Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r~~ 6 _________________________ FOREIGNERS FLEE FROM MEXICO CITY Panic-Stricken Fugitives Are Being Hurried From the Danger Zone?Three American Dreadnoughts Anchored nt- ^ Vt?'? services in the senate chamber today, both houses abandoning regular sessions for the event. Mr. Taft in accepting the invitation to speak set aside a precedent of many years respecting the appearance of the President within the senate chamber when the body is in session. Rut for the attendance upon quadrennial inaugurations, no other President since Washington has spoken in the senate while that body was in session. Speed of Automobiles. The ease with which an automobile is driven causes the careless owner to forget how ponderous?swift and dangerous an instrument he is guiding. He is running a huge and complicated machine frequently without the skill or training that are demanded as prerequisite for such occupations. A 4 ,.4* ? I ...Ml J -Ll tux ii in u icver win increase me speed, but unfortunately a quick stop or change of direction is not equally easy. Before he knows it he is running too swift for the welfare of pedestrains. This may occur without a moment's consciousness of the risk. Moreover, the occupant of an easy running, powerful car is not aware of the speed at which V>e is traveling. Good streets and a fine spring above inflated tires conspire to make him overlook how narrow often is the escape of a passerby. A woman may be trembling for an hour from her leap out of the way, although the rider himself may have laughed at it. In addition, all of the small dis P X ? * comiorrs are unsnareu in by the occupants. The dust is left hehind, and the odor never noticed. If these things do attract his attention, h<* judges of them only as the necessary evils accompanying his hurried passage. But a pedestrian may have to endure an almost continuous shower of dust and a steady gust of foul-smelling gas on the road or sitting in the park.?Richmond Times. Lancaster Leads. V ili T CI CI VI U/i. Washington, Feb. 16.?Hurried preparations were made in Mexico City today for the tlight of American women and children from the stricken city to safety within the borders of the United States. As soon as the armistice had been declared the American embassy staff and the committee appointed by Ambassador Wilson began the work of assembling the panic-stricken fugitive women and children at the embassy. Many who hitherto had paid no heed to the warning of the ambassador to leave the city, now were eager to embrace any measure which meant their deliverance from the panic which has followed in the wake of a week's disorders. PJASIEST WAY TO SAFETY. Ti- ... ...i xi x xi it was puuitcu uui tiictt ilie easiest way to safety lay via Vera Cruz. Once arrived at the port of the capital city, the refugees would have full protection pending the continuance of their journey by steamer to American soil. One American dreadnaught, the Georgia, already lies at anchor in Vera Cruz harbor, and two others, the Vermont and Nebraska, are due tomorrow. With the guns of three sea monsters levelled toward the city, refugees would have little to fear, but if necessity should arise the fugitives could be taker aboard ship. While preparations for (light 'of the women and the younger members of the American colony were going forward the work of removing all foreigners from the danger zone was entered upon in earnest and hundreds sought safety in the neighborhood of the American embassy, where every kind of a shelter was employed as a place of refuge. TAFT BROKE PRECEDENT. Spoke in the Senate Chamber in Honor of Sherman. Washington, Feb. 15.?The memory of the late Vice President Sherman was honored by MEETING IS PLANNED FOR STATE TEACHER! ' R. C. Burts, President of Asso elation, Announces Interest ing Program for Sessions ii Columbia. ' Greenville Special to Colura bia State, Feb. 16: R. C. Burts president of the State Teachers Association of South Carolina announced today that all detail as to the meeting to be held ii Columbia, March 13-15, hav been worked out and that th prospect is there will be a rec ord breaking attendance at th ; meeting and a splendid prograri ! carried out for those who at tend. On the opening evening th principal addresses will be mad by former State Superintenden of Education O. Ib Martin, wh for the past few years has beei doing effective work in the em ploy of the farm demonstratioi work, especially interested ii the boys' clubs, and Dr. J. La Bruce Ward of the state boar* of health, who is widely knowi for his work for the publi health. Friday at the secon* session Superintendent J. E Swearingen is to address th association, and following hi address there will be a genera discussion of some of the liv educational problems of th state, giving opportunity fo some of the educators of exper ience to discuss these. For Fri day evening Prof. W. K. Tate i to give an ilustrated lecture 01 the schools of Switzerland. Fol lowing this will be an addres by L. P. Ilollis of Greenville ii nwc ?wi i\ in uic uuiuMi icti l M. C. A. work has becorn known throughout the nation He is to address the associatioi on the subject of the schoc house as a social center. Sat urday morning will be givei over to an executive session, no simply the routine of electinj ofiicers, but the laying of plan for making the association mor ellective in its work. BRYAN TO SPEAK IN COLUMBL (ireat Commoner Will he Cues of Y. M. C. A.?Will he i Capital City Saturday Wee! William Jennings Bryan wi deliver an address in the Coluir bia theater Saturday afternooi March 1. This announcemer was made Sunday by A. 1 Stratton, general secretary c the Columbia Y. M. C. A., fo lowing the receipt of a teh gram from Miami, Fla., th ' winter home of Mr. Bryan. II ' will pass through Columbi from Miami on his way t Washington to attend the inai guration of Woodrow Wilson o March 1 and has consented t stop oil' and deliver an addres The subject of the address < Mr. Bryan has not been ai ' j nounced, but it is expected th; J he will deliver one of his we ' 1 known lectures. Columbians have had th pleasure of hearing Mr. Dry a on several occasions. The pul ; lie is invited to attend the a< ; dress at the theater, and it expected that there will be large audience present.?IT , St.fte. : :? Landruni Dentist Injured Whi Filing Dynamite Cap. Spartanburg Special to Chai leston News and Courier, Fel 15: Dr. R. T. Wilds, a dontb of Landrum, was painfully ii jured last night when a dym mite cap which he was filinj ignorant of its character, e? ploded. His right thumb ws blown off and one eye so badl damaged that it is doubtful it can be saved. Dr. Wile found the cap in his oflic where it had been left by h predecessor, and thinking it t be nothing but a brass plui started to file it down so th< it could be used as a stopper ft an alcohol bottle. Dr. Wile was taken to Asheville for a operation. He came to Lan< rum from Florence last Septen ber. Longfellow says: "That raj ture of pursueing is the priz the vanquished gains." Thi has no reference to the ma who chases the last car at nigh and misses it. This la the season of the yer when mothers feel ^ery much coi corned over tli? frequent colds coi I tractod l>y their chUdren, and hav I abundant reason fo/ it. as every col weakens tho lungs,.lowers the vita lty and paves the rfay for the moi , serious diseases that so often follov I Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy Is fi iiiiuuH ior us curea, and 1r pleaaai and safe to tako. For sale by a dealors. w i <. .* ; * THE LANCASTER NEW HOLD DOWN ACREAGE. 5 Commissioner Watson Issue; i- Warning to Southern Cottoi Growers. n Columbia Special to Charlott* Observer, Feb. 16: A warninj i- to the farmers of the South t< ?, I hold down their acreage in cot ton for the coming year if the} t. wish to keep cotton at its pres s ent price was issued today b} n E. J. Watson, commissioner 01 e agriculture, commerce and in e dustries, in his capacity as pres - ident of the Southern Cottor e Congress. Mr. Watson refers ti to his and others light last yeai - for reducing the acreage am the beneficial results in the waj e of increased price for the staph e but he warns the farmers nol t to listen to *he song of 13 cents o and plant the face of the eartl n in cotton. Says he: "The dan - ger to you and yours is greatei n by far than last year. If yoi ii must have a larger acreage or - your farm put the increase ii :1 corn and other food ons." ri In another part of his state c ment he say?s: "In this state j [1 have endeavored to get the gen i. eral assembly to enact a simple e cotton statistic gathering lav s that will force facts on the 1 world when they should be e there, not when it is too late e this measure, which would aic r in some degree, not yet a law - Oklahoma already has it anc - your organizations have all ask s ed for it in every cotton state a "Again let me beg of you t( - watch your acreage, and lei s ge>e)d sense instead of lack ol ?, judgment guide you in the planting of your crop this year e I f you don't you will face in tin i. fall a situation that may be tin n most serious you have evei >1 faced. "The light for justice t( n America's greatest money croj t cannot be won by a few yeai g after year, it must commune s Ihe personal co-operation ol v v?I CUllOU. Fighting the Sparrow. Long has the warfare againsl ^ the English sparrow been ir progress, without much success for the bird is so prolific and s< n hardy, that it multiplies anc v* flourishes in spite of the wratl " of man, and continues to be i l~ nuisance generally. All sort: 1? of plans have been tried to ex d terminate the pugnacious spar row, which seems to thrive 01 shot and poison, inasmuch a: 1" these means of thinning out it: ranks have been but of littli te avail. The latest plan is on< e that presents a curious method a that of intoxicating the greed} ? sparrow and then capturing i J_ while drowsiness droops it n wings and weighs down it ? brain. Sparrow hunters ii s-i Grand Rapids, Mich., have trie* }l j the intoxication idea with con 1_ siderable success, and there i no reason why the met hot " should not be generally adopt |ed. As everybody knows, tit n ! sparrow is voracious and fat !', tens upon city fare where al . most any other sort of bin 1S i would soon starve to death. In a ! stead of spending its time de 10 vouring harmful insects ant thereby earning the protectioi of the farmer, the sparrow rob 'e the chickens of their food rlini-oa 1. UUIC UIHI? (IWaj r- and, in large numbers, find shelter about houses and othe >t buildings in a manner very oh 1- jectionable. l" But if by hook or crook, th sparrow can be induced to turn ble off the water wagon, am ls revel in the eating of whiske; y soaked oats, as those in Grant j1 Rapids do, to their destruction 's then the sparrow problem wil ?? approach solution. It seem ,s that the "joy oat" is what spar ? row haters have been lookinj for these many years. Th' only objection is that poultr; >r and live stock might likewise s cultivate a fancy for the "load ,n ed" oat, and thus would ver; I_ regrettable habits develo] 1_ among sober hens and respect able cows, something that evei an alleviation of the sparro\ nuisance would hardly warrant :e ?Charleston Post, is ,L $1UU Reward, $100 The renders of thin i>a|**r will hp pleased t Jpnrn tlmt there In at fpiist oiip dreaded illncat that icltncc ha* In .-ft able t<? euro In all II IT [ stair,nrid that in < ntnrrh. II.ill a t atarrh t'lir Is th * only positive* etlro now known to Hip mot In,| fraternity. Catarrh beliiy a constHutlotu 1- disease, rpipiirps a ponstiliitioiial treat tneni ,fk 11 ;i 11 , Catnrih Currf Is taken Internally, letln ? directly upon the Mnotl and tnpcona anrfacta tl the system, thereby destroying the foiimlafk l_ of the disease, nnd giving the put lent strcngt hy building tip the constitution ami <tlng n "0 tare in doing its work. Ihe proprietors hav ir_ mi niti.-h faith In it * oral |? w r th.it the offer tine Hundred |)ollni f mv < that I ?" falls to euro. Send for 11-t ,.f t. stlu...ni ilo, it Address P. J. CHKNCY A. CO . Toledo, I). 11 Bt id hv ail Druggists, | Take Hull's Family Pills f r eonstlputlAi. * TTOr, [i1. UBLUA rS, FEBRUARY 19, 1913. ' LOSS OF $350,000. i River Freighter Corcoran Drifts j i Bottom Up Through Golden Gate. | i San Francisco, Feb. 15.?It i \ was estimated last night that J ^ the loss from the collision of < . the Southern Pacific passenger < j steamer Seminole and the river J . freighter H. J. Corcoran in San < T Francisco bay early yesterday, < f would be about $350,000. ? It is believed the $30,000 in J . gold bullion carried by the Cor- i 1 coran was lost. The Corcoran * i drifted bottom up through the P Golden Gate and is being towed j in by a tug. No search for the r bullion can be made until the , vessel is righted. No lives were [ lost in the accident. * MARLBORO'S OLDEST. | i ' Mr. Robert I*. Gilbert Dies at < Brownsville, Aged 99. < McColl Special to Charlotte J 1 Observer, Feb. 15: Mr. Robert I J 1 P. Gilbert, who next November : would have been 100 years old, " the oldest white citizen of this ; county, died Monday at Brownsville. Surviving are < \ seven of 13 children who were J ^ born to him and his wife,who * * was Miss Amanda Hood. < i Mr. Gilbert served through- J j out the civil war. He was a < member of the Baptist church, < j from which the funeral was J held, services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Bradham. Inter' ment was made in the Browns- { * ville cemetery. < [ SUPT. H. A. WILLIAMS DEAD J . Passes Away at Columbia After \ i Long Illness. 1 Columbia, Feb. 16.?Henry ; A. Williams, assistant general < superintendent of the Southern ) Railway, lied at his home here ; } this evening, after a long ill- ' ness. Mi*. Williams began his J \ railroad career when a very : young man as a brakeman, ad- ? vancing speedily in the service. He was 52 years of age. 1 TRY SOLACE AT OUR EXPENSE. ; Money Back for any case of < > Rheumatism, Neuralgia or ; Headache that Solace 1 ii-_ l aim ill ni'lliovr ; * SOI,ACK HKMKDY ! a recent ? - medical discovery of three German * Scientists that dissolves Uric Acid < Crystals and Purifies the Blood. It is t 1 easy to take, and will not ailect the < S stomach. s It is guaranteed under the Pure Food S and Drugs I,aw to oe absolutely free B from opiates or hatmiul drills of any description. j1( / SO LACK ?s a pure specific in overy rr ? way, as lias been proved beyond (pies- (" , tion to be the surest and quickest rein- ht ^ | edy for Uric Acid Troubles known to S ! medical science, no matter how long -j standing. It reaches and removes the i root of the trouble (Uric Acid) and purifies the blrtod. - , sr s TIIK SO LACK CO. of Battle Creek ' are the sole U. S. Agents and have jt| ? thousands of voluntary testimonial let- p - ters which have been received from b< grateful people SO LACK bus restored to health. Testimonial letters, lileraG Mure and K1IKK ISOX sent upon re quest. f?lf ? 11. l.Ce Morris, President of the First to j National Bank of Chico, Texas, wrote tr the S01aee Company as follows: ,'r "I Avant you to send a box of Solace |H - to my father in Memphis, Tenn., for whftdi I enclose $1. This remedy has U bedih used bv some Iriends of mine hero au,fl I must say its action was wonder* ftp. (Signed) Jt. L. Morris." Put up in 2.r?c. o(?c and $1.(10 boxes. '? I IT'S MIGHTY FINK TO BK WKLI. ~~ S AND YOU CAN SOON BK SO BY 1' TAKING SO LACK- "No Special ' | Treatment Schemes or Fees." JUST jHOLACK AI.ONK does the work. Write today for the free box. etc. C SO LACK HKMKDY CO., ai 2<>-44-w Battle Creek, Mich. \ 7 H r] Notice of llisfharre. Notice Is hereby given that the C< undersigned, as administrator of the 1 estate of Seborn Sims, deceased, C S wil.l on the 18th day of March, 1913, ti . make his final return as such adr ministrator and apply to the Pro- H s( bate Court of Lancaster County for C e letters dismissory. ai V JOHN M. IIINSON, e Admr. Kstate of Seborn Sims. bl Feb. 11, 1913. 38-46-w C ^ Notice of Election. ? P Whereas, one-third of the free- j - holders and one-third of the electors *?1 residing in Pleesant Hill school dis- q v trict No. 31, have petitioned the county Board of Education to order ' an election to determine whether or not an additional tax of two (2) yi mills shall be leviari on all real and i, personal property |n said school dis- y, trict No. 31, for ichool purposes. \ We hereby ornhr the trustees of ? said Pleasant Ilia district No. 31 to m hold the election on Saturday, Feb* ruary 22, at Pleasant Hill school Jj ,i house. At whim election only such J' t- electors as mtvn real or personal , property for Untation, and who ex- ' ? hibit their tax receipts and regis,h tration certificates shall bo n'lowed to vote. Election shall open and close as all general elections. A. C. HOWELL, H. E. COFFEY, J. H. HAM EL, County Board of Education. > ?^ * * v a. ^ am Just From I I Barnette's | f | JBf 5, 10 & 25c I I STORE I i ? where I expect to do my trading in ;; I the future, the place where price :: | and quality meet. ? . \ They Sell? I Tinware, Glassware, Crockery- a t y I \i ware. Hardware, Dry Goods, No? lions, Pictures, Vases, Post? . : o ? <> ? Cards, and any other tiling that o r ~ ' | ? can he found iiy a New York ;; 3 !* f' o I ? store at half \yiat others sell it I j Fine Candies a Specialty | I 40c Chocolates at 20c per pound, | I \ and 25c Capdies at 10 and 15c lb. | I p / JL M * 7 I Give them a chance; they will do ; you riuhp; They give a coupon f j: with every 25c purchase. Yours |: may win a prize for you. i: 1* $ S. M. BARNETTEI ^....wcdvom, .v^.iW. T. GREGORY,' B Fort l.awn, with Seaboard Air Directors. B ine Railway. B Lancaster, with Southern Railway. a..k???:v e rni xt fl a. p. mclure, supt. Subscribe for The News. B ^ Manager j: I Notice of Election. Money to Loan. I Whereas one-third of the free- I am prepared, as heretofore to E >1ders and one-third of the elector?, negotiate loads of $300 00 and up- 9 siding in Pleasant Plain school ward on flrsf mortgage on improved 9 strict No. 33, in Lancaster county, cotton farrrfs in Lancaster County I ive petitioned the county board of on long tithe, repayable in annual Ua H duration to order an election to installments at 7 per cent interest 9 dermine whether or not an addl- on sums of $7,000.00 and over * No 9 onal tax of two (2) mills shall be commissions charged. Only a rea 9 vied on all real and personal prop- sonable fbe for furnishing ahst*Act 9 ty in said district No. 33, for of title. r. WYLIE 9 hool purposes. 6 mos. Attv-nt-T nur 9 We, the cointy board of education 9 rel?y order the trustees of said ? 9 leasant Plain district No. 33, to 9 aid the election at Pleasant Plain STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION 9 houstf on Saturday, February OF B 1, 1913, at hloh ? ection only 8 leh eleetcrfe as return real or per- r.,r n*rk??r???r. ....... - I dial property for taxation and who THE FARMERS BANK & TRUST 9 chibit 'heir tax receipts and regis fDMPAKIV 9 ation certificates shall be allowed LUIflrAIlI B t vote. J .or g and B osing m!)n) 1 bo the same as in twit, Located at Lancaster, S. C., at the 9 merul elect ions. close of business February 4 th, 1913. 9 A. C. ROW ELL. 9 11 E. COFFEE. RESOURCES. 9 Cou.t, ncird'ot '^" alu.n. I 'JI Furniture and Fixtures 21876.00 Due from Hanks and H Schedules Southern Railway. Hankers 17,290.08 B Currency 1,214.00 B Premier Carrier of the South. Cold 97a no 0 . . , _ -it u i Silver and other minor 8 N. B.?Schedule figures published i cojn _ . i information only and are not checks and Cash items' 1 4 27 RR K uaranteed. Effective Sept. 15, 1912. ' aHn 1>ern8- 1.4 27.88 ? Daily departure from Lancaster: Total ' 7777777TT No. 113?10:05 a. m. for Itock l0tai $144,194.63 I ill and way stations. ? tadtt iTn,-a B No. 118?8:31 a. m. for Camden. i ies. B olumbla and way stations. Capital Stock $ 50 000 00 0 No. 114?2:00 p. m. for Camden, Surplus 1*250 00 S olumbia, Charleston and way sta- Undivided Profits (less * ' H on,s' # #, , Current /Expenses and 1 No. 117?7:48 p. m. for Rock Taxes paid) ... 6 014 64 ? 111, Yorkvillo and way tations. Also Dividends Unpaid ' ' *172 00 ' B harlotte, Washingtop. Philadelphia Individual Deposits Yub- 8 nd New York. Jcct Id. check. . . 61 276 2? B .raE^CwV ?aLAnC?T Tlmo Clfr"flcates of bY* 51'276'22 I la, S. C., W. H. Caffey, D. P. A., posit#... 11 (\ao ta B harleston, S. C. Cashier's Checks ' *440.41 8 Hills Payable, including 9 ~ Certificates for Money B .ancaster & Chester Ry. Co. Borrowed 25,000.00 9 chedule in Effect March 3rd 1912. Total $144,194.63 9 Eastern Time. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, 9 . . County of Lancaster. B WESTBOUND Before mo came W II Millen 8 v. Lancaster 6:00a?3:35p Cashier of the above named bank' I V.' n?Tiy LaWn " *' W?h?' bHnK dU,y 8worn' payfi that th? 1 N nichbWK S oa ciort abovo and forOKolng statement is a 8 r. Chester 7:30a 5.20p true condition of said bank, as 8 EASTBGUND shown by the books of said bank. 8 W. II. MILLEN. B v. Chester 9:S0a?6:45p Sworn to and subscribed before B v. Rlchburg .. . .10:20a?7:25p me, this 7th day of February, 1913. H v. BascomvlUe. . ..10:30a?7:35p V. E. CRAIG 8 v. Fort Lawn .. ..11:00a?7:60p Notary Public 8 r. Lancaster 11:30?8:15p Correct--Attest B Connections?Chester, with South- W. P. BENNET, 8 rn. Seaboard and Carol' & A. B. FERGUSON . M