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VOLUM XLX, NUMER 8. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CABOLINA, TUESDAY, NAY 9,1911. PROMISES TO RESIGN WHEN THERE IS PEACE DIAZ COMPLIES WITH DEMAND OF REBEL LEADER. Desires to Serve His Nation-Will Re tire When Country is Once More Quiet Mexico City, May 7.-Gen. Porfirio Diaz tonight issued a manifesto to the people of Mexico declaring his inten tion to resign the presidency as soon as peace-is restored. In this manner the president 'has virtually acceded to the demands of Francisco I. Madero that he make annouancement of such intention. As to when peace is actually re stored, Gen. Diaz reserves the right to be.judge. In the words of the mani festo, it will be "when this conscience tells him he will not leave his country in anarchy." The president declared that his de termination not to relinquish the presidency at this time was not due to vanity or love of power because, as he pointed out, power at this time had no attraction, accompanied, as it is, by tremendous reisponsibility and worry. He said he was prompted solely by S desire to conserve the best interests of his country. Won't Quit Under Fire. President Diaz made it clear that he does not propose to abandon the presidency while his country is at war and that .he would not do so at any time under compulsion. President Diaz's manifesto will be made public tomorrow morning, b it will not be sent officially to Judg. Carabajal for formal transmission to Dr. Vasquez Gomez. The promise of the president is made to the people of Mexico and its receipt by the revo lutionists will be incidental. That it will be sent to them imme diately, however, by private indivi duals and that it will be -regarded as entirely satisfactory by them is taken for granted. It was at a cabinet meeting this afternoon that Gen. Diaz announced to his ministers 'his decision. For two :hours and a half .theyr discussed the terms of .the *manifesto and at the con elusion of the meleting :there remain ed nothing to do but to secure its of .ficial promulgation. Touches Revolution Lightly. Only in a general way does the manifesto refer to the revolution. The governmetat's position is that Gen. Diaz could not have made a public statement at an earlier moment. It is i-ndicated that ~the revolutionis~ts failed to obsar?e the amenities of the peace negotiations by making them public. Officially it was :stated to night that Madero and his advisers were guilty of betrayin.g an agree ment by injecting .into the conference either 'secretly or opP.liy 'the question cf' the president's resignation. it was declared th.at it had been agreed to ... onfidence that this point should not be permitted to become an issue. .Promising the declaration 'or his willingness to retire. the president discussed the politicald conadition of the country and the efforts that have ~been made by 'the government -to es tab lish peace. He called attention to the progress already made in the di rection of adopting the anti-reelec tion law and declared that the reform of the electoral laws and of the judi ciray was being studied. Will Obey Public. He showed further that the govern mnent in all its acts wished to con form to the demand of the public in so far as it is wise and for the best interests of the country. Events leading to the beginining of negotiations for peace were taken up and it was indicated that it was the~ disposition to take into consideration those propositions which the revolu m'oiss had to make. Rtegarding the point upon which the rupture of regotiatoins occurred ' w manifesto dechtred that (comfpli onc.e with the demand for D)iaz's resd igna tion eould nloth b p ntC.rt:aied for the reason that bis n'imediate rsg iatifon wonid precipitate a condition * anarch.v :hrouighout the c*ountry, wvhile, on the other hand. if his retire nc~t was fixed for a futuzre (lat'.e I zovernmnent would1( ntit have' suiffic'ient Vhi to msure rh'o r<ur o en mal conditions pending the selection of a new executive. Calls for Harmony. In concluding Gen. Diaz appealed to the patriotism of the people, call ing upon them to act together for the peace and progress of the nation, and eulogized the army. At no place in the manifesto is there made mention of a new election. According to the constitution resig nation is equivalent to death so far as it affects the succession. The vice president would assume the executive chair, and he in turn would be fol lowed by the minister of foreign af fairs. In this case the vice president is seriously sick and is in Europe on an eight months' leave -of absence in an endeavor to regain his health. Should Vice President Corral not be back in the country at the time the president leaves his post, the new in cumbent would be Senor de la Barra, the choice of the rebels themselves for provisional president. What course affairs would take once the vice presi dent or the minister was in power re main to be seen. PREFERS DEATH TO SURRENDER. Refuses to Follow Example of Pal and Give Up After Killing Iowa Marshal. Jefferson, Iowa, May 7.-Marshal Busby, of Paton, Iowa, and a bank robber were killed and a highwayman seriously injured in a clash between sheriq's posse and the *.andits early this morning, -at a school house two miles from Paton. . I This morning at 4 o'clock the high waymen blew a safe in the postoffice at Paton, taking several hundred dollars in stamps and money. Busby, with a posse, started in pursuit of the robbers. The posse came upon a school house near Paton. The mar shal went to the door, and upon open ing it was shot dead. One of the rob bers dragged the body into the school house. Then a fusillade of shots was begun between the robbers and the posse. Shielded by Marshal's Body. The body of Busby was propped up in the window as a blind, from behind whic~h the robbers fired on the posse. By this time another posse arrived, The combined posses then pou,red a fusillade iunto the windows and doors of .the school house. Finally, one of the robbers staggered through the front doorway badly wounded, saying: "Boys, I surrender, but my pal is go ing to fight till you get him." Shot. Through the Heart. The lone bandit was ,given a chance to surrender, but he refused. The fight was renewe<d. All the time -the dead marshal's body was hung up against; the window and the robber was firing from behind it. .The fusillade lasted for 30 minutes. 'Finally the posse s.aw the robber stagger and Busby's body fell from the windew. A rush was made for the door. The robber was found dead, with a bullet through his heart. The wounded robber refuses to give his nans. His leg is shattered and will have to be amputated. 3EW POLITICAL ERA, SAYS WOODROW WILSON Present Conditions Promise Much For Welfare of American Na tion. Kansas City, May 5.---Gov. Woodrow Wilson, in a speech before the K"ife and Fork Club tonight declared that a new political era, promisbig muich for the welfare of the nation, is now up-' on .the people. The movement is one of the reforms desired, markd by a process of resto.raition rather than of a revolution, he said. P>oth g1'at political parties were reresnted in reforming present con ditions, he said. The Democratic par-, ty was not so closely allied with the react ioniary forces, "t:hse interests," as was the Republican party, said the governor, and, ther fore. the Demnocra t ic party was better table to rende~r ser vice to the p)eople in the process of restorationi.I The' gover.nor's presence added inter ':sr to the occasion. State executives wver:e presnt. Gov. Wilson's speech ionight was the first, to be delivered during his Western tour. He speni a bus day a t.hr guest of local civic ARE MAKING READY FOR NEWSPAPER MEN Interesting Papers Will be Presented at Annual Gathering of Press Association. The plans for the entertainment of the newspaper workers of the State in Columbia on May 31, June 1 and 2 are being perfected, and the South Carolina Press association will- be given a most cordi4,i reception in the capital city. It is requested that all who con template attending the meeting of the association write President Kohn so that reservations may be made at the Colonia. This is very importan:t. As has been announced, the editors will make the trip to New York following the meeting in Columbia. Over 125 reservation~s have been taken. Among the subjects to be discussed at the meeting are: "Newspaper English"-W. H. Wal lace, Newberry Observer. "Newspaper Contests"-W. W. Smoak, Walterboro Press and Stan dard. "The Responsibility of a Paper for Communications"-T. R. Coker, Jr., Hartsville Messenger. "Are the Rights of the Press- and the Public Adequately protected by the Libel Laws of South Carolina?" -H. L. Watson, Greenwood Index. "Under What Conditions Can a Daily be Started in a Small Town?' -Hartwell M. Ayer, Florence Times. "The Typograph and the Simplex' -R. L. Berry, Orangeburg. News. "The Junior Linotype"-W. F. Cald well, Chester Lantern. "The Editor's Duty in 'Political Cam paigns"-J. Frank Fooshe, Winnsborc News and Herald. "Men Who Have Made Newspaper History in South Carolina"-Robeyrl Lathan, the News and Courier, Char leston. "The Cost Sheet in a Jbb Office" C. C. Muller, the State, Columbia. The address of Gov. Woodrow Wil son to the members of the association and their friends will be deliverec at the opera house, Friday, June 2, 1911. A AEWBER OF EARLE'S BATTERY IS NO MORE After Several Months of I Health, Mr. N. P. Whitmire Died at His Home Near Greenville. Greenville News, 6th. The death of Mr. N. P. Whitmire yesterday morni.ng was recieived with the -deepest sorrow by the many -friends of this veteran. He had been in poor health for several months and the ond' was not unexpected. His pass'ing is mourned by 'many who knew and loved him. Mr. Whitmire 'was 70 years of age and had lived in Greenville since be fore the civil war. He left one son, Mr. L. A. Whitmire, of this city. He was for a number of years a magis trate in Greenville and he had many friends here who will grieve to hear of his death. Nathan P. Whitmiire was born in Newberry cournty, South Carolina, September 14, 1841. His parents moved to Greenvilsle, S. C., in 1852, and spoon after this he became a stu dent of Furinan University, grad'uat ing from tihat institu,tion with the class of 1861. He entered the Con lederate 'army with Hol-tzelaw's airtil lery; was afterward transferred to Earle's Battery, in which he served as ordnance officer until the close of the war. He married Miss A. Clayton Reeder,of Newberry, S. C. For the' past twenty years 'he has been 'an hon ored citize'n of Greenville, serving the city as magistrate for a number of years. Mr. Whitmire was a member of Pendleton Street Baptist church. He is survived ,by his wife, Mrs. A. C. Whitmire, one son, L. A. Whitmire, a brother, Win. H. 'Whitmire, .all of this place; and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Hal. ris, of Lignum, Va. N~ews for Mfother. Li ppincott's. A series of revival services was be ing held in a Western city, and pla cards giving notice of the services were posted in conspicuous places. One day the ;following notice was posted: "Hell: Its Location an Ab solute Certainty. Thomas .Jones. bari tone soijst, will sing 'Tell Mother li'll' R.' Therc. GRIMSLEY HELD FOR MURDER Inquest Over Remains of Mrs. Be: singer and Walter. Sandifer. Columbia, May 7.-The Coroner jury fastened the blame upon Erne Grimsley for the killing -yesterday Walter Sandifer and Mrs. Cora Be singer, at the inquest held this afte noon. The solicitor of this circu was present and it is- stated that a indictment will be handed out at tl term of court, commencing tomorro, The story of the double killing, i told a;t the inquest, was not differei in important details from the story a ready ;;>rinted. It appears from tl testimony at the inquest that Grim ley was not drunk. It was stated I two witnesses that he had taken drink or so, but no testimony as to h being drunk was established. Frank M. High, a Confederate ve eran, was the principal witness. I substance he stated that he steppx into the Bessinger restaurant and w talking to the man behind the cou ter, who was the young man Sandife when Grimsley came in and commen4 ed firing. This time Sandifer was shc and as Mrs. Bessinger stepped ini the room, from the other room, 61 too, was shot 'by Grimsley. It we brought out that Grimsley -bad boug] cartridges a short while before' ti killing.. The only possible motive for tl crime, as brought out, was.the arg1 ment earlier yesterday over the boi of soup. Grimsley wanted to get tv rolls of bread with -his bowl of sou and upon being refused, 'he was angr Ernest Grimsley is a young ma probably about 22 or 23 years of ag He w.s until very recently employi as a chaingang gua.rd. Walter Sand fer was also a young man. Mrs. Be singer was the wife of the proprieti of the Acme restaurant, where U killing occurred. Feeling again Grimsley is high in all parts of- tl city. A large crowd attended the coroi er's inquest, held this afternoon. TI verdict of the jury was that Mrs. Be si.niger and Sandifer came to the death by gunshot wounds at the han( of E%nest Grimsley. It is stated th Grimaley's defence may be insanity. Let the Good Work Proceed. The State board of health has wr4 ten to the local board of health at the city physician asking that the arge all the people in this city to mal free use of lime and disinfectants c their premises. Limue is especial1 recommended as it is as good a nmtl odl of killinig germs as is k:nown. Yc may thLink that you~r premises are fre of all germs but .there may be anothf thought coming to you. But a barr< of !ime today and use it freely a over' the premises and especially I out buildings. This will undoubted] r,ave some family from sickness thj summer. Method In His Madness. Horry Herald. W. P. Gasque and Tomie Rabo1 two fishermen of the Cool Sprin section, went down to Hughes's Land itg on a fishing -trip recently an were attacked by a man, who the supposed to be crazy. He was wel armed with a pistol and breach-load :.ig gun. After having caught an cooked fish for thir supper, he step r ed up and began \to talk. They ask~ ed him where he was from. and h said he was from Darlington, an then namel several ot.he:r placE which .he claimed to be fromn. iIe tool t.he fish, which they had caught an cooked, and ate them himself an then commanded .the fishermien to some sp.li:ters to prepare a light t, go digaing in sha'ilow wat'er. The were off and; instead of gettinig th< splinters, 'hooked up their mule an< drove very rapidly to Jordanville where they camped out for the night Our sympathy is with the fishermen who had .to give up their fish afte: catching and cooking themi for thei: own purpose. Thew Rate. Phil M1ay. Stout Party-and can't I get to X without walking? Porter-Well, there's the coal train mum. Stout Party-How much will it cos me? TOWNSHIP INSPECTORS. s. Hold Meeting-Reports From Three Submitted-Others to Report This Week. 3t The board of road inspectors met yf in the supervisor's office on Saturday. 3- Mr. J. W. Epting, of No. 5 township, r- is chairman and Mr. T. J. Wilson, of it No. 10, is secretary. The following n were present: W. H. Wendt, of No. 2 te township; J. C. Abrams, of No. 4; J.) . W. Epting, of No. 5; G. L. Clamp, of Ls No. 6; J. F. Stevens, of No. 8; T. J. it Wilson, of No. 10. I- The following were absent: S. P. e McCrackin. of 'No. 1; H. S. Graham - of No. 3; H. T. Fellers, of No. 7; IT Willie Sheppard, of No. 9,, and W. F. a Suber, of No. 11. ts Only three of the inspectors sub mitted reports, Mr. J. C. Abrams, from No. 4; Mr. G. L. Clamp, of No. 6, and Mr. T. J. Wilson, from No. 10. Mr. Wilson, the secretary, was au thorized by the board to state that all r, reports will be handed in this week and .will be published. It was decid t, ed to have a call mepAing of the board o the latter part of JUly. Le . The following are the reports sub s mitted on -Saturday: It As directed by law I have finished Le inspecting the public highways of my .respective township. I find the prin Le cipal part of the road in fair condi i- tion which is due to the unusual dry rl weather in -the spring. The order from o1 the supervisor to the overseers to p, put at least three days work on their y. sections of road by the 15th, -instant, a, has been so far ignored. The bridges e. are all in very good condition. The d road crossing the swamp below the i- Epps' mill is being injured very much! 3- by the overflow of a branch which I yr have already reported to the super Le visor and I feel sure that he will at st tend to this matter at an early date. e There are one or two other small sec tions that will hardly beai' inspec . tion, but I will wait on them until my Le next report. S- Respectfully submitted, ir T. J. Wilson. is The Supervisor of Newberry County. it Dear Sir: Beg leave to submit to you my report of the condition of the roads and bridges in No. 6 township. The road leading from the Dr. Thos. t- Boozer place by Bush river church on d to the Laurens line is in good condi ytion. The road leading -from William :e Smith's by Tom Workman's .into the h Ninety Six road has a hill near Mr. y Tom Work~man's in bad condition and ineeds the county chaingang to work ujit. The road leading from . Henry e IDorroh's to T. J. Davenport's has a rnarrow rocky place that should be 1l blas-ted out to make road wider. The i Belfast road is in very good condition. SThe road :leading from the Lewie y place to Long Bridge is good except : at place near the old He-ndrix place needs widening. The creek swamp on the west side should be ditched and the hill worked to A. L. Longshore's1 .mail box. The road from Wash 1 Floyd's place to Sin'gley's mill needs g' widening in a great many place. 'All e the other roads in the township are1 d in very good condition; much better Y than we usually find .them. Almost Iall the bridges in the township need) - some work on them and I woul-d ree .I omnmend that the supervisor instruct j all overseers to fix th'em at once; al - so have the overseers to work the e roads and keep them in good condi tion. In the road leading -from the old JTesse Senn place to Trinity church, there is a bad hole right in front of the negro. church that ought to be fixed at once. Respectfully, G. L. Clamp, Inspector. I have inspected the roads of No.4 township and found the roads north of indian' creek in bad condition. South of Indian creek they are .fairly good. I find the little bridges across the drains in bad condition. Also the! flooring over steel bridge over Dun can creek in bad condition and needsJ to be fi':ed right away. I find some roads that very little work has been 9done on them la.sr year. In some see tions, there ha'e been no overseers appointed, and I would recommend i that the matter be attended to so that 3 roads in this section could 'be put ini proper conclition. I would a.lso call n,-ou -,imntion the had condition. of: THE LIST STILL OPEN. Come Along and Take Your Subscrip. tion to the Purk-Now Is the Time. The subscriptions to the park for Newberry continue to come in, and, while none of them are large, in the aggregate we can make up the amount if we can secura enough small ones. We would prefer to have the amount made up of small subscriptions rath er than in one or two large ones. This is to be the people's park, and if ev erybody is interested, of course, It follows that everybody will take more pride in keeping 'the park up to the standard. We already -have a sufficlent amount subscribed to assure the park, and to begin operations. Of course, we would prefer to have a little more, but it is the hope of those who are in terested in this movement to organ ize the Park association, and to begin ,aying out the grounds in the very near future. Let everybody who is interested come along now and get in on the. ground floor and help to pusdh the enterprise along. The following is the list of sub scriptions to date: J. A. Burton.. ..............600 - W. H. Hunt.... .........100 H. L. Parr... ... ... . .. .... 100 M. L. Spearman.... ..... ...... 100 B. C. Matthews. ............100 I. H. Hunt... ... ... ... .....100 0. B. Mayer.... .... ........00 J. H. West... ... ... ... ... ...100 x E. L. Bailes.... .... ..... 10 G. F. Wearn... ............10 W. B. Wallace... ... . ........10 W. E. Pelham........ .... ....25 J. W. Chapman... ... ... .....10 J. E. Norwood.... .... .... .. I. L. Blaustein... ...1......... L. W. Floyd... ... ... ... .....25 Thos. P. Johnson. ...1......... P. E. Scott... ..............300 W. A. McSwain.............. R. M. Werts.... .... .... .. 50 J. N. McCaughrin... ... ... ....50 W. G. Houseal... ... ... ... ...50 T. C. Pool.... .... .. ...... .. 50 Arthur Kibler... ............20 C. J. Purcell.... .... .... .....50 W. G. Mayes... ... ... ... ....3 Van Smith... ...... ... .... ... 0. Ki'ettner... .... .... ... .. Mrs. E. M. Evans... ... ... 1...-' R. M. Lominack.... .... .... 10 Pope L. Buford.... .... ...... T. W. Smith... ... ... ... .....0 T. M. Rogers... ... ... ... ...1 E. T~. Carison...... .... .... ..1 H. D. Havird... ... ... ... ....1 E. Y. Morris. ..... ....... ....1 J. Claude Dominick.... .... ...1 A. J Boers Jr..........100 R.G.ark.............100 J. M Wad.............10 H. S Chaman...........10 W. S Lanford...........10 Eugee S.Blese........;20 F. N Marin.............10 Ewar-Pery C...........10 ~. F Wriht.............50 Wrm.Johnon............20 JohnHenr Baxer.........10 El. . Den............. 10 A.ncersn lc. o...........10 : . isop...........10 ~'rak P Deore..........10 . A. Powers,J..... ...........10 R. G. Stuk... ... ... ..... ....10 J. H. Wansr............... ..1 )r. SE.pia.. .... ......2 W~rC.. aror..... ...... 10 Eugene Smplease...... ...... 10 R. C. Bomieto.... ... ... ......1 Fr. . Martini.......... ...50 Ta.B.un..... .... .... ....$2,85 Gieo Big Comer.. ...e cree ...t .. Dr.dD. HC.ib l... ....a... ..er J.M.Dais ..e . J.. ... A.....