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% * VOLUME XXX. * SPAIN PREPARING TO JOIN WORLD WAR Provided it. Should Become Necessary in the Course of Events SPECIAL COMMISSION OVER Headquarters Opened in New * York For Buying Big Ammunition. Spain is also prepairing for possible war. ? A special communication of the Spanish government, it was learned, has opened headquarters in New York for the purpose of buying 250,000,000 cartridges, several thousand war automobiles, and a large flotilla of aeroplanes. The communication is also expected to order a number of subamrines. ^ They are to be of two tonnages, a large type for ocean cruisings and a smaller craft for the shallower waters of the Mediterranean. The Bank of Spain has established large deposits for the purpose of war supplies with the National City and First National banks. There are five Spanish commissioni crs, Col. Manuel Rr ero Balbil, Capt B. Sarda and Capt Louis Claros, of the Spanp army; and Commanders Fernando do Carranza and Julio Moreira, of the Spanish navy. Col. Balbil is president of the commission, which has headquaH#*^ in the Spanish consulate, No. 18 Broadway. Preparing for War. Col Balbil and Capt Sarcjft were ft seen by a reporter. In the presence "E1 v.,a? i..4-u^ vi I'm u\ (iv i v" i uc kjaian, i/i i v: upani^ii consul, Senor de Salas shid: "These gentlemen are here to buy war supplies for Spain. Our country is not going to war, but we are preparing. We believe it is wise to be all ready in these days of trouble. The rest of Europe is on fire. We do not know how long or how far this war will go." "Is it true that England is furnishing the money for these supplies?" The question was waved away as imposssible to answer. The reporter then asked: Is it true ^ that fc>pain is preparing to protect the " rights of the wealthy Spaniards driven out of Mexico and whose interests j are said to be represented by General Huerta?" f "There is no truth in that story," A replied Senor de Sal as. "The Span* v ards who settled in Mexico will have ocr look out for themselves." 4 p-merchant who has been negoCo!( } n& with the Spanish commission tail/ \ yesterday: i exV * dealt with Capt. Claros. We have V^.fi&d great difficulty in getting cartridges because the allied- governments have put in orders for all that -the American manufacturers can produce. We have been able to secure 11 about 25,000,000 rounds for the Mauser standard rifles, but we want many millions more." The reporter said he had heard Spain wanted at least 250,000,000 rounds. Senor Claros replied: " 'I am not in a position to tell you the exact amount. I can only say we are anxious to obtain delivery by next January at the latest. If you can dea liver them by that time I think we can do business on a big scale.' " It had been reported in SpanishAmerican circles that th6 ammunition wns intended tr> rnit. TTnertn hnpk in power in Mexico. Capt Claros was interrogated on that point. He said: "These cartridges are for Spain, not for Mexico. It is true that the 4* Mexican rifle is of the same standard Mauser type, but don't let that fact misguide you. Although Huerta has been living in Spain and although many wealthy Spaniards were driven out of Mexico and have returned to Spain, we have nothing to do with Huerta or the Mexican Spaniards. f The Spanish government is paying ^ bills." ?hr "HOI I nrniliim inr iiiAnifino I UtllWIAN) AKt WllnMviu UNDER SEA BLOCKADE England Awaits Operations With Interests and Some Anxiety German submaries which for two weeks had been confining themselves to the North sea, where they sank several trawlers, again have appealed on the trade routes off the west coasts of Ireland and England and caught two victims. They were the British steamer Edale, sunk off the Sicilly islands, and the Russian steamer Svorono, attacked off the Blasket islands. Both crews were saved. n*i ? A.~ i- - ? - jLiiat, uiKen in connection with the warning issued to American travelers on trans-atlantic liners, doubtless means another attempt with a greater number of subamrines to combat the blockade by England. It is announced by the English papers that the admiralty has found a means of dealing with submarines, and the people, in view of the latest attacks upon steamers, are awaiting the result with interest. In face of submarine attacks, Zeppelin raids and the bombardment of Dunkirk, which bring the war closer heme, England remains calm as ever. There are some of course who feel anxiety over the Western battel line ' t generally the feeling is one of optimism based on the success with which the allies have withstood former attacks of the Germans to get through to the coast ports. The bombardment of Dunkirk, which was repeated yesterday and which has resulted in considerable loss of life, has caused many women and children to leave the town.. The Germans can repeat the bombardment whenever they desire with the big guns which formerly were posted on the coast to ward off the allied fleets. On the remainder of the Western front things are comparatively quiet, although the French appear to be still on the offensive between the Meuse and the Moselle the Germans claiming to have repulsed attacks there. Consequently with the situation at the Dardanelles established, i. i 1? * mi,crest nas turned again to the Eastern front, and particularly to the Russian Baltic provinces which are being raided by the Germans. The extent of this new raid has not been disclosed. Although the Germans announce that the Russians evacuated and burned Szawle and retired toward Mitua, there is no evidenc of any big battle being fought, and the Russians express confidence in their ability to deal with this new diversion. Along the East Prussian frontier and in central Poland there has been a renewal of the fighting which the spring floods interrupted, while in tne Carpathians, where the ground is drying, the Russians and Austrians again are contending for Uzsok pass. For the moment the Russians have turned from their offensive against the passes to attack the Austrians who were threatening their communications in the direction of Stry and have, according to their report, won considerable success, capturing two heights and a number of prisoners. They also claim to have repulsed an attack by the Germans who hold a line near Wyszkow further eastward. It is expected a big offensive soon will be undertaken on the Eastern trout, probably by the Germans, who have been feeling their way toward the Russian positions around the East Prussian frontier, although this may be a feint to hide a movement on some other part of the line. There is evidence that the allied fleet has resumed the bombardment of the Dardanelles but there is no official confirmation of this report. o Zepplins in Flight. London, May 1.?A dispatch to The Mail from Armwells, on the north coast, says that four Zepplins were seen at 6:30 o'clock last night eight miles from the coast. No airships have been seen by any of the coast stations in this vicinity. UlY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, FI CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, STRAIT WILL TELL OF ASYLUM MUDDLE Says He Will Enter Political Arena Next Year in Earnest RECENTLY SUPERCEDED Dr. T. J. Strait has a Lot to Say in an Interview Recently. Announcement that he would prob ably enter the political arena next year and tell the South Carolina public fully of the details of operation of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Columbia, of what changes and improvements were made by him and of the treatment accorded him by the present state administration was made by Dr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster, recently removed superintendent of the asylum, shortly before he left for his former home after being succeeded by Dr. C. Fred Williams, of Columbia. Dr. Strait said his mind was no fully made up as to what effort he would take to make public his views upon the situation at the asylum and upon the actions of the administration with regard to him. He forecast ed a political upheaval in 1916 with the asylum as the center of the vortex. Dr. Strait said he did "not know | whether he would run next summer i for governor, or lieutenant governor, I or for cnnffrpcc fvnm Vile " I -w ?. ? V* x. V ? ? ^ A V- n VJ J I X/III Alio MIOVl lV/t? i That "some of the leading lawyers i of this state hold the opinion that a | superintendent of the asylum can not . be summarily removed without cause, ; and that such action without cause I would be illegal" was mentioned by j him during the interview. He did not ' express his own opinion. Dr. Strait said he had not brought partisan politics into the government of the asylum, and that he had brought about 'a considerably more efficient government at a less aggregate expense to the state than that which I found there." He declard a comparison of th emonthly expenses of March, 1914, and March, 191.5, showed he had saved $7,200 for that month. He also asserted the installation of bread cutters saved the state the cost of 82,000 loaves of bread since he assumed charge. Giving strict care to the amount of meat cooked for each meal resulted in a daily saving of 175 pounds, he said. Dr Strait told of how he had become very friendly with the patients not wholly demented and "they shed tears when told I was to leave." He was informed, he said, that the stafT of nurses had petitioned the,governor not to remove him. As he closed the interview, Dr. Strait said he had assured Dr Williams that he would gladly assist him in any way possible. Dr Strait left Columbia in mid-afternoon for Lancaster. He said he would resume the practice of medicine at Lancaster after a rest of 10 days. Gov. Manning made a statement to the press yesterday regarding his action in guaranteeing personally the payment to C. Fred Williams, M. D., of $3,000 to supplement the salary of that amount allowed the superintendent of tho Stato .1 KS I tin; 111" sane by the general assembly. Dr. Williams yesterday succeeded as superintendent T. J. Strait, M. I)., of Lancaster, an appointee of Gov. Blease. Dr. Williams' term expires . February 15, 1916. Gov. Manning's statement follows: "I have appointed Dr. C. Fred Williams of Columbia as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, for the term beginning May 1, 1915, WEATHER For Week Beginning We Issued by the U. S. Wcath FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC AND E The weather will be fair the grea what temperatures for a day or tw j is some prospect of showers in a da ? s RST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER" , MAY 6, 1915 FROM NATURAL CAUSE Aim AAMAiiaHMIA ?? 5AIU UUHUNtK'S JUHT Cas$ of Mrs Ivy Cook who Died Suddenly in the Country. ALARMING TALE TOLD Coroner V. D. Johnson Called to Examine the Cause of Death. Last Wednesday a tale reached Conway to the effect that a Mrs. Cook had been given poison by some member of her family at her home in Dog Bluff township, and had been found dead in bed. The coroner was called tn inVflcflO'ilf n inf A ftiA /M1I1CQO V???? vv/ JL ? ? vu V* v\; All VV t AIV V UUOV^O V A. A1V1 death. When the coroner made inquiries he ascertained that it was the wife of Mr. Ivy Cook of Dog Bluff township, who had died and he went at once to it- - 1 .. _ - TT 1 J me place, ne &uiuiiiuii6u aim elled a jury of inquest who proceeded to hear witnesses. It was soon apparent that there had been no foul play about the case. The mother of the deceased was examined on oath and the substance of what she told was to the effect that Mrs. Cook had been suffering from a complication of diseases for some time; that she had been subject to "heart spells" or something of this kind. That there had been1 nothing unusual about the death of. the woman and that no poison or oth-! er substance of a deadly nature had been given her at all. There was nothing to show that the person died from other than natural causes, and I ' the jury rendered their verdict to that effect. The jury was empanelled in the late afternoon and it was after dark when the coroner's party left the place. o Steel Bridge Endangered. The new steel bridge across the Waccamaw river is situate on the side near an immense pile of saw dust and debris piled up by several years of operations of the old Waccamaw Shingle Co. This saw dust pile in some way became ignited and when discovered the approaches to the bridge were in serious danger. An alarm of fire was turned in, the flames extinguished without any damage to the bridge. and ending February 15, 1916. After 1 found the appointment of Dr. Sargent?a man skilled in mental troubles?was against the spirit of the constitution, I looked around for a physician, skilled, young, full of energy and full of love for his fellow man and desiring to be of service to them. With these considerations in mind, I consider Dr. Williams an ideal choice. "Dr. Williams had in Columbia a lucrative practice and his own home. To give up the practice for the salary allowed would have entailed a heavy sue mice on me parr 01 ur. Williams and his family. Having his own home, he desired and agreed to forego the residence and perquisites that have always been allowed super intendents of the State Hospital for the Insane and I then guaranteed personally to him the extra compensation. "I regard the proper care of these 1,700 unfortunates the largest work of our State. Humanity demands it. Money spent to give them the best care and treatment will be well spent I do not propose to disregard the constitution and the law; I stand for them, and if this increase of salary for service to be done is forbidden, I will pay it myself, rather than these patients under the care of the State should not have the best treatment that can be secured." FORECAST dnesday May 5th, 1915 er Bureau, Washington. D. C. AST GULP STATES: ter portion of the time, with someo over the interior districts. There y so over the East Gulf States. mill CONCERNING THE ROAD WORKING Writer Explains Law and What Results May Follow Kicking. (Written for The Herald.) There has been considerable conversation among our people about the appointment of what are called hired "overseers" in working the roads under the new system; says Mr. Norton, the Attorney for the County Board. Most of this has been on account of misunderstandings by some of the road hands?and I can't blame them, forth road law has been often changed in the past few years; some of it has been by those who will never have a chance to find fault with* the style of their halos in Heaven; a little by those on road sections who have always tried to make trouble; and just a bit by those who want to beat out of work by making confusion. The talk is fast dying out. The great majority of the road hands are working the roads; and showing their willingness to work under any suitable or competent man selected by the Township Supervisor." The kickers are becoming fewer and fewer as the days go by. Soon a very large majority of the road hands will have completed their work. The roads of the County show it. This is all the more satisfactory to those responsible for the law and to the officers charged with its enforcement, because the work up to May 1st is purely voluntary. The hands get their credit of course, but they could not be compelled to work until after the first of May. I may as well give a hint to the kickers: It will be a hard matter soon to get a jury without all of them or most of them having..already worked their six days tax on the roads. I would hate to go before six men who have sweated six days on the public highways to be tried for trying to get out of it. I'd have to have a mighty good case; I'd lack sympathy; I'd get justice. The employment of hired overseers is purely a question of policy. Some of the Township overseers desire to have their road hands work as close home as possible and at the most convenient times. They know that it is virtually impossible to get an overseer to work his hands after his own six days is up, and, if he does, it may be of great inconvenience to the hands An overseer under the complete control of the Township Supervisor can go over a long section of road calling out hands closest and work them one or two days a week, then call out a new squad and work, and so on until he gets to the end of his section; then go back and start again until the full six days of each hand is put in close home and in short periods. There are many other reasons for such a policy on the most important roads. The Township Supervisors, I understand, arc all attempting to suit their methods to the best interest of good roads and to the convenience of their road hands. The hands are finding this out and are mostly taking whatever mistakes are made good naf 1 tr n n/I h /r f a 1\a nl\1 a 4-/a I Ul l.UltY ((IIU 11U|/I IU UC tiuiu IV* help the Supervisors and overseers make fewer or none next time. There are few places from which complaints are heard that have nol been accustomed in the past to stb ring up confusion. I have hoard them before. The present law makes it pretty hard on the kickers and hold-backs. After the first of May there's no chance to pay. And after the work next door to the kickers bus been done by the kickers' neighbor, the the kicker himself may be assigned to another overseer any where in the Township within ten (10) miles, where he must do his work. And if there are a majority of kickers in a neighborhood, those who desire to work may be put on their closet road or may be assigned to some other road to put in their time. Such section may be left unworked; the traveling public will soon be kept up, such people will cause land values I to fall as does any other war foolishj ness. NO. 3 niOTninT nrturrnrunr uioimui uuNrtntNUt OF EPWORTH LEAGUE Will Meet at Conway on May Eighteenth to Twentieth Inclusive - ] MARION DISTRICT LEAGUE Send in Names of Those Who Will Attend to Mr Claude B. Dusenbury The Marion District Epvvorth League Conference wil be held at Conway, S. C., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day, May 18, .19, and 20, 1915. The meeting will open on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. Delegates may come on the mid-day train. At least two young people from every Methodist Church in the District are requested, and the organized Leagues should send at least four. Please send names of those who will attened to Mr. Claude 13. Dusenbury, Conway, not later than May 12th. Delegates are urged not to arrive in Conway on the night train, as it comes so late that the committee cannot meet it. All the Pastors of the District are expected to attend. Let all come praying for a good Conference. "F." o BRINGING NICHOLS TO SOUTH r A POT TV A Federal Ofticers Start For This State With Recent Prisoner at Leavenworth. Topeka, Kan., April 30.?W. J. Nichols, formerly a member of North Carolina legislature, today lost his fight to prevent his return to South Carolina on a federal indictment in connection with operation of a farm loan scheme, Federal Judge Pollock denying his application for a habeas corpus writ. A United States marshal started South with Nichols late today. Nichols was indicted in South Carolina in 1910 for using the mails to defraud . Later he went to Oklahoma, where he was convicted of a similar charge and sentenced to the Leavenworth prison. When he completed his term March 23, South Carolina officers met him at the prison gates and arrested him on the old indictment. * o First Shipment of Strawberries. The first shipment of strawberries o fthe 1915 crop went out of Conway in refriderator cars Thursday of last week. They were as fine as the Conway berry generally is but the quantity was not so large as the crop had not ripened. Shipments have steadily increased since then. The crop will not be a very large one, the same being cut short by the cold and still shorter by the dry weath ... * * * w c or. At the time of writing this item prices on the northern market are an unknown quantity to some extent; but what there is of the crop it is expected will be well developed and of fine flavor, and the growers are ex peeling very fair prices on an average through this season. But it is very evident that useless and unnecessary complaining about road working will soon be highly un11 1 Cfc ?? A f f A%? amXM i;w|uuui , rv i ii-1 ii cuiwiia AWt'uus his six days on the road, the fellow who tries to get out of it will feel his anger; if the officers of the law allow the fellow to get out of it, they will feel like his kicks, too. There has been times when a few persons coulu get together, stir up a little confusion and get out of their road duty because the County road officers , were too much burdened with other i duties to bother with them. That - time is past; it may as well be recognized. "X*