Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Detailed plans fop- landing of marines at these two important coast towns were completed at a *onfercnce at the white house be 4ween President Wilson, Seccre faries Bryan, Garrison and Dan iels, Major-General Wood and Rear Admirals Riske and Blue and John Lind. 'No orders to the army and navy will be issued tonight," was the announcement made after the con Terence, action being deferred un til congress acts on the joint reso lution approving the president's purpose of using the armed fore es of the United State: to enforce its demands against General IIn, erta growing out of the arrest at Tampico of American 'blue-jack eta. The resolution passed the house tonight, by a vote of 337 to 37, af ter a spiritel'lebate. For several hours it was considered by the sen ate foreign relations committee with prospects of an all-night 'ses sion of the henate, or a recess un til early tomorrow. The house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. President Wil son retired after hearing that the house had adopted the resolution. Persons in touch with the pres ident said the steps "short of war" which would be taken by the Unit ed States were of a nature which would not require formal notifica tion to the powers in the same sense that a dIelaration of block ade or other preliminaries to war. Foreign governments will be kept in formed of developments, howev er. The dlebate in the house brought out the fact that, while the Ameri ean ryavy probably would block Mexico off from commerce with the United States it would not inter fere with the passage to and fro of foreign vessels, though eargoes discharged on the shore might be held' at thme etistomis houses. During the evening there were in formal eontierences of Democrats and Republicans and .opposition . to the phraseology of the resolution was ap parent. Many senators, among themn a few Democrats, objected to singling out General Hluerta as .an individual, and wanted to amend the resolution to direct it against the de facto gov ernment in 'the City of Mexico. Others wanted~ to make the resolution broad enough to cover Mexico generally. Administration leadlers were hegin-a ning to rally their forces early in an aicip~ation of Republican oppiosition. Admin'lstration senators held that - the passago of the resolution was g step which would enable the prehident practically to prevent wir .by forcing Iluert.a to respmect Americans and their . interests. *The'npqidt' had made t clne to CUSTOM IZED WI FITS AND ' UNITED STATES GENERAL IIUERTA AND FFECT FOREIGN SHIPS. BELS IN DOUBT. " .A N 'F ( A AT TA MPI1(O UNITE) TAltTS AND STitIl'iS AS APO-LO. IANI) AND PRtESIDENT '1. 4SON L COURSE OF VIGOlOUS A"TION. congress in his message that the ex ecutive really had authority to act, but that he preferred the approval of con gress before making any Important mcve. Members of the house retired in stead of waiting for the senate to re convene. Crowds thronged the sen ate galleries 'and corridors. Against luerta Only. At executive quarters there was a let-up in the Itto hours. Clerks were on duty for emergencies but no move ments were announced. A high oilcial who was in conference with the presi dent pointed significantly to the fact that no orders had been issued to the army, and remarked that the Consti tutionalists need not be nervous over the situation, for vie present action was aimed entirely against Huerta. It was said that one of the reasons the white house was insistent on individ ualizing Huerta in the resolution was to prevent the Constitutionalists from misinterpreting present movements as ihreatening'hostilities agahst thetti or the Mexican people generally. With the announcement'earlier that the battleships Virginia. Nebraska and Georgia of the third division, had been ordered from Boston to Tampico, it was believed the final orders had been given for the movement of ships on the Atlantic side of the continent. The receipt late tonight of the state ment dictated by General Huerta to the Associated Press saying there was no American flag in the Dolphin's whaleboat brought about Informal comment from navy department ofil cials who asserted that Rear-Admiral Mayo had reported the boat as flying the colors of the United States at both bow and storm. In any event, the American government considers the arrest of bluejackets in American uni form as unwarranteil. Just before midnight Secretary Tu multy left the white house for the hotel where Vice- President Marshall lives. Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Garrison were there and all went to the capital. 'By adjourning until 12:10 o'clock the senate had-ended the calendar day of Monday and, under the senate rules', a single objection to a report from a committee is sufficient to put the mat ter over one day. Paying Out Pension Money. Clerk of Court C. A. Power has been busy for the past several Weeks dis bursing the state pension money to the Confederate goldiers. ie stated yesterday that ho had paid out about half of the money allotted to this county andl that ho would be glad for the other 01ld soldiers and widows to call for their apportionment. Salad Peas Hearing. Thme advertiser-has received t'rom Mr. Jno. E. McDaniel, of Waterloo, several samples of English peas taken from his vines 8'aturday. They are of a va riety called "salad peas" by Mr. Mc Daniel and have large and fully do veloped pods1. Hie states that the vines are three feet or more high and arc full of blooms~ and young peas. Death of Aged Laly. Mr's. Milindla Cooper dliedl at the home, of her son-in-law, Mr'. Samn M Thompson, in Youngs township last week and wvas buried at Cedar Springs church, in -GreenvIlle county, ty,.-the day following her death. She was a conscientious membmer of the Tlaitist church andl a devotedl Chiis tian. HOUSES TO BE THIN FEW HOURS IfEATI OF MS. A. F. SIIERARD. thc Laurens cemeteiy Thursday Ing at e'levenl o'clock, her1 palstor. Rev. Had Been, it lieasent of Latrens for .. It. T. Major, (oitduetiig the ser 'hirty Years, Living an Exemplary vices aid a chor select voices ;ing Life'. ing se'veral sof1 t hiymniis. AfteAr thii K' isat Alts. Annie P. Sherard, mother of ites were said younger relatives and Airs. W. II. Gil(kersoii, died at the hom fiends of the deceased airanged Over of the latter Tuesday night after ai the grave a ii' of beaatniul Hoels il.ness of several weeks. Mis. Sher- wih had been seit by fihids. ard was the widow of Lieut. William following gritleinit aute: as ball Yaney Fhierard, who was killed lin bat- biar'rs: Honorary, N ( L ll, NV tie while fighting around Richmond in L. Gray. If. 'leriy, 0. H. :;Ini fitm, .I. October, 186.1. .she was a native of 1. bolt, .1. Ir. 'olbert Active, .1. P. Cokesbury, now in Greenwood county, t iTl(y, Joe Sniith, i'dWaid Met' rady. and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 13 L .Jones, A. K. Kinard and .i. If. Samuel A. Iodges. Two children, Irs. POwC. W. -1. Gilkerson of this city, and Mr. Mirs. Slerard was a life-log anl Samiuel 11. Sherard, of Los Angeles. coiselelous mamber or the Methodist Cal., survive her. Mr. Sherard was at (iurch and took a great deal of int her bedside when the end came. An- est In its activitles. She assisted in or other son, Mr. W. Yancy Sherard, died galizig the Ladies' Al( society of the several years agso at Orangebur:. Mrs. clurch Ieie and was Its first, lnesi Sherard is also survived by the follow- dent. She was a woman or lovable ing brothers and sisters, all of Green- traits and admirable (Itities. At wood: Messrs. Geo. C. and Samuel 13. home and abroad her kindness and Hodges, Miss .ulIa Ilodges and Airs. A. gentleness hound friends and relations St. C. Lee. She was 73 years of age. closely to her and endeared her to Tro futerel services were hgeld in rtany. FOUR KILLED ' IN BATTLE Vera Cruz, Aipri21.-Vera Cruz to- house before noon and a few minutes night Is in the Lands of forces from later Capt. Win. I. Rush of the bat tihe United States warships, but the tieship Florida, who was in coi occupation of the port was not accosm- siand of the operations ashore, plished without loss of American lives brought. his flag In. Four American bluejackets and ma- s Rush's men aiready had tak rines were killed by the fire of the en imp their positions. They num Moxicans and 20 fell wounded. The bored 150 bluejackets from the For Mexidan 1ibW is' fit kliown; but it is ida, 390 mariies from the Prairie and believed to have been heavy. The wa- 65 marines from the Florida. Later ter front, the customs house and all these were augmented by a detach important piers, including those un- m fro~i the Utah. der tei:ninal works, from which ex- Te coming of the Amerhan forces tend the railroads to the capital, have was not heralded by any great ex been occupied. All the territory citenet:t but small crowds gathered around the American consulate is to watch the landing. Soon the blue strongly patrolled and detachments jackets and marines marched through the streets, leading from the wvater front and a long the railroad yards. CHARLES J. BADGER, Others proceeded to the American AT HEAD OF FLEET. consulate, while still others were (le Ployed hiong the approaches to cen tal laza, in which Gen. Maas had concentrated hes men. ma nThese nanohufres were effected hwithout oposition but suddenly we. SMaas challenged the advance with the Sfirst shots- a volley fired from a oint tanethree blocks from the narines and two blocks south of the main laza. The marines replied immediately, but the action ceased in a moment. There was a lull for ten minutes and then another brief exchange from the west n end of Montesenos street, where a f d hisfederal outcaost was stationed. Prairie In Action. At. 1:30 the tiring became general uf, W. Van. at 1 o'clock the gus of the tn-port Pr'aiie went into action. 'A. 'SPrior to this, a detachment of blue jackets from the Utah, holding the ground between the consulate and te tatrfront, opened with two of their three-inch guns. The fr'st shots from these pieces wee fdirdcte against the ancient Benito .Juatrez tower which Photo by Americin Press Assocition once setrved as a lighthouse. This As rea adtmiral In command of tie was occpeeuat. Mexican sharpshoot Atlantic fleet Charles .1. Badger is the era. lieut. Commtander Buchanan of man on wmoam devolves responsibility the Florida ordered that it be e for' what happens in Mexican waters. stroyed. Five shots brought the ol tower down. hd other sections of the city'. The womten of tie Atne yican colony Th'le Mexican commander, Gcei. Guts- ia Vera Cruz had been placedl abroad tavo Mans, offered a stubborn treels- ae chartet'd steams fmspetanza and tance to the American advance and for Mexico, hut the foreigt colony, ese many hours there was fighting in the maly the American, .s greatly aug streets. Towhards nightfall it was re- 'mented this morning ahe tch ported that the mani body of the led t ainon s artived from the capital. oral gasso ts~ ;r, retreat to (lie STome of these temained ashore, ut westward. many were taken aboard the steaxm Ream' Admitral leher, cotmmand- ts. So tar as ndi le learned, no ing time United Tited washijips, p e- keftgees nere injerec. faced his occupation of tihe port hy The demand totdie sutrrender of a (emand, through tie American coi- Vera Crux was made at 9 o'clock i I 14i, W. W. Canada, for' its surrendem'. (lie morning. Consul Canada called on. :aas promiptly declinied to ac- ln. h stave Mans, commandant or cede to this dematd andi shortly aftet- Vera C u, by telehiliote anw prsent yard whtaleboats wre sent off from el the demands, saying that the Unit lie side of tihe Pra~e loaded wvith ed sttTes forces were about to oc iiaines. ^T m r. ed rd plied town. Iae called ilngso'Inw as. a .l fo' t endmine tnd then ,Thee hotseffcteda hr1I~ Ianother~v~ brie exchag e rom'cwet thm ~ihhmm'ooi o ~ '' end"~' ofn Moensreewhr Organizations to ie Perfected and Ilelegates Elected to County Con vention. Acting on the notice of Conlty Chairman Cannon, the presidents of the different detmocratic clubs of the county have called club meetinigs for this coming S::turdaty for the p)ttrl est of organizing anid eleeting delegates to the county con'tention which is to be held Monday, thw fourth day e. May. As seen by the notices pnliish eci in the papersl' of' these mteetings. 11h'y will 1m held in the nceeustomued places and at the usual tile of d iy. ach ) club is en.itled to a delegate ( )t te 'outy 'ontionii for every twea ty-live memiberi or frct on ther'f)I. AC('ll''Y IN lilA-L I TATF, Several Pieces of 'roperty (han ~ Hands in Last Few Days. Mrs. M. . . Fowler, yho ecen y sold her handsome home on \Vest Ma i-i street to MI'. S. M. Wilkes. !tureuhase-l the house and lot of Mrs.-.1. A. Austin, on South iirper street, M ondav morn ing. The d1'':1 w is tn le thr t. i it M. \Wolff, real ?state dealtr. 'This property is locatI.i in .1 re0y dlsira bl1e put of Ihe eily. N1on-lvy m~ 'ngana 'a e j' ;a was inade when ',ir. '. .. I r -, of Anderson, sol- hIls atti' i I . m m galow on Church str.''t 1. Mr. M. .1. Simpson, passende, a:! :i'ket It I.t at the union sta.ion. T!i I .I'le was also made throui V. M.\. Wolff. (foes to (naon. Mr. leff Taylor, who has been with Davis-Roper Ctompany for a number of years, has accepted a position in the company store of the Union-lhuffalo) mills at Union. Mr. Taylor will be manager of the dry goods department. He and his family will take up their residence in Union immediately. Their friends here regret to see them leave the city, but are glad to know that the change means a substantial promotion for him. To Make Commencement Address. Supt. It. L. Jones has annour 'ed that Rev. It. A. McCullough, pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran church, Columbia, has accepted the invitation to deliver the comtmencenent sermon before the graduating class of the high school this year. Thu sermon will be preach ed at the First Methodist church on May 25th. As announced in this pa per several weeks ago, the commence ment orator this year will be Rev. A. G. Wardlaw, of Greer. Supt. Jones states that he feels that the people of this city should consider themselves very fortunate in securing these two divines for these occasions. Shoots Negro Man. In a difficulty which occurred at the home of G. Wash Hunter, near Clin ton, on the night of April 17th, Joe L. Phinney, a well known white man, shot and seriously injured a negro man. It was reported last week that the negro had died from the effects of thte wounds, but later dlevelopmentts proved these reports to be untrue. It is understood that te fight wvas the result of a dispute over a game of cards. Agency for the Imuperial. Lavender' and Wham is 'the namte of a newv auttomobilie agetcy just estabt ithed in Laurens. Thtese two young men have secutred the agency for the lmperial. They wvill htandle the Lit tlo Four, Big Foutr, Little Six, Big S'ix and Roadster. Thtey are ntow dis playing a handsome new model of thte Im perial. Off to ('ontvention. Mr. F. H!. Mootre, of Lanford Sta tlont, passed thtroughi thte city Mottday Ott his way to Flotrence to attend theo state convention of tihe Junior Ordetr of Mechanties. Mr. W. P. Thomasont joined im i htere anid accompirtited hti'm to Florence. Mr. Hi. Tcerry, dep~pty national counselor, left yesterday to attetnd thte convention. Stores to Ciose at Six. We the utndlersignedl merchants agree to close our ptlaces of butsiness at 6i o'clock, begitninig May 1st, excep)t Sat urdays, until Sept. 1st, 1911: Owhtgs & Owings, Huntter Bros., .. ir. Sullivan, Dixie Flour & Grain Co., JT. M. Philpot, Bentnett & Owintgs, Johni A. Franks, Owings & Robo, Kenntedy Bros., A. L.. Mahtaffey, Todd, Simpson & Co., Dial Comtpany, JI. C. F-hell & Co., R. C. G;ray, Swygert, Nickels & ('o., aarhnn Grnoce lon oiiYra 8D1OO[ AIMR WS GR[AT 8UC[SS Over Three Thousand In Parade. A LONG LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS The Se'ond Ani:..I School Fair, 'roved In meafe. rit:'i Nu"ccssi Thnu First. ii ardreds (: '(*heoal Ex Ihibits ind Ma n) ('nict, a:t.i4 it Literar'y' a nc! . (hlt i' l; 4' r ;tr.'::ts. Sehools (; ('un ty Sit ('. o n1-a l t aI Progturtss F'ully ltr eetttl hm ,,ri d ciicl'rn and as '3ruany inuorie pae lnts, pat ron1s and truistres gath' : I in io nr,s Friday for the grtniual euinty school fair and field day. Forom early in the morning until the exercises began ie crowds cont inoted to comre. The dlay was an ideal one for m1t1h a gathering, not being too cold or too w~Irlin, and every advantage was taken to n:tke it pro titabtle rs well ' enjoyi~ble. The e ('xer (ises of to da:y egan at. len o'clocit in the morning, all de jIart ments being conducted at tho same tiue. In tile graded school building the literary contests took place, on the school groinds were held the elenteuary athletic contests and at the c(ou3nty court house were shown the exnibits in arts and eraits. The successful contestants in the different departments are found below. Special mention should be mde however of the splendid arts and crafts exhibits in the court house. A large number of the schools of the county were represented in exhibits in this depart ment andi a most creditable display was made. Sandy Springs school was coimmended by the judges as being the best of all the country exhibits in this department and Rock Bridge, with its excellent exhibit, was a clo;e second. Occupying a promiiinent place in the court house was (he trophy cup won by Iaurens county at the state teach ers association for haviug the largest. attendance. As a part of the arts, crafts and handiwork exhibit, .\Miss .lanye C. (arlington had an attractive tomato club exhibit on the court house plaza. This was visited by a large number of interested spectators. Very ch.: to this exhibit was the model farm e- - hibit in charge of Prof. Niven, of Clemson college. lieo was lemon strated the benefits to be derived from rotation of crops. Prof. Niven had a very attractive exhibit and his time was fully occupied in explaining the advantages of crop rotation. Rural School Debate. At two o'clock in the afternoon a debate was held in the school building on the topic "Resolved, that Laurens county should have medical inspection of schools." 'The speakers were Paul Bobo, Friendship, and Jennice Cox, Youngs, on the affirmative; Annie Mae D~onnan, Sandy S'rings and3(1 P. Wofford, Prospoct, for' the negati' R1ev. Rt. F. Norris, Dr. W. i. Dial a Mr. Ernest Anderson, of Newbir acted as judlges. They decided '$ affirmative and 1Rev. Norris thle detcision In an iuustiali tle add~ress. < High Schuool Athleties. g f While the debate was in prIogr. in the school but1 Iding the high schoi boys were comp ietinig ini feats strength, speed and endurance. Clin ton hIgh school carried away the larg er part of the honors In this depar t menit of the fair and retainedl the athi letic Cupi won last year. The follow Iing were the successful conitestan ts in these events: One hundred yard (lash: Galloway, Clinton; Jacobs, Cl intoni, Traynham, Hickory Travern. Trwo hundred and twenty yard dash: Galloway, Clinton; I unter, G;ray Couirt-Owlngs; ltichbu rg, Clinton. One hundred and twenty yard bur dIle: .Jacobs, Clinton; Ilunter, Gr'ay Court; Piather, Clinton. Hi1gh .Juirmp: JTacobs, Callonmay, Cl intonl; Drummonid, Lanford. BiroadI Jump I: Gal lowvay, $19..5;1 llu ter, Jacobs. Pole vault: Calloway, 9; Priathe'r, Hlunter. Shot-put: Jacobs, 29.t01-2 ;- Rlh' bur :g, 29.9; TUnrnett, ritnity-Ridge, 3. May Polo Dance. One of thue most beautiful events at o (Continued on Pagn Fonr,)