Established 1891.
STORY OF "OLD HICKORY"
AND HIS HEROIC MOTHER i
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The following interesting etory of
the rise of Andrew ("Old Hickory") ,
Jackson from the obscurity of an hum- !
ble home in the backwoods of the Waxhaw
settlement on the line between
North Carolina and South Carolina,
about 20 miles from Fort Mill, to the
the presidency of the United States
doubtless will be of Deculiar interest
to the readers of The Times. "Old
Hickory" was the seventh president
and served two terms, from 1829-37.
In connection with his birthplace it is
also interesting to recall that another
president of the United States, James
K. Polk, in office from 1845-49, was
born even closer to Fort Mill, Polk's
birthplace being less than one mile
from the South Carolina line in Mecklenburg
county on the Lancaster road
between Pineville and Harrison church.
The site of Polk's birthplace was marked
a few years ago by the Daughters
of the American Revolution and it is
within seven miles of Fort Mill. The
story of "Old Hickory," written for
The Southern Christian Advocate,
church paper of the Methodists of
South Carolina, by the Rev. William J.
Hampton, D. D.. is as follows:
Andrew Jackson's father, who-was
also Andrew, emigrated with his wife
and two sons from Carricksfergus,
Ireland, to South Carolina in 1765.
Andrew's mother's name was Eliza
beth Hutchinson. Both parents, of
Scotch-Irish descent, were ardent
Presbyterians. Their only capital
was their hands and a disposition to
work?and work hard. They settled
at Waxhaw, near the boundury line
between North and SoUih Carolina.
^ Here Andrew built a log; houae and in
it he sheltered his family. The Jackson's
neighbors were few, and as poor
as themselves. When they had suceXiB
ceeded in clearing the IChd and raising
rone crop, the father suddenly died.
He had lived in obscurity and in
obscurity he was buried. Mrs. Jackson,
with her fatherless boys, rode to
the graveyard in the wagon that
carried her husband'B rude casket
to the grave He was buried in a
field, no one knows exactly where.
Tne mother was left penniless. Mrs.
Jackson went directly from the grave
of her husband to the log cabin home
of her sister, and here, on March 15,
1767, a few dayB after her husband
was buried, this son was born. What
a scene? Who would dream that a
future . president of the United
States could possibly come out of such
lowly surroundings? Here was a paincrushed,
heart-stricken widow?no
home of her own; a clotheless babe,
coarse fare, poverty, and wild surroundings.
The probabilities are that
she never returned to the log cabin
that had been built by her husband
and in which he died. Jackson was
the first of our presidents of humble
origin. As her invalid sister'a house'
keeper, Mrs. Jackson worked hard,
washing and mending and cooking,
in order to help pay for the support
of herself and children, and like most
women of Scotch-Irish blood, she was
strong, capable and thrifty, a fine
housekeeper and a wise and affectionate
mother. She had a fair education,
.according to the stan<. ard of education
in those primitive days.
Part of the first ten years of Andrew's
life was spent with his Uncle
Crawford on a farm. Here he learned
to do the general work, such as a
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ma ui nis years couia periorm. Mrs.
Juckaon was anxious that her youngest
son, whom she fairly idolized,
who had never" seen his father,.should
have a liberal education. She had
fond hopes that he might some day
become a Presbyterian minister. She
was very devout, and regularly and
prayerfully read her Bible. Her fond
hopes were never to be realized, but
because of such hopes her mother-love
was elevated and ennobled, and the
childhood days of Andrew were enveloped
with a spiritual atmosphere
that fairly breathed of heaven. His
nature easily responded to these religious
influences. He loved and
reverenced his mother with a passionate
devotion.
In his early life Jackson drifted a
* ""?^ long way off from the coveted desire
of his mother. One biographer says,
"He was the most roaring, rollicking,
game-cocking, horse-racing, card-playing,
mischievous fellow that lived in
|A Salisbury," and another declares that'
he sowed a big crop of wild oats in
his early manhood. Be that as it may,
he never got away from his mother's
prayers and influence, and a mother's
prayers were in the end answered.
. Andrew was nine years old when
r the Declaration of Independence was
signed, and fourteen when the war
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5 OLDIEPS GO ON TRIAL <
FOR DEATH OF CITIZEN
Columbia, April 14.?A long Beries of
legal tangles, it is believed, will have ]
to Ihj raveled by a eourt martial now
sitting at Camp Jackson before any
decision is reached with regard to the
guilt of soldiers charged with the murder
of William S Chaplin, prominent
Columbian who was killed by a bullet
from an army weapon on the night of
January 10, while riding on the road
lietween Columbia and Camp Jackson.
i ne coiirv-mariiai trial ot tlie soldiers $
charged with thia murder l>?gan Tues- j
day morning. hut was suddenly halted
when one of the soldiers declined to
testify against another. It is believed
that eueh soldier will decline to testify
agaiiiBt the others, for fear of incriminating
himself, and in this event the
court will have a problem to boIvo
in ascertaining the facts surrounding
the tragedy.
Lieut. T. B. Fowler was placed on
trial before a court-martial Tuesday
morning. The second witness called
was Corporal Edward F. Maston, who
was corporal of the guard on the night
of the murder. He declined to testify
is to his orders on the night of January
10th, snd his attorneys argued
that he should not he forced to give
testimony that might incriminate him.
The court sustained the point and
a motion to continue the case until
after Maston himself is tried was
granted.
The first witness was Sgt. John Van(lagen,
who was sergeant of the guard
on the night of January 10. He testified
as having suggested to Lieut.
Fowler that a detail he sent to look
or a soldier who was said to have
Heaped from camp. He told of having
"leeted Comoral Maston. who in turn .
sclented two privates, Roy E. Sunders, f
wlio is charged with having fired the ^
.hot which killed Chaplin, and Roy
Inmiz. Lieut. Fowler, Corporal Maston
nnd the two privates are the de- 1
I'enduuts in the cases. Testimony at *
the coroner's inquest brought out that #
several automobiles were fired into on I
the night of January 18th. The caseB c
it ('amp Jackson will likely consume
weeks and will be fraught with interest. u
SENATOR DIAL TELLS HOW
HE WOULD HANDLE RADICALS 11
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Washington. April 1.1.?In the opin- t
on of Senator Dial of South Carolina, t
vlio protested vigorously today on the a
lloor of the senate against the present e
railroad strike, the time is ripe for ^
many of these walking* labor idlers and
trouble makers to go to jail.
Here are the main points strongly *
emphasized by Senator Dial: *
Repeal nil class legislation and all v
icts granting special privileges; pro- r
teet the men who wish to work, if nee- fc
ssary with guns unci bayonets; de.lores
throwing of rocks in trains by ^
the lawless element; bring them into
>urt and, if convicted, put them on the
,-liaingnngH.
"If the departments in Washington," 9
Senator Dial said, 'Van not work in 1
harmony, then abolish those which can r
lot so function." *
The people will wake up soon. Sena- (
.or Dial continued, and hold the authorities
to a strict accountability. #
This unrest, he further suid, begins
right here in Wushinghon. The vagrancy
laws should be enforced and
ould make the thousands of ilde men
'lnd something to do. If the autliori- (
ies here cannot handle the situation
hen send to South Carolina and bring n
|> a few of the judges from that state v
uid I will say without four of contra- 1
liction that vagrancy will end.
"1 oppose the adoption act," the senn- H
'or said, "and if I had been in congress
..lien it was passed I would have voted
gainst it. "
"Yes," he continued, "what we need "
right here in Washington is a little *
idmini.stration from some of the South '
Carolina judges, and if that should be
done 10,000 vacant*, the seed of the 1
revolution, strike, anarchy and blood- 1
-bed would stop. We have t?>o many *
laws; what we should do ia to enforce !
those we already have, and by all
means get the people away from the
towns and cities Ituck to the farms." (
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D. C. DURHAM. OF GREENVILLE,
NEW FEDERAL COURT CLERK
Greenville, April 13.?D. C. Durham,
well known business man of Greenville,
has been appointed clerk of fed- ]
eral eoxirt, in the western district of c
South Carolina by Judge H. H. Wat- ,
kins, to succeed J. Broad us Knight, re- f
signed, aeoording to announcement by ,
Judge Wutklns here today. Mr. Dur- j
ham will assume his duties in next t
few days. Mr. Knight resigned a few \
weeks ago to accept the position of ,
treasurer of the Mintcr Homes com- f
pany, a house building corporation
which is erecting a plant here. f
Mr. Durham is quite well known ,
throughout South Carolina as a business
man of unusual ability. For many ,
years he has been manager of the |
Gilreath-Durham company, of this city, (
and in addition to his mercantile bus- ?
incss, he has been prominently identified
with the traffic department of the
chamber of commerce and has been the
means of bringing aliout a great many i
railroad improvements that have been ]
of derided advantage to this city c.nd j
section. <
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fobt milib, 8. c., thto
:apt. s. w. parks tells
of ancient cloth hall
The first place the Fort Mill company,
.18th regiment, 30th division, got into
iction against the Germans in the
World war was at Ypres, Belgium,
vhere the company was stationed for
several weeks. Capt. S. W. Parks, who
:ommanded the company in all of its
mgagements up to the time he was severely
wounded in the attack of the
iivision on Bellecourt, following the
imasbing of the Hindenburg line, was
;herefore considerably interested ir. the
>ress dispatch from Brussels a dr./ or j
wo ago announcing the intent?-w of the
Belgian government to make permatent
the ruins of the ancient Cloth hall
n Ypres as a lasting memorial to the
nartyrdom of the city. The ruins, the
liBpatch announced, will be left essen;ially
as they are today, but will be renforced
by skilled artisans to preserve
heir present day appearance.
"Very well indeed do I recall the aplearance
of the ruins of the old Cloth
tall at Ypres," said Capt. Parks in
:ommenting on the Brussels dispatch.
'Before the Germans bombarded the
:ity and ruined the building beyond re>air
it was an immense structure, coviring
an entire block. Many years ago,
vhen Belgium held first place among
he countries of Europe in the manuacture
of cloth, textile expositions that
attracted the attention of all Europe
ind that annually drew thousands of
risitors to Ypres were held in the Cloth
tall. But Ypres' glory as the textile
enter of the world had vanished long
>efore the German invasion and the
K>pulation of the city had dwindled
rom 200,000 a couple of centuries ago
o 20,000 at the outbreak of the war.
J- 1 a. xn 1 1 ?
umicueairr, bngiwa, long LOOK
rom Ypres the distinction of being
he chief textile city of the old world
ind with the rise of the industry in
England there was a corresponding define
in Belgium.
"Speaking of the English," contin
led Capt. Parks, "there were no better
>r more patriotic soldiers engaged in
n the World war. They were always
eady to do or die and with the characeristic
tenacity of purpose for which
he people of the mother country have
.lways been famous, when they became
ngaged with the enemy it was with
he full expectation of succeeding with
he work in hand or meeting death as
he alternative. Upon our arrival in
lelgium we were immediately brigaded
vith the English and for the first few
nonths of our active service fouehtaide
>y side with them, ate their food and
med their arms. I was therefore able
o learn much of the English viewpoint
if the war and long before the armisice
waa signed I reached this concluion:
Germany never would whip Eugand.
The English army might be anilhilated,
but to the last man they
vould die before acknowledging the
jermana as their conquerors."
)VERALLS CLUBS GROWING
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
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Birmingham, Ala., April 12.?The
Birmingham Overall club, with a memairship
of 3,000 pledged to wear overills
until clothing prices come down,
vas formally organized tonight at a
net-ting ni the city courthouse.
Qualification for membership conists
simply in the ownership of one
air of overalls. There are no dues,
il embers are obligated to wear overills
while at work and ate urged to
lo business only with other men who
venr overalls. While blue denims were
ecommended, other kinds may be worn.
Secretary I .a mar stated he had injuired
into the prices of overalls and
bund out that the average cost at
he prent time for "pants" and jumper
s $3.00.
"If I hear of anybody trying to
moiiicci in uvrruiia i Will proseruie
hein myaelf," said Mr. Lamar, who
a a lawyer an well an a buanieaa man.
rHIRTEEK MEXICAN STATES
ARE NOW IN REVOLT
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. April
12.?J. M. Pina, commanding the Firat
liviaion army of the "Republic of Sou>ra,"
with ht>adquarteva in thia city
dated today that he had received
icmi-official advicea from Hermoeillo,
lie atate capital, to the effect that
hirteen atatea of the Mexican union
ind followed the atate of Sonora in
levering relatione with the Carranza
jovernment. While the report ia lackiig
in detail aa to the namea of the
teceding atatea. Gen. Pina declared he
r-ouchod for ita authority.
The meaaage came in the form of
i telegram and ia aigned hy a mem>er
of Gen. Callea' atalf and dated at
general military headquartera, Pina j
<aid.
Will Build Station.
Chester, April 13.?It haa been announced
otllcially that the Seaboard Air
Line railway will begin the new paaaen;cr
atation in Cheater at a very early
iate.
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SPAY, APRIL 15, 1920.
JURY NOT YET AGREED 1
IN GILES MURDER TRIAL
At 9:80 o'clock this morning phone
message to The Times from York said 1
that the jury in the case of A. M. Giles, j
charged with the murder of his wife, ;
had not returned a verdict, after being
out all night.
York, April 14.?The case of State
vs. A. M. Qiles, of Rock Hill, who last
fall shot and killed his wife on the
streets of Kock Hill, is occupying the
Attention of the court of general sessions
today. It will go to the jury late
this afternoon.
The case was taken up early this
morning and when the recess was taken
for noon the prosecution had rested
and several witnesses had testified for
the defense. There remains one other
case for trial at this term, all bonded
cases having been continued.
There is considerable interest in the
case against Giles, who killed his wife
in cold blood. He is pleading that he
was insane at the time he did the
ulwwifincr
The following regarding the case is
from the Yorkville Enquirer:
A. M. (tiles. Rock Ilill photographer
in jail here charged with the killing
of his wife on the streets of Rock Hill
last November will seek his freedom
at the hnnds of his fellows on the
grounds that he was insane at the time
of the killing and is now insane, it was
learned this morning. Giles was arraigned
yesterday morning, and refused
to plead either guity or not guilty to
the charge within the indictment, standing
mute before his accusers. It wat
announced that the case would be taken
up again tomorrow; but there is no certainty
that he will be tried.
Giles sat in the courtroom all yesterday
morning on the row of scats sel
aside for prisoners, wearing a green eye
shade over his glasses and almost im
movable in his position. For several
hours he sat, hardly a muscle in his face
movng. He ap]>oared to have no interest
in the court proceedings. Giles has
been examined twice recently by J. W.
Babcock, well known alienist of Columbia
and formerlv HtirM?rin fondant nt t),.
state hospital for the insane.
The prisoner's brother, J. A. Giles,
Esq., a well known attorney of Hillaboro,
N. C., io in Yorkville to assist hU
brother. Mr. Giles it was learned yes
terday will be associated with Dunlap
A Dunlap of Rock Hill, attorneys for
the defense. It was learned yesterday
that W. B. Wilson, Jr., of Rock Hill has
l?een retained by relatives of the dead
wife of Giles to assist in the prosecution
STATE C. E. CONVENTION
MEETS NEXT IN COLUMBIA
Spartanburg, April 11.?Columbia
was selected by the Christian Kndeavoi
vyunvenLion in session nere an tfte place
for the 1921 convention. Addresses by
Aev. A. Aimed a, of Brar.il; the Rev.
Fairmon Preston, of Korea and Harry
Price, of Nanking, China, featured the
seaaion.
Mr. Almeda, of Brar.il, presented the
union with a handsome gold pin, made
from a Brazilian green bug, but
through an alcohol and heating process.
Officers for the coming year wero
qlected as follows: A. Y. Drummond, of
Columbia, was elected publicity super'
intendent of the organization; Mia*
Margaret Crouch, of Charleston, efficiency
superintendent; Miss Mary McDow,
of Charleston, quiet hour superientondent;
Miss Sophie Richards,
Liberty Hill, tenth legion superintendent;
Miss Irene Hudson, of Spartanburg,
life work recruit superintendent;
Miss Caroline Caldwell, missions
superintendent; Mrs. R. C. Beatty, of
iumhia, treasurer; Miss Claudia Fraser,
of Sumter, secretary; E. H. Wilkes,
dent; Mrs. Wyatt A. Taylor, of Columbia,
treasurer; Misa Claudia A Frasier,
of Sumter, secretary; K. H. Wilkes,
of Laurens, transportation manager;
i\nan isicnoison, ox union, worm's union
vice president; J. T. Vain, of Rock Hill
and Norwood Durant, of Alcolu, vice
presidents; Wyatt A. Taylor, of Columbia,
president.
Will Make Investigation.
Washington, April U.?A searching
investigation will be made by the_United
States into Germany's explanation of
why Paul Demott, an American citizen,
was shot while trying to escape from
prison, it was learned today at the
state department.
STREET BOND ELECTION.
The voters of Fort Mill
will have the opportunity tomorrow
at the special bond
election of taking the most
advanced step yet proposed
for the town in the way of
municipal betterment and it
is hoped that a full vote will
be polled. The polls open at
8 a. m. and olose at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Time?
ISSUE OF SCHOOL BONDS !
APPROVED BY VOTERS
Only 44 of the hundred and more
citizens qualified to vote in the special f
election held in Fort Mill Tuesday to '
pass upon the proposed school bond
Issue amounting to $20,000 troubled to
go to the polls and cast their ballots,
the vote standing 36 for the bond issue
and 8 against. Little interest was displayed
in the election, neither the
friends nor the opponents of the issue
making a noticeable effort to bring out
the voters. Both sides seemingly were
agreed that the result of the election
was a foregone conclusion and to this
ftflflltmnHnn fKo
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tributed.
The authorization of the bond issue
means much toward the promotion of
the efficiency of the public school system
of Fort Mill, the board of trustees
assures the public. It is anticipated
that little trouble will be experienced
in finding a purchaser for the bonds,
which are to be sold at the earliest
possible moment, so that the plans of
the trustees may be carried out with
little delay. As soon as the proceeds
of the bond issue become available the
trustees purpose to begin work anew
on the auditorium, the completion of
which has been delayed by the shortage
of funds.
Friday evening a meeting of the
board is to be held at which the architect
who designed the auditorium will
be present and a definite plan of action
for the expenditure of the funds arising
from the sale of the bonds will be
agreed upon. In addition to the work
of completing and furnishing the auditorium,
the trustees have announced
that a number of new class rooms will
be provided in the school building already
erected and in the basement of
the auditorium; besides the installation
of a modern sewerage system for the
school and the improvement of the
superintendent's home, the property
of the school. Improvements also are
to be made to the negro school building.
AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES
ARE POWERLESS TO AID
Loudon, April 13.?Acting Lord Mny- i
or O'Neill, of Dublin, and High Sheriff i
McWnlter appealed ineffectually today i
to John W. Davis, the American am- i
hassador, ufter they had failed to per- k
?uadc the American consul at Dublin to \
ntervene for the Irish hunger striken*.
A message signed by O'Neill and Me
Walter, and received by Ambassadoi (
Davis this afternoon, says: i
"We hnd an interview with.yoxir con- 1
sul this morning concerning ameliora- ,
tion of the condition of the political
prisoners at present on hunger strike,
lie stated he had no diplomatic power f
and referred us to you; therefore, we |
isk for your personal appeal to the 1
Right Honoruble Andrew Donnr Law to
release, ns we have already requested 1
him, such of the prisoners who are seriously
ill." i
Ambassador Davis in ronlw <-> Mu? >
? ?rv ?' -- *? '
message, telegraphed: , i
"The consul whh quite correct in hia
statement of his powers, and my own
.lo not extend to any representations
except on behalf of citizens of the Unit
od States." .. ? I
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LAST SURVIVOR OF THE
JESSE JAMES UAND DIES 1
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Memphis, Tenn., April 12.?Captain '
Kit Ifalton, last survivor of Jesse (
James' gang of train robbers, was bur |
od here recently, following elaborate ,
funeral services. A corps of Confed
crate veterans accompanied the body to
Elinwood cemetery.
Captain Dalton fought in the Civil '
war as a member of QuantreH's guer- 1
rilla band. At the close of the war he
was for 17 years an outlaw. I,ater, he 1
became associated with many reform
movements.
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[Harried Last Thursday.
Joseph Ira Patterson and MiB9 Nannie
Ola Blankenahip, daughter of S. H.
Blankenship of the Gold Hill section of
Fort Mill townBhip, were married at the ,
Baptist pastorium, Thursday, April 8,
at 4 o'clock, p. m. The ceremony was |
performed by the Rev. J. W. H. Dychea
in the presence of a few friends of the <
young couple.
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Would Stay Sentence.
Washington, April 12.?The state department
today instructed American 1
Commissioner Brcsel, at Ilerlin,-to take
steps to stay the- death sentence re- 1
{?orted to have been passed on Paul
Demott, an American, for participation
in the Ruhr revolution. |
Bethel Prssbyterial met in annual i
session Tuesday morning in Ebenczer i
Presbyterian chcrch. Among the ladies t
from Fort Mill who attended the ses- 1
sions were: Mrs. J. B. Elliott, Mrs. <
T. B. SDratt, Mrs. J. L. Spratt, Mrs. <
E. M. Belk, Miss Zoe White, Mrs. C. S. I
Link, Mrs. Hattie Mack, Mrs. R. F. l
Grier and Mrs. Sue Spratt. i
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SI.25 For Year
STORM NEAR MONROE
KILLS THREE PEOPLE
Monroe, April 13.?Robert L. Polk,
iged 30; Hilton Williame, aged nix, and
lis brother, Aubrey WillianiB, aged five,
ire dead; Mr*. Sam Presson in seriously
njured and may die, and a score or
more are more or less seriously injured,
i number of homes destroyed, barns,
hurehes and schoolhouses blown down
ind several hundred thousand feet of
timber ruined as a result of a cyclone
ivhich swept over the northern port of
Lenoir county last night about J) o'clock.
The storm started about six miles
north of Monroe, striking first the
home of Mr. Polk, demolishing his
house, killing him and slightly injuring
others in the family, then swept on in
i northeasterly direction, passing a few
miles north of Unionville, and crossing
into Stanly county.
The Williams boys were lying in the
uime bed asleep when the top of the
house was blown off and timbers fell
across their bodies, mashing their stomachs
and causing instant death. It required
six men to remove the timbers
irom their bodies.
Mr. and Mrs. ?T. II. Griffin, an nged
couple living in Goose Creek township,
had just gotten out of bed when the
himney of their home fell across the
bed, splintering it. Reports of the
damage are conflicting, but tho property
losses will amount into the thousands
of dollnrs. Both the church and the
<ehoolhouae at Kbenezer nave been dedroyed,
and the Carriker schoolhouse
was blown to fragments.
The usual number of freaks are not
missing. A country store building was
blown from its pillars and moved sev ral
yards, but not a thing in the building
was broken or misplaced. A small
child was extricated from a mass of
<plintered timbers unhurt. Reports of
everal deaths across Rocky river, in
Stanly county, could not be confirmed
here this afternoon, but it is known
tnat considerable property damage re-lilted
there.
"BROTHER ISAIAH" NOW WASHES
HANDS BEFORE "LAYING ON"
New Orleans, La., April 12.?"Brother
Isaiah," aged "faith healer," here has
fallen nfoul of the atate board of health
which alleges he doesn't wash his
hands between "laying on."
The "brother" says he is entirely willing
to use nny soap prescribed. The
mayor and police of New Orleans hure
refused to take action against the old
man, because they say most people are
inxious to have him continue his "healings."
Since he begnn his administrations
ibout a month ago the multitude that
iaily attend his sermons has increased
to the point where the Red Cross has
iieen forced to erect tents to care for the
uck who await his treatment.
The old man will accept no money.
Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the
?tatc board of health, made the protest
that the healer did not waah his hands
between "laying on."
"Brother Isaiah*' immediately stated
tin willingness to use soap. #
Two crippled l>oys pave the old man
i eake of soap when the llrst attempt
to cheek his meetings was mnde. They
'an away when he tried to pay them.
True Bilk Against Bakers.
True bills were returned by the
;rand jury at the opening of the Federal
court in Greenville one day laat
week against nine South Carolina
bakers accused of conspiracy to exact
excessive profits in the sale of bread.
The trial of the cases was set for toiay.
The bakers indicted are: J. C.
Cureton and P. F. Cureton of Greenrille,
H. L. Eaton of Greenville, I. A.
jeilfuss of Spartanburg, J, L. Bennett
>f Rock Hill, J. M. Edinton of GalTnoy,
F. A. Euchenberger of Chester and
Bob Thwaite of Anderson.
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BOIES PENROSE RESTORED TO
HEALTH RETURNS TO CAPITAL
Washington, April 13.?Restored to
full health and prepared to assume h.a
[dace in the councils of his party,
^euator Boies Penrose is now on hia
way to Washington from Florida. He
will arrive today, see several repuhiir*n
leaders and continue to Philadelph a
where, after a few days' survey of
political conditions, he will go to New
York to lie in touch with the national
situation.
In the opinion of most of the presidential
candidates, their future is bound
up in the decision Senator' Penrose may
make before the convention or after the
early ballots when a possible deadlock
develops and the situation favors
a compromise.
B. Jennings White, town attorney,
has advised Mayor Ardrey that if council
wishes to choose a recorder for the
town of Fort Mill it can be done under
an act of the Legislature permitting
towns of 1,500 inhabitants or more to
have auch an officer. At the beginning
of the present administration such an
officer was contemplated, but it is believed
now that Mayor Ardrey is satisfied
to allow matters to remain as they
are.