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? -? ??? Volume lin, number $9. jtewteeby, s. . Tuesday, juse is, 1915. twice a week, mo a yeas. ?'/ Am Going 7 Did My Duty' PwiNNSBORO BOB j K FIRES ON SHERIFF, KHERIFF HOOD AND OTHEBS j PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT H Militia Ordered Out?Several Wounded?Xegro Killed?All fct Court PnfrflimA. 1(By John K. AulL) Special to Ti]? Herald and News: iColumbia, June 14.?Sheriff A. D. Hood was probably fatally wounded; his negro prisoner, Jule Smith, was mortally wounded, later dyhig; a citizen was probably fatally wounded, I and several others were more or less seriously wounded in Winnsboro tin is morning when the sheriff and several !of his deputies were fired upon near fche entrance to the court house as 1"? ? T\T>ic/\nOr rfcney were utj^"5 iuc uc^v Jule Smiflb, charged with criminal assault upon a white woman, to the court /house for trial. The negro since fce was captured recently had been confined in the State penitentiary and was taken over to IWinnsboro this morning by Sherirt Hood and several deputies, tbe criminal court having opened in Winnsboro this morning. ' . A special train brought the woundBd to Columbia. Sheriff Hood and tnofther of the wounded were taken to :he Columbia hospital on stretchers. Ijae other wounded members or tne arty were able to reach the hospital Fith assistance, the special haying topped at Hampton street, near the ospital. was s&ot in the abdolen and only sligtt .hopes are enterlined or his recovery, fee was pl-ac* rtnaratfAn nnH had not Kl UJUUCi au , V^TV^MVU Rome out from under the operation at 10 p. m. He stated after ne was Bbt: "I expect to die but I did my I The Columbia State has posted a bulletin which states that persons who W -came to Columbia on the special I ?ay that "Clyde Isenhower who led the mob was so seriously wounded | ft; at he could not be brought to Co flumbip.*' "The State's bulletin says that Deputy Sheriffs Scott, Creston, and Blair were wounded. An extra issued by the Columbia Record gives the following wounded: Sheriff A. D. Hood, shot in the abdomen may die; Deputy Stevenson, seriously shot several times; Deputy Roland, shot in shoulder; Constable I Beckham, seriously; Constable Kelley, seriously. The State's bulletin gives .Rural Policeman Boulware as one of the wounded. It is stated that Sheriff Hood and |j^ deputies had arrived at the court louse entrance when the mob made a concerted attempt to seize the pris & The sheriff and his escort ordered Khe mob to halt. The warning was not V&beyed and some one fired a sihot at ^Homith, the negro prisoner. This prewf cipitated the riot, whidb continued for B about ten minutes during which a conH finiiAtic waa lrpnt lit* I Gov. Manning was out of the State and Adjutant General Moore was in (Charleston. me mayor of Winnsboro communicated with the governor's office and the governor's stenographer had tihe Winnsboro company placed at layor's . disposal, at the re!- ?-* AT- _ T4- -rr-? ? I^wi ui cue rnaji/i. XL nao Btaea t ound ttat the Winnsboro r* Bcampanj lacked ammunition and a deHfttail beaded by the assistant adjutant to- Winnsboro with am o Die But I 9 - - She riff Hooa >E>VS OF PROSPERITY Reception in Honor of Miss Gertrude Simpson?Personal and Otherwise. Special to The Herald and News: noritv Tuna 14. Micc (^PrtmdP Simpson was again honored with a reception given by the ladies of Grace churcu on Friday afternoon at the home of Dr. G. Y. Hunter. The spacious home was beautifully decorated in daisies and sweet peas. Each guest was asked to write her favorite receipt which was afterwards caught to ? ~ .1 -3 ? ~ I? i. ^ J getner into tne iorm or a iuanu-ycuuteu butterfly on which this quotation was written: "Raise the whip and make the butter fly." Then the guests were invited into the dining room to view a table ladeii with beautiful gifts. A delightful ice course was served during which the following toasts were given: iHer Girlhood?(Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum. Life Mission?Miss Lillian Lufcber. As Teacher Among Us?Mrs. L. A." Black. s Young Womanhood?Miss Gertrude Bobb. The Past and Future?Mrs. J. F. Browne. The following invitations were read from the pulpit of Grace cnurcn sunday. The marriage of Miss Gertrude Simpson and Rev. G. C. Leonard will be solemnized in this cfcurch Thursday evening June 17tJh at 7 o'clock. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Simpson request the'members of tfie congregation to be present. ~ ?? J--'- : T un weanesaay eveuiug ouuo aui^ Dr. and Mrs. J. A. 'Simpson will give an informal come and go reception at their home between the hours of 8 and 10S30 that the members of the congregation may be permitted to meet Rev. Mr. Leonard. They cordially invite botih the young and older members of the congregation. Miss Bess Bowers was a shopper in Columbia last week. Dr and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter leave today for the Isle of Palms to attend tlie South Carolina Banker's association. Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Simpson of Cowpens and Dr. L. D. Simpson of Kershaw are here for the Simpson-Lea-1 nord wedding. Mr. D. H. Brown of Atlanta has returned tome after spending a few days here with friends. Mr. Allen Lester is expected today from West Point from whioa institution he graduated last week. Mrs. J. L. May and children have returned from Atlanta. Mr. S. S. Birge spent the week-end in Columbia "with his sister, Mrs. A. H. Kohn. Miss Marie Schumpert is home for the summer after having spent tike winter in Dallas, Texas. OJrs E. P. Taylor has as ther guest Mrs. Mary Hunt of Spartanburg. (Miss Ollie Counts left Saturday for the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Elizabeth DeWalt has returned from a visit to Saluda. Mrs. Shep Merchant, Miss Hannah Merchant and Little Mary Kohn of Saluda are (visiting Mrs. J. B. Stockman. Miss Bessie Lee Gibson is spending a while with iter sister, Mrs. John Grant of Andrews. Mrs. W. H. Johnson of Littleton, N. 0., "visited Mrs. M. C. Morris last week. Mrs. Alice Witherspoon and daughters, Misses Mae and Liliy nave returned from Due West . Bdatb of Mrs. Jane A. Long. Elsewfnere in this issue is an account of the death of Mrs.. Jane Long, a noble Christian woman who had taught three generations of children. There was an immense throng at her burial at Colony on Sunday afternoon, and the floral tributes covered the grave. Her pastor, tfte Rev. J. W. Carson, conducted the services. The following were the pallbearers: Geo. W., Summer, Geo. Y. Dickert, W. D. 1 ^cDuflie i^ftgiT'Vas. F. Bpting and ..?. Sessions. A Former Ne A rrp.Rted CHARGED WITH ROBBING UNITtD STATES MAILS T. H. SPEARMAN, MAIL (CLERK, ARRESTED IN GREENVILLE. Marshall Lyon and Secret Service Men Find Money?Released on $3,000 Bond. * Greenville News, 12th. T. H. Spearman, who for the past 15 years has been a mail clerk in the employ of the United States govern raent, was arrested yesterday morning by Marshall Lyon and held here upon a charge of robbing the mails while on his run from Columbia to this city. In t)':e preliminary hearing held yesterday before U. S. Commissioner Blythe he was held for the Federal grand jury under a bond of $3,000. / The story as told by the three gov ernment secret service men wu.v trailed ;Mm, would tend to show how carefully these officers work in apprehending those wfco break open registered packages. Their evidence as given before Commissioner Blythe, was characterized by the commissioner as the ''most, complete case" he had ever heard. According to the secret service men Spearman is of a prominent Newberry family and has been on the pres ?"? "rtTTiQ nino vflflrs T)A?WA&T1 f!o cut 1 Ull SJVHJL1C J lumbia and Greenville. Considerable surprise was manifested on <the streets shortly after the arrest wlbich occurred right after the Columbia train arrived. For the past month thb secret service men stated that many complaints had been falling upon the run covered by Spearman, and that numerous losses of money from packages had been registered against him, so the rcen were detailed to catch whoever it was tJ-at was taking the money ic u yuooiuxT7. Tbey fixed up some decoy letters, containing currency and the numbers, that is the series and treasury numbers of the bills were taken. They J were made up as cheap ordinary letters, purporting to have been mailed by some ignorant negro to some oth? ? ?TWi^c/v a,? moilo/f crk as to er ucgii/. jlucoc wivj w ?^ ? come out on Spearman's car and be handled in that car between Columbia and Greenville. When he was arrested, Spearman was carried to the office of Postmaster D. B. Traxler, in tfce postoffice building and ihere it was that he was searched for the missing money by the secret service men, assisted by Marshall Lyon and in the presence of the postmaster. The pockets of his clothing were searched to no effect and then he was asked by one of the inspectors wfcere he had the money concealed. He made no reply and was ordered to pull off his shoes. He pulled off the right one alertly enough but as he pulled off the left one ne tooK something in his hand. Quickly the movement was observed by the keen| eyed detective and foe grasped his j hand, !Marsf:all Lyon taking hold of I it also about the same time. He ! tightly clinched his hand and Marshall Lyon bent back Spearman's thumb wThile the secret service man opened the palm. 'The officers stated on the witness stand that they took out of his lhand $19, of which amount $13 they swore they had placed in the decoy letters and they had the numbers of the notes put down in ink which they exhibited to show that the number, series and denomination was correct, and tallied with the notes which were taken from Spearman. The additional $6 the officers stated yesterday they were unable to account for but would tny to see if any of the other packages were short any - * ' M i XI amounts, and tney snowea xnai xney knew wfaat they were tbout wfhen they gave the names, numbers and destinations as well as the mailing points of the other packages that went along on the same train. They canaot . knprw whether. $r not .any of these packages are short of money, until they investigate their arrival iwberrian f In Greenville ( in f f Ci nAncIoril^OC! tVlPTTl dIIU illici T r? ^ vr*. ?. T-ne highest ranking of secret service officers, none of whose names are mentioned by his request, asked that the bond be fixed at $5,000 as this was a serious offense, provided a conviction were secured and as the penalty might be as much as five vears he asked that the bond be made large^ enough to guarantee that ti:e defendant appear if ne were indicted by the grand jury. He also mentioned tee fact that 'Spearman is connected with wealthy people and could raise almost any amount of bail. Even at the time he was talking, a telephone call from another town came in and the speaker announced that a friend at the other end would , be willing to go his bail as high as $50,000 and that he could qualify to do so. The commissioner, 'however, stated his belief that $3,000 was sufficient and he fixed the bond at this amount, it being immediately given by. a friend who was present at the trial and who requested that his name be not' published. Should Spearman be indicted by til: e next .federal grand jury it is likely that ne will be tried at the next term of United States court, under Judge Johnson. That he will be represented in such an event by able | counsel there is no doubt. Should he be indicted the trial of Spearman will attract considerable attention. FIGHTS ADVANTAGE FAVORS ALL ARMIES Almost Continual Movement Forward and Backward in Baltic Provinces?Artillery Engagements. London, June 13.?In the Baltic provinces and along the Dniester river heavy figihting continues between the Russians and Austrians and Germans. The movement, forward and backward, of the battle lines in the Baltic provinces is almost continual and each side has at ivarious tim^s held the advantage. In Galicia the scene of the fighting has changed. The Germans, balked in their effort to reaci'i Lemberg from the south, have attacked the Russians ^ 11 ? ? ** *+ V* PwAmrcl | on me river o<iu, uui m ui j. itrcm/01, and along the Dniester in southeastern Galicia, and in tfteir report tonight claim successes in both sectors. The movement in the southeast resembles tsbat which failed further up the Dniester, as Surawana, but is on a wider scale. The right wing of the Austro-Germans is only 20 miles from the Roumanian frontier, while its left wing reaches as far as Halicz, where many attacks have been delivered against a bridgehead. The centre of the op^ TT /vlrtYVlAO wVllVVl TVAlTlf t;f a.nuns m ivuiuiuca, n ??iu\,u the main attacks, wfaich have carried the Teutonic allies across the Dniester in several places, are being launched. Simultaneously the Germans are proceeding^'with trteir attack on the Russian centre on the river Rawka, west of Warsaw, where they also have been successful, according to tffeir reports. In the Western zone artillery en gagements are in progress from the sea to the Woevre, and even beyond that district, with here and there infantry fighting. The French have ati tempted to force the Germans at some points out of their strongly entrenched positions, and the Germans have been endeavoring to recover lost ground. A big German offensive was predicted several days ago, but so far it has not materialized, although it is still expected. With Monfalcone and Gradisco In their hands, the Italians have begun an attack on Gorizia (Gorz) further up the Isonzo river, and one of the Austrians' most strongly fortified frontier positions. The Italians already have cut the communications to the north and soutih of the town, so that it now depends entirely on the diffi-i cult mountain road to the eastward. Dr. and IMrs. W. G. Houseal and Mr. Geor^ejC. e Hipp to tlhe Columbia hospital last week, the latter to undergo operation. She is doing well, jr . " ' America Asks The Ham THE NOTE BRIAN WOULD NOT SIGN ASKS FOR ASSURANCE OF RESPECT AMERICAN RIGHTS Must Guarantee Adoption of Pleasures Safeguarding Americans and Tlieir Ships. 'Washington, June 10.?The text of the American rejoined to tne li-erman government's reply to the note following the sinking of the Lusitania follows: "The Secretary of State ad Interim to t~e American Ambassador at Berlin: \ "Department of State, "Washington, June 9, 1915. "American Ambassador, Berlin: "You are instructed to deliver textually the following note to the minister of foreign affairs: "In compliance witfti you- e"?el lency's request I did not fail to t;:insmit to my government immediately upon receipt your note of May 28 in reply to my note of May 15 and your supplemenetary note of June 1, setting forth the conclusions so far as reached by the imperial German government concerning the attacks on the American steamers Cushing and Gulflight. I am now instructed 'by my government to communicate the following in reply: "The -government of the United States notes with gratification the full recognition by the imperial German government in discussing the cases of d" e Cushing and the Gulflight of the - rinciples of the freedom of all parts of the open sea to neutral ships and the frank willingness of the imperial German government to acknowledge and meet its liability where the fact of attack upon neutral ships 'which have not been guilty of anyVhostile act' by German aircraft or vessels of war is satisfactorily established; and the government of the United States wiTi in /ino .-vmitrp lav before the im perial' German government, at its request, full information concerning tifte attack on the steamer Gushing. Unpleasant Surprise. "With regard to the sinking of the steamer Falaba,*1)y which an American citizen lost Ibis life, theygovernment of the United States is surprised to find the imperial German government contending that an effort on the part of a merchantman to escape capture and secure assistance alters the obligation of the officer seeking to make t?e capture in respect of the safety of the lives of those on board the merchantman, although the vessel had ceased her attempt to escape when torpedoed. These are not new circumstances. They have been in the minds of statesmen and of international jurists throughout t:e development of naval warfare, and the government of the United States does not understand that they have ever been 'held to alter the principles of humanity upon wlbich it has insisted. Nothing but actual forcible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flight when ordered to stop for tf-e purpose of visit on the part of merchantmen has ever been held to forfeit the lives of her passengers or crew. The government of the United States, however, does not unde. stand that the imperial German government is seeking in this case to relieve Itself of liability but only intends to set forth tibe circumstances whicJ'a led the commander of the submarine to allow himself to be hurried into the course which he took. Has Official Information. "Your excellency's note, in discussing the loss of American lives resulting from the sinking of the steamship Lusitania, adverts at some length to certain information which tfce imperial German government 'has ^received witfh regard to the character and outfit of that vessel, and your excellency expresses the fear that this information may not have been brought to the attention of the gov wnnoent of atiifir &&& *? -SMftBfe. w stafed in the note that the Lusitania woo unifanMAdiv p?uit>i>ed with mask " \ ed guns, supplied witjiy trained gun Justice At ds Of Germany i ' ????? i ?? ners and special ammunition, transporting troops from Canada, carrying a cargo not permitted under the laws of the United States to a vessel also carrying passengers, and serving, i virtual effect, as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Britain. Fortunately these are matters concerning which the government of the United States is in a position to give the im perial German government official information. Of the facts alleged in your excellency's note, if true, the government of the United States would have been bound to take officia nized duty as a neutral power and in cognizance in performing its recogenforcing its national laws. It was its duty to see to it the Lusitania war; not armed for offensive action, that she was not serving as a transport, tibat she did not carry a cargo pro hibited by tfce statutes of the United States, and that, if in fact she war. a naval vessel of Great Britain, she should not raveive clearance as a merchantman; and it performed tha; duty and enforced its^ statutes wfch scrupulous vigilance through its reg \ ularly constituted officials. It is able, therefore, to assure the imperial German government should deem itself I misinformed. If tfre imperial Ger man government should deef itself to be in possession of convincing evidence tibat the officials of the government of the United States did not perform these duties with thoroughness, the government of the United States sincerely hopes that it will submit that evidence for consideration. These Points Irrelevant. "Whatever may be the contentions of the imperial German government t regarding the carriage of contraband cf war on board foe Lusitania or regarding the explosion of that material by the torpedo, it need only be said that in the view of this government these contentions are irrelevant io the qestion of the legality of the methods used by the German naval authorities in sinking tf:e vessel. "But the sinking of passenger ships* involves principles of ihumanity which throw into the background any special circumstances of detail that may be thought to affect the case, principles which lift it, as the imperial . German government will no doubt be quick to recognize and acknowledge, out of the class of ordinary subjects of diplomatic discussion or of international controversy, Whatever foe the other facts regarding the Lusitania, the pertinent fact is that a nwimom'ltr ond ftTlliflflv great Siccvm^l , pumimij auu > a conveyance for passengers, and carrying more than a thousand souls who had no part or lot in the con duct of the war, was torpedoed and sunk without so much as a challenge or a warning, and that men, womeif and children were sent to their death in circumstances unparalleled in mod ern warfare. The fact that more than 100 American citizens were amons those who perished made it the duty ! of the government of the United States [ to speak of these things and once I more, with solemn emphasis, to call ! the attention of the imperial German government to the grave responsibility wftich the government of the United States conceives that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence, and *o tine indisputable principle upon which that responsibility rests. ""A Great Principle. __ "The government of the. United States is contending for something much greater than mere rtg&ts of property or privileges of commerce. Tf 10 frvr -nnthiner 'less hierh :'V v v.^ JL V 4U VVUVVMW?M0 * V- 0 ? ? w and sacred Co an the rights of humanity, wfoich. every government hon- , ors itself in respecting and which no government is justified in resigning on behalf of those under its care and authority. Only her actual resistance to capture or refusal to stop when, ordered to do so for the purpose of visit could hav? afforded the commander of the submarine any justification for so much as putting the 1 * -? knni>J fllin ?n IIV t/S VI UliVi&tJ UU lA/Oi u luc ouip *** Jeopardy. This principle the government of the United 'States understands ? "%e' explicit urstrtfcMons issued "on August 3, 1914, by the imperial Ger (CX>NTINTOD ON PAjG-E 7.)