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Optimistic Spin Reh Though Reconizing Severity Not Dowheearted?Steps Rebuilding of Burn Joe Sparks in The 'State. Augusta. Ga., March -4.?Augusta was tonight feeding the several thousand fire refugees. Sleeping quarters Shave been provided for practically e.ery person made homeless by tne fire which swept the city Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.! Tho tAtdi lrwe will not the* Xn_- 1 000,000 mark. Having completed elaborate plans for the immediate needs of the -dependents the business men today began to turn their attention to plans j for rebuilding the burned district. An optimistic spirit prevails throughout the city and the work will go forward i as soon as the insurance has been adjusted. There was much speculation today as to the amounts carried on the larger buildings. One o." the larger banking and trust companies of New York placed an advertisement in one of the papers offering to make loans for the rebuilding 'of residences and store properties upon reasonable terms. Hundreds 01 workmen, mciuaiug 100 convicts, were clearing the 6treets j and sidewalks of debris throughout j today, while lumber is being hauled1 to many places preparatory to rebuilding. Great numoers of telegrams offerins assistance have been received from individuals and the mayors of neighboring cities. To Help Sufferers. The chairman of the public welfare committee, iW. H. Barrett said this afternoon that the committee exnpptprt not nnlv tn nrovide for the im- ! - " r ? I mediate needs of the peop-le who lost / their all, but also to secure them j some furniture and bed clothing. The negroes in vte fire district are among the worst sufferers since they had no insurance at all and lost everything. They are being looked after by a j committee composed of the Rev. C. T. j Walker, Silas X. Floyd and other -prominent negroes. The city is literally full o: (visitors, thousands having come from all ai ~ . I rections by train and by automobile, to view the ruins. Dynamiting the walls of burned buildings whicli are in danger of falling proceeded throughout the day. There is no demoralization in Augusta now to speak of, and the people are calmly and determinedly facing the 1UIUI c. The two newspapers, The Herald and The Chronicle, are making arrangements for rebuilding their 'burned nlants. For the Dresent The Herald will be issued from Thompson, a little town about 60 miles t'rom the city. The /Chronicle has leased a large building which will very probably be its permanent home. Members of the special relief committee, named yesterday by the committee of 50 on public safety, con tinued to receive contributions and every effort will be made to raise $50,000. This Ound it is thought will he ample to take care of the present i needs of destitute citizens. More than $20,000 has been subscribed. Turn to the Future. With stout heart and firm deter- j mination the people of the city have j turned from the disaster and are giv-1 in<r thoir attention tn thp future 411 ' ? ? ? I has not been gloom. The weather has not been severe. From all sections o: the United States messages of sympahty have been received. Telegrams offering aid ha\e been received by Mayor Littleton from many cities throughout the country. Xo gifts will be scorned, yet the people of Augusta feel that they are well able to care for every man, woman and child who has been left without means and without a home. While the embers were still smouldering in the ruins on Broad street crowds of busines men gathered and + ^ I K r* 4- r\ 'e* iMi+tirn 'Pll Arn t.airvcu ui LiU5U0ia o i.uiuig. was a spirit of grit pervading all calculations. There was a spirit of cheerfulness even among those who iiave lost all of ttieir worldly goods tMar.y insurance adjusters have already arrived and the 'Southern Ad justment bureau "will open an office j here Monday for the adjustment of insurance claims. Leading business men vrere of the opinion today that a great business revival will follow closely on the iheels o>; the fire. Good Service Done. Ail U1 ^aui^livus auu luumuuaio j "having the interests of Augusta at j heart today congratulated the officers, the militia, the sheriff's deputies and others who volunteered during the crisis in keeping the excellent order. k it V A fns In Augusta of Catastrope, People Are > for Relief Work and for ed District Taken. Not a man was arrested for looting, j Not one person was fatally injured, j The city is thankful for the valuable 1 assistance rendered bv the firemen who came from other cities to stem the advance of the flames. The fire has had one distinct resulj. It has brought Augusta in closer touch with all cities and towns in the South and the country. This the business men realize. V- ^ ; 1-1.1^ 1,1 I -\ew nguies avauauie iuuuj *>uuiu indicate that not more than 20,000 bales of cotton were destroyed by the fire. The cotton destroyed is va'ued | at about $1,000,000. Cotton on storage is always insured to its full value.' The following are the tosses by the1 several firms: Kussell & Allen 5,000 bales' Davison &. Fargo 2,000 bales; Pope & Fleming 2,000 bales j A. J. Salinas 2,000 "bales j Keely & Wilcox 3,500 /bales Luke & Fleming 2,o00 -bales Clarke & Butt 1,000 bales ; J. P. Doughty 1,000 bales Garrett & Calhoun 500 bales j j Total 18,500 bales; Unofficial figures secured today would indicate that the Empire Lie insurance building was insured for $200,000. This building is 19 6tories high and was only partially completed. lAbout $300,000 had been expend-! ed on the structure. The damage to | the building was about $2000,000. A | policy of $180,000 was carried on the 12 story Chronicle building. No plans I have been decided upon for the remodeling of this 'building. Contracted will examine the building to dej termine the advisability of reconstruct j ing. It is not believed that the 6teel I work was damaged in the Empire or The Chronicle buildings. The annex to The Chronicle building, where the composing room of the paper was housed, carried insurance approximating $>1,000. The Dyer building, where the fire started Wednesday afternoon was insured for $57,000. Insurance of $40,000 was carried on the i Union Savings bank building. The Commercial club property was insured for $25,000. The Masonic temple was insured '.or a coiai or $z*,uuu. Some Large Contributions. Many contributions have been received for the relief fund. Among the large contributions, are the following: J. F. Starr, $5,000; George R. Stearns, $1,000; Mrs. Alice M. Wheeler, $1,000 Cotton row, $1,000; S. M. Whitney company, $1,000; Fhinizy and company. $500; William H. Barrett. $500; Barrett and company, $500; Augusta Drug company, $500; Reid and company, $500; Richmond county commissioners, $1000; Southern. 'States Phosphate and Fertilizer company, $500. A public concert will be given at | the Grand theatre Sunday afternoon, j the proceeds to be devoted to the re| lief fund. ! The Augusta Chronicle in an editorial this morning said: "Well, it is just as The Chronicle predicted yesterday morning?Augusts lm 2 n'ranflv raneht stf>n and is marching ahead just as if nothing had i [happened. Or, rather, as if what did! happen calls or a little livelier and firmer step, good spirit and more determination all around. "This is as it snould be. This is the spirit that takes trenches on the war front against odds?and holds them. This is the spirit that wins battles in war or in peace. "Of course, a good part of yesterday i was spent by most people in surveying the situation?and by those most seriously affected in gathering up the broken threads of their business or domestic life?but nowhere was there a pessimistic note, nowhere was there any discouragement; nowhere any thing but prophecies of a greater Augusta through a determined pull and a more cooperative spirit all around. "Already relief measures have been inaugurated that "will soon be able to + Vi o f r?orfinnlorltr loTTtDnf pi VUUC 1VI Ciicil pai tivuiu* 1J I able feature of the situation which' has Icj t so many people homeless | and temporarily helpless; so that we mav fppl assured all actual distress; will be taken care o* ?s soon as It is j discovered, while the general situation will be handled intelligently and f effectively in due time. | "Taking it all in all, therefore, Au- j gusta is worse scarred than Beared,' for she knows full well that her scars will soon heal and she will come' through her ordeal of fire with, more ( confidence in "herself and a better community cpirii for the future. "Five millions of dollars?or, may- j be, it will be only - our millions, or 1 less- is a lot of money for one city j to lose in one night; but it is also a lot of money to be spent within the ! next inree, i?ix ana twene mourns m repairing tliis loss?and the latter is j cash put in circulation. This is one way to look at it. But the get-to- j gether and go-ahead way is the best ; way to look at it, let the profit or the loss be what it may?for then we will prom even oy our iusse?. i. '""7 Wood's Productive I Seed Corns. ! Our Virginia-grown Seed j Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germinating qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog i tells about the best of prize-win- I f _m O L' i n nr variAtip? in I i ULlllg AllU * WA SMt . both White and Yellow Corns. i Cotton Seed. We offer the best and most improved varieties, grown in sections absolutely free from boll weevil. Our Catalog gives prices and infor nn/t tollo oKnilt thp flACt nf lliauuilf Aiiu IVIIJ v? v ? ? - w- j Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VELVET BEANS, Soja j Beans, SUDAN GRASS, D&llis Grftsi and all Sorghums and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD 6SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. DEATH OF MRS. D1CHARD. Mrs. D. C. Diehard died at her iiome in Alexandria, ,Va., on March. 19. Her husband and eight children survive I her. i Mr. Dickard is well known in New- < berry. iMrs. Dickard before her mar riage was Miss Marion iChappell oi j i Jenkinsiville, S. C. Throwing Away a Fortune. Tin is a very valuable metal. It was < worth in solid pigs of one picul each (a picul is an oriental standard of weight equal in most p^ces to 133 i lbs.), about 40 cents per pound, in 1 New York last week. That is the price in large lots. The present war has not affected the price. The weight of an emDtv tube soft tin. the 25c i tooth paste or soap size, is 7-8 ounce, j' Most of tbese are thrown away. Let 1 the children all over the country get i together and make a systematic effort to (ollect thi.se tubes. Also all tin j toil used about gum and tobacco. 1 A good aim can 'be realized from'' tno iale. The press of this country , will give the movement the nec^sary i publicity. Let's see what can be done right here in Newberry. The drugstores here say they sell about 300 tubes in all a month. This means 16 pounds of tin tubes per month, worth $6.40 or $76.80 a VPsr if it was oil saved The greater part can be saved and sold for at least 1 40 cents per pound, and the money i usi-i to relieve the wants of the sick i and the poor. 1 At the presnt time there are sJiOitii i ed about 125 tons of pure tin in the world, valued at about one hundred million dollars annually. j i The writer does not know whether ! I i the tubes are pure tin or an alloy but {( believes they are pure. Here is in- j 1 deed a perfectly sane and easy method; i oc. getting money. Won't some of the ( vr.rlous women's societies here taue ; t it up? j 1 ^rmintain Plnh I , The Little Mountain Home Demon- j j stration club met 011 Wednesday after- 1 ! noon at 3:30 o'clock in the school au- , ^ ditorium. The meeting this month' j was of unusual interest, the subject i j being "Sanitation.*' Mr. T. M. Mills ; gave the talk telling us again but in ' j a new and interesting manner about . i c/irooTiinc /-in r hrvmoc nrifl fi crhtin s>" ! . tiles and mosquitoes. He has a very j j good model fcr fly traps, so if you are j ? iiiie?c-hred in ridding your home of ? flies write to him and learn to make { one. Miss '"Vise followed .Mr. Mills ( with a very interesting talk on the j ?.,v, v..* bailie SUUJCVJL uui li eating uuujr mtu j_ the interior of the home. Then she c gave us all our monthly bulletins whin t contain many (valuable hints for the a housekeeper. I j - ! / NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. t ! Notice is hereby given inat me im- s dersigned as administratrix of the j estate of Jim Burton, deceased, "will; <. rnaVp finnl ?ptrlrm<?nf nn said estate .. as administratrix in the court o?:" pro- a bate for Newberry county, on Monday, May 8,1916. and immediately thereafter e apply for letters dismissory as such administratrix. Persons holding claims B against said estate will make payment r before said date and ail persons in- s debted to the estate will pay the same. MARY BURTON, t of rotate of Jim Burton, Marrh 21. 1916. I SlMSTEi: i.MM EMCES" ShKKING 1>'TERYENTIO> ! i Wilson Issues V/arnini: Against >Ia- | (Miiiaiions oi i nscmpuious Coterie. | Washington, March 25.?President 1 Wilson tonight issued warning that "sinister and unscrupulous influences" are spreading alarming reports about the Mexican situation with the object of forcing intervention ;by the United States " in the interest of certain American owners o. (Mexican properties." | In a forma! statement the president, told the people to be on their guard and not to credit such stories. He called attention again to fhe government's announcement that the sole object of the punitive expedition was to punish Villa and his followers. The news services had been asked, the president said, to assist in Keeping this view constantly before the Mexican and American people. The warning was issued after carerul consideration of many official reports from throughout the United States and Mexico saying that alarmists' stories of the intentions of the Washington government were having an undesirable effect upon the Mexican people and the American residents in Mexico. The possibility that Gen. Carranza's hand might be weakened to a perilous extent should the Mexican public misunderstand the American expedition has been a prevailing . actor in the entire operations against Villa. Drastic steps may be taken if the warning is not neeaea. ! The president's statement follows: Only One Pnrpose. 'Us has already been announced, the expedition into Mexico was order- j ed under an agreement with the de : facto government of ^Mexico for the single purpose of taking the bandit Villa, whose forces had actually invaded the territory of the United Statest and is in no sense intended as an invasion of that republic or as an ! infringement of its sovereignty. I' have therefore asked several news services to be good enough to assist the administration in keeping this view of the expedition constant^ before both the people of this country. and the distressed and sensitive neo I pie of Mexico, who are very susceptible indeed to impressions, received from the American press not only but also very ready to believe that those impressions proceed from the views and objects of our government itself.; Such conclusions, it must be said, are not unnatural because the main if not Lne oniy source o. intormation ior tne nporvio on both sides of tlie border is me public press of the United States, i "In order to avoid the creation of erroneous and dangerous impressions! in this way, I haive called upon the several news agencies to use the utmost care not to give news stories regarding this expedition the color of tsar, to withhold stories of troop move-. nents and military preparations which, might be given that interpretation, and :o refrain from publishing unverified umors of unrest in Mexico. Should Show Clean Hands. "I feel that it is most desirable to; mpress upon both our own people and 1 :he people of Mexico the ?.act that the; expedition is simply a necessary puni-, :ive measure, aimed solely at the eli-1 uination of the marauders who raid-1 ! id Columbus and who infest an unpro-| ected district near the border which! hey se as a base in making at1 acks upon the lives and property of )ur citizens within our own territory, t i* the nurnose of our commanders :o cooperate in every possible way vith the forces of Gen. Carranza in emoving this cause of irritation to )oth governments and to retire from Mexican territory as soon as that obect is accomplished. "It is my duty to warn the people )f the United States that there are jersons all along the Dorder wlio a7 3 ictively engaged in originating and jiving as wide currency as they can i i o rumors of the moot sentational and ; listurbing sort wmch are wnony nustified by facts. The object of this raffic in falsehood is obvious. It is to reate intolerable fraction between he government of the United States .nd the purpose of bringing about in- j ervention in the interest of ceriain American owners of Mexican proper- i ies. This object can not he attained o long as sane and honorable menare n control of this goverment, but very ;erious conditions may be created. ;nnecessary bloodshed may result iid the relations between the two reiublics may be very much, embarrassd. "The people of the United States hould know the sinister and unscrupulous influences that are afoot and hould he on their guard against rediting any story coming from the order, and those who disseminate the ' lews should make it a matter of pa-t Notice to All We will conti parts and repair F ?v? rk Al* O e f f I ? A l liidllil^i CXO 111 We will app uance of your pat: guaranteed. SUMMER'S ! &KOMPE 1MII ?I IB I II I I? !! ? II ! ?? trinticm on/1 r\ f /inn cf?ion r>0 +y-v tpfif tTlA Wi IVWiUUl MA1U VI WiikJVA\/^*VV/ UV/ wv? V W*-v source an<i authenticity of every ,cthey receive from that quarter. (Signed) "Woodrow Wilson." Cut Your Store Bil! Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as well as town and city folks cut down their store bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and reduced wages. Absolutely millions of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bills cut down? By the real money-saving power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended trough the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how o cut store bills down; tells about garde** and farm seeds of kinds and a quality that cannot be bought from your merchant or druggist. It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.?(AfM.) SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE COKESBUKY DISTRICT The Annual Sunday School conference of the Cokesburv District Methodist Episcopal Church South, will be held at Hopewell church. Kinard circuit, Apri: 24-26. Program and Delegates. I A very strong prugrarn has been j prepared and some of the best Sunday school workers of the District "will take a part in the discussions. These conferences are most profitable and interesting gatherings and it is hoped that every Methodist pastor, every J Snrnlnv school sunerintendent. and one teacher from each school will be present. In addition to these, it is hoped that many others will attend. All who are i%itally interested in the great Sunday school work should take advantage of this opportunity. Entertainment. The good people of Hopewell church have opened their homes and will royally entertain all accredited delegates. It is needless to say this tfor their well known hospitality has gone abroad throughout the land. All who come will be gladly welcomed and a rare treat is in store for them. Remember the date and place, Hopewell church, Kinard circuit, April 24-26. Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially tor MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doaes will break any case., and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not j return. It acts on the liver better tium ! Calomel find doe* not gripe or sicken. 25c Only One "BROMO QUININE" fo sretthe genuine, call for filename, LAXA riYly iyUV'iklUl Si^UOkUl\. vi ; H. W. GKOVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stop* ccua^ * ^eadscTie. and wortc of; cotd Suascribe to The Herald and News. ??????? H Ford Owners * nno IA CPII Fnrrl ? - UUW IV/ MVAI A V* %? ord Cars in same 4 past. ^ : ' I ireciate a contin ",l J I GARAGE 1 I ! EOBW * I IfiBSWwto ?* * SLICK SAM URGED TO RUN FOR THE LEGISLATURE 'Mr. Editor: No doubt you have had a like experience, and ain't it hard on a fellow who is satisfied with his occu- .1 pation to be urged by his friends to run for an office which he does not warn: l can nearuiy sympcuuize wua hit. Cooper and others, for I, myself, have ju6t been deluged with letters form all over this county, as well as some from Union, Fairfield and Lexington, urging, entracating, yea, beseeching me to run for the leglature. As I cannot answer each ana all o' such letters I beg space in your columns to let the boys know my po- 1 sition. { First, would not mind the running hut for fear c?: a sudden stop, some*where betwen the starting and prospective point. Second. I could not spare the time. ^ You see, I am a farmer, and like many, A don't make but half a living, and it ^i|| takes a great deal of my (valuable J time going to town and around the Jk stores to get up the other half. Third, Should I be elected, which I A am pretty sure I would (for if the letters I have received were votes they would put me in the second race), would certainly hate to be subjected ^ to such embarrassment which would. very likely befall a man of good old fashioned, common horse sense, silting in the genral assembly in these i modern times, so believing myself? Most worthy of your estimation After long consideration And much meditation 1 You possess in the nation. 1 I have no inclination 1 For this modern legislation. In this brief explanation You see the situation Beyond calculation For a man of cultivation To sit in consultation J With a body in conglomeration. 1 So with my heartfelt declination , I remain on the plantation 'Till we all go to darn-nation. 1_ i sincerely, Slick Sam. * P. S.?T don't want the boys to con- ^ I elude that I am afraid to run. If you ' remember, I run for office once before in this county. Am very proud o! the race I made. 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