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HB 1 " * ?? ?? i???i Rin,>OIBER 34. SEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, May 28, 191o. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A TEAS. I Han ship struck wffi mine or torpedo Rain i> doubt as to which I DID the work. ?amship >ebraskan Receives Injuries Off Irish Coast?Water in Lower Hold?>one Injured. k London cable dated May 26 says tthe American steamer Xebraskan, Capt. Greene, from Liverpool, tor Delaware Breakwater, was torpedoed on Wednesday by a submarine at a point 40 miles west-southwest of Fastnet. off the south coast of Ireland. I Capt. Green's report to his owners, iowever, indicates that he is in doubt B> to whether the Xebraskan was torMtooed or struck a mine. The text of message is as folBws: | "Struck either by mine or torpedo, joriy^igm mi.es west. 01 rasiuei aiiu steaming to Liverpool. Water in lower ho/d. Xo one injured." B The Xebraskan was down at the bows. She was proceeding under her own steam and flying the signal, "I am not under control." The sea was calm at the time of the ff incident. The crew at once took to t'he boats and stood by the steamer. It ^was soon ascertained t):at the Xebras kan was not seriously damaged. She Kliad been struck forward and her fore holds were full of water. The crew returned on board and got he vessel under way. The Xebraskan lid not carry any passengers. I WHY ITALY "GOES TO WA R. peaking paragraphical!}-, The Record few days ago opined: "We can unerstand why Italy might feel 'driven' > take up arms, but what 'drives' Rumania?" Commenting upon this, The lewberry Herald and News says: |"Well, now if you really know why laly took up arms, or why any of the ations are fighting, and what they are gnting about, please tell us, but be md enough not to mention tihat we Splayed our ignorance by asking t-e fcstion. We are frank to admit that lre were called to state plainly and fly what an this war is aoout we Bid have to pretend to be too busy Bg something else, or expose our Bility to give the causes, and we do know now why Italy wants to get runless she wants to help Austria to rce Russia to capitulate. Be good Lough to explain all the causes of the ar and why Italy has gone in as 111." |Ve have a perfectly good answer of p own ready, but in order to gratify id' at the same time to satisfy our quirer, T.':e Record gives the follow [ing.which is not ours, but is quite conclusive: i "Italy's entrance upon the war presents to the obesrver a peculiar parcel fof paradoxes. "For Italy it is at once a mercenary war and a sentimental war. "Not all the Italian talent ford evious diplomacy has been able to devise a reasonable cause for throwing the nation into the struggle. Her borders have not been passed, her peace has not been threatened, even iher dignity v has not been put upon. "Only hunger for more territory tas f impelled this belated belligerency, and -it is impossible to doubt that the ruling powers balanced long and shrewdly the comparative advantages to be obtained by fighting with or against the allied forces. "Notwithstanding this air of cold calculation, the action of Italy has in the end been forced by public sentiment. Unquestionable king and a powerful though waning force in the gov-' eminent have been against it to the end. The people,, the masses, forced it. D'Annunzio is the great central figure of the day. The poet has put the politicians and diplomats under (his feet. Tlie dramatist is staking the 1 greatest tragedy or mis career. "Not another nation entered this war because of the wish of its people. Germany obeyed her rulers. Belgium was forced by sudden invasion. France took up the burden of self-defense with a sigh. Not even today has Great Britain manifested true popular enthusiasm in the conflict. Italy alone springs to her frontiers with cheers, with laughter and w*ith song." It will be interesting to see if a peo-; pie fights better when it is eager to | This is from an eminent writer in! BPIIAINS PREPARING ! TO PREbS WAR ANEW i FORM SEW GOVERXJIENT TO BEAR BIRDO OF CONFLICT. : Italian Advance L>Iove Into Austria and Vast Bodies of Troops Continue Bloody Work on Other Fronts. i Great Britain's new war cabinet, j whereby it is inoped to carry on the , campaign with great energy and efj ficieacy, - has been formed. Earl Kitchener, remains secretary for war. j .David i^oyU-George is transferred for | t.e time being from the cmce of chan| cellor of tLe exchequer to the ministry rvf mnnitinn c?a ripw nnsf WinStOll ! Spencer Churchill, whose administra| tion of admiralty department has been i severe-1..' ciuicised, is lepiaced oy Arthur J. Balfour, of the opposition. Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the opposition, has become secretary for the , colonies. Herbert H. Asquitii remains ' prime minister, and Sir Edward Grey will continue to direct foreign rela tions. When Premier AsquitM made his announcement o? the pending ! changes in the ministry, he declared I that taere would be no change in these two offices. The new cabinet includes 12 Lib! erals, eight Conservatives and one Laborite. Earl Kitchener took office in | the first instance as a non-partisan. ' Tie Irish party is not represented, although John Redmond was invited to accept a seat. | The Austro-Italian campaign has dej veloped little so far beyond the push! ing forward of the Italian advance guards, who have crossed the frontier I and occunied several towns in tie di ' rection or Trieste, ahd a raid by Aus' trian warships and aeroplanes on sev eral Italian coast towns. Campaigns in the old ttieat^rs of the war are occupying the attention of -vast bodies of troops along these '.fronts. North of Pryemysl, in Galicia, |<the Austro-Germans are engaged in ' powerful drives against the Russian j lines and, according to Vienna and I Berlin, have taken an additional. 21,000 i prisoners. In the West the British have not ifceld all /their line against the Ger-, ; man assault, but t'-e French report im1 portant gains north of Arras, the capture of one of the great German trenches in the neighborhood of Souchez and two important German works vin the northwest of Angres, and which permitted them to advance over terfritory from whicto they previously had been barred. j The nature of the fighting in the Dardanelles can be inferred from an oratpmpnt issued at London, V-TUJL\^XCti. O c?-?. ? which, telling of an agreement for a suspension of hostilities for the burial of the dead, says: "Over 3,000 Turks were buried?all killed between May 18 and 20." and ar casualty list just published giving the | : names of 919 Australians killed and | wounded in the Dardanelles operations. The statement reports "conI siderable progress' by botJa the French j and British on the Gallipoli peninsula. ! GOVERNOR REVOKES | DISPENSARY ORDER ! ! Dissolving of Temporary Injunction Causes fanning" to Act in j Aiken Contest. t On Wednesday Gov. Manning sent the following letter to the Aiken county dispensary board: "The temporary injunction against ~ nf dicripnsa ri' hoard' | <1 JL11CUIUC1 VI vat, vixw ?. having been dissolved and there no longer being any doubt of the conI stituted authority of said dispensary . board, I hereby revoke my order of [ May 1 closing the Aiken county dispensaries until further orders." The following letter was mailed to H. H. Howard, sheriff of Aiken \county: "I hereby revoke my order of May 1 closing the Aiken county dispensaries." Messrs. W. F. Ewart, Geo. S. Mower and S. J. Derrick, of Newberry, and W. A Asbill, Blair and Hendricks, of Silverstreet, have returned from the meeting of the grand lodge, K. of P., at Orangeburg. It was a great meeting, with a magnificent banquet attached. the New York American and, is we hope, conclusive. If not, we will give ' more of the same kind at another time. . $ i/ y <y <& <$/ '$> ?> y <$> y ) 3> ^ ^ ^ j f TilE IDLER. m<?\ <$> <?> ^ ^ ^ <5* ^ ^ i / 'v ^ ''y ^ ^ I I notice from t. e papers that the park is really going to come. 1 am | so glad that I scarcely know how to express myself, and yet I do think * C*. r 1- ' 1 4. -v ? norlr cillt'i'Uii i nave UciU saj uuum a ycurv. that it would 'have been common courtesy to have invited me to some of the meetings and given me the honor and privilege to have been at t:.e birth. JBut I am not grouchy in the least. I liiave said time and aga.in that what I wanted was to see the park estab.isned before 1 died, and i was honest and sincere in it, and if I had been invited to any of the meetings 1 would most respectfully have sent my deciI v, 'fUU mtr orvnroAiotin a? tllP liimuuil, Wit 11 my ctciuuu v/*. v*av. consideration, of course. I notice my good friend, Mr. Wallace, in his little paragraph about the organization, has this sentence: "What is to be thev name of toe park?" Why, of course, the question should carry the answer. The logical name is The Idler's Park. There is no other conclusion, but of course that will not be the name. It will probably be the Wright park or the Spearman park, or carry the name of some who who is now in l. e running, and 1 do net care, because the park is what I have been working so hard for all these years, and there's nothing in a name. Then, I am a dreamer and can s^e a vision, and I 'am glad of it. 1 am somewhat like old man Columbus. He had a vision and discovered America, and some years after there came along a man called Americus, and lo they called the new world America, an-I tie old man wit'i* the vision was for ;he time forgotten, b^t now the averag-- school child can tell you more abcit Columbus fcr.an Americus, and in '.act 1 doubt if many of them ever heard of Americus. "This world is made up for tne mosi pari of those who take but never give, sharing in all but sparing naught, who c:.eer a grude but grudge a cheer." "Wherefore thE paths of progress have been sobs of blood dropped from the broken hearts of dreamers." "Makers of empires they have fought for bigger things than empires, and higher seats than thrones." So let the park come and no one will 'tail it with more unalloyed joy than will The Idler. The dreamers are the blazers of Che way, the men who never wear doubt's bandage on their eyes. Men who hold to courage and to hope. "'Walls crumble and empires" * " mara CTMns in and ia.ii;- nit iiua i tears a fortress from the rocks. The rotting nations drop from off time's boughs, and only things dreamers make live on." "Ttey are the eternal conquerors, their vassals are the years." That's me, *nd therefore why should I care what happens so the park is assured. And I don't, and don't you forget that. ?o? 1 heard somebody remark the other day that Supervisor Sample had said thatihe would have had the court house lawn mowed and the ilover cut down and the grass encouraged to grow, if there had not been anything said about it in the papers. Now, to be frank, and not to contradict any one, I do not believe any such statement, and I hope this it not offensive language. I say it because I don't believe Supervisor Sample is made in any such small calibre as that, and I believe he is always +/-> toi-o cutrcrptstinns from any W illing LU tu IXV, tJU05^^ ? source, and to act on tihem if they meet his approval. And I am sure fee is nowconvinced that it is his duty to have the clover mowed and the lawn made a thing of beauty. And I know he will do it. That reminds me of a little poem some one sent me. And, you know, as I have said heretofore, that I would rather be-brought to mind by people when they read sentiments like these than the have the park called The Idler's Park, because it is evidence - * A - J in a ttiat i nave loueiieu &uixie buui m j tender spot and made it have a higher motive and a sublimer throught. This little poem is headed "The Fellow People Like.' And I believe it fits Jim Sample, because we all like him, because we know that ihe is honest and that he is honestly trying to (jo his duty, and when we make him 'see it is his duty to have a beautiful lawn at the court house he will have it, if it is possible. I don't know whether likp me or not. and to tell the ~ plain trutih, it iias never bothered me very much, but I will also tell the CAPT. R. B. JENNINGS HAS PASSED AWAY FOIOIER STATE TREASl'KEK DIES [c _ AT WINXSIJORO. j Was Gallant Officer in ( onfederate Service, Losing Arm at Mevr Market Heights. i . ? i The State. ^ j Winnsboro, May 26.?Cap:. R. H. Jennings, for 12 years State treasurer of South Carolina, died here today at the home of his son, .T. M. Jennings. ,He had been seriously ill for several days. Capt. Jennings was in his 77th ~ ~ nri"* ^ cjrrir>Dc will Vi & . y Cell . JL'yC luuuiai 0^1 ? 1V/V.0 held Friday morning at 9:20 o'clock at Betheljchurch. in Fairfield county. Telegrams from various part of the State were received offering condolence to t le bereaved family. Capt. Jennings was a foremost figure in the M itiiodist church, being on the board oft:e South Carolina conference for 40 y ?ars, a trustee of Columbia college a id serving in other capacities of the d urch for longer periods. ; Capt .1 rnnings was a music teacher '.and a m;.n proficient in this art. Capt. . enkins was born February 5, 1S3.0, ^ear Jenkinsville, in Fairfield r.r>iintr Ro p^rripd Miss Xancv Leo nora Gibson in 1860, and enlisted in .the Confederate army at the beginning of the war. He lost his left arm on j .July 28, 1864, in the battle of New j ! Market Heights. Since his retirement from the office ( of State treasurer, Capt. Jennings has | lived quietly in Winnsboro. _ 1 I _ i plain truth, that I do feel compliment-: ed when any one thinks of me by read- j ing such sentiments as contained in ~o ti ^ tlioro ic cnmpthin? IX11S liLl.lt: IJUCiil, auu UH.H, v ? o in my make-up that leaps with joy ; when such sentiments are sent to me. Here is the poem: L The Fellow People Like. He doesn't try to win tikem, and he goes aJong his way. j t The same well balanced mortal in the i hum drum of the day. I i Mo isn't anv different to one than to another, J With everybody, smilingly, ihe sends a "Hello, ferotf\er!" The fellow people lo\e, you know? who makes a brighter sky? i | And everybody likes him, but -iie don't i know why! 1 God gave ihim lots of laughter, and he gives it back again; He says he's never bothered doing : things for other men; He's gentle with the children and polite to women?well! j His days are spent in waiving around his fellowmen a spell. They greet him with affection every time t!':ey pass him by? i And everybody likes him, but he don't know why! ? Guess the's lived in your town as he !' used to live in mine; His cheeks were always rosy and his ' eys were full of shine; His sympathies were ever with the weak and with the old, His '.heart was like a blossom and his | SUUi was UUC U.O gUiu , He scorned a guilty action or a1 meaimess or a lie? ; And everybody liked him but fce couldn't tell you why! ?o? I want to say that what I said about mad doge and automobile accidents was not intended in .the least to be personal, and if any one so construed it I am sorry. T/he truth of the remarks generally I am willing to stand by to the time when 1 am convinced that I am in error, and then I will I be glad to acknowledge my error. Un| til then, never. There are a great j many laws and ordinances on the booKs that I t-ink of far greater importance that they be enforced than the blue Sunday laws. If you can convince me I that I am in error in this position, , then I am ready to say so. I am not a knocker, but I believe in justice tempered witJh mercy. I believe in the application of the golden rule. It is a mighty good rude of human conduct. It is a mighty good thing when you do anything to try to put yourself in the other fellow's place and ask yourself hnw von would like to be treated if the positions were changed. Suppose you try it some time when you are about to do something. That is my rule of conduct. THE IDLER. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ! CLOSE ANNUAL MEETING! NEXT GRAND LODGE CONVENTION AT CHICK SPRINGS. JHerber E. Gyles Elected Grand Chancellor?Alva 31. Lumpkin is Next in Line. T* V* ri CJfofci , i lie Kj tun.. Orangeburg, May 26.?The grand lodge of Knights of Pythias adjourned this afternoon, after a two days' ses| sion in Orangeburg. This was the largi est attended convention of Knishts or i Pyt'Mas e\er held in South Carolina. i . This not only speaks well for the grand lodge, but for Orangeburg, the j city on the Edisto, l:.e ideal place for a convention. Orangeburg is fast beI coming one of the big convention cities -of the State. j At the business session this morning elections were entered into with the following results: l Supreme representatives: B. A. Morgan, Greenville, and Prof. A. G. Rem| bert, Spartanburg; alternates Geo. S. Mower, Newberry, and Frank K. Myj ers, Charleston. j Grand chancellor, Herbert E. Gyles, ; Aiken; grand vice chancellor, Alva M. J Lumpkin, Columbia; grand prelate, W. j E. Derrick, Orangeburg; grand keeper of records and seal, C. D. Brown, Abi - ^ a mocfor at arms E. R. | UeViUe, giauu v.. , Cox, Darlington; grand inner guard, H. A. McCormick, Nichols; grand outer guard, W. A. Fewell, Rock Hill. Ohick Springs was selected as the place for the holding o^ t!:e 1916 session of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias. Clinton was the only other place asking for the grand lodge for 1916. 1J-' 1-v-v 1'ini* +/-V tVlQ 0Q. i he proposition luuAmg ^ tablishment of a tuberculosis sanii tarium, which was sent down by the supreme lodge in its convention at Winnipeg, Man., was considered by a committee consisting of tie Rev. Louis J. Bristow, chairman; Prof. A. G. Remf bert, George S. Mower, Prank K. Myj ers and Dr. J. L. Valley This comI mittee reported a recommendation ad?tho mipsrion be considered i V iiinii 111 ' through the year, and that action be I taken next year. Considerable discussion developed, and there appeared a. divided sentiment. Tne report was adopted and the whole question was referred to a committee to report next year consisting of Louis J. Bristow, % 'r*" * r'Vio rlnc. Abbeville; FranK. jy. *iviyero, ton, and Josepih A. Berry, Orangeburg. T:is committee will gather data and publish it during the year and make a report next year. State of the Order. Hart well M. Ayer, of Florence, for the committee on state of the order, made an unfavorable report on the question of admitting ministers of the gospel without fee. The unfavorable report was adopted. This committee also reported unfavorably on the proposition to make the terms of grand lodge officers two years. Xo change will be made in Che law respecting one year terms. Ex-Gov. D. C. Heyward reported for the board of publication, paying tigh A ^ ' ^ 1 AffiniAnnxr /^f C tribute to tne euiioxicn 'D. Brown. It was evident that the Pythian journal has attained a permanent place in the esteem of the members of the grand lodge. Mr. Brown was heartily and unanimously re-elected editor of the South Carolina Pythian. The Rev. Louis J. Bristow was elected on the board of publication for a term of five years. Marion Bonnoitt, of Darlington, read the report of the ways and means com - ~ -/ 'raittee, which showed tne nnanciai condition of the lodges to be good. At the afternoon session B. A. Morgan made a striking address telling something of the work of the supreme lodge. Trie retiring grand chancellor, Henry K. Osborne, told of his work during the past year and called for speeches from representatives of lodges from several parts of the State., Among those who spoke were: J. W. I King, of Columbia; J. F. Williams, of Columbia; C. D. Brown, of Abbeville; J. A. Tolbert. of Laurens; George A. Schiffley, Sr., of Orangeburg; R. W. Tribble, of Anderson; A. J.. Hydrick, Jr., of Orangeburg; J. B. Bell, of Gaffney; Herbert Smith, of Charleston; J. C. Wier, of Xinety-Six, and others. 'Wfilliam Goldsmith, of Greenville, offered a resolution of thanks -to the people of Orangeburg, the newspapers and railroads for the hospitality and courtesies extended, whiflW^fUs adopted by a rising vote. The last business of the grand lodge was the installation of ' the officers. For this work Past Grand Chancellor j B. A. Morgan presided. | Grand Chancellor Gyles made an. i inaugural address upon assuming the l chair, which evoked much aDDlause. Committees Appointed; T..e following committees \*ere appointed: Grand Tribune?0. J. Bond, Charles1 ton; W. W. Johnson, Marion; A. Earie ; Boozer, Columbia. Judiciary?Thomas F. Brantley, Orj angeburg; Henry C. Tillman, Greeni wood; J. F. T. Doar, Charleston. Ways and Means?M. Bonnoitt, Darl lington; Wrm. McXab, Barnwell; H. A. ! Smith, Charleston; J. L. McCarter, Spartanburg; W. K. Gunter, Baffney. i state 01 tne uraer?Aiva t.u. Lumpj kin, Columbia; Hartwell M. Ayer, Flor; ence; J. M. Eargle, Graniteville; W. | W. Harris, Clinton; D. W. Hiott, ! Easley. ' j * ^ Credentials?A. E. Adams, Greenvwood; J. C. Wier, Ninety Six; J. R.^ t Unger, Eatesbuig. L Printing?R. L. Dargan, Abbeville; | Herbert E.-Gyles, Aiken; C. D. Brown, ; Abbeville, ex officio. Libraries and Reading Room?Arthur G. Rembert, Spartanburg; H. M. I Schroeder, Aiken; Alva M. Lumpkin, Columbia, ex officio. Last night at the opera fcouse Judge Mendel L. Smita, of Camden, and Jfror. Arthur G. Rembert, of Spartanburg, delivered Pythian addresses. Tie large aditorium was crowded to overflowing. Judge Smith delivered a wonderfully worked out speech on "Pythian Symbolism and Its Significance to Us." Prof. Rembert ably presented his topic, "The Call to Pythians." This address was masterly in language and expression and Prof, j Rembert charmed his audience These I were two of the finest addresses ever [-delivered in Orangeburg. M. Rutledge 'Rivers, of Charleston, and Brig s. 'Young, supreme grand chancellor, were to have been present at t'iiis public meeting to deliver addresses, I but were unable to attend. j After the addresses, at the opera v house a social session was held at the ; Star theater, where the master picture ^ "Damon and Pyt'Mas" was shown the , Knights of Pythias. f A big ball was given last night by j tfie young men of Orangeburg to the , visiting knights and ladies. The oc. casion was a most delightful one. The i number danging was large and every; body had a good time. Over 1,000 peo; pie witnessed the ball. Hundreds of chairs were provided. Excellent music : was rendered by the Orangeburg Military band. 0. K. Wilson, director. The ball was held at Sifly & FriC'n's hall | which is one of the largest in tie South. The dance was a big success in every particular. ^ Tonight at 8:30 o'clock the grand an| nual banquet was spread. The ban quet was served at Si fly & Frith's hall, i " ^ Music was furnished by the Orangeburg Military band. Amonfi the speak! ers were: Henry K. Osborne, Spartanburg; D. C. Heyward, Columbia; j Louis J. Bristow, Abbeville; Jas. F. Byrnes, Aiken; Herbert E. Gyles,Aiken. White 3ftin Guilty of Wife Beating. On last Tuesday Magistrate Player heard a case of wife beating. Trust .Gaddy is the guilty man. He was tried by the following jury: Messr-. Dawson Paysinger, Geo. 'W. Summer, Jr., jJMarvin Summer, Judge Scarborough, ! Coleman Burch and W. W. Farrow, and sentenced by the magistrate to pay $25 or serve a chaingang term of 30 days. He took the days. Trust Gaddy stole the ^irl he married at McColl on March 10 and came to Newberry about three weeks ago, going to the Mollohon mill. On Saturday night a week ago he beat the wife j w<i:o put her trust in him, and threatI ened that if s!he told he would cut her I throat, if he had to do it while she was sleep. He would not let her speak to anyone, but she got an opportunity to write her boarding house lady a few J lines explaining the situation, whiefa [ information got to Magistrate Player, Kwith. tice result of Gaddy's arrest and [-conviction as above recorded. I Mrs. J. B. Shockley and little daugh.ter, Fredna, as visiting relatives in [Newberry.?Lexington News. Mr. J. W. Smith, of Newberry, was 1 a"Sunday- visitor in tae City.?Clinton ' A