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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06
MONEY WASTED
in ROAD BUILDING
Scientific Study Of COnStruc-
lion Essential.
new YORK AN EXAMPLE.

Cause Great Waste-Hishway Com
mission Now Making Study of Prac-
tical Construction.
New York state is Spcn,'ng an aver
age of $4,000 n day in v = coustruc-
tion of better roads. At two refcren-
dums the people of the state have
voted to eXpend $l0O.OOO.OO0 in the
building of highways. Prior to the
time John n. Carlisle. commissioners
of highways, took hold of the affairs
much money was wasted on account Of
slipshod methods and lack Of system
Part Of the road fund will be spent
sioner was asked recently when new
contracts for highway Improvement
would be let he replied:
New York state should have the
best highways in tho world No one
familiar with the conditions believes
1t has been getting them At two
referendumS the people have voted to
eNpend SlOO000.0O0 i'm the construction
of good roads, and they have right to
insist that the highways be improved.
But until am satisfied that roads will
be built which will give the people Il
dollar in value for every dollar invest
cd In them | am not going to approve
of further construction
"No man not familiar with the con
ditions can understand how disorgnn-
lied this department was when | he
came commissioner, Although 1t was
and is now spending on nm average
$4,000 day, there was no system In
It's office work ana mail was received
at the postolfice in five private letter
boxes. No one thing surprised me
more than the fact that this depart
ment. charged with the expenditure OF
S10O,OOOOOO I'm construction of new
highways, had no facilities for making
II scientific study of road construction.
1T is not necessary to tell the people
that. with this lack OF system and with
this slipShod method of doing business
money has been wasted There is evil
dence of 1t I'm every county whore high
ways have been constructed. Not even
the engineers believe that some OF the
roads, If built according to contract,
would stand the traffic but 1t was cx-
pcctcd that the contracts would be
modified by supplemental agreements.
and in nearly every instance this was
done"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06
REFEREES NOTICE.

state oi south Carolina,
county OF b"urunS.
NI or COMMON PLEAS
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company,
hlaintin
against
G. Wash Hunter ct al,
Defendants.
Pursuant to order oi tn" Court of
common Plea. Tor l,aurcns County.
south Carolina, in the above stated
cause. dircctins me to call in creditors
of the defendant G.. Wash Hunter. to
take proof of thcir claims and Qsccr-
tain the amounts due the said credit
orS, reference win hc held at the
Office of simpson, cooper n Babb, at
lhurcns, =, c., on the 18th day Of Aug.
1913, at the hour OF 10 O'Clock i'm the
forenoon, and all creditors ot the said
G Wash Hunter are notified to appca"
before mo TO establish their claims on
aid date. or II" forever barred.
n H. Bahb.
52-2t Special Referee.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06
National Federation Meetino.

The National Good Roads federation
has closed an interesting meeting at
Birmingham, Ala. whore much cnthu-
siaSm was shown upon the subject
of better public highways. Officers
elected were John II. Baukhcad, Unit,
ed States senator from Alabama. pres
ident: United states Judge w r.
Grubb, treasurer; j. A. Rouutrce, see
rotary. The vice presidents are: Dci
NJ. Potter, Arizona: II. j. Watson
South Carolina; John w. O'Nrul. Ala.
bama The meeting WAS well attend
ed. there being $50 delegates present
from twcntyfour states. The next
meeting will he held i'm st Louis not
later than Nov. H.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06

PINE BLUFF NEWS.


Pine Bluff, Aug. Childrcns Day
at Bathabara was quite an enjoyable
one. The children's exercises were
very good to have had only one week
practice. The devotional service in
the morning was conducted by Rev
w. p. Turner and Prof. w. =. Cul-
the children in the afternoon though
older people were muchly benefited
too. Bathabara is noted for its good
dinners, but there hasn't been such
good one in years if ever before as
was Saturday.
Miss lncz Dobbins, of Goldville, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Brown and
family. Miss Dobbins has many
friends in this county that she made
while teaching at Pine Bluff in 1908.
Misses Ethel and Wynonia and Clyde
Mcdaniel, of Exon, came down Sat
urday to take in Childrcn's Day.
While here they visited Messrs G.
Boazman's family and r.. w Brown
and family
Miss Bess Guthrie. of Raleigh. y.
c., came Saturday night to visit Mrs.
Oln Pitts.
Miss Ethel Still of Greenwood Wis
tied Mrs Lizzie Pitts last Thursday
night.
Misses Dona Lipford of Jones and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06

When Burns says It's sale tits
sale. j. G.. Burns & Cos. Big Sale
now going on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
NOM N-UNION
MEN KILLED
i
Volley Fired in Boarding
House Where Men Were
Sleeping Brings on
General Riot.
UNITED Press Leased wire Service i

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CALUMET, Mich, Dec S.-Fears
that general rioting and disorders
would follow the killing early yester-
day Of threa non-union copper M n
ers, we're expressed today by many in
the copper strike territory. The fatal
shootings are believed to have precip-
itatad crisis in the strike OF the
$4,000 copper miners who have been
out since last July. Today both fac
tions were prepared for trouble
Six persons have been arrested for
yesterdays murders. One OF them Is
reported to have confessed, implicat-
ing the other FIVE.
The trouble broke without warning
when about twenty shots were fred
into the homa of Thomas Daily board
ing house proprietor. Harry and Ar
thur James of Toronto, Sleeping on
the third floor were instantly killed.
Daily received wounds which caused
his death late last night and Mary
Nicholson, IA, was wounded in the
shoulder. She Will recover.
Real Warfare Breaks Out.
CALUMET, Mich, Dec. S.-Real
warfare started in the copper strike
zone today. From Mohawk TO Baltic,
at either end of the district, skirmish-
ing parties Of strikers battled with
deputies, strike breakers and citizens.
! There was an almost incessant firing
In many sections, but up to noon no
fatalities had been reported.
X The outbreak followed tae murder
1 at Painesdale yesterday of the three
English non-union miners as they were
sleeping. Military and civil authorities
charged the leaders OF the Western
Federation Of Miners with the mur-
ders and today there was a concerted
effort on the part of citizens and non
| union men to run the federation Off
cials out of the country" The union
officials this morning wired Governor
F'erris at Big Rapids for aid but the
governor was reported as refusing
4 either to send additional troops ints
the copper country or to declare mar
! tial law there. crisis in the labor
war is expected to be reached Wednes
day when there will be general sus
4 pension of work all through the dis
trict and indignation and mourning
meetings will be held at Calumet
a Houghton, Ahmeek, Pa4nesdale ant
South Range. Military authorities
are fearful that. even with the aid O.
nearly two thousand special deputies
they will be unable to control the stu
alton. Vigilance companies have beer
formed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
PLUNGED TO DEATH
FROM WINDOW
One Time Stage Beauty Leaped From
Seventh Floor to the
Pavement.

limited Press Leased Wire aervice.1
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Police today
were investigating the apparent sui
eide of Mrs. Florence Worden Nc
Gregor wife Of Edward McGregor,
stage manager for Frohman's who
plunged from the seventh story win
dow OF her home on Eiver Side drive,
TO death on the pavement Of the apart
ment court yard, Mrs. McGregor who
had been respondent for months, left
her husband in another room, climbed
through the bath room window and
leaped to death while he said he
strove to break in the door
The dead woman was noted as a
stage beauty. She was niece OF
Rear Admiral Worden, who fought
the Monitor in her famous battle
with the Merrimac.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
Read The Daily Gate City.
GALA DAY IN DENVER
WHEN SNOW is REMOVED

taken for them One of the last pub
lie institutions to get relief was the
House Of the Good Shepherd, SIX
miles from the city, where 325 chill
dren and babies are sheltered. Fire
men and police were compelled to
fight snow drifts for five hours today
before they reached the building with
food and fuel. In some places about
the building the snow was banked
twenty feet deep.
Great Improvement is revealed by
dispatches, in all parts Of the state.
Southern Wyoming is still isolated
and northern New Mexico has had
little relief. In Colorado mining dis
tricts. work is still at standst!ll. No
mining can be done before Wednes-
day. Schools are still suspended in
many sections. though they resumed
In Denver To-Day
Sunday was gala day here. Thous-
ands made merry In the principal
streets in the city. walking on the
car tracks and promenading for hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
AS the Waters Recede in South
ern Texas, More Corpses Of
Victims Are Being
Found.
SMALLPOX APPEARING
Rescue Work stiIl Going on and tn.
People Are Being Picked
Out of the
Trees.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. s.
Commercial clubs and other civic or
ganizations throughout Texas today
began raising funds and aupplies for
south Texas flood sufferers. Trains
will leave for Hearne. Bryan Navas ta
and other stricken points today but
whether the refugees, starving, shell
terless and almost cIotheless, will get
the supplies Is question, as traffic is
still demoralized and boats are unable
to reach number of places where
! scores are marooned. Small poX has
made Its appearance and unssnitary
conditions left by recsding waters Is
another menace, and the state AMI
| city health officers are rushing disin-
| fectants by train and beat
| AS the waters receds, more dead are
| found. The known dead now reach
| 100 and estimates run as high as a
| thousand. The Bryan Commercial club
has placed the death list in that sec
| tion alons at 500. thousand person ,
| are marooned In upper stories of gins
around Wellborn While safe from
| the flood they are suffering for fool
and warmth There are 1000 refugees
at Wellborn alone. party or six.
two white men and four negroe IS were
rescued from tree top today where
/ they had spent forty-two hours. They
were ready to drop. Eighty refugees
7 are crowded IN one gin house al
Koppes Bridge near Wellhorn. Pigs
and calves being swept past. are
! seized and eaten raw by marooned
parties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
RELEASED HER FROM PRISON
BECAUSE SHE REFUSED FOOD

the suite will be barricaded to o.
tect Mrs Pankhurst from the police
should the government try a re-arrest
when her weeks license expires. The
suffragettes plan to carry out the dra.
matte oath made by Genera" Drum
mond at last nights meeting when she
swore that the government should
never again take our beloved led 2r.
Twenty-one taxicabs in single file
followed Mrs. Pankhurst as she pass
ed in triumph from Paddington station
to Lincoln's Inn house this afternoon.
One taXicab filled with Scotland Yard
men was INN diately behind the am
bulance bearing the suffragette leader.
The other twenty vehicles carr ed
militant suffragettes, who cheered
Mrs. Pankhurst to the echo
When the train arrived from Exe.
ter the crowd of women at the stat on
who cheereG Mrs. Pankhurst wera
just about equal to the crowd Of
( men and boys who jeered the leader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
ruarta and Carranxa Said to
Have Their Heads Togeth-
er in Talk Of
Harmony.
CRISIS FOR THIS WEEK
z.nata Rebels Have Been Quietly En-
terins the Capital During tho
Past Few
Days.
fBv a United Press stan correspond

fPy a United PreSS SIAN correspond
ent.l
MEXICO CITY, Dec. s-General
Huerta, dictator, and General vestino
Carranza, head of the constitution
alists are deep in negotiations for
peace, according to well authenticated
reports here today. Reports of a
pending agreement between the
Huerta faction and the rebels is gen
orally given credence in diplomatic
circles because of astonishing inside
news that Carranza and Villa have
cuarreled violently.
Information received here today
and regarded as creditable, is that
villa and Carranza are at logerheads
and that Villa had threatened to
march to the Carranza headquarters
with his army instead of taking full
possession of Chihuahua.
This state of affairs, coupled with
the desperateness of the Huerta situ-
alton, is taken by diplomats as a
reasonable cause for the peace party.
An early crisis in affairs at the capital
| Is inevitable Huerta is at the end
| Of his resources. The people are dis
| satisfied. Food and fuel are scarce.
| Those who have watched the situa-
| ton carefully believe the present
week will bring things to head in
Mexico City. The capital today was
In state 6f extreme tension. Many
zapitastas were said to have entered
the city quietly within the last few
days and the people are apprehensive
Of trouble Zapata rebels have been
active within dozen miles of Mexico
City for more than a week.
1t was said that they have been
entering the capital in abunches on
passenger trains. General Huerta to.
day ordered the National railways not
to allow any trains to enter Mexico
City with any suspicious looking men
In groups.
Huerta's order concerning foreign
Frs and property is considered as
highly significant and an indication
that Huerta expects trouble in the
capital He issued general order to
military commanders of the federal
district that in the event of fighting
foreigners of all nationalities anc
I their property must not be molested
but must be allowed to move about
freely, leaving the scene of the battle
Il they so desire.
EI. PASO, Texas, Dec S.-Fear thai
his line of communication with Juerel
will be cut, is keeping General Pan
cho Villa from proceeding from sual
to Chihuahua City. He will arrange
for a constant patrol of the line be
fore continuing southwark. Villa evi
IDENTIFY fears there are rowing fedora
bands still between Suaz and Juarez
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
HINDU PROBLEM
OF CANADA
Immigration Law Permits En-
trance But Has Restric-
ton Which Bars
Them Out.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
VANCOUVER, B. G., Dec. s.-Brit-
ish CI.,mbia's Hindu problem has
beenisS .dered acute in the past few
daysA the ruling from Chief JUS
tice inter- of the provincial supreme
COZ liberating thirty-f1ve Hindus
he or deportation at Victoria.
s tice Hunter based his decision
Y 8 the ground that the order -coun-
under which the immigration de-
tment was about to act, exceeded
sssir authority conferred by the i'm
migration act. The order provides that
Hindus may not enter Canada except
directly from their own country and
as there is no direct line from India
it bars them effectually.
Justice Hunter considered as going
outside the immigration acts author
ity, in that it was made applicable to
people of "Asiatic origin" the act re-
ferring instead to those of "Asiatic
race" British Columbians are very
bitter in their opposition to "Asiatic
immigration" and to Hindus in patio
ular, obj scting to them both on social
and economic reasons The situation,
however, is not exactly parallel with
the Japanese situation in California
since the Hindus own very little land
and consequently do not interfere
with any powerful interest except
that of organized labor which is not
very strong here.
The dominion government Is under
stood to sympathize with the disposi-
tion to make British Columbia white
mans country but is hampered by the
| Hindus' claims of British citizensh D
Direct action might bring tn m into
/ conflict with the impe-ill COVE nment
which explains the subterfuge of al
/ lowing them to enter but by methcd
/ by which 1t Is impossible for them te
| follow.
Many people believed when Justice
/ Hunters ruling was announced, thai
the Canadian cabinet would issue 8
! ! new order conforming With the imaii
grafton law but continuing In effec
to exclude the Hindus The case is
! complicated, however, by its besr'ns
on imperial questions and the Hn1us
which is said to be directly due &
British Columbia's stand SO tl1at there
may be some hesitation by the cabi
net in forcing the London adminis
tration's hand.
At the same time people Of th'
province. though without any powe
i to restrict immigration, are SO thor
oughly determined upon legislation t,
protect them against Hindu influ1
that, in the end, it must be granted
to them.or there will be an outburs
which would be felt throughout th,
empire At present stage has no
been reported, threatening actual vic
lence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
WOMEN
AND SPEED
Gasoline Gus on Trial for Muir
der Of His Chum in Order to
Secure Racing Automo-
bile.

| United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. Dec. Swine,
women and mania for speed which
he confessed were his undoing, we're
expected to be the elements in the
insanity plea which was to be made
for Gasoline Gus" Penman, when he
was arraigned here before Judge
Scion Philbrick today on the charge
of killing his schoolmate and boy
hood chum, Harold Shaw, on August s.
Although Penmans attorneys con-
tfnued silent, it seemed certain that
all other possible pleas had been dis
carded
The court room crowd, composed
mostly of farmer folk, who knew the
two boys in their village home at
Philo, shuddered today when they re-
called the words of Penman's con-
fession to the Vermillion county po-
lice when he was arrested at George
town hiding in a box car: Great
God, fellows, want each Of you to
think Of me when you are tempted
from the path of righteousness.
Shun liquor and women as you would
q snake. Each is thousand fold
more poisonous than the reptile and
both lead to the pitfalls that caught
me-
Penman today was immobile under
the curious gaze of the morbid throng.
Many who heard his burning confes-
sion believe he has adopted this man-
ner to give countenance to the in
sanity plea.
The two pitiful figures in the court
room were Penman's 8 father and the
father of his victim. Though both
have pledged their personal friend
ship, there sat on their faces today a
grim determination Shaw to avenge
the memory of his dead son, and Pen
man to save his only boy from the
lgallows. Each has promised his for
tune to the fight. /.
Penman confessed he slew the bog
for an automobile, the ~ elbow Devil
which had been the envy OF Cham
paign county Penniansowned only q
motorcycle, and when he proposed tc
his father to buy the Shaw racer his
father disapprnved. He then went out
riding with Shaw in the machine and
unable to restrain his desire for the
machine, killed his companion and
buried the body on the Shaw farm with
spade which he borrowed from
neighbor.
| But his mania for speed was swal
lowed up in remorse and though ne
made an effort to down the spectre BY
taking his girl acquaintances or
rides through the country, he grew
haggard and haunted and after one
day with his new and ill-gotten pos
session he sped madly away, abandon
ed the machine in Danville and flee
east. Running out of money in IN
diana, he returned to be captured ant
confess.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
Mrs. Pankhurst, Beloved Lead
er of Militants Gets Week
to Feed Up.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. t
LONDON, Dec. accompanied by
a heavy suffragette bodyguard, Mrs
Emmeline Pankhurat, greatly weaken
ed by her latest hunger and thirst
strike, left Exeter for London before
noon today on a regular train. The
militants have fitted UP . private
suite for Mrs. Papkhurst in the head
quarters CT the Women's s cial anc
Political Union in IincoIn's Inn hopss
She will be housed there indefinitely
always und2r the guard ansh' p 0
General" Flora Drummond's mil
tants. According to Mrs. Dacre.Fo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
Shackles of the Storm Are
Thrown Off and City in
Normal Condition.

limited Press Leased Wire Service j
DENVER, Colo, Dec. s.--Denver to.
uay threw off the shackles Of the
storm. With the downtown section
VI the city largely made passable,
hundreds of volunteer shovelers at
lacked the trolley tracks in the out
,ylpg sections of the city in an effort
'o.reopen street car traffic there. The
principal lines in the city were open
ed Sunday.
rractically all suffering resulting
ron the storm has been relieved. A
anhoer Of poor families are in dis.
aess' but subscriptions have been
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
Source Of Teak Supply.

The worlds supply of teak comes
from Siam. India and Java. Teak
wood is not attacked by the white
ant which is SO destructive to other
woods in the tropics. and teak is thus
largely used in Siam for the building
of the better class OF wooden houses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
SeeInn London.

limited Press Leased Wire service1
LONDON, Dec. s. Under the guild
ance of the family of Ambassador
Page. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. sayres
spent today sightseeing about Lon
don. Tonight the young people will
be guests of honor at dinner given
by the Authors club
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
RETAIL BUTCHERS
HOLD UP PRICE
Although Packers Reduced it, Con
sumer Has Not Been Given
the Benefit.

United Press Leased Wire Service j
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Meat packers
have cut the price of beef ribs and
loins and pork 25 per cent during the
past year but the consumer is paying
the same retail prices that prevailed
a year ago according to T. E. Wilson,
of Morris and Company, today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Tuesday. Not much change
in temperature. Light to moderate
variable winds.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Not much change In tenn
perature. Light to moderate north
westerly winds.
For Iowa: Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday. Somewhat higher tenn
perature north portion tonight. Light
to moderate variable winds.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Not much change in tenn
perature. Light to moderate variable
winds.
Weather Conditions.
Snow flurries, with brisk to high
winds. from the Missouri river to
the lower lake region, have attended
the passage of the storm center from
western Missouri to the lower lake
region since Saturday, and a center
of great energy is near Buffalo this
morning
Conditions indicate fair weather fol
this section tonight and Tuesday. and
little change In temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
Julia Arthur is Sick.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
BOSTON, Mass, Dec. S.-Mrs. Benz.
9. Cheany, formerly Julia Arthur,
the actress, is critically Ill at her
hotel here and is believed to be on
the verge of an attack of pneumonia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08

Friendly Thought Above All.
A friendly thought is the purest gift
a man can afford to man.-Carlyle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-08
SHIP REPORTED
ON FIRE AT SEA
Latest Word is That She is in Need
Of No Assistance from
Other Vessels.

[United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Dec s.-Denial of
Baltimore wireless reports that 1877
passengers were rescued from the
Mallory liner Rio Grande by a British
steamer when the former was afire at
sea was made here today by offic' ais
of the Mallory line. The Rio Granda
clrries no passengers, they said II
the Rio Grande was the ship afire,
the passenger rescue story is without
ground. If thare were pas engers res
cued there must be mistake in the
name of the ship and she was not the
Rio Grande
To the Rescue.
WASHINGTON, Dec, S-The reve
nue. cutter service today ordered cut
ters from Norfolk and Wilmington