander of. Texas ranger?, in the Laredo ?district,! TBS today telogrpahed hi* offici?t and;. detailed report of the incident to Gov. ' Colquitt. who, without commenting,' made it public. I' "Vesara's body was brought across'j thc river cn ? stretcher a?y?l, S.30 fi. m Sunday morning and deposited on bank on this side about four miles ? down the river "tvin Belasco," says * Captain Saundra. "This was *h* first.1 time i Baw the body I do not know' who exhumed lt I turned the body!; orr? to Veres?.ts. ?'slaUvea who wars i on the river, and took lt to Laredo and put it In an undertaking estab- '1 lishineut. I do not konw t haatny one Held an Inquest or that any medl cal examination of tho remains had teen made. There ;.w?re two" bullet holes In the head and one hand was burned to a crisp, and the head look ed Uko lt had been mashed" In." THEATRE MATTER SOON SETTLEDj S. A. Lynch Saya That He la Now Ready to Come Hera and Close Deal J. S.-lawlor, president of Ibo Ac derson Theatre company, yesterday ' received a lotter from s. A. Lyncu. J tho Asheville theatre man, who ls now ot Jacksonville, fla, in regard to fae < local Uieatro. in this lotter. Mr. Lynch '* said that he would come to Anderson ] any time within the bett ten days to,1 close a deal With the local th??tre company, either to tak? over their I ] theatre or to lease the place.. Ha madn the?? IOTA prepositions to the "o-1 cal folks when ho was hero several weeks ago abd since that time ?hey have been deliberating over th?s mat ter. Offlc era of thc' company are endeav oring ta Rot Charles K. Bryant of B'.ch mond, Va., ;ne. architect Who has In chargo the plans, to bo present at the trotting and It also hoped that A. B. Cheatbam of AbbetlHo <?an, arrange to be here when Mr. Lynch com??. Mr. Choatham desires to figure on leas ing the new :*hcatr-j and tr he cares to maka a proposition it will bk Ve to bp done by the time Mr. Lynch ar- !< rlree. }.j This sounds y ike real business to Andorson .people and it ts not hard j j for them! to shut their eyes and see ; < a magnificent play house In Anderson'' at almost any minute now. ' < Mm m Ah v. ?mm?oN Wif* of tko T??j?*.?* ?r^'v'Uejj Greenville, March 9.-^fe?- Geo. V/.ji Drunson, Jr.. wi is af *\\Q editor tf thr i Ort?i?::;? Pally NcVa. died at the] homo o? 1er parent? In Wilmington, ' i N. C., Monday morning at 10 o'clock.] The funeral will be hsld in Wilmington 1 Tu ced ey morning. ? Mrs. ?rusos ts sur .vlved by h;r husband sad two chil dren. Surrounds n of Remains NEW MILL MAN HAS ARRIVED L. J. Barbee Comes to Assume Duties as Superintendent of Local Mills The new superintendent of the Ri verside and Toxaway mills, L. J. Bar bee, p*. Lockhart mills, arrived in Aft icrson yesterday and will at once as sume his duties. Mr. Uarhce expcctB to move his family to Anderson with in the near future. Tho new officials comes to Ander son with tho highest /ecommenda Lions. He was sgoe'lntendent at Lockhart Tor years. He was accom panied here yesterday by Alfred Moore, one of the foremost mill men 3f. South Carolina, an$ Mr.,Moore says that the new superintendent is one ?? the best men la We? business. iMa". Harbvc succeeds J. H. Merritt, who tendered his resignation as su perintendent of "the two Anderson mills a short time ago. HAVEFII^DDAY FOR TtJE SCHOOLS The 27th of March Will Be a Big Occasion in the City of Anderson The. Andorson county schools arc planning 'Field Day exoretaes for March 27. Thie will be one of the largest gatherings over held in Ae lerson. There are about 11,000 white children in the schools of the county, ind it is hoped "that all of these will t?3 present, together w'th the teach ?rs axd patrons. The schools q% Anderson have been . lected: Pnrlng, Ivanhoe. HaUowe'en, a, Boy scouts. "If"there'dre" any ^^Wieen?ols that would Ilk? to.enter a: float, arid fetl I that their distance - from 'mderson | would not be too groat, they are urged to notify Miss Garlic gnon at once, ind she will be glad to aid in the de sign or in any other way possible. On the 27th there will be contests In ' spelling, map-drawing and arithme After this will b.- & picnic diu., s it tho park. in the afternoon the athletic con test will be held. Any boys wishing ?pecia! infsrmtatlon |&oul this con test, may wrlto to Pr$. G. W. Cham bers, Anderson. Special prizes will be given in all ji the couttHfis. Tflo jjrlzes will be announced at an early date. .IAH. H. CR Alt! XAJEKD Captain Btaaletn Makes Him Assistant ' Bank Examiner I Jas. H. Cralg has been appointed by, Ivy M Mauldin as assistant state bank sxamlner. ' Mr. Cralg was auditor or Anderson county for a number of roars and recently was cashier of the Dime Savings Bank of this city. He was prominently, spoken o? as a can didate for Comptroller-General of the state to oppose A. W. Jones, but tb?s present appointment will meavj a much norp pleasant and profitabel occupa-, tica without th< necessity of making l state campaign. Mr. Cralg has long been a favorite in this city. He waaj seeo captain of tjie Palnetto Riflemen,; tias been an offic?n in a number or se- ; sret organizations, and is an "an after, llnner speaker' x>t some renown. He', receives this appointment from Ivy M. , Mauldin of Hckena who was appoinl ?d last week to succeed B. J. Rhame,' tvhose term vlll expire in April. Cap-| tain Mauldin and Mr. Cralg will uual PLAZA WI14* GET THE WHITE WAY Ladies of Civic League WiU Again Offer to Furnish The Light Poles ? A rr.c .ting qf the ciyle association or Uiderson will take place this after noon at which Urns H will again be ioelded to offer ?1 city council a proposition in regard to the white-way trouad the plass. The offer.of the la ttes is to the effect that the league will famish the poles for the lights,, sompletad and ready to put up, if the :lty will do the work of placing the1 the poles, having them wired and fur nish the electricity that they will >urn. This IS thought to be a splendid iffer oa the part or the civic organ sstion. Counatt will meot tonight It ia said ?hat the ctvlc league will ?eo make a proposition Jp council, when it convenes tonight to pave tho walk way around the plrzA It council will giv? its permission. It is pre Bupsed that this will "be very easy to neu re. AGED WOMAN GONE TO RES T Mrs. Sallie Wilson Died Sunday Meraing at her r-?onse In Wilbamston News was received in Anderson Sun day to the effect that Mrs. Sallie Wil son,, one of WillianiBton's best known women,, and one of Anderson county's beBt loved women, had died Sunday morning at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Wil son had not been in ill health so far us is known and had not been com plaining. She awoke Sunday morning at 2 o'clock with an attack of heart trouble and medical assistance was at onco summoned but before the phy sician could arrive, she was dead. She was 78 years of age and is sur vived by the following children: Dr j Wilson of Indianapolis, Mrs. Clatwor thy of Honea Path and Lay ton Wilson of WlUIamBton. The deceased was a devout Chris tian woman, being a member or the Presbyterian church and sh?j had al ways been closely identified with th; church work of tho community in which sh? lived. Tho funeral services wen eo-iducti'd this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Pov Stewart of Polzcr and tb?* intormc'-U will take place at the Big Creek cem etery, a few'miles from Willmmston. SCHOOL CLUB MEETS SATURDAY Th-? Teachers' ' Club of Anderson county will meet Saturday at tho First Baptist church. The invocation will bo by Rev. J. H. Gibboney. There will be an address by Mr. W. 11. Bar ton, subject^ "Agriculture." Mrs. Wal-i 1er Nardln. will sing. All teachers in the county are urged to bo present. PIEOMOFSEGTION Mliy LOSE_HIGHWAY J. WATSON OUTLINES AN OTHER ROUTE Greenville, Spartanburg and An derson ask for. Some Con sideration A telegram was last night sent to E. J. WVUwn, commissioner of ag riculture.-. South Carolina, from Spartsaburg, Gresnvllle and Ander son chambers or commerce, respect fully r*\\uestlng that If be saw fit to take the ecoatlng pasty of automo biles, via the low coun'ry towns on their Capitol to Capitol highway In spection trip, that he also grange for hem is make the trip back to Wash ington via Anderson. Greenville. Spar tanburg, Chorlotto, etc. The step was taken following the. announcement of yesterday that Mr. Watson wonld con duct the party by way of Cheraw and Columbia Into Georgia on the trip of inspection through the state. K&?!c of this section know that the national highway route as now fol-1 lowed la the most logical route, that It is the most direct route sod'the route that tho pathfinders will select ir they be given gn opportunity to Inspect it; that is the reason that the telegram was sent to Mr. Watson last night. At the time of the Intelligencer going'.to press this morning no reply had hoes rocQtved from the commissioner but It is presumed that some reply will come today. The automobile organization refer red to is maintained by a plan of scien tific management on tho part of the United States office of public roads and the American highway association and tbp trip in immediate prospect Is for the purpose of selecting whst is to be known r.s the capltol. highway. The tourist > will make a start trotn Richmond. Vs.: nn M?rch 17, at S:?<? A. M. god will make as good time com ing South as weather conditions may permit. And-?rton people, as weir the the people of Greenville snd Spartanburg feel sure that the route should em brace., all three of the counties and they will spare no effort In undertak ing to convince both tho commis- 1 sloners of agriculture and the tourists Ciat this Is the case. ! BE AT ADDRESS BY DR, H.NYBKR There was s larg<; audience at the court house Sunday to hear Henry Nelson Border, LI*. D.. president of Wbrford College, who had come here ? the invitation of Secretary Burnett1 to address the men of Anderson under j the auspices of the v. M. CA. This! was the most scholarly address of the whole winter series, snd its concluding! apostrophe to the return home of the prodigal was a beautiful piece or word painting. ' PHKft3>ENT ENTERTAINS (By Associated Press) Washington, March 9.?President Wilson tonight entertained at dinner with Representative and Mrs. Oscar W. Underwood as guests of honor. Mrs. Wilson wbo Is still Indisposed, not attend. u in i lui lu ABOUT tHE POSTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF CITY . SCHOOLS ON WAT??^ATTERS Mr. J. A. Brock, the Chairman gives a True Statement of Trivial Matter Tho Dully Intelligencer, has boon In formed that it has un intent ion all y done an injustice to the Southern Public Utilities Company lb reproducing from j another paper v.-hnt purported* to be a J list of roasons assigned ,by the school trustees for not paying tho bill for wa ter used by the public schools last month. A reporter for this paper has boon shown nn official communication, in which it is stated that the reason actuating thi board was that tho( statement might'bo looked Into. The' board bad never before boon called upon to pay a water bill, and the mat ter was put aside to bo acted upon at the next regular meeting. One of tho trustee* stated no such a tin as published bad boon taken, and i J the board had not thought of taking such action and, had expressly declin 1 eJ to (In-an, find hn?* m?r?!y referred the matter to the board's attorney for i advice. Upon this' information, Tin] Intelligencer inquired of tho chair-' man of the board, Mr. J. A. Brock, jUBt what had happened Pen kid by Mr. Brach "Wo did not isaea ?at paper publish ed Saturday. its Brock. Mr. Shearer during'the meeting presented a long paper, Xv long as the Declara tion of Indep ' ifriWB and asked that he wanted tl:.c 1*/ \rwto'refuse to pay the water ht::'^dvwf?cC'ept these as the reasons 1*04' frjgrd did not want any such thing spr|j|j| on the minutes and said ?o i suiyti 'afalji1 aworney of the attorney. "I told Mr. Shearer Monday that-he had done the board of trustees an in justice in publishing that payer.'' Mr. W. H. Shearer, the trustee re ferred to, is also the city engineer. Mr. H. A. Orr. manager q'. the util ities company, said yosi<snfiy that he had learned that, the publication was not only grossly misleading,: but a g real deal of "color" hn'J been given to an mcideat to whicb the board of trustees had given vary llttl? atten tion. Mr. iirtn rpsition Mr. Orr *ald that he will not cut off the water supply for the schools, *? this whole matter Is too trivial io worrk over and ho would not put the public to any discomfort just because of some people, but he would like to see the matter determined in court and he will insist upon . It He de clares that his company came to the city with this proposition to renew the contract, that the matter was known for weeks and months, that no ana,- judgment was taken and that the city had a good contract. The city of Anderson, as a municipality, will, in his Judgment, save at least $700 a year In this contract. The?-e are, ho says, 169 hydrants, on which tbe city will save $10 each for j the wvter supply ror the year, the rate bel?g- reduced from $65 to $55 per I hydrant; and there are 4 new hy-j ! drantt? to be placed at once, making approximately a gross saving of $1, 710. Prom this deduct the $1,000 a I year In round numbers that the esti I mated cost for the water for Bchools and other public buildings, and the I city woll have a net saving or about, $700 a year on its water. Mr. Orr says that proposition ia acceptable to i council. Wishes the Truth Me. Orr stated that the school truB-I tees should have been charged tor water before this, hut the company never put the cost into operation un til the new contract went -into effect. | He states that when the school dis trict was cut off from the heart of] the city, tho school board became' a] separate organisation and really should have paid tor the water all of' tho year. He says that he wishes that the trustees, through their attor ney, would take the master up and take a reasonable time tor Investiga tion, and. then'if they are pot-satis fied, let them t<*ke the matter into tho courts. He is willing for the truth of the whole tiling to come out, ror when It does he feels that the company ?will bo stronger than ever la the respect of all the people who wish for a square deal alt around. COBB SIGNS WITH DETROIT Detroit, Mich.. Mardi 9.?Ty Cobb's signed contract was received by) Pre. Nsvin of the Detroit club. Tho contract covers two years and calls for the biggest salary in the game. At a recent hearing before the Mas sachusetts legislature on a proposed law granting suffrage to women, rep resentatives of virtually all of the Bos , ton labor unions spoke In fawr of the I measure. STOLEN WATCH IS P^OVERED Watch Thought. ; BurWd in Laugh Un Fire was Found Yesterday Whon th? residence of Mr. and Mrs. William i,auglilin was destroyed by | lire a f r.v nights ago, a very valuable watch was lcit lu tbo bouse und it wan thought uf course that the time piece hud brcn lost. However, a Mr. Tuck or, who conduis a cafe In the city, > storday told Mr. Luughlln that bo had n'en a watch In the possession of a boy named Jim Wood, that answered perefctly to t'.ie description of the !, watch furnished hy Mr. Laug'tlin thatj] had been in the the. Mr. I4iug'ilin reported this matter to do police und i OfIlcer8 Driskell and Payne arrested!, the boy yesterday afternoon at 1. o clock. IV hed the watch on him at the time, although he had succeeded . hi digging a diamond setting out oft the back of It. Aflor continued search on the part or the oftlcers. they found that tiic boy hid prized up the cork under the cover of a bot- j tie. 7/id bad hidden t'.'e store bet we*. ^ the t.n and the cork, ropluclng the cork cover. The watch was at owe turned over to Mr. Laughliu and Wood vva:i placed in Jail. Mr. Laughlln said last nlg'it that b's wife bad also lost a tine emerald in the fre. |ogeth'?r wlt'i a Jewel stud-, ded D. A. R. pin and that ho now feols as though thero Is a possibility recovering both these In time. Wood, tbo r.oy who was nrrestod, is only about 18 yoara old. He is said to have been implicated in several transaction? with the polios on pre vious occasions. RAILROAD MAUERS TO BE THRASHED OUT FREIGHT RATES WILLL BE DISCUSSED ATG R ? JmW,04W?4 Anderson Will Send Man To Meet-1 ing Foi Better Freight Rates Announcement was made yesterday that a meeting is to be held in Green wood tomorrow to considor the ques tion vZ a bettor freight ratj for the, various Soutn Carolina -points,' but i more especially the cities of the Pied mont section of the State. At this meeting tomorrow representatives fron. Greenwood, Greenville, Spartan burg and Anderson will be present and participate in the discussion of the best taotlcs to bo adopted In order to secure the desired results. It is said that a member of the South Carolina railroad commission will be present to confer with these representatives of the Piedmont cit|es 'present at the meeting. Anderson is to be represented by D, A. Henning, the trafllc manager for the city, end Mr. Jlennlng says that he has great hopes of this meeting being productive of dcfln'te results. At this meeting the su to railroad commission will be asked to take the matter up with the Interstate Com mission at Washington arid make ap plication to. that body to lend, aid in the fight the four towns of th? Pied mont. section of th? State are making for more just freight rates for this territory. The representatives of these cities will pray that the Btate commission adopt tbe same methods as those used by the North Carolina commission when It took this satno matter up with the Interstate commis sion at Washington and secured vast ly better rates for certain Western North. Carolina towns. . If the North Carolina railroad commission could lend It? aid there and win out In tbo fight there is no appreciable reason why the commission for -this State should not be. able to do likewise and this will be used as an argument at tomorrow's mooting. People of this section will confidently look for r? sulta following the conference which will take place at Greenwood and wtll hope that this section of South Caro lina may receive only what is its just due. CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT Monthly Sessions of the City Fathers Will Be of a Rout ine Nature The regular monthly meeting of. I the olty council of Anderson will take < place in the council chambers at the t city hall tonight at ? o'clock. Mayor I Holleman will preside. 11 The bustaess to be considered by)' council tonight will consist largely,! of hearing committee reports and at tending to routine matters and so far) as la known there ts nothing of an, i unusual nature to come up for con- < sldvratloM. ? roll of Death Was Appt _ ? , i i NEW TRIAL NOW SEEMS EVIDENT Much New Evidence Will Be Sub? milted jp Cf tc of Leo M. Frank (Hy Associai cd Truss.) Atlanta, Mareil 9. -Lawyers for Leo M. Frank, under death sentence fdr the murder 01 Mary Phagan, were to day engaged in tlie arraignment of new evidence which will ho submitted to thc superior court with an extra ordinary action for u new trial. Tho newly discovered evidence ls Bald to Include several affidavits which have not been made public. There apparently is little probnbllltv that Frank will he executed on April 17, the date recently designated by Judge Hall of the superior court In dications arc that the extraordinary motion for a new trial will not be sub mitted until a few day? before the date set for thc execution. A NEW SOLICITOR FOR OCONEE COURT But the People Up There Were Strong For Their Favorite, Walhalla. March ti.-Court of gen eral session? open? d here Monday Judge John S. Wilson, Solicitor Bon ham and Stenographer Clyde Smith were In their respective places. Judge Wilson's charge to the grand jury was brief but unusually, strong and clear. He showed thin their, great power and resposlbillty In no mistak able terms. It is believed that the clrmhial docket* will he easily cleared thia week,-a?' no cases of any length will be disposed of. Thus ls* Solicitor Bonh Kamt joi?jfr,Qsli#ik,mjk ,. BQRRor ai tbii mlHHL always conducted the business of the Bile with dispatch md signal ability ls ?nany friends regret that he will no longer be solicitor of the110th cir cuit . v Kurt/. P. Smith of Anderson, the so llcitor-to-be of the tenth circuit, is at tending court and learning the ropes. He is paying strict attention to the solicitor's work. There is no objec tion iu Mi\ Smith, but th? great majo rity ot the people believed that this position should have gone to an Oco nee man. The local bar and many citizens urged the governor to appoint Mr. M. C. Long solicitor. Mr. Long has had long experience In m H rt work and v.'culd have sade a competent officer. The , 10th circuit now comprises the counties of Oconee and Anderson. T his gives the entire court to Anderson. Judge Prince and Stenographer Smith resides there aa does K. P Smith. Oconee feels as if she were,entirely cut put ot ever securing any of these positions- Anderson will always out vote her In the primaries. It the so llcitorshtp had come to us by appoint ment we would have had some chance of re-electing sn Oconee men If he had made good and. we feel that he would have. Oconee's treatment ls quito: a contrast to that of Plckens at the hands of Greenville. It seems all to be a game of politics. Others are play ing cow; Oconee will play later. DYNAMITERS MUST SERVEJkN??nCE Supreme Court Refused to Grant Review of the Con victions (By Associated Press.) Washington. March 9.-The supr?me court to day refused to grant a re view of the conviction of the dyna matlng cases of Frank IL Byan and twenty-three other members of thc bridge-workers union. Only a pardon can now keep the convicted men out of the penitentiary. Corrvlctlon of Byan and his follow ttssoclatos in the International Assor elation or ?ridge and Structural Iron Workers, resulted from the blow ing up of the 1x>s Angeles Times building and other structures. Tho government did not Indict the labor, leaders on charges ol blowing up tba buildings, but with conspiracy to carry explosives on interstate trains on which passengers were riding. Senator Kern, leading counsel for the Iron Workers at their trial at In ila na pol is. stated after ibo supreme onri's nr. ?n?wn iiiui be did not con template appealing to the president 'or a pardon for the convicted men,1 which alone aAaods between them and the penitentiary. In Grast nritetn jpyernessea earn in annual average wage of leas than me hundred dollars and ?jany ot them ?re brilliant vrcmon. THIRTY OR MORE PERISH IN ST. LOUIS CLUB HOUSE BIG PROPERTY LOSS Most Serious as to Fatalities In City's History?Many Other Fires (By Associated Press.) St. lxmla. March 9.?That from thir ty to thirty-jive guests of the Missouri Athletic club perished In the flames that destroyed thu building this morn ing is thu belief of officers of the club Monday. Seven bodies have been rccovcrod a:ul from twenty-throe to twnuty-nlno occupants of thu structure ulill aro un accounted for. At sundown Monday firemen continued the search for bodies in the smouldering ruins under : night opened headquarters at the the glare uf Hcarchlights. j Though a committee early Monday : nglh tpoeuede hadquariers at tho Pro3s club and asxed all who wen guests of the Missouri Athletic club i last night to report. .10 or 86 did not ' register, und hourly the feeling grew that oil these were lost.. I Hopow as given by Pire Chief Swingley late Monday that tho water j could be pumped out of the ruins to j nightand in at, the search for bodies might then be resumed, i While' tho search continued Monday, teen persons Injured In the fire under treatment.at public, and .irt\ute hospitals , There was much difficulty in getting tho names. Conflagration ut Lu (Grange, tin. (By Associated Press) , La Orange, Oa.,; March S.-^Firo er-, ly Monday did damage estimated at (126,000. in the business section of La stroyed and several nearby buildings, It Store wiut Aa 690MM toss ttt ladisna (By Associated Press) Terre Haute, Ind., March 9.?V/S: here tonight destroyed the B. H. Bind ley whoeslale Drgu Co., adh damaged two other buildings. Th? loss la es timated to exceed $200,000. .St. Loulr. March |!52i?y; ch.'o? of tac SI. Louis rlf? r-revea tlon Bureau, today was told of a man who claimed to be an eniploye of tho club that the fire was caused by the breaking ot a gas pipe in the kitchen. The kitchen was on the third flo, <, ' ? ?iruin Klarster Buffalo; N. Y.. March 9.?The con necting treminai, a one million bushel -elevator, owned by' the Connecting Terminal railroad was destroyed by fire tonight. The loss was placed at about $400,000 by Charles J. Strasmor, general agent of the company. Another Big One Terre, tfauto,, lud , March 9.-rFire that started In'the basement of a ley wholesale Drug Co., and damaged - district here tonight has spread to ad joining "structures and is said to have gOtten: beyond control. Thirty minutes after the fire was discovered it was estimated that It hirl caused $100.000 damage to stock atone. ' Texas AJso Waco Tex., March 9.?Property valued at a half million dollars was destroyed today in a fire which swept the plant ot theExporter's and Trad . er's ware house and compress com pany In East. Waco. The loss In cludes the $100,000 plant, five thous and bales of cotton In storage and va rious other things. SMALL BLAZE; LITTLE DAMAGE Private Negro School Partially Burned at 8:30 O'clock Last Night I The fire department was called out lust night shortly after 8 o'clock, a negro school julidlng oh Railroad street bcintr in flameB, The Sro had galhsd considerable headway before the department arrived hut the fire laddies put up a splendid fight and managed to subduo the Are in short orded The school is owned by Pjsv. J. T. Pos 3r and was a private enterprise of bis own. The top of tho building was burned, and considerable damage was done by the water. Tho damage, ?.m mm-*?* to about 1800 Tlilma*** f?ujm?cn Adepted (By Associated Press.) Washington. March ?. ? Senator Tlllinan's Ming pending resolution for bidding smoking during executive Sel stens was ^adopted by the senate to day by m ?nauimooB win.