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CHAPTER XI.
Joy Graham Makes a Discovery.
On that afternoon Joy Graham
called at the Rutledge home to practice
a duet with Mrs. Rutledge.
"I don't know how I will be able to
leave the children so long this evening,"
said Mrs. Rutledge, "but Allan
wants me to go with the rest to Augsley
and sing 'Jesus Lover of My Soul,'
to the people there. I sang it once
at a shop meeting in Wellington beonH
T wora married, and h6
luio AllOli WIU n w
has never forgotten it."
"I will be so glad to hear you sing
tonight myself," said Joy with enthusiasm,
"but tell me about that shop
meeting In Wellington, Mrs. Rutledge."
The minister's wife related the Incident
to the girl, adding as she finished,
"Soma day I will tell you a sad tragedy
that happened at Wellington. I
have not time today, but some time 1
will tell you. It is about a beautiful
young Bohemian girl, Viola Antol, who
was killed by her false lover. The sad
death of Mae Mobray, one of the girls
at the Gregory factory, reminded Allan
of the tragedy in Iowa and we were
speaking of it not long ago."
"What became of poor Mae's mother?"
asked Joy sympathetically.
"Did you not know that the church
is supporting her? Poor woman, she
is utterly desolate."
Before leaving the Rutledge home
Joy Graham called up Roland Gregory
on the telephone and asked him if he
had decided to accompany her to
Augsley. The young man answered in
the negative, pleading a business engagement.
It was a happy crowd of crusaders
who journeyed that evening to Augsley.
The meeting was even more of a
success than Allan Rutledge had hoped.
The energetic spirit of the exbaseball
star had permeated the entire
vicinity of Bronson, and the few
church members at Augsley had taken
on new life and had widely advertised
the coming of the Bronson party.
The church in which the meeting was
held was the largest in the village,
but it was crowded to overflowing and
a second meeting was arranged hastily
at another church. The songs of Joy
Graham and Mrs. Rutledge were listened
to with absorbing interest, and as
Allan Rutledge heard his wife sing
the old, but ever new hymn of trust,
"Jeeus lover of my soul, let me to
thy bosom fly," he was carried back In
imagination to scenes in his ministry
in Wellington when he had first heard
his wife sing and first began to understand
the tremendous power of
Christian song.
Edgar Prince, the manufacturer of
Bronson, was the first speaker, and his
testimony was listened to with the
closest attention.
"We business men in Bronson have
seen a great light," he began. "If any
one had told me two months ago that
I would be addressing an audience at
a religious service I would have laughed
with scorn. But here I am tonight
able to bear witness that Jesus can
save even a manufacturer. Let Jesus
into your heart, men," he exclaimed,
"and he will make your whole life
over, as he has made mine in the
past few weeks.''
? He then told how he had first been
arrested by the statement of the evangelist,
who quoted the Bible where it
says, "The wages of sin is death."
"I couldn't get away from those
words," he declared earnestly. "I felt
that I was a sinner and that my only
hope of salvation was in the Savior.
Thomas Marchmount also spoke,
telling of his conversion to Christianity
years before and of his long
apostacy.
"We have left God out of our lives
in Bronson for a good many years,
but things have changed. I am happier
tonight than I have been in thirty
years."
Allan Rutledge then took charge of
the meeting, and a call was made for
penitents. They began to stream toward
the front until full twoscore confessed
their sins.
The crusaders returned, astonished
and delighted. "Is it not remarkable,"
said Mr. Townley, who was greatly
moved by the talks of the business
men. "Is it not remarkable to see and
hear such things as we have seen ana
heard tonight?"
"Ah, Mr. Townley," responded Allan
Rutledge, "we need a Billy Sunday
once in awhile to remind us of the
simplest gospel facts. In the light of
vnrisuan nisiory wnat we nave seen
tonight is nothing at all unusual when
men have really become sincere in
their Christian faith."
"But much work still needs to be
done in Bronson," remarked Mr.
Townley.
"Certainly," said Allan Rutledge
quickly: "we are only beginning. Before
very long I am going to propose
a new plan of campaign that will
astound the enemy in Bronson more
than the tabernacle meetings."
The day following the excursion of
the Bronson lay gospelers to Augsley,
Joy Graham and Mrs. Rutledge visited
the lonely mother of the hapless
Mae Mobray. It was. a pleasant
March day, and they took with them
little Anna and Abraham.
"It will do the poor woman good to
see the children," said Mrs. Rutledge.
They found Mrs. Mobray alone in her
desolate little home. The childless
widow was roused somewhat from
her melancholy by the appearance of
the two young women and especially
by the sunshine of the children's presence.
Charles Dickens was a lover of
children, and it was he who wrote
these touching words in regard to their
intluence:
They are idols of hearts and of households;
They are angels of Ood in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in tl,oir
tresses.
His glory still gleams in their eyes.
Oh, those truants from home and from
heaven.
They make me more manly and mild.
iy Came to Town |
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And I know now how Jesus can liken
The kingdom of God to a child.
"We are going to set apart a room
in the church where tired mothers can
leave their babies when they come to
the services, and Dr. Rutledg? thought
that Mrs. Mobray would be Just the
one to take charge of it."
The eyes of the woman brightened
as she listened.
"I had not heard of that," she said
quickly. "I would Just love to do
work like that, and then I would feel
that I was worth something, after all.
It has been very dark to me since
Mae"?Here the unfortunate mother
found relief in tears, being unable to
say more.
When the paroxysm of grief was
over Mrs. Mobray dried her eyes and
spoke brokenly. "I know It is wrong
for me to nurse my sorrow as I do,
but I have been so crushed. If it had
not been for Dr. Rutledge I should
have gone mad and died long before
this."
When Mrs. Mobray began to weep
Joy Graham had taken little Anna out
of the widow's arms and had led Abraham
into an adjoining room, so that
the minister's wife and Mrs. Mobray
were left alone.
"The world will grow brighter to you
after awhile," said Mrs. Rutledge.
"Do not despair. There is much to
live for, you know."
"Who is the young lady, Miss Graham,
who is with you?" asked Mrs.
Mobray.
"Don't you know Joy Graham?"
said the other, in surprise. "She often
sings at the church. She is engaged
to be married to Mr. Gregory."
"I thought I had seen her before,"
said the woman, "but, you know, I
have not been able to get out to
able to attend a very few of the tabernacle
meetings. Did you say that she
church for a long time. I only was
is engaged to be married?"
"Yes," responded Mrs. Rutledge in a
low voice. "She and Mr. Roland Gregory
are to be married in the fall."
"Do you mean the Mr. Gregory who
owns the factory where Mae worked?"
"Yes," responded Mrs. Rutledge.
"I don't think he is a good man,"
said the mother, her tears coming
back. "Mae used to tell me of the
kind of place the factory was when
she first wenl there. She didn't complain
about it after their big strike,
but I am afraid the poor girl allowed
the influence to spoil her.''
The poor mother seemed glad to relieve
her soul by telling in detail all
that she knew in regard to her daughter.
"I wanted to tell all this to some
one," she said as she finished, "but It
is a terrible thing for me to speak of
these things unless to some one like
you."
"Here is the ring Mae had on her
finger," said the woman tearfully,
handing a beautiful marriage ring to
Mrs. Rutledge. "I did not say anything
about this to any one before, as
I thought I would let the poor girl's
secret die with her, but something
"No, beautiful ring of gold, thou art
Innocent."
tcllo mo T f/vll n,U,l/.
who iiiv A uugiu iu icu iiir Wiiuic
truth."
"You will feel better after this confession,"
said Mrs. Rutledge sympathetically.
"I will give this ring to
Dr. Rutledge. It will help you to solve
the tragedy and may prevent another.
There are some men in our modern
American life, often in honored
positions, whose private lives are unspeakable."
"What did she talk to you about
for so long when you were together?"
asked Joy later, moved by a not unnatural
curiosity.
"She was telling me some more of
the details connected with the sad
fate of her daughter. I cannot tell
you about it now. but some time I will.
Dr. Rutledge asked me to find out."
That evening Mrs. Rutledge told her
husband Mrs. Mobray's story in full
and also gave him the fing which the
woman had given her.
"I thought there was more that she
knew," said Allan Rutledge seriously
when his wife had finished. "I have
some dark suspicions already, but I
will not allow them to influence me
until I get proof. If Mae Mobray was
murdered there must be something
done. Justice must not become a by
word in Bronson just because the victim
happens to he a poor girl."
"I was telling Mrs. Mobray about
your plan to make her official baby
tender at the church," said the wife a
little later, "and she seemed delighted
with the prospects. We must arouse
the woman and get her Interested in
some kind of work. Her condition was
citable when I called today, but I
think Joy and I did her some good."
"What a treasure of a girl Joy Grail
im is!" said Dr. Rutledge enthusiastically.
"But I can't bear the thought
of her marrying Roland Gregory."
"She spoke to me this afternoon
about Roland. She thinks it is part of
her duty to win him to the better life."
"I never believed in this business of
marrying men to reform them. It
never worked yet, and it never will.
It only means broken hearts and two
wrecked lives instead of one." The
minister spoke earnestly and added,
"I am going to preach soon from the
tavt 'Pa nnf unannallv valroH tAcot>iar I
with unbelievers,' and I shall say some
pertinent things on this very subject."
"Your sermon will be too late to
help Joy," said the wife, shaking her
head. "She has already plighted her
troth to Roland, and she feels that she
is already bound to him. She spoke
to me a little about it today."
Dr. Rutledge looked grave, and the
conversation was interrupted by the
entrance of little Abraham in his pajamas
to say good night. The mother
left the room with her son, and Allan
Rutledge sat alone with his thoughts.
In his hand he still held the ring
which Mrs. Mobray had given to his
wife. He looked at the gold band for
a moment and then said to himself "Pledge
of falsehood and token of
cruelty, you represent to me all that
is lowest and vilest in the soul of a
man. Speak, guilty ring, and tell me
your fatal secret."
The ring lay, shining and beautiful,
in the palm of his hand.
"No," he continued, speakiig aloud,
"beautiful ring of gold, thou art innocent.
Alas, how the most sacred
things are trampled under foot by
swinish men."
He examined the ring closely and
noticed a little number stamped on
the inside, along with a special trademark.
back way arid thus made his escape on
his horse. He rushed as hard as his
horse would carry him to Messina,
and, although his troops were at mess,
they were quickly gathered and started
oft after the Austrians, who, when
they were met, were forced to flee.
But the experience taught Napoleon
a lesson. He found that it was perfectly
possible for a commanding officer
to be taken prisoner with comparative
ease, and he soon found a way to
make this more difficult.
He organized a command, at first
called guards, whose principal duty
was to protect the commanding officer.
By degrees this body was increased,
and under the consulate it was known
as the Garde Consulaire, receiving
that title in 1799. At that time it consisted
of 9,775 men and was a mere
body of household troops, although
naturally with a man like Napoleon it
was a combatant force and rot for
ornamental purposes.
In 1804, with the creation of the empire,
this body became the Imperial
guard. It grew in size and importance,
and in 1809 it was divided into the
Vielle garde and the Jeune garde. It
was a place of honor. To be admitted
the soldier must have served in three
campaigns. Consequently it was known
as the elite of the imperial troops. Every
man was a veteran. It could be
depended upon to do its utmost. In
1814, when Napoleon abdicated for the
first time, the Imperial guard had been
increased to 112,482 men of all branches
of service.
It was owing to the fact that this
army, called the imperial guard, was
composed of veterans, men who had
seen service and were old campaigners,
that Napoleon believed them to be unconquerable.
The brunt of battle always
had to be borne by the imperial
guard. They consequently were always
fearfully cut up. Only a remnant
of the guard returned from Russia.
and at Waterloo their ranks were
cut down until few of the old guard
iriuaiimi. II Wti.*s (iifir linuit) inai tin
old guard never surrenders, and those
who were able to walk away from the
battlefield at the foot of Mont St. Jean
fought their way on their retreat, and
none surrendered.
After Waterloo the old guard was
treated shamefully. As many as could
be caught were court martialed. and
the remainder were regarded as so
many banditti. General Lallemand
brought 200 of them to America and
with them founded a colony in Texas,
then not United States territory. This
settlement, which was successful, was
named Champ d'Asile, or Field of
Refuge. The Mexican government
compelled them to leave and they next
sought refuge at Galveston, but again
were made to move on, and finally,
after a few months, the 47 of the 200
that survived arrived In New Orleans.
They came here in 1818, and it was not
until 1820, when there were only a few
survivors that a sum of 80,000 francs
reached the exiles.?Exchange.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS1
i
As Traced In Early Files of The '
Yorkvllle Enquirer.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Record* of the Past and '
Giving the Younger Readers of To*
"I can get this ring identified," he
said to himself quickly as he looked
at the distinguishing mark on the
ring. "I shall send it tomorrow to
a detective agency in Chicago. This
ring will tell its secret, and if there
is blood on it the murder will out."
He put the ring carefully in a drawer
in his desk expecting to srnd it to
Chicago the following day, but that
very night he had a visitor who drove
all thought of the ring out of his mind.
Soon after Allan Rutledge deposited
the fatal ring in the drawer his door
bell rang. He arose and went to the
door himself and was somewhat surprised
to see Reginald Nelson standing
there.
(To be continued.)
HEROIC VETERAN8
Napoleon's Famous Fighters, the Imperial
Guard.
Probably no household troops or
bodyguards in the world ever achieved
the reputation of Napoleon's imperial
guard, and they had their origin in a
manner that shows that imperial
guards, like inventions, generally are
often mothered by necessity.
It was during his Milan campaign,
in the days of the republic, while Napoleon
was still General Bonaparte,
that the Austrians nearly captured the
Little Corporal. If they had succeeded
probably the whole history of Europe
would have been different and Waterloo
would be still waiting for a reputation.
He was passing along the bank of a
river with a small escort lent from the
division of Auguereau and Massena.
An Austrian corps was hastening up
the banks of the same stream to Join
Beaulieu. After General Bonaparte
had ridden some distance in company
with Auguereau, he then returned to
Valeggio, where he stopped. He had
been suffering from headache and believed
that a foot bath would effect a
cure.
So during his stop he pulled off his
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uuuio auu suu^iil iu uaiuc ins icci in
a house in the village. While he was
thus engaged the Austrians appeared.
They came so rapidly that there was
scarcely time to sound an alarm. However,
the alarm was sounded, and the
post began to make a defense.
Pulling one boot on one leg and fearing
to spend the time to boot the othpr
Flnnnnni"fp ru ahpH nut thnnnch n
day a Pretty comprehensive Knowledge
of the Things that Most Con- t
cerned Generations that Have Gone ]
Before. 1
The first installment of the notes appearing
under this heading was published
in our issue of November 14, 1
15)13. The notes are being prepared by 1
the editor as time and opportunity permit.
Their purpose is to bring into
review the events of the past for the 1
pleasure and satisfaction of the older j
p?*ople and for the entertainment and ^
instruction of the present generation.
134TH INSTALLMENT. 1
(Wednesday Evening, July 13, 1864.) f
The Reserves. 1
Orders have been issue'? to Brig. J
Gen. Chenut, to call out tne state reserves
and place them in active ser- i
vice, the order will probably be ex- t
tended today. The call is rendered 1
necessary from the attempts of the r
enemy to get a foothold on John's
and James' islands, where infantry is t
meded to protect our artillery. The j
order Is imperative, so our people may $
as well prepare themselves to do their ?
whole duty with cheerfulness.
Whei-e now is the company that was .
to be made up for home defense?
There are men in Yorkville, we believe,
that could not be induced to take
up arms against the Yankees under
any circumstances, and will bear
watching.
'
We have received the following list 1
of casualties from Capt. J. W. Avery's, 8
Co. P, 17th regiment, 8. C. V., up to 1
the 3rd of July: 1
Killed, James Clark; wounded,
Farmer Moore, flesh wound in arm; E. c
H. Bridges, severe, in hand. <
(Wednesday Evening, July 20, 1864.) [
Sullivan's Island, July 9, 1864. <
Mr. Editor: Having given you some
items of news in my lfL?t, I will give j
you such information as I am in pos- t
session of at present from the most c
reliable sources. It appears that the (
enemy on the night of the 30th ultimo, c
landed in force at a point on the James |
Island, known as Legai-e's farm. On
Friday morning, July 1st, our pickets r
were surprised and some four or five j
taken, also two pieces of artillery. 8
Re-inforcements arriving, a sharp en- j
gagement took place, which resulted
in driving the enemy back to their ?
gunboats. It is said that the enemy
has entrenched near the range of boats
and both parties now occupy their
works. No general engagement has
yet taken place. A continual shelling
has been kept up from the gunboats
and our batteries. Re-inforcements
have been received from Georgia,
North Carolina and other points. It is
difficult to get any precise statement
of affairs. It is also reported that the
Yanke es landed in force on John's Is-1
land on Wednesday last; a fight ensued
and our loss was one hundred and
forty. A continual roar of cannon is
heard on James Island. On the 4th,
inst., the Yankees fired a general salute
from all their batteries; a heavy
thunder storm came up during the firing
but they continued their work.
The enemy commenced early Thursday
morning to reek their vengeance
against Fort Sumter, a continual fire
has kept up day and night to the present
hour. Shot and shell have been
hurled in profusion but the old fort
stands defiant. Since last Sunday
night we have been lying at our cannon
ready to meet any approach of
the enemy. On last night we were
summoned to our pieces at 12 o'clock
by the long roll. Being on post at
that hour, I saw a vessel at a distance
passing outward shortly after a rocket
was sent up in the direction of Fort
Moultrie and then in the direction of
Morris island; this was the cause of
the long roll. We stood by our guns
for some time. Day came and all remained
quiet. As usual, a long skift
of rain today, there was heavy clouds
passing north of this place.
More again. Yours truly,
Darby.
(Wednesday Evening, Aug. 10, 1864.)
From Sullivan's Island.
August 1, 1864.
Mr. Editor: Since my last, steady
and furious bombardment has been
poured upon Fort Sumter. Over three ?
hundred shells are thrown at the fort
every twenty-four hours. The damage c
done is slight in comparison to the a
great quantity of shot and shell hurl- a
eu against 11. rne Dreacnes maue aie
speedily repaired. On Friday last, the e
enemy put up a Kin for the purpose of 8
mountinK a Kun on Battery Gregg. n
Our batteries from this point opened ^
fire on Gregg and a well directed shot ^
brought down the strur'ire for raisinR y
the gun, and demolished the concern.
In retaliation no doubt, the flag staff p
of Sumter was shot away, but was o
hoisted again the same day. A few
shells were sent over to arouse us 8
here but no one was hurt. During 8
Saturday, our batteries were quiet. On o
Sunday, the 31st, ultimo, there was a
considerable movement of troops on- g
Morris and Folly islands. In order to r
break the monotony of the day pre- 8
ceding and to interfere with the move- 3
ments of the enemy our batteries com- p
menced a vigorous fire on Morris' is- n
land, the shell fell about the right 1
place as clouds of dust could be seen t(
rising from the midst of their works. r
One hundred and eleven shell were n
thrown from our batteries during the ?
day. Thirty-one shells?most of which a
were Parrott shells, wehre fired at
this place. There was no one hurt, c
Some houses were struck hut the dam- ?
ape was slight. The Parrott shells t]
pass with great speed and force. But
few moments elapse from the time the n
smoke of the gun is seen until the missile
whizzes furiously by with electric
speed. The buzzing of the messengers d
Is not very agreeable to the ear, especially
when they pass within a few a
feet of your head. Towards evening k
the bombardment abated on both sides. 8
The shelling of Sumter was kept up 21
regularly during the night. This jr
morning, August 1st, our batteries a
again commenced a regular, well di- s(
rected Ire on Battery (Iregg. The
Parrotts are again falling here pretty p
fast with the usual effect so far.
Being on the sick list for some days
past, I will have to come to a close,
Poping to be able shortly to write
igain. With respects.
Darby.
(To Be Continued.)
GENERAL NEW8 NOTES.
tems of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
More than 1,100 sheep have died In
:he past two weeks In the vicinity of
Soyds, Wash., as the result of eating
vhite camas weed.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the fanous
British suffragette, Is advocating
he enlistment of English women for
lome defense.
The Italian steamship Mar Carusco,
't-rvm DnHlmnro fnnnHnrod riMr ("11
jraltar, May 14, following a collision
vlth another vessel.
Charles H. Elliott, a veteran oarsnan,
aged 55, was drowned In the
Schuylkill river, near Philadelphia,
rrlday, by falling out of a racing shell,
lupposedly a victim of vertigo.
Charge d'alTairs Magnus, of the Gernan
legation, Mexico City, was nttack(d
and stabbed by a robber near the
egatlon, Thursday. No political slgllflcance
Is attached to the incident.
Italian officials in Washington say
hat there is little probability of callng
Italian reservists in the United
States to the colors of Italy inside of
l year If the war lasts that long.
The Pennsylvania legislature adourned
Thursday, after a session of
teveral weeks. Among the more Imjortant
measures passed was a child
abor law and a workmen's compensaion
act.
The British government has comnandeered
the steamship Transylvalla
for naval uses, leaving only two
ihips, the Orduna and Tuscana in the
ransatlantic service of the Cunard
ind Anchor lines.
Since the war began, England has
letalned 33 ships carrying American
:otton. Of these eight are In the prize
:ourt, ten have been released, and the
rovernment has agreed to purchase the
xirgoes of thirteen of the ships.
A special bulletin issued by the cenius
bureau, gives the total wealth of
he United States as $187,739,000,000,
>r $1,965 for each man, woman and
:hild In the country. The total wealth
>f New York state is estimated at
125,011,000,000.
British sentiment Is reported to be
nuch aroused against the London
Dally Mail and the Times because of
Lttacks of these papers against Lord
(ltchener. The papers have been ex:tuded
from various clubs on account
>f the attacks.
A flood of mud is reported to have
iwept over Hat Creek valley, following
in eruption from Mount Lassan, in
Shasta county, California. Houses were
iw?pt away, many cattle killed and in
>laces deposits of mud reached a
lepth of six to eight feet.
At least one of the public schools of
3hlladelphia has adopted the address
>f President Wilson In that city on
Hay 10, to 4,000 newly naturalized
citizens, as a model for the use of the
English language. Schools throughout
he country will probably use it for the
lame purpose.
A Paris paper publishes a dispatch
rom Turin, Italy, to the effect that
he last proposal of Germany and Ausria
to Italy, was that the latter stay
>ut of the war and act as mediator
or peace between Germany and the alles.
The report has not been received
rom any other source.
Judge A. G. Powell, a former mem>er
of the Georgia court of appeals,
las written a letter to Governor Slaon,
In which he says that Judge Roan,
low deceased, who presided In the
rrank trial, had expressed doubts to
ilm, Powell, as to Frank's guilt of the
nurder of the Phagan girl.
The DuPont Powder company has
ncreased the force of workers engaged
n building its new plant at City Point,
/a., 1,200 men, making the total numler
employed 9,000. The workers are
?aid from $1.90 a day for laborers up
o $15 a day for skilled laborers. The
vork is being pushed 24 hours a day,
n eight hour shifts.
The Bethlehem Steel Works, Bethlelem,
Pa., is reported to have contracts
or war munitions and guns to the
.mount exceeding $100,000,000. A
tart of the order Is 1,000,000 4-inch
ydlte shells, which are to be delivered
o Lord Kitchener at the rate of 4,000
ter day. A report on a test of these
hells says: "A mile and a half away,
n a fiield on a hillside, were seven
ows, scattered over an area of about
n acre. A single shell was planted
s nearly as possible in the midst of
hem, and it killed them all. So powrful
is the explosive that the crucible
teel shell does not burst Into fragfients,
but explodes into an impalpable
iowder. It is said this shell means
oath to any living thing within 50
ards of where it bursts."
Italy's Fighting Strength.?Accordng
to latest reports, Italy's strength
n land and sea is as follows:
Infantry?Two regiments of grendlers,
94 of infantry of the line, 12
f bersablieri or light infantry, and
of Alpine chasseurs, 61 regiments
f mobile militia (corresponding to the
ierman landwehr) and about 400,000
dfantry of the territorials (correponding
to the landsturm.) Each
egiment of the first line has its reerve
unit. Total Infantry, about 1,20,000
men, all mobilized.
Cavalry?29 regiments, each, with
:s reserve unit; 31 squadrons of
tilitia, 30,000 terrtorials; total, about
50,000 men.
Artillery?24 regiments of field ar
Ilery, one of horse artillery, two
egiments of mountain guns, 3 regilents
of coast artillery, 30 of garrison
rtillery; 78 batteries of militia and
00 batteries of territorials; total,
bout 450,000 men.
Single corps, engineers, medical
nrps, commissary, etc., about 145,00
men.
Total forces which may be put in
he field, 2,065,000 men.
Navy, First squadron?6 dread- 1
aughts, 5 mounting thirteen 12-inch
uns each, and one mounting 12-inch
uns; squadron speed, 22.5 knots.
The first class battleships (rereadnaught),
4 mounting four 10ich
and eight 7.5-inch guns, speed i
2.5 knots; 4 mounting two 12-inch I
nd twelve 8-inch guns, speed 20 i
nots; 2 mounting four 12-inch, four 1
-inch and twelve 6-lnch guns, speed
9 knots.
Five old battleships of small fight- 1
ur value three liirht scout cruisers. I
bout 50 efficient torpedo-boat de- I
troyers. I
For joint service with both army
nd navy?14 squadrons of 7 aerolanes
each, and 10 dirigibles. ]
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANBES
News Happenings In Neighboring
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affaira ot
Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lan*
caster and Chester.
Chester Reporter, May 20: Mr. John
B. Smith, who ha# made his home in
Chester for several years, and who was
born in the western part of the county,
died in this city yesterday morning at
2.25 o'clock, after a few days' illness
from typhoid pneumonia, and was
buried yesterday afternoon at Evergreen
cemetery, after funeral services
by Rev. J. H. Yarborough. Mr. Smith
was thirty-nine years of age and leaves
a widow and one child. He is also
survived by his mother, Mrs. S. E.
Smith, and three sisters, of Sumter,
one sister in this county, and two
brothers, Messrs. O. D. Smith and W.
P. Smith, of Union county The
sympathy of their friends throughout
the county is extended Dr. and Mrs.
C. E. Crosby of Blackstock, in the loss
of their little two-year old son, Curtis,
which occurred yesterday morning at
one o'clock, after an illness of two
weeks Old soldiers in Chester
county will regret to hear of the death
of Col. J. C. Warren, which occured
suddenly at his home in Sweetwater,
Tenn., Tuesday, May 11. CoL
Warren was a scout under Gen. Joe
Wheeler, and to his daring and intrepidity
was due much of the valuable
Information that Gen. Wheeler was
constantly obtaining about the enemy's
movements. After the war, CoL Warren
was passing through Chester county,
and as conditions in his native
state were such that he did not care
to go back there at that time he
readily accepted the hospitality of Mr.
J. M. Caldwell of the Wellridge community,
and continued to reside with
Mr. Caldwell for five or six years.
During that time he formed the acquaintance
of most of the old soldiers
in the county as well as other persons,
and was highly esteemed on account
of his affability and the recollection of
his services to his country. After his
return to to Tennessee, Col. Warren
served his county as sheriff and also as
a member of the legislature, and was
regarded as one of the most prominent
citizens of that portion of the state.
The following announcement wiU
be of much Interest to friends of the
popular young contracting couple:
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. White announce
the engagement of their daughter, Ella
Elizabeth, to Mr. William Drennan
Robinson, the wedding to take place
in the early summer. Miss White is
a graduate of Llnwood college and Is
one of Chester's brightest and most
attractive young laaies, wniie wr.
Robinson, who Is a native of Lancaster
and manager of the E. E. Cloud store,
is a young man who has proven his
sterling worth and enjoys a wide circle
of friends here and elsewhere
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pressley of R. F.
D. 3, have sent out Invitations announcing
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Lillian Isabel Pressley, to Mr.
John C. Moore, the ceremony to be
solemnized Wednesday afternoon, June
2, at 6.30 o'clock. The charming brideelect
has been the able and successful
principal of Old Purity school for
several terms, while the groom is U.
S. Mail carrier on R. F. D. No. 1, and
is a young man with a wide circle of
friends.
Rock Hill Record, May 19: A message
was received here yesterday announcing
the death of Miss Pearl
Hamilton at Saranac Lake, N. T. Her
remains were shipped from there last
night an dare expected here some time
tomorrow L. L. Hardin, cashier
of the Bank of Columbia, and Rev. H.
G. Hardin are in the city today at the
home of their brother, Mayor J. C.
Hardin, called here on account of the
illness of their mother, who Is at the
Fennell infirmary and will undergo an
operation this afternoon W. R.
Timmons, secretary of the local chamber
of commerce, is in Montgomery,
Ala., attending the Southern Secretaries'
convention Mrs. Rebecca
Poole of the Manchester mill village,
died yesterday, aged 49 years. Funeral
services were held this afternoon at
the Methodist church at the Manchester
mill, conducted by Rev. Mr. Attaway,
the pastor J. H. Bowling and
bride, formerly Miss Beaulah Sowell
of Lancaster, arrived in the city last
night and have rooms with Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Joy on Saluda street
The completion of the plans for a
camp for Rock Hill boys will be an interesting
announcement to every boy
in town. Last Monday Secretary Tucker
of the Community Y. M. C. A.,
made a trip to Great Falls to complete
arrangements for taking a group there
for a period of two weeks. A site was
secured on Rocky creek, about two
miles from the village of Great Falls.
This is an old stamping ground of
some of our local boys; therefore the
surroundings are somewhat familiar.
Gaffney Ledger, May 21: Capt. J. B.
Bell and Mr. J. W. George ore the
delegates elected to represent Limestone
lodge No. 74, Knights of Pythias,
to the grand lodge meeting which will
be held in Orangeburg, May 25-26.
Mr. A. S. Smith, a prosperous
farmer of the Macedonia section of the
county, yesterday, brought to Gaffney
a wagon load of corn, containing 26
bushels on the cob, and another wagon
with 550 bundles of fodder, both
of which he disposed of at good prices.
Mr. C. Hv Austell has accepted
a position with the International Harvester
company. His duties will require
that he be traveling the greater
part of the time A telegram received
in the city yesterday stated that
David Sarratt, who has been receiving
treatment in a Columbia hospital, died
Wednesday night. He was the son of
Mr. D. S. Sarratt of the Grassy Pond
section of the county. It was expected
that the body, which had been shipped
from Columbia, would arrive in
Gaffney last night Nero Littlejohn,
the negro who was brought
back from Holly Springs, Miss., by 1
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Watkins after an
absence of twelve years, was returned
to the county chaingang Tuesday. He
escaped in 1903, after having served
about eighteen months of a three-year 1
sentence for manslaughter. Earl Brewer,
governor of Mississippi, has asked
Governor Manning to pardon Littlejohn.
1
Gastonia Gazette, May 21: At a
meeting of the city school board held '
last Tuesday night, Prof. Joe. S. Wray
was elected superintendent of the Gas- 1
tonia city schools for the fifteenth
consecutive year On Wednesday ,
evening, May 19th, at 8 o'clock, at the
home of Mr. B. F. S. Austin, superin- !
tendent of the Ozark mill, Miss Ethel :
Austin became the bride of Mr. G. K. ,
Millen. The marriage was a very |
quiet affair, only a few intimate friends
of the family being present Judge 1
A. C. Jones returned last Tuesday night
from Rutherfordton where he delivered t
the literary address before the graduates
of Westminster school Mr. AIfred
Craig, a Gaston county boy, won '
the Carpenter essayist's medal 1
Rev. K. A. Campbell, until recently pas- j
tor of the Loray Presbyterian church, .
left with his family on No. 39 yester- 1
day morning for Atlanta, Ga., where (
they will spend some time with rela- t
lives. Mr. Campbell gave up his work
here on account of his health. He has
noi as yei ueciueu wnai ne win uo.
The A. H, Gulon company has
recently closed contracts for the wir- c
ing and plumbing systems In the houses
now being erected by Mrs. B. J. Cald- 1
well, S. M. Wilson and D. Lebovitz and I
IT. P. Jackson of Clover Miss a
Johnsie Fisher, a graduate of the t
pity hospital school of nurses here,
Is at Wilmington this week taking c
the examination before the state board r
for license to practice nursing r
Fort Mill Times, May 20: S. W. J
Parks, chief, and S. L. Meacham, en- '
gineer, of the Fort Mill fire department,
left Tuesday morning for Greenwood
to attend a meeting of the state
flremens' association Miss Hester
Kimbrell of Gold Hill, left yesterday
morning for an extended visit te her
sister, Mrs. D. T. Smith, at Gainesville,
Fla Mrs. J. J. Stewart and
children and Miss Julia Boyd of Conover,
N. C., are guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Boyd, in this
city For probably ten minutes
Monday afternoon, the heaviest hail
storm in a number of years visited
FYirt Mill and Immediate vicinity.
However, the only damage reported
was to the peach, plum and other fruit
crops and this damage was slight
The little 18-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pruitt, who reside
in the Sprattville section of the town,
died Tuesday evening and was buried
Wednesday in New Unity cemetery.
King's Mountain Herald, May 20:
Mrs. E. O. Cole and children and her
sister, Miss Adna Garlington, will
leave early in June for Missoula, Montana,
where they will spend the summer
Miss Estelle Philips returned
Sunday from a hospital in Charlotte,
where she had been for an operation.
She had been there for two weeks and
is getting along very well Palmer
Fulton is in the Charlotte Sanatorium
where he had an operation last
Tuesday for appendicitis It is
with exceedingly great pleasure that
we announce the re-election of Supt.
R. A. Yoder to succeed himself as
superintendent of the King's Mountain
Graded school W. J. Wright was
out riding in his automobile Sunday
in the vicinity of Bessemer City, when
he had a headon collision with a machine
driven by a Miss Coble. Both
machines were damaged but Mr.
Wright's being the lightest weight,
got the worse of the Impact. Mr.
Wright went over to Bessemer City
Monday and sold what was left of the
car.
* * *
Lancaster. News, May 21: Mr. D. R.
Williams of the Arm of Williams St
Williams, attorneys, appeared before
Judge Ernest Moore at Columbia,
Wednesday, under habeas corpus proceedings
and made application for ball
for Mr. A. F. Hammond, who recently
killed Jim Gill, colored, near Heath
Springs. Ball was granted by Judge
Moore in the sum of $1,500, which was
promptly given by Mr. Hammond. His
bondsmen were Messrs. John A.
Bridges, G. L. Mobely and J. E. Sims.
Mr. C. J. Carpenter, who for the
past ten years has made his home in
Lancaster, has resigned his position
with the Lancaster Mercantile company,
the resignation to take effect
June 1. At that date Mr. Carpenter
will leave Lancaster for a visit to relatives
in Rutherfordton, N. C., before
taking another position.... As Messrs.
A. J. Gregory and Claud N. Sapp were
returning from Charlotte last night,
Mr. Gregory's automobile, when near
Mr. J. G. Howie's, tosething got wrong
with the steering gear of the car,
causing it to veer to the side of the
mod in?n on omhonWmenf. nrecinitat
ing Mr. Sapp to the ground Into a nerby
cotton patch. Mr. Gregory, who had
hold of the steering wheel, suffered no
damage. Mr. Sapp's arm waa considerably
bruised. The young men did
not get home until this morning, having
spent the night In Pleasant Valley,
where the accident occurred.
GRACE AND MANNING
Mayor of Charleston Has His 8ay at
the Governor.
The Columbia Record of Wednesday
prints an article about the
sending of constables to Charleston,
including an account of the correspondence
between the governor and
Mayor Grace, concerning the liquor
situation and also the governor's letter
to Sheriff Martin. In this article
Is an interview over long distance
telephone with Mayor Grace, scoring
Manning sharply.
The Columbia Record, as to the in- I
terview with the mayor, prints the
following:
"When communicated with over
long distance telephone Wednesday
afternoon, Mayor Grace said that, in
his opinion, Gov. Manning is playing
to the galleries all over the state, and
intends to take an active part in the
municipal campaign waging in Charleston.
He imputes hypocracy to Gov.
Manning. He says that Gov. Manning
has suppressed news that would make
the chief executive appear in a ridiculous
light. He characterizes the placing
of constables in Charleston as an
.ict of political cowardice on the part
of Gov. Manning.
"Mayor Grace said that he understood
that the constabulary are making
raids in Charleston Wednesday,
' ut he could not say how many men
were there assisting Sheriff Martin.
He did say a number had been import11nr
Kin n rt/i nthor nlanaa
tU 11UI1I VV1UU1VIU IMIU w llivi |l?l?vv?|
and that the chief constable is W. Clint
Cathcart, formerly chief of police of
Columbia.
Mayor Grace, In commenting on the
statement of Gov. Manning announcing
the appointment of constables In
Charleston said to the Record this
afternoon: ,
"I am now convinced that Gov. Manning
has decided to take a part in our
Charleston municipal campaign. Every
act of his has confirmed this suspicion.
He has also, I believe, been
playing to the galleries solely for political
purposes of his own throughout
the state. He has emphatically denied
both these charges, but I am
now compelled to say that I doubt his
word.
"My doubts are confirmed by the
fact that he projected into the greatest
publicity his letters and telervams
to me, giving them out even before
they reached my hands. On the other
hand, he has deliberately suppressed
certain exceedingly compromising letters
written by me putting him in a
ridiculous dilemma, and in one instance,
when suppressing a letter
which he was called upon to give out
he even tried to create the Impression
that it had been suppressed through
some wish of mine.
"Even when I was in the Infirmary,
stricken, he expected results from my
sick bed, and whatever results 1
ichieved, although in one breath he
:omplimented me for them, he would
in the next breath criticise me for
not performing miracles.
"The reason why he has resorted to
he subterfuge of billeting constables
m Charleston ostensibly to assist our
iheriff, is because on the one hand
le is politically afraid to apply the
Kershaw logic to the Charleston sherff,
and on the other hand because the
Charleston sheriff Is himself afraid not
o respond to the demands of the governor.
Therefore, this ridiculous division
of authority and responsibility.
"So far as any statement of his that
loes not absolve me in the matter, my
inswer is: That whatever responsi>ilitles
of office devolve upon me, they
ire created by law. It is neither his
o bind nor loose; I am performing my
luty as I see it, and I believe, in all
nodesty, I can say I am Just as big a
nan in every respect as Gov. Man- 1
ling and need no absolution at his i
lands." !
HAPPENINGS IN THE 8TATE
Item* of Interest from All 8ectione of
8outh Carolina.
A hospital to cost $25,000, will be
erected In Aiken in a short time.
D. B. Traxler on yesterday, assumed
his duties as postmaster at
Greenville.
It is understood that a new 250room
hotel is to be built In Charleston
soon.
Eleven young ladles received diplomas
from the Columbia hospital
Friday night
Governor Manning has appointed
J. S. Graves a member of the Beaufort
county dispensary board.
Work on the courthouse and school
house at Ridgeland,. Jasper county,
has begun. Ridgeland is the county
seat of Jasper county.
Greenville will, on June 28, hold a
primary for the selection of a mayor,
six aldermen and two police commissioners
for that city.
Capt. R. H. Kennedy, a prominent
citizen of Greenville, and a former
chief of police of that city, died Friday
night of Bright's disease.
Miss Agnes Suber of Newberry
county, died last week as the result
of injuries received when she was
run down by an automobile recently.
Commencement exercises for the
training school for nurses at the Baptist
hospital In Columbia, were held
last evening, twelve young ladles receiving
dplomas.
Miss Maggie Dean of Greenville, 20
years of age, died recently of blood
poisoning, caused by a young friend
picking a small bump on her faoe
with a pin.
N. H. Bull of Orangeburg, has
iciiucrcu IUV ui/ wuiiui ui iirni
place a large lot to be used aa a playground
for children for a period of
two years.
Lieutenant Governor A. J. Bethea
has ordered an election to be held In
Clarendon county on September 14,
to elect a successor to the late Senator
Appelt
The News Is the name of a new
weekly paper which has made its appearance
at Lexington. S. G. Leaphart
and M. G. Sarratt are the publishers.
Dr. W. B. Patton of Cross Anchor,
Spartanburg county, will very likely
enter the race for congress from the
Fourth congressional district. There
are already four candidates In the
field.
A. M. Sox of Columbia, has been
awarded the contract for the construction
of a Carnegie Library at
Camden. His bid was $4,994. The
library is to be completed by October
1.
Two new rural routes will be established
In this state, effective June
16?one at Cross, Berkeley county,
and the other at Dunbarton, Barnwell
county. Both routes are to be triweekly.
A/wnrrilnir tn th? lnnt mnnthlv re
port of the department of agriculture
of the United States, there are
7,500 acres of early potatoes planted
in Charleston county, and 1,800 acres
in Beaufort county.
I W. H, Irvine, one of the largest
1 landowners in Greenville county,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States District court last
week. His liabilities were scheduled
at $213,596.42, and his assets at $496,824.15.
During the four months ending
May 1, the insurance commissioner
collected from insurance and other
companies under his jurisdiction and
turned over to the state treasurer
the sum of $110,336.52. Of this
amount, $33,503.37 goes to the several
counties in the state.
J. C. Kinard of Newberry college,
has been awarded the $20 prize offered
by the Women's Temperance
Union of South Carolina for the best
essay by a college student on the
"Permanency of a Nation as Affected
by Alcohol" Second place was
awarded to Miss Lula Bess Worton
of Columbia college,
The Central Trades council of Spartanburg
on Tuesday night, adopted
resolutions Indorsing a movement
for an eight-hour shift system for the
Spartanburg police force. The police
are now on duty twelve hours per day
and a petition has been submitted
to the city council of that city, asking
for an eght-hour shift.
The state borrowing board, which
is composed of the governor, the
state treasurer ana tne comptroller
general borrowed 1600,000 Friday to
meet the running expenses of the
government until taxes come In. The
money was obtained from the National
bank of Sumter at a rate of 2.69
per cent per annum.
The order by the Charleston county
court directing the exhumation of
the body of Belle Percival, otherwise
known as Anne Louise Purcell, to see
If the body contains certain marks
which may certainly Identify it as
that of one who was the alleged
child of Brldgett Purcell of the Dominion
of Canada, was affirmed last
Thursday by the supreme court in a
decision written by Associate Justice
Gage and concurred in by all the
judges. Belle Percival died last year
In Charleston, leaving an estate worth
approximately >50,000. At the time
of her death it was supposed that she
left no heirs. A wotnan claiming to
be the mother of the young woman
has appeared and begun proceedings
to keep the estate from being escheated
to the state of South Carolina.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the
board of missions of the South Carolina
diocese of the Episcopal church,
concluded its thirtieth annual convention
in Spartanburg last Friday.
The next meeting of the auxiliary
will be held In Sumter. The following
officers were elected on the final ballot
to serve for next year: President,
Miss Kate Lee of Charleston; treasurer,
Mrs. Paul Kennedy of Spartanburg,
and secretary, Miss Maude Harrold
of Charleston. Vice presidents
of the three convocations into which
the state is divided, were chosen as
follows: Charleston, Mrs. J. J. Miles,
Charleston; Columbia, Mrs. W. P.
Breeden, Bennettsvllle; Greenville,
Mrs. J. W. Mixson, Union. Other officers
are: Educational secretary,
Miss Virginia Singleton; united offering
custodian, Miss F. Duvall, Cheraw,
and Junior directoress, Miss
Sarah Furman, Pendleton.