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Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25,1916. $1.25 Per Year.
" PRESIDENT Wl
IOOJ1P
PRESIDENT AND WIF
WITH ENTHDSIA!
THRONG FR1
I
America Has Set Example of
Bringing World Together Upon
Terms of Liberty, Co-operation
and Peace, Says President-Europe
Would Profit
By Calm Counsel.
MILITIA MAKES SHOWING
IN PREPAREDNESS PARADE
President Says Europe is Undergoing
Stress Through Which America Has
Passed and is Warring Over Problems
Which America Has Peacefully
Solved.?Many Notable Guests
In Charlotte.
Charlotte. ? President Wilson addressed
approximately 100,000 people
hero attending the 141st anniversary
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence. The President lighted
a beacon of hope to the war-ravaged
nations of Europe und pointed them
to tho peaceful conquest achieved by
the United States of America over the
identical problems that have plunged
Europe into the greatest strife the
world has ever known.
f Address Was Brief.
Though profoundly significant, the
address was characteristic in its brevity.
For exactly 18 minutes Mr. Wilson
spoke, and during that time tense
silence save for his spoken weds prevailed
throughout the cosmopolitan
audicnco which massed about his
stand.
Tho President talked Intimately,
seemingly not raising his voice above
a conversational pitch, to the throng
which crowded closely about his
stand and which rose tier on tier on
the largo grandstand across the street
President Views Parade.
Tho President's address was enthusistlcally
applauded by a crowd gathered
from several states to celebrate
tho ono hundred and forty-first anniversary
of the signing of tho Mecklon
burg Declaration of Independence
Bet'oro speaking he reviewed a long
military and industrial "preparedness"
parade, and afterwards he was the
guest of honor at a large lunch and
went ny uuiumuuue iu uaviusoa v. oilego,
20 miles away, where he once
was a student. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson. Secretary Daniels,
Secretary Tumulty, Dr. Cary T. Grayson,
his naval aide, Senator Overman
and Representative Webb. Tho re
ceptlon committee included Governors
Craig of North Carolina and Manning
of South Carolina, and Mayor Kirkpatrick
of Charlotte.
A Great Day.
It was a cordial crowd that had
stood in lino for hours waiting to
heat tho voico and look upon the
face of the Nation's Chief Magistrate
and Mrs. Wilson. It was an eager
multitude that populated the line of
the parade for dozens of blocks and
cheered tho President with hearty
unanimity. And it was a happy crowd
that helped Charlotte celebrate May
Twentieth, 191f>. in a fashion that
sonds the day down Into the annals
of the city as one of tho most notable
In the history of the state.
With Precision.
With marvelous precision the pro
gram of the day was observed. Not
an Incident marred tho general en
Joyment. A parade which In variety
and quality has rarely been equaled
here was reviewed by the presidential
party, and President Wilson?the
master attraction of the ontlro event
?was seen by countless thousands,
and heard by many.
Veterans Give Souvenir.
The first Incident of Interest at the
stand was the appearance of Mecklenburg
Camp United Confederate
Vetorans, who came marching up.
Hftincr hla lint n a ha i\qooo/1 h??
the stand. A huzza from tho grandstand
announced their coming, a
glance revealed the cause and in a
moment tho President and Mrs. Wll
son were on their feet, the former
with uncovered head and an expanalvo
smile. The audience nrose?
that portion which was seated?amid
cheers which grew in volume as Commander
W. B. Taylor stopped In
front of tho stand and handed *o President
Wilson a huge hornets' nest.
The President smiled broadly as he
accepted tho tendered token. During
this time the Marine Band played
"The Star Spangled Banner," "The
Waf^h on the Rhino" and "Dixie,"
amid great cheering.
*:loar and strong rang the martial
note of tho parade. There were the
30DR0W WILS
EOPLE AT CHI
EMJREETED
SIM BY A GREAT
1 hi nnirnu nnTrn
Jill Dtvtm DlttltD
?khakNclad
hoys and men, on whom the
Nation will first call n case of need
in Mexico or elsewhere, many hundred
strong. There were the Rich
mond Greys in uniform. There wore
the veterans?Carolinians and Virginians?who
were like ambassadors
bearing messages of the past. After
the veterans had been cheerod came
a delegation of 100 students from
Davidson College. Then followed a
great procession of industrial floats.
Exercises Begin.
When the parade had ended Mr
Heriot Clarkson motioned the crowd
to stiiiness anil asked Kev. Dr. A. A
McGeachy of make the invocation
At the -conclusion of the eloquent
prayer Mr. Clarkson presented Hon. T
L. Kirkpatrick. Mayor of Charlotte
who spoke briefly cf the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence and its
birthplace and welcomed the disting
uished guests and host of visitors tc
the home of the Hornet's nest.
Craig Presents President.
Governor Craig's presentation ot
President Woodrow Wilson was briel
and clever. He said:
"My fellow-citizens of the State. 1
wish to assure our honored guest to
...... ....... tiv nun no V CI IUIUU IU U SIUIC
or spoken to a people more loyal tc
him and the great work ho has donf
anil (lie great causo for which he
stands than this. I have the honor
my fellow countrymen of North Caro
lina and South Carolina and the re
gion round about to present you to the
President of the United States!"
The effect was instantaneous. In i
moment every man and woman was
on his or her feet, cheering wildly
The grandstand was an animated
spectacle of waving handkerchiefs
and hats. The suppressed enthusi
asm of the audience, touched o.T bj
the greatness of the moment, burst
Its bonds and for nearly a mlnutt
Charlotte let Mr. Wilson know tlia'
slio was glad he was hero, but wher
the President opened his mouth tc
speak, a great stillness descended.
President Wilson Speaks.
Mr. Wilson said:
"Your Excellency, ladles and gentle
men:
"It Is with unaffected pleasure thai
I find myself In the prescnco of this
Interesting company today, f or I havt
come hack for a visit all too brief t<
a region very familiar to my heart
and the greeting of whose people is
peculiarly welcome to me.
"I do not know, my fellow citizens
whether I can Interpret for you todaj
the Slllrlt rvf fVita nwnolnn Ki,? l? t.
a W. " WV* MOIWII, UUb 11 12
mrs. woonnow wilson.
necessary when we get togother ir
celebrations like this to take counse
together with regard to Just what 1
is that we wish to celebrate. Yoi
will say wo wish to celebrate the mem
ories of that time to which we lool
back with such pride, when our fath
ers with singular wisdom of
I and stoutness of heart mulct took tc
j set up an Independent nation on this
side of the water; but It is very muct
moro iraportan that we should reminc
ourselves of the elements with whlcl
our forefathers dealt. There wore onlj
three million citizens in that origina
republic of tho United States of Amer
ica. Now there are one hundred mil
lions. It is a long cry back to thos?
' modest beginnings; a great period o
time not only, but a great period o
profound change, separates us froa
1 that time, and yet I would remind yoi
that the same elements which wen
present then that are present now.
"What interests my thoughts mon
than anything else about the Unltec
ION ADDRESSES
IRLOTTE'S MAY
States Is that it has always been in
process of being made ever since that
little beginning and that there have
always been the same elements in the
process. At the outset there was at
the lioart of the men who led the
movement for independence a very
high and handsome passion for human
liberty and free institutions. And yet
there lay before them a great continent
which it was necessary to subdue
to the uses of civilization if they
wore going to build upon it a great
state among the family of nations. I
1 heard a preacher once point out the
very interesting circumstance that our
Lord's prayer beglus with the petition
of 'our daily bread,' from which he
President Wilson, w
Carolina, Take:
I
Fh
5 drew
the Inference that it is very diffi- ;
cult to worship God on an empty stomr
ach and that the material foundations
, of our life are the first foundations.
. What I want to call your attention to is
I that this rountrv fiver .ilncn that tlm?
has devoted practically all of its at- |
tentlon to the material foundations of t
Its life; to subduing this continent to :
the uses of the nation and to tho building
up of a great body of wealth and j
material power. I find some men who j
when they think of America do not
think of anything else but that. But, '
my friends, there have been other nations
just as rich and Just as powerful
in comparison with the other nations
of the world as the United States
is, and it is a great deal more important
that we should determine what
we are going to do with our power
than that we should possess it.
Origin of America.
"You must remember, therefore,
the elements with which we are dealing.
Sometimes those of us who were
born in this part of the country persuade
ourselves that this is the charart
eristic part of America. Here more
than anywhere else has been preserv
| tti u Krr-iii pun ui uit" wrigiiiu.1 siock
which settled this country, particularly
that portion of the stock which
came from the Urltlsh Isles (I am
- not meaning to exclude Ireland.) And
i then I find a grent many of my friends
1 who live in New England Imagining
t that the history of this country Is
i merely the history of the expansion
- of New England, and that Plymouth
t Hock lies at the foundation of our in
atltutions. As a matter of fact, my
1 fellow-citizens, however mortifying it
) may be to them or to us. America did
3 not cbme out of the South, and it did
l not come out of New England. The
1 characteristic part of America origil
nated in the Middle States of New
r York and Pennsylvania and New Jer1
sey, because there from the first was
- thnt mixture of populations, that mix
turo of racial stocks that mixture of
j antecedents which is the most singu
f j lnr and distinguishing mark of tho j
f ' United States. The most Important |
i ' singlo fart about this great nation ;
i , which we represent Is that It Is made
> 1 up out of all the nations of the world.
I dare say that the men who came to
i America then and the men who have
1 i come to America since came with a ,
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OVER
CELEBRATION
single purpose; sharing some part of
the passion for human liberty which
characterized the men who founded
the Republic, but they came with all
sorts of blood In their veins, all sorts
of antecedents behind them, all sorts
of traditions in their family and national
life and America has had to
serve as a melting pot for all the diversified
and contracted elements. What
find of fire of pure passion are you gokind
of fire of pure passion are you goorder
that the mixture that comes out
may be purged of its dross and may
be the fine gold of untainted Americanism?
That Is the nmhlftm
Elements In the War.
"I want to call your attention to
ith Governors of No
n in Charlotte, N. C
. " v ;;? .; ^
pto copyrighted by The Moons, Charlotte, 1
anothor picture. America has always
been making and to be made, and
while we were in the midst of this
process, apparently at the acme and
crisis of this process, while this travail
of soul and fermentation of elements
was at its height, came this
great cateelysm of European war, and
almost every other nation in the
world becamo involved in a tremendous
struggle which was what, my felfellow-ieltizens?
What are the elements
in the struggle? Don't you see
that in this European war is involved
the very thing that has been going
on in America? It is a competition of
national standards, of national tradi
nulla, mm ui II ,1111 nun puiiurs?ponucal
systems. Europe has grappled in
war as we have grappled In peace to
see what is going to be done with
these things when they come into hot
contact with one another. For do
you not remember that while these
processes were going on in America
some very interesting things were happening?
It was a very big world into
which this nation came when it was
born, but it is a very little world now.
It used to take as many days to go
from Washington to Charlotte in those
days as it now takes hours. I heard
an Irishman say if the power of steam
continued to increase in the next 50
years as it had in the last, we would
get to Charlotte two hours before we
left Washington. And as those processes
of inter-communlcatlon have
been developed and quickened, men of
the same nation, not only have grown
closer neighbors; hut men of different
nations have i;rown closer neighbors
with each other; and now that we
have thoso invisible tongues that speak
by the wireless through the trackless
air to the ends of the world, every
man can make every other man In the
world his neighbor and speak to him
upon the moment. While thoso processes
of fermentation and travail
were going on, men were learning
about each other, nations were becoming
more and more acquainted with
each other, nations were more and
more be oming Inter related and intercommunication
was being quickened
in ever* possible way. so that now
tho meltlhg pot is bigger than America.
It As as big as tho world. And
what yow see taking place on the other
side If the water Is tremendous?
( ?
>
I had about said final process by
whcih a contest of elements may in
God's proc ess be turned Into a co-ordination
and co-operation of elements.
Processes of War Stand Still.
"For it is an Interesting clrcuni
stance that the processses of the war
stand still. These hot things that are
in contact with each other do not
make very much progress against
each other. When you cannot overcome,
you must take counsel. See
then, ladies and gentlemen, what a
new age we have come into. I should
think that it would quicken the imagination
of every man and quicken the
patriotisim of every man who cared
for America. Here in America we
have tried to set the example of bringing
all the world together upon terms
of liberty and co-operation and peace,
and in that great experience that wo
have been going through America
l has been a sort of prophetic sample
of mankind. Now the world outside
i of America has felt the forces or
America; felt the forces of freedom,
fho fnrrftd nf pntn nirtn ncnirntlnn
forces that bring every man and every
l nation face to face with this question,
j "What are you going to do with your
power? Are you going to translate
it into force, or are you going to trans>rth
and South
Saturday, May 20
M. C. (Courtesy Charlotte Observer.)
late it into peace and the salvation of
society'? Does it not interest you
that America has run before the rest
j of the world in making trial of this
great human experiment, and is it not
the sign and dawn of a new age that
the one thing upon which the world is
now about to fall back Is the moral
Judgment of mankind. (Applause).
There is no finer sentence in the history
of great nations than that sentence
which occurs in the Declaration
of Independence (I am now referring
to the minor declaration of Philadelphia,
not to the Mecklenburg Declaration)
in which Mr. Jefferson said, 'A
decent respect for the opinion of man
| kind makes it necessary'?and I am
1 not now quoting the words exactly?
'that we should state the grounds upon
which we have taken the important
step now asserting our independence.'
'A decent respect for the opinion of
mankind'?it is as if Jefferson knew
that this was the way in which mankind
Itself was to struggle to realize
i Its aspirations and that, standing In
| the presence of mankind, this little
i group of three million people, should
i say, 'Friends and fellow-citizens of
l the great moral world, our reason for
> doing this thing we now intend to
! state to you in candid and completo
terms, so that you will never think
I that wo were merely throwing off a
yoke out of impatience, hut know that
we were throwing off this thing in order
that a great world of liberty should
bo open to man through our Instrumentality.'
Voice of Humanity.
'"I would like, therefore, to think
that the spirit of this occasion could
he expressed if we imagined ourselves
lifting somo sacred emblem of counsel
and of j>eace. of accommodation
nnd righteous judgment, before the nations
of the world and reminding them
wi imil mtssuKu in scripture, 'After
I the wind, after the earthquake, after
, the fire, the still small voice of humanGEORGIA
PEACH CROP
ESTIMATED AT 3,550 CARS
|
Atlanta. Ga.?It is estimated by the
Georgia Fruit Exchange that fhc
peach crop In this state will be about
2.560 cars _
[ftUSTlNS KEEP
I DRIVING ITALIANS
T^KE TOTAL OF 23,883 PRISONERS,
NUMBER OF CANNON
TAKEN IS 172.
I
TAKE IMPORTANT POSITIONS
The Italian Defeat Is Steadily Becoming
More Serious?Capture Southern
Tyrolean Front.
uernn, via wireless.? rne Italians
have been driven from their entire
I yusitlun on Lavarone plateau. accord i
; lng to the Austrian war office an- ;
i nouncenient. It is stated that the 1
i Italians' defeat is steadily becoming j
. more serious. The Austrian lines have i
j been pushed forward rapidly, several
j additional positions of strategic im- '
portance having been captured. The
I number of Itulians taken prisoner are
said to have been increased to 23.SS3.
The statement follows:
"Tho Italian defeat on the southern
Tyrolean front is certainly becoming
more serious. An attack of the Graz
! Corps on Lavaronc plateau was attended
with complete success. Tho
i enemy was driven from his entire posl;
tion. Our troops captured Mandriolo, j
' Fima and the height immediately west
of the frontier from the summit as far
as the Astach Valley.
"The troop* of Crown Prince
I Charles Francis Joseph reached the
Monte Tormino-Monte Majo line.
"Since the beginning of the offensive
23.SSI! Italians, among whom are
4S2 officers have been captured by
us. The number of cannon taken lias
been increased to 172."
Austria's annuunccctent of success
on the Tyrolean front was described
by diplomats friendly to the Central
Powers as being of the utmost strate|
gical Importance. It was stated that
i fllfl flHvn fiVPi1 fl?4? nw.oli f . Itiniie
gious on the Tyrol-Italian line, being
accomplished under most difficult con
ditions had for Its ultimate objective
the cutting of the railroads in Venotla,
the northeast neck of Italy and then
pressing on to the Adriatic to cut off
a large number of Italian troops nowoperating
within the neck which is
surrounded on the frontier by Tyrol,
Cariuthia and Goritz.
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN
MEXICO EXTREMELY GRAVE.
Food Shortage Blasts Prospects of
Any immediate Settlement.
Washington.- The economical situation
in Mexico is extremely grave, according
to official advices to the state
department. With the monetary proD|
lent already acute, the food shortage
in Mexico and vicinity continuing
without prospect ot any immediate re- :
lief and with the labor strike extending
over virtually all the Mexican railway
lines the de tacto government is
pictured as facing a serious domestic
plight.
hirst hand reports as to the sltua- '
tiou in northern Mexico will reach
the Department. Consul Letcher from
Chihuahua City is en route to Wash.....w,.......
1.1.. i?:.. ,.i ...ist. i_J_ !
iugiuii, i'? rsuuiiiuij unliving Willi mill
a synopsis of the reports of iive other
consuls re< My ordered to the border
to talk o\i. onditions with military
officials there.
The Department received further advices
from Special Agent Kodgers at
Mexico City telling of the new note
being prepared by the de facto government.
but throwing no light on its
purport.
The Washington government is still
proceeding on the theory that the
right to follow hot trails across the
border has been established and General
Funston's instructions are based
I Ull lUl.t view.
NORFOLK HAS ANOTHER
FIRE OF COSTLY NATURE
Norfolk, Va.?Fire'in the establishments
of Hogshtre, Hudglns & Co. and
the Harris-Woodson Harbee Company,
wholesale confectioners, and H. B.
; Vessey & Co., printers, did damage
estimated at $71,000. The cause is
i unknown.
TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
REFUSES TO TAKE OATH
Washington.?Reports from Gen'
eral Funston that 110 members of the
Texas National Guard tuid to
I " ^ iv/
take the mustering oath ami enter the
Federal service under the President's
call, brought members of congress
from that state to the war department
to Hud out what action was in content*
' plation. They were told the matter
! had not yet reached Secretary Maker
I for consideration.
Mr. Maker's military advisers are
preparing recommendation for him.
Tney appear to agree that the men
are subject to court martial under tt>*?
existing militia law, and it is known
that some officers believe they should
be tried and fined as a warning to National
Guardsmen in general that they
are undertaking a serious responsibility
in joining the organization. The
secretary himself has postponed a
study of the law In the case until all
the facts are before him. A state department
announcement said the situation
In the Yaqul Valley did not appear
to bo acute at present.
CONGRESS ACCEPTS
ARMY MEASURE
i
FIRST ADMINISTRATION PREPAREDNESS
MEASURE READY FOR
PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE.
ONLY 25 DISSENTING VOTES
Provides For Regular Army of Over
200,000 Backed by Federalized National
Guard of More than
400,000.
Washington.?Congress has completed
Its part In enactment of the
first of the Administration preparedness
measures, the army reorganization
hill, and sent the measure up
President Wilson for his signature.
The House approved with only 25
dissenting votes the conference report
on the army measure .already
accepted by the Senate. It provides
for a regular army with a peace
strength of more than 200,000 men,
backed by a Federalized National
guard of more than 400.000, and car
* .7 luuiij i * \?i ?11 i, 111 H iciuuu a
worked out by War Department officials
to ninke the nation's lighting
arm more efficient.
To complete the main elements of
the program of preparedness on which
the |Administration plans to spend
more than a billion dollars within the
next live years. Congress still to
perfect and pass the naval bill,
embodying the navy increases, and the
fortillcat ions bill, which includes provision
for most of the equipment for
the increased army.
Kstimatos vary as to the actual
number of men tho army will provide
the maximum to bo enlisted under it
depending on tho interpretation placed
on some sections by War Department
officials. As construed by Chairman
Chamberlain of the Sennto military
committee it provides for a regular
establishment of 211.000 at peace
strength and 23(1.000 at war strength
with u national guard of 457,000. Tho
peace strength of tho regulars under
interpretation given the House by
t nmnnnn nay or the House military
committee would be 20(1,000.
llesidos the personnel increases the
measure provides for a government
nitrate manufacturing plnnt to cost
not more than f20,000,000 for establishment
of a system of military training
camps for civilians paid for out of
the Federal Treasury; for a hoard to
Investigate the advisability of establishing
a government munitions plant;
and for vocational education in the
army. Federalization of the national
guard would he accomplished through
Federal pay and through n require
incut making the gunrdmen subject to
'.ho orders of the President.
Eighteen Republicans, live Democrats,
one Progressive and one Socialist
voted against adoption of the conference
report. Republican Leader
Mann, who believed the measure inadequate,
was ono of those voting In the
negative.
TERRIFIC TEXAS TORNADO
SWEEPS INTO OKLAHOMA
Three People at Kemp City, Okla..
Killed and Scores Injured.
Denlson, Tex.?Nine persons were
killed and 3K injured at Kemp City,
Okla., eight miles oast of Denlson, and
the town was badly damaged by a tornado
which swept a path throe quart
ers of a mile wide and live miles long
in the vicinity of Kemp. Only three
small dwellings remain intact at
Kemp.
Twelve business houses, a twostory
hotel and CO residences were
demolished in Kenrp City. This 1b the
second tlmo in recent years that the
little town of 300 inhabitants has
been visited by a tornado. Merchants
said that the tow a probably would
not be rebuilt.
Right were killed In the town while
the other victim, a child was killed In
the collapse of Its father's home Just
across the Red River In Texas. Of
the 38 persons Injured. 36 are res!
dents of Kemp City. Most of those
Injured were caught In the collapse
of buildings while trying to reach
storm cellars.
The bodies of tho dead in severn!
Instances wero found hundreds of
yards from where their houses had
stood. The two-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Rrlnson, who
wore killed, was hurled FiOft feet with
flying debris when the Brlnson resi
denre wna destroyed but the child
suffered only minor lrvjurfes.
Immediately after the storm passed
eniorgency treatment wan given the
Injured In darkness, with rain falling
in torrents. A special train carrying
12 physicians from Denlson did not
reach Kemp until several hours aftor
; the tornado passed.
STRATEGIC POSTS ON VERDUN
FRONT SOUGHT BY ARMIES.
Paris.?The battle for possession of
Important strategic positions on tlm
I Verdun front west of the Meuse River
continued, with unabated severity
l A...In.. r
uuimr Liit- jiiinc u n iiiiys. I 111? ? reiim
War Office haa Just announced that
the Germans, although repulsed In
piost of their attempts, succeeded in
capturing ft first line trench on l>eau
Man Hill and gaining ground on the
slopes woit of the hill.