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sff ? ' x " v". 7:' - ;* y -?> y Abbeville Press and Banner <gl ' -"-- ? " . | .jlw abbeville, s. c., wednesday, aug. 4,1915. es l4is4hed jrm * * - " * T1 YOUNG Ml DROWNED IN RIVER - .^OST THEIR LIVES WHILE IN 1 BATHING IN THE WATERS OF SAVANNAH RIVER Gave His Life ^ To Save Another c i r W(IKam McKelvey, Seeing Friends in I Danger, Lost his Own Life in Try- ' 4 ^ ? iag to Rescue Them from Swift Current. c On last Friday afternoon, at about t seven o'clock, Calhoun Cason, of * Abbeville, and William McCelvey, of 1 Mfc. Carmel, lost their lives in the ( Savannah River, at Millwood. e Wrc .T T. PAvrin was rHflnernninc I a party of young people at this popular resort for summer visitors. The a young people had been enjoying themselves there for several days. a The time passed pleasantly until the * .sad occurrence Friday..' Late in the * afternoon, a party of the young peo- 8 pie consisting of the Misses Perrin, * Julian Wilkinson, G. A. Neuffer, Jr., * Calhoun Cason and John Perrin put * on their bathing suits and went in t the river to enjoy the water. . The r place where they all were, was supy P^sed to be ' shallow and entirely * .safe. But without warning, and in s less time than it takes to tejl it, Miss r Mary Perrin and Calhoun Cason .had ^ fallen into a deep hole, where they v were taken up by the strong current a of the river and carried down. e Julian Wilkinson is an expert ? swimmer. He swam below the -v point where Miss Perrin went down t , and caught her under the water. ^ Towing her by her hair, he swam * forty feet against the current of the t 'river and brought her safely to the c bank. Gottlob Neuffer undertook '5 to save young Cason and held to him ^ "until he was himself carried under twice when he was forced to abandon him to his fate. \ s Young William McCelvey was sit- t 1 ting on the bank when the young J people went under. Without wait- u ing to undress, or to take any pre- l captions for his own safety, he jump- r ed into the stream to assist them, but r the current was too strong for him, \ and he went to his death. v I The body of Mr, McCelvey was ? soon recovered, but a large party t dragged the river until six o'clock f the next morning before Mr. Cason's body could be located. His body t was brought to Abbeville as soon as r recovered and after being prepared i for burial, was taken to the home of c his grand-mother, Mrs. Fannie Mar- c * shall. . r The funeral services were held at \ the Episcopal church on Sunday t morning at 10 o'clock and his body c laid to rest in Long Cane cemetery, o He was buried with Masonic honors, s Mr. Cason was a young man, only I about twenty-five years of age. When c quite a boy he commenced work in \ the post office under the then postmaster, Robt. S. Link. He has been o at the post-office since that time, hav- e ing come into a regular position \ thrAtlcK tno pitril CATnri/in TJa - * ??v.0.. ?ti% vtfii owvavc. 11c was <X x young man of steady habits, highly e regarded, and very popular with the 1 young people of the city. Mr. Cason's i father was the late Samuel C. Cason, c of the Abbeville bar, and his mother, f who is still living, was, before her s marriage, Miss Lizzie Marshall. On r the death of his father, Mr. Cason l became the mainstay of his mother \ in helping her along, in caring for his r younger brother and sister. His c death was a p^-eat shock to to the ? town. s Mr. McCelvey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCelvey, of Mt. Car- v . mel. His mother was a Miss Mars, \ of this county. He was about thir- s ty vears of ace. His untimplv - I death is the source of great sorrow j . to his friends, but there should be consolatiion in the contemplation \ that he laid down his life that an- v other might live, and counted not the t cost. g c * CAMPING AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN s Mrs. M. T. Coleman and her family i of interesting children are at Little Mountain camping for a while. Mr. Coleman is in St. Louis on business i and the whole family will be away for several weeks. BECKER PAYS DEATH PENALTY ELECTROCUTED LAST FRIDAY FOR MURDER OF ROSEN' THAL, IN 1912. Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y., fuly 30.?Charles Becker was put to leath in the electric chair here this norning for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler, rhe former New York police lieutenint retained his composure and proested his innpcence to the last. He vent to his death with a photograph >f his wife pinned on his shirt over lis heart. Three shocks were given >efore the prison physicians prolounced Becker dead at 5:55 o'clock. Becker led the way to his own exe :ution. He sat up all night on the ;dge of his cot, calmly talking to deputy Warden Charles H. Johnson. "I have got to face it," said Becker 'and I am going to meet it quietly ind without trouble to any one." The deputy warden left Becker ibout an hour before the time set for he execution and,when the priests, ^ather W E Cashin, the prison priest md Father Curry of New York, came 0 administer the last rites they bund the condemned man with his ace resting on his hand, gazing at he prison floor. The priests renairied with him to the?end. Shortly after 5 o'clock the first of, he witnesses began to assemble outide the prison walls. Quietly their lames were checked off by Deputy Varden Johpson. Then the witnesses vere led to the place of execution in 1 new death house adjoining the old txecution chamber, where the four' runmen were put to death over a ??,. cai agv-JLUi rwiiiing ivudciiiuai. tt ucii he witnesses were seated, Deputy Varden Johnson nodded to Principal deeper Fred Dorner and they left he room through a small wooden loor that led to the death cells berond where. Becker was praying with lis spiritual advisers. , Becker's Last Message. Becker arose to his feet when he aw Johnson and took a crucifix from he hand of the prison priest. To ^ather Curry, Becker ^ave his last nessage as he took his place at the lead of' the little file of men that narched to the room of death. His message was: "I am not guilty ?yvdeed or conspiracy or in any other vay, of the death of Rosenthal. I im sacrificed to my friends. Bear his message to the world and my riends. Amen." The one time police officer hesiated as he entered the execution oom. It seemed to the witnesses as f he was startled that the death hair was so near at hand. He looked [uickly at the double row of witlesses, glanced at the floor, swept vith his eyes the whitened walls of he room and then suddenly, as if oming to himself, walked briskly iver the rubber mat and seated himelf in the electric chair. Behind Jecker followed the prison priests hanting the prayer of death, which yas repeated by the condemned man. "Jesus, Mary, Joseph, have mercy m my soul." Nervously spoke Beck:r as deputy wardens stepped forward and adjusted the electrodes. TnrHlv a mirmt.e plnn^pr) hefnro the ilectrode was applied to the right eg, a slit having been previously cut n the trouser leg from the knee lown. After the electrode had been irmly adjusted against a shaven pot on the back of the condemned nan's head, the state executioner ooked at Deputy Warden Johnson, vho surveyed the figure that was still numbling the death prayer in the hair. Johnson half turned his head md the executioner jammed the witch. The first shock lasted a full minite and the executioner said that it vas 1,850 volts and ten amperes in itrength. "It Came while Becker was (till commending his soul to his Haker. The two prison physicians stepped 'orward to examine the collapsed fig ire supported in the death chair by ;he thick black leather straps. The stethoscope was applied to the heart md Dr. Charles Farr, the prison phy;ician, pressed his finger against an irtery in the neck. There was still a "eeble fluttering of the heart. Three Shocks Were Given. The physician stepped back from :he rubber mat and again-the electric (Continued on Page Eight) f REVEREND LOUIS J. PAST After Six Years as Baptist Churcl of B Rev. Louis J. Bristow Sunday < morning, at the close of services in < the Baptist church, announced his 1 resignation as pastor of that church. ) Mr. Bristow moved to Abbeville < some six years ago, and from the : date of his arrival he has been a fac- 1 ed London concerning plans for abandoning the city, but apparently ^ the time has not arrived for the Rus- 1 sians to relinquish their increasingly 11 precarious hold; at least, no word of J the capital's evacuation has come to { London. Invangorod, southeast of Warsaw, 1 heretofore erroneously reported in- ' vested, is now nearing that stage. Berlin announces, but from Invan- < gorod eastward to Cholm and beyond < the Russians are fiehtiner desnerato-, '> ly to hold up von Mackensen's ad- ] vance northward into Poland, which ' menaces the Russian centre retiring : 1 from Warsaw. Pronouncements in the duma at Petrograd and by the Russian ambassador at London indicate that r the paper at Kingstree and then was i associated with ReV. V. I. Masters of i Anderson county as editor and pub- 1 lished of the Baptist Courier. They 1 put a lot of life into the paper aid < helped to build it up to its present : ~ | ' ' Abbeville Baptist Church ruWsTeporteq" leaving wan i ] HULDlINLi BALfw MALKLPI3r.FI ; WHILE MAIN ARMY RETIRES IN SAFETY. London, Aug. 2.?While the Austro-Germans continue to tighten the ^ wings of their great Eastern battle; arc with success at both extremities,! including the occupation of Mitau in the north and further progress beyond Cholm in southeast Poland, the situation before Warsaw proper re- ^ mains unchanged and obscure. Few additional details have reach tor in the public life of Abbeville. He was the moving spirit in the : building of the new Baptist church in i this place. He leaves only when < duty calls elsewhere. The following sketch is taken irom tne Loiumoia Record: Rev. Louis J. Bristow is one of the ( able young men of the State . He is ! a nephew of the late Louis J. Beaty, < at one time editor of a morning paper at Charleston, and more recently editor of the Georgetown Times until his death. Mr. Bristow early in life conceived a fondness for journalism and worked on the papers in the Pee Dee section. Subsequently he was a legislative reporter and feature writer for the Charleston News and Courier and was in Columbia doing j newspaper work when war with j Spain was declared. He volunteered > as an enlisted man in the Darlington I Guards, but subsequently was com- j. missioned a lieutenant by Gov. Ellerbe and assisted in raising a company for the Second regiment. He had responsible assignments in the army j and was highly regarded by his fellow officers. Subsequently he became editor of t BRISTOW RESIGN!! i OR OF THE ABBEVI a Faithful Laborei i Here Resigns to aptist State Hosf st&te of excellence under a new ownership. It was here that Mr. Bristow first developed his unusual talent as -i- 1 ixl- x a manager, cut nis neaiui was hui of the best, and he retired for awhile from active work. Later he took the theological course at the Southern Baptist seminary at Louisville and from the moment of his entry into the ministry he has begun to make a distinct impress with his personality. Where Idea Was Conceived. , It was while at Williamston as pastor of that staunch old congregatior of lovable and remarkable people thai Mr. Bristow first conceived the idea Df a State sanitarium. It was his v. <" RU.V T.nTTTS .T RRTSTHW Pastor own idea and for awhile he worked upon it alone, but later wrested for his plan the admiration and endorsement of the State Baptist convention and finally it took shape and form in a much larger extent than he had a* first contemplated. He was from the outset importuned to come to Columbia as the active head of the institution, but he had begun the building jf a beautiful church at Abbeville and felt obliged to remain there. Ab i, Corner Main and Ellis Sts., Who FARMERS MEETING. A meeting of farmers has been :alled at Abbeville on the 18th day jf August at 11 a. m., to present to the farmers the State Warehouse System an^l the benefits to be derived therefrom. The meeting will je addressed by State Warehouse Commissioner John L. McLaurin. B. Harris, member of the State Farners' Union Executive Committee, will speak on "How to solve the farriers' problems." The meeting is inlln^ VVTT +Vi a Qfnfn T7o ntw oy?o' TTni /aucu uj uic isji/at'w x anu^io uuivu Sxeuctive Committee and is open to ;he public. All farmers and business men are invited to attend. H. T. Morrison, President S. C. State Farmers' Union J. Whitner Reid, Secretary. Russia and England are anxious to jrand as unfounded recurrent rejorts that the Russian people are disgruntled at the showing Great Britlin and France have made in the West which might create a situation anfavorable to the continued unity sf the allies. No hint of a separate peace or of dissatisfaction with England's policy monies from any authoritative source ?.nd Count Benckendorff made it plain that, while there may have been ome sentimental popular feeling in ?"? /litt Ay?cJ AM in 4"V? a lit) (JUUULi y 1UL <X UlVCi OlUii in nib West to relieve the strain in Russia, there had been no criticism emanating from those who understood the nilitary situation. ^ ^ IS LLE BAPTIST CHURCH r, Beloved Pastor of1 i Become Supt. >ital. beville had never been a Baptist stronghold, but the work of Mr. Brisi tow has built up a large congregation. The new church at Abbeville is one cf the most attractive in the State. l Mr. Bristow has for years been an 1' active worker for prohibition and was > a warm friend and admirer of the i late Joel E. Brunson of Sumter, who . for so many years was the prohibition leader in this State. While . editing a paper at Kingstree, Mr Brisi tow was made a colonel, by appoint; ment to a position on the staff of the' 1 L late Gov. Miles B. McSweeney. \ i The Baptist hospital had its incep- t tion at Greenwood in 1912 when the Rev. Louis J. Bristow introduced a resolution before the State conven- * tion asking for a committee of seven F "to consider the advisability of establisning a sanitarium by this body." j This committee was appointed and + reported to a meeting of the con- j. vention in Abbeville in 1913, recom- j. mending a sanitarium and advising a committee of seven to select a site ^ and to secure an incorporation. The j hospital board reported to the State t convention at Bennettsville in 1913 t that the offer of $30,000 in cash had t I been accepted from the city of Col. umbia and the hospital would be established in Columbia. i The hospital was opened in this | i city on September 1, 1914, by the ^ : purchase of the Knowlton property. ^ Previous to the acquisition of the ^ . present infirmary, the hospital board ? . had purchased the Colonial hotel pro- y perty on-Hampton"street, this city, j I the income from which is devoted to . . the hospital on Marion street. se Pastor Resigned Sunday. j U. S. RECEIVES FOUR! WHHPti __ t THREE FROM GREAT BRITAIN ? AND ONE FROM GERMANY, ON NEUTRAL RIGHTS. -i Washington, Aug. 2.?Three notes " from Great Britain and one from j Berlin, all dealing with the commer- b cial rights of neutrals, were before v Secretary Lansing today. The Bri- v tish notes probably will be given to b the press for publication Wednesday a morning and the German note the a folowing day. g The British note defends efforts of ii the allies to suDoress trade between tl their enemies and neutral countries even by the stoppage of abnormal e commerce through neutral countries F adjacent to the Teutonic allies. Pre- c cedents in international law estab- w lished by the United States during p the Civil War, and especially in the p practical blockade of the Bahamas 1j to cut off supplies from the Confed- ti erate States, are revived to support h this assertion of right. There also are citations of decisions by the United | States supreme court. n The note was intended to meet the L objection of the United States that f< ! previous British notes had dealt only a s ti I / r* i! J ,\ ^onunueu un rage ocvcu; >p PRESIDENT OF HAITI SLAIN BY A MOB J % EXECUTIVE HAD TAKEN REFUGE IN THE FRENCH LEGATION?SHOT TO DEATH Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 28.?A nob of infuriated Haitians today renoved Vilbrun Guillaume, president >f Haiti, from the French legation vhere he took refuge yesterday, and , ihot him to death in front of the milding. The shooting occurred mmediately after the burial of seventy political prisoners who were nassacred in prison yesterday mornng at the time of the revolutionary >utbreak against President Guil aume. . The mob was composed in very arge part of relatives of . the victims, rhe crowd invaded the French lega;ion and seized Guillaume. M. Girird, the French minister of Haiti, >rotested .vigorously, but he was-?owerless. Guillaume was dragged from the jrotection of the legation. Once in he street the crowd surged around rim with imprecations and he was iromptly shot. '> *, : ; Even then the anger of the people was not appeased. The body of the (resident was dismembered before t_ _ i j_i i. rrvL A ne legauun gaucs. . ?uvy -cucii iiamu* sd the streets with portions of his >ody on poles. French Cruiser Coming. The United States cruiser Washngton,. commanded by Rear-Admiral japerton, arrived off this port today rom Cape Haitian. Preparations . vere immediately made to disembark American marines for the protection >f the French legation, this action laving received the' approval of the ^rench minister, M. Girard. The French' cruiser Descartes is < ixpected to arrive tomorrow. The mutilated body of the Presilent Guillaume, after being dragged hrough the streets of the city, was juried by several women today in , a :emetery outside the capital. The city is now quiet. American Marines Landed. Washington, July 28:? American narines were landed today at Portlu-Prince, Haiti, to protect the lives md property of Americans and other 'oreigners. Rear Admiral Caperton idvised the navy department late toright that he had sent a force ashore rom the cruiser Washington. Rear Admiral Benson, acting secretary of he navy, declined to make the mesage public but said "Admiral Caperon now has the situation in hand." This was the first step by the Unitid States to re-establish peace in the laitian republic, and the general be ief tonight was that the marines irould not be withdrawn until deflate arrangements were made for' permanent stability. Admiral Caperton has 400 marines ,nd bluejackets on board the United Itates steamship Washington, which rrived at Port-au-Prince today, and he collier Jason, with another 100, 3 due tomorrow. Additional forces re available at Guantanamo. President Assinated. The state department received lessages today from Charge d'Afaires telling of the assassination of rinilloiimo Kr 9 mnh which X tOlUVU U \J UlltUUiUV M MVW roke into the French legation. This iolation of diplomatic immunity, rhich foreign legations enjoy, would e regarded ordinarily as a serious ffront, but in view of the absence of n established government and the enerally turbulent conditions the icident probably will not complicate lie situation. President Wilson has been considring the Hatian situation for weeks, aul Fuller, Jr., sent to investigate onditions there recently, returned ith a report showing that it was imosible for him to negotiate a pror osed treaty with President Guillume because of the latter's fears iat the populace would rise against im if he signed the pact. Proposed Treaty Not Made Public. Terms of the proposed treaty were ot made public, but it is known the rnited States attempted to arrange or administration of the customs in way similar to the American control of customs in the Dominican Reublic. U. - . . t>