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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
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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
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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
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eyes and gazed around him.
"Where am I?'' he asked in amazement.
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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. >
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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. {
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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.
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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.