Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 25, 1915, Image 1

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ISSUED 9KMI-WKBKL^ l. k. grist's sons, Pubiiihdr.. [ % <Jf8mitg Jteirspajier: J!or the promotion o)f the political, gonial, tigrieultural and Commercial Jnteresla of the people. j 1E*" *??pvr.J""c 1 ESTABLISHED 1855: YORK VII,LT^79~C-. TljJ^8bAY7 MAY -2571915. JCQ. 42." } j When Billy Sunda $ By ALEX AN [ | Copywright, 1913, by the H. K. F 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 | / = )ER CORKEY ^ ly Co. ^ ncxC'CICMKNX'CIOK'IOlO 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 Ks-w-t+r* nA??Ui 4^ UI-. ? *. 4 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.