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g THE UNION TIMES if. VOL. LXVI. NO. 24. part ii?pages 9 to 12. UNION. S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1916 part ii?pages 9 to 12. 91.00 A YEAR Progressives Na Republicai Parker to Run With Roosevelt and Fairbanks With Hughes?Roosevelt Declines Conditionally and Hughes Accepts. Chicatro, June 10.?The Republican national convention today nominated Charles Evans Huphes, of New York, and Charles Warren 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 Progressive convention and later in the day John M. Parker, of Louisiana, was named as his running mate. The Republican nomination required a ballot, the third of the convention, while the Progressive nomination was made by accalamation. 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' 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. Roosevelt's Answer. Chicago. June 10.?Colonel Roose I ven s answer 10 me rrogressive convention follows: "The Progressive ^Convention: j "I am very grateful for the honor ' you confer upon me by nominating i me as president. I cannot accept it at this time. I do not know the atti f tude of the candidate of the Republish',. i can party toward the vital questions 1\ . the day. Therefore, you desire '-r f ?" immediate decision, I must decline ^ jj ffp<hat'"my conditional refusnl \ placed in the hands of the ; - fM^ressive national committee. If ? . ^?fr. Hughes' statements, when he makes them, shall satisfy the committee that it is for the interest of the country that he be elected, they can act accordingly and treat my reI fusal as definitely accepted. If they are not satisfied, they can so notify the Progressive party and at the same time they can confer with me and then determine on whatever action we may severally deem appropriate to meet the needs of the country. t \ i?TU 1 n li. ? (oi|;iicu; i ncuume nooseveu. Strenuous Day at Hughes' Home. Washington. June 10.?Charles Evans Hughes stepped down today from the supreme bench, and accepted the Republican nomination for president. Tn a telegram denouncing the administration's foreign policies and declaring for a "dominant, thoroughgoing Americanism," he gave his decision to Chairman Harding, of the Republican national convention, and broke the long silence which had kept the loaders of his party in the dark as o his attitude on what they termed the g~eat issues of the day. "I have not desired the nomination," the telegram said: "I have wished to remain on the hench. But in this critical period of our national history. I recognize that it is your right to summon and that it is my paramount duty to respond." Within an hour after Chairman Harding had notified him of his nomination. Mr. Hughes had accepted the call. His resignation, a scant twoline letter without a superfluous word, was on its way to the White House from the Hughes' home before the nominee had dispatched the message of acceptance, and called the waiting group of newspapermen into b's study to tell them of his decision. President Wilson accepted the resignation in a reply almost as brief. Resignation Accepted. "I hereby resign the office of associate justice of the supreme court of the United States," Mr. Hughes wrote. I To which the president replied, "I am in receipt of your letter of reslgna??i e?i ? i 1 *- - ?!-'J A. nun, <tiiu ieei cunsi rauieu to yieiu to your desires. I,*therefore, accept your resignation as justice of the supreme court of the United States to take effect at once." When copies of hoth the telegrams to Chicago and the letter of resignation had been made public, Mr. Hughes left his home for his customary afternoon walk. Soon after his return Lawrence Green, his private secretary, told him of Colonel Roosevelt's conditional declination of the Progressive nomination. Mr. Hughes sent word to inquirers that he had nothing to say concerning it. His friends, however, were outspoken in their satisfaction over Colonel Rooseii volt's attitude. Men Considered to Pilot Hughes. Chicago, June 11.?Five names k . _ me Teddy is Name Hughes were mentioned as possible candidates for chairman of the Republican national committee and manager of the Hughes and Fairbanks campaign in the political discussion of the subject by Republican leaders here today prior to their leaving for their homes. The names mentioned were: Frank H. Hitchcock of New York, Ralph E. Williams of Oregon, Joseph Kealing of Indiana, Fred C. Tanner of New York and Charles B. Warren of Michigan. W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, chairman of the special committee appointed by the Republican national committee yesterday to confer with Mr. Hughes in regard to the appointmen of an executive committee which is to select the chairman and other officers of the national body of the party, left for New York today. He said that no date had been decided upon for the conference with Mr. 11 Ti. 1 *? _ J it- - i n - uugnes. it is unuerstoou mat trie meeting with the Republican presidential nominee will be held within ten days. Henry Allen of Kansas, one of the leaders at the Progressive national convention, today declared he would support Hughes. He asserted Hughes and Fairbanks would carry Kansas and win in November. He had a conference with Frank H. Hitchcock today. A number of Roosevelt delegates to the Republican national convention also called on Mr. Hitchcock to pledge their support. There was an exodus of conventfoners from the city last night and today, all of the railroads running their regular trains in sections to accommodate the crowds. It is estimated that the visitors to the Republican, Progressive and Woman's party national conventions expended $1,365,000 in Chicago last week. TO REGISTER TITLES. Tnrrnna A ft ? vi' *uly The Torrens system of registration of land titles will become effective in South Carolina July 1. Under its provisions the clerk of court is to appoint by August 1 three or more attorneys, who are to be examiners of titles; the county commissioners must provide a register of mesne conveyance for the registration of titles. The provisions of the act are assumed voluntarily. The advantage of the Torrens system is that after land is once registered under this plan, there will be no further question of the title and it will not be necessary to have the title examined for any subsequent transfers of the land. The object of the system is to give a clear title to land. The Torrens act fixes the fees that are to be allowed to the title examiners, officers and surveyors. The examiner is to receive a minimum fee of $5 for examination of each title of property assessed upon the tax books at $1,000 or less, and for each additional $1,000 of assessed value he is to receive 50 cents. The survevor employed under the provisions of the act is to he allowed not more than 40 cents per hour for the time actually employed. In order to guarantee the title, and at the same time to protect against loss persons who by the system lose an interest in land not through their own negligence, the State provides an assurance fund. This fund is formed by a fee of one-tenth of one per cent, of the assessed value of the registered land This amount is turned over to the State treasurer. TROUBLES. Oh, yes, I have my troubles. My tale and grief and woe, My conflicts and my struggles. My ups and downs, you know! But, somehow, when they're darkest,! And when the clouds are gray, I think of other people's, And they seem to pass away! Oh, yes, I have my sorrows. My heartache and my care; My dark and grave tomorrows, My grief and my despair! But, somehow, when they're saddest The thought comes unto me, How much worse things have hap penetl, And then my troubles flee! Oh, yes, I'm sad and worried, And grumped and grouchy, too; And pestered out and flurried, And grim and dark and blue. But, somehow, when my troubles Seem more than I can bear, I think of other people's And mine blow by in air. ?Benztonw Bard, in Baltimore Sun. When a man of 80 marries a girl of 20 it proves he is old enough to know better. You never can tell. Many a true! word is spoken in jest, and many a lie is dead earnest. REV. MR. LEITCH DIES SUDDENLY WAS EDITOR OF "THE WAY OF FAITH." Born an Englishman?Came to America at Early Age?An Evangelist of 30 Years' Experience. (Monday's State). The Rev. Thomas H. Leitch, formerly superintendent of the Oliver Gospel mission, died suddenly at a Columbia hospital last night about 10:30 o'clock. For 30 years Mr. Leitch has beert an evangelist of the Methodist Epis-1 | copai church ahd In this capacity has been throughout South Carolina and in many sections of the United States from New York to Denver and in the South. Mr. Leitch, who became editor of The Way of Faith about a year ago, succeeding the Rev. James M. Pike, -as born in LoHdbth-England, in 1850. He came to America* at the age of 3 years and up until three years ago had spent a large part of his life in Charleston. He there became a local preacher in the Methodist church and was not connected directly with the conference. Funeral arrangements have been postponed until his sons reach Columbia. Mr. 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 Charleston, 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 coming to Charleston. He has continued his connection with 4the mission since assuming the duties of editor of The Way of Faith, a weekly religious paper published in Columbia with an international circulation. Active charge of the Oliver Gospel mission was taken over only yesterday by the Rev. R. L. Todd, who has had wide experience in missionary work. rpuu r,AOrT rvi? Ill XT ?7* lirwrvrvf \T/1 CI * "? Xi-- TT Some newspaper man has scooped all the papers by figuring on the cost of June weddings. He said the average wedding will cost $250, clothes and all, while some particularly swell weddings will cost from .$'1.0,000 to $25,000, including finery and presents. Cleveland ( Ohio, is taken as a June wedding basis, and already 1,000 wedding licenses have been issued there, showing that the city will have $25,000 worth of June weddings during this month. This does not include the cost of bridal tours, but the cost covers about what is necessary in the way of preparedness for closing up a matrimonial deal at the altar. That is just for one city, so if there are 10,000 weddings in a State, the cost would be estimated at $2,500,000 and some statistician has made bold to assert that June weddings in America will cost not less than $100,000,000. We can't see what he has to do with it, if the cost were really a billion. June brides are worth every cent of it, so what is the use of standing around and counting the cost of the beginning happiness? Expenses only commence at the beginning and people would go crazy if they expect ed to try to keep up with what it costs Washington Star. CAKE DOES SAVE LIFE. Ify advertisement, by placards in stations, by huge signs displayed at crossings, the I.ong Island railroad has besought motorists to use at grade crossings ordinary care for their own lives. Luck might change any day, now that the "spring running" is again in the drivers' blood, but one year is secure. In 191.r> no autoist was killed at a crossing. The conditions against which ap. peal was made to the power of publicity had been intolerable; and no fair man could wholly blame the railroad. It had more than 1,200 crossings, in a region mainly flat, where traffic had averaged light. All these crossings could not be abated at once, when the sudden introduction of the automobile made 50 miles an hour possible to recklessness. It has, in fact, taken ten years and cost $17,000,000 to put one-quarter of the crossings above or below the tracks. It costs $.100,000 a year?which indirectly all the people pay?to guard one-third of the remaining grade crossings by flagmen. The railroad was not to blame for the speed maniac. It was not to blame when, as often happened, autoists purposely smashed through its conspicuously painted safety-gates when they were lowered for trains to pass. It would be to blame i'f it omitted any reasonable effort to stop the slaughter by urging the people to stop it themselves. The success of the safety campaign is one of the finest examples of the magic of suggestion. The signs have been cleverly devised to appeal to the imagination. Few drivers wish to commit suicide on a railroad track. I GERMAN LOSSES I IN BIG FIGURES. | Of Great Total Over Seven Hundred Thousand Said to Have Been Killed. London, June 11.?Germany up to y the end of May had lost 2,924 58(5 soldiers, of whom 734,412 were killed, according to a British official tabula tion cf the German casualty lists x given out here today. The compilation did not include German losses in naval engagements or in the fighting in the German colonies. w The British official statement < < quotes the German official casualty lists for the month of May as placing C( the total German losses in killed, nprisoners and wounded at 102,507. tr This, it is pointed out, brings the Ger- u man total losses, exclusive of naval and colonial casualties, to 2,924,586. ti The German figures in'the May list ni as enumerated in the British account tl are as follows: fe Dead, 22,471; wounded, 72,075; jr< prisoners and missing, 7,961. Total h< 102.507. The German official lists of casual- m ties up to the end of May give these w totals: s? Dead, 7.14,412; wounded, 1,851,652; ()l prisoners and missing, 338,522. To- pj tal 2,924,586. CI TERMS IX PRISON . GIVEN TO TIGERS pl Charleston, June 9.?The first straight chaingang sentence ever imposed in the court of general sessions for Charleston county upon conviction of" a defendant for violating the liquor laws was passed today when, after a jury had found him guilty. Judge R. W. Memminger sentenced Antonio Rosa to serve three months at hard labor on the county chaingang or a like period in the State penitentiary, two months of the sentence to be suspended upon good behavior of the defendant and payment to the clerk of court of $100 fine. The trial of Rosa consumed practically all day and the jury was out about an hour, returning with a verdict of guilty shortly after 2:30 q'clock^t^s^^ternwn. Mappus, in of cases in which (Violation of the liqilor law was charged, pleaded Kuiity mis morning, solicitor w. n. R, Grimball agreeing to discontinue all other cases against him when he pleaded guilty on the first indictment. His sentence was eight months with six months suspended upon condition that he pay a fine of $500 or serve two months in jail and refrain from further violation in any manner whatever of the liquor laws. S. P. Schiadaressi, who pleaded guilty under the same conditions and on the same charge, this afternoon received the same sentence, with the exception that the fine in his case was $100. The sentences were very similar in form to those passed hy Judge Mendel L. Smith, who was presiding when the 10 first convictions in liquor cases were secured at the last term. CORK IXTION VS. PIMSHMKNT. C -r i_..: c > Miiiiicim tut: >1111 i L iii leniency | exhibited by Judge Mendel L. Smith. n< We are informed that he has not been n< harsh or severe in passing sentences, a although he has been insistent upon th juries bring in verdicts where the cc evidence warrants. cr But Judge Smith has shown the p< propei- spirit in endeavor, to admin- w ister the law as a corrective of evil S< rather than as an inexorable punish- cl mer.t for an individual. We learn al that he told one negro, convicted of ly selling liquor, that the defendant was w evidently but a tool in the hands of a others and that the punishment un- cr dor sentence would be suspended al during good behavior. ic We think that he might be equally th tolerant of hi'p?pocket blind tigers in convicted under the new "I.yles law." P None should wish to see a white man er sent to the chaingang for peddling di liquor if he v/ill promise to quit it. A It is not the individual who should th be humiliated and broken, but the m practice should be run to ground. 4, The malefactors who should be ti made to suffer are those who conduct in establishments for the impoverish- sh ment of youth and the ruin of young th men. But even they should have 4f some consideration. Despite the ,st : ili- i a? warnings in mis new law wivn e\ teeth," the liquor sellers and gam- 1 i< hlers of Columbia have so long had le their own way that this new order of m affairs under Governor Manning is cc such a surprise that they have been th unable to appreciate its significance, e? We believe that convictions by ju- E ries with suspended sentences during good behavior would have the desired effect.--Columbia Record. Never hit a man when he has you t\ down. m yy One of the things we very seldom see is an optimist with a boil on his nec*- hi The task was to convince them that w care does save life. Constant remind- c< ers seem to have taught the lesson, lo ?New York World. si ' |j Russian Offensii Yit fINTHROP COLLEGE SHORT COURSE JUNE 27TH. Rock Hill, June 1, 1910. o the Club Women of South Carolina: At the request of Mrs. J. W. Allen, [rs. Alexander Long, and other club omen of South Carolina, Winthrqp )llgg5 is offering a short course aringed especially for them. This jurse will be given during the sumler session of this year. It will bein Tuesday, June 27th, and end Satrday, July 8th. This course will present an oppormity for as serious study as the wolen desire or just for attendance on le open lectures and the lighter oftringa. In either case, a woman will jt many suggestions which will ilp her keep abreast of the times. The summer faculty will present ?1 1 f vAfyv V>/? ef ?C * uvvi IUI JLI VIII IIIC OUIIIU|/Ullll' U1 l lll.: oman in the home who wishes to ?rve home and community in adejate fashion. The offerings will cornrise the purely cultural, the practiil and the spiritual. The following are the offerings anned: The Home. The Family Budget. Home Nursing. Health Essentials, irvant. House Planned to Eliminate the irvant. Care of Milk and Butter Making. Bread Making. Balanced Menus for the Family. Fireless Cookery Demonstration. Back Yard Poultry. The All-Year-Hound Garden. Kindergarten Methods in the Home. Economy and Taste in Dress. Kindergarten Methods in the Home. Open Discussion. Art. Elementary Studies in Art. Household Decoration and Furnishto Judge" a Picture. Literature. What Books to Read and How to ead Them. ui/Wi y iciiiu^;. Folk Lore. The Bible as Literature. Civics. City Planning. Parks and Playgrounds. Town Libraries. Organized Charities. Curb Markets. Tree Planting. Beautifying Yards. Recreation. Use of Gymnasium. Swimming Lessons. Bach woman planning to come is quested to notify D. B. Johnson. Pesident. AN THE ARMY BE RECRUITED? Whether the new army can or can )t be recruited is a pressing question, >w that the bill is about to become law. The adjutant general lias said lat 140,000 is the largest number he uld successfully undertake to reuit: 17">,000 some officers believe >ssible, in view of all the talk of ar. Some observers believe that jnator Chamberlain and others who amored for an army of 2n0,000, and so favor universal service, purposeaimed at a higher figure than it as possible to obtain in order to say year hence that the failure to re uit the necessary men left no other ternative than to Prussianize Amera by compulsory service. We know lat the attempt to recruit 20,000 men haste to reinforce Funston and ershing has resulted only in a total llistment of 8,141 in seventy-two lys after the passage of the law. s the wastage from deaths, deseron and discharges is fully 2,000 a onth, the net gain is therefore only 000, and this despite every exeron and the possibility of trouble i Mexico. As a matter of fact, the lowing is probably worse, since in le fiscal year 1914-'lf> there were 1,898 re-enlistments, with the total .rength less than 105,000. Out of fery two soldiers, one had to be en sted or re-enlisted, and it took no ss than 129 officers and 831 enlisted en away from their regiments (ex;pt 37 retired officers) to accomplish us. How many regiments of recruit's will 200,000 call for??New York vening Post. SURE ENOUGH LOW DOWN. The following conversation beveen two of Beaufort's typical lembers of the African persuasion as overheard a few days ago by a jporter of the Leader. "Dat man am so low down dat e'd haf to reach up to tech bottom." "Now, nigger, you don't know hat you talkirr' Tx>ut," said his >mpanion. "Why dat man am so iw down dat he'd hatter git a airlip to go to hell."?Beaufort Leader. ve >lds Rich Return Movement by Slavs in Volhynia and Galicia Results in Capture of Thirty-five Thousand Soldiers and Four Hundred Officers. Petrograd, June 11 (via London).? Continuing their offensive movement in Yolhynia and Galicia, Russian troops yesterday took prisoner -100 officers and 35,000 men, says the official statement issued here today. The Russians also captured 30 guns and an enormous quantity of booty. The army of Gen. Techitskyn alone, operating in the direction of Czernowitz, Bukowina, the statement adds, overwhelmed the Austro-IIungarians and took 18,000 prisoners. Since the present offensive was started a week ago today, the Russians have taken about 108,000 prisoners. The text of the statement follows: "Our offensive in Volhynia, Galicia and Bukowina obtained fresh successes yesterday. The enemy armies continued to suffer enormous losses in prisoners alone. "The first attacks of our troops are throwing into our hands thousands upon thousands of prisoners and booty of all kinds, the exact estimation of which is as yet impossible. "For instance, in a single sector on the enemy front we captured 21 searchlights, two convoys, 20 field kitchens, 17 trains of machine guns, 12.000 poods of barbed wire (a poo.l is equivalent to 3(5 pounds), 1,000 concrete planks, 7,000,000 cubes of concrete, 10,000 poods of coal, enormous depots of ammunition and quantities of arms and other material. "In another sector we captured 30,000 rifle cartridges, 300 boxes of machine gun cartridges. 200 boxes of tion of drinking water. "The capture of such enormous war materials prepared by the enemy for various operations affords proof of how opportune was our coup. "During yesterday's fighting we took as prisoners one general, 409 officers and 35,100 soldiers. We also captured thirty guns, 13 machine guns and five bomb throwers. This makes the total trophies in the recent operations one general, 1,(549 officers and more than 10(5,000 soldiers and 124 guns, 1880 machine guns and 58 bomb throwers." A Plucky Struggle. "Among the war features may be noted the plucky struggle of our young formation near Kojitche on the Styr near I.utsk. Here the Hermans attempted to render assistance to the Austrians, but by our infantry attack, delivered under cover of heavy artillery, they were dislodged from the town, losing more than 2.000 prisoners, two guns and some machine guns. jOur troops pursued the retreating "Our forces operating in the region of Rubno (one of the fortresses comprising1 the Volhynian triangle) captured the town and fort and are on the I enemy's heels. Some Russian detachments, crossing the Ikwa river, have developed their offensive. A part of the Russians occupied the region of the village of Damidovka, on the Myinoff-Berestetchno road, forcing the enemy at his myinoff point of support to surrender. Resides dislodging the enemy from his principal position north of Routchatche, we took many prisoners there, including the statf of an Austrian battalion and ah" tured a great quantity of arms. "We overthrew the enemy on the Stripa. Near Ossevitzie, north of Routchatche, one of our regiments captured a complete battery of four 10-centimeter mortars. "Despite the enemy's desperate resistance, his violent flank and curtain fire, together with the explosion of mines, Gen. Techitskyn's troops cap tured an enemy position south of Dobronovitze, 20 versts northeast of Czernowitz (Bukowina). In this region alone we took as prisoners one general, 347 officers and 18,000 men and captured 10 guns and at the time this report is dispatched prisoners are still coming in. Retreat Made Riot. "Southeast of Zale Szczyky by an energetic coup we overthrew the enemy, who retreated. The enemy blew up the Yourkoutz railway station. Turkoman cavalry charged the retreating enemy and turned his rei treat into a disorderly rout. "In attempts to save the situation the enemy at many places made fu; rious counterattacks. Among others, ' at Eawn Saturday in the region of ' Semki, east of Kolki, numerically sui perior enemy forces attacks our adi vanced elements, and under cover of . a concentration of their fire forced (Continued on Page 10) f