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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
THE GREAT ALASKAN COAL
FIELDS WILL SOON BE
LET OUT
A LIMITED RESERVE
Leaders in Congress Wish to Re-
move Restrictions So Early
Development May Begin
(By Associated Pressl


Washington, March 24.-Early acv
tion on legislation to permit the de-
velopment of Alaska's rich coal
resources was forecasted today when
the senate public lands committee
agreed to report favorably tomorrow
the administration leasing system bill.
With construction of government
railroad already authorized, leaders
in congress propose to remove
restrictions as quickly as possible, SO
that development of the coal lands
will be under way by the time the
road is in operation. ..
II perfected by the senate commit
tee, the leasing system bill will pro-
vide for the leasing of mining rights
only for indefinite terms. Under the
bill, 5.120 acres in the Bering field
and 1851 acres in the Mantanuska
field will be reserved by the president
to he mined by the government when
In his opinion them lining of such
coal becomes necessary on account of
insufficient supply Of coal at reason
2ble price for the navy and govern
sive conditions
The bill proposes that the unreserv-
ed lands be surveyed into 4O-acre
ment work." and "for relief of opres-
tracts, or multiples thereof, the maxi
mum being fixed at $50 acres for any
tract. These are to be leased to com
petive biddeTs, not more than one
tract being included in any lease.
Railroads would be prohibited from
acquiring under the act greater coal
supply than needed for their own use.
x The total average Of contiguous
land which one person or corporation
might hold, in the discretion of the
secretary Sof the interior, woulci be
fixed at 2, $50 acres and consolidation
OF small contiguous holdings would
be permitted If the total area involv-
ed were within that figure.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
DIR. JAS. P. KEENEARD
VISITS ANDERSON
Distinguished Teacher VINO Has
Many Pupils In This
City

Among the prominent educators OF
the state who attended the State
teachers convention and came by An.
derson to visit relatives is Jas. p
Kinard, Phi. D., professor. of English
at the South Carolina Military Col
lege. Or. Kinard held. the same po-
sition at Winthrop College for a num-
Der Of years and acted at times as
president of that institution IN the oc-
casiopal absence of Professor John
SON IN business. Dr. Kinard ass
many former pupils In Anderson, as
this county has always furnished q
large proportion OF the pupils at Win
.throp. He also has a number OF rel
.atives here.
DR., Kinard Is 8 brother OF John M.
Kinard OF Newberry, for many yeara
president OF the, Commercial Bank of
that city, and recently president of
the alumni of the State university and
president of the state Bankers con-
.yentioa. DR.. Kinard's o. grandfather,
Geo. II. idnard, was for years the
sheriff of Newberry county. q conteig-
porary OF John Belton O'NealI His
father was Lieut.. Col. John NJ. Kinard
OF the 20th South Carolina, killed at
the head OF his regiment in the Shen-
an5dAh Valley near Winchester.
This distinguished educator was
himself trained at the Citadel, and af-
teaching for some years took his de-
gree at John Hopkins. He was sup
erintendent OF the schools at New
berry and later was elected head Of
the English department OF winthrop
where he remained from the day the
college opened until last year when
he was called to the chair he now oc-
Cupies with such dlEtlnctiOn as the
successor OF the graceful James Cnm-
mlngs. NJ. Kinssd cnmhsnAs what e
so rare, the executive knack. with the
llte-sry and scholarly ability. He is
an author Of note; his text books be-
ing used In many schools of the coun-
try. His wife was Miss Lee Wicker
of Virginia, one of the members OF the
original faculty OF WSnthrop, She is
q woman of intellectual and social
gifts that have made her the social
center OF u large circle.
h Dr. Kinard 70 . Baptist
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27

the mechanical trades, thereby lessen
ing competition among those who 1.-Two
by selling their labor. We have we'll
nigh solved the problem OF production.
and II We will market our cotton prom
erty so as to cut out so many middle.
men, the cotton of the south will
make us the richest people in the
world.
What we need is prosperity, not
compulsory school laws.
saw statement I'm Texas paper
OF farmer who paced a letter in
bole OF cotton requesting the manu-
facturer to write him what he paid
for 1t. After some time he received
a letter from the president of a mill
In German, saying that he had paid
l9 cents pound, and would manufac-
ture iuto certain class of goods,
which would sell for about $1,000.
The Texas man received IL cents for
the cotton amounting to $4,000 PEP
bale. There was a set of middlemen
who absorbed almost as much for
handling the cotton as the farmer got
for growing It, It seems to me that
the greatest and wisest statesmanship
OF the country should be devoted to
the solution of this problem, then ev-
- SiSc VIII lOOh IOT-
ward to the time when not only will
we get the $1,000 per bale, but when
American labor will get its share of
that $1,000 for the manufacture of the
raw material. What country we will
have then. Anderson and the other
Piedmont counties OF North an6South
Carolina with Georgia, have the wa
ter power to manufacture all of tho
cotton crop.
thank you for your friendly inter-
est aII VIII come 60 ses yyotai before
long. Anderson has some land in it
as good as Marlboro, and that Is say
Ing all that can be said of any land in
this world. We need only enough dirt
to mix with the fertilizer to make two
bales of cotton to the acre. Pro-
vided, my deal Uncle Dave, we let
long staple alone; 1t sure gave me a
"black eye" this year.
Yours sincerely,
JNO. l.. McLaurin.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
BEAT POLICEMAN;
PAID HEAVY FINE
Los Angeles "cop" Demanded
Damages for ThraShing
Given Him

Los Angeles, CAL, March 24.-Ie
cost Jimmy Cla5by. the middleweight
pugulist. $1,000, today to avoid legal
punishment for having beaten Charles
Lawrence, a policeman. in a street
brawl January %.
Clabby and Arthur Mcqueen, HIS
trainer, pleaded guilty. Judge White
admonished them to pay for the dam
age done to the policeman, who de-
clared that he had lost 80 pounds as
result of the assault, and demanded
$4,000 but compromised for 81 900.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
Lansing we'll Act
AS BrySn's Alternate

Washington, March "a. - Robert
lansing. newly appointed counsellor
of the state department, will act as
secretary OF state in the absence OF
Secretary Bryan unless the president
designates come other ofiicer OF the
department 20 act IN that capacity.
Wath the assumption of the ONCE OF
counsellor by John Bassett Moore.
President Wilson designated him TO
act as secretary during the absence OF
bfr. Bryan. and that order has not
been revoked.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
DEFENSE 0F BILLY SUNDAY
Some Incidents Related BY Reporter
Detailed on the Work
raleigh News and Observer.

Raleigh News and Observer.
II notice that Mr.W.W. Orr Of Char
lotte has a long article in the defense
OF Rev. "Billy" Sundays pulpit meth
DDS In Sundays edition OF The Char
lotte Observer" said Mr.. S. M. Scruggs
q newspaper man now residing In this
city, yesterday. "I reported Mr.. Sun
days sermons and other addresses in
Pittsburg, Pa, a short time ago. for
enight weeks, for the Pittsburg Press.
I usually had to display my reporter
police badge to gain access to Sunday
tabernacle. which comfortably seated
10000 people.
"The four afternoon papers and
thethree morning papers OF Pitts
burg had q regular press gallery on
each side OF the Sunday pulpit. At
some services as many as 10000 were
turned away from the tabernacle for
lack of room. This sort OF thing was
especially true near the close OF the
eight weeks campaign OF the evasge-
list and his corps of evangelistic
workers! To be, sure there were hun
dreis of people who criticised Rev. Mr..
Sunday, but such men as Governor
tTener and leading banking and busi-
ness men OF Pittsburg enthusiastically
endorsed the evangelist IN adddresseS
at the great tabernacle. One OF Cow
ernor Tener's brothers, prominent
lawyer of Pittsburg, hit the saW-duEt
trail during the meeting.
''lA...eye than twenty thousand pro-
fessed conversions during the Sunday
caTnpRign and Sthe people contributed
about one hundred thousand dollars
TO the evangslist for. expenses ana for
his own nse. Mrs. Sunday, op 'Nel,
as Mr. Sunday calls her. il his right
bower. and she sticks closely to the
evangelist's side. wherever he coca.
The newspapers carried photographs
OF the evangelist and hie assistants
esery day during the Pittsburg cam
paign and at no time did The Sunday
party fail to have first pags position.
This q accounted for by the fact that
the Sunday sermos and addresaes
were usually frat page stuph.p
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
TEN YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE
FROM THE WOMEN OF ANDERSON
Civic Association has Accomplished Much Good Including the
Creating Of the Plaza and the Starting of the Whe Way"
Move nenf

The Ladies' Civic Association held
it's annual social meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon when Mrs. j. M. Payne, Mrs.
Davis, Mrs. McCown and Miss Dot
Payne were the lostesses.
Mrs. Payne's home was exquisitely
decorated with quantities OF yellow
daffodils and the yellow color scheme
wss csr:!!eess2 out IN every detail in the
delicious ice course which they served
after the program had been complet-
led.
The first number on the program
was an instrumental solo by Mrs. o.
l.. Martin. After this Mrs. Rufus
FAINT made the following interesting
report OF the work done by the asso-
citation In the past ten years.
Organization.
"Ten years ago today. q few ladies
met at the city hall and organized the
Civic Association OF Anderson. We
were one of the pioneer civic clubs
Iof South Carolina. The work has
been hard; sometimes we have been
encouraged and many times We have
been discouraged.
LAS We glance backward and re-
member that even trash cans were not
AT
til we asked city council to pass an
ordinance compelling the merchants
to use these cans and then q commit
tee was appointed to purchase cans
and the civic association agreed to
pay for them.
I'VE are glad that we started up
the work. In this connection, might
say that the city soon saw how ben
eficial 1t was to have trash cans and
would not allow the civic league to
pay for them.
The Plaza.
The plaza was mud hole with
brick bats and other debris piled up
In the corners when we asked city
council to let US take charge Of It.
Council granted our request, but the
mayor said It was foolish undertake
ing and waste of money for us to try
and improve 1t. 1t may be of interest
TO know that Rufus FAINT named the
plaza" and Court Square,"
"The mayor said that there was no
use trying to do anything with a place
that had been public road for over
go years. / told him that if he would
give 1t to US we would show him what
could be done and after we finished,
he told me that he was convinced OF
his error and that he was delighted.
"The court square was another un-
slightly place when we decided that
we would beautify that spot. We
erected the Anderson fountain; We
built the brick fence at the hospital,
We put the cement walks and drains
thePes We put in benches on the square,
we contribute to ths Salvation army
each year.
We were the first organization in
Anderson TO study and agitate the
dsnger OF the house and stable fly,
we have worked for compulsory edu-
cation, We nave worked for city and
statewide medical inspection In cur
public schools, we have touched on
social hygiene, we believe in prison
Mrs. J. M. Paget gave an interesting
reading and Mrs. Fred Burnett sang
two sweet songs.
Rufus FAINT closed the program with
q few amusing remarks. He said the
Lord made the flowers hrst and then
d great white way and the Anderson
Civic Association Is going to follow
the way OF the Lord. "A
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
Aunt Arrested for
kidnapping Niece

Aberdeen, Wash. March %. Charg-
ed with kidnapping her six-year-old
niece, Jettie Edna Cole. from Ashe-
Vile, N. c., Mrs. Bette Hntchison was
arersted today &C Moclips, a beach
resort near here. She was working
in a hotel tn snnpnrt herself ard the
child. Mrs HutchisoH's sister. Corr
Washington: The kidnapping occur
red at Asheyille. M. c., q fortnight
ago.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
u. S. LAUNCHES
THE OKLAHOMA
NEW SUPERDREADNOUGHT
is ONE OF NATIONS
GREATEST
OFFICIALS PRESENT
Displacement 500 Tons Greater
Than Any American Sea-
Fighter Now Afoat
OFFICIALS PRESENT
(By Associated PIess)

Philadelphia, Pa, March 23.-The
super-dreadnought Oklahoma. one Of
the largest apd most powerful Ameri-
can battleships afloat, was launched
today from the yards of the New York
Shipbuflding Co.. at Camden, n. J..
The giant seafighter was christened
By hliss Lorena Jane Cruce. daughter
OF the governor of Oklahoma. who
broke a bottle of champagne against
the ships Prov as the hull began to
glide into the Delaware River.
Surrounding the christening party
were Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Pure Food Legend to be Abolished.

Pure Food Legend to be Abolished.
The government has abolished the
use of the legend that appears on pure
food packages, Guaranteed Under
the Pure Food and Drug Act" This
sentence is held to be misleading and
deceptive, and its use on food and drug
packages is prohibited after May /,
1915. This decision was made and sign
ed May 5 of this year by the Secreta-
ries of the Treasury, Agriculture and
Commerce, but the taking effect of the
new regulation is postponed until May
l, 1915, in order to give manufacturers
an opportunity to use up their present
stock of labels. The reason for this
action is that many manufacturers have
used the legend in such a way as to
lead the public to believe that their
product had been passed upon, certified
and approved by the government. The
Pure Food Act does not prescribe any
pure food legend. Only the individual
guarantee is allowed, identifying the
goods sold by the manufacturer to the
dealer. This guarantee can be incor-
porated in the invoice or bill of sale of
the goods to the dealer, but its use on
the label or wrappers of the goods is
prohibited.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Am Editor Fails at Trucking.

The Osyka miss. Herald says
1.-The editor of the Herald, who
has been slightly in the trucking
business. shipped twenty-five
crates of choice shallots to Chica.
go last week to Leonard Adams.
a commission merchant. Ac-
cording to the account sales rem
dered, the shallots sold for $13. 80.
Of this amount the express COM
pany got $11. Adams charged
A cents carriage and $1.39 COM
mission. leaving the handsome
net some of $1.07 for the twenty
two crates. Crates for shipment
cost 81. 76 and the packing So. 80,
or a total of $5.66, which leaves
us out on this deal 81. SO, besides
the cost of land rent, labor, fer
tilizer, etc. There is certainly
big fun in feeding the express
companies and the thieving COM
mission merchants.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

The preacher has hard time
of it. If his hair is gray he is
old. If he is a young man he
hasn't had experience. If he
has ten children he has too many.
If he has none he should have,
and isn't setting good example.
If his wife sings in the choir she
is presumptious. If she doesn't
she isn't interested in her hus-
bands work. If a preacher
reads his notes he is a bore. If
he speaks extemporaneously he
is not deep enough. If he stays
at home in his study, he does
not mix with the people. If he
is seen around on the streets, he
ought to be at home getting up
a good sermon. If he calls on
some very poor family he is play
ing to the gallery. If he calls at
the home of the rich he is an
aristocrat. Whatever he does
some one could have told him
better. He has a fine time living
off of donations which come in,
and promises that never mature.
Next to being an editor. the
preacher has the world bested
for a quiet, peaceful (?) slide
down the toboggan Of time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Progress of the A. B. C. Mediators.

Niagara Falls, May %. 1T has
been a week to-day since the
mediators and delegates met and
in that time many essentials to
the settlement of the Mexican
situation are believed to have
been agreed upon. No details
were made public but it seems
sure that all have agreed that
Mexico should be governed by a
commission of five until the cleo
tons could be held. The new
president would hold office until
1916 filling the unexpired term of
Madero. In the protocol doubt
less will be an explanation of the
principles of the land question,
which would form the basis for
further negotiations.
The United States would i'm
mediately recognize the commits
sion government.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
spring.

The Honorable Mr.. Reinhardt,
to whom has been delegated the
job of introducing the so-called
racing bill" in the Louisiana
legislature, is reported as being
very hot in the collar because
somebody accused him of having
cold feet. Which is not at all
strange. A "hot collar" and
cold feet" at the same time are
physiologically possible even
probable. Before the racing bill
is fnished-and we confidently
predict that it will be finished"
Mr.. Reinhardt is likely to expert
ence still more frigidity of the
feet and torridity about the neck.
Crowley Signal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
The Saloon and TAXATION.

1t is often asserted that saloon
taxes are essential in paying oul
governmental bills. The fact is
that the saloon wastes time, in.
capacitates people for work,
turns into liquor production more
which should have been saved
and invested, and, above all, is a
main factor in creating the social
cancer of crime. The commits
sion that has exhaustively studied
drunkenness in Massachusetts
lately presented its report to the
State Legislature and stated.
AT least one-third of all crime
(aside from public drunkenness)
is directly occasioned by the use
of alcohol. Massachusetts prison
statistics show that IS per cent
of all criminals in our prisons in
1912 were Incorporate by habit. "
The saloon stands in the same re-
lation to the community as the
gambler who fieeces a harvest
hand and then lends him a dol
lar SO ne can get to his next job.
That dollar is not benevolent or
necessary; neither are saloon
taxes. Golfers Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30


and Spoonbill.
The close season on fresh-wat-
err catfish and spoonbiIl cats went
into effect May Is. The season
will continue closed until July Is.
The Conservation Commission
has notified its agents to require
from all fishermen and dealers a
strict compliance with the law.
Any fish of these two species
caught accidentally during the
close season above noted must
be returned to the water alive
and uninjured.
The season on Buffalo fish has
been open since April Is, and
fish of this species may be caught,
under the present laws, until the
close season goes into effect next
spring.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

Prof. j. N. Warner and Mr..
A. w. Stewart, of Pollock, were
in Colfax Thursday. to attend to
some school matters. Prof. War
ner was to have made an address
at the commencement exercises
of the Colfax high school Thurs
day night, but was called home
on account of the illness Of his
little girl.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

Colfax Boys Graduate from L. s. U.
We are complimented with the
commencement program of the
Louisiana State University by
Mr.. Foster McNeely, for May g
to June 1, who, with Mr.. Earl
Jones. will both graduate with
the degree of Bachelor of Science.
About one hundred graduates
compose the class for 1914, and
Foster McNeely is listed among
the officers of the class as vice
president.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Sacrifice in Vain for Erring Son.

Winfield, La, May Is. "A. A.
Burg, travelling man, confessed
to-day to stealing $1,000 from the
Bank of Winfield and was SEN
fenced to one year in the State
prison. The money was paid
back to the bank by Burg's faith
er, who mortgaged his home.
The prisoner has a wife and
baby.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Buried in Sulphur Landslide.

Lake Charles, La, May Is. =
While passing one of the huge
mountains of sulphur at the
mines of the Union Sulphur Co.,
J. M. Flores, an employee, was
caught in a slide and buried. He
suffocated before help could dig
him out. Flores was 80 years
old, married and leaves a family
of six.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

Miss Ora Sowell, one of the
teachers in the Colfax high
school, received word on We'd
nesday that her mother was dan
gerously i'll, and she left for her
home in Tennessee that night.
having to miss the closing exer-
cises of the school.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

Three Studebaker automobiles
will be unloaded from a car at
Colfax soon as the bill of lading
is received. The car has been
on the side track for several days.
One of the cars is for Mr.. w. D.
Lurry, one for Mr.. R. E. Nc
Knight, and the third is for Mr..
Hugh Cory, ST., of Alexandria.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30
Hart Suggests Another Settlers Dele
cation.

cation.
Baton Rouge, La, May %, 1914.
have a message from Mr..
Aswell, saying the hearing by
the Senate on his bill for relief
of settlers has been postponed to
June IL. This gives time to ar
range for a delegation to appear
on behalf of the settlers, and
suggest that they send on Hon.
R. P. Hunter and Prof. P. M.
Fuqua. Vernon parish agrees
to put up $75 as expenses fol-
delegates. and Grant and La
Sale parishes should get together
and arrange matters satisfactory
ly with Vernon and other inter
ested parishes, to send as many
delegates as may be thought nee
essary. | think two will do.
We have gained every point so
Far, but lose to the railroads and
corporations at this time means
a great loss to the settlers.
T. O. HART.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-05-30

about year ago my three boys had
whooping cough and found Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy the only one that
would relieve their coughing and whoop-
ing spells. | continued this treatment
and was surprised to find that it cured
the disease in a very short time. -
writes Mrs. Archie Dalrymple, Crooks
vile, Ohio. For sale by all dealers. =