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???^mmmm??""^ " ? 1 - i ? TOLCXE LIIL, SUMBEB 88. JiEWBEERT, S. C, TUESDAY, MAT 16, 11116. TWICE A .WEEK, *U? A TSAB. Tm*-? i ? * ' ? BLEASE DELEGATES WILL HOLD CAUCUS To Meet in Columbia on Ere of State (Convention and Make dominations. ^ News and Courier. p Columbia, May 13.?Tne jaiease delegates in the State convention will meet in caucus in Columbia on TuesI day night preceding the convention for the purpose of selecting nominations for the various offices to be filled by the convention and to pass on the platform of their candidate for . governor. The name of Gen. Willie Jones, of Columbia, will be proposed for State chairman, and candidates wil also be presnted for president and other positions which will be filled. Th?s information was obtained here today from authoritative, sources. The caucus will be called at a designated place and this faction will consider plans for the approaching campaign. t (Among other nominations to be >y presented by this caucus to the convention will be the Democratic national committeeman from this State for the place now held by United ' States Senator B. R. Tillman, but they want- someone whom they do not con l ?ider partisan. For the same reason tfcey will presnt Gen. Willie Jones K for State chairman, as they do not F want John Gary ^"s. It Is not likely that the Blease men ^will ma"ke any nominations for delegates to the matronal convention. Seventy or Eighty. The best Information obtainable is i that there are between seventy and eighty Blease delegates among the k membership of the State contention. it is thousfctb .thai ?Solicitor Cooper -will have about the same number, A and if tills is the case thej, Manningites -will fall short of a majority. HowPi^ ?ver, another estimate gives Governor Manning over 200 of the 338 deleW gates, which would insure his control I ' (Of the convention. If .the Cooper and Blease delegations combined control there may be some surprises in the f positions to be filled. State Chairman John Gary Evans null be nominated for reelection, and "Tr-ill Can o fnr Tillman WllOn /"IPTI ou *>114 utuavvi x iiirnuu. ?. *^Wilie Jones is nominated against 1 Governor Evans and some man is placed in nomination then the stand of the convention on the issue will B T)e made straight between Blease and anti-Blease, the latter will control. l? *t>vkr\ finrvtf /\? Onri o f a?* Ti 17 m o n onrl ixuc Ugui Wli UtUOLUJ HUiUUU ?v? * State Chairman Evans will make the proceedings of the convention interesting. Undoubtedly the Blease followers will also oppose Representative T. P. Cothran and W. P. Pollock Tor president of the convention. If banning does not have a majority then the Cooper contingent will decide the issue by whichever way they Tote. ^ McLanriifs Flan, It looks as if the request of the I warehousemen for an hour to be allowed to Senator John L. McLaurin at ^ each of the campaign meetings is Ha doomed. Former Governor Cole. L. I V Blease stated today in response to a ^direct question that he was opposed %to allowing any man to speak who i was not a candidate, and he favored this rule being followed strictly. He did not call Senator McLaurin by V name, but stated emphatically that lie was opposed to any such request, A ?nd said his influence would be against it. If the Blease caucus goes against this request from the ware? * ai?a xn :ii j FHousemen?ana tnai tuey win uo so is quite likely?it is not thought there will be very much fighting over this proposition in the conVenton, which would mean that Senator McLauria would he forced to run for lieutenant governor if he wants to speak and have only the same time allowed the other lieutenant gubernatorial candidates. Former Governor Blease said if anybody other than a regular candidate wants to speak at the campaign meetings he didn't see why they wouldn't do so before or after the meetings were over. Another intersting bit of informal^pn leaked out here today regarding JPr the recent caucus of the warehouses' men in the State system which, it ^ill be remembered, was behind close [ doors. This wat? that the caucus stood: Manning, 50; Blease, 43; Cooper, 4; neutral, 4. It was stated that as between Manning and Blease the four neutral and the four Cooper would go to Blease, making the warehousemen?Manning, 50; Blease, 51? a majority of one for the former governor. This poll was made by one who attended the conference. GENERAL JOES NOT CANDIDATE The State, 15th. When Gen. Wilie Jones was asked yesterday if he would be a candidate for State chairman of the Democratic committee M replied that 'V-o such idea had been in his mind," that "in no circumstances could he serve the parly in thatx capacity." He added that "for 14 years he was State chairman, during which liis endeavor was to give the party the best that was in him, but that his private affairs would not permit him to think of undertaking the work again, much as lie ap* A n - ^ Ktr preciatea rue conautuce jmpucu u, . the suggestia of his name for the post." *Gen. Jones is popular in every part of the State and without doubt he would have commanded strength in the convention had 'he allowed his irame to go before it, but the suggestion was without his knowledge, much the less his encouragemnt. \ SWpir.... * ?. ' # One of the pleasant entertainments of the week was the meeting of the Jasper Chapter D. A. K. witn iwrs. u. L. Summer Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. After a delightful social feour tile following officers wer elected for the new year: Regent, Mrs. W. .H. Hunt; first vice regent, Mrs. Lambert Jones; second vice regent, {Mrs. W. G. Houseal; Secretary, Mrs. | Leland Summer; registrar, Mrs. J. 01. jKinard; treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Keitt; I historian, Mrs. W. H. Carw-ile. J Mrs. W. G. Kouseal was hostess for | the Fortnightly club, Tuesday morn ing. 'Ihe time was pleasantly spent discussing current e.ents and listening to the reading of two selections on "good housekeeping." At 1 o'clock a delightful -course luncheon was served. The members presnt were: Mesdames, L. W. Floyd, Wilbur Sligh, W. F. Ewart, F. R. Hunter, 1WI H. Hunt, W. H. Carwile, S. B. Jones A T. Brown, L. W. Jones, J. H. Harms, and iC. A. Bowman. The Calendar society of Central Methodist church held a pleasant and profitable meeting with Mrs. C. H. Cannon Friday afternoon. \ The Winthrop Daughters were guests Friday afternoon of Mrs. W. O. j Miller. After a 'business session a social hour followed when ice cream and cake were served the members. The ?vening [Bridge club was entertained Thursday 'by the Misses Dominick. The fire alarm interrupted the games, but after the fire, the club returned to the home and were served delicious refreshments. The members preset were: (Mr. and Mrs. Spearman, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Kibler, and Misses Cora and Elizabeth Dominick. Tuesday afternoon at six thirty o'clock will be held the beautiful flag entertainment on the grounds of Speere_ street school. Electric lights have been placed on the lawn so that merchants who cannot leave their stores at this hour may attend later 3&d enjoy the beautiful pageant and partake of delightful refreshments. HjOXOR BOLL SEVENTH MOtfTH RIDGE SPRING SCHOOL The following is the honor roll for Ridge Spring school for the 7th month: Estelle r -ts, Myrtle Fellers, Rub7 Fell -- Cli rence .Pitts, Jesse "Sanders, <1 " Fellers, Jessie Fellers, Mary . rs, Ruth Dominick, Nancy Dominick, Harold Fellers, Frank Sanders, Ora Wilson. THE WHITMIRT FIRE MORE IN DETAIL Friday morning the news was flashed over the telephone wires to Newberry that the business section, of Whitmire had been wiped out by fire. This hydra-headed demon of destruc tion roared ana ronea ana ncKea us devouring tongues of flaming red and blue until every store but two in the little town had been swallowed up. The labor and progress of years were soon reduced to worthless ashes and now a barren, wind swept spot, in the heart of a cluster of beautiful resi- j dences is all that is /left of a live j and progressive business community j with the exception of only two stores and the hotel and the bank. Of course the Glenn-Lowry cotton mill was too distant to be in the path of the flames Dut a Dig store oeionging 10 we mm company was totally destroyed. The fire originated in the livery stables of P. B. Odell, about five J o'clock in the morning. It is pre- j sumed that a negro feeding Mr. Odell's stock must have dropped a smouldering match among the hay or rubbish in the stables and was soon developed into an uncontrollable blaze. Mr. Odell lost all of his food and a fine $200.00 horse which he had only recently purchased. He had no insurance. The flames spread rapidly and consumed the general merchandise establishment of the J. G. Setzler Co., the picture studio, the theatre building, belonging to W. H. Rasor, Dr. J, H. Moore's office, the Racket Store, Miller Bros. Hardware and Grocery store, Miller Bros. Dry Goods store, the postoffice, the Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing Co. store, C. H. Cooper's general merchandise store, G. W. Bullard's grocery store,. W. J. Hackman's barber shop, J. G. Holder's pool room, Bullards grocery, J. P. Bishop's wood shop, G. C. Ballard's shoe shop, J. T. Young's livery stables, the Boyce blacksmith and repair shop, P. B. Odell's undertaking establishment and some minor buildings in the same block. The Glenn-Lowry fire company together with the bucket bridage fought hard and courageously but owing to tl?e dryness of the weather and the wooden structure of most of the buildings in the path of the flames, it was impossible to save any of the buildings at all. The estimated loss in buildings anil stocks of goods, not counting insurance, is placed at from $200,000 to $250,00. Whitmire is siiuated about midway between Newberry and Union?IS miles?and about the same distance from Cliaton and hence is the trade centre of a wide radius for a prosperous and progressive farming section. Surrounded by such natural advantages Whitmire will spring at once from the ashes of 'her ruin and instead of wooden buildings there will rise modern structures of brick and granite that will make of "this lovely little city among the hills, the envy of all her sister immunities. WILL DELAY ACTION AGAINST BLOCKADE United States to Hold Up Protest Because of German Threat-Berlin's Demands Complicate Case. I Washington. IMJay 12.?America's next step in the negotiations with the entente allies regarding treatment of neutral commerce will be delayed oa account of the implied thread contained in the German note of May 5, in which the imperial government expressed confidence that in view of the new orders issued for submarine warfp/*e, the United States would insist upon Great Britain observing the rules ,of international law ia dealing with trade and reserving to itself "complete liberty of decision" unless this end was accomplished. It was stated authoritatively today that Germany's note had complicated the situation, making it impossible for the United States to press its de' upon the allies at once without appearing to do so at the bidding of the 'Berlin government and consequently it was uncertain when a reply would go forth to the latest British communication. / COLLEGE COMtfEXCEMEST COMING OX APACE Newberry college commencement begins on Saturday, 'June 3, and ends with, the graduating exercises Wednesday, June 7. The following is the programme of events: Sfltnrdav June 3. 8:30 d. m.. in Hoi l-aird Hall, the annual Sophomore declamation contest. Sunday, June 4. 11:00 a. m., baccalaureate sermon by President J. Henry Harms. Sunday, June 4, 8:30 p. m., annual address to Y. M. C. A. by President P. E. Monroe of Summerland college. Monday, June 5. 10:30 a. m., class day exercises on the college campus. Monday. June 5, 8:30 p. m., annual Junior oratorical contest. Tuesday, June 6, 10:30 a. m? annual alumni meeting with address by James B. Hunter, Esq., class of '94. Tuesday, June 6, 8:30 p. m., address j + /> litararw ?/V??Afies hv iTlld^e i I.U tub 4UVi?i J ~ . Charles A. sWoods, Marion, S. 0. Wednesday, June 7, 10:30 a. mM graduation and awarding of medals and honors. Twenty six students will receive diplomas, three of whom are young women. The college is looking forward to an unusually large attendance of J alumni and former students. Two games or oase Dan are ueiug | arranged between the college team and a team of one-armed wonders. All j but t&ree of these players play with! one arm. The Senior class is taking their final-examinations this week, and by Friday they will have completed their j college courses. OPost of them will j go to"their homes, to return for com-' meneement. On Friday night next the Juniors 1 tender a banquet to the Seniors at the Savoy hotel. Plates will be laid for sixty-eight. WHITMIRE DOES HONOR Memorial Day Observed With Appro. ])riate Service. . iWhitmire, May 13.?A short tnemorial service was held here Wednesday j afternoon. The Rev. T. A. Beckett made the address of the occasion, after which the children decorated the graves of the Confederate dead. rn-,a lioro is in its ninth , 'JL'II^ MV1 V , month and will close June 2 with' i commencement exercises on the even-j ing of June 5. The tenth grade is j very small, with only two graduates, j on account of a raise in the standard.' i This is the first nine months' session ; held here, hut it will be a permanent thing, as the people have voted special taxes that will make it possible. Most of the teachers will return next, session. The school improvement associa-: tion here is a very live one. They are now preparing to put new seats I in the school auditorium. They j bought a sewing machine for the in- j dustrial department the first of the, year. 'Under the leadership of Miss Alma; Lupo, a Winthrop graduate, the classes in cooking and sewing have had a rery successful year. The night school was a big success j and the same work will be started i again next winter. The men's class of the Methodist j Sunday school has grown so that they j have ordered a tent to be erected on the church lot for its use. ^ * 'Dr. T. B. Woods is having a pretty j dwelling built on his lot in the east-j ern part of town. RESIDENCE FOREST LOHI\A K DESTROYED BY FIRfe Thursday night abouf 10:30 while Mr. and Mrs. Fbrest Lominack were visiting neighbors, their home opposite the park \i Col|pge street, caught on/i -nraa almost consumed be-; It* t UUVt .. MV fore the fire could be extinguished, j Very little of the furnishings and clothes were saved. The fire start- j ed in the stove room although there ' had bee>n no fire in thev stove since midday. Mr. "Lominack had about *500.00 insurance. T?he house belonged to Mr.1 J. C Sample and was insured for '$1,000.00. PROGRAM (CLOSING EXERCISES | M-.WBKKUY CIT1 SCHOOL Friday night, IMay 26, seventh grade exercises. Sunday, May 28, pupils attend their own churches. Monday night, May 29, annual debate by (Athanaean Literay society. Tuesday night, class program by | forty-three members of the tenth; grade. Wednesday night, graduation exer- j cises, address by Hon. Daivid H. Coker. Close at pomaria Public Exercises Held in School Auditorium. j Pomaria, May 12.?The sessions of 1915-1916 in Pomaria graded and high school came to a close last night with public exercises held in the school auditorium. A large crowd was present. Ren M. Setzler has been, principal and Miss Louise Richardson assistant. Pomaria is justly proud of her school. A splendid brick building has been erected with ample room for many years. Splendid work has beea done by teachers and pupils. The exercises of last night were opened with prayer, led by the Rev. 'S. C. Ballentlne. There were songs, recitations, dialogues and drills by the primary department. Instrumental music was furnished by the local orchestra, with Mrs. Z. T. Pinner at the piano. There were three graduates in the high school department^] Alvia Kinard, salutatory; Miss Fell-' cia Koon, who wrote the class will and prophecy, and Miss Eloise Hipp, who spoke the valedictory. The exercises showed painstaking drilling ana was morouguij ciated by the large audience present. ^ Flag Day at Speers Street School. I ? At this time when our country is facing such momentus crisisfi when any day may see a call for its sons to rally around the 'Stars ar.d Stripes, when all sectional differences will be laid aside in its common defense, what more fitting object lesson could be given the boys and girls of the community than to see Old Glory unfurling its folds to our balmy Southern breezes, as it rises to the top of our school buildings, greeted by the admiring shouts of young America? the hope of our nation? Devotion and admiration for their country's flag is just what the teachers of Speers street school are inculcating into their .pupils by the" novel and elaborate exercises preparing for the occasion. They have bought a beautiful flag of large dimensions and on Tuesday afternoon at 6:30, the exercises' incident to its raising will be held on the campus of the school, on a large stage erected for the occasion. The entertainment is not given for, the purpose of making money, 'but as \ tlie elaborateness of it necessitates considerable expense, an admission fee of ten cents "will be charged for grown ups, and children over twelve . years of age. Children under four | are free. All between these ages will j be admitted for five cents Reserved seats may be had for five cents extra. Ice cream, cake and candy will be for ; sale. Let the community show by its presence its approval of this patriotic women. After the exercises, the Newberry Concert band will give a concert. ? - ? mi Cl_mnnc UeatH 01 .1188 JCiUZS 49iiuiaviig< I Miss Eliza Motte Simmons "who' lived with her sister-in-law Mrs. J.{ I W. 'M. Simmons in Calhoun street died Saturday afternoon and was j buried in Rosemont cemetery Sunday f afternoon after funeral services^ at the home at 5 o'clock. J\Tiss Simmons was the sister of the late J. W. M. Simmons and was 70 years of age. Miss Simmons was a member of the Episcopal church and no minister of j that denomination, being immediate-j ly available Rev. Kerr read the bur- j ial service. The hymns were sung by Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Jones, Mrs. J. w -avct and Mrs. Pat Scott. The pall bearers were: Dr. J. M. Kibler, J. T. Mayes, Dr. C. D. Weeks, E. C.' Jores, W. F. Ewart and James N. MoCaughrin. / SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES MAKE SUNDAY HAUL Sheriff Blease on Sunday arrested Charley Gilliam, Calvin Gilliam, for using pistols against Jas Johnson, who was handling a shot gun and was also arrested. He also arrested Ike Nance for selling liquor. All of this fun was going on at Beaverdam. church near Jalapa where the breathre a and sisters were halving a rally day. No one was shot. They were just having a good time ..with their pistols and shot guns and liquor. On Saturday night Deputy Sheriff Dorroh and Rural Policeman 'Melton broke up a little shooting scrape at a frolic near Colony church by arresting Olin Jackson, Enos Hair, Isaiah Hair. No one was shot in this little row. All the parties are in jail. Birthday Party. Little Helen Mathis entertained quite a number of her 'little friends Friday afternoon at 'her birthday party. The parlor and hall were flower -filled and most attractive in every detail. After some interesting games they were invited into the dining room where delicious ice cream and cake were served. The dining room was decorated with white roses and candles making it very attractive for the occasion. Death of Mrs. F. A. Smith* Mrs. Frederick Anne Smith died in the -State 'hospital Sunday morning of pellagra and was brought to Newberry Monday by her two sons, 0. 0. Smith ajid E. C. Smith. The remains were placed ia Baxter's undertaking parlors to await the arrival of Mrs., Smith's husband. Mr. T. W. Smith who is in business in Orlando, Fla. Mr. Smith was at one time engaged fc "business in Newberry, Death of An Infant The little infant of Mr. and Mrs. J W. Sanders of Old Town died Monday morning and will be buried Tuesday morning at Trinity church at 11 o'clock the (Rev. W. R. Bouknight conducting the service. This lg the sixth baby to die on this circuit in the last few days and there -r-n aio-Vii /-wfT-tore: " iTip.a.ll V ill Ci I U v_-1 ?-? il L. VtAiV* w .J , Off to the Reunion. The following Newberry people* left Monday morning for the Confederate reunion at Birmingham: H. H. Evans, W. Y. Fair, M. M. Buford, J. M. Kinard, D. M. Ward, J. Pat Blair, R. C. Hunter, I. A. McDowell, (Miss Pearl Davis, D. M. Ward, Mrs. Booth. Mr. McDowell goes to visit his fciocer in Alabama. T Win Vnimtoin TTIffh &-h(lo1. U1UO iuvuiituu -UL-9U . There will be a recital toy the music students of Little Mountain ihigii school, Friday evening, My 19, 1916 t 8 o'clock. The public is invited. Mrs. 0. JB. l.Viayer of Newberry was amo.'g those who were in the receiving line at an afternoon recption given by Mrs. E. S. Dreher of Colum bia, S. C., on last Friday afternoon. Flag Day Pageant A "flag day" pageant will be given Tuesday evening, at 6:30 o'clock by the children of Speers stre^C school out on their beautiful campus. This day is being observed all over the United States at the urgent request of the D. A. R.'s and ether national societies. The whole exercise will be based upon the theme, "America First." There will be a flag drill, soldier drill, minuet, pantomime, liberty-pole dance and other exercises, skillfully rendered by the children in effective costumes Then last but not least, the lar^o and- beautiful American flag which the school has recently obtained will be ceremoniously raised. This exercise alone will be worth your while in coming, it being both interesting and instruc/ tive. A large, temporary stage has been erected and will be beflttingly decorated. The .Newoerry uonceri band will play. Ice cream, cake and home made candies will be served Immediately after the pageant. Over 300 tickets have already been sold. (Admission, adults 10 cents, children 5 cents. Reserved seal?, 5 cents. All come, and have the 'line of your life, and help out a good caos$ and a good school.