The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 12, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1915. NME~4
WILSON INTIMAT[8 Tll
WILL BE ARRIl
Speech is Received With
Cheers in Philadelphia
HUMANITY FIRST
WITH AMERICA
le Says there is Such a Think as a
Man Being Too Proud to Fight; a
4.- Country Too Right to Conviuce Oth
ers by Force. Steps Will be Taken
to Convince Germany of its Injustice
to Mankind.
Philadelphtia, iMay 10.-President
Wilson gave to a gathering of 4,000
naturalized Americans tonight the
first intimation of the course the
United States probably will pursue
in the situation resulting from the
logs of more than a hundred Ameri
can lives On the BritJsh liner Lus-1
tania. He spoke by implication, but
his hearers Interpreted his remarks
as ,ieaning that wi[de the United
States would remain at peace It would
seek to convince Germany of the 1xt
Justice to mankind of the tragedy.
"Aierlen," said the president,
"muinst have the conselousiess that on
all sides it toehes elbows and
touches hearts with all the nations of
mankind. The example of Ameriea
must be a special example. Azld it
must be an examilule nit merely of
peace because It ill not tight, but
becnuse peace is a healing and ele.
vatig influiience of the world ani(d
strife is not.
"ThI 8r 0 is suth a tig0g as a mn111
being too prouid to light. There Is
such a1-thinig a1s being So rIght that it
does iot need to conilnee others by
forc tilht it s right."
Thiese retr1('II Sk pri elpliated a 11.
m11111 of a;piliuw a1141 patriotie ell
th uslisiash altelnded by waIvinig of
'hllisa ds of l4n111 1 n- i't'lgS.
The presidit imide no direitI Imer
eeiie (o theO (.1sitn11 ha1 tra "eiy, 111u1
thle ain11flec dh14 ]lot bevdtale to renld
lte appliention vi Is .i mn.
Tl4im -'t2'7" .vI Al es i i n th e I
hi 1 '. by 4 n? ol' iN l 4*. : 1 s
ito in S i o f \ . O h p
344, ; 4 '. he f
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wi i 1 li e o .\ :
(dnt 'r 11 11n ;; l'irth !,m to 4( lhr :4 i
(ountries w'ith you1l 4, you3 ((4m2 ni th :1
lbehind you)i 14bringing what1 is4 b~est (f
Sti l spit , but4 not114k lo ig over'4 your3
wha~ft yo41 leave4 ini themI. I ('erta4inly
his: or'1~i4i. It la (one' thin to.2 oI o the)1 4
pla2ce wV1141re you. go. You~1 (n't he? an' 4
Amerila if' youl thin3k of1 yourself in1
groupsI~.' Amerien(1 does not) consist of (1
groups44. A man11l'40(0111 wh o S Ii himl
Is not yet an3 Amerle4I(an1.
no't onily of AInerica2, 1but to) thlink lir?.;t
9 of hiumnity113, and1( you4 doI 3not lov4 114
maityi you see'k to dIivibl hitman241
. (Th president was$ (c0nstant1 ly inter3
rupted(1( by 84pontaneous3Ii outbur)4 s 3 of5 4
app'lau1I4;. 1 1401ok (clearly and14 so2
iui et was12 hils audience10 of 154,0004 1tha4
h le !ould be heard d'1(Ist1ictlyin all 41
parts of tho hll . -1hverywhiere red4,
wvhiite and blue flags and( 111 lung were
dislayed(14 and( aL band duing the Oeen
ing pliayedi patrt1'4tic tiris.
Sonme of' the panssagesi in t he pirecI
dent's spch which the crowvd a I
pilauded most loudly wore those:
"I am sorry for the man who seeks
to make personal capital out of the
passions of his fellowvman. le has
last the touch and idea4l of America.
AT SETL[M[NT
[ED AT WITHOUT WA
0 Ill* * Il 41 0
"IEE(. CALM AND TRUST *
VILSON" *
*- In comment.ing on the sinking *
* of the Lusitania by a German *
* submarine, Richard 1. Manning *
* governor of South Carollna, *
Cntitiolls tihe people of tihe state *
* to be calin and trust in Presi- *
* dent Wilson. Inl answer to tel- *
* egrams from Northeri papers *
*. asklug for tihe sentiment of tihe *
people of this state on the dis. *
aster, the chief executive issued *
* the foklowing statment. *
"South Carolina is shocked at *
the sinking of the Lusitania by *
* a German sulnnarine-wild for *
* the moment; patience strained. *
* President Wilson's poise and *
* wisdom have our unshaken *
* faith. We advise tihe people to *
* be calm and trust the president. *
* Ills information will be ample *
and his Judgment dependable. *
* Tle people of South Carolina *
sustain him, whatever time event *
* and whatever the cause." *
* The foregoing statement also *
* was wired the Chicago Tribune, *
* wimeh asked for on expression *
* from Governor 3Ianning In a tel- *
egramm, sMayinm9: "Wiilson says *
* war is ump to the people."
* * * . . . * . . . * . * . .
for America was crCated to unite man
kind by the plassions that lift and
uite and not by the passiomns that
s 1parate and debase mankind.
"The walN who seeks to divide imamn
firoi ma, gr'oup fromi groump. in
est. frotn iliterest in the l'mnited State s
is Itri kinig at its very hearmt.
"I wa; bomrmn inl America. You
dr11anid of what .\ir ;a Was 10 ib',
and I iope you I'rought time drea1mis
whilhl you. .\' 3m:1 who du).4 not
'i will \1 t r rea ize ally Ihigh
4h 'rn i
Z:Ie of l Aire llent A -t I.'i'
it ven inre ..
ill4' f il 1ki i 4444 .!,
l1ienn l' heen deaie '448 t444
Seve det: I etiv aceis a er
4.dition bm~urnres f ole-nn A
them'::rossin and brout up1. the
re'a. 444)1a The elf troo ace in:fh I m guam3' d
o !.4nor. 141iT ni was 41 th 4.h time 104
hevprei d(nt rode' for' ethree: a Jites
alo g treianini soll U~i401 idly' line.144wi
11h4'in 8 opeIi . I e( untl y e i a~s d
th 1) Iroad soreet4 statiomof thmin tPen
m'i'rmmn. chteered3 Im'o atea:' gresidn
'tepped aboard hliis pr1) ie ar. h e (
(mldanad his memmm haf. Soo)mn af'4imcr
wathe ~')in'm mde ren'ti(ed. ml
The stat11 Ion(4t wsi packed wit ith a'1 I
aied.mm The10 strets welie line>de witt
1teiol who shtd ai noisy4) amw. In
thuia le t welcoeme. 01 '4l
.imakes Annmmonnmeememnt.
In ti 11Issume of' The Adv~ertiserm will
be1 Coun d time fommalI annimouniement Iof
Mr'. Sam Nicholls as candid~ate for
congm'essman to succeedI Jud~ge Johtn
son. Mir. Nicholls "neceds no lntr'odime
fiomn to a TLur'ens audliec"; ho Ia
perominenit hmero both as a lawy'er and
as n. nolitinn.
LUSITANIA SUNK
Gravest Situation Confronti
Great English Liner Tor;
Warning had been Issm
or their Allies. Presid
Belligerent Nation
of A
London, May 7.-The Cunard liner
Lusitania, which sailed out of New
York last Saturday with more than
2,000 persons aboard, lies at the bot
ton of the ocean off the Irish oast.
Sie was sunk Friday by a German
submarine, which sent two tor
pedoes crashing into her side while
the passengers were at luncheon.
Twelve hundred and fifty-six per
sons lost their lives in the disaster,
of whom 115 were Americans. The
bodlie of Charles Frohman, the theat
rieal manager, Dr. F. S. Pearson of
New York and Charles Plamondon of
Chicago have been recovered.
Ofilcially given up as (lead are:
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, multi
millionaire; Charles Klein, play
wright; Justus M. Forman, play
wright; Elbert lubbard, write r; Mrs.
Ilubbard.
American Consul Frost at Queens
towi reported to the American em
bassy here that the total number of
starvivors could safely be placed at
615. The Cunard company in a re
vi;sed list of those aboard stated that
ihere were 1,251 passengers and 650
crew, a tolal of i,tio. Of the iSs
Americans onl board, Consilt Frost re
piorts t,1hat he ei acoeunt for but 7:1
Saved.
The (O11nil said robiably ulllwards
o0 1,2111) bodies haIl not been recov
veed. lIII reported that personls not
ilted by him to the (ebihas3y are "al
runstA to a cellaiily demal." None of
fli proill ine t .\leljerain oni board
in th lor 10uetf at Qu1eentiowun are,
d1on, h~c ld . . 1n. Ile o , 1r. \,O I
I II b .' T . . I I'
it.
n \:"
.\ I I len i at l Qa iin en i
llepresentaiives ofl .\lfred (\vrynn
Vain(rll halnve arrange~d tfor a lt
('1,11211( toI Iearlb forSutt' hit hly, ~(' v .h
ty.
TihatI the mioderni Gray Cour t-O()w
ing oral o bua ln,4rcenlygom
ph~ltttdl41en. 01' wdea rutatlein tor
linfre I froClin ( t he f olloin wi .lanu
1)e1red1 injl 51u th o artlhur ie02 hl
" r li . Jt' I ,.o~ dozll lanil ther repre-l)
of $7h00 l 'ollieQ i school, erotn:.11'
pah-ld byl hl. ll, tiCte~ ano rolig y m'n
pe ritinst of tduenthon, spent to
dayats The cnasurtowi'fngs fotl,
Ihis patries meting ovthe stCho!
buihen bildiun to the raetion a
stooed.ilb rcedtruhpbi
It is stated that the school butild
WITH MANY AMI
ng the United States Since
iedoed after Uneventful Vc
ied by German Embassy agi
ent Wilson had Hitherto Waj
would be Held to "Strict Ac4
Lmerican Lives on the High S
been taken if picked up alive.
Capt. Turner, commander of thc
Lusitania so far has refused to make
any formal statement. He remarked
with quiet irony on landing: "Well
It is the fortune of war."
He secluded himself in apartments
over the town bank last night, but
was able to be about in uniform to
day.
The Lusitania was steaming along
about 10 miles off Old Head Kinsalc
on the last leg of her voyage tc
LIverpool when about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon a submarine suddenly
appeared and so far as all reports go
fired two torpedoes without warning
at the steamer. One struck her near
the bow and the other in the enginc
rooni.
The powerful agents of destrttior
tore through the vessel's side, caus
ing terrifle explosions. Almost ii
mediately great volutmes of watei
poured through the openings and thc
Iusitania listed.
Boats which were already swung
out on the davits were droppe,(d over
board and were speedily filled witi
passengers who had been appalled
by the despeite attack. A wireless
call for help was sent out, and itn
nediately rescue boats of all kindb
were senti both fro:n the neigh borinu
poinits along the (oaiit aId Queens
town.
Withinl 15 iniites, as onle Su1rvivo
estilinated, an1d certa-inhly wi11hin ha,1
vln hotll', th L uli(. I'l tal h1"a4 di. a pl
41e1red.
V.All : I n ow C.
11 ai4' l Ni l rk 11 .,;a
-- , Ie a;Io a i .
. I ti l l- know in li l tr
l' an.~t i . I . 1'n W \\ 'jii2 I ii
l td T a l!;he IflI i' I por a it
ior toe i '(he o'i.n
.1 alu in' s :o l i lir e 11(ni h t i:1 hi'siia
lo: l1111 riy ('ourt-Oeveing Msay 1sth
begiiing SprinehY a sch wer O(re(
.Tred publi Irs tesweeinied.
ERICANS ABOARD
the European War Began.
yage. General Newspaper
xinst Ships of the English
-ned Germany that any
:ountibility" for Loss
eas.
bassy's warning was intended to al
ply particularly to the Liusitania.
"''ravelers intending to embark on
the Atlantic voyage," rea(d the adver
tiseenit, "are reminded that a state
of war exists between Gerinany andl
her allies and Great Britain and her
allics; that the zone of war includes
the waters a(ljacent to the British
Isles; that in accordanec with formal
notice given by the imperial govern
inent, vessels fiying the flag of Great
Britain or any of her allies are liable
to destruction in those waters and
that travelers sailing from the war
zone on ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so at their own risk."
This afternoon and tonight anxious
friends and relatives of the Lusitania's
passengers besinged lie Cunard of
ties and the scene recalled those
when the Titanic sank three years ago.
Ha1d Valuable Cargo.
The Lusitania's cargo was valued at
about $750,000 anid contained a large
quantity of war supplies.
The ship's imaifest iclided 2810,004
pouni ds of brass and coper wire, $il,
000 w*or1t of 111ilitary goods, anid .
171 case.s of anunun43)iti on1, valued at
$201.12, all of which was eoninanlad
of war.
Ihe shipl itself, n11a11 d1 officials 4 .i
loohly, was; covere-d byl .,00 va
risk inlsurlance.
TI i iri t inti l ion of 41rouble3 t-)
tIo I u' sitaia, pi 1 1 eI d byv (lt C414 u
conany rly afer I
i 1 r:I it d a!k:11 I . :
\f ' i . i - r i, h' ni .4 : r te
. I . r i o , wh ha b I
Di. 4 :.1 h ro e eI ( m
Th : C~'l In4 a thal' f441 I'. 4b a44 ..4'
:s h ienthe lu81v uI2: i.er of4 1* m;;,.
Long liron'.h s4chool e (oses FridayV
4May 14th, and will have a plienil al
Sh(elton's miill 03n that (lay. All arn
inivifted.
Fierce Storm Visits East.
ern Counties
GREAT DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY
Wind Sweepilng Thirouglh Manning,
Parts of Matrlboro, E1!eoree anud Pond
Hollow Sections do Inmense Dani.
age and Cause 1111h Loss of Life.
Columbia, May 8.-Seven persons
were killed, at least 100 were ..5ured
and great property damake was in
flieted by a tornado sweeping through
a section of tle lee Dee section Fri
day afternoon. The town of Mannink,
parts of Marlboro county, Elloree and
the Pond lollow section of Darlington
Colu nty suffered most from the force
of the storm.
In Manning Miss Clara Baggett was
instantly killed by the falling roof of
the store in which she was eniployed
as saleswonan. InI the sanme block
Bleasley Davis and1(1 a porter lost thteir
lives in the ollapse of a store.
Aliss Inez Tart, 15 years of age, and
her younger brother, Carl Tart, were
killed on the plantation of .1. K. lath
eson in Marlboro o unty. HIere alkso an
Infant was killed. A negro ilnite of
the \Marlboro conlity honie was killed.
A part of the hitSitSS section of
.;1:1nnin11 was comloleteIly d ioIh d
. lea t se in pwr iis w1 re 1ijured.
Thi i.-* of ij t (I a1y bho in ward
In- .arloi th'' o41y ' w
. Ir i t 1 ried.
e u. . . aII 11. 4t
b t h T
lThe t itl of' t he a4 T
by imi e h hv's;a i 1
i it f1V'':', i n ih uo au o
ou l it 'hal ina lia a d aa
h t' la efll il aho l or beh10w L')ade,
so~ as to avoid at; far as; pos~il~e a n.
grade Crossings. Tihat acts anld tar'ts
of acts Inconsistent withI tils act arc,
hICr ebhy r'Cnnaled.''