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P^VOLIME LI1I, MT3LBER H NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915. tfWICl 1 W1M, 9UI A YIA1. > Insist Upon B But Li? Great Britain and France, R< for Free Passage of NonThey Will Impose as Lii on Ne Washington, M&rcfc 17.?Six diplo-j matic notes were made public tonight by the state department, constituting t'r.e entire correspondence of j ihe last ;few weeks before between | tho TTnitpd States and G-ermanv ami between the United States and Great Britain and France relativ e to the ! j cessation of submarine attacks on 1 merchant ships, the d ipment of conditional contraband and foodstuffs to civilians, the use of neutral flags by | belligerent merchantmen e removal | *>f mines and the proclamation of a virtual blockade by the allies against ~ (^ormnnv J. vThe communications revealed tha:j the United States, realizing, the diffi- j culties of t>: e allies' maintaining an ' effective blockade of Germany tuy a | close guard of the coast on account of the activity o: submarines, asked that "" a radius of activity" be /efined. rfjroat "Rritnin and France reulied with i the announcement that the operations J of blockade would not be conducted ! i "outside of European waters, includ- j ing t-e Mediterranean." While Germany agreed, it is disclosed, to abandon her submarine attacks on "mercantile of any flag" except when they resist visit or search, provided foodstuffs were permitted to j reach her civilian population, Great j Britain and her allies rejected the pron*\cni /vrisnnnllv marie bv the United v,--0 States in an effort to bring the bellig-1 erents into an arrangement which j would safeguard the interests of neutrals. Considered a Blockade. The answers from Great Britain and France reveal for tJ' e first time that THE WANDERINGS OF GEN. GUiTERREZ i HEAD OF MEXICAN AGENCY TELLS OF "EXPEDITION.* ^ Vasconcelos Says a Former Presi- j dent Will Rule From San Luis Potosi. Wac"hinortAn \faroh In?A new MeX- ' ican "confidential agency" was set up ; in Washington today to rival the Car- J ranza and Villa establishment and -to bring prominently before the American ! government an element to which here- ' tofore scant attention has been paid. Jere Vasconcelos is in charge, and he represents Eulalio Guiterrez, said to head an independent movement in Cen- , tral Mexico, backed by 40,000 soldiers.. Guiterrez was elected provisional! 1 president of Mexico by the Aguas Calientes convention and for a brief period i ruled in Mexico City. Vasconcelcs a memuer of his cao- i . I ' inet, reached there today and went di- , rectly to tLe State department to lay ; L the object of the Guiterrez campaign i t before Leon Canova, chief of the MexIican division of the Latin-Ameriean bureau. \r o oviVfln L v asv;uuv;civ/s itawucu utv?*v%.u , B' border town of Rio Grande three days ago, after a 1,200 mile ride on horse-; W baci with a detachment of troops. Four of his men were s'-ot by Carran2a soldiers, he said, as he crossed ! to the American side. Vasconcelos* j story was the first chronological ac-! count State department officials had of J finitprrp7. PYnftdition. after its de- , parture from Mexico City. Deposed Them Both. "It is true,'' ifce said, "that Gen. Gui-? ierrez, wfc-en provisional president, de- 1 posed both Villa and Zapata from their i "rvm-mo nr? c nn iPflfcrnarv 17 Villa then ordered the imprisonment of G-uiter-1 rez and his cabinet. This forced them ' L to abandon the capital with 3,000 loyal1 V followers. ':Aguirre Benavides, sub-secretary of | ar, was in San Luis Potosi, at the .. . _ ^ Iiead of 20,000 convention troops ana | ~w<} started lor tibat city. s,We were two or three weeks on the road to San Luis Potosi, and when we -arrived in the vicinity we found that Villa had captured the city and that Renavides had evacuated. We moved I lockade nit Its Extent ejecting American Proposal contraband., Explain That tile Hardship as Possible H if*"/*] ?? uu uro t the allies officially regard their policy j as a "blockade," but desire to refrain , irom exercising the rights of bellig-! erents under a blockade, substituting ! procedure in prize courts and compen- j sation through sale of the detained merchandise. t The . publication of the correspondence cleans ti e slate *of diplomatic notes and leaves the United States confronted with the question of whether or not it will acquiesce in t e form of blockade announced by the allies or offer protest. President Wil- ' son has indicated that a strong pro-: test will be made. Officials admitted being somewhat puzzled over tl e British rejection of t^e proposals made by the United SUtes in this connection. They observed 9- statement in the British rei ply to the .American note wfnich is not borne out tv comparison with the German note. The British reply says in reference to tne American communication: ' ' 'The reply a: the German govern-: ment to this note has been published and it is not understood from the reply trat the German government is prepared to abandon the practice of' sinking Britisl: merchant vessels by submarines." j What Germany* said official was as follows: " i ne ueruia.il government ?uum undertake not to use their submarines ; to attack mercantile of any flag ex- 1 c-ept when necessary to enforce the rizht of visit and search." Offic-ia's declined to say whether this misunderstanding would furnish tile basis for furt! er negotiation. = ! south to join them, but in the mean time Benavides was defeated at San Felipe. We finally joined him. but he .'"ad divided his force of 10.000 men. sending them to .various parts of Mexico. He had S00 men with him. Together we moved north to join the trnors nf rTpn Mafias Ramos. Ramos had with him the original followers of; Guiterrez, wiho !:ad fought against Huerta. The forces of Gen. Carrera ; :Tordes and Gen. Cedillo?20,000 men? united with us and pledged their con tinued allegiance to the convention. ! Establishes Headquarters. Gen. Guiterrez has established headquarters at Doctor Arroyo, State of San Luis Potosi, and from here will j direct his campaign against Villa, Car- j ranza and Zapata j -V asconcelos declared that Carranza, | 'Villa and Zapata did net . ave wit a j them the delegates of the original Aguac Calientes convention. He added the convention which met at Mexico ' City after the sessions at Aguas Cali entes was made up of delegates cnosen , by Villa and newly admitted Zapata delesates. He told of the execution by Villa and Zapata of Garcia Aragon ! and David Berlanga, vice president ! and secretary, respectively, or me Ag- i uas Calientes convention. ?aSconcelos is well k-?>wn in Wasu- j ington. He was (here first wiE: the j Madero agency. Subsequently he was | identified with Carranza.and then with j Villa. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.1* : -Nothing preventing, the following: will be the program of divine services at the Lutneran Church of tbe Re- j ' J. <~>i 3 ceemer next &uuuay. 11:15 A. M.?The regular morning service and sermon by the pastor or a visiting minister. There will '>e misic at tnis service. 6:30 P. M.?T( e special service will | be held at the Opera House. Mrs. E.1 0. Cronk will give her lecture on "All , t'~e Children of the world." Many in- j teresting pictures will be used in il lustrating the lecture.' a numoer 01 children will take part in the servica 10:15 A. M.?The Sunday school meets. An interesting announcement in regard to Easter Monday will be made at this service. Ti e public is cordially inv^p-] to all ! the services. I I AGED WOMAN DIES ! AT NEGRO'S HANDS! MRS. M. E. SCOTT IS KILLED AT L01VNDESYILLE. {iiarles Logan is Said to Have Con- j lessee! Deed After His Arrest by j Magistrate. The State. Abbeville, March 17.?Mrs. ;.VI. E. Scod, a widow SO years of age, was attacked by a negro in her :ome near Lowndesville early yesterday morning, ' suffering injuries from which she died this afternoon. Charles Logan, con- ' fessing to the crime, was arrested and 1 taken to u e jail at 'Abbeville, from which he was removed to Greenwood . to be taken to the psnitentiary at Columbia for safe keening. Logan is a . oung negro who has recently come to South Carolina from Georgia. Mrs. Scott lived alone with her granddaughter, a girl of 14 or 15 years ! of age. She had been accustomed to ; arise during ti e night to smoke a j pipe and the negro is said to lia-e ! watched the cuse and known of tt'is practice. j Early yesterday morning Logan is 1 said tn hava ontprpH thd I r?n<sf> U'hil''? ' Mrs. Scott was smoking her nightly i pipe and after striking her in ti e head i with a hammer, to ihave attempted to enter the room of the granddaughter. The girl, however, escaped by a window and ran to a nearby house. Logan was arrestee today by Magistrate Mosely Huckabee, who succeeded in getting his prisoner away from a crowd of angry Lowndesville citizens wi o seemed- disposed to vio1 TXfi f 1* T /-V r. ^ n r* o n H A < V.'A ItTUUC. Willi dtraae \^aiin a:iu t *? \j Harper brothers, the magistrate brought the negro to the Abbeville jail. Sheriff Lyon took 110 chances on a lynching here and at once removed Logan to the Greenwood jail pending i is furt er lemoval to the penitentiary. A negro, Tom Murray, was convicted o.. manslaughter recently and L t r\ cnrV'A fivr* Q V\ ! tue feeling against this negro had been high when he v:as tried on the charge of murder, the sheriff decided ti at it would be well to ti'.ke him to Columbia with Logan. The saeriff was sure tint if a mob succeeded in entering the jail to lynch Logan it would lynch .Murray also. A negro named Matthews was brought here tonin f charged with be ing implicated in the affair at l.owndesville. He declares, however, t^at he can prove an alibi, having spent the night in Anderson. Abbe.ille citizens have commuui- ' c&ted with Gov. Manning and urgtd im to call a special term of court to try Logan. Mrs. Scott wrs well known in Lowndesville. Si e was a sister of Singleton S. Boles, who has made the government estimates on crops far this section for a number of a ears. Lowndesville is in the upper corner of Abbeville county, on the Savanuan valley line of the Charleston & Western Carolina railway, between olcCorl mick and Anderson. It is it bout si\ miles east of the Savannah river and is -o miles northwest of Abbeville. [ I JI.WMMi WILL CALL SPECIAL COURT TERM j J.oiran to Re Tried :it Abbeville! Early Next Week?Brought to Columbia. "I will call a special term of court for early next week/' said Gov. Man-; ning last night, after he had conferred j by telephone with Solicitor R. 'A. Cooper, who was at Newberry, regarding the killing of the aged Mrs. M. E. i Scott in her home near Lowndesville Tuesday afternoon. Charles Logan, the young negro ac- j cused of ti e murder, was brought to the State penitentiary for safekeeping i last night by P. T. Sprouse, deputy j sheriff of G-reenwood county. "He con- j fessed to me that ne did it," Mr. j S'prouse said, on arriving in Columbia. , Tom Murray, under sentence of five years for manslaughter, at the sug- , gestion of the Abbeville county slier- j iff, was brought along with Logan also,; out of abundance of precaution. The deputy did not know wi at disposition had been made of another negro. Will .loiinson, wao was saia to nave ueea arrested in company with Logan. He had hea' l, he said, that Jcrnson had Vcoi released. On tl e train from ? JOHNSON IS NAMED fedekal judge GIVEN RECESS APPOINTMENT TO NEW JOB. Will Go to See President Wednesday. South Carolina Governor to Be Notified Soon. The State. Washington, March 17.?Representative Joseph T. .Jonnson, of South Carolina, .ior four years in charge of I the legislative, executive and judicial j appropriation bill on the house tlcor, was today appointed by President I Wilson as United States judge for the j Western discrict of South Carolina. I I The district was created in the session of congress just cioseu and Mr. .Johnson received the unanimous sup-! port of the Sout*i Carolina congressional delegation, 'iir.e designation of Mr. Johnson to the new post, being i a recess appointment, requires :he j confirmation of the next senate. Mr. Jo* nson is well known through- i out the government service, as his \ subcommittee of the aouse appropriations committee wrote and reported legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills for the past two congrosses. T'.:e bill contains the salaries of a large portion of the government employes in the government establishment within the District o.:' Columbia and is watched eagerly from the time of the hearings until enactment. 'As a member of the appropriation comcittee Mr. Johnson has been a fai-.i. ful worker and his nlace will be dif- i ficult to fill. It is understood that Gov. Manning will shortly be acquainted with tne fact that Mr. .Jci nson will sever :iis connection with the liouse and that, a special election to fill the vacancy ^n the Fourth district will be ordered. ATr T r\ li r? c n t ? ovunr'tw- t r\ c. t h a ? i.r c _ ! .'II . UA1I1CVI1 L ^ V. idem on Wednesday. He had no st?.:0- j ment to make at tiiis time. Greenwood to Columbia, Logan, nude/ questioning by a passenger, told a j ^io.\ substantially as follows: i Tuesday afternoon a negro named j win .jonnson came cur :roni i.ownaes- ; vilie with a pint of whiskey. They 1 drank the liquor together. .Johnson said. "Let's go get old Mrs. Scott's i money." Wi":en they reached the house ! .Johnson climbed in through a window. Johnson had a rock in his hand. Mrs. j Scott was sitting before the fireplace, j Somewhere inside .Johnson had picked j up a hammer. Logan saw nothing of 1 the young woman. Johnson said "Now. keep still, I'm going to make a noise." \ Jcl nson attracted the attention of Mrs. j Scott and when she came toward the rcom in. which he was he threw the hammer and she fell. Logan fled. After some minutes he was joined by JoT:n- j son. Thev spent the night at I-ogan's i ! home and were captured in the morning. Johnson after his arrest accused him of striking Mrs. Scott, so he had to talk in self-defense. .Johnson is 23 years ct age, and ! ad lived near :.\Irs. j Scott's place. Logan says h<* himself | is 17 years of age. He insists that he j and .Johnson "went for money.'' Farm Demonstrator for Colored People Rev. Sam Xance, Jr., of Helena, c.as been appointed farm demonstration agent for the colored people for New berry county. Tf e appointment is 1 made by the federal department of agriculture. He is now engaged in se- j curing demonstrators for this work. Several of the counties of the State j are having these coiored farm demon-1 strators. Rev. Nance will report to Mr. W. W. Long, of Clemson college. Smyrna Presbyterian Church. There will be services at Smyrna, church on Saturday of this week a: 11 o'clock and sacrament of the Lord's supper on Sunday following. All of ficers, elders and deacons, are earnest-j ly requested to be present on Saturday, as there are matters of importance to come before tile entire official body of tl':e church. A full attendance of members is also desired on this ocrasion I Crosses of Honor. Veterans and descendants 01 veterans desiring crosses of honor for May 10 are requested to apply at once to M"-v .T / V!. T^loyvice president Drayr?r^erford "barter. or to A'iss Eva Gogians, president Calvin Crozier O apter. i I England's W< Explained 1 Declaration of General Blocl can Proposal for Lifting Almost Simultaneously? Finds Great Britain has announced details of retaliatory measures against Germany's submarine campaign. She proposes to stop all commerce by sea to and from German ports, but provision is made for considerate treatment of the shipping of neutral nations which does not interfere with the task that England has set for herself. The Britistv government has deliv ered to tiie American ambassador its reply to the American note suggesting the withdrawal of the German submarine blockade and England's ban on food shipments destined for German civilians. Great Britain declines to accede to the proposal. The sinking of tr.e German cruiser Dresden off the Island of Juan Fernandez by Britist: warships is told' briefly in an admiralty statement. The crew of the Dresden, which for three months had eluded hostile warships, was saved, but the overwhelming forces opposing her, according to tite I l'HE'SEXTMESrr OK AND JURY. Compliment the Jud^e?Commend the County Jail and Courthouse? After the 'Auditor. State of South Carolina. County of Newberry. To His Honor Judge Ernest Moore. Presiding: We, the grand jury* for Newberry county, at the sitting of this term of court, ((.sire to make the following presentation of such matteis as have been zrought before us for our con- j sideration. first. We wish to express to tlio1 presiding our appreciation au-i hearty endorsement of the principles j called ro our attention in his abie 1 i charge to us. lYVe have passed on all bills presented to us and L ave returned same to the court. We have examined the county home and jail and find them kept neat and clean and in a sanitary condition as ae nnccihip Thp inmates of the t' ome are well cared for and farming operations progressing. We wish to commend tae sheriff and his deputies for their diligence and care in guarding ti e welfare of the county. On examination of the jail we find the floors in the two upper stories in a bad condition and unsafe, and recommend that new wood floors be put | - ... - , _ I in the second and tnira noors 01 me jail. i We find the magistrates are complying with the law. Have examined the different county i offices and find them in a first-class condition witi one exception. In our last presentment to the court, we called attention to the many errors in the hnnlc< marip nn in the auditor's office for the collection of taxes. We find i at those errors have not been eorlected by the auditor and the treasurer has not been able to coliect taxes in many instances and on account of these errors tl e county loses much money and the treasurer embarrassed. We again respectfully call the attention of the court to the deplorable condition of this office and ask that a copy of ti^ese presentmenis be served on our m 9 State senator and representatives, mai they be informed as to these conditions and that steps be taken to i ave this office righted. We recommend that oaf clerk be paid the usual fee. Respectfully submitted, Haskell Wright, Foreman Grand Jury. March 16, 1915. Attention Delegates and Visitors. lT:he delegates and ivisitors to tihe Reedy River association at West End r-i-i 1?... Ofifh nrTirv h3VP P.OnieS On Oiiiurutiiv, mc -viu >? nv ? cf ti e State minutes of the W. M. U. or any unso'd calendars, are asked to bring them to this meeihig. xr On Trade no The World :ade and Rejection of AmeriBan on Foodstuffs Come -Last of von Spee's Fleet Grave announcement, caused her to strike | her flag vvhen flames had gained the i upper ihand. The French war office announced a series of minor successes in Belgium and in ivarious parts of France. The communication, however, admits, the blowing up by tire Germans of .four of the French advance trenches near Pont-a-Mousson. I On the same authority it is asserted i t V> o f a PrificVi ^ LIACA-L Ui C 1^1 AllCU L W1 ^CO YY U1VU Li Gfc U compelled to fall back beyond St. Bloi, south of Ypres, regained possession of ti at village and the neighboring trenches. In the east the concentration of troops and preliminaryo peration for an engagement on an extensive scale | in Poland are proceding, but the fighting has been of bbe advance guard order. In the Carpathians, neither Russians nor Austrians seemingly "nave j gained any decisive advantage. SERIOUS CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST KERSHAW SHERIFF The Record. Being charged with neglect of duty, specifically in that he i as not enforced the law against the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors in and about the town of Lugoff, in Kershaw county, . as permitted a '"blind tiger" to operate unmolested and has "refused to enforce the law against the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors gen | erally in Kersnaw county, w. w. j Huckabee, sheriff of Kersi aw county, | has 1 e^n ordered by Gov. Manning to show cause in the executive chamber at 11 o'clock on the morning of fv'<arch 30, w'. v the sheriff shall not be sus1 ended from office. Tiie following is Gov. Mannings order: "W1 ereas, you have been charged with neglect and refusal to perform the duties required of you by the provier?r>r>e nf Pllflnfpr 9Q rTl'niinXl OfXlp Of y loiuuo VI ? ?/ J laws cf Soutn Carolina, 1912, Volume II, and especially that you have neglected and refused to enforce the law against t e unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors in and about the town of Lugoff, in Kershaw county, and that you <i:ave neglected and refused to enforce the provisions of said law as contained in Section S18, criminal code, 1912, against the keeper and tv. o no ornr r\f o r?l??r>o whpro nPT^ATI 3X0 uiana&ci ui a ?v. permitted to resort tor the purpose of drinking aleoholi-c liquors and beverages and against the unlawful sale thereof at said place, whico. place is located outsicfe.of and near the limits of the city ofV'Cainden; and that you I'.&Te neglected and refused to enforce the law against the'unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors generally in Kershaw county: j "Therefore, this is to require you to : appear in the executtive chamber, Coi lumbia, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 30th day of March, A. D. , 1915, to answer the above set fortJi charges and to show cause oeiore me. if any you have, why you should not be suspended from the office of sheriff j of Kershaw county, as provided by i Section 841, criminal code of South j Carolina, 1912. volume II." | Water Analysis. Charleston, S. C., March 15, 1915. j Sanitary water analysis Xo. 1,352 of water received March 10, 1915, from | Newberry, S. C., water works: j (Results in parts per million.) Color 0.00 Chlorine 25.00 Free ammonia 0.01 Albuminoid ammonia 0.02 Nitrogen in nitrates 0.20 . Total solids 302.00 Bacterial Analysis??>acteriai indications of contaminations, negative, i Free from contamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. isi.-y.rri rXiitftfti ...