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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
MANY NEW HOMES
NOW BEING BUILT
West End Portion of City Is Rap.
idly Becoming a Little City
Within Itself ;,

Marked progress Is to be seen or
every hand in Anderson and building
activity Is by no means confined to the
business district of the city. In all
parts of the city new homes are now
going up and houses appear, almost
overnight, where none formerly stood.
The city is not on boom, but is
making steady progress ahead and
the population is increasing at very
rapid rate.
Those who have been all over the
city within the past few days say that
one of the most interesting portions,
Of the city is West Eend. This part
Of Anderson was practically nothing
but waste spot until the land was
bought some time ago by the Ander-
son Real Estate and Investment Co.,
and they paid for the land exactly ten
times what it brought ten years ago
and cut it up into so lots and then be-
gan to improce it. Since that time,
they have sold 26 of the lots and now
eight houses have been erected and,
are in course of construction. By rea-
son of their selling method the COM
pany has enabled many man to own
his own home. rh,y
This is merely one portion of pro-
gressive Anderson. Dozens of other
sections are making equally as rapid
progress and If the present growth:
continues, Anderson will be. q city of
10000, population within the next five
years. Gs% -, ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
STATECAMPAIGN
TURNS THE BEND
Candidates f or Governor and the
Other Offices Have Entered
the Piedmont

Winnsboro, August 3.-The candi-
dates for state Office returned to the
field today refreshed by few days of
rest. They are moving On the Pied
mont section of the state. Nearly l.
900 voters attended the meeting here
today.
The new express rates were bitterly
attacked by the candidates. One OF
them said that the rates are the great
est outrage put on the people since
the days of republicanism.
All candidates made their usual
speeches.
C. A. Smith denounced an editorial
appearing in the Columbia afternoon
paper which indorsed Cooper, Man
ming and Clinkscales, in the order
named, as the three leading candidates
for governor and the best fitted to de-
feat Bleaseism.
R. A. Cooper told the voters today
that he would stop race track gam
bling in Ch1rleston. His statement
was vigorously applauded. (
Richard I. Manning denied that he or
any of his supporters had anything to
do with the elimination conference in
Columbia. He spoke vigorously for
law and order.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
BLEASE ISGONE
is THE OPINION
Meeting In Columbia Yesterday
Concluded That He Has Lost
Race For the Senate

Columbia, July 31.-That Bleaseism
is already overwhelmingly defeated
in South Carolina and that the democ-
racy Of the state can be depended up
on to vote for the candidates who will
stand for law, order and decency as
opposed to the lawlessness (which
has disgraced South Carolina for the
past three and ope-half years." was
the substance Of a resolution drafted
and adopted by delegates representing
the anti-Blease forces Of the state,
which met here today.
Resolutions offered by George w.
Croft, member of the Aiken delega-
ton, were adpoted without a dissent
ing voice. The following is the last
section of the resolutions:
Whereas, it was the judgment of
those assembled that the overwhelm-
ing majority Of the people of South
Carolina is opposed to ~Bleaseism, and
Bleaseism is already defeated, and,
Be it resolved, by the delegates to
the recent state convention from AK
en- county that we do not deem it
further step toward a selection of a
necessary or eXpedient to take any
proper and suitable candidate for gov
ernor, but we call upon the manhood
of South Carolina to join with us in
going to the polls and laying aside If
necessary their personal preferences
and in casting their votes for the hon.
or and good Of our state and for the
candidates who appear to be the most
available to overwhelmingly defeat
Bleaseism August 25th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
THE SITUATION AS
SEEN BY EXPERTS
The Real Plans of War Are
Clouded in Mystery Much Sur
prise Evidenced at Slowness

Washington, August 3.-Army stra-
tegists today eagerly scanned news re-
ports Of the stirring events that were
taking place in Germany, Russia and
France. There was complete lack
of official information, as American
military attaches at European embas-
sizes and legations are out of touch
with the war department.
Experts expressed some surprise at
the comparatively slow beginning of
the German campaign. The American
war college had understood that so
perfectly had every detail. Of an Of
fensive campaign against both France
and Russia been worked out that
within "a hours after the declaration
of war or after the order of mobiliza-
ton, the first German battalions
would be many miles advanced across
both the eastern and western bounda-
ries into the enemies country.
There have been no reports Of bat
ties on any large scale and conse-
uuently the belief is expressed among
military men here that invisible wires
are holding back the dogs of war, and
that the full strength of military for
ces on all sides is being withheld,
while diplomats and statesmen are
playing the last cards in the desperate
game of diplomacy in the hope now,
not of averting a general war, but
of obtaining Individually such advan-
tages as they can through delayed ac-
ton.
After locking our available data, of
today's operations, the strategists un-
animously were of the opinion that
the plans of campaign had not so far
unfolded as to admit of guess as to
the real purposes of the great mill
tary leaders. What has been done by
the German army in the reported in
vasion of Belgium is regarded as pre-
cautionary and calculated to prevent
a possible quick dash by the French
into the fatherland than with the pur-
pose of beginning deliberate and
progressive campaign towards Paris.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
FEAT IN AVIATION
Aviator Crossed North Sea In Four
Hours and Ten Minutes.


Stavanger, Norway, July 3O.-The
Norwegian aviator, Lieutenant Gran,
who was a member of Scott's Anartic
expedition, made successful flight
over the North sea today from Crou-
din bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
landing at Kiep, near this place He
accomplished the flight Of 800 miles
in four hours and ten minutes.
The characteristic principles Of this
vehicle are as follows:
1. The gacoline motor Of the car al
so operates the gyroscope, whose
weight is only one-tenth Of that Of the
vehicle.
2. The energy consumed by the
gyroscope is 1 IA horsepower.
3. The disk turns at the rate Of l.
200 revolutions minute.
4. The gyroscope takes up little
room and requires no manual control.
5. By using fianged wheels instead
of pneumatic tires, the vehicle can be
used on one of the rails of railroad
track.
Such a vehicle presents great ad-
vantages:
/. Absolute suppression of lateral
shocks on the worst roads, accom-
panied by a notable dimunition Of ia
tigue for the passengers and of wear
for the car and its parts. The dura-
bility Of the motor is increased, and
lighter materials may be used in the
construction of the car.
2. The tractive effort is diminished
consequently there is an economy of
energy and of fuel. With capacity for
an equal load, a less powerful motor
may be used.
3. The bicycle automobile runs cas-
lily over the narrowest roads.
4. The gyroscopic stabilization al
lows the vehicle to take horizontal
curves at high speed.
We have seen the bicycle automobile
run in the environs of London over
good and bad roads alike, carrying
six passengers, including the inventor
and his chaffeur; and we admired the
ease-the animal intelligence-with
which the heavy machine regained its
balance, without the intervention of
its driver, whenever a curve or an in
equality Of the road disturbed its
equilibrium.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
CABLES MAY BE CUT

Washington. Aug. 3.-Although all
the cables between the United States
and Europe are protected upon the
high seas by international treaties
and agreements, they are entirely
within the jurisdiction of European
governments when they reach sound
ings within three miles of the limit
on the other side. Within that limit
they may be cut at the pleasure of the
government controlling territory at
the terminal.
The fact that many Of the cables
are privately owned would not pre-
vent them being cut, officials here be-
lieve, although international agree
ments provide severe punishment In
the necessities of war, they point out,
q belligerent probably would cut a ca.
BILE if it accrued to her advantage and
pay the penalty afterward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
SUFFS WANT BALLOT
Several Hundred In Parade Through
Crowded Streets

Columbus, o., July 30.-Starting
their second campaign, Ohio suffra-
gettes invaded the State House today
and placed on files in the office of the
Secretary Of State initiative petitions
for the submission in the November
election of a proposal to amend the
constitution. so as to give women the
right to vote. A proposed suffra-
gette amendment was defeated in Sep
tember 1912
The women expressed their resent
ment of State officialism in refusing
to receive the delegation which car
ried the petitions to the State House.
Secretary of State Graves was busy
in his private offiIe when the women
arrived and he sent word he could not
see them.
Before going to the capitol several
hundred women and men took part in
parade through crowded streets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
ASKED VOTES FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA
R. A. Cooper, Speaking at St.
Matthews, Told People to Vote
Not For Men But For State

st. Matthews, July 30.-Calhoun
county voters gave the state candi-
dates a respectful and undemonstra-
tive hearing today. There were no
outstanding features.
Lowndes ]. Browning stated that
he would attend the conference in Co.
lumbia tomorrow when the elimina-
ton of candidates for governor will
be discussed while all other candi-
dates have refused to attend.
c. A. Smith declared that prohibi-
ton Is still an issue in South Caro-
lima.
John G. Clinkscales received a brief
ovation when introduced. He declar-
ed that lawlessness was contagious
and that conditions should be chang
ed in South Carolina.
R. A. Cooper said he hoped that the
people of the state would vote, not
for their friends, but for the state of
South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
J. P. MORGAN & co.
STILL HOPEFUL
Cling To the Belief That a Cen
eral War May Yet Be
Averted

New York, July 31-J. P. Morgan
today issued the following statement:
alarming as the news is from Eu-
rope, we are still hoping that there
will not be a general war.
"The situation Of the American Sc
curity market during the past few
days has been a splendid illustration
of the inherent soundness of financial
conditions in this country. While we
all earnestly hoped that the New York
stock exchange might be kept open,
it seemed necessary in the interest Of
the whole country to close the ex-
change. .
"Bear in mind that the actual pro-
perties represented by American Sc
curities will not suffer greatly by a
European war. -.
"It is idle to say that America will
not be hurt. by a general European
war. There Is no doubt that the whole
American people will cooperate to re-
store normal conditions throughout
this country at the earliest possible
moment"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Tive nty-Five Candidates Enter.

Twenty-Five Candidates Enter.
The following candidates have fledtheir
pledges, and will make the race for the of
fees named: -,
For Senate-J. Moore Mars. j. N. Nick
les. -r iss=- 40 3.
For House of Representatives-Wm. n.
Graydon, F. C. Robinson, j. e. Porter, g. =.
Williamson and J. Howard Moore. w
For Probate Judge j. F. Miller.
For Auditor Richard Sondley. -s
For Treasurer. F. Bradley and 3. @.
Smith. ..- r. ,,ts. .
For Magistrate, different places:
Abbeville-J. s. Hammond, NJ. E. iHol-
lingsworth and r. D. Purdy. ~N'
r Mccormick. B. Holloway and J. B
Dawson. .........a..
Lowndesville-J. G. Hucksbee and B. 4
Bell. s
Donalds-D. M. Humphries and J. @
Martin. -. -,
Antreville-L: P. Hardness.
Level Land-T O. Burdett and A. F. Car
vile. ....r ...
Long Cane-R. s. Uldriek and r. F. YER
million. ......
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.

Montreal, August 3.-The port OF
Montreal was virtually closed tonight
for the first time in its history. A
tug fleet today patrOlled the lower
harbor and a force was sworn In to-
night to exclude landsmen from the
wharyeS. Sailors in vessels In port
will be allowed to leave their ships
only under escort No vessel will be
permitted to come into the port or to
leave without an express being grant
ed. Five million dollars worth of grain
in elevators has been placed under
special guard
Ship Congestion has already begun.
The Wittekind, a German ship is on
her way to port, but whether she will
arrive here is doubtful as she carries
wireless and can be directed to New
York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
CAN'T GEf OIL
War Has Affected STANDARD on Com.
Dany TO large Extent. -...

War Has Affected Standard Oh Com.
pany to Large Extent. +.
New York, August 3.-The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey today is
sued the following statement:
,"The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey may be compelled on account
of the interruption of foreign COM
merce resulting from the war situa-
tion in Europe to materially curtail
the output of all petroleum products.
This sudden loss Of market coupled
with large accumulated stocks of fin
ished products now on hand will
necessarily limit their ability to pur-
chase crude oil. At the moment 1t is
to say to what extent and
how long this unfortunate condition
will continue"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
RAILROADS REFUSE SHIPMENTS

Norfolk, August 3.-The Norfolk &
Western railroad and several steam
ship lines, including the Furness
Witty Company, today virtually clos
ed the port Of Norfolk to European
ports. " .s-.
The railroad announced that It
would receive no shipments intended
for export to ports Of European coun-
tries now involved in war.
A similar embargo was placed on
grain by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1t is claimed there are about two mil
lion bushels Of grain held for export
in Baltimore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
WOMAN SENTENCED
TO JAIL FOR LIFE
Guilty of Murder in Second De
gree First Trial Resulted in
Verdict of First Degree

New Haven. Conn.,, July 30.-Mrs.
Bessie J. Wakefield tonight was found
guilty of the murder of. her husband
The jury returned a verdict Of second
degree murder which carries with it a
penalty of life Imprisonment.
The trial lasted twelve days. y
At her first trial last November
verdict Of guilty in the first degree
was returned but the supreme court
reversed the judgment. Wakefield &C
tually was killed by James Plew, who
paid the death penalty. The state
claimed Mrs. Wakefield "aided and
abetted" in putting her husband out of
the way in order that she might marry
Plew e.. ,..., -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Gard of Thanks.

To his Honor Mayor c. G. Gambrell and
City Council:
We wish to express our thanks for your
hospitality shown us in the meeting Of our
Grand Lodge Knights Of Pythias. All Of
the delegates and visitors were made to
feel glad of coming to our city and went
home full of glee.
Words cannot express our thanks to the
Mayor for his welcome address, and to our
chief OF police Mr.. J. L. Johnson and 9TH
ers for their kindness.
Respectfully,
j. R. Davis,
Prelate Philo No.2.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Enrolment Large.

Evidently most of the talk about fraud
in the last election was moonshine.
The Press & Banner took no stock in it
at the time, for we knew that barring
few irregularities the election in Able
vile was fair and just, and there was
no reason for Abbeville to have been
naturally different from other Counties
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Auto Accident.

Baltimore, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Carolyn
O'Keefe, of Norfolk, Va, was instant
ly killed and her husband was badly
hurt when her automibile turned tur-
tie near here today. The O'Keefe au-
tomobile was one Of four occupied by
prominent Norfolk people who had
made up short party to Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
NAME IS CHANGED
Battleship Mississippi is Now Named
Kilkis.


Norfolk, Va, July 30.-With impress
sive ceremony the former battleship
Mississippi of the United States navy
was christened today Kilkis and dedi-
Gated by Representatives of the Greek
government.
When the Hellenic colors were
raised over the quarterback of the
Kilkis, after the flag had been blessed
by Rev. V. Lambridi Of Washington, D.
c., the ships band played the Greek
national hymn, which evoked enthus-
iastic applause. Then the band play
ed the Star Spangled Banner and the
applause was equally as enthusiastic.
In a patriotic address the Greek
minister to the United States, Aga
memnon Schliemann, referred to the
ship as an agency that has strength
ened the royal Greek fleet and (which
will help increase the power of our
nation and the glory of our flag"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Correspondents Wanted.

The Press and Banner wants q good
live correspondent at every Post Office
in Abbeville County, and will pay lib
orally for few minutes spare time
each week, ..
During the next few months we ex-
pect to make the Press and Banner one
of the best weekly newspapers in the
State, but this can't be done without
the aid Of Country correspondents"
Write US at once that we may expect
a letter from your community next
week
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
(R Associated Press.)

Washington, August 3.-The battle
ship Connecticut was ordered to Phil
adelphia today from Port au Prince,
Haiti, and her station will be taken
by the Georgia, now at Vera Cruz. The
Texas, at present at Vera Cruz, will
be brought north next month for her
final trials off Rock Island, Maine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
ARMIES MOBL|Z|NG At ALARMING
RATE OVER ALL OF EUROPE

,ly completed. Holland has been inva-
ded at Limburg by the German troops,
according to report, and the Dutch
people are said to be flooding the
country to prevent the passage of the
soldiers.
Germany has issued a white book
iustifying her action with respect to
Russia, and at the same time German
diplomats at London are using their
utmost efforts to win Great Britain to
a position of neutrality.
Few reports of actual militacx
movements have been received owing
to the censorship.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
AN AUTO ON TWO WHEELS
The Gyroscope is Applied to Motor
Car.

. From the Literary Digest
An automobile. standard size, run
ming on two tandem wheels like a bi-
cycle, and kept in balance by a gyro-
scope, has been invented by Russian
named Schilowsky and is described by
B. Forbin in La Nature. Mr.. Forbin
notes that neither the much-heralded
gyroscope railway Of Louis Brennan
nor the improvements made on 1t by
Scheri, the Berlin editor, have been
put into use as commercially practical
Bile. He has hopes for this new modi-
fication, and gives in detail his reasons
for them. Schilowsky's. monorail diff
fers little in appearance from its pred
ecessors, his changes in the mechain-
ism not being ordinarily visible. In
addition, however, he has built, on the
same principle, the motor car noted
above. which would appear to be a
new departure. Says Mr.. Forbin:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
IN GAY PAREE.

Paris, August 3.-Proyincial sena-
tors and deputies are assembling for
cOnvenfng Of parliament Wednesday.
By showing their personal cards they
are permitted to travel on military
Trains.
The government is granting to each
adult member of a soldiers family
about % cents daily and about II cents
to each child.
Up to the present time Paris Is be-
ing lighted at night US usual, but this
cannot be continued owing to the lack
of coal. Construction work has ceas-
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
BULLETIN

Berlin, August 3.-The German
troops from Lublinitz, Silesia, today
after q short skirmish with the Rus
slams took possession of COentsOchwa,
Russian Poland.
Bendig and Kailisch, Russian Pol
and, also have been occupied by the
Germans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05

who visited the prime minister in
Downing street, soon were surround
ed by great crowd which followed
and cheered them, but the ambassador
including the German representative,
who went to the foreign office several
times and the Russian representative
who sat in the House during Sir Ed
ward Gray's speech, were little known
to Londoners and passel unnoticed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
TO PREVENT PLAGUE
Railroads Must Clean Cars Five Miles
Away From any Known Infected
Part of CITY.

Washington, August 3.-Because
Henry Chase, the fourteenth victim of
bubonic plague in New Orleans, was
believed to have received his infec-
tion at Girod and Front Streets, where
he was employed to clean coaches in
the Louisville G. Nashville railroad
yards, the public health service today
directed that cars be cleaned at Gen.
tilly Road, five miles distant from any
known infected district in the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
BULLETIN

Paris, Aug. 3-Twenty-five thous-
and men worked throughout Sunday
night entrene ching the frontier between
the Belgian forts and the German
boundary. Belgium's mobilization is
proceeding in q precise manner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Birth.

A letter received in Abbeville states
that son was born on the 28th inst.
at Fairhaven, Mass, to Mrs. Augustus
W, Lee. The stranger weighed eight
and one-fourth pounds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
BULLETIN

New Orleans, La, August 3.-Three
thousand Of the 10,S00 French resery-
lists nten southern states had report
ed to the French consul general here
at a late hour tonight and were await
ing transportation TO- France. The
French steamer Mississippi whose
captain received Orders to report to
the consul general here, was tied at
the dock at midnight although she had
cleared earlier In the day for Hayre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
BULLETIN

London, Aug. 3.-The admiralty
announces that the mobilization of
the navy was completed i'm all re-
spects Mt 4 o'clock this morning. This
was due to the measures taken and the
voluntary response of the reserve men
in advance Of the royal prOclama-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-05
Cold Spring Picnic.

A picnic and barbecue will be given at
Cold Spring on Wednesday, August 18th.
All Of the County candidates are expected
to be present. The public is invited to at.
tend and get free hash dinner.