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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-10
There are Tzv0 Roads to Happiness

mere are 700 KO00y 70
One Outofdoor = when the weather is fine : the countryside bloom
the sn shining : the air invgoratng = The Automobile.
The other Indoors = when the evenings arc long : or skies dull : or wca
inclement; to cheer when respondent = to educate : to Hood tn n
with music THE AUTO-PIANO.
The desire for added relaxation, greater pleasure, increased knowledge, lore
reation, comes with Prosperity.
The automobile and The AUTO-PIANO
provide for all of these. But don't take halfway measures or the
pineS of your family.
Buy a n automobile if you must
But-The AUTO-PIANO without fail.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
TILLMAN ON PREPARED
NESS

Washington, March 1.-Sena-
tor Tillman to-day told the Sen
ate that it should be less dilato-
ry in eXpediting preparedness
legislation and declared that the
legislative program could not
be completed at the present rate
of progress, before October. He
gave notice that he would move
to take up and press to a vote
the bill to provide for Govern
ment armor plant as soon as the
Shields water-power bill was dis
posed of.
When the Senate wants to
it can do business as rapidly and
with as much celerity as any
legislative body in the world, 3"
he said, "but it also can practice
the game of how not to do it
with more skill than any other
body in the world-at least any
| have known of or read about.
"The people sent us here to
pass laws and legislate for the
whole country; and | always be-
lieved faithful and efficient ser
vice was the best way to be con-
tinued here"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
MAN TRIES TO KILL WIFE,
THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
II. Lee Johnson, of Kershaw
County, Commits Suicide in
Fit of DeSpOndency.

Camden, March 2.-R Lee
Johnson, white man of about
forty-five years of age, of Be
thune, this county, in despond-
ent mood, killed himself to-day
after having assaulted his wife
with an axe. According to the
report, a neighbor came to the
Johnson home and johnson ex-
pressed his gratitude at his time
ly arrival, stating, it is claimed,
that he had intended upon fin
ishing his shave to end his life,
but that he would end it some
time during the day. No atten-
tion was paid to this. Later in
the day the children were sent
on various errands and Johnson
secured a shell from his single
barrel shotgun. Going to the
rear of his house, he cut part of
an axe handle off and as Mrs.
Johnson went to the yard from
the kitchen, where she was pre-
pairing dinner, struck her in the
head with the axe. He then
turned the gun on himself, blow
ing the back of his head partly
off, dying almost instantly.
When the body was dicovered
one shoe had been removed and
it is supposed Johnson discharg-
ed the gun by pulling the trig7
ger with his toe, There were no
eye witnesses to the affair.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
Mapning Signs Anti-COmpact
Bill.

Columbia, March 2.-Govern-
or Manning this afternoon sign
ed the "anti-compact" bill driv-
ing the Southeastern Associa-
tion out of South Carolina in
"the brokerage" measure assess
ing yearly license and percent
age on all premiums on all non
resident insurance companies.
In statement issued when he
signed the bill Governor Man
ming said he considered it his
duty to approve the measures.
and that there was evidently
something the matter with in
surance rates in the State and
that the "anti-compaSt" bill will
give open competition. AT a
meeting recently held in New
York certain insurance cor1pa-
MES decided TO withdraw from
the State should the anti-com-
pact bill become law.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
NEW METHOD FOR
FLOOD PREVENTION
John Bryan Has Scheme for
Canal System.

Washington, March 1.-What
is described as a new method of
flood prevention to be accom-
plished by the construction of
shallow, graduated diversion
canals" to connect the bends in
river to allow straightway
flow of water at flood time was
explained to the house commit
tee on flood control today by its
inventor, John Bryan of Yellow
Springs, Ohio, a second cousin
of William Jennings Bryan.
The committee recently re-
turned from an inspection of the
flood district in Mississippi riv-
er valley. To-day's hearing was
the first of a series on the sub
iect. With the use of maps and
models, Mr.. Bryan explained that
his plans are designed for any
river.
Under Mr.. Bryan's plans ca
nails of masonry would be con.
structed across peninsulas at the
bends of rivers. The intake of
the canal would be on the level
with the normal surface water
of the river and at flood time
the water would be diverted anC
excess waters would be carried
away nearly fifty times faster
than through the natural chan.
mel. The natural crooked river
channel would be maintained
however.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
CARMEN SYLVIA" DEAD
Queen Mother Elizabeth, of ROu-
mania Passes at Advanced Age.

mania Passes at Advanced Age.
London, March "a Buchar-
est dispatch received by Reuters
via Amsterdam, says that the
Queen Mother Elizabeth of Rou-
mania Carmen Sylva) died this
morning.
The pen name Carmen Syl-
va" by which the Queen Mother
Elizabeth of Roumania was most
widely known, was chosen by her
in expression of her love for
song and the woods. She was
one of the most charming fig
ures in the courts of Europe,
and practically the only one of
recent generations to gain fame
as poetess.
In her own words she was born
"far from a throne" for altho
she was a Princess of Wied, one
of the many tiny principalities
with which Germany abounded,
her youth was that of an ordi-
nary robust country girl, who
learned to cook and sew and who
romped in the open with her
companions at the village school.
She was born December 20, 1843
and in her childhood she showed
prediction for the poetical fan
cies that had such an influence
on her later life. She absorbed
innumerable fairy stories and,
with some of her own magma
tion added, she delighted her
playmates with her fancies. At
home she received Spartan train
ing, and with a father who was
an invalid for life, and a brother
who was incurably i'll, she expe.
rienced many sorrows and hard
ships.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
RUSSIAN EXPENSE
EXCEEDS REVENUE
Budget Carries Estimate of 81
022,049,31S RubleS.

Petrograd, via London, March
1.-The budget, presented to the
Duma yesterday, showed an or
dinary estimated revenue of g.
O22,O49,31S rubles, an estimated
ordinary expenditure of 3,232,,.
463, ,698 rubles, the excess
of expenditure over revenue
being 210,414,2SO. The expen-
ses included in the budget, con-
stitute only part of the total ex-
penses and the war expense,
which is not included in the bud
get, may exceed the ordinary ex-
penditure two or three times.
The most important decrease in
the estimated revenue occurred
from that of alcoholic drinks,
which figured only 100000 ru.,
bleS as compared with 689,000.-
600 in 1914. With the items
classed as extraordinary expen-
diture the budget shows total
expenditure of ,588,156,51O ru-
bles, the excess expenditure over
revenue being 377,107,192.
The extraordinary expenses
due to the war amounted to g.
600, 100000 rubles in 1915 and
are expected to reach 11,O00,-
100000 in 1916 if the war lasts
the entire year. The latter eX-
pense, together with the budget
deficit, must be covered by
means Of credit operations.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
MRS. JANE NEAL DIES
AT VERY GREAT AGE
BlackStOck Woman Passes Away
After Century Mark is Passed.
Funeral To-day.

Chester, March 2.-Mrs. Jane
Neal, the oldest person in Ches
ter county and one of the oldest
i nthe State, passed away this
morning at her home on the
northern outskirts of Blackstock,
death coming as the natural
finale to length of years and
gradual breakdown and not be-
ing surprise to friends and kin
dred. Had Mrs. Neal lived un-
til May A she would have been
102 years of gaze.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
Laurens Is Now Without Charter

Laurens, Mar. 2.-The city of
Laurens as a municipality, it
has been discovered, is without
a charter. An investigation of
the matter reveals the fact that
the charter granted by special
act of the legislature December
%, 1890, Incorporating the city
OF Lsurens for a period of 25
years has expired, and so far no
general act has been found ihl
the ra.3s shat would automa-
tically continue and keep in force
the charter of 1890.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
DesCHAMPS TO RUN.
Will BE One of the Democratic
Contestants for Governor.

-
Columbia. March 1.-JameS
NJ. DesChamps of Columbia, an
nounccd yesterday that he will
be candidate for governor in
the approaching Democratic pri-
marieS.
Mr.. DesChamps is a native of
South Carolina, a farmer and a
lecturer and author. He has an
extended acquaintance in the
State, having resided at differ
ent times in his life in five South
Carolina counties. For the last
few years he has been living in
this city. Mr.. DesChamps is op-
posed to factionaiism and be.
lieves that Democrats should eX-
ercise the right of independent
thinking, as his platform of prin
ciples indicates.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
Return True Bill Against Beard.

AbbeViIIe, March THE grand
Jury in the court of general ses
sions here today returned a true
bill in the case against w. p.
Beard CHARGING him with Grim
inal libel. The warrant was
sworn out by j. p. Gossett, presi-
dent of the Williamson cotton
mills, and grew out of the publ
cation of certain articles in
Boards p2per regarding the
Calhoun Falls cotton mill ,of
which Gossett is the president.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
PUTS REGULAR ARMY
LIMIT AT 100000
Military Committee of House
Unanimous in Agreeing on
Bill for Increase.
PEACE STRENGTH zoo. 900
Measure Before House Early
Next Week-Senate Commit.
tee Acts To-day.

Washington, March 2.-Final
decision was rendered by the
House military committee late
to-day upon its bill for the in
crease of the army, and it will
be reported unanimously to the
House early next week. In round
figures, the measure would au-
thorize the formation of an ar
my composed Of regulars. Ma
tional guardsmen and federal
volunteers with a total peace
strength of approximately 7O0,-
90 men.
1t provides for maximum
strength of 10000 fighting
troops for the regular army, for
a minimum of 900 for the
National Guard within five years
and for organization of federal
volunteers through an extension
Of the summer training camp
idea. It is estimated that 100,-
900 men can be enrolled in the
latter force.
Industrial Reserves.
The bill retains provisions for
reorganization of industrial and
technical reserves and authori-
zes the creation of board of
officers to control an industrial
mobilization in time of war or
imminence of war. 1t also pro-
vides that manufacturers of war
materials must give immediate
preference to Government orders
in war time, or when there is
danger of war, under heavy per-
atty for failure to do so.
| While the minimum strength
of the regular army remained
at 100000, change was made
before the final vote to fix the
maximum Of fighting troops at
100000, bringing the total au-
thorized strength of the regular
force, including the hospital
corps and other non-combatant
troops, to 100000.
May Support Amendments.
Although all members of the
committee will sign the bill, they
do so under the reservation that
they may support upon the floor
of the House any amendment
they desire.
The Senate military commit
tee expects to vote finally upon
its army bill tomorrow and it
is possible the first of the pre-
iDaredneSs measures urged by
President Wilson will be placed
before hoth houses of Congress
Saturday. Arrangements to ex-
pedite their consideration al
ready have been made.
The House committee inserted
only general provision for a Gov.
ernment plant to make nitric
acid, leaving details to be worked
out later in an appropriation
measure
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
Order for Chick Springs.

Spartanburg, Feb. 26-Judgn
Thomas A. Sease to-day signed
on order requiring the Chick
Springs Company to show cause
why a receiver should not be APP
pointed, the order being return
able before Judge H. f. Rice
March L.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03
GERMANS AGAIN
ATTACK VERDUN
Renew Offensive Against Strong
hold With Several Fierce At
tracks. s.Ysa
CHECKED WITH LOSS,
ACCORDING TO PARIS
TeutOnic Forces Said to Have
Suffered Heavily in New Drive
British Regain Lost Ground
on 4pres- Confines Canal. No
Changes Elsewhere.

The Germans have resumed
their offensive around Verdun
with the French strongly oppos-
ing it. While over most of the
front, from the east of the Meuse
to the Woevre region, the Ger
man big guns have been active,
around Dou Aumont the Teu-
tons launched several very vio-
lent infagYtsN> attacks. These
the French w19r office declares,
were put down by the French
troops, whose fire decimated the
enemy ranks. LIE Monte HON.
me, the Cote du Poivre and Dou
Aumont sector particularly have
suffered heavy bombardments.
Northeast of st. Mihiel the
French guns have been working
effectively against the German
positions. In Alsace, in the re-
gion of Seppois, heavy artil-
lery duel has been in progress.
Dispatches from both Berlin
and Paris point to the difficult
ties of farther advance in this
region. The French positions,
Paris points out, stretch along
the heights from which the
ground drops abruptly to the
Woevre plain with its moist clay
soil, across which the transport
of the heaviest of the German
artillery, on ground away from
the high roads, is held to lie al
most impossible, while attacking
troops would have to deploy ir
lthe open under the fire of the
French guns on the heights.
Berlin commentators, howev.
er, advance the view that the
Teutons previously have shown
that similar disadvantageous
conditions could be successfully
met, the storming of the heights
just to the south by the Ger,
mans in 1914 when st. MihieI
was captured being pointed to
in this connection.
From Dutch sources come re.
ports that the German drive is
to be resumed from the north
east, 10000 men having been
concentrated near Buzy, behind
Fort VauX, which is said to have
been destroyed by the Germar
heavy mortars.
Estimates of the German loss
es in the offensive are running
high in entente quarters, one
from Paris placing them at be.
tween 125,000 and 100000. AL
accounts from German sources
however, have declared that their
casualties were surprisingly
small.
The British along the Ypres
IComines canal have reversed the
German victory of February II
by retaking the 800 yards oi
trenches which the Teutons cap.
tured at that time. The Ger.
man mine galleries in the trench.
es were destroyed and four off.
GERS and 176 men were captured
In addition French guns have de.
stroyed a German work in the
region of Beuvraignes, which
lies between the Somme and Disc
rivers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03

Speaker Clark, Majority Lead
er Kitchin. Representative Flood
and Representative Foster. Of
Illinois, conferred at the Capt.
tol tonight and agreed to urge
bhat the rules committee take
no steps pending action by the
foreign affairs committee. and
that the foreign affairs commit
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-03

(continued on page Eisht.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
GETS A GOOD JOB IN FLORIDA

Mr.. l. M. Bruce left Wednesday
for< Florida, where he has secured a
good position in the supervising de-
partment of the Dixie Highway con-
struction work which is soon to be
started there. Mr.. Bruce's head
quarters will be at Mt. Dora, where
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Beazley are
making their home. So he will have
pleasant surroundings and home-Iike
company while he is there. Mr.. Bruce
has had considerable experience in
road construction work in Kentucky
and should have no trouble in MAX
ing good in the Sunshine State. Flor
ida is about to spend a world of
money in improving her road sys-
tenn. The chief cities of the state
are engaged in advertising Florida
as a place for investors as well as
winter tourists and the country
:here seems to be booming on a
basis that will insure permanency.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
AFTER AUTOISTS IN DANVILLE

Several Stanford autoists who so
far have failed to obtain their 1916
licenses, caught it heavy in Danville
this week, when thew were arrested
by Chief of Police George T. Thur
mond and assistant A. C. Afford. The
number included the colored driver
for Phillips Bros, who was plotting
the big motor truck of j. H. Baugh-
man & Co., of this city. Licenses
for this machine had arrived but had
not been put on so the case was con-
tinued o. L. Minks, who runs the
auto line between Danille and this
city, was arrested when he had his
new licenses in the car but had not
stopped to put them on. He says he
ordered them from Frankfort on
Dec. % but they did not arrive I'M
til Jan. 10th, and he was arrested as
he got them from the postoffice. He
will fight the case. A large number
of fines are being paid and all motor
lists are being warned to get their
new tags before they go to Danville.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
QUIZZING BANKRUPT SANDERS

A meeting of the creditors of L..
L. Sanders, bankrupt, of Crab Or
chard, was held before Referee in
Bankruptcy Nelson d. Rodes, of
Danville, here Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. Sanders was placed on the stand
and was put through a vigorous ex-
animation by Attorneys John Sam
Owsley, of this city, and John w.
Brown, of Mt. Vernon, representing
several of the largest creditors. The
bankrupt merchant was quizzed par
ticularly concerning notes given by
him to his brothers and relatives and
which he had not listed among his
schedule of liabilities, and which,
also he is alleged to have failed to
list as owing by him in making a
statement to Dunn and Bradstreet,
and also in statement of his business
assets and liabilities given certain
wholesale houses when obtaining
goods from them on credit. Attorney
Brown asked Sanders if it was not
fact that these notes had been
made out to his relatives since he
had taken the bankrupt law, but Mr..
Sanders vigorously denied this.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
HIGH AVERAGES THIS WEEK
ybacco Continues To Sell at Top
Figures On Danville Breaks

Tobacco which has been steadily
gfng up since the first of the year,
toPk another upward bound this
wick and numerous high averages
wNre recorded at the Danville mar
kfs. Over 100000 pounds were on
sale at the two warehouses and there
wafe no reflections. On the Danville
breaks eevry leading buyer in the
United States, including many indie
pendents, are buying constantly. To-
bacco men in Lincoln, Boyle, Gar
rard and Mercer counties who have
succeeded in buying some crops in
the barns have brought them to DAN
vile, and in some instances doubled
their money. This is a warning to
growers not to sell their tobacco in
the barn, as the man by whose toll
it is grown should get its full worth
and this can be gotten only in one
way, and that on the loose leaf floor.
The floor average for Ito, 200 pounds
was the record, Ii cents.
Yandell & Trisler, of Boyle coun-
ty, Thursday morning, received an
average of $22.55 per hundred for
their crop; an Anderson county man
got an average of $27.86 for his Of
fering; E. E. Milton, of Anderson
county, received an average of $18.-
SO hundred and there were many
others with equally as successful av-
erages. The high prices being receiv-
ed at Danville are attracting crops
from all the surrounding country.
Buyers can pay higher prices in Dan
vile on account of the splendid ship
ping facilities. Below are given a
few of the high averages recorded
the latter part of this week:
Vernon Leer, OF Anderson county
sold the following baskets:
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14

the committees on Agriculture, Cities
of the Fourth Class, Public Bridges,
immigration and -Labos, State Cspi-
toll, working on all of which will keep
Mr.. Gooch rather busy.
Representative H. Clay Kaufman,
of Garrard, was given the chairman
ship of very important committee,
that of Kentucky Statutes. His other
committees are Court of Appeals.
Circuit Courts, Codes of Practice,
Judiciary. Representatie Claude Mi
nor, of Boyle county, was given the
important post of Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, and
will be watchdog of the treasury"
as far as the house is concerned. Mr..
Minors other committees are: Banks
and Banking, Cities of the Fifth and
Sixth classes, Public Utilities, Rev
enue and Taxation.
Among the. first bills to be intro
duced were bills to submit a vote on
statewide prohibition to the people
of the state. The bill was introduced
in the senate by Senator w. A. Frost
of Graves county and in the house by
Representative l.. B. Hamilton, of
Franklin county. 1t is a rather
strange irony of fate that the repre-
sentative from the county in which
Col. E. H. Taylor, the world famous
distiller lives, should offer a bill for
statewide prohibition. The secret
of the matter is, however, that Col
Taylor and his political henchmen
were so busy trying to carry Frank
lin county for Stanley in the govern
or's race that they inadvertently let
a statewide candidate for the legis-
lature win. Both of these bills will
be against the hardest kind of sled
ding at this session. The house put
into effect a set of gag rules, requir-
ing a two-thirds vote of the members
to suspend the rules, while the last
house only required a majority vote.
This rule was put on to make it all
the harder for any sort of antl-fiquor
legislation to see the light of day. A
lot of mighty good men were per-
suaded to vote for the rule for some
reason or other. Representative l..
Merriwether Smith, of Mercer coun-
ty, was one of the few who saw the
'nigger in the woodpile" and made
fight against such gag rule, but
he lost out as the cards were stacked.
The state senate has asked the at
torney generals Office for a state
ment regarding the suit to recover
S62,988 from the State Board of
Health, alleged to have been lille
gally spent
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
MCUFFIE SQUARES THINGS

w. E. McGuffie, of Waynesburg,
returned from Lexington last week
where the charges against him of
giving checks when ne had no funds
to meet them, were dismissed. Mr..
McGuffie has made full reparation to
all concerned in the matter. He was
here Monday and said that he has
secured sufficient funds to pay every
dollar he owes and will do so as fast
as he can. He and his family are
preparing to go to Michigan soon to
make their home. Mr.. McGuffie has
secured a good position there, and
his friends here hope that he will
make good. He has showed that he
desires to do the right thing with
those to whom he was indebted.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
Tuesdays and Fridays
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS
OF Senator Montgomery and Repre-
sentatie Gooch Good Ones-Gos-
sip From the Legislature

Representative W. G. Gooch, of
Lincoln county, and Senator Charles
Montgomery, of Liberty, represent
ing this district in the upper house
of the legislature, were both given
good committee assignments by the
presiding officers of the two houses.
Mr.. Gooch was made chairman of the
Committee on Public Monuments and
Historical Records, while Senator
Montgomery is chairman of the CON-
mittee on Penal and Reformatory n
situations, an important body whic I
will hear any matters affecting the
state peniteniaries or reform school.
Senator Montgomery's other commit
tees are: Appropriations, Constitu-
tional Amendments, Game, Fish and
Forestry, Common Carriers and
Commerce.
In addition to his Craftsmanship,
Representative Gooch was placed on