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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the
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St. John's News. h
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St. John's, June 13.?The weather t(
v is somewhat dry and dusty, but the
crops are growing well; also the grass
in some places. c
Miss Idell Peters, who has been in d
school at Denmark, returned home a h
few days ago. Glad to have her r<
among us again, especially in our n
Sunday-school. ^
Messrs Jim Hiers, Bradley Hiers, d
J. H. Fender and families spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Merrick Kinard. F
Mrs. J. W. Kinard, who was oper- 0
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ated in at Baker's sanitarium several J
weeks 4go, returned to her home last fi
Monday. All are glad to know she ^
is still improving. >
N Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brant spent ^
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P
J. A. Peters. ^
Misses Edna Bishop, Myrtle Sease,
Edith and ^alome Hiers were the n
\ guests of Miss Doralee Folk last Sun- F
* Next Saturday is clean-up day at
[ St. John's church. Hope the mem- F
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| bers will not forget to go. s
Kf . Miss Edna Bishop spent Saturday d
night with Miss Edith Hiers.
I Ml There will be Sunday-school and
preaching at St. John's next Sunday
morning. Hope to see a large crowd c<
- The St. John's annual Sunday- ^
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P school picnic will be held on tne 22a **
day of June. The editor and public fi
are cordially invited te come. Hon. J1
S. G. Mayfield has promised to give "
us a talk on that day. S
Mr. E. L. Hiers spent Sunday with ti
his sister, Mrs. Merrick Kinard. T
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New Super-Dreadnaught Said to Be t<
Most Powerful Afloat. u
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\ Norfolk", Vaf, June 12.?The super- r<
1 * dreadnaught Pennsylvania arrived E
i from the yards of the Newport News ^
| Shipbuilding and Dry Dock comf
pany, her builders, this morning to
~ be placed in commission at the navy p
yard this afternoon. She ? will be c<
commanded by Capt. H. B. Wilson.
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at the local yard about ten days, pro- n
ceeding from here to Philadelphia, p
. where she will receive the set of sil- ll
ver plate to be presented. ^
American naval experts claim that ^
the Pennsylvania is the most power- c
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Pfttl warship afloat. Her main bat- ?
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tery consists of twelve 14-inch rifles, 11
arranged in four turrets on the centre
^ line. Two of the turrets are so elevated
that the ship has a dead ahead ^
fire of six of the big buns and a like
f fire dead astern. In the secondary,
or torpedo boat defence battery, arranged
along the main and upper
I decks, are twenty-two 5-inch rapid- ^
fire rifles. There also are four 21inch
torpedo tubes.
The Pennsylvania is equipped* with
two armored decks to protect her
vitals from indirect shell fire. The
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> upper deck is of special steel two
inches thick and the main deck is .
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three inches thick. The outboard ar'
n
^ mor consists of a partial belt extend1
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to the main deck and is fourteen
inches thick amidships, tapering to ^
eight inches at each end. The armor
on the turrets varies from eighteen
inches to eight inches in thickness,
with five-inch armor on top. The ^
barbette armor below decks is thirteen
inches thick. The funnel base ,
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is protected by thirteen-inch armor,
and that of the conning tower, from
which the ship would be operated in
battle, is of the same thickness.
The Pennsylvania is 608 feet long '
over all, has a full load displacement
of about 32,000 tons and her speed ^
on trials was slightly in excess of
. twenty-one knots an hour. She was
contracted for in October, 10, 1913,
and was launched at Newport News ^
fifteen months ago. .
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Important Difference. a
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you tell me," said the court, 0
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t addressing Enrico Ufuzzi, under ex- *
amination at Union Hill, N. J., as to n
his qualifications for citizenship, "the
difference between the powers and ^
prerogatives of the Sing of England a
and those of the president of the
United States?"
"Yezzir," spoke up Ufuzzi promptly.
"King, he got steady job."?New
York Morning Telegraph. h
Rea<j the Herald, $1.50 per year, g
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PRESS CAN AID PEACE.
'alcott Williams Addresses Edito:
of State.
York, June 9.?Beaufort will hw
he pleasure of entertaining the 191
onvention of the South Carolir
'ress association. It was so decide
y the convention in session hei
his afternoon. Today was devote
3 business matters of interest on
3 newspaper workers, although
irge number of York people attem
d the two day sessions, and an a
ience that packed the York ope]
ouse heard Dr. Talcott Williams, d
ector of the Pulitzer School of Jou
alism of Columbia University, d
ver an insDiring and instructive ai
ress on "The American Press."
Officers Elected.
The following officers were electe<
'resident, William Banks, the Re
rd, Columbia; first vice presideu
. L. Mims, the Advertiser, Edg
eld; second vice president, A. ]
ordan, the Herald, Dillon; seer
ary, Joe Sparks, the State, Colui
ia; treasurer, B. P. Davies, the Pe
le, Barnwell; chaplain, Dr. W. ]
acobs, Thornwell Messenger, Clii
an. Members of the executive cor
littee: August Kohn, Columbia; ]
f. Wannamaker, Charleston; Mi:
uanita Wylie, Lancaster.
Today was work day at the Sta
'ress association. Two {msy se
ions were held, when addresses we:
elivered by newspaper workers ar
lymen.
To Fight Tuberculosis.
The Press association promised 1
ooperate in every way in a campaig
gainst tuberculosis. The movemei
ras presented to the association I
Irs. Annie I. Remfcert, of Columbi
eld secretary for the State board <
ealth. She is making a campaig
1 the interest of the South Carolir
anitarium. The following resoli
on in part was adopted: "Resolve
hat this association pledge its suj
ort a^d cooperation of the mov
lent towards the eradication of ti
erculosis, and that it give its ai
> thi6 work now being carried c
nder the auspices of the State boai
f health of South Carolina." Th
^solution was supported in talks I
?r. Talcott* Williams, August Koh
ud Thomas F. McNally.
Printing House Insurance.
This morning the question of
rinting House mutual ore msuraui
jmpany was discussed by several <
le members. A committee to i)
estigate the matter of forming
lutual concern was appointed I
resident Banks, acting upon a res<
ition which was adopted. The mer
ers of the committee were: J. 1
[cGhee, August Kohn, Ed. H. D
amp, A. B. Jordan and W. "V
moak. This committee will repo
iter on the proposition.
THE HIGH COST OF WAR,
l Prediction Apparently to Be Ft
tilled.
At the beginning of the world wa
rrites Martin Marshall, in Leslie'
>avid Lloyd George, then chancelli
f the British exchequer, was quot<
3 the effect that victory would go
tie side that could raise the last bi
on dollars; in other words, that th
ras to be a war of financial r
ources. Events seem to be justif
lg this prediction. Financiers est
late that the present cost of tl
rar to all the belligerent gover:
lonta ic ahmit $25.000.000.000
ear, divided as follows: Great Bi
lin $5,000,000,000. Germany ai
Lussia each $6,000,000,000, Fran<
400,000,000, the remaining ' $2
00,000,000 divided among Au
ria-Hungary and an the varioi
mall belligerents. Germany hi
een financing Austria-Hungary to
onsiderable extent, subscribing ovi
2,000,000,000 of the $6,250,00C
00 borrowed by the Austro-Hung
ian government. Another loan wi
eing floated in April and the pre
eports stated that great anxiety wj
alt over the danger of its failur
s Germany had not responded wil
ubscriptions as heretofore.
The German war loan, subscri
ions to which closed at the end <
larch, resulted in the raising <
bout $2,500,000,000. The loan ir
lediately preceding was over $2
00,000,000. Large industrial co
orations absorbed 144,000,0(
larks, or about $38,000,000, tl
irgest individual subscription beii
y the Krupp concern, which toe
bout $10,000,000.
There's a Reason.
"Do you know you're growii
andsome, hubby?"
"Yes; it's a way I have when
ets anywhere near your birthday.'
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick
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id Reading.?Paragraphs About
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re Men and Happenings.
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ly The Beach Island Lumber coma
pany, of Timmonsville, has been comd
missioned with a capital of $50,000.
u" Mrs. Wilson, of Darlington, and
ra hpr two sons were seriously injured
in an automobile accident near Lanr"
caster Friday.
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^ Closing exercises of the Due West
Woman's college were held last week.
The graduating class was the largest
, in the history of the college.
c_ Madame Thomassine Barry,- an Urt
suline nun who took the vows of the
e_ order nearly 59 years ago, died in
B Columbia, Friday, aged 75 years.
e- John Davenport, who is wanted in
a- Anderson county on the charge of
o- operating an illicit distillery, has
p. been captured in Philadelphia, Pa.,
n- and brought back to Anderson.
a- A few days ago the mayor of DarU
lington received a letter containing
ss three $100 notes. The letter was
unsigned, and merely stated that on
te account of an error made "long ago"
s- the money was due the town. The
re mayor turned the money over to the
id city treasurer.
' A. B. Patterson and E. L. Patterson
and C. N. Burkhalter jointly,
to druggists of Barnwell, were acquitted
>n in the United States court in Charleston
last week of the charge of in>y
fraction of the Harrison drug act and
a' conspiracy to issue prescriptions to
persons in violation thereof. The
'n cases against A. B. Patterson and E.
ia L. Patterson and C. N. Burkhalter,
a" jointly, resulted in a mistrial.
At its meeting in Laurens last
P~ week the South Carolina Epworth
league decided to divide into two sec.,
tions, along the same line of division
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present name of the league will be
js retained by the division and will embrace
that territory now included in
)y
the South Carolina conference, while
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the other division will be known as
the Upper South Carolina Epworth
league.
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e Rev. Thomas H. Leitch Dead.
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a" The Rev. Thomas H. Leitch, fora
merly superintendent of the Oliver
)y Gospel Mission, died suddenly at a
Columbia hospital Sunday night
Q" about 10:30 o'clock.
For 30 years Mr. Leitch has been
^ an evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal
church and in this capacity has
rt been throughout South Carolina and
in many sections of the United
States, froih New York to Denver and
in the South.
. Mr. Leitch, who became editor of
ilThe
Way of Faith about a year ago,
succeeding the Rev. James M. Pike,
was born in London, England, in
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. 1850. He came to America at the
s,
_ age of 3 years and up until three
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^ years ago had spent a large part of
his life in Charleston, where he be
,_w came a local preacher in the Methodist
church and as not connected diis
' rectly with the conference.
Funeral arrangements have been
postponed until his sons reach Columbia.
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Mrs. Leitch is survived by his wife,
two . daughters, Misses Jennie and
^ Maybelle Leitch, all of Columbia; a
son, T. J. Leitch, in the United
States navy, and two sons in this
,ce city, W. W. and B. M. Leitch.
Mr. Leitch and his family lived at
the Oliver Gospel Mission, of which
he was the active superintendent on
going to Columbia. He has con
a tinued his connection with the miset
^ sion since assuming the duties of
editor of The Way of Faith, a weekly
religious paper published in ColumIS
bia with an international circulation,
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is Finds Baby Dead on Track.
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th Florence, June 7.?Cecil Jean
Rogers, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and
P- Mrs. H. K. Rogers, of Ebenezer, was
of run down by an Atlantic Coast Line
of fast "peach special" at Ebenezer,
a- this county, this morning and killed.
The little fellow was playing about
r- the yard, near the track, and when
)0 his mother heard the train approachie
ing she looked for her offspring. Aflg
ter the train had passed the mother
>k found the lifeless body on the track
ground to pieces, one arm was severed
from the body. In this condi
tion the mother took the dead Dooy
in her arms and ran screaming into
the house, when neighbors came to
her assistance. The engineer or fireit
man, it is claimed knew nothing of
' the terrible accident.
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SHOOTING AFFAIR AT AIKEN.
D. Chester Boyd Desperately Wounded
in His Own House.
Aiken, June 7.?An unfortunate
shooting affair occurred in this city
last night about 10 o'clock, as a result
of which D. Chester Boyd lies
desperately wounded at the sanitarium
of Dr. Harry H. Wyman, with
a pi6tol bullet through his intestines
and one through his lungs.
The shooting occurred at the home
of Mr. Boyd on Newberry street. It
is reported that his little sister-inlaw,
Miss Inez Berry, is held responsible
for the shooting. There are
several reports as to the cause of
the shooting, but the one that is
generally believed is that there was
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a iamny iuss, auu iuiss ucn;
the part of her sister, Mrs. Boyd.
Miss Berry is said to have secured
Mr. Boyd's pistol and fired at him a
number of times. Two shots took
effect, one in the breast and one in
the side. An operation was performed
on the wounded n^n this morning,
and it was found that his intestines
were punctured in two
places, and one shot penetrated the
lungs. There are grave fears expressed
for his recovery.
Mr. Boyd has charge of the Aiken
motor fire truck, and is well known,
having run a garage here for years.
HEAVY LOSS BY LIGHTING.
Calhoun County Farmer Loses Barn
During Storm.
St. Matthews, June 7.?Last night
about midnight, while the electrical
storm was at its height and the rain
was pouring heaviest, lightning
struck and set on fire the barn of T.
A. Amaker, resulting in a total loss.
In the barn was stored all of Mr.
Amaker's recently harvested oat
crop, amounting to about $2,000.
Housed in the lower story were sixteen
mules and forty hogs, which
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were saveo. Dy m w luicmuugm
of Dixon Whetstone. Mr. Whetstone
had just gone home and just at the
moment the lightning struck, happened
to be looking in the direction of
the barn. He saw the stroke and in
a few moments saw the flames burst
from the building. He dashed upon
the scene, opened doors and ran the
mules and hogs out. The fire companies
did good work in saving all
nearby buildings. Mr, Amaker's loss
including building, will be about $2,500,
with no insurance.
HONOLULU.
First Ipipression of the Hawaiian
Islands.
To most people who have never
been to the islands, and who have
never contemplated going there long
enough to get ujya Hawaiian dossier,
writes Katharine F. Gerould, in
Scribner, the name of Honolulu suggests,
perhaps, half a dozen things:
Sugar, surf-riding, volcanoes, lels,
missionaries and poi. * * * Certainly
we knew originally little more
than the list suggests. But knowledge
somehow bursts upon one when
one is contemplating a specific jour.
ney. The detached air of the steamship
clerk and the railway agent
breed in one a kind of knowingness.
Long before we saw Diamond Head
we had made a hundred traveller's
choices, and could be glib ourselves
about island problems. We had
made out not only that Honolulu
was the tourist's paradise?our luggage
labels said so?but also that it
was a paradise with a grievance.
Free sugar, the seaman's bill, the
prevailing yello^ tinge of the population,
and the perishing Kanaka,
, were all familiar formulae before a
single maile wreath had been flung
about our necks. There were island
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island people are met together, to
pass the - time or to instruct the
stranger, island problems are hot in
the mouth. To talk about the insularity
of an island is to be tautological;
but the insular American
on Oahu is more insular, so to speak,
thap the insular Englishman in London.
England is the centre of an empire;
but Hawaii is the mere outpost
of a republic, a territory, something
as helpless in the hands of congress
as a ward in chancery is helpless;
bent, therefore, on self-preservation
solely, and on keeping up its own little
state and luxury in its own midPacific
Eden.*
Disappointed.
"My bride is disappointed about
housekeeping."
"What's the trouble?"
"She can't get a maid who will
curtsey like they do in the musical
comedies she goes to see."
BUSHES AND ROOSEVELT
REPUBLICAN AND PROGRESSIVE
NOMINEES.
Roosevelt Declines the Nomination.
Democrats Disappointed That
Roosevelt Will Not Run.
Chicago, June 10.?The Republican
national convention today nominated
Charles Evans Hughes, of New
York, and Charles W. Fairbanks^ of
Indiana, as the candidates of their
party for president and vice president.
Almost at the same moment Theo
dore Roosevelt was nominated by the
national Progressive convention, and
later in the day John M. Parker, of
Louisiana, was named as running
mate.
The Republican nomination required
a ballot, the third of the convention,
while the Progressive nomination
was made by acclamation.
Mr. Roosevelt's provisional declination
to accept the Progressive
nomination is believed by the politically
wise to leave the door ajar, if
not wide open, for eventual withdrawal
of the third ticket in the
event Mr. Hughes's position on what
the Progressives feel to be the vital
issues of the campaign meet their
approval. To this extent, at least,
the leaders in both parties feel that
the efforts at harmony, even if not
directly fruitful of result,. may yet
be realized.
Hughes and Fairbanks.
Chicago, June 10.?Charles Evans
Hughes, former governor o^ New
York, and associate justice of the supreme
court, was nominated today
for the presidency by the Republican
national convention.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana,
elected vice president with
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, again
was chosen for second place on the
Republican ticket.
Both nominations, made by overwhelming
majorities on the first ballot
of the day?the third ballot of the
convention for the presidency?were,
by acclamation, made unanimous.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
presented by Col. Roosevelt as a compromise
candidate, received seven
votes. Col. Roosevelt himself received
eighteen and one-half, scattered
over twelve States.
The nominating ballot showed this
count: Hughes, 949 1-2; Roosevelt,
18 1-2; Lodge 7; DuPont, 5; Weeks,
3; LaFollette, 3; absent 1. Total,
987.
Although Frank H. Hitchcock,
leader of the Hughes supporters, let
it be known that the Hughes men
wanted Burton for second place,
Ohio withdrew Burton's name, leaving
the field to Mr. Fairbanks and
former Senator Burkett, of Nebraska.
The ballot for vice president showed
this count:
Fairbanks, 863; Burkett, 108;
Borah, 8; Burton, 1; Johnson, 1;
absent, scattering and not voting, 6.
Total, 987.
Roosevelt and Parker.
Chicago, June 10.?The Progressive
national convention, after four
days' tumult with only one purpose
in view, today nominated Col. Roosevelt
for president and a few hours
later listened without protest to a
message from Oyster Bay that he
would not "accept at this time." The
convention adjourned at 4:58 p. m.
Col. Roosevelt's declination was
conditional and it was placed in the
hands of the Progressive national
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VJlflLlUlillCC IU UC u^iu uui.1t uuuu vitiiw
as statements to be issued by Justice
Hughes, the nominee of the Republican
party, "shall satisfy the committee
that it is for the interest of
the country that he be elected."
In the event the committee shall
be satisfied that aid should be given
to the Republican party Col. Roosevelt's
refusal to make a campaign is
to be considered final. It will then
be authorized for the representatives
of the Progressive party to say
whether to endorse the position tak
en by Mr. Roosevelt or whether they
will name another man to fight for
their party principles.
John M. Parker, of Louisiana, was
nominated for vice president, the selection
being by acclamation.
Out of Politics, Says T. R.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 11.?Theodore
Roosevelt reiterated tonight
that he is "out of politics."
"I want to tell you newspaper
men," he said, "that it's of no use
for you to come up here to see me.
I will have nothing to say. I will
answer no questions, please don't
ask me to. I am out of politics."
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PLEAS OF GUILTY.
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Four Charleston Defendants Must
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Serve Sentences.
Charleston, June 10.?Four more
defendants under indictment for violating
the liquor laws pleaded guilty
and were sentenced in the court of
general sessions today. A. Tsiropoulo
was tried in his absence on Vcharge
of violating the dispensary
law anrl frvnnH trnilfv Vmf tiro e r?r?t
" wwvi jtvriAAAv* j muw " UrtJ UUV
sentenced. The grand jury made no
report to the court today.
Those entering pleas of guilty of
violating the liquor law were: S.
Apostalatos, C. J. F.^Rabens, Peter
Magoula and G. G. Farado. All were
sentenced to six months in the penitentiary
or on the chaingang with
four months of the sentence to be
suspended upon payment of a fine,
or twro months on the gang.
The fine in the cases of Apostalatos
and Magoula, which was paid,
was $75. In the other cases the fine
was $100 which Rabens paid. Farado
was given until 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon to pay his fine.
A bench warrant has been issued
for Tsiropoulo.
The second week of the June term
of court with Judge R. W. Memminger
presiding and Solocitor William
H. Grimball prosecuting, will begin
at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Antonio Rosa, found guilty yesterday
by a jury of selling liquor in violation
of the law and sentenced to
the penitentiary or gang for three
months with two months suspended
upon payment of a fine of $100 and
during good behavior, is in jail and
may not begin serving his sentence
until after the present term of court
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is over.
HAD "HARDTACK" 50 YEARS.
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Veteran of Pickett's Division Has
Souvenir of Gettysburg. \
Among the interesting mementos'.,
of the great war the "vets" are bringing
to Birmingham, one of the
strangest is a piece of hardtack in
possession of T. F. Perkins, of Hartsville,
Tenn. The hardtack was
among the last pieces of rations served
at Gettysburg. Hard as a brick
is the piece of hardtack, and Mr.
Perkins says it "always was."
Mr. Perkins served in Pickett's divisions,
11th Virginia cavalry, Longstreet's
corp, and is attending the annual
reunion of Confederate Veterans.?Birmingham,
Ala., dispatch
to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hamburg has an experimental ^
plant that obtains power from the
ebb and flow of North sea tides.
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If the former president has any
plans for the immediate future other '
than to continue his literary work,
he has not made them public. His
secretary, John W. McGrath, is ex- .
pected to arrive here tomorrow from
Chicago with a detailed report of the
happenings at both the Republican
and Progressive conventions.
PA! D AAoavfllf affanHcH 11 T*pVl
VU1< XIUUOCTCII. ui>l>vuuvu vuu> v?
this morning with Mrs. Roosevelt,
but remained in seclusion at Sagamore
Hill the remainder of the day.
The telegraph lines brought him a
flood of messages and it ,was announced
that most of them approved
his action in declining to become a
candidate upon the Progressive
ticket.
While Col. Roosevelt would not
discuss the qiiestion today, his intimates
considered it altogether unlikely
that he would reconsider his
conditional refusal to head a third
ticket. He has not yet made it clear
whether or not he will support the
Hughes candidacy.
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Democrats Sorry.
Washington, June 10.?News of
Col. Roosevelt's refusal to head a
third ticket came like a thunderbolt
to President Wilson's supporters.
They had hoped earnestly that both
Hughes and Roosevelt would run.
While no statement was forthcom
ing from the white house, there was
no mistaking the gloom that supplanted
the optimism caused by the
earlier reports that two tickets had
been named. The president's closest
friends would make no statement as
to his feelings, but they were plainly
downcast over the course decided
upon by Col. Roosevelt.
"Hughes will be much easier to
beat than Roosevelt," said Senator
Ollie James, who will be the permanent
chairman of the St. Louis convention.
Uppermost in the mind of the president's
friends was the question of
what Col. Roosevelt would do or
have done for him. When Hughes
was nominated white house officials
and callers turned their interest to
the Bull Moose convention to see if
Roosevelt would be nominated.
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