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VOL. 8, NO. 48, SEMI-W EEKLli
CALLS UPON WILSON w "
TO SAVE HER PLACER
Allen
I ment.
Mrs. Longstreet Declares Geor- Rich it
gia Corporation and Con- Governo
gresman Seek to Replace Her. Public a
? . * , e(l Marc
Augusta, Ga., Special to The war(j t
State, March 17: That Presi- Hantist
dent Wilson's policy of not giv- V
ing personal audience to candi- The 1<
dates will debar her from ex- lows:
plaining her position and that "Hon.
the Georgia Railroad and Pow- jUHt ]ea';
er Company wishes to crush and cided th
starve her form the basis for an Qn Floyc
open letter which Mrs. Helen D. must be
Longstreet, postmaster at your de<
Gainesville, Ga., issued here to- j desire
day. In her letter Mrs. Long- acquaint
street calls upon President Wil- for some
son to recognize her services concur ii
and not to allow her to be sup- time Sic:
planted as postmaster by an ap- counterf
pointee of Thomas M. Bell, was pas^
Congressman from her district. Airy, an
Mr. Bell, she says wishes to (lis- quitted 1
place her and put in one of his that plac
political friends. "Congress- "We ?
man Bell," she says, "is ably about tli
supported in his fight on me by to a rer
the henchmen and hirelings of narrow i
tVlP ripnrmn Rnilwnv 'inri Pnn'or _ -i .
? ..........j ...... penneni
Company, one of the most in- " *Yes
>. iqiutous water power trusts call, but
ever undertaken in American thing fo
history. This water power aCquitte<
trust has unloaded on the peo- "I asj<
pie of Georgia a $30,000,000 said:
watered stock issue^and in the " ?My
midst of its exploitation has an(j if' i
seized Tallulah falls, one of the Judge B
greatest scenic marvels of the ton woul
western hemisphere, which the for niy
Almighty planned in an unrival- made an
ed gorge of the Blue Ridge Gf ua sh
mountians of Georgia. 1 have tentiary.
been inpftrumental in having the
State legislature to order a suit PROGR/
for the recovery of Tallulah
falls which is the property of First B;i
the people of Georgia, and is be- t<
ing commercialized by the water Fridaj
power trust. The Georgia Rail- tional E:
way and Power Company, there- 11:00
i fore, wishes to crush, destroy Sermon,
and starve me, because 1 fought Organ
the scheme of vandalism and Discus
robbery." tracted
W Mrs. Longstreet's letter goes so as to
^ on to say that she does not five in st
^ think a "man worthy to be ing up
* President of the greatest repub- Jabez F<
lie the world has known will W. C. A
lend himself to political war- 2.?He
fare on women who merely ask Eraterna
for the right to serve a repu^- Town ai
lie whose civilization they Rev. B. 1
strengthe.n" ^ Failes, J
She declares '?S\- services has Hams,
been satisfactory and offers the ?Th
indorsement of the patrons of Harvest
the office. Dyches.
7 ^?1 o, , , 4.?Be
j&. Program for Sunday School jn^r youi
% , Convention. Culture
The program for Buford Merrell,
J;wonship Sunday school conven- Moore,
^tion, to be held with Spring Hill Kstridiro
Baptist church, Friday, April 5.?j's
4, is as follows: day Sch<
10:00 a. nl.?-Devotional Ex- sirable?
ercises, Rev. Mr. Kelly. and WI73
10:15 a. m. Welcome Address, W. E. M(
Rev, B. F. Carson. Dr. J. II.
10:30 a. m.?Response, Mr. 6.?Pr
C. H. Rowell. nancing
10:40 a. 1 m.?How to Get Small, U
Church Members Interested in W. C. T1
Sunday School Work, Mr. Wes- 7.?pr
ley Hunter. Bible Sti
11:00 a. m.?What Work W. S. H
Could be Given to Keep Them in Supda;
y Sunday School? Rev. Mr. Kelly, mon, Re'
11:20 a. m.?Boy Problem in
the "Teen Age," Hon M. F. Europeai
Hough. gest<
12:00 m.?Dinner. Berlin
1:00 p. m.?Devotional Ex- ropean p<
ercises, F. Davis Flynn. form tl
1:15 p. m.?Religious Educa- their sug
tion Through the Sunday School negotiati
Rev. B. F. Carson. inadmiss
1:45 p. m.?Selection of Sun- decline t
ft day School Officers, Mr. R. L. key.
-i Usher. A cart
2:00 p. m.?Spokes in Sunday this efFec
School Wheel, A. C. Rowell. ambassa<
2:30 p. m.?Girls .in .Their latest co
'Teens, Mrs. J. S. Clifton. under co
2:45 p. m?Miscelleanous ious Eur
Business. ' he handc
3:15 p. m.?Adjournment. has been
Every church in Buford town- conferem
j ship is requested to send two nesday.
yi, delegates and superintendent. The n(
COMMITTEE. modificat
mands is
The Purity Presbyterian It will
church of Chester is to erect a cessity
$20,000 Sunday school building, peace.
lancast:
) HAVE SHOT 11
U. S. JUDGE BOYD NEWS IN
i Baptist Sustains GovMann
of Virginia? ^ Chairman Wil
Clan Had an Agree- Combs, of- the i
cratic committee
iond, Va? March 15.? the attbaasadorgl
r Mann last night made President Wils
letter which he receiv- issued a forma
h 7 from tV?o Rmr callincr Conorr#iH?
CarterT pasto'rof the
church at Newbern, '
Hon. W. J. Mc
jtter is in part as fol- senior member (
bar and former
and Dear Sir: I have di?d Friday in R
rned that you have de- a lingering illness
at the sentence imposed
1 Allen and Claude Allen Q Mr.'. E: R' Dun'
carried out. Now that ' a?
:ision has been reached. ?25. rjom
to say that I have been p . Lne'}es
ed with the Allen gang a, No\ l'\sl2e s.h<
i time and most heartily v,?.a?S.'.aPl-~!PP
_ . i i, i ui n vitv punce i
r. your decision At the . b t^at mfc
Ina Allen was tried for J
eiting in Greensboro, I Nearly one h
or of a church at Mount were killed and d(
id the day he was ac- were seriously i
I happened to return to disastrous elect
;e on the train with him. which swept <
mgaged in conversation Tennessee, Alalia
ic trial and in response Mississippi and
nark 1 made about the dav night.
escape he had from a "
iary sentence, he said: Joseph Bruch
, it was a mighty close American aerona
it was a d n good to cross the Atla
r the court that I was loon, bade farewe
i.' Berlin Friday b
:ed him why, and he for the Carnary
he expects to sta
brothers were in court, tween April 12 an
had been convicted,
oyd and Attorney Hoi- The New Era
1 j l. * *
iu nave Deen snot dead, tanburg has acce
brothers and I have of The Spartanbi
agreement that not one turn over the pap
all ever go to the peni- for one day, and
' " tion, which is con
suffragists, will t
VM UNION MEETING the issue of Sunt]
ptist Church, Lancas- Richard Olney
er, March -8-30. whom President 1
r, 10:30 a. m.?Devo- the post of Ar
zeroises, W. L. Croxton. Great Britain, ha
a. m.?Introductory is thought now 1
Rev. J. F. Hammond. tion will be offer*
ization. W. Eliot, presidei
sion?How must pro- Harvard. Williar
meetings be conducted still undecided al
make them most effec- France.
iving the lost and build
Christianity? Rev. In the case o
jrris, Rev. J. M. Neal. Eifo Insurance C<
dams, W. S. Blacknion. II- McMaster, ir
>w to Cultivate More missioner, the si
.1 Relations Between has upheld the ri
m v.uuiiLiy vmurcnes, surance commisi
Carson, Rev. T. W. N. quire insurance
. M. Hough, I). A. Wil- deposit approved
lore granting the
le Fields White Unto do business in Soi
(with map,) J. W. H. | . .7^rr~
General W llha
st Methods of Develop- a?ed 74' died ,{
lg People in Christian 'n Darlington Si
and Work, Rev. G. L. after an dlness of
W. L. Croxton, W. E. represented his
W. T. Mattox, W. F. number of years
, Rev. P. E. Blackmon. tur,e and was a
a Change in Our Sun- nody at the time
>ol Lesson System De- He served with d
if so, What Change, the war betweei
r? W. J. Horton, Prof. and during reeon
)ore, Rev. T. A. Dabney, was a member of
Boldridge. nent and respecte
actical Methods of Fi- lina family,
the Church, Rev. D. S. . , , .TTi
. M. Neal, G. L. Mobley, President Wilso
homson. ed Senator 1 letch
actical Methods of a . ^.ore ,?.
Jdy, J. W. H. pyches, tentative Moss f
ammond. Iarvif J?rdan,(
y, 11:00 a. m.-Ser- :ee Coulter o M
v. B. F. Carson. Kueny< L- gutter
chusetts and Clar
i Powers Reject Sug- ?f Maryland, me
1 m ? ?
rn rerms or I'eace. commission autt
March 17.?The Eu- last agricultural
owers will this week in- bill to co-opera
le Balkan allies that American commis
rgested terms for peace ed under the au
ons with Turkey are Southern Commei
ible. The powers will to investigate anc
o submit them to Tur- ropean countries.
rural credit unior
ifully worded note to organizations de
:t was drawn up by the promotion of ag
lors in London at their the betterment o
inference and now is tions.
nsideration in the var- ?
opean capitals. It js to Banker Sent to
id to the allies alter it Trenton, N. ,].
approved by a further Abram L. Beaverf
:e in London on Wed- ed today to live ye
oral prison at At
)te will suggest that a bezzlement. Bea>
ion of the allies' de- was cashier of 1
"indispensable." tional bank of Hi
urge strongly the ne- J., and was indicte
for the conclusion of ing to his own us
the bank's funds.
ER, S. C., Tl'KSDAV. MARC II
BR1EF 11 COUNTY NE
lliam F. Mc
lational Demo- HEATH SPRIN
, has accepted
lip to France. Special to The News.
~ >Jf , l Heath Snrimr* Mn
"|| "II ivionaay prof \\\ jr. Moore a
' to r?geHier"in Moore. Chandler Br
sssion at noon Twitty, of the Heatl
school, Jesse Mobley,
? A. Hughes and Mis
ntgomery, the Therrell attended tl
>f the Marion Teachers' Associatioi
state senator, lumbia last week,
ichmond, after Miss Maggie Tompk
i. ped a day or two i
? . Spring on her return
a policeman ot Teachers' Association,
e 23, who "The Commonwealtt
ids, and as 6 litt]e school monthly,
height, wears first appearance last w
le and 14-inch annual musics
id to the New wi|j ^ given in the
ommission for c}uirf?h FriHnv r??r?v.+ -
"opuus. direction o'f MrsV R? F
undred people who has charge of the
jzens of others partment of the Heal
injured in the schools,
rical tornado Rev. Carlisle Couri
>ver Georgia, nancial secretary of tl
ina, Lousiana, Orphanage, Columbia,
Texas Thurs- ln the Baptist churcl
; morning.
_ ; Mrs. Mattie Johnson
les, German- >ng a few days with h
ut, who plans i Lancaster,
mtic in a bal- j Mrs. J. C. Milliard
II to friends in visiting her daughter,
efore starting T. Twitty.
Islands, where Mr. S. D. Taylor of ]
rt his trip be- spent Sunday with hi
id April 14. ter, Mrs. E. B. Mobley
? Mr. L. J. Mackey, at
Club of Spar- confined to his home ft
pted the offer days with the grippe,
urg Herald to be at his place of busim
er to that club Mr. Walter Hendri
the organiza- concluded his work a
1 POSed Of local n r> nv tVio 4-.- l
vllb v-uuniy I1UII
ake charge of home again.
lay, March 30. Mr. Perry Therrell
? terfield Court House s]
of Boston, to day with his mother h
Wilson offered Mrs. Will Stogner
nbassador to dren of Lancaster sper
s declined. It with Mr. and Mrs. H
that the posi- liams.
id Dr. Charles Mrs. J. T. Crenshaw
it emeritus of been quite sick, is imp
n McCombs is Mr. Lee Sowell of
bout going to was on our streets Fri
Mr. T. H. Bennett m
? ing trip to Kershaw in
f the Phoenix Car Monday.
jmpany vs. F.!
isurance com- ( KEEK DOTS
upreme court 1 .
ght of the in- Si)0Cj!l1 to Thn Nt?ws doner
to re- Creek. March 17.?T
companies to of this community is v
securities be- The farmers are all
m a license to about, but the childrer
ith Carolina. going to school.
Miss Delia Steele, '
^ r-> f. .
mi r^. uaines, i neen teaching the Sirr
it his home has returned to her
tturday night Rock Hill,
one week. He Mrs. Dixon Will
county for a | Ilamer, S. C., is visit
in the legisla- tives in this section,
ember of that The many friends of
of his death, ler Hallman will he
istinc^ion dur- know that he is able 1
i the sections again,
struct ion. He I Miss Ella Morris is
a very promi- a few days with her sh
d South Caro- 1 Annie Steele.
Miss May me Grahan
? guest of Miss Bleak
n has appoint- I Sunday,
ler of Florida | Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
ihoma, Repre- burk visited the hon
Indiana, Col.! anfl Mrs. B. H. Plyler
Georgia, John j jf this escapes th
innestota. Dr. basket I think you
field of Massa- from me again.
ence J. Owens
mbers of the TIRZAH.
lorized in the ?
appropriation Sp?<1h! to The News.
te with the Tirzah. March
u.wuiiui- i nvmui ?ji mi? eonirn
ispices of the very good at this wri
reial Congress cept Mr. .J. M. McMurrt
I study in Eu- unwell.
co-operative Mr. Baxter Simpsoi
is and similar liamston, S. C., has rel
voted to the his home in this sectio
riculture and Mr. Claud Hinson wa
f rural condi- ant visitor in Hermai
Sunday last.
Miss Carrie Sirnpsc
Atlanta '*en. one day last week in L
, March 17.? j Mr. Heath Yarbor<
i was sentenc-| Rehobeth visited in thi
ars in the fed-j Sunday,
lanta for ern- Mr. and Mrs. Adge
rers formerly of Tradesville spent
the First Na- night in this section,
gh Bridge, N. Mr. F. 10. Steele spen
,,i c? A. : ? ' <
:u iur convert- evnuiiK in i amp I reel*
ie $79,000 of Mr. Miller Simpson a
Unity section Sunday i
18,1913.
COT NT V F AIR TO
RE PRODI
1 Preparations
1 Big Event in Lancast<
GS. Lancaster county is to Y
fair and it will be held ir
Lancaster opera house,
rch 17.? time ago the ladies of the I
ml Daughters decided to have
1 ' an occasion and the play v
produced two nights, Mar
i Spring and 26. Miss Anna Paul,
Mrs. W. vyhose direction the play v
is Laura given, arrived here and m<
he State members of the cast on
l in Co- day. Last night about 50 <
prominent young people c
sins stop- city met Miss Paul, who
n Heath out the parts. The trainin
from the drilling for the comedy \n
started in earnest this ev<
l," a neat There will be a large numl
made its participants and many
-eek. stage favorites will be set
d recital As* the scene opens the
Baptist mouthed fakers, lemonade
inder the ?iv.J xl
miun um nci clUU til1
' Mobley, loon man will almost deafe
music de- vvith their mighty yells.
,h Spring IV.lows a quick successio
farmers, old maids, school
tenay, fi- jockeys, preachers, bride
le Rescue groom, gold brick men, citj
preached tors?a conglomeration c
h Sunday characters one can po
imagine at a county fair,
is spend- with an appropriate dia
ler son in {lod conversation. All ol
colloquy is of the most hi
has been ous nature and has life
, Mrs. P. spirit to it that keeps the
ence ir. constant convulsioi
Lancaster Ther. there will be at lea.'
is daugh- little children taking par
many pretty little choi
ter being Also there will be eight 3
>r several ladies and men choruses, 1
is able to will be the prettiest, daii
ess again, catchiest ever seen on the
x, having stage.
s teacher The best talent of the cit
le, is at been secured and there cj
no doubt of the fair beii
of Ches- rousing success, as our t
pent Sun- we believe, is rather super
iere. that of the average town,
and chil- Miss Faul is delighted wi
it Sunday she has to work with and
'. E. Wil- everything will be in reac
I for March 25 and 26.
, who has forget the nights and don'
roving. to see "The County Fair."
Kershaw
day. Negro Who Insulted a \>
ade a fly- Killed in New York,
his motor New "\ork, March 17. .
I grc accosted a young worn
? she emerged from an ur
I. subway station today and
shot dead by a policeman.
I girl's screams had brough
no neaitn policeman to the rescue ai
cry good. he interfered the negro si:
hustling, him across the face wit
i are still razor. Then the negro
Weak from loss of blooc
ivho has determined, the policeman
is school, chase, took steady aim,
home in live times and the negro
ped vfith four bullets in
iams of body. The negro's name
ing hela- Daniel T. Davis.
' Mr. Mil- Handling of Patronage is S
glad to; ... . Caucus.
to be out I Washington, March 17.Democratic
senate caucus
spending today adopted the report <
^ter, Mrs. subcommittee as to the gc
distribution of patronage
i was the declined to act on the plar
a A rant posed for a reduction in
force of employes and the
Funder- ting o(! of $40,000 or more
ne of Mr. the senate payroll. The pi
Sunday, nge committee, headed by
e waste ator Ooverman, was instr
'ill hear to work out the proposec
duction in greater detail,
? taken up at a party cauc
April.
Endorse Burleson's Pla
17.?The Washington, March
unity is Representative Lloyd of
iting, ex- souri today had a long ce
ly is very ence with Postmaster Gt
(!ll v!ao/\?A /V? 1 /V
: >ui icnvm imi [luMHi hiiairs,
n of Wil- Lloyd who had just ret
turned to from a ten-days' trip, tol<
n. Burleson that he had :
s a pleas- Democrats everywhere in
i section of the postmaster gen
plan of requiring fourth
>n spent postmasters to pass a con
ancaster. tive examination.
High of ?
Is section Have Finley's Endorse mt
Washington, March
r Hinson Representative 1). K. Finle;
Saturday endorsed Francis Bee for
master at Gaffney, and Le
t Sunday Huntley for postmaster at
: section, raw. it is likely that botl
risited in pointmonts will be annoi
night. I in the hear future.
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I
$1.50 PER YEAR.
ced! GRAND JURY ASKS
LFo1 FORSOMECHANGES
lave a J
i the j
Some Especial Attention Called to
^sueh Condition of County Roads
vill be and the Rural Police.
nmW To His Honor Frank 13. Gary,
"ill be Presiding Judge:
3t the We, the grand jury of said
Mon- county, beg to submit the folof
the lowing report:
the have pynmirofi ~~ ~~
. _ UliU U(l?5i3"
g and e(^ on kills indictment subnil
be m'tted to us by the solicitor,
ming. By a committee of our body
aer of we have examined the county
local jail and find it well kept and the
;n. prisoners well treated. We
loud- recommend that a drain pipe be
man, run from the jail to the nearest
e bal- drain to carry off the waste
n you water.
Then We have also, by committee,
n of inspected the county chaingang
boys, and find the convicts and stock
and well cared for. We recommend
t visi- that when the tent now in use
f the is worn out a portable stockade
ssibly be provided. We also recomeach
mend that better bedding be
ilogue provided for the convicts and
f this that a concrete mixer be puramor
chased.
and We recommend that the
audi- county supervisor proceed, at
is. once, to have the public roads
*t 100 put in good condition by having
t in an extra set of hands to go over
ruses, the roads, filling the holes and
raung cleaning out the ditches or give
vhich out contracts for such work,
ntiest We also recommend that drags
local be used on the roads as much as
possible.
y has We especially call attention
an be to the condition of the bridges
ag a over Camp creek and Cane creek
alent, on the Riverside rnnd nnri
- Uiiu UI LI1C
ior to bridge over Waxhaw creek on
the Cureton Ferry road and recth
all ommend that the county supersays
visor have said bridges repaired
liness at once.
Don't Ws recommend that all weapt
fail ons that come into possession
of the county officers be turned
over to the county supervisor
oman to be disposed of by him according
to law.
\ ne- We recommend that our rural
an as police be required to go over
itown their respective townships con- y ..
was tinuously as the police of a town /
The are required to do and be more '
t the on the alert to -catch up with ^
id as law breakers. We also recom- j
ished niend that any rural policemap
b a or constable who violates, Hit*"
ran. ]aw in any manner or ta-rffc to do
1, but duty, be discharged and
gave some one else appointed in bis %
fired 1 qfpnri
drop- \ye have, by a committed of
als our body, examined the county
was home and find it well and neatly
kept and all of the inmates ex.1.1
pressed themselves as well sata
>et isfied and well care for. We
?Th ; ret>ommend that a two-room
_late house he built at the county
c f its home as they appear to be some'l
what crowded and we also rec!
but ommen(^ that the keeper of the
' county home receive ten dollars
the Per niontb per head fpr board,
t_ intf and clothing the inmates infmrn
atead of nine dollars,
itrnn- We present L. M. Faile and
Sen- Mary Munn for adultery, wit"
t i nesses to prove same, Pollie
Faile, Walter Faile and Ernest
to be Kaileus
in have appointed a committee
of our body to examine the
books of the county officers.
n- We wish to express our ap17
preciation of the information
Mis- tfiven to us by your Honor as to
rnfer- ol,r duties and the courtesy
sneral shown us by your Honor. .
Mr. Respectfully submitted,
urned T. K. CUNNINGHAM,
3 Mr. Foreman.
favor Death of Mr. R. F. Catoe.
eral's Mr. R. F. Catoe died at his
class , home Thursday evening at 6
ipeti- o'clock after an illness of two
months. He leaves besides his
widow six children as follows:
>nt. Dock Catoe, Lawrpnw ?
v \ <4 llK',
k.? Airs. Etta Rrasington, Manly
y has ! Catoe, Robert Catoe, Jackson
post- Catoe. His remains were laid
ila J. to rest at Fork Hill church, of
Che- which he was a member in full
h ap- feilowship. lie was born Febinced
ruary 15, 1854, and died March
! 13, 1013.
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