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i /2V4 M , H I Ad. In This Paper Oar Advertisers Reach M I I firing Rusincss to Tea that MW Every Corner of tlitf Town und Country |4'>AA4Vf4|| II H W\ <4 ~^\ "*"% . X.P Order Ho.?. I VLttnHiw ^urntiins' Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIEtl^^NTY. S. C.. APRIL 27, 1916 Number 26 I ( ( o_i?k DM* METHODIST CHURCH REJECTS PROPOSAL FOR NEGRO BISHOPS Majority Affirmative Vote For Proposition Given By Conferences, But Necessary Two-Thirds Not Reached. i Chicago, April 21.?The Methodist Episcopal Church has rejected the Proposltiofl, for negro bishops, according to an announcement today by Dr. Joseph B. Hingeley, secretary of the general Conference. The resolution submitted to the various conferences received an affirmative vote of 4, 921 against a negative vote of 3,481, n*An OQ/\ tmfna C nf Iho fl Of - WU1UI WUD UOV IVK3 auvtl, V* u>v uw essary two thirds. Dr. Hingley also announced that the Wilmington proposition giving bishops the right of veto in* constituting issues was lost by a majority of 1,571 ministers and 960 laymen. The Colorado proposition granting honorary privileges to retirad ministers hnd absentee voting on constitutional matters had a majority of 2,012 and will become law by favorable action of the general conference at Saratoga Springs. These three questions have been vot? ed on by the Methodists since 1912, Had the resolution for bishops for races and languages tarried, n*egro , bishops would have been provided for work among negro people. WOULD IIIAMJL KILLS ? Clark Proposes Civil Service Amenduient. Washington, April 22.? Co^i;??.Scman Frank Clark of Florida toda. introduced a bill in the hofcse which if passed will wake uu important cfhange in the present civil service law?. It is proposed that hereafter in examinations held under civil seryioe ruels <H the United siiatds no-perhall lie el > examinastion 011 account 01 age nor shall any person otuerv.i-.o cll0ioiu a8jBqosip oj diaou<-.a. - pne the duties of the ) c? u. . uio'.ton sought be itenieil app-icauon :e?.> o.i account of age. 'lake lp Vt oiv-.. Dawson, l'a., April 21.?The nineteen bishops of Methodist l-lpiseopal church, assembled ai i.indcn liall, (lie home of Mrs. Surah 11. Woclnun, near here, took up their worn m oxoeutu e session here today. It was auuouuced that i;l.>nop liarl Craustou of Washington, JJ. L'., ami Bishop John W. Hamilton, of Boston having reached the age oi' would be retired by the general conierence. It also was uuuounced that six bishops had died. These places would be tilled by the general conierence. FAKE LE.U)ilhi}liii'. Just now there are an unusual number of "patriots" iu the nation who deem themselves qualitied iu "leading'' the nation into inaee n war. 8oiUe of them are too well unown to need lengthy intr !.. \ '1 ncy are found in ail parties. So long as Amori ai ar i l<> be inposed upon In will have them. So long as tou ,,t; think, don't an.u. consider them from t!; .r ;? rsaual sellish m.. to be indicted with i So long us u certain i i .. icons are of the it;., t . wt.ei; and lose their luenta. ? ;.s 1.m ui sugni pretexts, wo arc caw fake leaders in Ike land. Let's be sensible and -alio Ana-i it.in.-. The man who calls suck Americans owards would be too mu 1 n coward to tell you that t" your -aw. Let's si>ct fake leadership ami weed it out Surratt, Last Sun hoc (it A.k'jpd Plotters Of Lincoln's i.vuth. Is Dual. Baltimore, Aprii : son Surratt, last -unite:- , of alleged conspirator i. i 'a plication in tlse plot \ : tAbraham Lincvln, d.c?: v He was 7J years obi. Mr. Surratt reiir o us freight agent of ti:e Half , .. St. an Packet Company rc-e ?u ?tie* Confedeate Secret Sen V. h- n be heard that a warrant : . i ' >- nv<! for him lie lied !'? <? . Canada and then to !. ' . i :> . ami South America, lie wn< , . ?u-d i ter being brought ba'-i; f. r irial am! Otmt to Baltimore. REMEMHEHIVG THE ALAMO America Knows No More Thrilling Tale of Heroism Than the Story of How This Brave Band Died "Thermopylae had Its messenger! of death, but the Alamo had none." Xot a defender of the old ston< mission house and forties, which s.ands today in San Antonio, Texas sarrived to tell the story when th? iamo fell 80 years ago before 4,00( I frenzied Mexicans. The battle 017 itiiat bad its origin in that blood soaked compound of scarred walls >aud its defenders' ashes has nevei i been forgotten. ^ i "Remember the Alamo-" ran th< word through Texas, and Texas re membered.. At San Jacinto, Texai troops, 1,100 of them, shouted to on< another hoarsely, "Remember the Al iamo,". and men remembered ho* i Davy Crockett had died, Ringed around with dead Mexicans, ant ("Jim" Bowie, and Colonel Travis; jand at San Jacinto the power ol (Mexico Was broken forever as far ai Texas was concerned., i Texas remembers the Alamo today | when rumblings and rumors of ne* I bloodshed run up and down the bori der, when the bodies of American; {slaughtered on scattered ranches, it II ;uing Villhi.es, even on Amerlcar soil, cry out for vengeance. You dt hot wonder that hatred of the Mexican bums d-ep in these border foil when you lcck back upon, the blood staiued pages of their past?and "re member the Alamo." Texas, settled by hardy frontiers' inon and backwoodsmen, had revoltet against the rule of Santa Anna, die tator of Mexico, and declared itsel) independent. That independence i won without aid of the United States and the most heroic struggle of th< nght was the Alamo. The Alamo was an old stone anf 'tiooe mission house, built in th< early Eighteenth Century and usee occasionally by Spaniards and Mexicans as a fort and arsenal. Then when Santa Anna came up with hit %ut)o over 600 miles of dfesert in February, 1836. the little handful ol Americans, loO strong, under Col V.'iLiam Travis, made their stand. 11 iVr; :< <Jr venture ITouJ-tlu sain, a forlorn hope, if Houstoc came uown from the north in time i oCuc was possible, otherwise?whai co ou l.?u men hope to do against i.bbb . OkWccii him and the Alamo whet i>.t> y Crockett, irontiersman, hunter oi/iuici' unuer Jackson and one-timt member 01 Congress, made bis waj ... lu the fortress. From tbe roof ol ua ouiiuiiig tne Americans saw uif u si oi sauta Anna's army com.p iioiii the south. r.idu v. ore a few old cannon ir i.. .vi.o.io, do iieadof beef cattle, 9( ?-i corn. But when Sants .. ->Liii a messenger demanding i .v i.ii.; immediate surrender, Col0 vi i wis refused promptly anc .. v. tale oi bis cannon, in the cami e. ii.c .Mexicans they raised a blood1 .. iiag and that meant no quarter rue noiitieismen knew how the Alexicuiia jioi oal> ?iew, but mutilatec eviiinmeu uuul March t>. The Mexicans jiail a.uik-ry. but they could noi ix-cir ciiciiik'o. v.r a:i -o the siege began and it coiiii?i>;cu until .March 6. The Mexico. h:al artil!er> but they could not > . it close. The Texas riflemen e i ?o skilful in picking off tht . ue.s. At one cannon L>a\y Crockv ,'.c;.ed on live gunners in succesU.... .Hid iae Mexicans could not ever u uck to a safer position unti uaih. Tli? Americans threv? .iii s.<.iruii>li lino beyond theii ..ii./n.s and ihe long rilles die i, work. . . . dv.-perately iil oti typhoic .. c?-nssluntiy alert, coubtaut wnetuer there was an: c ?.r Iroin the North. Then ..as lioiiv. i . i? nay rilie balls and can . i : t fell within the inclosure . .. ..it.,, day men fell and their at s ei o piled in a dark room 01 ho ! t door oi liie old building. .. .a o.aside very many little browi .-.oitut iv. in their gaudy, jaunty uni If:i down and writhed a littli a i.it gionnd, and soiled with blooi 1 .aul dust, lay still forever. -. .(and of 32 rangers, knowing wel ;,i: tliat they were riding to thei t a, nacktd their way, cheering . r, 'i ilic Mexican lines and ioine< . i,.; ard lighter in the Alamo, i was .Ma; eh o when Colone ...is, in ;i hill of the fighting, calle< . . . .:ii ison around him. He ex 1 thai ii was hopeless any Ion i- expect assistance there weri . o tii ing-s to do. One was to hau a i.. i.ane Star flag and surren . t ii: loi'i. ss. There was silenci a- 'Jin- other was to die de-fen i uu t:.-- Alamo. The faces of thi of the Alamo brightenpt -i':u resolute at that. Travii h< sword out of Its ecabbart di'e-u a line on the earthsrn floo him and his men. "I propose to stay here," he said quitely, "until I am killed. All those p .who will be with me will come to this side of the line; all who wish tc surrender will remain on that side.'' Every mam of the garrison crossed 1 the line. Colonel Bowie, inventor ol the famous knife, who was deeper; ately ill of typhoid fever, had his cot1 picked up and carried over. Davj ' Crockett leaped over like a boy, wav| ing his ooonskln cap. The morning of March 6 the AlJamo fell. The Mexican army, infuri, ated by almost two weeks of delaj . caused by these stubborn gringoee, came on to storm the convent Field } pieces opened breaches in the walls Mexican soldierB carried ladders tc ! plant against the walls, and othei } hiexicanes soldiers etaoin"g^y eunli Moxicanus swarmed up the ladders f Hand-to-hand they fought with the ^ Texans at the top of the wall. Bu1 l the defenders' line was all too thin , Battering rams burst in the big gates j of the mission compound. The Texans fought their way bj twos and threes to the inner building to make their last stand. Gaunt ' Wood streaked, burning eyed, these tall men ot the plains were at the } end of the passage, fighting their lasl k fight And there was not a man ol them but knew it well; and there was not a man of but was determinded to take as many Mexicans as might be down to death with him. Amid smoke and the flame and crash of rille firing, lunging of knives, the swinging of clubbed guns, the fight reeled bacl^ and forth among l the walls. On each frontiersman's ranks there hung a pack of Santa ^ Anna's men. You would see him t beat them bacjt, powerful arms swinging his empty rifle like a flail, [ breaking men's heads, battering them to earth, clearing a space around foi j a while, and then, with a new rush i the Mexicans would overwhelm the t man and he would go down suddenly beneath the wallowing, struggling .crowd of his assailants... , | vTpo close pressed to be able to reload k their guns, the Mexicans thrust and f stabbed and tore with their bgyoneb. It was a Whirlwind of destr^fltfj[ J ter chaos, thosfrvlast minute?J fug." Travis *??il | holding against a surging mob of Mexicans, shot through the head, he top[ pled forward and aws trampled to a . pulp beneath their frenzied feet Four Mexicans went to dispatch the k dying Bowie; three of tbem he slew witn his knife before the fourth man ' succeeded in making an end of him. T ~ ..1 C nll 11 mAn n? . uia.11 ui an l<j inn >vuo i/at; t- Crocket, riis blood-soked shirt clung r to his mighty chest, a cut seared the leathery skin of his face and a Mexican bullet had gone through his k cheek. And with his back against a j well, his rifle long past using, he mowed L with hand ax and cutlass, clearing a r space around him. Lancers held him . at bay while a squad of Santa Anna's I riflemen was assembled, and with a j volley brought him to the ground. One . story goes that even the tongh-flbered old man was not killed, but at Santa Anna's orders was shot to death by a I liring squad. Since not one defender of the Alamo survived, and history is det pendent for its knowledge of details upon the story of two Mexican women L and a negro boy, it is impossible to tell with ceituiuty the last details of that , tight in which wild courage flamed high to the very last. The Mexican General had the bodies of the fort's defenders piled in a heap with cliappurul ami timber west of th Alamo and burned. Four times the number of the Alamo's defenders had fallen in Suuta . a's ranks, and never was victory *4\ ..oot /if th? \Inrinnn CJeueial. It was the turning point in t Texas' light for independence. This stanza from a poem of James . Jeffery itoche is worth remembering: i But far on San Jacinto's held the Texan tolls are set And Alamo's dread memory the Texan steel shall whet And Fame shall tell their deeds who fell till all the years be run. "Thermopylae left one alive?the Ala^ mo left none." s Sell New Crop Cotton on Contract al 1 12 Cents. ^ Clover, .S. C., April 21.?A local cotton man told your correspondent Wedj nesday that a number of farmers in tbis vicinity had sold a part of the . cotton crop they expect to make thii j year on contract, the price agreed upon being 12 cents. The gentleman stated that thus far he had contracted for about 175 bales at this price. e 1 British Bark Torpedoed. e London.?The British bark Inver. lyon has been sunk by a submarine 0 according to a report received bj j, Lloyds. Twelve members of the crev\ g were rescued. 1 r Maybe the Germans could be induced to give the appara to charity. I WEAK SHffllO MEAN WAR BREAK NOW MEAN WAS. ' Other Nation* Bile Ended Formal Relations for Bat Without (From York Sun.) r If it should flt happen that the , United States should break off diploL ma tic relations with Germany, its . would not by UhJ deans Indicate that i .the countries woatll^be any nearer at ' war with eacn otler than they are L now. COimtrfte haje been, out of dlp. lomatic relationship for long periods ? of years, notab^r Breat Britain and t Venezuela, whaLf their celebrated . boundary dispute yBs on, and nothing i really serious opArred. They just quit talking to NV otner in an orr flciai ant?Wni?^pc-iY ay, tut that ; was about all thwfc was to it until ; diplomatic relattptf^ were resumed. I '' In the event }%tJthe United States ) and Germany w&B unable to fix up t their present dMpfcuces" and a break ! should come Unglf/Sam would give i Ambassador von "Bernstorfl his pass* ports and would Jftttrantee him safe i passport bad: ^ttertoany. He would even take the trooJJfe to see to it that 1 the passports. WiW delivered at the , German Embasdf ^ a regular mesi senge from ^bnjlitate Department > At the same time <gr thereabouts Ami bassador Gerard tvould receive in i Berlin his offldal ^ilking papers from k the Kaiser, i The'United Stills has been looking , out for Germany^ .interest in Great t Britain, Husaia, Jfpnce, Serbia and Japan since the of the Eu\ ropean war im&uf course, the duty t that wasr to some other ; neutr^j|np|[^?multaneouBly, the ; United Stfir^? surrender similar tasks of It?" .-?%er the interests of Germany. ^^fltiH^^^^^HLturned over America. P PW^^WI^^WMpWpIngneighborly work for the rodtnes involved in the big war ?nd our Ambassadors and , Consuls have iieen having a very busy time keeping things straight for near; ly all the belligerents. It would be safer, however, for war i to be precipitated between the two Nations with a severance of diplomatic relations than if they were still on ; speaking terms, and'' this is the great i reason that men are hoping that nothing will occur that will result in the i return of diplomatic officials to their respective/lands. Things would be strained in both countries and people and officials wouldn't be so inclined to fight shy of offending the other fellow as in the days of diplomatic dealings. Austria-Hungary broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico in 1867, following the execution of /'Emperor" Maximilian, an Austrian archduke, and until the late '90s their former relations were not resumed. Still, nobody thought of doing any fighting. Peru and Chile have no diplomatic representatives today and Germany and Italy are enjoying what is called "suspended intercourse-^- but still they are not at war, aitnougn Dotn are on i different sides in the same war. i If the United States should break , off with Germany for the purpose of going on record as . disapproving of Germany's conduct, it isn't at all likely that they would become good friends again until after the European i war is over. It would also eliminate any chances that the President of this Republic might have in acting as a i peacemaker between the present belligerents as Colonel Roosevelt, when President, did when he "helped to straighten out strife between Japan i and Russia. If there should be war Germany i and the United Stat? {following a severance of diplomatic relations by reasou of a war like act on the part of one or both Nations, one of the first official acts of the United States, in all ^ likelihood, would be to seize the many big German steamshlpsf now Interned in American ports. I'ossihlv. tlio TTnltwl Sfntps would not be obliged to send her warships abroad, as the German Navy is tied t up and the combined fleets of her ene? rules will try hard to keep them where i they are, and perhaps it wouldn't be i necessary to raise an army to defend I itself from attack, but ij; is very like ly that this country wopld use all its resources in furnishing guns and ammunition supplies for tl?e Allies that might tend to hasten tile end of the war. The United States Jtould use the ' German ships that she! would seize , for the purpose of casing supplies to Germany torpedoed 9^1, she would have so many ships le&V.t the end of the war, as it is understo >d the intern ed ships must be returne J at the edge of tht struggle. * FARTHEST NORTH RAILROAD Projected for Finnish Lapland to Develop Iron One Deposit*. (From The American Contractor.) A railroad is projected for Finnish Lapland in order to make available deposits of iron ore in that region. The first portion to be built, if the scheme materializes, probably will be from the village of Rovanlemi, connected by rail already with the port of Kemi, on the gulf of Bothnia, and Sukuvaara, 87 miles distant From Sukuvaara further extensions of the line may be built to the mouth of the Neida River, on the Arctic ocean, whence Finland would be enabled to export iron ore all the year round. Eleven miles of this link would be in Norweigian territory. The total length of the line, which would be one of the farthest north in the world, would be 280 miles. PARRAL INCIDENT NOT SETTLED Rumoreed That Mexican Officials Had Warned Pershing to Stop. Tompkins Flatly Contradicts Carraoza. Washington, April 21.?Wlxile imuiediute interest naturally centers in tlie situation as to the troops lu Mexico there were renewed indications about the State Department today' that a wholly different aspect of the Mexican problem was causing growing concern. That Is the movement supposedly headed by Felix Diaz, nephew of the former Mexican dictator, foi a new revolution against the de facto Government None of the information upon which the uneasiness rest has been disclosed. It Is known, however, that several Mexicans in the United States are being closely watch ed and it is possible that f&me of thf anti- American feeling in Chihuahua State which has met the troops pur suipg Villa may be attributed to thif movement * ?-?-?? ___Jn^J!az movement it is said, hat the "backing of various elements oJ Mexicans both in Mexico and thk country. As viewed by the State De partment it is understood, the acti vities of these persons are the more dangerous because they are wealthy I %??V*i 1 rw fK/k /1a fonfA nAtrnrnmnnf la In. U UUU IUU Ut iUV IV UVIVAUiliVUK AM u* volved in a snarl of tluancial cornpll cations wbicn would be hard to overcame even in times of complete peace While no definite information was obtainable tonight, there were indica tions that some Washington official* at least, thought it possible that the Diaz interests were seeking to under mine General Carranza among hi* various commanders. Should (clear indications of this become apparent the attention of General Carranza probably would be called to "the. sit uatlon. It is admitted that official dls patches had carried as a rumor th< report that Mexican officers had warn ed General Pershing not to proceec south of ParraL It was learned ai the State Departemnt that a repori to this effect was transmitted som( days before the Parral incident througl consular agents. Mr. Baker insistec that the warning had made no change in the Department's orders to the bar der forces. It was indicated that & reply U General Carranza's telegram regard ing the clash at Parral and assert lng that the American Government bad violated his orders and the agree ment with the de facto Government In entering the town would be dls patched soon. War Department offi cials say the report on the incident from KGeneral Pershing, Major Tomp kins and other officers Is now com plete. It has t>een withheld from publication because of the flat con tradlctlon It contains of the Mexict City advices from General Carranzt as to the part his troops played in th< fighting. With this report as a basis the Parral incident will be treated ai a matter entirely separate from th< suggestion of the de facto Governmeni that the troops be withdrawn, Bryan Defeated for National Delegate and Ford May be Loser. Omaha, Neb., April 21.-?Completi returns from 87 counties out of 93 lr the State gave Senator Albert B. Cum mlns of Iowa a slight lead over Henrj Ford of Detroit for the Republicai presidential nomination at the Nebras ka preferential primaries, held last Tuesday. William J. Bryan has been defeated for delegate-at-large to the Democrat!* National Convention, latest returns In dicate. There are seven candidates four of whom will be elected. Cheer up. The open season for fish ing is with us. TROOPS WILL REMAIN UNTIL BETTER TIME \Y TO PROTECT FRONTIER AGAINST ^ VILLISTAS UJ nu Washington Determined Not to Move _u Them Until De Facto Govern- wi ment Shows Power. t>i i Ui Understood That Carranza Will Re jOJ Invited to Cooperate More Free- 1U ly in Suppression of Bandit ry. cu Redisposition of Forces J10 Recommended by Funston. ba U Washington, April 23.?Besides a lt) fortnal announcement today that President Wilaon has approved a plan t>1; for the redisposition of the American ulJ -uj ujujd B SBM aaom OOJXOJV III sdoo.lt lii timation tonight that the Washington goverment had determined to maintain wj a military status qquo beyonu tlie ai border until the Mexican do facto gov- ^e erment had demonstrated its ability to capture or crush Villa and his .id ul herents and prevent reppeptitions id cp the Columbus raid. g. In the interim it is understood tin American troops will lie .-o placed us to safegard the border Urn lis by virtually policing the area souiii 01 tin line where (Jen. Canaii/.u uas i.n heretofore unable to cheek bandit op- t? orations. lt. Secretary Baker announced the ap lU i proval of the redispositiou plan at- 4li( ter consulting with the president to- tc i day over a joint report submitted by m ; Maj. Gen. Fuuston uud Muj. Gen. ^ Scott, chief of stuff, in conference on yi the border. The plan was proposed Ui by Gen. Fuuston and concurred in by ?l( > Gen. Scott The secretary announced ai the administration*^ decision as uli lows: ni For Shift hi Lines. la ) "Gen. Fuuston has recommended a ic redisposition of the forces in Mexico & > for the purpose of recuperation u.iu e\ i [lending opportunities for iurthcr co- m operation with the forces of the de i facto government of Mexico. The re-' - i?onimend?tirm bn* brcrr innjfJfPtT'T?' Smfj,. ] its execution left to his discretion." [ Later"the secretary dictated the i'oij lowing: "The statement 1 have made nidi fated 110thing whatever on the sub-! ; ject of when the American troops will j , be withdrawn from Mexico, luc j " whole subject of withdrawal oi the forces is under arragnement and ne gotiation by (|he state department.' Mr. Baker declined to say whether 1 i eluded his previous suggestions that the border base be shifted Horn Co- J i luiubus in order to shorten the line " ) of communication. He stated posi- ; 1 thlely, however, that no aaditional ; *' i regiments had been ordered to the; border and that no such order was in 1 ? t contemplation. The secretary made I ei it clear also that military ofiicials oi j the government were not considering ; the question of withdrawal from | m Mexico, that matter being soleij in' yj 5 the hands of the state department, j a: It was announced tonight that (Jen. i j 1 Scott had completed his mission to t the border and would return to Wash- p. t iugton in a few duys. a ; Pursuit at Standstill. i The new military plan leaves the : 1 pursuit of Villa at a slaud.--l.iii Inn ! i. i frees Gen. Funstou's hund* to mala: j? - the position of the forces in .'vi.exa.-o K. secure by grouping them in p ; i e. ; ; such strength as to protect ;hem ium m attack by Irresponsible element.* el . i the de facto governments force*, it also will serve as a pulin waiting to Gen. Carranza that he must ncmi u every effort toward getting comp.eto ,t control of the territory south o. tin most advanced American post ii he hopes to have the troops recalled. During the rearrangement of the line, at least, there will be opinrtuni- a ty for the state department make i; counterproposals to Gen. Cuuau/.a in, - , ing greater cooperation as a means t. to sause early withdrawal. The halt will also give the men and horses 01 < ; the American flyiug columns u chance u for much needed rest. ;i With the troops concentrated in ,,i t positions where they can rouiu.i t;. entire situation in the territory uiouud them if the need arises, it rnuj be ,.i j argued to Gen. Carranza that the} form a wall aguiust wiiich he can drive the bandits form thy -South. The intimation would be that ed'n , il this must be done or Cnrranza forces n ' themselves must crush out all bii.can- h 1 dage before withdrawal of the aiuerican force could be arranged lor. S To Withdraw Somewhat. p 1 It is possible that to avoid the pus m sibility of clashes such as tiu ; .7 r j,| ^ al the new American bases will be established at points somewhat north >ji S: the pserent most advanced positions. ' ' A minor withdrawal, it was said, might >; aid Qen. Carranza in grunting the ad- n ' ditional cooperation which will be sue 1 gestod. i a It is know that the possibility oL'i - asking Gen, Obregou, Cartanza war w minister, to come to the border for a .s it v ;v? ?? 1111a 111 i uivauc/ ouuiu * mifu es Away. Spartanburg, April {23.?The Ber, illiaiu 1'inckney Smith. Confederate ldier, graduate of the Southern Bapit Theological seminary and high Masonry, died suddenly this aftefou at 4 o'clock at West Springs, on e edge of Union county. Mr. Smith* io was born January 18, 1848, reled here and was pastor of four iptist churches in the county. He i home Friday in good healthy cached at Sulpher Springs in Union uuty this morning and this afteron dropped dead after administering ptisin to a class at West Springs, umng out of the water he walked tht hotel where he died, lie was in Masonry grand chaplain all the grand bodies of South Carma and in this capacity was known mrli/iiit' tlu? Ho had rotmrn ouiy u few days from Charleston Here lie attended the meetings of e several grand bodies of the higher grees. iiie funeral will be held Tuesday lio'clock in South Side Baptlsfi urcli. The Interment will be in J ikwood cemetary. . *<, After McMastePs Scalp. j lie latest report emanating from iuli Carolina," remarked a Charlotte Miruuce adjuster *who has recently turned from a visit to the State, "le at ibe lire insurance men at their L-eting early next month will offer a sulutiou petitioning for the resigna>u or removal of insurance CommiaLiner Jb'. U. McMaster . There la one iase of' the situation in South Caroiu that has nut been given much con* iteration," continued he, "and that is ie lact that the removal of the commies has taken the livllhood from inuieds of agents who depended rgely on their lire insurance business >r the support of themselves and their unities. The companies are doing ery thing in their power to help their en, hut that is not helping the general tuution? Charlotte Observer,, ' ~rs' ^IifS^ffiWCAN country's foreign Policy Will be Changed After War is Over, lie Says, Philadelphia, Appril 20.?"Russia i$ . t'.uy tor the moment the war is over * i . cieuuie American capital. Ameri* n enterprise and American brains, ti io grunt iu retui-u valuable concesoils wha-li under former conditional j\er would have been granted," said c.i. \ usiir L>enisoii', member of the u dawwhiperial Council, in an iniuew to a representative of The i ci.uig Ledger today at the Chamber C oinuierce. ;nei'rence has been suggested here, cause of the jealousy Carranza la ud to feel over the position the war mister occupies in the minds of the lexicuu people, however, doubt la felt s to the practicability of carrying oat us pluu. Ail recent reports indicate the testing need of relief for Gen. Pershigs advance guard, particularly the ivairy. Men were described as phy< illly strained, without shoes, their iiiioims frayed and their horses jad1. .Many new mounts have been forarded and quantities of clothing have . u scut them. The troops took the id with only the essential field outttings. ^ Aed of Cooperation. Movements of Carranza troops near i<- older have been closely followed . Ceu. i llusion and were rported to resident Wilson today by Secretary titer. Gen. Funston i ssaid to have L'luonstrated that unTess there It enough cooperation between the iiiorieau troops aud those of the de icto government of Mexico, it woald > difficult for the pursuit of Villa continue successfully, rtactically all President Wilson's ?.se>t advisers have urged that the oops be kept iu Mexico at least on ; there are reasonable grounds foe .'having that there will be no more ;n-isii:gs along the border. ;i was expected that the Mexican i. stion would be laid before the linnet Tuesday by the president, gat nirule arrangements to go to rincctou X. J., Tuesday to vote in i<> presidential primaries, and there lie. no cabinet meeting will be held nil Friday. si a re department dispatches from pedal Agent Rodgers at Mexico City, led yesterday and received today, ade no mention of disorder at that ace. (' uvular reports from Guadalajura ii<i that American employes of the inco Mining company, about whose ifcty inquiries had been made, had been molested. Advices from Maozaniill aaid |L5 leans from the Guadalajara dia? ' i had arrived at that port and wera aiting transportation to tha United tates. .. .. k