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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1916 VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 11 &ANS RELEASE SOLDIERS f. ON DEMAND OF PRESIDENT imediate Break Averted by Compliance With American Idict That 23 Troopers Cap ired at Battle of Carrizal e Given Freedom. . Va*hlutflou. J?me -*s- Au I nunetl I l?-,.ak bet ween the I ' lilted States I Mexico lui* been averted by coin with the Ami'iUan demand for ,HM. ,,r the 31 troopers captured tin- llu'i i "I Carrizal. ['hcilier war lias l?ecu prevented or ivlv | iost i m >i ied no one here would say tonight. Official In tuition us to the attitude ??f (lener ('nrniii/ii was lacking. Until his ioiise to Secretary Lansing's note, pitched Sunday, making two |hm )t,?ry and distinct demands is re r?Hl' there will he no decision on filler President Wilson shall lay the lis iiefore ( 'ongress. [t'W* of the release of tlie prison , received early tonight in press xitchcs, brought undisguised relief Kij:li officials. It was accepted- as Brett ami assured that CarranKU. Ini EimxI with tlie urgency of the sltua K. bad ordered the captured cuv< K sin rted, for the border without ?tin).' fot his announcement of the ?,.1. t<> reach Washington. While it Kene rally is conceded that ? move lessens tension and makes ? crisis loss liiuninent no one cou ?wnt with the grave problem lost Rt of the fact that the all-lmport ? question of ('arrair/.n's attitude to B<1 the Aiuerlcau expedition across ? border to protect the territory and Kens of the l ulled States from ban ? ra ma Ins nnsettled. If the ? fiato government stands u|xni the Bers to tieneral Trevlno to attack BkIiIiik'* men when they move other Be than toward the border, the sit ftii'ii actually is just what it was ?pre. exi-opt that there wow Is a pos Hlltv of diplomatic negotla tion that B-nar exist while the Americans were Kl prisoners at Chihuahua. ?lit- i?re|m rat ions of (he United ?te< for war will go steadily for There will l.o no intcrruptt ion ?hi- rush of .National (JuardsineH to I lionlci- and (Jeneral Flinston will ?timie ili^|?o>iii^ his troops as tho ?expert oil an i uitned late attack. ?Hrnuiza's compliance with one of ? demands i- accepted by the more ?hn'Mir officials here as an iudlca H> tUat \it> U striving to prevent a ?fik l-.veii though he again should ?>in|it to throw all hluuie for the ?riz.'tl tiyht upon the American of ?r> ami iii^jvi ii | ?< >i , iijv right to forc ? oppose any except northward move- 1 Vt" Aaiericaii troops, it is thought ' Unit III. will Ills * posi- I V v|ll'h a ?a.\ :is to make further ^Kllssioli Iih'i^sjim'. ^P".' negotiations. however.! ? < nitcd staler will insist upon free- 1 "'J'reineiil of the troops in! ?f1' y ;ll"! ??> at tempi to interfere 1 ?li tlu'iii will he met by such farce, ? Js neees.snv T|u, |MMttiU?lllty of ?>K Amen, -a,, nffers of mediation in ??' ';M , ? 'ri' U ;l> w idely discussed. m I" <a'deroii. Minister from Ho Bri.t ". i ;l s,*<'and cull upon Ii u'i'V,i '"morrow to uscer Vs 1 1 !'i " ' * <,,,( I**1' of good otlices ?,',/ ( ra I American Re ?. 111,1 <'iirertained at this t i? klmWli ( |i;i ( powerful illflUPHW I v t.i'fii i>i-i .liirlit to bear on Oarranza lie |i;M few days to make him turn r tin- A u?**fi**iiii prisoners. Proml I Mexican* in the I'nlted States hh II American hankers and business I'tc-t- with influence iii Mexican af liau- i lie First Chief with They all *ent lit 111 the same fiiinu tliat to hold the ' prisoners Jii'l UH-Mti war. *'<T?'tar\ I laker wm at the War mi rt iiM'iu until late tonight for a ?i! fruiii lii-m-ral Kunstoti t>n (ieiv announcement that he MMit Hi.- i-a vjilrynien to Juarez to v,,t fr.T Hi- finally went home in 'in i In ? r?'|H?rt. I'^i'U iii Wilson now expects to till ? n i n 1 1 which lie almost had pdiil 1 1 1 ? -:i t ;c?- 1 . to address the As ?*???! A ? I \ ?? rt isinu Clubs -of the ,rl'l in '"ii vent iim at Philadelphia, ?i row i ftfiiuMHi. I'nless the not?ri few < :iiT;n:/a w hich should arrive 'l> t"iiiuiTii\\ is of such :? nature i" |.?~ plans, he will ^eave 1'tii |j|il?*l ; ?l? i:i at noon. Ii'' wii|i] f iv >m SjKM'ial Agent l-'i- at Mexico City, a message ?'l ncMi'hImx and received early tin r- v;'i<l hf f\|KH-ted to l?e handed H"t'- i"'lay. He gave no intimation wliat miu'lit he its contents. iei-retar> Lansing had not studied ?> lie* rrin nf communications sub ted tu i lie | >epartment within the t _M ln.iiiv hy Kllsco Arredondo, Mex ii Auil.ii wjni, ?r designate. They pro l the alleged acttoi'is iif ii <*"1*111111 "f < ieueral Pershing"#* ii lew ;i i.i Mexican citizens, against arrest of other Mexicans In the lt?'t| state* anil against the. general mi-'" efTei t ?m! without proclamation, >l'iiiir virtually all shipments to tic... lie i?rot>>i< nrc being treated as tint- matters in the State Depart - " Two of them relating to alleg Iiu i ir< kt treatment of Mexican cit i> re piire ie|K?rts either from Arjpv v; v or Utjiu Vftfret at Tfm aufhort !'? ? anfornla and Arizona l?cfore answer can 1m> made. " -? > protest dealing wtth the k'<> situation prohablv could be quiek of. in its note last Sun ? Hie Washington Government In formed General Carrnusta that it coin strued an deliberately host IU? lils or ders to (fiUlvi'iO Trevlno to limit l?.v force the o|>cratlons of General Persh (Ug'ii mon. A forniHl repudiation tills attitude lias Ikhmi rtMl of the (lO facto Government. If any reply were made to Mr. Arredniido (lending the receipt of some reply to that de mand, undoubtedly it would he |H?luted out that the I'nited States ( Jovern ment Is not disused to furnish suit piles to a |Kitontlal enemy. Mr. Arrcdoudo said tonight he would call attention of the state Department to the report Just reeelved from tlu* Mexican consul at 101 Paso that a Me\ I lean hoy, accompanied hy his father on a train hound from Douglas, Ail/.., to 101 Paso, had been beaten Into In- ; sensibility yvsterday by two American soldiers and two civilians who boarded the train at Machlta, N. M. The con sul reported the lK?y had a toy pistol which excited suspicion. The Ambas sador also let it be known that he hail asked his Government for Information concerning a ro|X)t;t that American troops hail crossed the border pursu ing bandits near Uachita yesterday. San Antonio. Tex.. June 'JX. ? Geuer al Funstoii received tonight a re|M?rt from Brigadier General Bell at Kl Paso, which stated General llell had been notltlcjl by Mexican Consul liar ela that tliY' American prisoners taken at ('arrival now are on the way north t?? Juarez and probably would arrive there tomorrow morn lug. According to the report. Mr. ( iarcla had received word from General Jacinto Trevlno that the American prisoners with their arms and acout foment were to be de- i llvered at once to the American author ities.- The report was forwarded at once to Washington by t Ieneral Fun ston. There were no indications at head quarters that General Trevlno's order for the liberation of the prisoners would effect in any way the movement j of National Guardsmen toward the bor der. While several reports were received today from Genera! Pershing there was nothing to indicate clashes in the ter- ! rltory occupied by tin* American ex- i {(edition. i General Funstoii has urged the War i .Ufipartiuewt to expedite the transfer of j recruits for the regular army from j eastern recruiting stations to the bor- i der. These men are needed nt once. J not only to till up the ranks of the new regiments provided by the army Increase bill but to strengthen the old i regiments depleted by the transfer of! soldiers to the new regiments. Word was received here through rail road sources that the Missouri troops.' the destination of which lias hereto- j fore lieen simply "somewhere in Texas" were to be sent direct to Laredo. Heavy Guard llriiigiiiK Troopers. ? HI Paso. Tex.. ?! uiie L'S. ? I t *? this afternoon it was announced in Jua r *?'/. that a message had been received, t ransmitted over the .Mexican tele graph. which stated that the li'l ne ? groes of tile Tenth Cavalry cultured at Ca rrizal with l.em H. Spillsburg. Mormon scout, had heen removed from prison. The message added that the men. with their arms -and accoutrements, under heavy guard, had heen placed on a Mexican Central train' hound for Juarez, where they are expected to arrive tomorrow morning. The tele gram conveying this news was ail dressed to General George Hell. Jr.. commander of the l-'l Paso base. It was signed by (ieneral Jacinto Trevi 110. commander of * the Mexican mili tary district of t he northeast, whose headquarters are at Chihuahua City. Reports from the Held indicate that small columns of Carranzistas are ap Iteariug to the south of General Per shing's line, occupying communities* evacuated by the American. However, in Mexican circles, it is explained that, some of these troops are recruiting de tachments. American reports indicate that at no point are they sufficiently close to Pershing's lines to cause alarm. Montgomery, Ala., June 2.'t. ? Victor A. Tula lie. and other prominent Mont gomery negroes, have oj>eucd an enlist ment place here for negro volunteers. Upon receipt of news, that twelve mem l>ers of the Tenth United States cav alry (negro) had . been killed. Mont gomery negroes wero <*ager for an oj? portunity to enlist and efforts will l?e made to offer a full regiment for ser vice if volunteers are called for. Kmmet J. Scott, secretary of Tuske gee Institute, says former Tuskegee graduates will make up a regiment and that if the government will accept them, he believes 100,000 negroes will enlist. Mexicans Fired First. _ San Autonio. Teias. June 25. ? Mexi can troops fired tlie first shot on -the troojiers of the Tenth United States Cavalry at Carrizal, but not until the American force fearing an ambush, had advanced battle formation, accord ing to a letter written on the day of the fight by Captain I^ewls Morey, commanding K Troop of the Tenth, atid forwarded to General Funston by (ieneral Pershing tonight. Ammanition Confiscated. Laredo. Texan, June 25. ? Two mil to Carranza military-authorities in the Interior *of Mexico, and recently con fiscated by .United States customs offi cials, were sent by opecial train to the (Government supply stm-es at San Antouio today. . . ? Negroes Enlisting. : ? ' -? ?; ' - ? ??????? (ilYKN RMi SKM) OFF. * : Larfcr Crawd at station To See Sol ? It. i Ro> I i i \ . Camden ASit.v?" Couipan.\ M.. Kershaw (itutrds tliiii l*'fi the cll,v ln*t Friday for Camp 'MtHUv. S. i ('.. n grisit send off. Not since the i Camden volunteer* loft here to Join ; the troops In (lie Spanish American, war has suill >iiViH'.s been witnessed. I Not M>nl\ did nearly the entire clt,\ . turn ?ait. I>ut mnnv comity | km ?| ?l?- who! had friends and relatives in the edui- j IMiuy wo iv here early to sec llaan leave. 1 Jdany colored | km ?| ?U? wnv present alsoi to say good-bye to ilu* nillltla hoys. It could not be said that It was al- i together a gala occasion, for while ev- 1 ery one tried to hide the serious- shit . [of tin' situation it was there alright,) land many wcit In roars when tin* train tallied out. Camden sent seventy eight men III i uniform Friday morning and F. Doss Coodale enlisted as the tA\iin pulled In and accompanied them to Styx. Lieutenant Alfred M. MoLeod. for I (oral J. Doby Hiicknltoo and Private T. K. Trot tec were left in charge of . the recruiting station In Camden and on Tuesday the following men had en listed and were sent to Styx. Henry T, N orris, Catndon . CStlUuiu Duliruhl. Pino ('rwk Mill Itiotiard H. Hilton. Westvllle Cavitte \V. Jordan, Kershaw Prlrer Anthony. Westvllle Wylle I.. Jones. Lugoff Mannio F. Fort. Camden Charles S. iiattleld, Rethune Walter M. Lloyd. Fine Creek Mill Few is \V. Roono. Fine Creek Mill Walter I >. Floyd, ? Kershaw Curtis C. Lewis. Sumter Hugh M. liewls. Sumter Cliff T. Thompson. Fine Creek Mill J less (Joodnle, Camden S. \V. Wllburn, Camden (illllani A. Hall. Fuckuow Steve It. ( >wens, West vllle Jaspur Fills, Heath Spring J. Douglas McDowall. a former Cam den boy and former member of the Kershaw (itutrds. now residing ? at Cliarlestown. W. Ya.. has re|H?rtew at Styx and joined his old company. ('has. IF (iardner. of Kershaw, made application to Join but was turned down on account of not being up to the requirements in height. William Cantey. now residing at jo ma lea. X. V.. a member of First Cav alry. wired that lie wanted to be trans ferred to the Sonlh Carolina Regi me nt\ to be with the home boys. Cur vis C. Lewis and Hugh M. Lewis, wired tron i Sumter flint tlie.V wanted to jojn the Camden Company. They have since reported. This makes three 'brother.- in the company ? the other being Fdgar Lewis, janitor at the Cam den postofhee. Lieutenant Harold H. Fd roll more, of the Messenger force of tills fit y. came over Tuesday night to relieve Lieu tenant MoIammI at the rucrnltlng Ma rlon. He states that the boys. are tinc ly quartered at Camp Moore and arc in good spirits. After the company reached *tyx. Cassie I). Fair and l it/, hugh L. Cox. of Heiimark: S. M. Cros by. Frawle.v Hlack and Ix'vy 1?. A r i i"et to. of Walterboro. requested? that they be enrolled as members of the Kershaw (Jiuirds. These young men all sent messages to the mayors of their home towns, requesting that it there were any more recruits that they join the Kershaw boys. Stephen R. Robinson, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Robinson, of Un due. Wis., winter residents of Cam den. who remained In Camden after Ills parents left. ro|>orted at Camp Styx and enlisted In the Charleston ; Dragoons, a cavalr.r company from that city. S. W. Wllburn, who has been work ing for the. government In the mattvr of tick eradication In this county left Monday to enlist with the Kershaw (iuards a? Styx. Although a native of Union Mr. Wilburn said he had rather be with the Camden company, where he had made many warm friends | since coming to Camden. Mr. Wil burn has assurances that his job will be o| ten for him uihiii Ills return. At the camp last Sunday afternoon lightning struck a tree killing a horse and shocking sever a I of the soldier boys. Young DuBruhl. of the Kerslniw (Juards. was stunned, but he soon re covered and Is now all right. Several of the. boys of the Camden Company have been put to work in different lines of employment at the camp. A high officer made the remark that in the Camden Company could be found men from nearly all walks of life ? printers, telegraphers, electricians stenographers, machinists, hook keep ers. clerks, watchmakers, and nearly every profession. Mrs. MrLeod Dead. Mrs. Julia Mcleod, aged 07 year-. ) died at her home in the Beulah sec tion Tuesday after a lingering illness1 of nearly ten years, and., for many] weeks had heen confined to her lw?I. Mrs. MeI,eod before her marriage w;i-j Miss Julia Smith and was the mother < of eight children, Messrs. J. N. M? J>??ed* E. DC Mnlmodi A. L. Mel/e??l. M. I* Mel^eod, of this county; B. McLeod. of Camden; ami W. A. M< Iieud. of Lykesland. S. C. ; two dandle' ters. Mrs. H. W. Barnes, of this comi ty, and Mrs. Henry' C. Arrant*, of Bishopville: who with tier hushaml. Mr. Ashmore C. MeLeod. survive her. The funeral services were hehi at Beulah church Tuesday, conducted l?y Hev. John H. Oraves ami her six sons acted as pall lnmrers. British to Have Charge. Xundon.J une ~2C7? A merTca ti a tVa i rs in Mexico will ix? taken over by Hrlt ish diplomatic and consular officials in ease of war, Arrangements virtually have been made for the taking over of Mexican interests at Washington by the French Rmbaftsj. I.AKtiK IIKKH l ? llonimcHl ln\ohed Sale of llaatptou Cotton MIIU, I'he largest ? !?>?>? I ever placed on rOCOfd ill lilt* I'OlUll \ I'lllll l house >V!lS recci\ c?fl b.\ Clerk of Court Olyburn I'uesday. Ii involved the," transfer of (lit* 1 1 a in | >t ? >11 Coll on Mill of litis city I*- 1 .01 k wooi I. tlfeen vS Co.. IncoriHiratcd under iho laws of Mai 1 10 and wits for around $:jnO,(?Mi. The dotu men t was sent I ?.> sJhh'IjiI messenger from Co* inniliia and had phuvd thereon (wo revenue stamps of $l(Ni each. The nana' of the mills at this platv will be known hereafter a* the Wateree Mill. . < 'olmnlda June L'ti. Associate. .lust i ? ?* ?!* Watt> lids morning withdrew ids older allowing tin1 ti | >| h*ii I In tin- case Involving .flu* sale of the Hampton group of cot (oh mills. Several days ago. it will he remembered. Judge Manldln. to whom the matter was re fwwi hy Justice Watts, dlsml**cd the injunction which sought to prevent the sal?> of the Hampton group of mills by the Parker Mills Company. On .Sat urda.x a suiH'lHtMleas was granted. and tlds would have po.st|H>ned the sale of the properties. Today, however, .lust ice Watts revoked this order and al lowed the same to be concluded as I originally eon tempi a ted. (Muter the anlhorixation of the stix-kholders and hoard of dim-tor* the Hampton group of mills was today sold and transfer made to Messrs, 1 took wood. (Ireen & ( '< ?. The understanding Is that Messrs. I.ockwood, (Jreen & Co.. will 0|>crate th?- Wylie Mills. located at Chester; the Pine Creek Mills, at Camden: the Falrtield Mills. at Wlnnslmro, and Heaver ham Mills, at Kdgotlchl. The Pacific Mills will take charge of and operate the group of mills at Columbia. embracing Olympla, (Iran* hy. Kichlaiid ayd Capital City. The statement Is made that the Pacific Mills will at once e\|>end a very con siderable sum to insure the Columbia Mills being up to the highest state of etlicieney. The Columbia group will be managed directly from the central I oitii-e* at Columbia. The Parker Mills Company will re tain and o|?erate the mills In the M011-. asrhan and Victor group. ! NIIOl'LI) SIGN TIIK1K XA.MKS. i ? ^ ' Slate Superintendent llo|>es to Show Improvement in Club Holts. The stale superintendent of educa tion has addressed the letter found l>rlow to (?ach of the county superin tendents. It is desired that whenever - JH'Ssible the applicant for enrollment ' sign -his name if he can possibly do so. instead of having the clerk do /?? fur him. In this way the state will show ? rr less number of illiterates on the club rolls. The letter follows "The democratb- enrollment now in progress in every county affords school 'officers and teachers a practical lest of our educational etlicleiicy. "Kvery white man above I wenty-oiie years of age is entitled to enroll on Ills local club, and should be urged to do so. As far as practical, every voter should write his own signature, although it will bo necessary for an tra iuedc and unlettered men to sign with a cross. ? "On the democratic club rolls of 11)1 1 nearly L'"J per cent of the retort ed enrollment was marked with this i cross, is it too much to hope that a general and universal 'enrollment in 1DHJ will show a material reduction i in this |?ereoiitago of illiterates? I , hope ItK'fi 1 club officers everywhere will join hands with school workers in an ? effort to reduce this number. "After the enrollment for each eoun I ty has been finished. 1 shall ask the County I)enioerutic Chairman for the data so kindly furnished from a ma jority of the counties in 1 !? 1 4. The | co-ofH-ratlon of the County Chairman and the (!?ntnty SuiH'iiiitondcnt in sc ? curing these facts will be of material service th the schools, and will be high ly appreciated by the State Superiu ! tendent." Note Via Submarine. Paris, June l!r>. ? A Madrid dispatch ' to the Temps <| u< ?t <*<1 the Imparcial 1 an re|K>rting that President Wilson will receive a message friim the tier 1 man enn**ioi in the same manner as ?lid King Alfonso. This statement Is included In ii 1 1 Interview which the j representative?; of the Imparrlal had with the (icrniHii "naval attache von j Krolm. who declared that the bring ii?K ^>f letters to the king r?f Spain byj a (iorraan submarine could not affect i Spanish neutrality, which the (?er j mans respect. I The Spanish newspai?ers, the dls ' patch adds, demand that the govern ment take measures to prevent a rep-' j etltlon of tlie suhinarine incident. London. June 1*6. ? A delayed dls ! iiatfii from Madrid t<? the Dally Tele* i graph says tlmt German submarine Is due to arrive at New York Sunday, : June 2i), with a message for President ' Wilson.. "thereby xurpassiiijr the feat j of the U-35. \vhi?-h carried a letter fo I King Alfonso." Sale of Real Estate, The C. P. I >u Hose Co., real estate agency, last week sold one building i lot fronting lf#0 f?*et on If road street. . extending back 1 f??ef. belonging to i Capt. XV. .M. Shannon to Miss S. B. '? Mlckle. Also C. P. rnilW lot 00x360 feet on 1 Chestnut street, next fo E. B. Bud am. sola to n. w: MireBam. Notice. All those interested in tlie formation of a home guard will plea He meet Ht the Kershaw GuATda Armory on Fri day, June .loth, at 0:1.% p. m. KKiilSTKK VITA I. STATISTICS. state KenMrar ( tillti Attention to Ij?w A* To Itirllis and Deaths >V. <{. Wilson. registrar- of v 1 1 n I sta* j llstlcs, ha>< received the following let tor from Mr. .lames A. Hnvhe, of i '*?? j lunihta. State reulstrai of "vital sta- i (1st Irs m ml State health otllccr, who | valla attention io tin- new vital st.u llstlcs law. as follow*; The rcglst ration for I lit* ilrsi four mouth* of this year lias fallen far1 short of ihr same porU?d In IDI.Y This) should not he for there mil he uo j valid reason for ll. As n matter of faet. after sixteen months of the law the people should he so famllhn vvlih Its conditions, that the. returns for) thins year should show a deelded In j erease over last. I leretofore. I have dealt leniently with delinquents, hut I lind that thev do nol appivdatc the mild means I have employed in endeavoring lo bring them to a sense of their duty, and 1 am now iterforce, obliged to use harsher uielhods. I wish you to publish widely In your territory that au.v undertaker or |hm*soii acting as sueh. who does not comply with the law or any doctor or midwife who falls to report a birth attended by them, will be prosecuted. When you report a violation of the law he i>ost tlvc of your facts and he prepared to prove your case In court. 1 want convictions, for any ease not proven will Injure the law and prevent Its strict observance. We have bivn admitted Into the registration area of the l ulled States for IHHI. This speaks eloquently for the work done by the registrars for last year hul If we do not keep up to the standard established, we will H?e dropped and if we fall down on the Job the legislature will rightly think we tire not worthy of an ap propriation and may re| teal 'the law. As a copy of every certificate will now be sent to Washington. 1 beg of you to see that j|Jl questions thereon are correctly answered. IMetise make an extra effort to get a record of all deaths and births not reported for the past four months and send certificates In to this olllcc, and endeavor to send in a complete May report promptly on the tenth of June and greatly oblige. IH'NLAI* IIKADS HANKKKS. Camden Man Elected Member of Rx- ! ecutive Council. 1 liendcrsnnvllle. N. June '.M.? 'IV' South Carolina Hankers' Association In sixth annual session at Kanugu Club, near llendersoiiv i 1 1 ? ?. today elected Ira II. iMinlap. of Rock Kill, president. to succeed .lolin \V. Simpson, of S|iartan hurg. Otlin* oftlcers of flic association chosen were: ('has. I ?. Jones, of Luti j i -as for, vice president : .1 11 1 i?*n C. Honors, 'of Florence. secret art and treasurer, re-elected. Represent at in**." ,,f the nssoclat Ion In : 'the Amerleaii Hankers' Assix-billoti I i elected the following: < .1. Shannon. | .1 r.. of Camden, member of executive j (council: Si T. Held, Spa rtuuhurg. vice, i president for South Carolina: .1. Po|ie |. Matthews, Columl'la. memher of noin' ina ting t'oinmiitce : John It. Camion. of 1 Spartanburg alternate. .1, S. Wanna : maker. St. Matthews, vice president mi - I tlonal hank section of American Hank | ers' Association. These will he In- j t stalled at Kansas City. September 2f>- : | :u>. is>Kt. ? I Clemsoii College and Tybce Island, j near Savannali, extended invitations | for Hie next meeting. The matter was left to the executive committee. Sessions of the convention extended over two days, beginning yesterday morning at id o'clock. The meeting was culled to order by the retiring president. John W. Simpson, of Spar tanburg. closing with the animal ban quet at the club house tonight, when Dr. D. \V. Daniel was the orator of the occasion. Convention this year was Iwmored with the presence of several men high up in the financial world, who delivered excellent addresses. Among them were M. \V. Harrison, secretary savings bank section Ameri can Hankers' Association. New York ylty : George J. Seuy. governor Feder al "Reserve Hank. Richmond ; the Hon. C. S. Hamliu. governor federal reserve hoard. Washington, am} Vim*. II. Har ron, Columbia. Another address was made by the Rev. W. W. I Held, of Hickory. III., and an agricultural symposluln was con ducted by Robt. Wnodslde. of < J recti - vllle. -Probably the most Interesting feature of the two (Lyys' session was tlie address yesterday afternoon by Mrs. <X HakMithLs. Gadsden. Ala., a worn an. "lecturer of ability, and the tlrst lady to enjoy the distinction of addressing the Palmetto bankers. Her address pictured how the income of Southern farmers could be increased through diversified methods, of agricul ture. She Is the (ielil agent of the Ala bama Bankers' Association. About two hundred In attendance ami members of the association were delighted with their stay at Kanauga Club. Resolutions were addressed thanking Hendersonvlile batiks for courtesies extended the visitors, many of whom departed for their homes to night. Roosevelt to OfTer 12,000 M$n. New York. June 27. ? Theodore Roosevelt is prejwiriiig to offer a di vision of approximately 12.000 men to the United States Government accom panies! by his application for a com mission as inajyr general in the event of war with Mexico, and a call by the President for volunteers, _lt was learned here tonight from authorita tive sources. - ? ? Drs. Alexander and Sterenson hare recently transferred their dental office to the second story of the ne* Savage Crocker building. ?' - ? ? , '/'| li -V rg ?* - ? ? ? ?? - m Slltl*KISttl> THK TIllKKN. Spot Ml (Uther Itut ciiiuii Hounds I'p Nineteen I loot ledgers. i A* surprise whs spruuu u|h?h tho I ? 1 1 1 1 < I lluri's i >) H'l'ti ( Iliy ill iiihI M round Camden Thu|sda\ when city officers arrested III \\ liil ?* men and notfr<?es, , chaitfi'd with selling whiskey. For a Ion# time while (his class * ?f law breaker* has been opera ( I n# boldly. Special oitUvr <?. Kriiest Italciuau, tor iner | ml lee otHcor here, mm holt 1 1 mk a commission from (lu? ?ovoriior, Hwunnl (ho evidence attains! (ho men after a iiioiii h's work. Chief Whllakor re* ipicstod t ho governor to sola I hliu a man. ami Mr. ltateihau's success lu I I >11 in I i 1 1 il? li|* (ho KitUK shows thai 11 w No selection was uuulo. The whlto men under arrost aro Low In Lomau sk> ami Tom roach, holli ohl otVonilors [ Soiiio ??f (ho nouroos aro ohl offenders, many of thorn hnvlutt served sentences I ami pah) duos la. former cases. The noxriH's lu Jail aro Tom WlllWims, foot Arthur, Ulbh Sorlvon. 1011 Ptljljf. .lor .MrtSlrl, Tom l.uwsou, .Ilm H?*l t ????, IMuar Miinlor, .lako .Monroo. Harry Itrlshanc. Charlie Johnson. Joe Mo Olrt Is a hrothor of Jaiucs McOlrt, tho notorious hltml tiger convicted here two years ago, ami was paroled. Additional arrests were made in tho hllml tiger raids lu (Ids oit\ and conn ty Saturday, when sl\ im?ro whlto men and negroes were placed In ,|all or nspilrod to give bond. making a total of nlnotoon captured. John Far roll., Jt?c I'ettlgrew and W. K. Arlodge, whlto: and Slid Williams. Hot tit* Al-. oxandor and Albert Kelly, monies,' were arrested Saturday. Several negrt>es who have been mis IHM'tod of selling whiskey, fearing ar rest, have skilled to |>arts unknown. After all arivsts had been made S|>c olal Otlloer i?. IC. Ihiteiuau. stationed himself Immediately outside of the lo eal express oltloo Saturday and con fiscated twenty-three ga lions of boo/jc, which he had reasons to believe be longed to the moit under' arrest, ship ped In the names ot' other parties. I The goods w ill bo hehl for thirty days J and poured out. (Mtleer Ilutcmau has made a (borough Invest igal Ion lu the county and (jhids where some of the atvuscd men have been receiving ship ments at several different point* with in a month ami in this way have boon i aide to keep well supplied. < Mlleer Itatcinan states t l\n t he had gotten si i mmpleteh 1 1 1 1 < ? the confidence of ii?.? turn that in many cases the IHii-kt'! peddlers would liunL him up in order t ??? make n sale. TImm'vI donee against nearly nil of tin* men Is said to be strong ami a good many have stated tliat the\ see nothing else lo il?t lint 1 1 m lv ? * m plea of guilty. C'Ol'KT NKXT WKKK. (iood Many Criminal Cases Come l:j? For First WwK. Tin* sumiiici* term of general mis sions court opens Moiala.v with Judge Mendel I,. Smith, of Camden. presid ing for liis tirst time here. A good many rases have been brought over from thi' last tuna, ami quite a list, of rases that have heeii added to tile calendar si 1 1<-<? previous terms will be tried t lie tii'st week. In aihiitlon to these there will he a good many others and also the nineteen et^es against alleged hllml tigers will likely come lip at tiiis term. Cases brought ovi'r from the last term are as follows: State vs. M. 1*. Owens, assault and buttery with intent to kill. State vs. Whir tiary. charged with lunula ry. State vs. I,. I,. Parker, trivia^ false eiieek. State vs. Sam Taylor and .Tamos Carlos, larceny. -State vs. lien (?reen. assault and battery ami carrying com -on led wea pons. New ca-es thai have been added to tile calendar are as follows: State is, Daniel Oraham. assault ami battery with intent to kill; State vs. D. M. Mall. disusing of property under mortgage. State vs. Dalton Collins, assault and ; bathyy of a high and aggravated na 1 tu re. State vs. .las|M*r Scott, larceny of blcyclc. f State vs..'(i. S. Itodgcrs. misde meanor. ? State vs. Itobert Salmon. misde meanor. State vs. E. M. Melton. misdemeanor. State vs. Sydney Klrklaml, assault and buttery with Intent to kill* State Vs. Willie Harris, burglary. KMte vs. Wade Reynolds, assault aiwTn>attery. State vs. Anderson Mingo and Syl viu CrefWi adultery. State vs. A. C. Cooper, burglary and jH'tty larceny. ~y State vs. ItolU- Hrown, larceny. r State vs. Atlas Fry, breach of trust with fraudulent Intent. . 4 ? ' j. Will Meet at tiltiottft. - The Farmers Set-ret Association of South Carolina will meet at KlUotfs, Lee County, Saturday, July 8tb, nt 11 n. m. 'A' large affeiidam-e Is desired a ? important business will be trans aeted at fld.M meeting. I. J. McKencle, Secretary. Mrs. Stokes Dead. The remains of Mrs. Nannie Shaw Stokes, who died Suddenly at her home in Columbia Tuesday were brou'ght to Camden Thursday, from which, place they were sent to Beaver Dam thin morning for interment. ? MLr?. Stokes Is survived by- pet bus band, Mr. Hardy Stokes, several chil dren- and severaT sl.st^fs in this county. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Sowell ajnl chil dren motored to^ Camden Sunday and Hmot the day - with* ,Mf!s. SowelJ's brother. Dr. ?. F, Erasing ton.? Rock Hill Record. ^ ? ? - ; ' ?? -?* -fv ? , " '