Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 11, 1915, Image 1

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" ISSUED SEMI'WKEKL^ l. m grist's sous, Pnbu?her?. % ^uiitg jPJeicsgaper,: j[or thg promotion of the political, ?oqial, Agricultural and Commercial Jntercsls of th< $topt<. | T ENo'lkci>tv!"vJInns'?' e3ta bushed 1855. YORKVILLE, SC., FRIDAY, JUNE11,1915. NO. 47. \ | When Billy Sunds = $ By ALEXANI ^ Copywright, 1913, by the H. K. F CHAPTER XVI. j Swift Punishment. It was after 5 o'clock before Reginald Nelson arrived at the Courier office on the evening of the eventful July 4. He was surprised to see his own private office open when he entered and to hear sotne one manipulating his typewriter. He passed quickly inside and was amazed to see Ned Rowlands working diligintly at the writing machine. "What's the matter, Ned?" he exclaimed. "Is your own typewriter broken ?" "Have you not heard the news?" asked the other In response. "What news?" "The directors had a meeting this morning and gave me the position of editor of the Courier. I am sorry for you. Nelson, but that edition of yours today was a bad break, and I am afraid it has ruined your life." "Ruined my life?" said Reginald Nelson in a dazed way. Then he aroused himself. "Get out of here, Rowland," he ordered. "I am the editor of the Courier." The Englishman's eyes were shining as he spoke. "Sorry, old man," said the other familiarly, "but you'll have to take your medicine. Here is my introductory editorial," and Ned Rowlands handed Reginald a sheet of typerwriting. The Englishman glanced at the headline and saw that the article was entitled, "Greetings From the Courier's New Editor." He tore the sheet of paper into fragments and threw them on the floor. "Get out of here!" he thundered to his former city reporter. Ned Rowlands laughed sarcastically in his face and sneered: "You forgot, Nelson, that you were not working for the public, but that you were working for the Courier Publishing company. They have no more use for you." "And I have no more use for you!" exclaimed Reginald, seizing the other by the coat collar. "I have wanted to discharge you for a months, and I do it now. Your place is vacant." As he was speaking these words Reginald marched Ned Rowlands to the door of his private office and pushed him into the outer room. Th? ousted city reporter made no resistance, being alarmed at the excitement of the other, and he was hastening away when he ian square into a gentleman who was approaching the editorial sanctum. "Excuse me, sir," said Rowlands, glancing up and seeing the face of Mr. Graham. "Come back with me, you coward," said the lawyer in a low tone. After the expulsion of his city reporter*Reginald had slammed the door and had just seated himself at his desk to collect his thoughts when he heard the voice of Mr. Graham saying: "You are discharged as editor of the Courier, Mr. Nelson. We have no further use for your service, and you will oblige us by leaving the office at once. We have appointed Ned Rowlands in your place." i "Come, cone," said the lawyer, sharply. "Get out of here." , "Who has discharged me?" asked Reginald, restraining himself with difficulty. "The directors of the Courier Publishing company." "Who are these directors?" asked Reginald. "1 am a part owner of this paper, and I claim to have some voice in the management." Reginald Nelson had paid no attention to the business management of the newspaper, leaving that entirely to Mr. Graham. "I control a majority of the stock of this concern," said Mr. Graham loftily, "and I have directed that such a person as you is not lit to be editor of the Courier. You will oblige me by leaving this office at once or I shall be forced to have you expelled by the officers of the law." Reginald Nelson slowly began to see ins nopeiess position, rie ihui looseu c>n himself as part owner and manager of his paper. He believed that his course as an editor would be judged successful if he could keep his subscription list growing, as a newspaper is saved or damned by this standard in the commercial world. Reginald felt that his declining number of readers was due to the incompetency of his city reporter, and the consequent loss of confidence in the Courier by large numbers of the working people. He had been assured by the events of the day that his bold attack on the city administration and his exposure of the evils which were tolerated by the Bronson officials had re-established the credit of the paper as a genuine friend of reform. He had had an extra large edition of that day's paper printed, but after Allan Rutledge's speech at Bronson park the demand for the Courier was so great that the edition was soon exhausted and the young editor had been congratulated on every hand. "I thought the Courier had deserted us," an enthusiastic advocate of reform had declared to him during the afternoon, "but your issue of today will make the Courier the most popular paper in all Michigan." Kncouraged by the marks of popular approval on every hand, and deeming that his position as editor had been assured by his Independence day edition, Reginald Nelson had returned to the Courier office in high spirits. His interview with Ned Rowlands and the words of Mr. Graham had almost unmanned him. He could not as yet til,, oitll-ltinn "I will admit the circulation of the paper dropped a thousand or so in the past few weeks," said Reginald in a perplexed tone, "hut that was the result of a lack of confidence in us as genuine friends of reform. The edition of today has convinced the most skeptical that the Courier will represent the people, and I look for an immediate rise in the number of papers printed. I was going to order 1,000 iy Came to Town j = )ER CORKEY 'i y j extra copies struck off tomorrow." Mr. Graham listened impatiently until Reginald had ceased and responded quickly, "We don't want you as our editor a day longer if the circulation increased at once 10,000 a day." In a moment the whole situation became plain to Reginald. The Courier had been purchased by the enemies of i reform. His position as editor had been given him in order to blind the people to the fact that henceforth the Courier was to be in the hands of ( these enemies. ( Reginald Nelson felt his strength returning. He met the look of the lawyer fearlessly. "Let me show you something," then went on Mr. Graham sneeringly. He led the way out of the office into the printing room. Two or three men were already at work, and one of them was fixing one of the forms of the paper for the next day. "Give Mr. Nelson a proof of that article I wrcte," ordered Mr. Graham. The workman hastened to obey, the lawyer being recognized as the owner i of the plant. In a few minutes a dampened "proof' was placed in Regi- i nald's hands. "Read that," said the ] lawyer snappingly. < In astonishment the editor began to read a bitter attack on the veracity of , his Independence day exposure. ( "The owners of the Courier regret i exceedingly," the article declared, that Independence day in Bronson was marred with the publication of some vile slanders against the honor of our fair city. The youthful editor to whom we intrusted the paper has betrayed his trust, but he has been summarily removed from his place as ' editor and his past life is now being ! investigated, as there are some rumors ' of former breaches of trust before he came to Bronson. He owes the Courier Publishing company a large sum of money and action will be brought against him at once in our courts. The public is warned against him as a dangerous adventurer." When Reginald Nelson had read these words he stopped and looked up at the lawyer with blazing eyes. "Are you going to publish these calumnies in the Courier?" he demanded fiercely. "Yes, and a good deal more, sir. We'll drive you out of Bronson in a week." Mr. Graham was grinding his teeth in a raga Reginald Nelson looked at him for a moment astounded, and then his own anger overcame him. He seized the "form" in which the offensive article against himself was and swept it to the floor, scattering the type in every direction. "If you were a younger man," he shouted to Mr. Graham, "I would sweep this floor with you. Infamous rascal!" Two burley policemen appeared at once on the scene, and the lawyer cried: "Take the madman out! Take him to jail for destruction of property! I will file a complaint!" The two policemen dashed at Reginald, one seizing each arm. The powerful Englishman struggled with his captors. With terrific force he threw one of them against the wall and turned to attack the other, but the officer drew his baton and as Reginald reached for him he struck him a crushing blow on the head. The young man fell senseless on the floor. "Take him to jail, take him to jail!" shouted Mr. Graham. The two policemen stood silent, gazing at the prosirate form of their antagonist. "He has the strength of an ox," said the one whom Reginald had flung against the wall, i >ing his shoulder. "It is a good thi ou hit him with the billy or he wou nave downed us both." The policeman telephoned for the police ambulance, and in a little while Reginald was lying on a cot in the j Bronson jail. It was an hour before the injured ex-editor recovered. He opened his f eyes and gazed around him. "Where am I?'' he asked in amazement. \ f "In jail," said an attendant shortly as he advanced to the cot. He was 1 under the impression that Reginald was in a drunken stupor, as he did e not know who the prisoner was nor c why he had been brought to the city t bastile. 1 "Jail!" exclaimed Reginald. His 1 memory began to return. He remem- ' bered his fight with the policemen in the printing room of the Courier. p "Telephone to the Rev. Allan Rut- a ledge to come to me at once," he re- ^ quested. a In less than fifteen minutes Allan c Rutledge was sitting on the edge of j the cot speaking soothingly to the injured man. t "My Ood, what an outrage! And to r think that this has been done in v Bronson on Independence day!" exclaimed Allan Rutledge when Regi- ;] nald had told him his story. Allan Rutledge at once went to the s office of the jail and arranged that Reginald should be immediately removed to the Cameron home. "I will be responsible for him." said the min- N ister. When Reginald Nelson staggered in- * to the Cameron home, assisted by Allan Rutledge, the good Scotchman and 1 his wife were greatly frightened. "What's the matter with our boy?" asked Mr. Cameron anxiously. 1 "Not very much." replied Allan. "He will soon be all right. Let us ?' take him upstairs to bed at once." All that night the minister remained by the bedside of the ex-editor. A doctor was called, and he examined the wound on his head and shook his head gravely. Reginald Nelson gradually sank into a stupor, and in the morning his condition was very serious. The next day the issue of the Courier astounded the people of Rronson. Mr. Graham had a signed article in ' the paper denouncing Reginald Nelson and giving his version of the tight in the printing room. He char- t acteri/.ed the Independence day edi- S tion as a mass of libel and promised the people that the owners of the paper would be more careful in their supervision of the newspaper. "The Courier has always borne the reputation of being a conservative and safe paper, and we regret very much that this adventurer, who wormed himself into the confidence of so many of our citizens, has brought such a disgrace upon us." These were the closing words of Mr. Graham's statement. The citizens were at once divided into two camps, some asserting that they always knew that Reginald Nelson was an impostor, and the others, at first greatly in the majority, protested that the ex-editor had been misjudged. In the issue of the day following notice was given of the suit against Reginald by the Courier Publishing company, and dark hints were made here and there ia the paper in regard to stories which had become current regarding the immigrant's career in England. It was even reported that he had deserted a wife in the old country, that he was a fugitive from justice and that he was an ex-criminal. These stories were also circulated an the streets of Bronson, and the popular sentiment began to turn against the unfortunate Reginald. (To Be Continued.) GENERAL NEWS NOTES Items of Interest Gathered from All Around the World. Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt are spending a few days in Mississippi. By order of the Austrian government, telegraphic and telephone communication with Switzerland has been discontinued. Seventeen persons, including three women, have been shot at Liege, according to a Rotterdam dispatch of Monday. Capt. John J. Knapp has been appointed commandant of the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia, succeeding Rear Admiral Wm. S. Benson, now chief of naval operations. The nine deputy sheriffs convicted it New Brunswick, N. J., of manslaughter, the result of strike riots at Roosevelt in January, have been sen:enced to terms of two to ten years in prison. A railroad train arrived at Atlantic Z?ity, N. J., from Philadelphia last Sunday night, having on board a lozen or more newly wedded couples. The train was dubbed the "Honeymoon Express." Ex-Governor Hanley of Indiana, in in interview a few days ago, predict?d that Pennsylvania would have a state-wide local option liquor law vithin two years and in a few years more would be dry. Treasury department officials are ooking for Knox " Booth, internal evenue agent for the Tennessee and Alabama district, who has disappear?d. Booth is wanted for revenue 'unds estimated to total $200,000. The export trade of the United States for the ten months ending April 10, totaled $2,225,823,986, as against 12,045,774,285 for the same period of .914, an increase of $180,049,501. Most >f the gain is in foodstuffs. Independent oil dealers in the west ire urging action against the Standard )il company of Indiana, to require the illeged trust to raise the wholesale >rice of gasolene in western states ibove 85 cents a gallon wholesale. The superdreadnaught Arizona, siser ship to the Pennsylvania, will be aunched at the New York navy yard, 3rooklyn, on June 19. The Arizona s the fourth of the modern battleihips built by the government in its iwn yards. A Philadelphia report is to the efect that a large shipbuilding comjany is negotiating for the lease for i long period of the Cramp Shipyards >f that city. It is understood that ?has. M. Schwab is behind the movenent. The government's June 1st crop re>ort estimates the 1915 wheat yield n the United States at 950,000,000 >ushels, which is about 59,000,000 >ushels greater than the crop of 914. Spanish newspapers have been reluested by the government to refrain roin discussions of military and naval Lffairs, as it was feared that controrersies might arise which would interere with the maintenance of neutraliV* J The new Cummins law went into fleet on June 2. This limits the value if baggage to be checked by railroads or free transportation at 100 pounds. Travelers will be required to pay 10 ents for each $100 in excess of the irst $100 in value. A Marietta, Pa., correspondent suggests that the Carranza, Villa, Zapata md Gerza factions of Mexico get torether and invite Col. Roosevelt to ict as dictator of that republic until irder is restored and a president who s strong enough to keep things going. One hundred tons of leaves used in he manufacture of absinthe, the fanous intoxicating liciuor of France, vas publicly destroyed by the governncnt at Potarlier, France, Monday, in iccordance with French legislation oppressing the manufacture of ablinthe. Because of the immense demand for :heese for export, many northern and vestern dairymen are turning their nilk into cheese instead of butter, because they find the profits on cheese it present prices is two and a half imes as great per gallon as it is vhen the milk is turned into butter. Sxports bust week booked 2,600,000 wninds of cheese for export. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has ippointed a naval court of inquiry to nvestigate charges of irregulations in lonnection with examinations at the \nnapoIis academy just previous to he commencement exercises of last veek. Practically every cadet in the icademy got "dope" on the examina ion work and useu nis inrormauon m he final work before the close of the school year. Seven cadets are on rial charged with having secured tdvanced information. Three others lave been dismissed. The great armadillo possesses more eeth than any other animal, having 12. I MR. BRYAN STEPS OUT. Secretary of State Unable to Agree With President. SPLIT ON PRESERVATION OF PEACE. Dramatic Development in Cabinet last Tuesday?Note to Germany the Cause of Disagreement?Both President and Secretary Seek Peace, but President Insists on Protection of American Rights. Washington, June 8.? William Jennings Bryan, three times Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States and author of nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal nations of the world, resigned today as secretary of state as a dram EmEBm WILLIAM JENNN atic sequel to his disagreement with ( President Wilson over the government's policy toward Germany. g The resignation was accepted by i the president. The cabinet then ap- 1 proved the response which had been i prepared to the German reply to th$ ] Lusitania note. Acting Secretary Rofe? J ert Lansing will sign the document, 1 and tomorrow it will be cabled to g Berlin. I Secretary Bryan will return to pri- i vate life tomorrow, when his resignation takes effect. It was learned that f he intends to continue his political a support of the president. x Rather than sign the document i which he believed might possibly J draw the United States into war, Mr. e Bryan submitted his resignation in a r letter declaring that "the issue in- s volved is of such moment that to re- v main a member of the cabinet would t be as unfair to you as it would be to t the cause which is nearest my heart, t *" nrAtronHnn r\f U'fl f " f The president accepted the resig- t nation in a letter of regret, tinged d with deep personal feeling of affec- t lion. The letter constituting the t official announcement of Mr. Bryan's c departure from the cabinet to private a life, were made public at the White s House at 6 o'clock tonight. I Secretary Bryan's letter of resignation was as follows: I "My dear Mr. President: I "It is with sincere regret that I d have reached the conclusion that I t should return to you the commission t of secretary of state with which you a honored me at the beginning of your u administration. i "Obedient to your sense of duty and r actuated by the highest motives, you f have prepared for transmission to the German government a note in which n I cannot join without violating what I e deem to be an obligation to my coun- t try and the issue involved is of such il moment that to remain a member of t the cabinet would be as unfair to you C as it would be to the cause which is s nearest my heart, namely, the preven- n tion of war. n "I, therefore, respectfully tender my c resignation, to take effect when the ii note is sent, unless you prefer an earlier hour. Alike desirous of reach- a ing a peaceful solution of the prob- a leins arising out of the use of sub- v marines against merchantmen, we f find ourselves differing irreconcilably o as to the methods which should be V employed. n "It falls to your lot to speak offl- t eially for the nation; I consider it to be none the less my duty to endeavor t as a private citizen to promote the ii end which you have in view by means b wnicn you uo noi leei ai nucnj kj <? use. "In severing the intimate and pleas- b ant relations which have existed be- v tween us during the past two years, s permit me to acknowledge the pro- p found satisfaction which it has given q me to be associated with you in the c important work which has come be- k fore the state department, and thank t you for the courtesies extended. o "With the heartiest good wishes for il your personal welfare and for the sue- g cess of your administration, I am, my dear Mr. President, t "Very truly yours, v (Signed) "\V. J. Bryan." II The president's letter to Mr. Bryan c was as follows: n "My dear Mr. Bryan: c "I .accept your resignation only be- A cause you insist upon its acceptance; e and I accept it with much more than n deep regret with a feeling of person- t al sorrow. Our two years of close as- t sociation have been very delightful to n me. Our judgments have accorded in practically every matter of official n duty and of public policy until now: e your support of the work and pur- ii poses of the administration has been v generous and loyal beyond praise: tl your devotion to the duties of your ti great office and your eagerness to take w advantage of every great opportunity fojj. service it offered has been an example to the rest of us; you have earned our affectionate admiration and friendship. Even now we are not separated in the object we seek, but only in the method by which we seek it. "It is for these reasons my feeling about your retirement from the secretaryship of state goes so much deeper than regret. I sincerely deplore it. On** nKlaoto o ro f Via an ma nnrl u.'P VUI V7UJCC lO U/l V. HIV OUIilV) MUM ?? V ought to pursue them together. I yield to your desire only because I must and wish to bid you Godspeed in the parting. We shall continue to work for the same cause even when we do not work in the same way. "With affectionate regard, "Sincerely yours, "Woodrew Wilson." Mr. Bryan Makes Statement. Mr. Bryan on Wednesday gave out MrW to rngmmm -w* ' % fINGS BRYAN. :he following statement to the public: "My reason for resigning is clearly itated in my letter of resignation, lamely, that I may employ as a private citizen, the means which the presdent does not feel at liberty to employ. I honor him for doing what he Sieves to be right and I am sure that le desires, as I do, to find a peaceful lolution of the problem which has >een created by the action of the subnarines. "Two of the points on which we difer, each conscientious in conviction, ire, first, as to the suggestion of investigation by an international comnission, and, second, as to warning Americans against traveling on bellig- / Tent vessels or with cargoes of amnunition. I believe that this nation ihould frankly state to Germany that ve are willing to apply In this case he principle which we are bound by reaty to apply to disputes between he United States and the thirty counrles with which we have made treaie* providing for investigation of all lisputes of every character and naure. These treaties, negotiated under his administration, make war practlally impossible between this country ,nd these thirty governments repreenting nearly three-fourths of all the eople of the world. "Among the nations with which we lave Ihese treaties, are Great Britain. Vance and Russia. No matter what lisputes may arise between us and hese treaty nations, we agree that here shall be no declaration of war nd no commencement of hostilities intil the matter in dispute has been nvestigated by an International comnission and a year's time is allowed or investigation and report. "This plan was offered to ail the lations without any exceptions whatver, and Germany was one of the naions that accepted the principle, beng the twelfth. I think, to accept. Xo reaty was actually entered into with Jermany, but I cannot see that that hould stand in the way when both lations endorsed the principle. I do lot know whether Germany would acept the offer, but our country should, n my judgment, make the offer. "Such an offer, if accepted, would t once relieve the tension and silence 11 the jingoes who are demanding far. Germany has always been a riendly nation and a great many of ur people are of German ancestry. Vhy should we not deal with Gernany according to the plan to which he nation has pledged its support? "The second point of difference is as o the course which should be pursued n regard to Americans traveling on elligerent ships or with cargoes of mmunition. "Why should an American citizen >e permitted to involve his country in far by traveling upon a belligerent hip when he knows that the ship will ass through a danger zone? The uestion is not whether an American itizen has a right, under international iw, to travel on a belligerent ship: , he question is whether he ought not. ui Ul L'UU.IIUriUIIUU UM Ilia vvruiit.j, r not for his own safety, avoid daner when avoidance is possible. "It is a very one-sided citizenship hat compels a government to go to far over a citizen's rights and yet releve the citizen of all obligations to onsider his nation's welfare. I do ot know just how far the president an legally go in actually preventing Lmerieans from traveling on beilig- J rent ships, but I believe the governlent should go as far as It can and hat in case of doubt it should give he benefit of the doubt to the govern- 1 lent. "Hut even If the government could ot legally prevent citizens from trav- ' ling on belligerent ships, it could, and ' i my judgment should, earnestly adise American citizens not to risk ! hemselves or the peace of their coun- ' ry, and I have no doubt that these ' arnings should be heeded. "President Taft advised Americans to leave Mexico when insurrection broke out there, and President Wilson has repeated the advice. This advice, in my Judgment, was eminently wise, and I think the same course should be followed in regard to warning Americans to keep off vessels subject to attack. "I think, too, that American passenger ships should be prohibited from carrying ammunition. The lives of passengers ought not to be endangered by cargoes of ammunition whether that danger comes from possible explosions or from possible attacks from without. Passengers and ammunition should not travel together. The attempt to prevent American citizens from incurring these risks is entirely consistent with the ertort which our government is making to prevent attacks from submarines. "The use of one remedy does not exclude the use of the other. The most familiar illustration is to be found in the action taken by municipal authorities during a riot. It is the duty of the mayor to suppress the mob and to prevent violence, but he does not hesitate to warn citizens to keep off the streets during the riots. He does not question their right to use the streets, but for their own protection and in the interest of order, he warns them not to incur the risks involved in going upon the streets when men are shooting at each other. "The president does not feel Justified in taking the action above suggested: That is, he does not feel Justified, first, in suggesting the submission of the controversy to investigation or second, in warning the people not to incur the extra haza-ds in traveling on belligerent ships or on ships carrying ammunition. And he may be right in the position he has taken, but as a private citizen, I am free to urge both of these propositions and to call public attention to these remedies in the hope of securing such an expression of public sentiment as will support the president In employing these remedies if, in the future,, he finds it consistent with his sense of duty to favor them." HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE Items of Interest From All Sections of South Carolina. The city of Columbia on Tuesday, by a vote of 75 to 1, adopted the compulsory education law. The school district in which the city of Florence is located has adopted the eompulsory education law. Miss Lillian Snelgrove of Anderson, has been elected professor of domestic science at Winthrop college. Governor Manning has appointed J. W. McCormick of Columbia, a member of the state board of embalmers. C. L. Wilson and John Marshall have been appointed members of the Charleston county dispensary board. Trustees of the South Carolina University have elected Prof. James B. Coleman to the chair of mathematics to sucbeed F. H. Colcock, resigned. G. V. Peyton, a railroad employe of Columbia, has entered a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are listed at $48,087 and his assets at $50. By a vote of 78 to 3, the citizens of Sumter on Tuesday decided to issue $50,000 bonds for the purpose of building a modern girls' school building. W. P. G. Harding, chairman of the i Federal reserve board, has declined an invitation to address the South Caro- 1 lina Press association when it meets ajt Chick Springs, June 28, 29 and 30. 1 The University of South Carolina 1 has conferred the degree of doctor of laws upon Chief Justice E. B. Gary of the supreme court, and Prof. A. G. Rembert of Wofford college. Former women students at the University of South Carolina have organized an alumnae association, with Mrs. Lueco Gunter of Columbia, as president. Thirty-eight young men have received certificates certifying that they have successfully completed the oneyear agricultural course at Clemson i college during the year 1914-15. Negro ministers of Columbia have ^ issued a call to negro ministers all over the state to meet in Columbia next Tuesday, when a movement in the interest of prohibition will be launched. The 110th year of the University of i South Carolina came to a close Wednesday with commencement exercises, including an address by Governor 1 Manning. Many visitors attended the commencement. A coroner's Jury in Spartanburg Tuesday, held Geortre Lawter of Chesnee, responsible for the death of E. C. Alalone, a young farmer, who died from the effects of a blow on the head, administered by Lawter on the previous Saturday. At an election held in Gaffney Tuesday to consider the matter of amending the law so as to put the board of public works under the control of the town council, the proposed amendment was defeated by a vote of 420 to 52. T. W. Little was re-elected a member of the board of public works. C. K. Chrietzeberg of Rock Hill, has been appointed fiscal agent for the state board of charities and corrections. The duties of the fiscal agent will be to examine the financial status of patients who are undergoing treatment in the state hospital for the insane and to require patients who are able to do so, to pay for their treatment at the hospital. ? There were no bidders when the property of the Enoree Manufacturing company was offered for sale in Spar- f tanburg Monday under the terms of I the court's recent order. The terms * were "No bid for less than $350,000 c will be considered and each bidder s must first deposit $5,000 in cash or In ii check properly certified by a bank located in South Carolina." J. F. Jackson, white, and John ^ Pringle, a negro, have been arrested it Coosahatchie, Jasper county, charged with burning the store of R. W. ^ Robert & Son. The men entered the t Core with the intent to steal money a tnd when they discovered that there was only $2 in the cash drawer, became so enraged that they fired the build- t Ing. The loss is estimated at about c (115,000, with no insurance. ^ Harry Mims, aged 17, and Evelina e Mims, aged 15, were drowned, in a mill 1 pond on the outskirts of Saluda Tuesday afternoon, when a boat In which they were rowing capsized. The youth had already saved one girl who was In the boat with his sister and himself, and it was while swimming back for his sister that his strength became ex- , hausted and he sank together with his ' sister. The accident occurred at a mill pond In about ten feet of water. The following young men, graduates of the law school of the University of South Carolina, were admitted to the bar by the supreme court of the state on Tuesday: G. A. Alderman, E. C. Barnard, L. C. Braddy, Jr., D. A. Brockinton, W. L. Cary, W. K. Charles, H. R Darby, J. G. DinkIns, O. H. Doyle, J. B. Duffle, R. W. Fant, J. D. Griffith, W. G. Hartz, W. H. Johnson, P. F. LaBorde, T. E. LaGrone, M. M. Levy, M. C. Lumpkin, M. R McCown, J. S. Mclnness, R. R. ] McCleod, J. D. E. Myer, Jr., 8. N. Nich- i olson, E. P. Passailaigue, M. R Reese, I R Schwartz, W. E Shuler, John E. 1 Steadman, Jr., T. M. Stevenson, A. B. ! Stoney, W. R. Symmes, L. C. Wan- I namaker, G. W. Waring, C. M. Web- I ster, D. B. Wood. The duke and duchess of Lltta, ' says a Vienna, Italy dispatch of Mon- ! day, have been arrested on a charge I of espolnage. They were well known i in America where the duke often lec- i tured. The duchess was Miss Perry, ; of Charleston, S. C. On the night of j one of the aerial bombardments of < Venice the duke and duchess had re- i tired. It is a strict rule in Venice that i one must not burn lights with the i windows or shutters open and either the duke or duchess or a servant forgot to close the shutters. The light i was taken by the police as a signal tc the Austrians. Up went half a dozen i policemen to arrest the duchess and ( duke. The policemen would not al- < low the maid in the room but helped the ductal pair to put on their clothes. They were carried off to the central police station, where they had to | spend the rest of the night. The i duchess complained she had been | ?. Uam knit. A nn. lancu awaj niiuuui net uait. n pvliceman was sent to fetch it and It was used as evidence against her as extra ( proof that she was an Austrian spy , in disguise. When the ductal pair had sent for influential Venetians, who | swore to their identity, they were al- : lowed to go on bail. "Could the National Guard be called , by the Federal government for foreign j service in the event of war?" This i question has been asked many times by citizens since the beginning of the | strained relations between the United ( States and Germany, says a Columbia , dispatch. Military experts have figured that in the event President Wil- i son called for a voluntary army of j 400,000 men, South Carolina's allot- ] ment would be approximately 6,000. , The military strength of the state is , now about 2,000 men and officers of ? all rank. J. S. CaldwfSTT assistant j adjutant general, has been studying | the question of the right of the presi- , dent to call the National Guard for , service in a foreign country. MaJ. Caldwell says that the president's au- < thority over the National Guard was ? derived from the constitution and ( from the legislation of congress in the j furtherance of its provisions. Con- ( gress has the power under the const!- ( tution of the United States "to pro- , vide for the calling forth of the militia c to execute the laws of the Union, sup- z press insurrections and rebel inva- ( sion." A former attorney general of ( the United States and the judge advo- { cate general of the United States army . have already decided that under the j constitution the militia cannot be sent ( out of the territorial limits of the , United States. ODDS AND ENDS s t Come Things You now and Some You j Don't Know. t Russia exports 430,000,000 eggs an- > nually. ? The giraffe has a tongue about 18 t Inches long. > ( In Spain the sovereign comes of age s at sixteen. i Napoleon called Constantinople "the j key of the world." I r Bachelors were taxed in England in * the seventeenth century. { \ Diamonds have been discovered in r fallen meteors. 1 v The dollar sign was derived from the ^ letters "U. S." in monogram. a 1 The cabmen of Paris are forbidden : to smoke pipes while driving a "fare." ? Maps, charts or engravings can be a made waterproof by coating both sides ^ /ery delicately with gutta-percha solu- ^ ion. v c The Pennsylvania Railroad com- J L>any employes over 225,000 men, and ^ carries annually over 185,000,000 pas- j jengers. q F The longest railway tunnel in Eng- b and is the Severn, on the Great Wes- ? :ern railway, which is four miles, 636 ^ ^ards in length. S The Ginelle lock on the Seine Is so constructed that one man can open or jhut it by simply touching an electric s jutton as he sits in his office. y 3 Almanacs are in existence that ? ,vere compiled in the fourteenth cen- t( :ury, but they are only in manuscript; h he first printed almanac was issued d ibout the year 1475. \ A FTench doctor, who has investlrated the matter, states that men em- a cloyed in the Paris sewers are as lealthy as the average person, and no ^ >ther eight hundred men in that city p ire so free from zymotic diseases. c a The ten countries with the largest 11 copulations are, in the order named. c ?hina, India, Russia, the United King- g lorn, Ftance, Italy and Austria. ? a a The lands most free from earth- p luake convulsions are Africa, Aus- c ralia, Siberia, Scandanavia, Russia a . _ w ind Canada u P The number of workmen killed in tl he quarries and metal and coal mines b if this country in 1912 was 3,237, rhich averaged 3.22 for each 1,000 ]( mnlnved. C TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANOES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONOENStD FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaaton, Lancaster and Cheater. Lancaster News, June 8: Mr. C. S. Starnes of the Zlon section of the county, died at his home after, a short illness, yesterday morning at 10.30 o'clock, in the 88th year of his age. He will be missed in his community, for he was a man of sterling qualities, upright, honest and generous to a fault. He was one of the founders of Zion church. He united with the Methodist church in his early manhood and had been a steward for the past cony years, tie ceieoraiea nis iasi birthday on the 19th of the past April. He was ' a son of the late Joseph Starnes of Union county, N. C., where he was born, but had lived the greater part of his life in Lancaster county.... The home of Capt. and Mrs. W. B. Plyler was the scene of a quiet but interesting wedding last Wednesday evening, when their youngest daughter, Miss Pearl Plyler, was married to Mr. J. Wesley Evans R. 8. Stewart, Esq., appeared before Judge Ernest Moore under habeas corpus and made application for bail for Jake Gregory, colored, who shot and killed Stanley Collins, also colored, on Mr. M. A. Blackmon's place, Monday, May 31, ultimo. Bail was granted in the 9'im of (1,500 Mr. R. B. Mackey, . no has been undergoing treatment ot the Johns Hopskins hospital for several months past, has returned to Lancaster. ? i t Gastonia Gazette, June 8: Mrs. Ola Victoria Taylor died at the home of her brother, Mr. Henry Chllders, on Columbia street, yesterday after a lingering Illness of nearly a year, aged 36 yeara She Is survived by one sister, Mrs. Henry Hellman of Gastonia, and three brothers, Mr. Henry Chllders of Gastonia, Messrs. Luther and Will Chllders of Kannapolis. Funeral services were held at the home this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which deceased had been a member since childhood, and the body was taken through the country to Mountain Island for burial....- Gastonia is getting what few towns in this section can boast of?the daily scores af the big ball games in the National, American and Federal leagues by wireless every evening from the Arlington station at Washington. Mr. Kenneth Babington and his wireless sutflt are responsible for this up-todate convenience enjoyed by Gastonia jport lovers Jasper Ratchford of rkjllaa anH Vfifija THa Plpmmpr nf fJn h tonia, route four, were united In marriage by Rev. J. H. Henderllte at his -esidence in Gastonia on Wednesday, Fune 2. at 7.50 p. m Mrs. Nan:y E. Rudicill, wife of Mr. A. P. Rudi>111, died last Friday afternoon in Charlotte at the Presbyterian hospital, 'ollowing an operation for appendlciis performed on the Wednesday pre:eding Rev. John L. Ray, who ecently accepted the pastorate of a troup of Presbyterian churches in the lorthern part of Gaston county, in:ludlng Unity, Castanea and Macpelah congregations, was a visitor in the city Saturday and paid the Gazette office a sleasunt call. Mr. Ray's family is livng at Spartanburg, S. C., at the present, but he expects to move to his new vork In the near future. Gaffney Ledger, une 8: Mr. D. >myth of Annlston, Ala., spent Saturiay in the city visiting his brotner, dr. Maynard Smith. He was en route o his home from Richmond, Va., vhere he had attended the reunion of Confederate veterans The couny chaingang is now camped on Provdence creek, a short distance north of he city near Providence church, vhere it will be engaged this month in erecting a steel bridge over the itream. This has been a very uncom'ortable crossing for automobiles and ether vehicles and a bridge will be a naterial improvement. When this is inished it will make a total of Ave >ridges erected within the past few nonths in Cherokee county Mr. Smith Lipscomb of Bonham, Texas, las been spending a few days in the city visiting relatives and friends. He vas en route to his home from Richnond, Va., where he attended the reinion of Confederate veterans last veek. Mr. Lipscomb was born and eared in Cherokee county, moving to fexas some twenty-five or thirty years igo. He was given a warm welcome lere by his many friends and relatives ...The six-months-old baby girl of dr. and Mrs. W. F. Turner died Frilay as a result of whooping cough. Che remains were buried Saturday ifternoon at Oakland cemetery tfter a lingering illness of several nonths, Mrs. R. M. Crocker died at ler home in this city Saturday. She i'na 7K vpars of acre and is survived >y the following children: Rev. W. E., r. E. and W. W. Crocker, Mrs. F. E. ihuford, Mrs. R. L. Humphries and diss Ida Crocker Virginia, the 0-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "homas B. Waters, of this city, died Yiday after several weeks illness. Dia* etes was the cause of her death. The uneral services were conducted at the limestone Street Methodist church on laturday afternoon by Rev. J. W. hell. * Chester Reporter, June 7: Mrs. Suan Crosby Estes, widow of the late L. i. C. Estes, died at her home at Halellville Thursday night, in the 86th ear of her age. She was born August , 1829. Reared in a Christian home, haracter and intelligence matured lto a womanhood that all delighted 3 honor Mr. Harvey Refo, who as been a student at Clemson college uring the past session, will leave in few days for Kansas City, Mo., to rork in the western wheat fields Irs. M. E. W. McAfee, of R. F. D. 2. ift this morning for Columbia to join party from that city who will visit lie California expositions and other oints of interest in the west 'hirty negroes were arrested by the olice Saturday and yesterday on the harge of selling or storing whisky nd gambling, and the scene around tie city hall this morning when the layor's court convened, resembled a olored picnic or some other kind of athering, except that the expression n the faces of most of the crowd was little more lugubrious than is generlly worn by a darky when there's the rospect of watermelon and fried hicken ahead of him. The services of colored detective were enlisted in the ork and this detective it seems set p a restaurant and became very I UIII1I1CIII UillUllg VIIC VVIUI CVI pvp?4.l? ion that Is supposed to Indulge in the uslness of selling liquor and tossing he ivories, and there were some relarks not complimentary by a whole >t when they learned that this newomer had "turned up" the bunch.