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PRESIDENT'S REAL 1
PRIVATESECRETARY
MRS. WILSON THE FIRST LADY
OF LAND.
Always on The Job.
Wife of President Constantly Alert
to Lighten Burdens and Assist
in Handling Weighty Affairs.
Washington, March 23.?One of
the foremost statesmen in Washington
is a woman?Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
wife of the President of the
United States.
When history comes to be written,
and the trues facts of the Wilson
administration* are set in their
proper shades, people here who are in
a position to know declare that the
"first lady of the land" will be seen
to have been in deed, as well as in
name, all the exhalted title implies.
During the President's illness, and
what is not generally known, for long
before the President took his bed,
Mrs. Wilson had been to her eminent
luisband what a soft pedal is to a piano.
She has been the buffer, if
you like the simile better, between
the President and a very exigent
world, pitiless in its demands and
limitless in its expectations.
Today it is something to brag
about to get past the door of the
President's private study. The President
generally begins his day's work
at the desk around 9:30, and Mrs.
Wilson unobtrusively stands guard
to see that he is not interrupted save
upon most pressing need.
When Mrs. Wilson says "No," those
about the White House do not insist.
She is one person of feminine
gender whose negative does not
mean "yes." Mrs. Wilson is looking
out for the health of her husband
first and for the political advantages
of the President afterward.
Many stories are told of the devotion
of the President's wife.
On more than one occasion, it is- said,
she has refused to allow distinguished
statesmen to carry worrysome
communications into the sick
room. With strict orders from Adi
miral Grayson, the White House physician,
not to allow anyone to disturb
the President's rest, she held
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point. Instead of the callers seeing
the chief executive in person, it was
Mrs. Wilson who took the messages,
delivered them to the President, got
his replies and transmitted them in
person to those interested.
It is said that when John Barton
Payne, now secretary of the interior,
called at the White House in connection
with his appointment to that
position he did not see Mr. Wilson in
person. He saw Mrs. Wilson, and it
was at her table he accepted the
portfolio.
Rear Admiral Benson, * in a similar
way, accepted the job Payne left
vacant when he became secretary of
the interior. The chairmanship of
the shipping board was offered to
the admiral and accepted, it is said,
through Mrs. Wilson, who is the
real private secretary to the President.
The well known "Joe" Tumulty
is in fact, the public secretary.
Every day Mrs. Wilson helps the
President over the physical jolts of
his office. She writes at his dictation
sometimes, and otherwise helps
out. The now famous Jackson Day
Dinner message from the White
House was first entirely penned in
longhand bv Mrs. Wilson before it
went to the usual stenographer to be
typewritten. .
This does not mean, of course that
Mrs. WiFson is doing the work of the
President. "Far from it. He has never
relinquished for a minute the task
of formulating and putting over his
own ideas in all important matters.
But it does mean tnat at an nines
"The First Lady of the Land" has
always been present to take every
possible particle of burden off his
shoulders.
Fate seems to have had a hand in
all this. To begin with Mrs. Wilson
was known to have a positive distaste
for, rather than a penchant toward.
affairs of state. She never inquired
nor interfered in such matters.
Circumstances, however, forced
her to do what she had never
thought of doing before. Her wifely I
interest in her husband was her guide
k and she followed it without wavering
I night and day.
When the President went abroad
and, later on, took the swing around
the country speaking for the league
of nations which ended in his phys- ,
ical breakdown, Mrs. Wilson, even
TEX DROWN; FLAT CAPSIZES.
Terrible Tragedy Occurs at Harper's
Ferry.
McCormick, April 5.?While on a
pleasure trip yesterday afternoon
traveling in two automobiles and
crossing Savannah river at Harper's
ferry, six miles west of Lowndesville,
10 out of 11 persons in the party
were drowned in the waters of ths
Savannah river.
The young people were on their
way form South Carolina to Elbert
county, Georgia, and had started
across Savannah river on the flat.
The post holding the cable by which
the flat was operated gave way and
the flat drifted down the river until
it struck a rock and capsized. Those
arp- Alhert Slither
lopu lieu Uiv?'uvu
land, about 18 years old; Miss Alice
Meschine, about 15 years of age, and
her brother, Charlie Meschine, about
19 years old; Lester Waters and his
wife, young couple who had been married
only six weeks; Inez Manning,
aged 9, and her brother, Robert Manning,
age 22; Miss Allie Bradshaw,
aged 18, and her sister, Miss Lucy
Bradshaw, aged 15. The only person
in the party who was saved was
Thomas Bradshaw, a brother of
Misses Allie Bradshaw and Lucy
Bradshaw.
It is thought that the high waters
of the Savannah river and the strong
current rushing against the flat loaded
with the party and two automobiles,
in Which they were traveling,
caused the cable post to.give way.
All of the drowned are from prominent
families residing in and around
the town of Lowndesville, Abbeville
county, and as soon as the matter
was reported the whole country turned
into a searching party trying to
recover the bodies of those drowned.
On account of the swollen river none
of the bodies had been recovered late
this afternoon.
The tragedy has caused a gloom
over the entire community.
Mary Pickford Married Again.
Los Angeles, March 30. ? Mary
BiGk4?rd and Douglas Fairbanks have
been married, it became known here
late today. They obtained a license
here last Saturday and the ceremony
was performed Sunday by the Rev.
J. Whitcomb Brougher, pastor of the
Temple Baptist church,
Miss Pickford early this month obtained
a divorce at Minden, Nev., from
Owen Moore. Mr. Fairbanks's former j
wife obtained a divorce nearly two
years ago in the East.
Miss Pickford and Mr. Fairbanks
were married at 10:30 o'clock last
Sunday night M the residence of the
Rev. Mr. Brougher. Those present
included Robert Fairbanks, a brother
of the bridegroom, the bride's
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the
Rev. Henry M. Cook, assistant pastor
of the Temple Baptist church, and
R. S. Sharks, deputy county clerk,
who issued the license. Mr. Fairbanks
acted as groomsman for his brother
and Margery Daw, a motion picture
actress, was bridesmaid.
The bride was dressed in white.
The ceremony took place as soon as
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conducting the evening services at
the church.
After the ceremony the minister
read passages from the epistle to the
Ephesians, using a Bible which the
bridegroom's mother had given him
as she was dying.
It is understood the couple went
immediately from the minister's home
to Fairbanks's residence in Beverly
Hills, near Los Angeles, where, it is
said, they intend to spend a quiet
honeymoon.
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The Wise Specialist.
"Madam," announced the specialist,
after an examination, "what you
need is oxygen. You must come here;
twice a day for' your inhalations.
They will cost you $5 each."
"Very well," replied the delighted
Mrs. ITppedyup. "I knew that fool
Doctor Blank didn't understand my
case at all. He told me that all I
needed was plain fresh air."?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
then, it is said, with womanly intuition,
scented danger, and tried to
lighten the load which her husband
had taken upon himself. If anything
happened to the President, she would
he present; and when it came, unexpected
by the most of the people,
she would be there.
Secretary to the President Tumulty,
loaded down with work since the
President's illness, says he doesn't
know what he would hav? done without
Mrs. Wilson's aid and understanding.
BOLL WEEVIL MAKES
GAIN IN SOUTHEAST
RAPID A VANCE NOTED IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Infection is Spreading.
Approximately 35,400 Square Miles
Captured by Pest During
1919.
Washington, April 3.?Boll weevil
infestation grained in the cotton belt
except Arkansas and Texas last year,
and is now approaching the limits of
cotton production on the northern
edge of the belt, the department of
agriculture reports.
Approximately 34,500 square miles
became infested during the year, the
most important development being
the very rapid advance northward
along the eastern portion of the line
of infestation in Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina.
West of the .Mississippi river there
was comparatively little change from
the previous year's line of infestation.
A slight recession occurred entirely
across Arkansas. The weevil lost
ground in Arkansas to the extent of
5,3CO square miles and in Texas over
about 250 square miles. About 115,000
square miles remain, uninfested.
The weevil was found to occur in
the mountains of Arizona on a wild
cotton plant, but has not yet attacked
the cultivated cotton in that state. It
was found in Eddy county, New Mexico,
in 1918, but evidently failed to
become established under the adverse
conditions prevailing in that district
and no specimens vrere found there
during 1919.
SHUMATE IN CHARLOTTE.
To Face Charge of Violating the
Mann White Slave Act.
JYork,
March 27.?J. A. Shumate,
!'former resident of Bowling Green,
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arresiea in ^ieveianu, v^uiu, icucuti*
| on a charge of violating the Mann
white slave act, through the agency
of the Rev. 0. L. Jones, pastor of the
Firs>t Baptist church of Clover and
formerly member of the Atlanta detective
force, has been brought to
Charlotte, where he will be put on
trial. There are no charges against
the two young women, who, it is alleged,
he took with him.
Shumate is alleged to have carried
the two girls from Bowling Green
to Atlanta, Ga., making the trip
across country in an automobile.
From there the trio went to Cleveland,
where they were arrested after
being discovered by Mr. Jones, who
interested himself in the case on account
of the fact that one of the parties
was a member of his church.
Fire Destroys Shop in Town of Cope.
Cope, April 1.?This morning
shortly after 4 o'clock the town folks
were awakened by the firing of guns
and pistols which was done for the
purpose of letting them know there
was a fire. W. W. Kittrell lost
his wheelwright and blacksmith shop
combined which was all under one
roof, and some 70 or 80 feet to the
rear of his dwelling. Mr. Kittrel lost
all of his tools and some material
he had on hand, also about a thousand
feet of ashe and oak that he
had on hand. A buggy that he was
repairing, was also destroyed. There
was no insurance on same, and therefore
Mr. Kittrell suffered a total less
of something like a thousand or fif
ten nunarea aonars. wnen aiscovered
the whole building was in
flames, and the roof fell in soon after
the fire was first seen by Willie
Gray who gave the alarm. Crowds
went to the scene but could render no
assistance as the fire had full conI
trol. Mr. Kittrell had his hands very
near blistered by the flames rushing
I out as he opened the front door.
There was no wind at the time and a
| small house or two nearby were saved
I by throwing water on them.
Greenwood and Chester Gain.
Washington, April 2.?The following
census returns were made public
to night:
Chester, S. C., 5,557; increase 803,
or 16.9 per cent.
Greenwood, S. C., 8,703; increase
2,0S9, or 31.6 per cent over 1910.
?Misses Virginia Jones, Vista,
Evelyn and Leona Brabham, students
of Converse college, Spartanburg,
spent the Easter vacation at their
homes in the city.
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CHANCE OF VENUE REFUSED.
Gossetts Will Re Tried in Abbeville,
Judge Sease Rules.
Abbeville, April 6.?Judge Thomas
S. Sease late today denied the motion
for a change of venue in the case
of the state against John and Kenneth
Gossett, charged with criminal
assault. Simultaneously with his denial
of this motion Judge Sease announced
that he would not have either
a company of militia or a part
of a company as an armed guard at
the Abbeville court. He did not relish
the idea of uniforms, pistols,
swords and bayonets in a civil court.
It smacks too much of militarism or
Prussianism, he said, and if the prisoners
should be brought to Abbeville
under military guard the militia
I wmilrf nr?t ho nllnwoH to rnmp into the
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court room. Sheriff Burts was instructed
to swear in a sufficient num|
ber of deputies to keep the situation
j well in hand.
The defense has three days after
! the opening of the court Monday
j morning in which to go to trial, and
j Mr. Bonham informed the court that
! the defense would not be ready before
Thursday.
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i HOME DEMONSTRATION DEPT. j
Miss Emma Jane Varn, Home
Demonstration Agent.
! HOME DEMONSTRATION DEPT.
Emma Jane Vain, Agent.
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This has been quite a busy month.
All schools in the county have been
visited and members enrolled in the
j different clubs. Quite a lot of inter|
est has been manifested and club
j members are beginning w^rk in earliest.
The Gardening Club enrollment is
the largest, having an a total of one |
hundred and eighteen members.
Some of the members are unable to
have the entire tenth acre plat due
to the fact that they haven't the
available ground but most of them
are going to*have the tenth acre. The
main vegetables to be grown on this
space are tomatoes, beans, okra, corn
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J quite a variety of vegetables. The
seed, instructions, record books, etc.,
have been given out and work started.
The Poultry Club has the next
largest enrollment with a total of
one hundred and eight members who
are going to each have three settings
of pure bred eggs. They- realize that
j there is more money in pure bred
poultry than in the mongrel and I
have already ordered between five
and six hundred eggs from the best
breeders in the State. The poultry
j men are much interested in the promotion
of this work and have been
so considerate as to make a reduction
to .all club members in order to j
encourage it.
Next comes the Peanut Club with
an enrollment of fifty-five members
who are to grow one tenth acre or
more of peanuts, and kind of peanuts
may be used but we recommend the
Spanish variety as one well suited
to this soil and easy to gather.
The total enrollment of boys and
girls in club work is two hundred
and eighty-one and the outlook for
the year is very bright.
It is my intention to organize the
work among the ladies as soon as
possible. I shall be in -Aiken Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of
this week at a district meeting but
hope to begin the next. Meanwhile
if there is anyone in any community
where a club is wanted T shall appreciate
it if they will write me.
TRI-COUNTY LEAGUE ORGANIZED.
Will Be Composed of Six Towns.
Season to Open May 4th.
Representatives from Blackville',
j Denmark, Allendale and Fairfax met
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organized the "Tri-County Base Ball
league." Sol Blatt, Esq.., being elected
1 president and J. D. Robinson secretary.
It was proposed that the league
be composed of teams from the towns
of Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg,
Blackville, Denmark and Williston,
but should any of these towns fail
to come in by April 2")th, an invitation
will be extended to others. Fairfax
is very anxious to join, but wants
to be allowed to hire players. A resolution
was adopted, however, that the
teams must be composed of players
1 living within a radius of three miles
of the town.
A tentative schedule was prepared
at the meeting, which calls for a series
of about 20 games, beginning
May 4th and closing about July 9th.
It is proposed that each team play one.
game at home each week and one on
the road. '
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BY LAURENS MOB
JOE STEWARD HANGED FROM
RIVER BRIDGE.
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Inquiry to be Made.
Inquest Adjourned Penaing Investigation?Fight
With White Men
Causes Trouble.
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Laurens, April 2.?After an interval
of nearly seven years, a Laurens
negro has been executed without due
process of law. Joe Steward, aged 25,
who had been employed for a year by
a local coal dealer, was last night
about midnight, as near as can be ascertained,
taken from a station house
cell, carried to the foot of Cemetery
hill and hanged from the North Harper
bridge over Little river. The rain
soaked body was cut down and taken
to an undertaker this morning.
Upon the arrival of the coroner, inquest
proceedings were started with
Solicitor Blackwell representing the
state in the examining of witnesses.
After four or five men had testified,
including Chief of Police Blakely and
Sheriff Reid, on motion of the solicitor,
adjournment was taken until a
future date with a view to ascertaining,
if possible, additional evidence in
the case.
Dr. W. D. Ferguson, who examined
Steward's body, testified that five
stab wounds were on the body and his
neck had been broken. Death was
due to hanging and the wounds were
not serious in his opinion.
The lynching of Steward was the
result of a figl}t earlier in the night
with a party of young white men,
three of whom were, more or less painfully
cut with a knife wielded by
Steward. The fight occurred on a back
street near Harrison Punter's shop.
The negro received five stab wounds
from which he bled freely until medical
attention was given him.
It is said that the fight came about
' by Stewart taking up for another negro,
who, it is alleged, offended a
young white boy by crushing against
him as the negro was leaving the
opera house about 7 o'clock. The boys,
it is said, started to get the offending
negro when the encountered Steward,
who challenged the boys and used
abusive language which led to an immediate
fight. All wounded parties
had to have the attention of doctors.
Up until 11 o'clock everything appeared
quiet and most people went
home. Chief Blakely and another
policeman were on duty. The officers
left the station house for a short time
and when the chief returned the negro
was gone. He had been removed
from the cell, the door of which was
forced open, and taken out through
the rear of the building. So quietly
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was tue wotk aone mai no one uas
been found who heard any unusual
noises about the station at the alleged
time of Steward's removal from
his cell. It was not thought necessary
by the officers to place the negro in
jail as everything was apparently
quiet and there was na apprehension
of further trouble.
WIFE COMES TO AID.
Negro Shot While Attacking Sheriff
in Georgia Jail.
Statesboro, Ga., April 4.?In an apparent
attempt at jail delivery while
prisoners were being fed this noon,
Charlie Smith, IS year old negro,
struck down Sheriff DeLoach. A window
weight to which a weight was attached,
was the weapon used. Mrs.
DeLoach heard the cries for help and
rushed in with the sheriff's pistol.,
shooting the ne?ro twice, once in the
hand and once in the thigh. The
sheriff will recover. The window
weight came from the cell of John H.
Hoover, a white man from Ohio, who
is held on a charge of forgery.
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MUST LIVE OX LOVE.
liar on to Marry on Twenty Dollars a
Year Salary.
Budapest, April 3.?The youngest
daughter of Archduke Frederick, the
Archduchess Marie Alice, has become
engaged to Baron Frederich Albert,
who is a scion of an old Prussian
family. Fredrick is 30 years of age
and at present is employed in a commercial
bank in Budapest. He has a
salary of 5,000 kronen annually,
which under the present exchange
rate is worth about $20.
The father of the bride-to-be was
the richest man in the former monarchy.
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FOUND AFTER LONG SEARCH.
Much Excavating in Lava Finally
Crowned With Success.
Santa Fe, N. M., April 1.?Authentically
proven to have been overwhelmed
in a prehistoric volcanic
eruption, the skeletons of a boy and
girl, unearthed in the volcanic
bad lands near San Rafael,
were brought to Santa Fe
today and are being prepared
for shipment to Washington,
D. C. The skeletons were found in
a white stone house, in a good state
of preservation. A, sheep owner made
the discovery last week. The existence
of this white house among the
lava beds has long been a tradition
and expeditions from Washington
have in vain sought it for years. ,
The house was partly buried in
hardened lava and reached vith great
difficulty. The skeletons were cover
ed with a thick yellow plaster, the
hair of the girl being well preserved
and of a reddish brown color. Beside
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the girl's head were two large turqoise
ear rings. The body had been
covered with fur or feathers.
Arrangements are being made for
further excavations.
WOMEN CONTROL MEETING. . ;
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Democratic Convention Turned Into
Pro-Suffrage Gathering.
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Durham, N. C., April 3.?Fifteen
women, accepting an invitation from
S. C. Bradley, chairman of the county .
Democratic executive committee, to
attend the county Democratic convention
held here this afternoon, capti- ? ;
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vated the meeting and turned it into
a 100 per-cent pro-suffrage gathering.
The women obtained representation
on every 'important committee and - |
were accorded fourteen members on
the list of delegates named to attend
the state convention. Mrs. J. S. Cun
ningham, president of the State Equal
Suffrage League, was a member of the
platform committee and was author
of a plank urging the next legislature '
to increase salaries of teachers.
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AFTERNOON KISSING SAFER.
Unsanitary Until Sunshine and Fresh
Air Sterilize the Lips.
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l\ew iotk, iviarcu -so.?rvissmg i?
unsanitary until sunshine and fresh
air have sterilized the lips, according
to Dr. Lawson Brown, of Saranac
Lake, who told the New York Medical
society at today's session of its
convention that "it's a good thing
for the human race that courting is
done at night and in the late afternoon."
Speaking on tuberculosis, Dr.
Brown described a kissing test made
at Saranac to determine whether the
disease can be transmitted by contact
of the lips. ' % /
"We selected a pretty young woman
with a bad case of tuberculosis
and had her kiss a sterile dish*," sa&
Dr. Brown. "We found the morning
kisses gave forth a few germs, but *
those of the afternoon and evening
were a healthy risk."
THOUGHT DEAD?IS ALIVE. J
Father Hears From Son Now in California.
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York, April 3.?After having lived
for the last five years under the belief
that his son was dead, John W. Law -'V
rence, prominent farmer and Confederate
veteran of northern York coun- ^ ??
ty, received a letter from his boy,
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dated Rin Dine f!al and statiner that
he was getting along nicely.- The
younger Lawrence went on to say j
that he had been anticipating coming
home from week to week and for that
reason had not written, since he did ^
not consider it necessary.
Lawrence went west about nineteen
years ago. A long period elapsed be- f
fore the family had any word from
him and then he wrote intermittently
until five years ago, when his letters
ceased. The family had given him up
as dead and the mother has died since
last he wrote.
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Advantages of Telephoning. ? 4
"Did you have words with your
cook when vou discharged her?"
"Oh, no," said Mrs. Clipping. "I
was too quick for her."
"How so?"
"I 'rang off' before she had a
chance to tell me what she thought
of me, the members of my family,
my home, my income and my position
in society."?Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Statistics show that the average
time spent per conversation by worn- .
en on four-party telephone lines in
Philadelphia is forty-five minutes. ' - ^