Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BATTLE FLEET OFF. Roosevelt Bids Farewell to the Migh ty Dogs of War-Declares the men are "Bully." Sixteen hard hitting, steel belted American battle ships, gun bristling and burly of girth, but sparkling white in their immaculate dressings of peace, saihld away from their an choraea in Hampton, off the Virgin ia coast. on Moiiday. under the daz zli,g sun of a cloudless winter sky on their famous twin sea expedition of 14,000 miles along foreign shores and changing climes to the west coast of the United States. President Roose ^lt, on the bridge of his cruiser at, the Mayflower, personally led the magnificent four miles of fight ing vessels during the first stage of their journey. From the anchorage ground in Hampton Roads to the Horse Shoe Bend of Chesapeake Bay his eagle crested flag of blue point ed the way to the navy's new home a. the G.2m Gate. Th n when the . ..a...'s of th-> '% '.re visible t as ..te wide swuag capes of Virginia, 're arned a - aa, cm ing to anche.,e, rev* .. :he pa+ ing pagea. '. The bon of sa -iing a:tn'i~r ma,eV the departure of tit. fleet prese nh ug to thce people who watch ed a spectacle they will reve: forget and to the world at large the reality of the trimmest, most thoroughly equipped assemblage of first-class battle ships ever gathered in com mand. There was not a ship in the line old Fnough to have smelled the pow der of Manilla or Santiago-stories written scarce ten years ago in the history of nations. All were modern of design and armament. The thrill of the beautiful marine picture was felt .until the last wind blown spiral of smoke was lost on the 'horizon. Arrival of the President. The sailing of the fleet was pre ceded by a reception on the deck of the Mayflower, which shortly after 8 lo'ciock steamed into the centre of the anchored fleet. The president warmly greeted the four admirals and the sixteen commanding offieers of the fleet as they climbed up the starboard gangway of the yachi. He had a word of confi dence and well-wishing for all, but made no formal address. The inspiring sight of the~ vessels gaily dressed at anchor and. waiting the .word to go put the president in rare good spirit-s. While the May flower was coming 'into position and waiftig for the reception to begin the jresident paced rapidly up and down the decks, anxious to obtain a view, of the great double squadron from every possible xfantage point. "I)id >oii ever sde such a fleet? Andl such a day? Isn't it magnificent ? Oueltn 't we all to fell proud?'' ex olaimed the presicdent. In the midst of the reception to the higheriofficers he( sent for the coxswain of the iLouisiana 's launch and through him dispatched a special message of greeting to that ship's crew. When the surprised and embarrassed cox swain. Seaman William Chandler, had been presented to Mrs. Roose -velt. as well as to the president and had again clambored into his launch the president said to those about him: "I tell you our enlisted men are everithing. They are perfectly bul ly anid they are up to everything re quired of them. This is indeed a great fleet and a great day." - -Reception on the Mayflower. Admiral Evans. commander-in chief of the departing fl?et,. was the first of the flag officers to be piped over the side of the Mayflower. He ihurried to where the president stood waiting and, bringing his right hand to saluting position, paid his formal respects and gave his personal as surance that the ships of his com mand were ready for their trip to the other side of the hemisphere. President Roosevelt acknowledged the calute with lifted hat andi accept ed the formal words of greeting as -stiffly as they were uttered. T.hen, with the brief ceremony ended, he grasped Admiral Evan's hand and gave it the heartiest of shakes. The two conversed together informally for a moment or two until other ar riving flag and commanding officers set the reception into full swing. When Admiral Evans was about to take his leave'and get the fleet un der way the president followed him, to the gangway and then called him -aside for nearly five minutes of ea i nest consultation. In parting with the officers of the flret President Roosevelt was wholly in formal and each had a warmi handi el s . a raspofteuifrd P resijdent Roosevelt 's party on the Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy and 31rs. lietcalf, the As sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Newberry, Rear Admiral W. H. Brownson, chief of the bureau of navigation, and Mrs. Brownson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles and Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Sims. The navil dispatch boat Dolphin with a party of Congressmel on board also participated in the re view. The Get Away Signal. The last good-bye hal been said, the president's last wishes of good luck had been uttered. Suddenly the signal yards of the Connecticut flash ed the message. "Get under way, immediately following the motions of the flag ship." Orders volleyed from eaeh vessel's bridge. They were ecn veyed by warning bells to the engine rooms through the musical notes of half a score of bugles. Dressing lines were hauled in and as they tumbled to the deck the ships were robbed of gala attire. With the departure of the officers the Mayflower proceeded to get un derway almost at once so as to take her place at the head of the formi dable column and lead the way to the reviewing waters off Thimble Shoal light house, ten miles out in the Chesapeake Bay. As the May flower retreated down the war ship lane each vessel she passed manned the rail with the jackets, all of whom stood at attention. The Connecticut, head of the col umn, and the other ships of the first division, the Ka,isas, the Vermont and the Louisiana, were the first to get theii' anchors folded on their bows. One by one the armorclads hoisted their position pennants to the fore truck, signifying that they were ready to get under way. The flag ships of each of the three divisions subordinate to the first did not hoist their pennants until the last anchor chains of the immedats command were stowed. When at last all sixteen ships I were in position, in single column, natural order and distance, four hun dred yards apart, the engine room indicators far down in the depths of the steel protected decks showed "full speed ah!ad." For the pur poses of this cruise full speed means an easy pace of ten knots an hour. The Fleet Moves. The nresident 's yacht was well down the bay when the battle ship column began to move. Coming to anchor near' the ''Tail of the Horse Shoe;"' the Mayflower again let go her anchors and stood by to review' the Pacific-bound parade. There was little time to wait be fore the wide-girthed hull of ' the Connecticut, glimmering white, show 'ed off the quarter rail. With Admiral Evans 'on the after bridge, high above the main deck, with the Union Jack at the stem and a spotless new American. flag fluttering from flag staff to the stern, the Connecticut presented a picture *which fairly thrilled those who saw her. The president lifted I-is hat and the spontaneous cheer lhe voiced wvas quickly taken up by others in his party. From his position on the Mayflower's bridge thre president had' an uninterru.pted view of the entire pageant. Abreast the presidential yacht the Connecticut began her ser ies of salutes. Following in the wake of the Con neticut and saluting in their turn, with bands playing, drums rtifling ad guns booming, the Kansas, the Vemont and th& Louisiana steamed by. the Mayflower. These four ships are as nearly, alike as the naval ar chitects and builders could make them. They constituted the first die vision, first squadron of the fleet. Four hundred' yards astern of the* Louisiana came the Georgia, flying the .flag of. Rear Admiral W. H. Emory and leading the four ships of the second division, first squadron. The details *of the passing of the second squadron were the same as t]ose sat by the Conneceticut and followed by the other ships as they came. Following the Georgia came the New Jersey, the Rhode Island and the Virginia. The passing of the Virginia com pleted the first squadron under com mand of Admiral Evans. Next the eight ships of the second squadron, divided into the third division and fourth jivisions of the fleet of four ships~ each. The big Minrasota, with Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas on the bridige, led the squadron. Fol lowing her came the Ohio, the Mis souri and the Maine. The fourth class of battle ships, looking back ward in American naval history. was founmd today in the Alabama and te Illinois, and the two leading ships i thme fourth division, second squad m. ReC2r Admiral Sperry's flag :dtbik main trjcik of the Alaba Ima. The Abama and the Illinois lis'lace only 11.552 tons, but they ave a seedn ot' mor.e than '17 knots and are rangeid as first-eiass battia ships in everything except date of 1 construction. The first and last class of ships represented in the parade of the Pa eific-bound fleet were the Kearsarge and the Kentutky, the latter bring- i ing up the rear of the line. The two I ships were lannched in 189S, about 4 the time of the Sm iTla ineric'Ia n - When the echoes of the saluting cannon of the Kentucky had died away across the waters the Connecti- , head of the column four i miles away, had almost' reached the capes, and the history-making jour ney had begun in earnest. CORTELYOU NO CANDIDATE. 1 Secretary of Treasury Says he Has a Not Been Candidate for Any thing but Popular Confidence. 1 Washington, December 17.-Secre- < tary Cortelyon in a signed statement 1 given out tonight pronounces as un qualifiedly false the current rumors of the undue political activity of his friends in forwarding a movement in his interest. The secretary declares that neither he nor his friends have used their influence in behalf of any candidate for the presidency and 2 that he has not been a candidate for I anything but the confidence of the people. He adds that should be i hereafter be a candidate for any office he will say so frankly. The state ment folws: December 17, 1907.-"I don'tj know that I am called upon to make t a statement-at this time. but in view < of the various rumors in circulation .i as to the alleged political activity of friends of mine in my interest I will say that I have not been a candidate except for the confidence of the peo ple in the discharge of my duties of secretary of the treasury. I have not in person nor have the friends whose names have been mentioned in this connection sought to iaflu ence political movements in my in terest. I have not nor have they us ed any influence directly or indirect ly to secure political support for or against my candidacy for the presi dency, and accusations that such has been done are unqualifieday false. In no office, in no one of three de partments with which I have been connected, have I authorized or per mitted officials or employees to at-' tempt to influence such movements nor shall I do so. In common with other citizens I h'ave decided views as to policies and as to candidates, but I. shall refrain from 'expressing them until I believe it is proper for me to do so. -Upon this statement I am entirely content to leave the peo pe 'to -'raw threii- own conclusions re garding such rumors 'as those ~to which I have referred. If, in the fu tuie, I.should decide to be a can.di date for any officee I shall be prepar ed to say so frankly and state the grounds upon which I ask for sup port. In the meantime I shall try~ as I have tried in the past to conduct the treasury department for the benefit' of the people of the whole country, and absolutely without re gard to whether 'any action I may take in the line of my duty may ad versely affect my personal or poli tical welfare. "George B. Cortelyou." LAOR FEDERATION ENJOINED. From Enforcing Boycott Against :St. Louis Stove Com pany. Washington, December 17.-Of far-reaching importance to labor and business interests, -thi-oughout" the country was a decision announced today by Justice Gould, of the Equity Court of the District of Columbia, enjoining the Am'erican Federation of Lab)or with its membership of two million or more from boycotting the Buck Stove and Range Company of St. Louis, and from printing in its ofiial organ the company's name in 'unfair'' and ''de don 't patronize' lists, and the decision arraigns the Federation as an illegal conspiracy. Tomorrow there will be argument before Judge Gould over a proposi tion of the Federation that the court's order putting the injunction into effect limits in express terms its application to the District of Colam bia. Counsel for the company will oppose the proposition. The injunc tion granted today, while of a tem prary character, was allowed in a decision in which Judge Gould ex haustively reviewed the case, made copious citations of authiorilies, quoted parts as to boycott defini tions and said there was no room for agume~nt as to the con piracyt\ H eu up pr~ohnOly :next sP! in:. an-l wib ver side wins in the final settle mnt the cae it is believed, will )> appaled 1> the supreie court of he1 United States. 10,000! Agents wanted at once, previous xperieuce is not essential, territory s going fast, write soon if you wish o make money faster than you ever lid before. Whit .today. Address J . Clark, Conway,..Ark. bOTICE Of FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the u:1 lersigned will make a final settle nent of the estate of W. B. Oxner, leceased, before the probate judge, tt Newberry, on the 2Sth day of De ember, 1907, at 11 o'clock a. m., lnd will immediately thereafter z.p )ly for letters dismissory as such :xecutor. All parties having claims .gainst the estate will send them, luly attested, to myself, or my attor ieys, Messrs. Blease & Dominick, on >r before said date. All parties in lebted to the estate will make pay nent in like manner. Annie P. Oxner, Executrix estate of W. B. Oxner, leceased. NOTICE! Notice is hereby given that the ,ounty Board of Commissioners for ewberry county will hold its regu ar annual meeting on the 9th day f January, 1908. All persons hold ng demands of any kind against aid county, not previously present d to the boai-d, shall file the same vith the clerk of the board on or be ore the first day of January next, so hat they may be examined and or lered to be paid at the annual meet Notice is also given that said board vill receive applications until first f January for the position of county )hysician. J. Monroe Wicker, 1. C. Holloway, Supervisor. Clerk. Dec. 5th, 1907. 2-61taw-4t. SALE OF BANK STOCK. I will sell at public auction before ;he court house at Newberry, S. C., ;o the highest bidder for cash on the irst Monday in January, 1908, five hares of th'e Newberry National Bank Stock, belonging to the estate >f Miss Laura Dreher. W. H. Dreher, Administrater. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CO.UNTY OF NEWBERRY. In Common Pleas. Lalla Ernestine ?Lominick,. J. W. [ominiek and George Hallman Sligh, lain tiffs, aaginst ~Roberta Lominiek and Ola -May l:igh, Defendants. By virtue of an order of court [erein I will sell before the court ouse door at Newberry, S. C., on alesday, the 6th day of. .January, 1.908, to the highest bidder, all that ract of land lying and being- situate l Newberry county, State of South Carolina, containing ninety-six (96) eres. more or less. and bounded by ands of W. F. Ruff, Mrs. Sue May bin, the estate. or Jno. F. Banks m R. C. Sligh. Terms of sa.le: One-third of the urchase money to be paid in cash ad the balance in one and two years in. equal annual installments, :he credit poVrtion to be secured by the bond of the purch.er . and a nortgage of the premise.s soid. .and to bear interest from the date of sale at the rate of eight per cent per num. Purchaser to pay for pa aers and recording satme; wit'h leave o the purchaser to anticipate the ~redit portion in whole or in part.. H.. H. Rikard, Master. Dec. 10, 1907. FOR. ALL CR EATION .. Hfost 1-D ecnomicd! 6 c/en"/oise df4 remeqdy for G//uches JndGl I/$ *RE-SOLVED .! YOt; CAN TELEPHONE Fb ROCERIES OR DRUGS- B1 WHEN YOU CET CLOTHES 1 MUST GO AND SELECT- Fo A FIRSTCLA'SS PLACE Hi A VA R1ErYOF STYLES Al PATTER N S THAT YOU MUsi SEE To APPRECIATE .USTER 1ROW THE REAON WHY OU M AND PICK oUT AND TRY . THIS: YOU Do NOT BUY C YoU Do GRoCERIES AND GET SoMETHING DIFFERE HAD BEFoRE. 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