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I \ 8 {NELSON W. ALDRBH PASSEDAWAY FRIDAY h Republican Leader in National Politics. I THIRTY YEARS A SENATOR I " Succumbs to Sudtlcn Attack of Heart Failure at His Home in New York. New York, April 16.?Nelson \V. Aldrich, for 30 years United States senator from Rhode Island, a Republican leader in national politics, died of an apopletic stroke at his home on Fifth avenue here today. D He had been ill of indigestion since yesterday afternoon. Until then he j ? had been in excellent health. He was in his 74th year. Ilurial will be in a Providence, It. I., cemetery Sunday afternoon. Dr. John S. Thatcher, Mr. Aldv rich's family physician, had left him less than half an hour before he . ,t died. Then Mr. Aldrich appeared to i be recovering from the slight attack of indigestion. Soon after the physician left, Mr. Aldrich suddenly be: came unconscious and died within a few minutes. Members of the impj mediate family, including Mrs. Aid- , i rich. Miss Aldrich and Mrs. John 1). ' Rockefeller. Jr., their daughters, and pj Winthrop Aldrich. their son. were at . his bedside. John 1). Rockefeller. Jr., Mr. Aldrich's son-in-law, could p| not be reached in time. Mr. Aldrich was born in Foster, ^ R. I., November tj, 1841. and entered politics at the age of 3 4. In 1879 j he was sent to Congress, and two years later was elected senator. He represented Rhode Island in the senate until 1911, when he retired, ft SENATOR FOR 30 YEARS. _ Nelson Wilmhart Aldrich held a ? seat in the United States senate conw tinuously from 1881 to 1911. The P* influence exerted by him on govern8 mental affairs was best illustrated I, by the fact that when he was satirically introduced to an audience as ~ "tne general manager of the United States," that appellation lived ] through the administrations of M-^ Ktnley, Roosevelt and Taft. Probably the greatest parlinmen * earian that ever served In the senate, . ^ Mr. Aldrieh had 110 difficulty in I 4j maintaining leadership of his partv. 4 Although known among the veterans ^ as a "committee" senate he was; '.quite as arena. While he gave spe* cial attention to the tariff and flnan* cial legislation in committee, on the 4 senate floor his ear was open for all 4 tnat was said on any subject of gen^ eral importance. He seldom failed ^ to participate in the discussion of any measure affecting governments'. * policies. 4 Naturally Mr. Aldrkh's long-con4 tinued supremacy in the counsel of 4 his party and in directing legislation caused him to become the subject of much adverse criticism. He was * charged with bossism and with being 4 the tool of the "interests." Whether < or not this was true in the main, it 1 ? can be said in fairness that some of these assertions gained and held currency because it was his policy , I never to defend himself against pub- I lished attacks. He rarely permitted \ himself to be questioned by the . press. ! ' CHESTER TO BUILD A LARGE BRIDGE Chester , April 14.?The county j board of commissioners today in4 structed County Super\isor Ander' son and Superintendent McKeown of jj the chaingang to visit Candy Fork ! Creek and ascertain the length of a steel bridge required to span thin stream, and when this information { has been obtained to advertise tor I bids and as early as the material has ' been purchased and arrives to order ' the gang to that point at once in ort o r to erect the big steel bridge. This la the creek that came near > causing Chester county to lose one of its rural free delivery routes, namely, No. 2. Supervisor Anderson was instructed to ?*rite Congressman Finley and request that lie visit the place In order that he may see exactly vhat the situation is on route No. 2, that he may take the matter up with the postofhce department at Washington in order to prevent the discontinuance of the route. Fifteen Filled in Collision. Detroit, Mich., April 14.?Fifteen persons were killed and about 20 injured late today in a collision between a Detroit city street car and a J string of freight cars pushed by a J switch engine on the Detroit. Toledo & Ironton railroad. OFFICERS ELECTED FOR STATE MILITIA E. M. lily the, Colonel of First Regiment; II. 11. Springs, Colonel of Second Regiment. Columbia Special to Charleston News and Courier, April 19.?Returns from the elections for officers of the 1st and 2?1 regiments. National Guard of South Carolina, show that E. M. Blytlie of Greenville was elected colonel of the 1st regiment: P. K. MoCullv of Anderson. lieutenant colonel, and R. F. Watson of Greenville, and W. It. Moore of Yorkville, majors of the 1st and 2d battalions. A second race Is necessary for major of the3d battalion between Robert McKorrell of Hartsville and W. J. Tiller of Chesterfield. Holmes It .Springs of Georgetown was unanimously elected colonel of the 2d regiment; J. II. daffy of Orangeburg was elected lieutenant colonel, and A. H. Silcox of Charleston, Dibert Jackson of Columbia and J. W. Bradford of Sumter were elected majors of the respective battalions. The elections took place on Saturday, that date having been set by the governor as the commander-inchief. colonel Blythe has been connected v ith the 1st regiment for several years and is promoted to the colonelency from the rank of major. Colonel Springs has been lieutenant colonel of the 3d regiment and is promoted to the colonency of the 2<1. There wore formerly three regiments, but several companies were found deIcient and were disbanded and the National Guard will now consist of but two regiments of infantry. SENATOR I.OCIS APPELT ILK Undergoes Operation?Condition is Reported Alarming. Harvin Special to Charleston News and Courier, April 19.?The Hon. Louis Appelt, state senator from Clarendon county ; nd editor of The Manning Times, of Manning, was operated on at the Baptist Hospital in Columbia this afternoon at 1 o'clock, and his condition is reported as such th t there are only slight hopes lor his recovery. Major \ppelt has been quite unwell for the past year, suffering from some stomach trouble, supposed to be cancer, hich the operation proved was the cause of his ill health. Johnson to he Sworn in as Federal Judge Today. Greenville, April 19.?Representative Joseph T. Johnson of Spartanburg, eight times elected to Conpress from the 4th South Carolina district, forwarded his resignation today to Governor Manning. Mr. Johnson will take the oath of office tomorrow as United States judge for the western district of South Carolina, having received a recess appointment from President Wilson. OtT for Paris. Brindisi, Italy, via Paris, April 18. ?Prince George, brother to King Constantine, of Greece, landed here yesterday and shortly afterwards left for Paris. (icncrnl Trenicau Dead. Briare, France, April 18.?Gen. Charles Louis Tremeau, former commander-in-chief of the French army, died here today. He was 65 years of age It means the most wholesc It means choice Also choice Call Phone 210 ai way. Located i known E. B. Rode CATAWBA M THE LANCASTER NEWS A | COUNTY | HEATH SPBIN'O. Special to The News. Heath Spring, April 19.?The re- i mains of Mr. P. T. C'authen, who < died at his home in Columbia Wed- | 1 nesday, at the age of 68, were ' brought here for interment in the | Pennett cemetery Friday, the 16th ] inst. They were accompanied by his 1 nephew, Mr. Hasc' Cauthen of Fort ( Mott. The burial service was con- ( ducted by Rev. J. W. II. Dyches. < Mr. C auihcn leaves one sister, Mr3. ' Wesley Beckham of Pleasant Kill, and a brother. Prof. E. F. Cauthen. 1 of the Alabama Agricultural Col- 1 lege. The Buttrick Literary Society hel l its regular monthly public meeting Friday nigli*. An interesting program was rerdereo. Mr. and Mrs. Will Falkenberrv r.?* Primus wee here Sunday to vio'.t Mrs. Falkenoerry's parents. Mr W. B. Twitty went to Libert'. Hill Mondav afternoon on a business trip. Mrs. R. P. Mobley and little Ma *Lewis are on a \isit to Mrs. Moble.v's parents at Concord, N. C. Miss Mary Cauthen has returned home from a visit to her uncle, Mr. Madrlck Gardner, at Westvlll". Rev. J. It. Weldon's name was omitted by the printer l'rom the list of those who attended the Methodist ; conference at llethune last week. The lirst game of baseball of the season was played here by the Heath Spring and Kershaw schools Motulav afternoon, resulting seven to five in favor of Kershaw. Miss Elizabeth Clark has so far recovered from a recent operation as to be able to return from the hospital to her home here. Mr. Ernest Caskey of the Univer sity of Chattanooga came home Friday morning on account of the death of his sister. Mr. Henry Young of Kershaw i spent Sunday with his daupghter, Mrs. J. Edgar Mobley. Mr. Bruce Williams of Lancaster visited his parents Sunday afternoon. Mrs. T. W. DeVano returned Monday from a visit to Miss Gertrude Dick, near Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bowers of j Westville visited Mrs. S. ('. Gardnei i Sunday. Coll* for I ntrained Men. Vienna, via London, April 17.? I The following statement was given i out by the Austrian foreign olflce to - | night: ".Owing to the possibility that tin- j war may last a long time, and in or- i der to secure necessary reserves, the untrained Landsturm men between the ages of IS and 50 will hereafter be liable for military service." KXOITMENT IS SUBSIDING. Dutch Inclined to Believe Kntwyk Sunk by Mistake. The Hague, via London, April 17. ? Public excitement in connection with the sinking of the Dutch steamer Katwyk in the North Sea by a German submarine is subsiding. The people are taking a cue from the mlniol oviol nlraln ?rV?l/?L * - iiiiiiioi,\/iiui via v/icf w mi ii ncrniB 111' clined to regard the torpedoing of the vessel as a mistake on the part of the commander of the underwater boat. The speedy issue of a semi-official German note saying that an investigation of the circumstances had been be^un al.so had a calming effect. i Catawba MEAT Market ' Means the very . best in MEATS. up-to-date sanitary >me food stall fed cattle cured meats, id we are on the in rear of the well ley & Co. EAT MARKET j . 1 PHIL 20, 1915. WILL AID FARM WORKERS; Bureau of Employment Established by Labor Department In Washington. Washington.?The United States department of labor has adopted a new method of helping employers and those who desire employment to corns together. The division of information, of which T. V. Powderly is the head, has a card index system by which all who are in search of employment on Tarms may have their names registered, with their references and a complete description of their auallfl cations. A bulletin will be published each week, giving lists of men who want to go to work on far.js. These lists will show whether the applicant speaks English, what his j experience has been, whether he wants board or is prepared to board himself, how much wages he asks, and if he expects to have his transportation paid. The same bulletin will alBo contain lists of opportunities for hired help. In these lists will appear full Information as to what sort of a man is desired, whether married or single, whether he Is to have a house, garden, fuel, and milk, what wages will be paid, and whether children are welcome or not. In the lists, which were begun this week, a number of farmers specified that they deRired to employ Belgian immigrants, but others indicated that they would be glad to get Norwegian, German, French or Flemish farm la-' borers. Most of the places offered are for positions by the year with house, garden, fuel and milk furnished. ENGLISH WADING STOCKINGS 4.. The British war office, after careful experiments, has adopted a new wader stocking for the use of the troops in wet or flooded trenches. The waders are light and strong and are absolutely waterproof. They are lined with wool and are worn on the bare foot in side the army service boot. During the experiments the soldiers suffered, no ill effects from long periods ol immersion of the feet in Icy water. . = i MAKES MEN HUMAN TORCHES 8oldler on Way to Rear for Treat ment Deacrlbea German Liquid Fire. Paris.?The effect of the burning oil and chemical sprayed by the Germans upon the French advanced trenches in the woods of Malancourt, which was mentioned In an official communication, is described in La Llberte by a nurse at the front. The nurse was at a railway station when the soldier victims arrived. "None of us could escape the torrent of fire," said the soldier. "Our clothes flowed with oil and some of us became i living torches." BELGIANS GIVEN BACK JOBS I Sign Declaration They Will Refrain From Acta Prejudicial to Germany. Amsterdam, Holland.?A Brussels 1 dispatch to the Telegraaf says that all former employees of the Belgian government In the post and telegraph departments, as well as other branches of the government, have resumed work after signing a declaration that they will refrain from acts prejudicial to Oermanv A German ndtninistrntor tias been appointed for each department. SAYS ONE LEG IS BAROMETER But She Doesn't Like It, and Is Suing the City of Cleveland for Damages. Cleveland.?It s no joke to have one good leg and another that persists in acting as a barometer. 80 declares Mrs. Hattle Felber, who is suing tho city for $10,000 damages. She also objects to having to wear shoes two sizes larger than she has been accustomed to wear and to have to forego dancing. In her petition she charges that as she alighted from a street car she stepped Into a hole In the street and so Injured one of her legs that the foot swelled permanently. 'In damp and cloudy weather my; leg acta as a sort of barometer," she aid. "I can tell by the pain whether It will be oleaf or not." -w* ?a? ff% a^tic jSusiiic of C(|c "Kan ntitiounrcs Utr a rompleft litti? it grata nub Sfrbbitti a I laitibosBfii attft ICtl Sp'tntiuncru. |3 hull hrj lAXDIAItK TO BK MOVKI). VVitliei'spoon Home Will l>e liemodeled. V.r. M. S. Witherspoon has had his ottage, which was located 011 Main street moved to the rear of his lot facing 011 White street and he and his family will move into it shortly, remaining there until their new home is ready for occupancy. The residence Mr. Witherspoon is to build will be a very modern home and the frame will doubtless he stronger and more substantial than other houses built in recent years. Mr. Witherspoon sold the corner lot on which the residence stood to the government and the new postotiice will be erected upon it. As he had for some time contemplated the erection of a new home, he was advised by an architect to move the house to his lot south of the postoffice site and adjacent to it. in order that the main part oi the house could be used in the construction of the new home. The Witherspoon home was built more titan a hundred years ago and the sills, sleepers, uprights and rafters are morticed and pinned. The timber used in its construction was V irtrin Itino t ltn ?r/w?il Kotnnr rttfnti .w?.. in a perfect state ol' preservation, The house was built in 18u8 bv the late l>r. Ilartlett Jones, Mr. Witlu-r spoon's great grandfather, who was born in I'rince William county, Virginia, and removed here when a young man from his home neat Martinsville, in Henry county Virginia. I>r. Jones after coining tc Lancaster married Eliza Dunlap ol this county and it was a daughter ol this marriage, Mary Elizabeth Jones who married the late Col. James H Witherspoon, Jr., father of the lat ("apt. B. J. Witherspoon. Anothei daughter of Dr. Jones, Theresa, wat married to Dr. J. Marion Sims ir this house, the ceremony having been performed by that celebrated divine, the late Dr. James H. Thornwell. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that th? undersigned will, as executor of tht estate of J. Thomas Falle, deceased on the 21st day of May, 191)5, makt his final return aB such executor anc apply to the probate court of Lancas er county for letters tflsmissory. JOHN R. FAILE. xecutor Estate of J. Thomas Faile Deceased. April 20, 1916. To Make Good Br F1 EDWARDS PORC Is Th? VEGET Always FREE WE COAL, - BRICK, We can supply y< wood and Oak V place, or anythinj EDWARDS ' '-Jfci ss illattagcr castor JKcUts trrttial of a most of samples of >fc burial j $ftott0ttrrg lib fjocjimphrb ?}ii0tttr*0 lliotie him nub h\t n[i XOTM'K OF ELECTION. Whereas, cne-thlrcl of the t'reeuolders and one-third of the electors of the age of 21 years, residing in ieasant Hill and Oak Ridge consolidated school district, No. 31, i.i\e petitoned the county board of education to order au election to determine whether or not an additional ax of 4 milli shall be levied on all 1 il and personal property for i school purposes. We hereby order said election to held by the trustees in said consolidated Pleasant Hill and Oak Ridge school district, No. 31, on Tuesday, May 4, 1915, at the Pleasant Hill school house. At which election only such as return real or personal property for ution and exhibit their tax re ceipts and registration certificates i shall be allowed to vote, i The opening and closing hours 1 shall be the same as in all geueral elections. V. A. LINGLE, W. 11. TWITTY, J. K. CONNORS, County Hoard of Education. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, one-third of the freeholders and one-third of the electors ' the age of 21 years, residing in .Midway school district, No. 4 2, have petitioned the county board of education to order an election to deter' i,<{iia u'liod.n. ?? -- " - ~ ui inn an ummionai ax o( 4 mills shall be levied on all i real and personal property for school . purposes. We hereby order said election to 1 held by the trustees in said Midway school district, No. 4 2, on Tues>ay. May 4, 1915, at the Midway , ool kOUN. , At which election only such as f urn real or personal property for ixation and exhibit their tax re,>ts and registration certificates hall be allowed to vote. The opening and closing hours shall be the same as in all general elections. 1 V. A. LINGLE, 1 W. B. TWITTY, : J. K. CONNORS, I County Board of Education. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the i undersigned will, cs committee of > the estate of Mary Ida Robertson, , deceased, on tbe 20th day of May, i 1915, make his final return as such I committee and apply to the probate . court of Lancaster county for letters ilsmlssory. JAMES MILTON ROBERTSON. , Committe Estate of Mary Ida Robertson, Deceased. April 20th, 1916. ead Buy Your Flour IOM & MORTON :elain s Brand rABLES JH at this Store BELL SHINGLES, - WOOD )u with good Stove/ood for your fireg in the Wood line. & HORTGN