Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, April 01, 1915, Image 2
' GERMANS SINK TWO
STEAMERS; ISO DEAD
ENGLISH PASSENGER SHIPS SENT
TO BOTTOM BY SHELL AND
TORPEDO.
' ENEMY'S GUNS KILLED SOME
Both Boats Tried to Outrun Pursuers
Which Caused Them to Get Less
Consideration.
London.?Upward of 150 persons
lost their lives in the sinking by German
submarines of the Dempster liner
'Falaba and the British steamer Aguila.
The Falaba, bound from Liverpool
for the coast of Africa, with about ICO
passengers, was torpedoed in St.
George's Channel.
The Aguila, sent down by shell trs
> of the submarine U-23 off Pembrokeshire
had three passngers and a crew
of 42 and of these 23- of the crew
and all of the passengers were lost.
The Aguila also was outward boipid
from Liverpool and was en route for
I Lisbon.
An official list supplied at the office
f of the Elder Dempster Stemship Company,
owners of the Falaba shows ti'at
eo far as is known at present 52 first
class passengers, 34 second-class passengers
and 49 of the crew of the Fal
aba were saved. Four of the passengers
and four of the crew are reported
killed and 61 passengers and 43 of the
crew are missing.
When the submarines appeared,
both steamers tried to escape by
crowding on full eteam, but the underwater
boats overhauled them after
short chases and in each case the
Germans then allowed but a few minutes
to get his passengers and crew
into the small boats.
. The captain pf the Falaba, who was
lost, was given five minutes to get his
passengers and crew off but, according
to the survivors, before this was
possible a torpedo hit the engine room,
causing a terrible explosion. Ma^y
were killed and the steamer sank in
10 minutes.
Trawlers rescued most of those
who were saved; others got away in
the boats. Those still on the steamer
when the explosion occurred were
thrown into the sea and it took rhe
fishermen an hour or more to pick up
those in thft water who managed' to
keep afloat^ .
follF mftratSs In whiCTTT^peave his~
ship. The submarine opened fire killing
a woman passenger, the chief
engineer and two of the crew. Even
after the crew had commenced to
lower the boats, according to the survivors,
the Germans kept up their fire
and some of the boats were riddled.
SEND TROOPS TO BROWNSVILLE.
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Three Batteries Are Ordered to Texae
Border to Protect.
Washington.?Acting Secretary ol
the War Department Breckinridge ordered
three batteries of the Third
Field Artillery to Brownsville, Texas,
as a demonstration to the Mexican
forces fighting for possession of MatamoTos
that American lives must not
be endangered by firing across the
line. A regiment of infantry also was
ordered held in readiness at Texas
City to be moved to Brownsville if
needed.
These precautions were deemed necessary,
although assurances had been
given by both Carranza and Villa
agencies here that no shooting across
\ the line would be permitted. Secretary
Bryan said that orders had been
sent by commanders of each faction
to their troops in and about Matamoros
to see that no shots entered
American territory.
Von Kluck Wounded.
Berlin, via wireless.?The official
communication relates among other
things that General von Kluck. the
German commander who led the famous
German rush Into France, in
the early days of the war, has been
slightly wounded by shrapnel fire
while inspecting advance positions of
his anny. The condition of the general
is described as satisfactory.
The Hemisphere Growing Unified
Annapolis. Md.?Speaking at a luncheon
given in his honor on board the
new Argentine battleship Moreno by
Dr. Romulo S. Naon. the Argentine
ambassador. President Wilson emphasized
the "growing warmt/f of affection,
as well as understanding" be
tween the United States and other nations
of the Western Hemisphere.
The president spoke in reply to an address
in a similar vein delivered by
Ambassador Naon. Technically the
president was on foreign soil during
his visit to the Moreno.
Three of Crew Shot.
riMI^UCIU, ? i Iiu truu infillbers
of tve crew of the British steamship
Aguila. sunk by the German submarine
I"-28 perished. Survivors who
arrived herp said the Aguila was sunk
\ 50 miles southeast of t^e Smaller. a
group of rocks on the southeast Irish
coast. The crew was piven four minutes
to leave the shin, but, survivors
said, the steamer was fired upon while
the men were petting into the boats.
The chief engineer and two others
yrere killed by shell-fire and 10 other
men were lost.
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VILLA FORCES ARE
BADLY DEFEATED
ENCOUNTER AT MATAMOROS
HAS CEASED TO AWAIT
? ARTILLERY.
SERIOUS FOR TEXAS TOWN
Carranza Troops Are Strongly En
trenched and Only Artillery Will
Move Them From Garrison.
Brownsville, Texas. ? Failing in
their attempt to dislodge the Carranza
garrison ov rifle and machine gun fire,
Villa forces beseiglng Matamoros vir
tually ceased their attacks awaiting
It was announced, the arrival of artillery,
In the event of an artillery duel,
Brownsv.lle, directly across the Rio
Grande from Matamoros, would be en
dangered one of the gravest of border
crises was feared. The liklihood of
shells falling in Brownsville was demonstrated
by the rifle bullets which
dropped here during the first Villa assault
on Matamoros trenches, a costly
fttllu"? of Villa forces in which their
losses were officially given as 100
killed and 40 wounded. This attack
was a headstrong dash of 2,000 mounted
riflemen. The Carranza losses
were 10 killed and 45 Injured. Two
persons were struck by1 bullets In
Brownsville. Neither was seriously
Injured.
The coming Villa artillery must be
powerful enough to cope with ninethree-inch
field pieces of the defenders,
none of which has yet been fired.
In addition the Carranzfi troops are
said to have four three and one-half
Inch guns.
A troop of 250 Villa cavalry, circling
five miles south of Brownsville, approached
unwittingly at a town named
Rositas, a machine gun trench hidden
by brush. They were trotting past
this trench when the machine guns
were fired. Nearly the entire Villa
dead were said to have fallen at this
point, while almost . to a man, the
others were wounded.
Nafarrate said he would defend the
city to the limit. Four flags, captured,
floated in front of his headquarters,
the band played in the plaza
and men and women of Matamoros
celebrated, filling the streets with
color.
One flag is inscribed "Second Brigade,
M. Chao." This battalion, thg
tlr?- iVJ'
wTpeflTout by its dashing assaults Jr
the breastworks. Both Villa and Con
stitutionalist soldiers say three Ville
troopers were killed carrying this flag
Another flag is inscribed "Villa Bri
gade." These and the other two cap
tured banners were bloodstained.
FRUITLESS WORK FOR' F-4.
Discovered Object Was Only Bi(
Anchor.?Submarine Located.
Honolulu, T. H.?Three days search
for the lost United States submarine
F-4 hafe resulted only In unfulfilled
' hopes. Divers who went down the
two cables thought to have been at
tached to the submarine found the
heavy body was an old anchor, prob
ably lost by the battleship Oregon.
Diver Agraz, who went dow nthe
cable attached to the anchor, wore
only a'helmet.
Diver Evans, who descended along
the second cable, reported that he
found nothing. Agraz, whose descent
to a depth of 215 feet is said to be
a world's record, spent 22 minutes on
the downward journey and nine and
half minutes in the ascent. The experience
apparently caused him no
distress.
The submarine F-4 has been located
outside the harbor it was announced.
Portions oi the superstructure have
been brought to the surface. The
The dredge California will shift moorings,
tugs will criss-cross in all directions
and an attempt wil be made to
life the submarine.
Alabama Ordered to Hampton Roads.
Philadelphia.?Carrying the flag of
Rear Admiral J. L. Helm of the Atlantic
reserve fleet, the battleship Alabama
sailed from the Philadelphia
Navy Yard for neutrality duty at
Hampton Roads.
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Genoa Italy via Paris?As a result
of the efforts of American Ambassador
Page instructions have been received
here from the foreign ministry
at Rome to allow all American, cot'on
billed througn this country to be
xported. Difficulties in the way of
loving the commodity now are due to
congestion. There are lf>8 ships at
Genoa waitng to unload, while outside
the harbor 116 vessels are waiting to
enter. Methods employed in unloading
the ships prevent more than 3,000
bales of cotton entering the port daily.
Russians Pushing Through.
Petrograd, via London.?The Russians
have pushed their front well
through the Carpathians toward the
pla'ns of Northern Hungary in the vicinity
of Bartfeld. capturing an Aus'-in"
nAtHinn fivo inilf.s smith of
:inn jiuoinvu ? ?v ? ?
Tarof.
By fckinp the Austrian positions al
he source of the Ondava River at
\ijni folianska, 12 miles northeast
f Bartfeld. the Russians gain control
of roada leading direct to Bartfeld
and southward to Svidnik and to
valley of the Ondava.
LOCATE SUBMARINE f
AND TRY TO RAISE IT
AMERICAN SUBMARINE 18 LOCAT- I
ED FIFTY FATHOMS BELOW
THE SURFACE.
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TWENTY-ONE MEN ON BOARD \
First Submarine Disaster For United I
States.?F-4 is One of Latest. Models
of Under-Sea CrafL
Honolulu.?The American submar- \
lne F-4 lost for over thirty hours off ]
Honolulu harbor, has been located." .
Heroic efforts being made to raise the j
stricken craft, but after having been ^
submerged for more than 30 hours It' ,
was regarded as doubtful whether any (
of the crew of 21 men remained alive. (
To lift the little vessel to the sur- (
face it was found necessary to send.j
4 to the Pearl Harbor Naval Station for ,
a derrick and crane. This involved-.;
effort will be made to devetoj^giti^
? i^J*i
1 plates were Bprung through tnMin/,
" mense pressure of the water at\/?
1 depth of 50 fathoms and that the two
- officers and 19 enlisted men aboard
have perished. Vessels in the vicin- ,
" Ity equipped with submarone signal
apparatus continued to send out signals,
but no answers came. p
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, EITEL STILL AT NEWPORT NEW8 >
Many Rumors That Vessel is Prepars ,
ing to Leave Port.
! Washington.?Rumors from New1
port News reached Washington tha
1 the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the German ;
sea raider, docked there for repairs
after her commerce destroying cruise,
was preparing to depart. One report ,
said the cruiser actually had left her
dock at the shipyard and was putting ,
out jto sea to escape or bid defiance ,
to British and French warships patroling
beyond the Virginia capes.
All these stories were proved
groundless, however, as the Prinz
' nllAl n*na n * tia*. n r\ A an m ! r wAflr
rjiiui woo ai iici vtvy^n. uuu nv*.
was said still to be In progress. The
immigrant passengers aboard the ship
were removed and this fact, together
with a growing belief that the time
limit allowed the ship for remaining ,
in port is drawing near probably gave .
rise to the reports.
Tennessee Limits Capital Punishment. 1
Nashville. Tenn.?The senate pasad
a bill abolishing the death penalty
in Tennessee. The bill which makee
two exceptions, in criminal assauflt
cases and in case of life-term convicts
who commit murder, now goes to thd 1
governor. '
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No More Free Lunches.
Providence. R. I.?The senate passi
ed a bill prohibiting free lunches in
, liquor saloons. It will go to the house. '
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$20,000,000 In Foods.
London.?A financial report issued
here by the American commission for
relief in Belgium shows that $20,000,000
worth of foodstuffs have been delivered
in Belgium since the inception
of the commission's work. Nineteen
million dollars worth of food is on the
way to the sVrirken country or is stored
for future shipment. Of the grand
total $S.">00.000 was provided by benevolent
contributions and the balance of
$30,r.00,onn was provided by banking
arrangements set up by the commission.
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Lady Paget Victim of Typhus.
New York.?The death in Serbia
from typhus of Lady Paget, wife of
Sir Ralph Paeet. third assistant secretary
of foreign affairs in England, was
confirmed in cablegrams received here
by Mme. Slavko Grouitch, leader of
the Serbian relief movement in this
country. Lady Paget was stricken at
Uskob. where she was the head of a
hospital established by the Serbian
relief committee in England. Lady
Paget had been active in relief and
hospital work in Serbia from the time
of the first Balkan war.
mucn joss 01 Lime auu n was muugui I
the fate of the crew might not be de
termined for many hoars. Rescae j
vessels dragging the ocean bed with ,
grappling hooks chanced upon the .
stricken craft at a depth of 300 feet., j
Making fast to the F-4 the naval trig '
Navajo and the steamer Makaala t^e- >
van to tow their find?they werw ,
not certain that it was the sub-J\
marine they had hooked?toward shew '
low water. Quantities of oil came'lo *j
the surface, proof that it really was/
the lost vessel. Soon aftelrward a ,
submarine marker buoy discovered (
far below the water, removed alL^
doubt that the F-4 had been found. (
Just when the marker buoy had ,
been released by the disabled boat ,
there was no means of determining. ,
If the signal waA given after the grappling
hooks of tne rescue vessel took ^
hold, then the c^ew, or at least some }
of them, still were alive. j-v
For more than an hour the tug and r;
the steamer struggled with their un- ,
wieldy burden. Soon afterwards It j (
became apparent that it would be im- (
possible to tow the submarine near.^
enough to shore to bring her to tlicMj
surface and a hurry call was sent t(fl (
the naval station for a wrecking shlpl1,
Naval authorities admitted that thcgv .
had given up hope for the F-4'8tcr9wfl .
However, resuscitating apparatus halt'
been disDatched to the scene and eveiyf !
RUSSIA STRUG
TO REACH HUNGARY
FIGHTING DE8PERATELY IN EFFORT
TO GET THROUGH THE
CARPATHIANS.
AUSTRIANS BLOCKING WAY
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Making Great Effort to Keep Back the
Invaders.?British Announce End
of Submarine U-29.
London. ?1ih e Russians have lost no
Lime since the fall of Phzyemsyl in attempting
their drive in the Carpathians
to reach Hungary. In the varInna
mountain noaaoa whprp fllreadv
thousands of men have fallen Russians
and Austrians are In another death
grip, the one army to force its way
through the mountain passes, the other;
to beat back the invaders. The
Russians are striking their best blow
on the SO-mile front between BartHeld
and Ussok, and although the
operations are being carried on under
She most difficult conditions the claim
B made officially that they are developing
"with complete success."
The nature of the fighting is indicated
by the fact that only are there
great snow drifts to contend against,
but the Russians have had to fight
their way through barbed-wire entanglements,
rows of trenches and
{rorks strongly fortified. In one of
these places, near Lupkow Pass, an
Austria? position, said by the Russian
War pfflce to be very important, was
carried by assault. Here the Russians
captured 5,600 men, 100 officers
and several dozens of machine guns,
and latest advices from Petrograd describe
the Austrians as in retreat
from certain positions.
The British Admiralty announces
the end of the famous German submarine
U-29, which sank several
British' steamers and torpedoed others.
In making the announcement
the Admiralty said it had good reasons
to believe Uiat the U-29 had been
rank with all hands. More than oriinary
Interest attached to the U-29
because of the belief in some quarters
that Lieutenant Weddlngen, who commanded
the submarine U-9 when she
lank three British cruisers in the
North Sea last September, has been
promoted to the command of the
pftwet/ftnd larged boat.
L M^ntime other Qerman submarine?
Py^Ttn?^LLra The
s%nk,?thft Dutch steamer Medea which,
adpording to 'the British Admiralty,
was flying the Dutch flag and carried
a Dutch crew.
WILSON EXPRE8SES CONFIDENCE
Praises Stability of Great Body , of
Calm People of Nation,
Washington.?Full confidence in the
great body of calm people of the Nation,.
who serve as "stabilizers" when
the excitable ones try to "rock the
boat" in these perilous days, was
voiced by President Wilson in an address
before the Baltimore conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in annual session here.
The President appealed to the Nar
tlon for support in administering his
office, saving "if I can speak for you
i am powerful,- if I cannot I am
weak." He said it was - possible for
& people to be Impartial when a
"quarrel is none of theirs."
Referring to the danger to missiontiles
in some foreign lands of which
he said he had thought much of late,
UD auucu
"Wars will never have any ending
nntil men cease to hate one another,
cease to be Jealous of one another, get
the feeling of reality in the brotherhood
of mankind, which is the only
bond that dan make us think justly of
one another and act righteously before
God himself."
Kaiser Has New Grandson.
London.?The Dutchess of Brunswick.
formerly Princess Victoria Luise
Jaughter of Emperor William, gvae
birth to a son, according to a Reuter
ilsp&tch from Brunswick.
Minnesota Defeats Statewide.
St. Paul, Minn.?The statewide prohibition
amendment was defeated in
the house 60 to 54.
American Flag is Tom Down.
Washington.?How the American
flag flying over tne noma or jonn
8. McManra an \merican citizen, in
Mexico City was tern and dragged half
way down the pole by Zapata soliiers
when they murdered McManus
ind looted hi3 home two weeks ago is
told in dispatches from the Brazilian
minister made public by Secretary
Bryan. Secretary Bryan said reparation
for the insult to the flag had been
isked from the Zapata authorities, but
>hat no reply had come.
Denies Sending Message.
Washington.?Maj. George T. Langlovne.
the army officer recently withIrawn
from his post as military atacbe
o: the American embassy at
Berlin, has denied authorship of cerate
dispatches sent from Berlin to
:he war department signed with his
name. It was said at the department
;hat the major, when he reached
A'aahlngton a few days ago, found in
.he department's file of his reports
some messages in plain English which
ie had not sent. All of his dispatches,
Had beer, filed In clDher.
MRS T.J. JACKSON
PASSES FROM GFE
WIFE OF GENERAL STONEWALL
JACKSON WAS FIR8T LADY ,
OF THE SOUTH.
MANY ATTENDED FUNERAL
Body Was Carried to Lexington, Va.,
and Laid By the Side of Her Loving
Husband.
Charlotte.?After days and months
of lingering on the brink of the River
of Death, reaching forward to the
golden streets of the celestial city,
"and the trees whose leaves are for
the healing of the nation"?as she so
beautifully wrote of her husband's
passing?the noble pure, spirit of Anna
Morrison Jackson, widow of Stonewall
Jackson, "crossed over the river" at
4:20 a. m. at her residence on West
Trade street.
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MRS. "STONEWALL" JACKSON.
The immediate cause of Mrs. Jack- <
son's death was pneumonia which was i
contracted three days before. It was ]
the result of a cold contracted 10 days >
ago while she was seated on the front <
piazza of her home. Heart trouble, <
aggravated by age and attendant Jn- (
flrmlties, were contributing and fon- ]
damental factors^ttjThls trouble had 1
vmydicUm =
easiness for sever** years but It did j
not assume a serious form until about l
eight months ago. Last August she 1
had an acute attack at Walter's Park, <
Pa., near Philadelphia, and was taken l
to a hospital in the latter city for l
treatment When she recovered suffl- <
ciently she was brought home but she j
never regained her full strength al- j
ALmmmL nUsv si svstlr trt O+anH tn V) PT
LUUU?ii &UC UiiUCI WUvn w ?wu%*
domestic and other duties untli last
fall when her health again failed. ,
More than otace since the incipiency (
of her illness she had suffered at- (
tacks which had caused her life to be
despaired of, but each time she had (
been able to rally her resources.
Her death was very easy?simply j
"a sleep and a forgetting." She re- .
malned conscious until the afternoon ,
before her death. In her last con- <
scious moments her thoughts were of ,
others. At her bedside when the final j
moment came were Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Preston, the latter a granddaughter
of Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Laura Mor
~ r\t Mr? Tnptflrwi
1 19UU 111 U rt XI, OlObCi v& v (
Rev. D. H. Rolston, D.D!, pastor of the
lrst Presbyterian church, and the
family physician. Dr. William A. Graham,
a kinsman of the distinguished
patient
The news of Mrs. Jackson's death
is ? shock to the entire South, which
has cherished with sincere ardor the
helpmeet of him who in his life-time
was the powerful right arm of the
embattled Southern nation and the
idol of his soldiery. Throughout the *
decades that have elapsed since the
close of the great civil conflict. Mrs.
Jackson has held unchallenged the po- j
sition of primacy in the afTections of
this people.
Jackson, when told by his wife that
"before the day was over he would b> (
with the blessed Saviour in His glory," j
said, "I will be an infinite gainer to (
be translated." So with the wife of
the soldier and saint, from whom he was
torn by the tragedy of war on (
that bright Sabbath morning of May i
10, 1863?she is "an infinite gainer to
be translated." I
Mrs. Jackson passed to rest and her ,
~ ... .u- i? i?? _
innnue rewara wun me nmu ui a notion's
love and revprence around her
bed. The South bends over her with
hearts ladened with rrrlef and eyes
filled with tears?tears such as she
has not shed since Jackson and Lee
were laid to rest in the little town in
their loved state, immortalized as
their last resting place.
Mrs. Jackson's body was taken to
Lpxington. Va.. and there laid to rest
by the side of her illustrious husband.
The funeral was held at 5 o'clock
from the First Presbyterian church
and was conducted by the pastor. Rev.
Dr. P. H. Rolston. He was assisted
by Rev. James B. Smith, of Richmond,
Va. Three favorite hymns of
Mrs. Jackson were sung. They were
"How Firm a Foundation," "I Heard
the Voice of Jesus Say," and "My
Faith Looks up to Thee." The tribute
-of respect that was paid at the funeral
was one of the most elaborate and im* ?
pressive in the history of Charlotte. j
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WEATHER F0RECA8T. *
Weather Movement* Due and 4
i Their Local Effects For the J
Cotton 8tates, April 4-11. j
National Weather Journal. '
Sunday, April 4; Monday, Aprtt J
5?The week will open with rain
and rising temperatures in West- J
em Cotton Belt and clear and cool '? J
in Eastern Belt. j
Tuesday, April 6; Wednesday, f
April 7?The unsettled weather and
rains in the West will gradually
extend Eastward and cover the
South about the Middle of the
week.
Thursday, April B; r riaay. apni
9; Saturday, April 10?A coal wave
should overspread Western and
Middle Belt by Thursday and Eastern
Belt Friday and Saturday.
This will clear the weather and
bring unseasonably cold temperatures,
minima ranging down In the
lower 40s all along the Gulf Coast,
with frost In the Northern halves
of all the Gulf States.
Sunday. April 11?The next week
will open with rising temperatures.
Special Easter 8unday Forecast?The
East Gulf and South
Atlantic States and possibly Middle
Atlantic States promise to have
fair and moderately cold weather
for Eastern Sunday. Elsewhere
the weather will be cloudy and unsettled,
with seasonable temperatures.
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH
% CAROLINA PEOPLb.
Jitneys are now being operated in'
Columbia and Florence.
Edward Turner was elected mavor
jf Blacksburg at a recent election.
Two pairs of ostriches, have been
purchased for Erwin Park, Colombia.
For the third term J. P. Coats has
>een selected superintendent of ^he
graded school at Fort Mill.
The Johnston Riffles, known as
Company M, First Infantry N. O. S.
1, has Just been inspected and found
n excellent order.
The commencement address will be
ilivered at the Presbyterian College
>f South Carolina at Clinton on ^edlesday
morning, June 2, by Col} W. W.
Lewis, of Yorkville.
A meeting of the Catawba fair circuit
has just been held to decide fair
Jates. They will be as follows: York,.
October 13-16; Union, October 20-23;
Lancaster, November 3-6; Kershaw,
Ragsi'aJe'has t>e^n informed
by the chief of engineers of ^
the war department that there would
t>e no curtailment of improvement on
the Waccamaw rjver and Wlnyah bay
because of the small river and bar- ":- 4
t)or bill which congress recently passed,
but that they would be protected
lust as though a larger bill had oedn
igreed upon.
Dr. J. G. Going, Otis Going and
lamee MaWhirter have purchased a
midget flour mill, with a capacity of
Eive barrels per day, and will install
this plant In Union at an early, date. ,
A $6,000 fire truck Will be purchased
by the city of Greenville, according
to action taken at v the counil
meeting held a few days ago. The
fire fighting apparatus is not sufficient,
vr would not be sufficient if there
were a large fire, or several fires at
ance. To provide for possible1 emergencies
the additional truck will be
purchased.
The leading live stock and agrl- f
cultural agents of'the South met jar '
Greenville to discuss live sto<jK^alsing
in the South and to consider plans
for introducing this industry; in this
section of the country. Bradford
Knapp, special agent of the' federal
department of agriculture for the
Southern division, presided ever the
11 J T\ fl A?
meetings a.nu u. r. xiuuobuu, atiru ao
secretary of the gathering. t ' i
The pupils of the Batesburg High
School, Batesburg, are aniious to ?
?eet the representatives of any other
'chools in Western Carolina, in Joint
ebate on any subject agreeable to
he schools in question, at any time
between April 16 and May 20. The
above named school takes this method
of challenging anyjr high school in
the State as above mentioned. Alll
schools interested are asked to take
the matter up with the superintendent
of the Batesburg school.
R. M. Burts of Donalds, a farmer,
was apointed sheriff of Abbeville
county by the governor to succeed J.
C. Lyon, resigned.
The railroad commission has written
the five chief railroad systems
operating in South Carolina to suggest
that special pains be taken to handle
the fertilizer business with dispatch
this spring. The letter says that on
iccount of the financial conditions
farmers will postpone the purchase of
fertilizer until the last minute, and
that the movement from the mills to
:he consumers may become congested
anless the railroads take precautions.
The wireless telegraph outfit at the
University or soutn uaronna is completed
and receiving messages.
Easley Is tearing down the old city
fiall and planning for a new and
modern building.
Marion fire horses, which hold
tvorld's record for exhibition run are
nvlted to the state tournament at
Iowa City. Iowa.
An assistant game warden has been
nvestigating the slaughter of robins
jy "torch slashing" In Chester county.
Ridgeland high school trustees have
lold a bond issue of $10,000 for a r.ew
ichool building.
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