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C06NTKY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Colston Clippings,
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Colston; May 29.?The weather is
somewhat dry and dusty these days.
We had a good rain last week, which
helped, but we are in need of it
again.
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Mr. Albert McMillan and sister,
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- Miss iJjtnei, or ijamoerg, visuea meir
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan,
Sunday.
-Messrs. Frankie Kirkland and Roy
1 Williams vsited at the home of Mr.
Isham Goodwin Saturday night week.
Z Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walterboro,
visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thoe. Clayton, Sunday and Sunday
night.
Quite a large crowd attended
preaching at Colston Sunday, hut we
were very sorry to know that Mrs.
. Thomas Clayton was too ill to attend.
Miss Bessie Kirkland was the welcome
guest of Mrs. J. A. Jennings
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Claire Kearse has returned
home >from Rock Hill, where she attended
school at Winthrop college.
^ Branchville Breezes.
&
L Branchville, May 27.?Miss Hay,
of Columbia, is the guest of Mrs. D.
L. Rhoad.
HB Mrs. Carrie Byrd, is visitng her
a t-x % r i A
faaugnter, Mrs. lsiar, m ^u^uaia,.
C. A. 'Dukes, of Anderson, spent
several days here last week.
- D. D. Bell left last Tuesday for
Richmond, Va., where he will spend
about two weeks.
H. L. Barr is visiting in Tampa,
Fla.
Misses Emma and Reba Watson
spent a day or two recently in Auf
. gusta.
J. G. Metts, of Augusta, is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Metts.
NOTED BANDIT SLAIN.
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Candelario Cervantes Killed by Gen.
Pershlng*s Men South of Cruces.
Field Headquarters, Near Namiquipa,
Mexico, May 25.?Candelario
Cervantes, the Villa bandit leader,
was killed by Americaif troops south
of Cruces today.
One other Mexican, Jose Bencorne,
and an American were killed. Two
Americans were injured.
When the engagement began the
bandits outnumbered the Americans
two to one, there being twenty of
them. The engagement lasted almost
an hour, with a hot interchange
of bullets. Then reinforcements
from the 7th cavalry came into sight
and the bandits broke for the hills.
Private George O. Hullitte was the
the hero of the fight. Bullets from
ins nne iaia low doiu tne Danaits
killed.
Cervantes'e home was fn Namiquipa.
He has been a thorn in the
. side of the army in Northern Chihuahua
ever since the expedition began,
as he had succeeded in avoiding
persistent cavalry searches. . His
death probably means the breaking
up of the Villa followers in this section.
Gen. Pershing was gratified over
the latest fight, saying that there remains
only a few scattered bands of
y marauders to be hunted down.
/ COMES ON PEACE MISSION?
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, Humored Former German Chancellor
Is to Visit U. S. as Peace Delegate.
London, May 24.?A rumor that
Prince Von Buelow is to visit the
United States as a peace delegate is
current in diplomatic circles here,
but up to the present hour it has not
K . been possible to obtain confirmation
L r from any authoritative source.
_ The rumor, however, attracts
much attention in consideration of
the fact that Prince Von Buelow recently
was summoned to see the German
emperor and that, as he has not
been in office during the war he can
disclaim any share in- the waging of
* *. the war.
. The Exchange Telegraph company
* says it learns from diplomatic ciri
"/: * cles that Prince Von Buelow, former
I . German chancellor, is proceeding to
f Washington, being charged by Em\~0"
peror William with a special missl
s*onThe
Exchange Telegraph company
jf ' says it also understands Prince Von
[ ' Buelow will become ambassador to
I the United States. This information
is said to have been obtained from
diplomatic circles in London.
PEACE IN SIGHT?
American Ambassador Thus Quoted
in Munich. I
Berlin, May 26.?United States
Ambassador James Gerard is convinced
that peace is in sight, according
to an interview published in a
Munich newspaper today from its
Berlin correspondent. Mr. Gerard
is q,uoted as saying:
"Nothing can shake my confidence
that peace is on its way."
The ambassador referred to the
settlement of the differences of the
United States and Germany as prennrirur
wav fnr President Wilson
to take up the question of peace.
"President Wilson," he said, "has
much greater freedom of action now
to deal with the immense world problem
which will determine the future
attitude of nearly all the countries
of the globe.
"It is useless to discuss at this moment
the question as to whether
President Wilson's intermediation is
desirable or probable. In this instance
facts alone must speak and
that the neutrals are probably as
that the neutrals are brobably as
much interested in bringing about an
T
early peace as the belligerents. America.
urgently needs peace and for this
reason alone the American government
is under an obligation to its
citizens to do and support everything
that serves the cause of peace. A
fact of chief importance is that my
government is really willing to take
action for the promotion of peace.
"I am very optimistic regarding
the progress already made of the
idea that the war* should be ended,
even among belligerent nations. The
wise and moderate words of the German
chancellor regarding Germany's
readiness to make peace had probably
their strongest echo in America
and strengthened the impression that
Germany will take all further steps
calmly and with confidence.
"When another step will be taken
and what shape the further development
of the peace idea will take is
not clear. At any rate I am convinced
that my government will leave
nothing undone to support with all
its power peace movements from
whatever side they come. Even although
weeks or months elapse be
fore the thought takes tangible form
nothing can shake my confidence that
peace is on its way." - - '
Referring to the recent crisis in
German-American relations the ambassador
said: "I hardly know from
what quarter the present good relations
between the United States and
Germany could be disturbed. The
establishment of good relations with
Germany is one of the most important
factors of the diplomatic situa"
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tion now conironung iub uuncu
States."
LUTHERANS HOLD MEETING.
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Southern Conference With St. Nicholas
Church at Jenny.
Jenny, May 27.?The Southern
Conference of the Lutheran Church
recently closed a most successful session
held in St. Nicholas church here.
The Conference was called to order
by the president, the Rev. H. J.
Black, of Charleston, with the Rev.
J. W. Oxner, of Cameron, as acting
secretary. Devotional exercises were
conducted by the Rev. E. F. K. Roof,
of Ehrhardt, and the Conference sermon
was preached by the president.
The confession and absolution service
was conducted by the Rev. J. W.
Oxner, and the holy communion followed.
At noon a bountiful. and greatly
enjoyed picnic dinner was served on
th#? erminds. and after dinner the
election of officers was held and resulted
as follows: President, the
Rev. H. E. Beatty, of Orangeburg;
vice president, the -Rev. E. F. K.
Roof, of Ehrhardt; secretary, the
Rev. J. W. Oxner, of Cameron; treasurer,
J. F. Lightsey, of Fairfax.
Appropriate topics were discussed
among those speaking being the Rev.
J. H. Wilson, of Sumter; Dr. M. G. G.
Scherer, of Charleston, and the Rev.
D. B. Groseclose, of Fairfax. An interesting
programme was carried out
on the second day of the meeting and
included an able sermon by Dr.
Scherer. The visitors were delightfully
entertained by the people of St.
Nicholas.
The naval appropriation bill carries
the following items for the Charleston
navy yard: Dredging Cooper
river approach to yard, $175,000; to
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continue otner areaging, $i^,uuv,
toilet and locker facilities, $8,000;
repairs and improvements of machinery
department of construction and
repair, $10,000; repairs and improvements
of machinery department
steam engineering, $20,000. Total,
$225,000.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OP VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
- The governor has appointed W. H.
Parks, treasurer, and C. W. Pennel,
auditor of the new county of McCormick.
Alf Butler, colored, killed Ike
Rice, also colored, near Easley last
week. Butler has not been apprehended.
Pour divisions of the South Carolina
naval militia will take a crufee
on the battleship Illinois during June
and July.
Elliot McMichael, a negro, has
been arrested in New York city. He
is wanted in Orangeburg on a charge
of killing a negro there.
Columbia is hopeful of securing a
home for printers which will be built
somewhere in the east by the International
Typographical union.
The Funeral Directors and Embalmers'
association of South Carolina,
closed its session in Florence
Tuesday, after selecting Greenwood
as the place of the next meeting.
J. C. McAuliffe, business manager
of the Augusta Chronicle, has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address
before the South Carolina Press association
in Yorkville on June 7.
People of the Bowman section of
Orangeburg county, have hopes of securing
a railroad. The Seaboard Air
Line has made a survey of th? territory
which the railroad would serve
and work will probably be begun
within the next few months.
Harmon Geiger, of Anderson, had
his arm broken last week while
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MY HOM
I believe in My Town. 1t
boys and her girls. I will m
one to make of this a good p
mighty good place to leave.
I believe in My Town. I b
her schools, in her churches a
I believe in the street broon
and in the paint pot. I belie)
vacant lots, but many a full
again will I throw waste pape
alley.
I believe in My Town. I l
temples, grass instead of ash
of weeds. May God bless th
praise and commendations, ai
ear that is deaf to scandal an<
well of my neighbor I will ho]
me nothing, at leatet, I will sp
so doing leave a part of the pi
the channels, where its equiva
ly created, to do good among
the community of which I an
call home, sweet home.
I believe in My Town.?Na
cranking a Ford automobile.. The
car was driven by a Georgia woman.
When the crank kicked the woman
asked Geiger if he was hurt. He replied
that his arm was broken. The
lady drove off and left him without
even a resolution of thanks.
David Ulrich, Garfield Matthews,
Rhett Matthews and Walker Anderson,
of the Coward section of Florence
county, have been arrested on
the charge of killing Wash Rogers
in that county in November, 1914.
The body of Rogers was found beside
a railroad track with a wound in the
side of his head and apparently he
had been struck by a train.
HEARING ON NEW COUNTY.
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ArgUm^lIUS iur anu vmuvh mm
Heard.
Lancaster, May 26.?Arguments
by legal representatives for and
against the establishment and creation
of 'the proposed new county of
Catawba, were made here today before
Judge Ernest Moore. This hearing
on the alleged unconstitutionality
of the ill-shaped county act in connection
with the new county of Catawba
was referred last week to
Judge Moore by Chief Justice Gary.
Judge Moore says he will render his
decision in a few days. R. H. Welch,
of Columbia, made the argument for
the proposed county, while J. E. McDonald.
of Winnsboro. A. L. Gaston
and J. H. Marion, of Chester, appeared
for the opponents.
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YOUNG OPERA rOR KILLED. ij
Struck by Passenger Train Near
Spartanburg. i
Spartanburg, May 27.?R. F.
Young, 19 years of age, telegraph
operator at Mount Zion station, four J
miles north of Spartanburg on the
main line of the Southern railway,
was struck and instantly killed by
southbound train No. 29, Washington
to Atlanta, early yesterday morning. ,
According to evidence brought out .
at the coroner's inquest. Young had (
just relieved the third trick operator '
and had started to a nearby spring to
get a bucket of water and was walking
down the track when the train '
struck him, throwing him to one side ,
of the track and causing several fractures
of the skull, resulting in almost
instantaneous death.
Young had been working at Mount
Zion but four days, having been
J 4-V.s-Y T^nnvilla /Hwio_
traiisierreu iruui mo juauv mc umibion
on May 21. His home was in
Burlington, N. C., where his mother
and several sisters and brothers reside.
attacked by mad cow.
Head of Animal Will Be Examined
by State Board of Health.
William Griner, 12 years old, was
knocked down and slightly bruised
by a supposedly mad cow late Friday
afternoon. The animal was in the
pasture on the Smith branch, where
the Seaboard Air Line trestle spans
north Main street. The little fellow
saved himself by striking with a
stick while the cow was trampling
u^on him and trying to gore him to
death. James Craps was later attacked
by the same animal. The cow
died dJuring the night, and the head
has been sent to the laboratory of the
State board of health to detect sympnf
rn.hlft?.?The State.
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E TOWN.
relieve in her people, in her
lake myself a committee of
lace in which to live and a
slieve in her institutions, in
nd her stores.
i, ahd in the street sweeper,
re in ne'er an empty can on
one in the larder. Never
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r or rubbish in the street or
>elieve in trees. God's first
heaps, and flowers instead
ie tongues that give honest
id may He doubly bless the
d gossip. If I cannot speak
Id my peace. When it costs
end my money here, and by
Lirchase price to circulate in
Jent in wealth was originalthe
folks who are a part of
a _ _i J_"L _J. T
l a part, m tne piace mat 1
tional Hardware Bulletin.
THE CAPTIVE'S SONG.
How Persistent Singing Caused a
Bird's Relief.
The habit of the thistle-bird, which
always sings persistently when in
trouble of any sort, is a good one to
imitate, says the May St. Nicholas. A
gentleman living in the village of
Silver Creek, Nebraska, had heard
under his window, for many successive
days, the persistent song of one
of these little birds, and finally called
the song to the attention of a nat
uralist friend, who constantly stud- !
ied birds and their ways. Upon in- 1
vestigating the source of the notes, :
the friend discovered that the this- !
tie-bird was a captive in its nest. A :
ladder was brought, and bird and !
nest were taken down for examination.
One leg of the little prisoner '
had become entangled in the wool (
which formed the nest's lining, and 1
it took twenty minutes or painstaKing
effort before the leg was freed. '*
When this was done, the spectators s
were greatly surprised to see the bird
fly away, a trifle unsteadily but apparently
not at all injured. The (
bird's parents or some of its feathered
friends had kept it supplied with
food during its captivity. But the ^
remarkable part of the story is that
its habit of singing was the cause of
its release. '
The U. S. public health service is- !
sues free bulletins on rural sanita- ]
tion. 1
BERLIN INTERPRETS.
Germany May Consider Good Offices
Toward Peace.
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Berlin, May 24.?A wireless dispatch
from the United States giving *
the substance of President Wilson's
speech at Charlotte, N. C., in which
he referred to the possibility of
American mediation in the war, is
given tho place of honor in the morn?
rtlE CAMPAIGN ITINERARY
3PEXS IN SPARTANBURG, CLOSES
IN WINNSBORO.
Last Day for Filing Pledges and Paying
Assessments Will Be Jane
19, at 12 O'clock.
Columbia, May 29.?The countyto-county
canvass of the candidates
in the Democratic party will open at
Spartanburg on Tuesday, June 20,
and wind up at Winnsboro on Saturday,
August 26. The itinerary was
given out here today by a sub-committee
of the State Democratic executive
committee. The last day for filing
pledges with the State chairman,
John Gary Evans, and paying the
assessments to the treasurer, Wilie
Jones, at Columbia, will be noon, on
June 19.
The campaign opens at Spartanburg
on the 20th, goes to Greenville
the next day, and then to Pickens,
Walhalla, and closes the first week
at Anderson, on Saturday, 24th. The
party will tour the western and upper
section of the Piedmont, then
western Carolina, swing through the
Pee-Dee and the low country, and
wind up in the right edge of the
Piedmont section. The first primary
will be on August 29, three days after
the county-to-county canvass
closes. The campaign party will
speak at each of the 45 county seats
in the State.
The sub-committee of the executive
committee announced the following
assessments on candidates to enter
the Democratic primary for 1916:
Candidates for congress, $200; for
governor, $100; for railroad commissioner,
$75, and for all other State
officials, including solicitors, $50.
The schedule of the State campaign
meeting for South Carolina:
Spartanburg, Tuesday, June 20.
Greenville, Wednesday, June 21.
Pickens, Thursday, June 22.
Walhalla, Friday, June 23.
Anderson, Saturday, June 24.
Greenwood, Tuesday, June 27.
Abbeville, Wednesday, June 28.
McCormick, Thursday, June 29.
Laurens, Friday, June 30.
Newberry, Saturday, July 1.
Columbia, Tuesday, July 4.
Lexington, Wednesday, July 5.
Saluda, Thursday, July 6.
Edgefield, Friday, July 7.
Aiken, Saturday, July 8.
Barnwell, Tuesday, July 18.
Hampton, Wednesday, July 19.
Beaufort, Thursday, July 20.
Ridgeland, Friday, July 21.
Walterboro, Saturday, July 22.
Charleston, Tuesday, July 25.
St. George, Wednesday, July 26.
Bamberg, Thursday, July 27.
Orangeburg, Friday, July 28.
St. Matthews, Saturday, July 29.
Sumter, Tuesday, August 1. j
Manning, Wednesday, August z.
Moncks Corner, Thursday, Aug. 3.
Georgetown, Friday, August 4.
Kingstree, Saturday, August 5.
Florence, Tuesday, August 8.
Marion, Wednesday, August 9.
Conway, Thursday, August 10.
Dillon, Friday, August 11.
Darlington, Saturday, August 13.
Bishopville, Tuesday, August 15.
Bennettsville, Wednesday, Aug. 16.
Chesterfield, Thursday, August 17.
Camden, Friday, August 18.
Lancaster, Saturday, August 19.
Union, Tuesday, August 22.
Gaffney, Wednesday, August 23.
York, Thursday, August 24.
Chester, Friday, August 25.
Winnsboro, Saturday, August 26.
BRING DOWN BALD EAGLE.
York Man Shoots at Pair, But One
Escapes
York, May 27.?One of a pair of
large bald eagles that had been ranging
about in Bethel Township for
several weeks was killed by Hamilton
Barnett last Wednesday. It appears
that the eagles had been seen
at different times by various people
and that they had caused considerable
interest, their presence having
been made known principally because
of their "scrapping" with the
crows. When Mr. Barnett saw them
they were in a tree near his home.
He procured a single barreled gun
?J nnrt titVii'Iq fKo nfhor flow
1I1U hlllCU UUC nunc I.UC IT
away. The dead bird measured six
feet, four inches from tip to tip, and
was the first eagle killed in York
county in twelve years.
Take a man, his wife and three
children, under fourteen: Experts
havA a?rppd that for such a family
$6 a week must be spent for food,
?2.60 for clothing, ?2.50 for rent,
80 cents for fuel and light, and then
?2 for insurance, health, furniture,
recreation, education and so on?a
total of ?14 a week.
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ing papers. The afternoon editions
return to the subject and their comments
together with the wide interest
shown by the public, indicate how
this news is regarded here.
Though definitely stated nowhere
there is little doubt that Germany is
willing to consider a tender of good . j
offices to inaugurate peace negotiations.
The former attitude in the ?
highest quarters that America had
disqualified herself as a peace mediator
on account of her shipments of
munitions to the allies has now
changed. If President Wilson can
hold out any tangible possibilities
that peace may result through his.
mediation Germany will undoubtedly
be willing to consider such sug- gestions
as he may offer.
This receptive attitude is naturally
subject to the conditions that Geimany
is not jockeyed into a position
of announcing her readiness to accept
President Wilson's good offices only
to find the allies later rejecting the
tender and asserting that Germany is
suing for peace. There is equally
little doubt that the great masses of
the people, aside from the professional
hot-spurs in the newspaper offices,
would willingly see America in
the role of peace intermediary, despite
the persisting bitterness over
the munitions questions.
PYTHIANS CLOSE SESSION.
Grand Lodge Elects Officers and Ad- T?
jonrns Sine Die.
Columbia, May 24.?The annual
meeting of the grand lodge, Knights
of Pythias, adjourned sine die here
this afternoon, about 1 o'clock, after
one of the most largely attended and
successful sessions. The following
officers were elected for the coming
year: Grand chancellor, Alva M.
Lumpkin, Columbia; vice grand chancellor,
W. E. Derrick, Orangeburg;
grand prelate, the Rev. Louis J. Bristow,
Columbia; grand master-atarms,
E. R. Cox, Darlington; grand
inner guard, W. A. Fewell, Rock
Hill; grand outer guard, W. H. Ohlandt,
Beaufort; grand keeper of records,
C. D. Brown, Abbeville; gran4 ' }
master of exchequer, Wilson G. Harvey,
Charleston.
Union was selected as the next
place of meeting.
Several changes were made in the
grand statutes, among the more
prominent being the abolition of district
grand chancellors. The work
formerly carried on by these officials
will be developed upon some officer
of the grand lodge. Another important
change made was the matter of
appointment of committees. Here- t
after the committees will be appointed
from the members attending the
meetings to se^ve during the sessions,
instead of from year to year,
as present.
Resolutions of thanks were extended
to the city of Columbia for the
entertainment, to the proprietor and
attaches of the Jefferson hotel for the
use of the hotel as convention headquarters,
and to the chamber of
commerce for the street car ride given
the visitors Tuesday afternoon.
Several committee reports were
made, which showed that the Pythian
order is growing and improving in
South Carolina.
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WORLD'S WIRELESS RECORD.
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Steamer Picks Up Message Nine
Thousand Miles Away.
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Sydney, N. S. W., May 24.?The
American steamer Ventura, which
has just arrived here from San Fran- *
Cisco, reports that she picked up a
message from the station at Tuckerton,
N. J., when 9,000 miles distant
from that point. This is said to be a
?
world's record.
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RESOURCES OF THE STATE.
Classified by Naval Reserve Board
for Defence.
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Columbia, May 25.?The State's
resources were generally classified at
a meeting of the South Carolina
members of the naval reserve board,
held in Columbia today. Fifty assistants,
all civil engineers, will be
appointed to assist the board in gathering
all information possible as to
the state industries and resources to
be used for the national defence.
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