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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20
NOTICE.

Office of the Lanston Monotype Co.
Philadelphia Pa, ApriFd5, 1874.
The annual meeting 81 the stock
holders of the4Eanston- Monotype Ma,
chine Company will be held at the
F4kss Home; corner Corner Prince and Roy.
al streets, Alexandria, Va, at l.
O'Clock noon, on Thursday, the 7th Gay
of May, 1914, for the purpose OF erect
ing board of directors to serve tol
the ensuing year and transactEng suct
other business as may properly come
before it.
Transfer books will be closed OF
April 9th a, A O'Clock P. NJ, and vii
be reopened on May 18th, at 10 o'eiocE
A. NJ.
By order of the Board of Directors
W ARTHUR SELMA,
20 s1et Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20
FOR SALE.

AS directed by the will Of the late j
C. Herbert Bryant, (Capt. Herbert
Brvant), his former residence with
large yprd and all buildings apper-
tanning, fronting 1867 on Washing
ton street and 105 feet on Queen
STREET., more or less.
For terms apply to office of Arthur
H. Bryant, No. 1T King street, at
Banking House Of Burke & Herbert.
20 If.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20
NEWS OF THE DAY

Mrs. Elizabeth Pascual, ageda 16
years, was held for the grand jury,
without bail, Saturday, by Mag's
trate Eggers, in New York, On the
charge of choking her three weeks
old bay to DEATH then burning It's
body in stove. Detectives found
a little. charred foot, the only part
of the baby that was not incinerated
This. grewsome evidence will be pre-
scented against the girl wife when
her :case comes up before the grand
:iur; tomorrow. Before her marriage
the girl was Miss Elizabeth Palleri-
no of Old Forge, Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20
THREE BARGAINS.

IL Square Ground 3 blocks
from King and Royal
streets :. 80. 100000
5 room frame, one acre land
near Alexandria ST. 100000
10 room brick, good central
location ;. 49,. ..$2,50o.
e. J. FLEMING,
119 South Fairfax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20

a motorboat on a trial spin around
Lake Quinsigamund, Massachusetts,
Saturday night. Within 10 minutes
the bottom of the craft collapsed,
three Of the men were drowned, and
the other; five were fighting for life
in: the water Through the pluck of
a woman, who was an eye witness of
the tragedy, the five were rescued.
"A woman known to the: police as
Mrs. Mamie Brown, 80 years old,
died at Casualty. Hospital, Wash
ington, last night as the result of
swallowing carbolic acid earlier in
the: day. SShe said she was wild
over, and had come from Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20

As the result, of grief over Fthe
deathSof her mother two years ago,
Miss Nellie Mullen, daughter of P
Mullen, Of Piedmont, w. Va, COM
mitted suicide Saturday night by
hanging to the jan1b of the doorway
leading to sher fathers room. She
raised the transom,3 placed the rope
around the jamb, adjusted the Moose
to her neck, and stepped off chair
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20

Hard sheeled Crabs at Rammels.
Cafe, 2S.liEs5-i 's+I-.',--
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-20

Eight men started out joyously ii
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

Some people think advertised mer-
chandise costs more than unadvertised
Just the reverse is true; it usually
costs less for the same quality.
The reason for this erroneous i'm
preston is that goods offered in com
petition with advertised goods are Of
ten cheaper in price, but they are also
more cheaply made.
Advertised goods must be well
made, for they sell on their reputation
while limitations are designed to sell
because Of their lower price.
If you keep informed on the adver-
tised lines Of goods, you know which
are acknowledgements Farmer.
That is good, true doctrine. The man
who advertises his goods is generally O
man Of breadth and intelligence who is
not afraid Of publicity. When he makes
an announcement he understands full
we'll that whether he reaches the GUS
toner he is hunting, his competitor will
get what he says, and still he is un-
afraid. And live, Intelligent merchants
understand full we'll that advertising
is not an expense in the sense Of many
other fixed charges. He calculates on
getting his money back in the shape OF
increased business, and he has no fear
of the fellow who claims to sell cheap
er because he doesn't advertise. He un-
derstands full we'll that the sales OF
the fellow who does not advertise are
so limited that he cannot sell cheaper
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
Thomas r. Marshall vice president

Thomas r. Marshall, vice president
Of the United States, may not be Great
ing any big sensation anywhere, but it
seems to us that taking every oppor-
tunity that presents to declare his be-
liefs in the responsibility of the Ameri-
can people as a whole, and as individu-
ais to God, he is doing a greater work
than any other vice president has ever
done, and we are not so sure that any
president, even has any appreciable
advantage over Mr. Marshall. This is
a Christian nation, So called, and off,
cially it recognizes God, but that is
about all that is to be said. Such recog-
milton as Is really given Of God Is in a
patronizing kind Of way, rather than
as the Supreme Ruler Of the universe,
including the United States, and most
departments of the government are run
in accordance with the notions Of man
without much reference to the appro-
val of the Almighty. Vice President
Marshall has never seen proper to crit
icise the government or any Of the Of
ficials thereof; but he has endeavored
at every opportunity to emphasize the
fact that after all God is the Supreme
Ruler, and that those who recognize
the fact from their hearts and in their
actions will make no mistake in so
doing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
BELK STORES FORM
AN ASSOCIATION
Managers of the 10 Branches to Meet
Monthly for Discussions Of Topics
of Interest.
otte Observer. Nav 21.

Charlotte Observer, May 81.
In order to perfect a closer relation
ship for the purpose Of advising and
discussing for the material benefit or
their 10 retail stores, the managers or
the various stores met yesterday at the
Charlotte store, and formed an asso-
citation. Mr.. w. H. Belk was elected
chairman, \. b. Brown Of the Green's
boro store, vice chairman, and B. +.
Matthews, secretary.
The most important matter transact
ed at yesterdays meeting was the cleo
ton Of Mr.. w. L. Wallis, for years con-
nected with Belk Brothers Charlotte
store, as general assistant to the man
ager of each store.
Meetings of the association will be
held at Charlotte each month when
such matters as buying, advertising,
store management; in fact anything
pertaining to the welfare of the bust
ness will be discussed.
Few realize what a tremendous fac
tor the Belk stores are for distributing
merchandise. Last year these stores
distributed nearly $2,000.0O0. and this
years business shows substantial in
crease.
The association had the pleasure last
evening Of being entertained at supper
at the Central by its chairman, Mr.. w.
II. Belk.
The out-of-tOwn members in attend
ance at yesterdays meeting were: T.
B. Brown, Greensboro; A. w. Harry.
Salisbury; J. G. Parks. Concord; j. H.
Matthews, Gastonia: ]. w. Kirkpatrick
Yorkville; Frank Stevens, Monroe; J.
C. williams, Sanford: A. b. Johnston,
Statesville: R. n. Walker, Waxhaw.
The members associated with the
Charlotte store are w. II. Belk. B. F..
Matthews. w. NJ. Matthews and G. II.
Mcdonald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

social and political foment and strife.
Moreover we see the world growing
more and more weary of its problem
with many hopeful evidences that 1t
is coming to realize that the problem
requires for it's solution more than the
elements of education and culture and
moral influence. Philosophers, states
men, scientific commissions, social
betterment enterprises are pathetical-
ly trying to unravel the mystery OF
human misery and sin. The church,
he declared, has long proclaimed that
it has the remedy for all the ills OF
life and the world is turning to the
church with Il new willingness to
know what the remedy is" Men
and brethren" DR.. Lyon said, bear
with me while l voice the convictions
That the Christians of the apostolic
age, who swept through the world
with the blood of Christ and the fire
Of the Holy Ghost, had an experience
and an equipment which is sorely
lacking in the church today; that an
ever increasing multitude Of our men,
bership is studying anew the charter
of the Holy Scriptures with the pur-
pose of getting back to the simplicity
and power of the early church; that
their hearts are stirring and burning
within them, so that they haste to the
coming again of the days of the Son
of Man upon earth
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

Col Roosevelt had nothing to say
about politics on the first day of his
return from South America; but he
read some of the newspapers over
night and bobbed up Wednesday with
some pretty hot stuff. He said that
President Wilson had no business TO
ask congress to repeal the law exemnt-
ing vessels engaged in the coastwise
trade from tolls: because 'he issue, if
there be any issue about it, can easily
be arbitrated with foreign nations 1t
is understood, of course, that Mr.. Will
sons only reason for asking for the
repeal of tolls exemption was the fear
of complications with foreign nations
or the fear that foreign nations would
not give him a free hand in Mexico.
Then also the colonel does not think
the administration should have allow
ed itself to be blackmailed into making
any further concessions to Colombia,
He insists that since the establishment
of the independence of Panama, we are
not responsible to Colombia for any
thing in connection with the canal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
Says a dispatch of Wednesday, from
Anderson.

Says a dispatch of Wednesday, from
Anderson:
A telephone message from Seneca
this afternoon is to the effect that the
identity of the robber who looted the
Seneca express office safe Thursday
night last, is known to the sleuths who
have been working on the case, and
that they have already recovered more
than one-half Of the money that was
taken. The amount that was actually
missing was $670, and i is said that
the person who committed the deed is
now making arrangements to get up
the balance and pay off the entire
amount 1t is stated that the detectives
have consented and agreed not to force
prosecution against the guilty person.
The name Of the man who committed
the deed is not disclosed by the detec-
tives. The detectives confirmed the re-
port, however, that they had located
the man, and that he was giving up the
money he took from the safe. The case
has turned into one Of sensational
nature 1t is said that the man who
committed the offense is a citizen or
Seneca and a man we'll known by every
body in that section.
All this might sound pretty we'll to
some people; but we want to say we do
not like it. If the story be true. the
detectives who are parties to the thing
and the people for whom they are
working, are guilty Of compromising a
felony. There is room for doubt as to
whether the law helps to promote hon.
esty We do not believe it does. We
freely concede that it helps to protect
property; but that has nothing to do
with honesty. Its greatest weapon
against dishonest people is exposure,
rather than punishment by restraint OF
liberty, etc. Exposure is dreaded for
various reasons. For one thing there
is the penalty of social degradation,
and for another thing 1t lessons the
probability of the delinquent's being
able to do other people the same way.
This practice Of compounding felonies
in one way or another has been all too
common in South Carolina, and there
should be change; but Of course so
long as the victim Of a theft Is more
concerned about the recovery OF his
money than he is about the purifica-
ton of society, there is very little hope
of better atmosphere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

state hospital. Columbia, Wednesday
night, shortly after 8 o'clock. after a
tedious sickness OF several months
from pellagra, aged 60 years, having
been born May l9, 1854. He was d
son Of the late e. G.. Gwin. The in
terment was at Woodlawn cemetery,
Sharon. this morning. after funeral
services conducted by Rev. w. b. Ar
rowood Mr.. Gwin Is survived by two
children, one son. Harry, and one
daughter, Miss Margaret; and also one
sister and brother Miss Emma and
Mr. Walker Gwin, of Hickory Grove.
New School Building at Point.
A new school building has been COM
pleted in Bethel township. 1t is to con-
solidate the Belleview and Point
schools. and is situated about halfway
between the two schools. The new
structure has two large rooms. and Is
built according to the Clemson plan, al
cost Of about $1,500. Much OF the
building was done by neighborhood
workmen, and for this reason 1t has
been built cheaper than it otherwise
would have been. With the consolida-
tion OF the two schools, about so chill
dren will be enrolled.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

The platform adopted by the state
Democratic convention gives the presi-
dent and his policies unequivocal en-
dorsement, and strikes a backhanded
blow at the congressman who voted
against the repeal of the tolls exemp-
ton law as follows:
Recognizing in the president the
greatest moral force that has been in
the White House during the past CEN
tury, we heartily commend his efforts
to secure a repeal of the Panama free
tolls act, a law enacted by Republi :
can congress and signed by a Republi-
can president, regardless Of national
honor. We condemn this law as un-
Democratic and against the economic
policy of our party and country. We
believe that this law would create a
shipping trust and would repeat the
outrageous scandals of the building of
our transcontinental railway. We de-
mand that our senator's vote for the
unqualified repeal of this act and thus
support the president in upholding
Democratic principles and the honor of
this nation"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

A Columbia dispatch says that
Hon. A. G. Brice Of Chester, Is being
strongly urged by his friends be-
come a candidate for attorney general.
A son Of Judge Hydrick has also been
talked Of in connection with this posi-
ton.
- Chief Justice Gary of the supreme
court, has admitted Joseph Sullivan,
the slayer Of Col. John M. Cannon, to
bail in the sum Of $4,000. The defense
contended that the deceased made him
self responsible for the trouble by hit
ting the defendant with a walking
stick. Solicitor Cooper denounced Sui
livan as murderer, saying that he
brought on the trouble by coming to
the trial with pistol in his pocket,
and by approaching his intended vic
tim after the trial.
Anderson, May 20: When the court
Of general sessions convened at $50
o'clock this morning a sealed verdict
was returned in the case Of Will Miles,
young white man indicted for SLAM
der. The verdict was guilty. The
prosecution in the case was the Rev. E.
n. Sanders, pastor Of the Second Bap-
tist church, in ward Of this city.
Miles uttered some remarks about be-
ing WITH the minister IN the req nRnt
district Of Greenville in February when
Mrs. Sanders was attending the con-
vention Of the B. Y. p. U. These utter
ances caused Mr.. Sanders to secure a
warrant against Miles, charging SIAN
der When the jury returned it's YER
dict this morning, Mr.. ]. F.. Boggs for
the defense, gave notice Of motion
for a new trial, which will be argued
before the term of court adjourns.
Pending this argument sentence has
not been imposed by Judge Prince.
- The South Carolina Underwriters
association met in Sumter, Wednes-
day, with large attendance, and after
a very busy meeting adjourned to hold
its next meeting at Chicks Springs.
Officers for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows: President, James
A. Cathcart, Columbia; vice president,
Perry Moses Jr.. Sumter; secretary
and treasurer. :. NJ. Grist, Yorkville;
executive committee. Jas. II. Fraser
Of Georgetown; w. =. Sloan Of Ander-
son: ]. +. Crymes of Greenwood: W.
NJ. Reid of Bishopville; G. G. Edwards
of Chester: T.. :. Wilbur of Charles
ton: Charles T.. Commander of Flor
ence. Legislative committee. A. G.
Furman. Greenville: ]. G.. Pridmore,
Gaffney; II. G. Slau, Georgetown; c.
f. Tribble, Anderson: Julian Calhoun.
Spartanburg; w. A. McSwain, New
berry: G. f. Haynsworth. Sumter: w.
4. Douglas, Rock Hill: w. +. Greer,
Bolton. The president was made ex-
Officio member Of all committees.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

road properties not for the purpose OF
developing them, but for the purpose
of exploiting them and robbing the
stockholders. He has won great re-
known as a financier, and is held in
high esteem as patron of art by buy
ing works Of old masters and the like,
at prices beyond the reach of organiz-
ed governments; but the probability is
that this was all fad. His ruling pas
sion was merely to rob. wreck and ruin
and being unable to make really wise
and proper use Of his ill-gotten gains.
got excitement out Of the notoriety that
came to him as a generous spender. 1t
is possible. of course, that Mr.. Mellen
is merely telling lot of stuff to save
himself; but the weight of testimony
and circumstances seem to be other
wise
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

According to our understanding or II
we see no reasonable objection to the
regulations for voting in the primary
as adopted by the state convention. We
do not believe that any but citizens
should be allowed to vote and we dc
not think it should be so that any man
should be allowed to vote twice. In our
view, it is perfectly proper that the
old rolls should be destroyed, and the
biggest thing about the new rolls is
seeing to il that all voters are duly en-
rolled. 1t will be a matter of consider
able difficulty to get all Of them to &c
To their respective club secretaries. and
the probability is that many individu
ais who are unable To sign their names
will be rather diffident about going
through the ordealS of making their
marks We think ii would have been
better To allow the secretaries to enroll
voters on their request, as proposed by
Senator Clifton. But taken altogether
we believe the revised rules will be
more satisfactory. especially if proper
effort is made To get everybody en-
rolled.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22

The railroads are making hard
fight for some revision Of the basis of
compensation for carrying the mails.
The fact is that there is a lot Of in
justice in the system that the govern
ment follows, especially for the small
er roads. The big systems get the
lions share Of the appropriation and
the smaller roads, say like the c. &
NV, are compelled to carry mails
for far less than cost. The whole
system of compensation for carrying
the mails is rather too complex for
comprehensive explanation in a news
paper article. but the situation as we
have summed it up is about correct.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914.
MEXICO AND MExIcANS
Miscellaneous Developments Bearing
Upon Troubled Conditions.

A rumor in Washington is to the ef-
feet that President Huerta instructed
his ENJOYS to the peace conference at
Niagara Falls, to promise his resigna-
ton In case such a contingency was
necessary to the settlement Of the diff
ficulties, but to insist upon certain con-
dtions. Among these are voice in
naming his successor, an American
loan Of $400, ,000, 900 and 99-year lease
Of Magdalena bay for target practice at
a rental Of $1,000,000 year. The
Washington administration Is OF the
opinion that General Huerta's regime
will collapse within the next few weeks.
Mexico City newspapers are printing
some very wild stories in regard to the
American army at Vera Cruz. Among
other things the capital city papers
say that there are 80, 900 troops at Vera
Cruz 1000 Of them being negroes. Also
that the Americans are dying like flies
from the heat and an epidemic of
smallpox, and that the horses Of the
army are dying so fast as to make op-
erations difficult.
DR.. Aureliano Urrutia, ex-minister
Of the interior in President Huerta's
cabinet, has fled from Mexico City to
Vera Cruz, because Of fear Of violence
at the hands Of Huerta emissaries. He
sought safety inside the American
lines.
General Obregon, with a force Of TO-
900 rebels, Is laying siege to Manzat-
tan. General Cabral, his chief Of staff,
Is quoted by an American correspond
ent as follows: IF Mexico is invad-
ed, we will resist to the last. We are
for Mexico, but not for Huerta. He Is
doubly a traitor and we will fight him
to death"
An American business man arriving
at Vera Cruz, Monday, said that he had
talked to a man in Mexico City who
claimed to have been an eyewitness OF
the execution Of Private Parks, Of the
2Sth regiment, and that the body Of
the soldier was later burned with kero-
sene oil. The Mexican foreign office"
says a state department bulletin, is
sued at Washington, has formally
promised that IL Samuel Parks has
been executed, the men guilty Of the
crime shall be punished"
The Huerta government is reported
to have succeeded in floating $780,
900 Of per cent loan certificates
through a London bank. They were
offered at IS cents on the dollar.
An unnamed naval officer writing
from Vera Cruz, to Senator John
Sharp Williams, says in part: The
noisiest thing in Mexico today Is the
dollar. Wee Willie Hearst is keeping
a large force Of men here to stir
things up. We can't take Mexico
with less than 100000 men and at a
cost Of $500,000,000. There are less
jingoes in the army and navy than
anywhere else"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr. Tracy Proctor of Yorkville, Is
visiting relatives and friends IN Max
toll n. c.
Mrs. Will Roach of Spartanburg, Is
visiting the family Of Mr.. James Gard
ner. in Yorkville.
Miss Annie Witherspoon Of Lancas-
ter, is visiting Miss Leslie d. Wither-
spoon in Yorkville.
Mrs. ]. H. Machen and children
have returned to Yorkville after WIS.,
it to relatives in Greenwood.
Miss Sophie Ewart Of Columbia, Is
spending several days with her mother
Mrs. A. R. Ewart, in Yorkville.
Mr.. George Ashe of the Presbyterian
college, Clinton, s. c., has returned tc
his home in Yorkville, for the summer
Miss Marilla Ewart who has been
teaching school in Abbeville county
has returned to her home in Yorkville
for the summer.
Rev. J. H. Machen returned tc
Yorkville. Wednesday, after ten days
in Nashville. Tenn, attending the
Southern Baptist convention.
Information from Mr.. ]. Guy Louth-
ian, who is undergoing treatment al
Saranac Lake, n. Y, is that he is do
ing nicely.
Mr. n. ]. n. Bowen, who has been
travelling in Alabama, for some time
past, has returned to his home in York
Vile.
Mrs. r. T. Allison of Yorkville. is at
tending the commencement exercises
of Mary Baldwin Seminary, in Staun-
ton, Va.
Editor Marsh of the Chesterfield Ad-
yertiser, passed through Yorkville this
morning in an automobile on his way
to Charlotte. n. c.
York members served on the COM
mittees of the state convention as fol-
lows ON credentials-John l.. Rainey'
on rules-C f. Spencer. On platform
and resolutions-D. p. Lesslie.
Mr.. w. X. Carroll, who has been un-
der treatment for several weeks in a
Baltimore hospital, has made such i'm
movement that he and Mrs. Carroll are
expected to return to Yorkville tomor-
row.
Mrs. G. NJ. Carroll and daughter, Miss
Louise. Of Yorkville No. !. and Mrs. j.
4. Carroll and children, Of Filbert,