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Abbeville Press and ifenirjeill Second Section ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1916, Page? 9-12. , estajmbhito v j WILSON AND HELD < Additional Reports Received of Mexican Treachery? Militia Unit* Fut Reporting mmucii. Washington, June 26.?President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker had a late conference at the White House tonight. Secretary Baker found additional reports from Gen. Pershing outlining the treachery of the Carranza military forces at Carrizal when he reached his office tonight. He communicated with the White House and found President Wilson had gone to the theatre. When the president returned to the White House, Secretary Baker was there waiting for him. In addition to the dispatches from Gen. Pershing, Secretary Baker is understood to have given the presi-1 dent eleventh-hour reports from a I number of states showing militia or- > ganizations are ready to entrain at once for the border. In conformity with the orders issued yesterday, that militia is to be moved by separate organizations as ' fast as they are mustered, reports j have been received showing it is pos-1 sible to move thousands of troops at1 once without waiting for complete! mobilization. It is understood Secretary Baker conferred with the president as to the advisability of sending these completed units to the border at once. Supplementary orders to the department commanders are proba-, ble, although staff officers said tonight the orders already given are I sufficient warrant for dispatch of militia to the border, subject to Gen. Funston's order, without further orders from Washington. .'SIGNAL CORPS TELEGRAPHER i Bird Expert Pickpocket. W. J. Trench, agent for the Santa i Fe, a year ago left his overalls hang- | tng on a peg when he went for a visit. ! In one pocket was a valuable key with ! a string attached to it The string j dangled out of the pocket. When Mr. j Trench returned he found his overalls, j but no keys. He has just found the string and the key when-he kicked a , . wren's nest while steppiag over a ! bunch of cactus.?Mentone (Cal.) DIs- j patch, San Francisco (Jbronlcle. FRIEND OF CARRANZA SAYS WORK FOR PEACE j Washington Government Is Blamed for Acting Contrary to Carranza's Wishes Before Agreement , Was Had. Nashville, Tenn., June z4.?JJr. v Andres Osuna, director-general of primary education in Mexico, and close adviser of Gen. Carranza, last night sent a telegram to Noah W. Cooper, of Nashville, outlining the position of the Mexican de facto government in its strained relations ; with the United States. Dr. Osuna declares that all good people should The telegram came in response to , one sent to Dr. Osuna by Mr. Cooper j urging that he make every effort toward peace. Dr. Osuna spent several' years here as a student and instructor at Vanderbilt university. His telegram follows: "Invasion of Mexico by American, troops ungrounded. Columbus mur- [ ders were caused by Mexico's ene-, mies and greedy capitalists. Ameri-, can troops crossed to Mexico by pro-1 position made by Carranza before treaty was arranged. While discus- ; sing treaty Gen. Carranza required that no artillery nor infanty should be sent to pursue bandits, and that cavalry sent should be kept within 1 certain limits. Such propositions were not accepted at Washington. American government sent artillery I and infantry to pursue Villa and Mexican government ordered to repel such invasion, the treaty not be-, ing agreed upon. "Carranza stands for Mexico's au- 'J tonomy and dignity, supported by all Mexican people. He is willing to ac- i cept mediation. Ton must work for withdrawal of American army from Mexico. Good people ought to work for peace. We will be glad to cooperate." " ' BAKER CONFERENCEc i A LETTER FROM , AN OLD VETERAN 1 T J Editor of the Press and Banner: \ Some time since, you published an * article written by an "old Veteran," 1 which gave an accurate account of i the organization of Co. C. 7th Regt. S. C. V. I was an original member F of this Company and I read it wit? j I much interest. This Company was P mustered into service on the 15th o day of April, 1861, at Abbeville C. o H., near the spot where now stands ' the monument which was erected to o the memory, and in honor of the c Confederates of Abbeville, who left ^ their homes and all that was dear to , * them in defense of what they knew * (not thought) was right. Many of j them went to their death in the first ? battle. J So I am thinking today of my com- ? rades of old Co. "C", and there being but a few now living, I thought E it might be of some interest to your p readers to publish their names. The v following, as far as I know, are the h n c* tt* " feurvivuiB ui Liiio vviiipwiy; o. m. Bosdell, S. C. Bosdell, J. A. Barks- ti dale, Ed Calhoun, J. P. Cook, W. P. Devlin, W. W. Edward*, Rev. T. C. e Ligon, J. Fuller Lyon, P. C. Martin, t< J. C. McClane, Frank New, N. H. n Palmer, T. P. Quarles, G. M. Sibert,, J. H. Sibert, G. C. Tennant. 17 out t] of an original of 104. Y I herewith give the roll of our t] honored dead, who were killed in n battle or died from disease while in h service. D First are the killed: ti Jabez Robinson, Samuel Knox, j James Willis, John W. Hille, William c Land, Jas. M. Kennedy, Thos. M. r Chiles, John New, John L. Wilson, t John A. McQuerns, Wm. Bradley, A. Thos. Traylor, Robert McClain, c Thos. W. Willis, W. T.; Barksdale, t Joseph W. Willis, Thos. W. Barksdale, Thos. C. Bradley, S. F. Ed- t< wards. ; ^ Died of disease, while in service, p . Joseph J. Link, Win. Cook, John f W. Bosworth, W. F. Edmunds, Robt. N. Lyon, J. Newton Rogers, J. N. LeRoy, Wm. H. McCelvey, Willard, Walker, Geo. W. . Martin, Vincent Carroll, W. T. Link, James A. Pen- ft nal, W. O'Neal Palmer, John A. Ballot, Peter D. Gillebeau, John L. j Adamson, John C. Martin, Thos. J.1 Edmunds, D. R. Zimiherman. T The first member of our Company who died was Joseph J. Link, bro- 0 ther of Dr. W. E. Link, and uncle 1 nf R R. I.irlc nnH S. .Tpnnor T.inlf O The first man of our Company who n was killed was Jabez Robinson, on ti June 29, 1862, at Savage Station. No other member of our Company f was killed in this battle, and only a b few were wounded. I, myself, was >F shot in this battle. The last mem- ^ ber of our' Company who wa3 killed b in battle was Samuel F. Edwards, at h Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, aged 22. t v The last member of the Company a who died from disease was D. R.: Zimmerman. He died in a Northern f: prison and was from Spartanburg v Co. .la ' The first and only commissioned officer of our Company who was e killed, was the 1st Lieut. A. Thos. b Traylor. He was in command of our o Company when he was mortally h wounded at Gettysburg, and died, in 1 my arms, after intense suffering, at s Cashtown, Penn. The only commissioned officer of ft the Company now living is 1st Lieut. I* J. C. McClain, the father of our I* policeman, Foster McClain. > I am the only non commissioned ft officer of the Company now living. ft In my next, I will give an account ft of the re-organization of our Com- Is pany. T. P. Quarles. ft CALHOUN (FALLS :S N Calhoun Falls, S. C., June 26.? N On the 15th inst. the Hotel was en- N tered sometime during the night by N sneak thieves; two watches and N twenty-one dollars in money were N taken from the guests. There is no clue to the robbers. " On the night of the 18th inst. the o' office of the C. & W. C. Railway Co., in Calhoun Falls was entered, (the thief gaining access through the ticket window) and a number of tickets were stolen. A negro boy named Alphonso^* Young, who had been working for R. P. Martin, of this place, was arrested and confessed to being the guilty one; he was com-! mitted to the County Jail. The Calhoun Mills are putting | down a number of drilled wells to replace the existing open ones. N. D. Sanders has moved his stock of merchandise into the store on Cox Avenue formerly occupied by J. C. Langley. Calhoun Falls has one patriotic; citizen in the person of J. G. (Gid) Poore, who is now in camp with the other soldier boys. There is a good opening in Cal- | uvuu a ouo ivi a lauuui y uuoiiicao. T. W. Campbell is erecting a store | building on Cox Avenue; the building when completed will be occupied as a market by J. D. Daniel. Calhoun Falls can boast of having 1 twelve citizens who each own an automobile. LESLEY BIBLE CLASS MEETING IN SUMTER Opening Seuioq Monday, July 3? Prominent Speakers' Engaged From ThU and Otliar States. The fourth, annual meeting of the Vesley Bible Class Federation of the iethodist .Episcopal church, South, eill be held this year in Sumter, ruly 3, 4, 5. The opening sessions rill be held on Monday evening, July 3, in Trinity Methodist church, vhere headquarters will be stablishid. This meeting of the Federation romises to be the very best yet teld. Prominent speakers from all arts of the South, and high officials f the Methodist church from our wn St&te will speak. Among those, whose names appear n the program are Dr. H. N. SnyU. A r> t> 1 l rv_ t. m iut 1/1. xx. u. xveuiuert, ur. a. l. >tackhouse, Dr. E. 0. Watson, Dr. ). W. Daniel, Revs. A. N. Brunson, 'eter Stokes, R. E. Tumipseed, W. T. Martin, from this State, the ftev. lalph Wells Keeler of Cincinnati, >r. Chas. E. Bulla of Nashville, Rev. . W. Shackford of Nashville, and lev. J. M. Way, formerly of this tate. The officers of the Federation are: [on. Charlton DuRant, of Manning, resident; R. S. Ligon, of Anderson, ice president; Dr. Vance W. Bhabam, of Orangeburg, secretary, and !. P. Hammond, of Spartanburg, reasurer. Many attractions hav been arrangd for the delegates, and splendid ensrtainment is promised at a very ominal price, j On Tuesday afternoon, July 4, lere will be a great parade of all Lesley classes, represented under leir own banners and led by one or lore bands. Elaborate arrangements ave been made to make this the lost imposing spectacle of the enire meeting. In addition to the elegates it is expected that all Bible lass members of the city and surounding country will take part in he parade. The railroads have granted exeedingly low rates to delegates, and hose attending, and a record-breakng crowd is expected to be in at;ndance. All in all this is expected o be the biggest meeting of the ederation since its organization in lolumbia four years ago. REPORT OF THE SCHOOLS Ude By Rev. J. M. Lawion, County Superintendent of Education. 'o the Schools of Abbeville County: The Abbeville City School was $3,00.00 in debt when I took charge in 914. Today it has $500 cash and wes $1,000 upon which it is paying o interest and which is not due unil 1917 and 1918. At the annual settlement for 1914 or the whole county it showB nuiners 836 claims were ordered paid, 'or 1916 the number ofclaims paid ras 1092, making one-fourth more usiness done in two years and a alf. I doubt if there is any couny in South Carolina can make such showing., This office only received $6,400.00 rom the State this year, when it iras helped to the amount of $7,300 ist year. Not receiving as much State mony as we should this year, we hatfe een compelled to use up most of ur County Contingent fund, and iave helped the schools as follows, 'his represents the amount for chools: lo. 2?Ridge 57.79 lo. 3?Lowndesville 15.00 to. 4?Rocky River 106.65 lo. 5?Fork 62.89 Jo. 6?Sixtus ? 63.64 fo. 12?Bordeaux 50.00 to. 15?Bellevue 184.56 to. 16?Bold Branch 5.00 lo. 22?Abbeville 325.00 to. 23?Lone Forest 21.11 fo. 27?Antreville 275.62 Fo. 29?Sunny Slope 125.00 Fo. 32?-Smithville 20.00 fo." 33?Promised Land 57.19 fo. 40?Pineville 126.07 fo. A.9.?FVvnvillp 7.25 [o. 47?Winona 54.57 10. 50?Cana 61.95 fo. 52?Indian Hill 55.78 And various small amounts, makig a total of about $2,400.00. We we nothing. Rev. J. M. Lawson, Co. Supt Ed., Abbeville Co. A CHAl /?'-vcX-1 >' <"'?(.:A : m nRi^HK E . * , . : . - - \ _ A ,' Vl'i. _s:. NEARLY THREE THC S. G. NATION/ ?r Z2*. I MEMORll i < I To The Editor of the Press and Banner. The production of "The Birth of a . Nation",' recalls to mind some memories pf '76 that may be of interest to the young men of today. These were the days of the heroes of '76? Wade Hampton, the chief, with such able lieutenants as the fiery and brilliant Mary Gary and Butler, who conceived the movement to overthrow the "carpet-bag" government. There were other men prominent at, that time identified with the move-, ment in the up-country; such as the fearless CoL D. Wyatt Aiken of I rCokesbury,' thie father of Hon. Wyatt > Ailron -fVio'i nnnnlnr enmrroaumnn I from the Third District, often he was seen alone among the 500 Radicals, laying down the gospel to them? the gospel of Democracy. There was Gen. McGow&n, the incorruptible supreme judge, in after years who! along with Judge Hudson and McIver, declared jthe dispensary law to be unconstitutional. Col. J. S. Cothran, of Abbeville, the father of T. P. and W. S. Cothran, was a brilliant supporter. Also Col. Orr, Gov. Ansel and Gov. Mauldiiy-Of Greenville, who did valiant service for the cause of good government. I remember those exciting . and thrilling days of *76 when I was a boy of 15 years of agfe, wearing a red shirt, and riding a mule to the meetings. The red shirt was an emblem of unterrified democracy; the sight of which carried terror to the hearts of the Radicals. I The "Big. Tuesday" in Abbeville was a memorable day as well as an exciting time. The Radicals mere marching down town with their flags flying and drums beating, when KAA T)a/4 Cliivfo rn/ln infn fliom ttUUUt UVV UUUW 1VUV IUVV ?uv>M and shot down the flags and perforated the drum. The procession broke and fled pell-mell in every direction. This created a panic among them. *No one was killed. This was carrying out the plan of "frightfulness" inaugurated dt that time. I can well remember another "big day," which was known as the "Democratic Day." Five thousand or more Red Shirts were there: some big men were there that day. I managed, after many efforts to get near the stand, to see an empty space of a few feet, just in front of Gen. Bob Toombs, who was speaking, as one ; would drop into this space, he would : as quickly vacate, because no one < could stand near Toombs? he would < spit all over him. I remember a Red Shirt Democrat?a farmer sit- i ting on the edge of the stand, look- ] ing up into the eyes of Toombs with r. adoration, as if he were a saviour ] sent to save the country, he would ' every few minutes exclaim: "My ] God what a man! My God what a ' man!" Ue was regarded as one of the 1 ITAUQUA ATTRACTI iart, tfaie talented Canadian Impersonator and 1 J. <- .. )USAN0 MEMBERS OF k.L GUARD IN TRAINING 'i-. ^ A. 8ti< IS OF '76 I I thi most eloquent men the South has bol ever produced. There was also Gen. ^ Gary, Butler, Aiken, McGowan, ^ic Cothran, Gen. Hemphill, Judge 1 Sharpton and the heroic Wade ha< Hampton, the standard bearer and ?? wise counselor.. . r? When the Democrats had won baj their fight as they believed, ten ap] thousand or more Bed Shirts weqt to ^ Columbia and camped near the capi- siv tol building. They called for flamp- hir ton, he came forward and said: Co "Men of South Carolina, I have ?|j been elected governor of South Carolina, and by the eternal Gods, I will ] be governor!" He went to Washing- his ton and demanded recognition as the on( legally elected governor. Hayes im- Soi mediately recognized him as gover- 0f nor of South Carolina. gK Each man had gone to Columbia tio: to enforce this belief with a Win- fe(j Chester rifle and a blanket to fight ^ if necessary, for the seating of thr Hampton. We had two governors, flia Hampton and Chamberlain; two leg- Bh; islatures for sometime, both con- qc; tending for recognition. There were erE ten thousand United States troops era near the capitol grounds, but they mo made,no move to overawe the Demo- jjy crats?the unterrified Red Shirts. 80 Col: Tom Woodward of Fairfield county, led the forces to the doors En of the Chamberlain legislature, bat- un tered the doors down and took pos- cer session. . Vil R. B. Hayes had been seated as gra president, though Samuel J. Tilden ^r] was elected fairly. The famous eight prC to seven returning board, as it was called, cheated him out of it, declar- wo; ing Hayes the president. This board was composed of seven Republicans, *ji8i seven Democrats and one indepen- gm dent. Judge David Davis of Illinois, Many were the nights when we nja broke up Radical meetings^ In 1880 ^er was the last stand in the tjp-country ^ the Radicals made. This was at y)U1 Greenwood, then Abbeville county. ^er rney naa oraers zrom men icau? ? 1 ^ \ to concentrate at Greenwood and ^ vote. Two thousand or more met there and took possession of the poll- ^ ing place. j The few disheartened Democrats . there had given up the fight, when 28 of us Red Shirts from Hodges * and Cokesbury responded to the call u for help. We stretched out our line knAMltfJinA onarf I _ ui nursciucii joxuo v, p dashed into them, firing in the air: iv-j The negroes fled and I well re- n member the place was back of the ? Durst store. There was a four or five- . foot rail fence beyond the polling ' place. They fled pell-mell, leveling -mthe fence to the ground. Nobody was killed; that was not our purpose, if we could accomplish our ends other- t, wrise. A good many heads were bro- v ken by white men using the oak ^ ON. h gxe na" mLc '"' ''" '"'' 1 thei moi war > 1 THE 5,CAMP STYX, S. C. H:; I r : iks of wood that were fortunate- s placed there for a fire. In twenty minutes the town was ared of negroes. That day sixteen of us, but two or \ ee old enough to vote, marched Idly to the polls and- voted under' v -a j eyes of the negro supervisor, o knew our ages better tnan we rhe supervisor, Mitchel Gbggans, i been a former slave of my uncie, y 1. Ben Herndon, of Cokesbury. ggans was said to have been the ^ ly honest Radical in. the carpefcf l legislature. - He prevented . what peared an unavoidable clash beeen the races at Cokesbury over % \ killing' of Henry Nash, an offen? e Radical negro. He had made as elf very obnoxious to $he people' kesbury was probably in ttfxon's irth of a Nation"-?it was a very :cca for Radicals in those days. .Vow, 1 will digress a little on the tory of Cokesbury.. Cokesbury, i of the most historical spots inith Carolina, has; the distinction. producing some of Carolina's latest men?a few are here men. tied: Gen. Mart Gary of the Con- \ lerate army, famous feft never Tendering, having cut his way ough Sherman's army; Gen. Na-. n G. Evans, the hero of Ball's iff, as told in Stevens history; n. Evans, the father of ex-Govlor John Gary Evans. Both genIs are buried at Cokesbury. A nument was erected by the fam~ momnrv of Mart GaTV! air IV Ulb ^ w Judges Eugene B. Gary, chief tice of South Carolina; the latelest .Gary and Prank B. Gary, exited States senator, who has re- itly held several courts in Green- ?. le, and Judge William W. ith of the supreme court of Kansas; natives of Cokesbury and ifound jurists. There are other tinguished sons in educational rk: Charlie Smith of Ann Arbor, :higan university, an author of tinctiorr; his brothers, Landon . ith, ol Texas and Perrin Smith of and Stanford university, Califor, are both able educators. Jefson Davis spent a night at the tie of Gen. Mart Gary at Cokes y, immediately after the surren. Also the late Ellis G. Graydon, ery able lawyer, as well as' his ther, William N. Graydon, are alof Cokesbury ,today living in Ab uie. n church history it is famous /ba ig thd center of Methodism of ith Carolina. The Co'kesbury Conence School of the Meth6dist irch was located there. This waq . first agricultural school in South olina. That feature, however, led. die distinguished Dr. Steven Olin, Methodist history, and one of the ?htest lights in the church, was verted there. As well as Bishop / ?htman; Bishop McTierre and hop Capers of the Episcopal rch. both attended school there. s due to Bishop McTierre that iderbilt University was establishat Nashville. Vahderbilt wished io something for Methodism} and suited McTierre being related to i, on the establishment of this at university. Cokesbury gets its le after two Methodist Bishops: :e and Asbury. Cokesbury was on ir regular itinerary^ from Balti e to Charleston. forgot to mention our townsman, Rev. P. F. Kilgore, and his dis- ^ ruished brother, Bishop Kilgore, e born in Cokesbury. Also the s. E. 0. Watson and his cousin, ree Watson, both able divines, med nativity at this interesting t. Also the silver tongue, Heyd Mahcn, ex-mayor of Greenville ' the writer, rirst saw li?ht there, t has for many years retained its itation as a place of culture and fied society; healthfulness, with a hisome religious atmosphe??. ast, but not least, the first te of baseball ever played in th Carolina, was played at Cokesy, introduced by Bob Round, of (Continued on Pag^ Eleven)