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$1,50 ABBEVILLE, S C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916. establ.SHED J
A YEAR. :
AMERICANS SLAIN
; By VILLA BANDITS
DOZEN OR MORE MEN AND I
WOMEN MURDERED BY
BANDITS.
Columbus, N. M., March 9.?Five
hundred Mexican bandits, believed to
have been led by Francisco Villa, .
-crossed the border under cover of '
darkness early today and attacked
this town, killing a dozen or more 1
American men and women, including
at least six United States soldiers, i'
When the bandits fled toward Mex-!
ico some hours later they were pur- '
sued by United States troops, who
are said to have crossed the border.
v A large number of Mexican dead
were left lying in the streets of Col- 1
umbus and at the border the Mexi- 1
cans were subjected to a flank at- :
tack by American troops and 18
more of their number killed.
Several American citizens in Col
umbus declared they personally saw
Villa directing- his men and a portmanteau
found by a trooper con- :
tained Villa's papers.
The attack was a surprise. Villa
'was supposed to have been 44 miles i
away, having last night caused a tele- 1
gram to be sent indicating his pres- I
ence at a Nogales ranch. .
Four men, citizens of Columbus, <
and two women, are known to have
been killed. Three other men and
a woman are listed among the dead, i
Prior to the attack the Villa bandits
hanged three Americans whom
they had held as prisoners for some
<lays, according to information received
here. Their bodies were
burned the report said.
The Villa men were said to have
"been joined by Carranza soldiers after
they crossed the border. A deep
-ditch parallels the United States
army camp, the customs house and
the railroad station. Through this
.gully the bandits approached unnoticed.
After posting snipers at advantageous
points the bandits set fire to ,
innln^incr fViA railwftv sta
UUliUlIlgo taviwu...^ ?
tions and hotels. As people rushed
from ther homes they were shot
down. i
Civilians armed themselves and together
with United States soldiers,
fought a battle of several hours with
the bandits.
Col. Slocum's revolver was shot
from his hand as he left his quarters.
Some of the bandits by spealang English
lured housefolk to the streets
and then shot them. From burning
hotels and other structures persons
who sought to escape were killed
or wounded.
When dawn came the retreat of
the Villa men was under way. Villa
himself apparently had left earlier.
In the streets lay bodies of a number
-of Mexican dead. Many Mexican
wounded were removed to the post
hospital.
Information that Francisco Villa
and his chief lieutenant, Pablo Lopez,
were in personal command was given
Col. Slocum by a Mexican rancher
who escaped during the fighting. He
told of the hanging of the Americans
ranchers McKinney, Corbett and
O'Neil, and declared that a fourth
American whose name he did not
know, had also been hanged.
The Mexican said Villa attacked
with from 800 to 1,000 men, and a
machine gun platoon.
The Mexican told Col. Slocum that
Villa left the Bosques Grandes ranch J
Tuesday, made a leisurely journey
north and about 4 o'clock yesterday
left a point on the Boca Grande and
started for the border.
"Traveling north they crossed the
"boundary west of Columbus," said I
the Mexican and entered town by a I
ditch running past the cavalry camp. I
Villa was in personal charge and declared
he was going to kill every f
American because the American government
did not treat him right. Vil-!
la said Carranza could not bring,
peace in Mexico. With Villa were j
Pablo Lopez, Martin Lopez, Col. '
Candelario Sevantes, Colonel Cruz
Chavez, Gen Jose Fernandez and Gen
Ueltran." j
The Mexican confirmed a report !
that before leaving the Santa Ana 1
district in western Chihuahua, Villa
ImH freelv stated that he intended to
force intervention by raiding American
territory and killing civilians and
soldiers.
Lieut. Clyde Ely, with twenty men \
of the new Mexican national guard,
arrived from Deming today and joined
the Feedral troops. j|
Capture Them Dead or Alive it
Command. j!
Washington, March 10.?President'
Wilson today ordered American
troops over the Mexican border to
capture or kill the Villa bandits who
yesterday raided Columbus, N. M. |
Major General Scott, chief of staff
of the army, announced that the exnmnlH
consist. of not less
than 5,000 men aii of which are ;
available on the border under Major J
General Funston. '
It was decided at today's cabinet
meeting that Villa and his bandits
must be caught. A statement is
being prepared at the White House
and will be issued later today.
In its present stage, the president's.
order does not mean armed intervention
in Mexico. It provides for
a punitive expedition to deal with
lawless forces over which .the Carran
MR. COOPER ENTERS P
GOVERNOR'S RACE
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER W
CONFERENCE WITH FRIENDS
IN GREENWOOD.
Greenwood, March 8.?Special:
nr" TT T-? 1 1 a O _ r T err
me lion. itODert a. cooper, ui u<tu-|6^
rens, announced here to-night that;Fi
he would be a candidate for Gover-jvil
nor in the Democratic primary this | At
summer. Mr. Cooper's announce-'' tic
ment was made after a conference'J.
with friends from many sections of .an
the State, who had come to Green-1
wood for the purpose of considering Gr
his duty in the coming campaign. Mr!
Cooper has been here all the week Sc
attending court as solicitor for this j
circuit, and Greenwood is easily ac-'
cessible, hence its selection as a Th
meeting place for his friends. CI
In making the announcement Mr. ]
Cooper stated that his platform |
would be given in due time. Those '
close to Mr Cooper say that he makes an
-rt Attr CJA fllflf V*10 M1
UIC aiixivuuvvmvuw 1AVSTY WW K?MV it*U
position will be known. He has
been urged, it is claimed, by men in an
all sections of the State for the past tic
six months to offer as a candidate for 3
Governor this summer.. Although ur
missing the nomination for Governor.
two years ago by a very close margin, ac
around two hundred votes, it was an
not Mr. Cooper's intention to thrust E>
himself into the political situation in an
South Carolina this year. He at ha
first declined all suggestions to this sei
effect, but it is said that the requests his
for him to offer as a candidate have nu
become so frequent and so insistent
that he feels it a duty to yield to the
judgment of his friends in this mat- W
ter. It is stated that he has never of
sought public office on anything other
than his own merit and does not in- W
tend to deviate from this principle si\
now.
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Winter Swimming Fine Sport. ] 'r
Columbia. March 8.?Special: J?
When asked to-night if he had any
comment to make on the announce- Ml
ment of Mr. R. A. Cooper, for Gov- j
ernor, former governor, Cole L.
Blease said: "The more the merrier. 101
The water is fine, come on in." ^n
Mr. Blease some days ago an- Sc
nounced his candidacy for Governor. s,e'
de
NO ALARM, SAYS McLAURIN {?
tic
pr
Columbia, March 8.?Special; A te!
telegram received to-day from John
L. McLaurin. State warehouse commissioner,
who is on his way home
from New York, stated that there .
need be no alarm over the fire insurance
situation in this State. Mr.
McLaurin's dispatch also said that
there would be no difficulty in plac- ??
ing insurance in safe companies ei- vi
ther in New York or London. Com- 7~
missioner McLaurin is expected to
reach Columbia early in the morning.
za government has no control. 1
The following statement was issued
at the White House: v-f
"An adequate force will be sent at
once in pursuit of Villa with the sin- an
gle object of capturing him and put- ee
ting a stop to his forays. .va
"This can be done and will be done la'
in entirely friendly aid of the con- Pa
stituted authorities in Mexico and ~c
with scrupulous respect for the sov- be
ereignty of that republic."
It was explained at the White ,
House that the American government
uranic Villa rlonH r?r fllivft and that
no steps will be neglected to carry
out that object.
It was declared, however, that the .e
United States will not consider the &T
expedition as an invasion of Mexico Pl1
and will continue to deal with the s?(
Carranza government. The Ameri- ?
can government is still opposed to be.
armed intervention, but has decided, mi
that the peace of Mexico and the I
United States is imperilled by the1
continued activities of Villa. i?h
The cabinet was unanimous in de- *?
ciding that Villa must be caught. ur
Secretary Baker left the White ne
Hnnsp +n confer with Maior General ur
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, and A
other army officers to decide just how ea
many troops would be needed to fol- ou
low Villa. |th<
It was said that the pursuit of Vil- an
la will be undertaken in a compre-!
hensive way and organized plans will ed
be laid for his capture. |Shi
Officials received the word with arj
undisguised satisfaction. Cabinet sic
members expressed themselves as im
greatly pleased. Army officers voic- pa
ed unanimous approval. A general
feeling of relief that the administra- co:
tion had finally decided to take the ru
step was apparent.
The president himself is firmly con-1
vinced of the necessity of eliminating els
Villa from the Mexican situation, on
He is represented as just as deter- inj
mined to get rid of Villa as he was Be
to oust Huerta.
The announcement of the inten- Sc
tion of the president to send troops
into Mexico was accompanied by
scenes not equalled at the White
House since the determination to
i a xi ? xi- a...l x. it r??,1
sena me Auanuc iieei, uu v?<> in
1914. lac
Pains were taken by officials to Hi
point out their hope that Gen. Car- j As
ranza would realize the spirit in co;
which the American troops were be- wr
ing sent after Villa. Ca
Carranza will be notified immediately
that the United States has no dy
intention of taking any Mexican ter- j
ritory whatever and respects fully ?
the sovereignty of that nation.
ROGRAM OF FIELD
DAYEXERCISES
HICH IS TO BE HELD HEKE
ON FRIDAY, APRIL THE
7TH, 1916.
Thl? following is the complete proam
for Abbeville County School
eld Day which will be held in Abbele
under the management of the
>beville County Teachers' associa?n,
on Friday, April the 7th. Prof.
L. Grier, of Due West, is President
d R. E. Moody, secretary.
10 A. M.?Class Room Contests,
-aaed School Building.
12 M.?Parade?Form at Graded
hool Building.
1 P. M.?Athletics at Fair Grounds
8 P. M.?Declamation Contest at
teatre.
ass Room Contests at the Graded
School Building.
ARITHMETIC.
1. Fourth and Fifth Grades?Ex-1
iples in Addition, Substraction,
ultiplication and Division.
2. Sixth and Seventh Grades?Ex
ipms HI lyuiiuiiuu anu ucuuuai riat,- i
?ns. !
. High School?Examples in Measement
and Percentage.
Pupils will be judged according to
curacy, neatness, and speed. Exlples
will be simple and practical,
camples will be put on the board
d pupils must begin on work and
nd in papers promptly at the time
t by judges. The pupil will not put
5 name on paper but will use a
;mber which he will draw. i
SPELLING. I
1. Second and Third Grades?
ords taken from the first 24 pages
Progressive Course. Book 1. i
2. Fourth and Fifth Grades?
ords taken from Part 2, Progresre
Course. Book 1.
3. Sixth and Seventh Grades?j
ords taken from Progressive
>urse. Book 2. I
. High School.?Words taken from
lyne's Common Words Commonly
isspelled. Words will be written.
READING. i
There will be four groups as folws:
Grades Two and Three?Four ,
d Five; Six and Seven; High |
hool. Each group will be given a'
lection to read suitable to its gras.
The contestant must give atntion
to pronunciation, punctua>n,
articulation, emphasis, and exession.
After reading the constant
must give the story in his own
>rds.
MAP DRAWING.
There will be two groups as folvs:
Grades Four and Five; Six
d Seven.
1. Grades Four and Five will draw
tline map of South Carolina. (See
aury's Complete Geography, Page
.) These contestants must use lati-j
de and longitudes shown on pages 1
and 53, Maury's Complete Geogray.
2. Grades Six and Seven will draw
tline map of South Carolina with
)beville County and locate cities of
jbeville, Columbia and Charleston,
d Saluda, Broad, Congaree, Water,
Santee, Great Pee Dee, and Sa-j
nnaVi rivoro TViiq orrnnn mi let iirp
;itude and longitudes shown on
ge 5, S. C. Supplement Maury's
>mplete Geography. All maps must
same size as map of S. C.?Mau'4
Supplement.
Pupils entering these contests must
in the Graded School Building by i
i o'clock, sharp and report to the!
mmittee in the office just on left of
jnt entrance for further instrucms.
A prize of one dollar will be
/en to each pupil winning first
ice and a ribbon to pupils winning
:ond place. Any further informa-j
>n in regard to these contests may'
had by writing chairman of comttee
on Class Room Contests.
PARADE?12 O'CLOCK.
The parade will consist of school
ildren in line with banners, flags, |
[lowed by floats. Each school is |
ged to have at least one large banr
with name of school. It is also
ged that each school have a float,
teacher should be in charge of
ch school. All school children witht
teachers will, however, report to
e chairman of committee on Parade
d be assigned place in parade.
The parade will begin at the GradSchool
Building at twelve o'clock
arp, march to the square and
Dund same forming on the west
le to review the floats which will
mediately follow the children. The
rade will be led by band.
All floats not ready to move at the i
nf flip chairman will be
led out.
PRIZES.
Schools will be divided into two
tsses. Class A?Schools having only
e teacher. Class B?Schools havl
more than one teacher.
ist Float by school Class A $10.00
ist Float by School Class B__$ 10.00
hool (any class) having the
largest per cent yearly enrollment
present and in line during
parade $5.00
ATHLETICS?2 P. M. .
. All athletics contests will be held
cording to rules given by the Inter- '
gh School Athletic and Oratorical
isociation of South Carolina. A
py of these rules may be gotten by
iting to the University of South
trolina for a Bulletin of these rules.
2. All races will start thus?"Rea-.
"Go". !
3. Any one starting before word
?|
(Continued on page 5.) 1
MANNING IN RACE
FOR SECOND TERR
will seek Re-election t
continue work for state
nrn a dtc murdmao
Columbia, March 8.?Special: Go
ernor Richard I. Manning tonight a
nounced his candidacy for re-electic
On being asked by the correspondei
for The News and Courier if he w;
going to run for re-election, the Go
ernor said:
"I will stand for re-election to co:
tinue the work I have begun. I a
in the race to the end for clean go
eminent, law and order. I will let tl
Democrats of the State hear from n
more in detail later. .
The Governor has received a gre;
many letters in the* past few da;
commending his administration ai
telling him that he can easily be r
elected. He announced to-night th
he was prepared to wage a vigoroi
campaign. W. F. Caldwell.
Will Support Manning.
Columbia, March 8.?Special: Jol
G. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg, ov
the long distance telephone to-nigl
from his home, announced that 1
would support Governor Manning f<
re-election when asked if he intend*
running for Governor. Mr. Clin
scales said: "I am not a Candida
for Governor. The administration i
finvornnr Mnnninc has mv full e
dorsement and I am with him in h
race for re-election. He stands f<
education and for law and order, ar
deserves the support of the loy
Democrats of South Carolina. I sht
support him with all my might."
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
Washington, D. C., March 8, 191
?A summary of the March crop r
port for the State of South Carolii
and for the United States, as coi
piled by the Bureau of Crop Esi
mates (and transmitted through tl
Weather Bureau), U. S. Departme
of Agriculture, is as follows:
Wheat On Farms.
State.?Estimated stocks on fan
March 1 this year, 413,000 bushel
compared with 156,000 a year ag
and 194,000 two years ago. Price <
March 1 to producers, $1.38 per b
shel, compared with $1.46 a year a{
and $1.24 two years ago.
United States.?Estimated 8toe
on farms March 1, this year, 242,00
000 bushels, compared with 152,903
000 a year ago and 151,795,000 tv
years ago. Price on March 1
producers, $1.03 per bushel, compa
ed with $1.34 a year ago and $0.i
two years ago.
Corn On Farms.
State.?Estimated stocks on fari
March 1 this year, 18,100,000 bus
els, compared with 17,904,000 a ye;
ago and 20,411,000 two years ag
Price March 1 to producers, 95 cen
per bushel, compared with 97 cen
a year ago and 101 cents two yea
ago.
United States.?Estimated stoci
on farms March 1 this year, 1,14(
000,000 bushels, compared with 91(
894,000 a year ago and 866,352,0(
two years ago. Price March 1
producers, 68.2 cents per bush<
compared with 75.1 cents a year aj
and 69.1 cents two years ago.
Corn of Merchantable Quality.
State.?The percentage of tl
1915 crop which was of merchant
ble quality is estimated at 90 pi
cent, compared with 90 per cent <
the 1914 crop and 91 per cent of tl
1913 crop.
United States.?The percentage <
the 1915 crop) which was of me
chantable quality is estimated at 71
per cent, compared with 84.5 p<
cent of the 1914 crop and 80.1 pi
cent of the 1913 crop.
Oats On Farm.
State.?Estimated stocks on farn
from March 1 this year, 1,500,0(
bushels, compared with 1,125,000
year ago and 1,523,000 two yea:
ago. Price March 1 to producers, (
cento per bushel, compared with ri
cents per bushel a year ago and f
cents two years ago.
United States:?Estimated stocl
on farms March 1 this year, 597,000
000 bushels, compared with 379,362
000 a year ago, and 419,481,000 trw
years ago. Price March 1 to pr
ducers, 42.7 cents per bushel, cob
pared with 52.1 cents a year ago ar
38.9 cents two years ago.
THE BOOK CLUB.
The Book Club was entertained i
the home of Miss Mamie Lou Smil
last Wednesday morning and a vei
pleasant time was enjoyed. T1
election of officers resulted in Mr
Miller being made president, Mr
Horton, Vice President, Mrs. T. (
White, Secretary and Treasurer.
New books will be ordered in
few weeks.
PREPARED FOR
BUSINESS OR PLEASUR
Mr. Herbert Allen, the affab
manager of the Abbeville Oil Mi]
has n hrand new Ford car. It
double seated car and our good frier
says he is ready to look after bus
ness or elope with two or three gir
at a time and for a short distance.
CARRANZA TO AID
II IN VILLA PURSUIT
o JlKlcmLm OA I 3 LVbKI 3l?.r
IS BEING TAKEN TO PRECLUDE
INTERVENTION.
v- Washington, March 13.?The Unitn
ed States Government entered into
>ri a formal agreement with the de facto
it Government of Mexico to-day under
as which American troops will cross the
v- border to hunt down Villa and his
bandits with the expectation of hearn
ty co-operation from the Carranza
m forces.
v- Secretary Lansing made public the
ie text of a note accepting Gen. Carie
ranza's proposal for a reciprocal arrangement
between the two Governat1
ments and announcing that the Unites.
ed States held this arrangement to
id be now in force and binding upon
e- both parties. Gen. Funston will carat
ry out his task under this agreement,
us Official announcement was awaited
to-night that the American force had
crossed the border. Plans for the
troot) movements have cone ahead
m without regard to the diplomatic exer
changes.
^ ' Mr. Lansing also made public a
ie statement issued in the name of Presor
ident Wilson reiterating that every
2(j step being taken by the Administration
was based on the deliberate inte
tention to preclude the possibility of
armed intervention in Mexico.
n- .
lis Preparedness Measures Rushed to
or Forefront.
id
Washington, March 13.?Danger
of grave complications growing out
of the sending of American troops into
Mexico to hunt down Villa and
his bandits was urged in the Senate
' to-day by Senator Chamberlain,
chairman of the military committee,
6. and Senator Borah, Republican, in
e- I advocating laying aside temporarily
ia all other legislation in order to disn
pose promptly of preparedness measti
, ures. Their statements precipitated
tie a general discussion, in which Senant
tors Vardaman and Simons deprecated
suggestions that the United
States was not prepared to deal with
ns any situation that might arise in its
ls i relations with Mexico, while Senator
,0' Hoke Smith urged that the military
| committee should bring in immediateu.!
ly a bill to double the enlisted
,J ' strength of the army as an emergen
cy measure, leaving tne general re^
I organization bill to more mature conq_
sideration.
THE HONOR ROLL OF
r_ THE CITY SCHOOLS
S3
The following is the honor roll for
the City Schools for the sixth month:
ns 1st Grade?Gertrude Simpson, Mali.
grace White, Eddie Thomas, Mary
ar McCord, Wayman Robinson , Ada
0# Perrin, Sarah Cowan, Vivian Copen^
haver, Ruby Brown, Roy Nance, Ants
nie Cheatham, Thelma Bauknight.
rs 2nd Grade?Ida Calhoun, Rachel
Minshall, Danner Cann, William P.
ks Greene, Marion Poliakoff, Bennie
)f. Langley. v
). 3rd Grade?Sara Edwards, Louise
)0 McCord, Vera Hall, Ralph Bauknight,
I .Teanie White. Jack Thomson.
;1( 4th Grade?Alice Cheatham, Grace
r0' Milford, Deborah Owens, Marion Wilson.
5th Grade?Ada Faulkner, Celia
ie Chalmers, Mary Dargan, Maria Neufa_
fer, Thelma Seal, Elizabeth Thomson,
er Hilda Syfan, William Duncan, George
af Smith, Billy Long.
ie "*6th Grade?Janie Bowie, Margaret
Dawson, Elizabeth Gambrell, Lena
0f Johnson, Helen Milford, Florence
r_ Neuffer, Mary White, George Wil#3
liams.
jr 7th Grade?Helen Eakin, Mary
Br Greene, Margaret Swetenberg, Bruce
Fant, Ralpii Lyon.
8th Grade?Helen Haigler.
1S 9th Grade?Edna Bradley, Fannie
in DuPre. Mattie Eakin. Elizabeth
a! Faulkner, Mary Graydon, Ruth
rs Woodhurst, Frank Gary, Sam Hill.
;6 10th Grade?Kempton Billings,
'1 Kate Haskell, Maud Hawthorne,
;g James Hill, Marian Daniel.
All the pupils above the foruth
js grade ma^le the Honor Roll on examl.
inations, it being the sixth month
i'_ when daily marks are not counted.
/0 The ninth grade gets special men0_
tion this month, having one third of
a. the grade on the Honor Roll.
,d The pupils are beginning the third
session, the last three months of the
school year. Parents are urged to i
have children stay off the streets and
do more studying. A certain amount
of work and study must be done by
. the pupil. The teacher should not
show nor tell a pupil anything that
' the pupil can get by his own efforts.
y Some children are not so far below
ie that they cannot yet make up the required
work. The teachers have
Hmo onH ncrnin Vippn instrurtflri t.fl
J* give all possible aid to the pupil who
might be falling behind in the studies
SICK WITH GRIP.
E The friends of Dr. Harrison and
family will regret to know that their
whole household is in the midst of
le genuine old fashion grip. Mrs.
11, Harrison has been quite sick for sevis
eral days and the doctor is confined
id to the house. Jane, one of the
i- bright little daughters, is also sick.
Is Every one hopes for them a speedy
recovery.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION SOON I
' . r JJ$S
TO MEET WITH GILGAL METHODIST
CHURCH ON SATURDAY,
APRIL 1.
The Abbeville County Interdenominational
Sunday School Association
will hold its annual convention at Gilgal
Methodist Church on April the 1.
and 2nd, and it is hoped that every
Sunday School in the county will be *
represented at this, meeting. For several
good reasons the association did v i
not hold a meeting last year, but
every effort will be made to make 1
this the largest and best meeting ever
held in the county.
The committee has arranged the
following program:
First Session Saturday, Apr. 1st.
10.00 A. M.?Devotional Services,
led by Rev. R. C. Sharp. <
10.15 *A. M.?The Convention Key
Word: "Religious Education for
all the People," by Rev. H. Waddell
Pratt
10.35 A. M.?"Our Year's Work in
Abbeville County," by J. M.
Nickles, County President.
10.55 A. M.?"Our Statistical Re*
port," by C. E. Williamson,
County Secretary. (
11.10 A M?"The Growing Teacher"
by Mr. R. D. Webb, State Sec.
11.40 A. M.?General Discussion.
12.00 M.?Enrollment of Delegates,
Appointment of Committees,
Adjournment for dinner.
SECOND SESSION.
1.30 P. M.?Devotional Services,
led by Rev. J. L. Daniels.
1.45 P. M.?Report of Department
Superintendents and District
Presidents. " :i , -J
2.00 P. M.?One minute reports
from the delegates of the Sunday
Schools.
2.15 P. M.?"The Sunday School at
Church and the Church at Sunday
School," by Prof. E. B.
Kennedy.
2.45 P. M.?"The Banner School,"
by R. D. Webb.
3.30 P. M.?Questions and Answers
on the Banner School.
4.00 P. M.?"Systematic Temperance
Instructions," by Dr. King.
4.30 P. M.?"Systematic Missionary
Instruction," by Rev. J. L. Daniels.
THIRD SESSION.
Sunday, April 2nd. " **
9.00 A. M.?Devotional services, led
by Dr. J. S. Moffatt.
9.30 A. M.?"Making the Cradle
Roll Effective," by Miss Allie
Power#
9.45 A. M.?"Making the Home Department
Effective," by J. R.
McGee. !
10.00 A. M.?"How to Secure Punctual
Attendance, Lesson Study
and Contribution," by Prof. R.
B. Cheatham.
10.30 A. M.?Open Discussion of
Practical Methods.
11.00 A. M.?"Religious Education 1
for all the People of the State,
and the Sunday School Ideal,"
by R. D. Webb.
11.30 A. M.?The New Sunday
School Ideal, Hon. C. C Featherstone.
V ' FOURTH SESSION.
1.30 P. M.?Devotional Exercises,
led by R. E. Huey.
1.45 P. M.?"Practical- Ways of Improving
the Adult Work," by Dr
G. G. Parkinson.
2.15 P. M.?Reports of Committees
and Election of Officers.
2.30 P. M.?"Helping Every Sunday
School for 1916," by R D Webb.
2.45 P. M.?What will I do Toward
Helping Every Sunday School
in Our County? (One minute
responses by each County officer.)
2.55 P. M.-;-Select the next place
of meeting.
Adjournment.
NATIVE OF PICKENS
KILLED IN ACTION
Easley, March 12.?Fred A. Griffin,
the first American killed in the
raid by Villa's bandit force on Columbus,
N. M., was a native of Pickens
county. He was 23 years old and
had been in the army for about fiv?
years. He came of one of the beat
known families of this county. H?
wap a private in Troop K. Thirteenth
United States cavalry, stationed at
Columbus.
Mr. Griffin was a son of Ambrose
Griffin. Young Griffin's grandfather,
Capf. Griffin, is one of the county's
best known citizens. Fred Griffin had
been in the army for about five
years. He has many relatives in
Pickens, the family being well known
throughout the county. >'
Fred Griffin was one of the first
Americans to feel the fire of the invading
Mexicans. He was on sentry
duty when Villa's bandits launched
their charge and he at once gave the
alarm by firine into the body of Mex
icans. His rifle spoke death for at
least two Mexicans before he was
mortally wounded.
GETTING READY FOR VILLA.
Twenty seven South Carolinians
nave so iar enrolled ior service in
the military training camps to be
established at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
during the summer months. W. C.
McGowan is one of the names enrolled.
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