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OOVERNMENT QUICK TO All).
PlbM to Succor Homeless Thousands.
President Heeds Appeals.
Washington, Munch 86 Tho prin
cipal function of the govern mont of
the United States tooday was to ex
tend relief to the thousands of home
less survivors of tho Ohio and Indiana
floods
In quick succession every agency
of the government, from tho Presi
dent, thc Secretary of War to every
bureau chief in hbo department, un
der whom relief expeditions could
be organized, moved swiftly to assist
tb?* State authorities in providing
food, shelter and medical attention
for ?be sufferers.
All the troops of the department
or the Hast .were ordered to hold
themselves in readiness for duty in
the Mood districts.
One 111 i I li c > 11 rations, sulllcient to
feed jue.uno people for live ?lays, at
least, are bein;; purchased by the
war department al tho nearest sup
ply depots and hurried to the Ohio
arni* Indiana towns.
Tents to ?helter at least r.b.non
pennie, thousands of blankets, cots,
hospital and Hold supplies, are being
loaded in the Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, St. launs, Chicago, Fort
Thomas, Ky., and nearby army posts,
and within twenty-four hours should
reub (he devastated sections.
Messages of sympathy exchanged
hy the Presiden! and the Governor of
Ohio were followed quickly by a
serut? of requests for help, which
were promptly answered by tho gov
ernment departments. The Presi
dent was in bis ellice all day in close
loach with the situation. Ile was in
constant communication with Secre
tary Garrison, of the War Depart
ment.
Ile apprised Chairman Martin, of
th? Senate, and Fitzgerald, of the
House appropriations committees,
that the government was going ahead
with emergency expenditures on the
assumption that Congress would
bach nj) the administration later on.
They both wired promises of hearty
support, and orders went out on
/ very side for a gigantic work of re
lief.
Urges Nation to Aid.
The President called upon the peo
ple of the nation lo contribute money
liberally to the American Red Cross,
whirl) in turn appealed to the Gov
ernors of the States to hell) gather
relief funds.
Majors .lames Normoylo and .las.
A. Logan, Jr., experienced in fighting
the Mississippi Valley floods, were
ordered by Quartermaster General
Aleshire to Columbus, Ohio, to take
charge of distributing food supplies
for the Federal government.
Major P. C. Fauntleroy was sent
Immediately to Columbus to handle
the medical supplies. Nine medical
office-s and fifty-four of the hospital
corps went from I'll o department of
thc Fast, carrying a big supply of
surgical dressings, anti-typhoid
prophylactics and the complete "re
t>erve medical supply," comprising
hundreds of drugs sulllcient to treat
20,000 patients Tor one month. Pre
cautions against tho spread of dis
ease are to be handled by sanitation
experts. ^
Red Cross A ct iv?'.
Miss Mabel Boardman, of the
American Ked Cross, was active at
the headquarters here, telegraphing
order; to hursts al Cleveland and
tfjipeinnatl and calling upon other
nearby chapters for physicians and
nurses.
Life-saving crews were ordered
from Louisville to Dayton and from
liera ino, ohio, to Dealware, ohio,
and Ibo public health service dis
trib nt ed Its agents over the afflicted
dist rifts.
Postmaster General Muriesen di
rected the department's representa
tives ii? make every possible effort
to install temporary mail service and
restore the main r?t?tes between the
Bast and West as rapidly as possible.
Foreign Powers Cable Wilson.
Washington, March 27.-Messages
of sympathy from foreign powers lle
gan to arrive at tho White House to
tray. President Poincare, ot* France,
cabled lo President Wilson as fol
low.
"Oeing! sorrowfully Impressed by
the terrible ravages caused by the in
undations, 1 beg your Bxcollciiey co
belie.e th.tt we most sincerely share
In the bereavements which have ai
flicted ?o many American families be
cause of this awful disaster."
President. Wilson's reply was:
"In this hour of 'nourning and suf
fering the American people il nd a
real consolation in the sympathy of
their brethren in France. Ju the
name of my countrymen I thank
your Excellency and tho French m
tion."
Since bread ls tho staff of life, and
bread to tho American means wheat
almost exclusively, it is perhajw not
surprising that we consumed approx
imately 500,000,000 bushels of wheat
?mI year.
EUI?F?J&
BITTERS AND KIDNEYS
CLOSE "I* THE HUM* TIGERS
If You ('an-If You Can't Make Them
liny fi??m Dispensaries.
(Columbia Record.)
"Every club where |>er?ons are ?>er
mittod to gather together to use In
toxicating drink? is an illegal place,
and lt ls wrong to have such places;
but if it is ini|>osslble to close them
up, surely they should be willing to
buy from the dispensa rles In order
to give the profit to their home peo
ple, give the children the benefit of
these profits for educational purposes,
and the county for better roads."
This is a statement contained in a
letter addressed to .lohn C. McCain,
sheriff, and E. L. Klbler, chief con
stable.
Will Enforce Webb baw.
"I expect to enforce the Webb law
if the Attorney General's opinion is
that I have the power." said Govor
nor Blease. "I shall seize every drop
of liquor and beer ordered from
without the State." Ile said when he
receives the Attorney General's opin
ion that he has a legal right to en
force the new Federal law he will
send instructions throughout the
State.
Letter to Richland Officials.
Tho letters to tho authorities are
as follows:
Columbia, March 24, 1913.
B. L. Klbler, Esq., Chief Constable;
J. C. McCain, Esq.. Sheriff, Colum
bia, s. c.
Gentlemen: I wish to request you
- I feel that it is hardly necessary,
knowing you so well and believing
that you are doing what you can to
enforce the law-but I wish to im
press upon you to enforce tho dls>>en
sary law, and particularly to see that
those who do sell illegally, all the
clubs in your city, especially, are
forced to buy their beer and whiskey
from the dispensaries. Every club
in your city where persons aro per
mitted to gather together to use in
toxicating drink*' ls an illegal place,
and lt is wrong to have such places;
but if it is impossible to closo them
up, surely they should be willing to
buy from the dispensaries, in order
to give the oro fit to their homo peo
ple, giving the children tho benefit of
these p-oflts for educational pur
lioses, and the county for better
roans. Please get busy and get in
behind these matters. Close up the
blind tigers if you, can, and make
those who will Tun, and that you
can't close up, buy from the dispen
saries. Seize every drop of whiskey
that Is shipped into this city marked
to any club, and every cask of beer
marked to any club. If lt is marked
to a member of the club and deliv
ered at tho club house, seize it.
Either make them buy from the dis
pensaries or have no 'liquor.
These orders are positive and must
be obeyed. Very respectfully.
Cole L. Rlease, Governor.*
Orders As to Charleston.
Columbia, March 24, 101 Tl.
B. ll. Stothart, Esq., Chief Constable;
J, Elmore Martin. Esq., Sheriff,
Charleston, S. C.
Gentlemen: *I wish to Impress on
you once more to enforce the dispen
sary law. and particularly to se< i'\at
those who do sell illegally, If they
must sell and will sell, must buy
their beer and whiskey from the dis
pensaries. lt is wrong to have these
blind tigers; they should be closed
up; but if it is impossible to close
them up. surely they should be will
ing to buy fiwn the dispensaries, in
order to give the profit to their home
l>eople. and give the children the ben
efit of the profits for educational pur
poses and the county for belter roads.
.Vow. gentlemen, jilease get busy
and get In behind this matter. Close
up these tigers if you can. but If you
can't make them buy what they use
from the dispensaries.
I shall expect strict obedience to
this order, with special privileges and
favors to none.
Very respectfully,
Cole li. Rlease, Governor.
State Press Dates Changed.
Columbia, March 28.-Tho date
for the annual meeting of tho State
Press Association havo been post
poned from June 10-20 to .lune 26
2 7 one weou later This was neces
sitated by the Isle of Palms manage
ment having made arr ngements for
another convention the original
dates, this arrange having been
made previously tu that of the State
Press Association.
The annual meeting of the Press
Association will take place on June
26-27. and the party will sail for
New York on Saturday, June 28.
Card of Thanks.
Editor Keowee Courier: Please ai
me space In your paper to extend
thanks to our neighbors who so
faithfully assisted us during tho ill
ness and death of my dear husband.
May God's richest mercies bo show
ered upon them the remainder of
their lives. We sincerely appreciate
their help in this time of groat need.
Mrs. J. H. Cantrell.
Stamp Creek, March 26.
MATTEIIS UP ON LITTLE RIVER.]
Enjoyable Ku?ter Occasion*- Heavy
Frost-W|nd, Hall, Hain Storm?.
Little River, March 29.-8poclal:
A light electric and hall storm passed
over this section on Friday, March
2 1st. No serious damage was done
so far as wo have heard.
J. 13. Alexander has re-covered 'lils
house with a nico metal roof.
The infant son of Rev. and Mrs.
H. A. Hudson, of Cashier's, N. C.,
died at their home on Wednesday,
March 19th. Tho day following the
little body was brqught to' this sec
tion by his father, in company with
his uncle, Vance Alexander, wiro
spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. .1.
L. Talley, grandparents of the child.
Tho burial took place at Little River
cemetery Friday, March 21st, at 2
p. m., after appropriate funeral ser
vice conducted by Row C. R. Aber
crombie The bereaved family have
the sympathy of many friends in their
time of sor mw.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Nix gave an
?Easter egg hunt on Saturday after
noon, March 22d. The young folks
woro very charmingly entertained
and report a nice time.
John Coward, in company with his
mother and Milton Nicholson. Jr.,
of Whitewater, were guests in the
I Salem section recently.
Loren Crow and George Kelley,
two of Salem's young men, have gone
to the Kasley cotton mill to work.
J. L. Talley, in company with his
son Christopher, visited Walter
White and family, of the Old Pick
ens section, recently.
Surveyor J. H. Wigington is on a
business trip to Greenville for a
week or ten days.
Mrs. Frank Alexander, of Wyom
ing, has been spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. L. G. Lusk, and
other relatives in thia section.
Mrs. A. M. Holden has been on the
invalid list for sometime, h. ,r con
dition ia slightly improved at this
time. Her many friends hope to see
her out again soon.
Miss Avallne Galloway has been
suffering very severely the past week
with neuralgia. She is slightly bet
ter at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lusk gavo en
egg hunt Easter evening. When the
hunters had gathered in there were
54, not counting the one who stood
on the bridge and counted the seek
ers. Elisha P. Holden, Robert L.
Madden and James H. Wigington j
wero tho hiders, and their work was
well done. After consldj3tKa<}le time
the eggs were rounded up and there
were only two missing. Miss Joley
Moore held the prize egg, and she
was awarded Brack Lusk for her
prize. Then a jubilee was had and
we went home.
A hea''v wind and rain storm pass
ed over ttiis section on the night o?
March 2(5, and Little River was
booming over bottom lands Thursday
morning.
The two rock chimneys to Major
L. Rogers' house, at the south end,
fell down one night the past week.
No one was lui rt, but the inmates of
the home were frightened.
.lames Madden, Norman Alexan
der, Odas Alexander and Glenn Alex
ander are on a business trip to Lake
Tex a way.
There was a white frost oh Little
River Friday, March 28th.
HEBERT MUST STA Xl) TRIAL.
Tennessee Court Orders His Arrest
for Carolina Authorities.
(Columbia Record. March 27.)
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
has decided that C. J. Hebert must
return to South Carolina and stand
trial, and has ordered the sheTiff to
apprehend him for delivery to the
South Carolina authorities, accord
Ing to information received by Solic
itor W. H. Cobb. The Tennessee
highest court decided that the circuit
judge, in granting Hebert his release
a second time on habeas corpus pro
ceedings after the Supreme Court of
that State had decided against him,
was in error and that the decision
of the court last fall was fin il. He
bert is at liberty on a bond of $2,000,
?md is now being searched for by the
Ten DO Sow e authorities, in? nomu .?
in Chattanooga.
Hebert is under Indicting in this
State in connection with the old Sem
inole Securities Company. Ho is
(barged with defrauding the stock
holders of some $98,0uii, the allega
tions covering tho time tho Seminole
bought a large part of ?he Southern
Life of North Carolina.
Hebert fled to.Tennessee and hos
been resisting extradition ever since.
A requisition issued for him by Gov
ernor Blease and honored by Gover
nor Hooper brought on hi? fight to
resist and he has at last lost out.
Solicitor Cobb has tuon relentless
in his purpose to bring Hebert back
here to face the charges against him.
For use on machinery benrlngs
there bas been Invented a paint that!
ls red at ordinary temperatures, hut
which turns' black to t?lve warning
when bealrnga heat dangerously.
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STORMS IN ANDERSON COUNTY.
Two in Ute Past that Will Not Soon
Be Forgotten?
?-'
(Anderson Mail, March 27.)
Anderson and the surrounding sec
tion have been visited by some right
destructive storms in years past, but
lt has now been several years since
any great amount of damage of this
nature has resulted here. Some
twenty or more years ago a cyclone
hit the section just south of the city,
its main path hoing just about whore
tho Orr Cotton Mill now stands, and
some fifteen years ago there was an
other that did its greatest damage-in
the Starr section. Many small build
ings, and some la. uer ones, too, were
thrown down, tr<es uprooted and
other damage of a like nature done
on both these occasions. There have
been several storms over the county
since then, but the damage done has
never amounted to a great deal in
comparison.
Storm 20 Years Ago.
"I remember well the storm that
passed through some twenty or more
years ago," said a citizen to-day. "lbs
main path was just about where the
Orr mill is now. Houses were blown
down and great pine trees in the
path of the wind, some hundred or
more yards in width, were torn from
their roots and twisted in pieces. The
trees were piled In every direction in
the wake of the storm, showing that
the wind's force came from almost
every direction.
"Old man Joe Strickland used to
tell a story of his having been caught
out on the highway and blown from
his buggy by the roadside. The wind,
he said, picked him up in no gentle
fashion and laid him down In the
edge of the woods in about the same
manner. He was knocked and cuffed
about by the 'breeze' for some little
'time, but finally managed to lay hold
with both hands on a small sapling
that grew by the ditch bank. He held
on there for dear life until the fury
of the storm had passed, but declared
that he was wound round and round
the bush, and battered up and down
against the ground by 'tho fury of the
wind, being handled much after the
fashion of a blade of fodder in he
breeze, until he was black and blue,
and just alive for 6ome considerable
time afterwards.
"I have heard Mr. Strickland tell
that story over and over again," said
the citizen, "and I have never yet
iheard anybody dispute it. It is cor
tan that there was a great doa! of
damage done by the storm at that
time. He will never believe anything
else than that that sapling saved his
lifo, and maybe it did."
Few Years Dater at Starr.
Down at Starr, a few years later,
the fury of the storm was about the
same. The wind again traveled in a
path some several hundred* yards in
width, leaving wrecked houses and
trees as it passed. The town of
Starr got about as much of it as any
other section, and tho damage there
was considerable. The wind, as In
the first instance, also blew in a gale
in the town and almost all over the
county, but with nothing like the
fury as that at Starr.
"For a long time," said the citi
zen, "there was a gate post on exhibi
tion at one of the newspaper offices
In Anderson which told of the fury
of the wind. It was taken from the
lot at the home of Press Allen and
brought, in. Through the center of
tho post a sj>oke had been driven,
just as if lt had been made of Iron and
a sledge hammer used In the process.
"I don't suppose anybody ever
knew," he continued, "whether or not
tho wheel from which the spoke was
t'tken originally was torn from some
wagon and hurled against the gate
post, but it is a fact that the spoke
was driven through the post by the
wind. There were hundreds of peo
ple who saw it, and tho force of the
wihd of the storm could not have
been more strikingly emphasized.
"I'm glad we don't, have any more
storms like that," he said. "I am
one of those fellows you meet every
little while who are afraid of them."
PICKEN8 .MAN "UNBELTS" GOLD..
Astonishes Passenger Agent, in Atlan
ta i.y r>isnlay of Yellow Metal.
(Atlanta Georgian.)
H. H. Hunt, district passenger
agent of the Rock Island Mites, in At
lanta, had the shock of his life when
a man who said he was a native of
Pickens, S. C., walked into bia office
and literally "unbelted" 24 ounces
of gold coins on his desk.
Hunt was busily engaged during
the morning. Looking up from his
desk during tho rush hour he noticed
a tall fellow In the dress of a far
mer standing at his side.
"I want two tickets, first class,
from here to Oridley, Cal.," ?aid the
man.* "How much ?"
Hunt named -tija price.
The stranger leisurely unbuttoned
his shirt, then pulled out a money
belt. % From its leathern folds he
shook ou.tf24 ounces of $5 gold
pieces. The money Neighed just that
much at the bank.
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west United States and full
ern Pacific rates of fare and
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JOHN WHITE & CO. LJUTSV
GOVERNOR SLAYS HIS ENEMY.
Mexican Official Puts Former Cliief to
Death-Administration Shocked.
Mexico City, March 28.-Enrique
Zepeda, Governor of the Federal dis
trict, and a close friend of President
Huerta, took into his own hands the
ridding of the country of its political
enemies early to-day when he direct
fed the shooting of Gabriel Hernan
dez, ex-commandant of the rurales.
The government ls shocked at Ze
peda'fl act and has removed him from
ofilce and imprisoned him In, the na
tional pa lac*?. Friends of Zepeda of
fer as -an explanation that the Gov
ernor waa not In a responsible condi
tion at the time.
Zepeda, at the head of a squad of
mounted police, went to Belem prison
and ordered Hernandez to be brought
forth. His body was immediately
riddled with bullets, according to offi
cials who were forced to witness the
act.
Later Zepeda ordered firewood
placed in the patio on which the
body of Hernandez was placed.
HelM'llion Drowned.
Mexico City, March 27.-Lack of
familiarity with steamboats resulted
In the swift crippling of Mexico's
latest rebellion, inaugurated to-day
In the State of Tabasco.
One hundred and seventy men of
the Third infantry, commanded by
Col. Palome at San Juan Bautista, re
volted with the cry of "Vive Made
ro." They looted the houses and
robbed the branch of the national
bank and then embarked on a Ma
cuspana river steamer.
The boat foundered a short dist
ance from shore and 105 of the rebels
were drowned.
Prisoners Executed.
Laredo, Texas, March 27.- Four
prisoners aro reported executed at
Monclova, Mexico, yesterday by fol
lowers of former Governor Carran
zas, of Coahuila. The executions In
clude Joaquin C. Cardenas, a promi
nent lawyer of Nuevo Laredo, who
was captured by Carranza adherents
just before they unsuccessfully at
tacked Nuevo Laredo, Mandi 1f>.
Cardenas at that time was forced to
write a note demanding Nuevo Lare
do's surrender.
l*o?pek fay?, especially Itt rotation? with cot
heavier than with cotton alone. We sell P
Writ* for PH et? ant
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watt?lyowfrtt ??nk ?nt, ri
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?IST TICKETS ON SALE
HIL 15, 101?, to points in
ushington, Oregon, British
?llSf TICKETS ON SALE
III MONTH to many ixunts
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mi tito
Pacific Ry
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BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Iterature about tho North
information about North
service promptly upon re
Wrlto to-day.
:?nt, 10 No. Pryor St., Atlanta, .Ga,
Kt., 40 E. 4th St., Cincinnati, O,
HIDES
ARKET PRICE PAID
FURS AND HIDES
Inion. Writ? lor
this ad.
.hod 1897
ri LIJE, KY
PRICE OP TRAVEL IS HIGHER.
By Uso of Fractions Railroads Make
Slight Raise in Rates.
Columbia, March 27.-Under the
ruling of the Inter-State Commerce
Commission railroads throughout the 4^
country have revised their passenger
rates, adding the fractions and there
by increasing the rates In almost
every ?.'stance on Inter-State trips
five cc-n"u over the preceding rates.
Intrastate rates are not affected, but , "
remain at the former rate, 2 YZ cents 9
per mile. The Inter-State Commerce
Com'missSo*. filed a ruling -to the ef
fect that no inter-State rate could be
greater than two local rates. This
necessitated the raM roads putting on
a tariff for inter-State journeys and
.they increased the rates five cents in '*
most instances. The fractions are
added and tho rates are either five or
multiples of Ave, thus making the
passengers pay the excess In every
instance.
This means that the rate from
most points in South Carolina to At- ?
lanta, Qa., or Augusta, Ga., are five
cents moro than they formerly were.
Intrastate rates, as stated, have not
been affected, and thus one tariff has
to be kept for trips within the State
and another for trips without the
State. *
linder the agreement with the Gov
ernors of the Southern States made
in l?tO?l, a flat rate of two and one
half cents a mile is charged, but the
fare is always five cents or multiples
of five. If a fare would be twenty
two and one-third cents the Intra
slate charge would be only twenty \S
cents, or if twenty-two and one-half,
it would be twenty-five cents. Under
the inter-State trip tho fraction ls al
ways charged and the rate is five or
multiples thereof.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days **"
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case o? Itching,
niind.nieedingor Protruding Pites in 6 to M days.
The first application gives l?ase and Rest 50c .
Boston's mayor advocates pensions
for widows.
A.- K. Shay, of Springfield, Mo.,*
was probably fatally burned the other
day when a spark from his cigarette
set Uro to his shirt.
The Size and Number
of Ote Bolls You Harvest
Depend on Hov/ You Feed the Plants
Whatever the nature of your soil, its natural
supply of available potash will not meet the
full demands of a big cotton crop.
POTASH
tillzer should contain st least 3 to 4 per cent, of actus!
for heavy soils, and 5 to 7 per cent, for light soils,
with 1 or 2 ncr cent, potash are out of dato. Pr?vido
yt your Kalnit requirements for side dressing, and
turg against blight and nut.
ton, corn and peas, whero the potash demand ia much
otash In any quantity frons one 200-pound bag up.
! Tr*? Book on Ootton Culturo % J
lao., 43 Broadway. Now York
i BM?., S ?van* l?t _ _ Konadaoek Blo*k, Oalaas?
few '.laaaa taft VraaalaM