The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 20, 1915, Page 8, Image 8
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{NELSON W. ALDRBH
PASSEDAWAY FRIDAY
h Republican Leader in National
Politics.
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THIRTY YEARS A SENATOR
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" 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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