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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-18
GOV. BLEASE ASKS AID.
Issues PrOclamatiOns Calling for Con.
tributiOns for Laurcns and York
Storm Sufferers.

Columbia, July 13.-Gov. Blease has
issued proclamations asking aid for
the sufferers from the recent wind,
rain and hail storms In York and
Laurens counties. The citizens of the
State are called upon to contribute ac-
cording to their means. In order that
the funds may be properly distributed
contributions should be sent to the
Following men whose names are Civ
en- In the proclamation:
For York county-W. d. Grist,
forkville; DIR. II. y. Dulin, Bethel,
forkvillc. II. +. d.; John II. Roddy,
Rock Hill; w. Il. Bycrs. Rock Hill;
IL. NJ. Barnett, Yorkville. II. +. ID. No.
o; w. w. Stanton. Glover, Il. +. d.;
Z. L. Cobb. Rock Hill.
For Laurens county-G. A. Brown
ing. Jr.. Goldville. Mayor Clarence M.
Babb, Laurens; Mayor John X. Cope
land. Clinton.
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after HUER1A, What?
MEXICO CITY DOES NOT KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT.
The Ex-DictatOr Said to BE Fleeing
to tho Coast and His Successor Is
Waiting to Learn What Policy Car
rama Will Pursue.

Mexico City, July 16.-With Gen.
Huerta fleeing to the coast, Carba jail
installed as provisional president and
heavy forces Of troops and police
ready to prevent disorder, tho tension
here is acute today. a large body of
soldiers kept a sharp vigil all night,
but the city remained quiet.
The resignation of Huerta was
brought about by many months of pa
ticnt work by the diplomatic corps.
The next step will be the cndeavor
to induce Gen. Carranza to deal
amicably with Carbajal for the cs-
tablishment Of an ad interim govern
mcnt to hold authority until an elec-
ton can be held. Foreigners have
been assembled in concentrated zones,
and are strongly advised to keep off
the streets. The resignation Of HUI
erta was. not generally. known in the
city until this morning.
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Miss Hood EntcrtainS.

Hiss Bessie Hood entertained her
young girl friends last Saturday af-
ternOOn at her home on North Main
street. The girls were entertained with
Il contest making numerous words of
July Fourth" Miss Sara Edinunds
succeeded in making the most, so was
the winner of fan, which was given
as the prize. Then the rest Of the
aftcrnC on was spent in playing Rook
Miss Frances Dcl.ormc received Il box
of candy for her success and Miss
Edith Williamson, for her lack of sue
cess. received the BOBBY, II baby rat =
tie.
Cream and cake was served by the
hostess. \ pleasant afternoon was
spent. by all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-18
TWO AVIATORs MEET DEATH

AcrOplanc Of Russian Officers Col.
lapse.
o'hakOv. Russia. July 1.-Two
more Russian army aviators, Capt.
Jessipow and his mcchanician, were
Killed today when their aeroplanc col
lapsd during a flight.
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NEW HOPE DAY.
Large Number of Former Members
and Friends Attend.

Well. the congregation pulled off
that affair known Us New Hope Day,
as stated in your paper, and it was
quite success. Among the visitors
from u distance. as friends or former
members. we mention Mr.. Joe Iia, J.
field, his wife. and Miss Eva, Mir
Frank Baker and family, Miss Addie
Cato of your city. Among our neigh.
bors were Judge Gillis. Willie Virson
Mrs. jenkins, Miss Carrie Jones. Mrs.
Charlie Baker and son, Lem, Davis G.
Brown and son. Author, and othe:s.
Mr.. j. Frank Williams delighted us
With q plain, practical address Every
tne seemed so pleased with the occu-
sion that they have expressed a dt =
sire for its repetition in the years to
come.
One Of the pleasant features of the
occasion was the meeting of Mr.. IL.
&. Bethea with a number Of his old
pupils, for he taught u number Of
years in this and adjoining commu-
nifty.
On Saturday. the first installment in
the persons Of Genevieve Langley and
Dorothy Manning, of the house party
at the home Of Mrs. II. G. Bethea ar
rived, then on Monday Carrie Mar
guerite LenOir Of Camden, Emma and
Amanda Mcleod of SUMTER and later
Elizabeth and Kate Reames of Rem
bert. When last heard from they
were having a jolly good time eating
melons, swimming, romping in the
barn loft where they spun many a
tale feeding the stock, bringing in the
cow, riding horseback, driving, boat
ing. fishing. bathing and playing, be-
sides pranks on Mr.. Bcthea, various
games. One of the funniest things
was the trot Emma took, when the
cow ran with her.
On Thursday. July 9th, the Sabbath
school Of Bethesda church held it's
attended by the community around
and folks at HagoOd. a splendid ad-
dress was delivered by Lacy U. Wes-
ton, ministerial student Of Wake
Forest, y. G.
Children's Day exercises are book
ed for the afternoon Of Sunday. July
18th, for this church.
We had almost forgotten to men,
tion the moonlight picnic at her home
on the night of July Sth, gotten up
by Miss Courtcnay Atkinson for her
cousins, Misses Sarah and Frances
Mcllette and Bessie Ives of Sumter
and attended by the young people of
the entire countryside. They report
it u most plcasurablc occasion.
Mrs. w. j. Spencer, her son, Doug
las and sister, Drusilla Ammons, are
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mcclellan
of McClcllanville.
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eUh1ER SUCCEEDS TATE.
SWEARINGEN SELECTS RURAD
SCHOOL SUPERVISOR.
Education Is Well Known School
Man.

Columbia, July 15.-LuecO
Gunter. superintendent Of the Rock
Hill schools. was yesterday appointed
State supervisor Of rural schools to
succeed w. X. Tate. who resigned
some time ago to accept the chair OF
rural life in George Peabody College
for Teachers, Nashville. Tenn.
"The acceptance of Mr.. Guntcr
means much to the country schools OF
the State" said j. E. Swearingen
state Superintendent Of education. in
discussing the appointment.
A native Of Aiken county, Mr.. Gun
ter received his early education in a
country school. He was graduated
from the University Of South Caro-
lima in the class Of 1900. After one
years successful teaching in the
school at Waverley. he was elected to
teach in the Presbyterian high school
at Columbia.
In 1903 he removed to Beaufort and
remained there at the head Of the
school system for seven years. In Sep.
tember. 1910, he returned to Columbia
as assistant to the State superintend.
ent Of education. The following sum
n,er he was asked to accept the SUI
perintendency Of the public schools
Of Rock Hill. where he has done three
years Of eminently constructive work
At the spartanburg meeting of the
state Teachers association last March
he was elected president of the de.
partment Of city and town superin.
tendents. He Is also q member of the
general commission on education
created last year by the State Bap'
tist convention.
'The new supervisor" said Mr.
swearingen. "is emphatically a schoo
builder. While In Beaufort he led the
movement that resulted in the modern
$4,000 school building Of that city
His first movement on entering upor
his duties at Rock Hill was the cree
tion OF two new school houses in the
Manc suburb and in the
Highland park suburb. Later. he LEI
the campaign for a $4,000 bond issu.
for school purposes. The Centra
school was thoroughly remodcled q
q cost Of $4,000. and last June tn,
new high school building was com
pleted at cost of $4,000. This las
building has been pronounced the bes
adapted high school structure in tn,
State. This varied building experienc,
thoroughly qualities Mr.. Gunter to CO
operate in the movement for better
school houses In the rural districts.
"He has always stood for thorough
ness and efficiency in the class room
Special attention to the elementary
grades and to the problems Of schoo
attedance has always characterized
his II years Of school work. As ar
educator no is thoroughly in sympa
thy with every effort to improve and
strengthen the public school system. u
He will enter actively upon the
duties Of his position as soon as hs
can remove from Rock Hill to Co
lumbia.
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of the poor man.

of the poor man.
"IIC has fooled us twice, and he
thinks he can fool uS again. Ills
record shows that he stands as the
friend not of the poor man, but of
the criminal--thrcc-fo negro and
One-fOurth whitc-fOr he has par
doncd black and white i'm that pro-
believe he Is not the friend Of the
negro"
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Carolina. DIR. Currell is wcdcly known
for his contributions to various mag
azines and reviews az well as for his
interesting and scholarly lectures
Dr. Currell liz now i'm New York de-
livcring series Of lectures at the Uni
versity of the City Of New York.
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Hanged for Murder Of His Sweetheart

hanged Tor Murder Of His Sweetheart.
Paris. Ark. July 15.-Arthur Till
man. ~ years OF age. was hanged to-
day for the murder Of his sweetheart.
Amanda stephens. last March. Both
families are prominently connected.
He protested his innoccn, (. 20 the last
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JhNEs AElssAsHz RAG

you're cold. I'm dying to take you In
my arms, but ! promised-I prom
ised."
She was afraid to surrender, and
afraid to defy the win of the night.
The chill shook her with violence again
and again till she felt the world rock
| ing, the stone wall wavering. Then she
leaned toward him and whispered:
kiss mel"
He could hardly believe that he
heard, but he caught her to him and
so6ght her lips with his. Immediately
she was afraid again. Again she hid
! the preciousnesS, of her mouth from
him, writhed and struggled and twisted
her face, hid it in his breast. But now
took her cold cheeks in his cold hands,
and, holding her face up to the moon
light, kissed her eyes, and her dew.
bespent hair and her cheeks, and
pressed the first great kiss on her lips.
They fed from him no more.
Only a moment she fingered IN
Elysium, and then she sighed:
I'VE must go >back-we mustl l
hate to, but there's tomoErow-and the
peoplel What wouldn't they think If
they saw us?
So Persis and Forbes climbed slowly
the winding stairway, and their mood
was one of hallowed reverence for God
and His beautiful world. They skirted
the balustrade with a guilty rapture,
avoiding the almost daylight of the
moon-swept lawn They opened the
door with the innocent stealth of good
fairies.
They mounted the stairway with
their arms about each others bodies,
and in the hall above they kissed. and
whispered, "Good-nightl Goodnight
Good-nightr and, tiptoed in opposite
directions.
At their remote doors they paused
to throw kisses into the black dark to-
ward each others invisible presences.
Forbes turned the knob of his door
with fierce caution, and waited to hear
Persis close hers. There was a faint
thud and a little click like a final kiss.
He tiptoed across his sill, and was just
closing his door after him when he
heard somewhere in the hall the soft
thud of another door, the click OF
another lock. His heart leaped as if a
fist had seized it suddenly. Some one
else had been in the hall In the deep
black there was no telling whose door
it was. But some one else had been in
the hall.
Forbes eye fought m vain against a
dark that was like black bandage: He
felt sure that It was not Ten Eycks
door that had thudded so slyly shut
But he could not even guess whether
it were the door Of Enslee or of one
of the women.
He waited and waited. hoping that a
light would be made, but there was no
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| edge of the bunker with a hurdler':
economy of gap. And just as it es
capped the top a head arose, followed
by pair of shoulders
Forbes shrieked an ex post factc
''ForeP but it was drowned in tht
! snort of pain and rage from the man
whose shoulder blade stopped the ball
As Forbes ran forward with abject
apologies glaring face peered over the
bunker and roared out:
Damn it, man Where do you thinl
you Why, its you'll Harvey, my boy 7
Senator TaitP Forbes cried, dart
! ing for one corner OF the bunker a:
Senator TAFT dashed for the other They
paused, turned back, and made for the
] opposite ends, stopped short foolishly
in the middle, and laughingly clasped
hands over the ledge
"Ill come round" said Forbes; anC
the Senator met him, put his arm:
about him, and hugged him with &
fatherly roughness. After he had told
Forbes how much he had >grown and
| how fine he was, and Forbes had ex-
! claimed how young the Senator looked
the Senator hugged him again.
Its shame that we've lost sight OF
each other. We mustn't any more
Life's too short to waste in not seeing
people we love. l must say, though
I'm rather hurt at your not looking me
! up before. Mrs. Neff has just told me
you've been in town nearly a week"
1--we been very busy" Forbes
stammered.
$50 / hear, you young scoundrelP 7
TAFT growled, jovially You're at the
heartbrealcing, heartaching age, and nc
time to spend on old buffers like me
when young beauties are dropping on
every bough. But what's this Mrs
Neff tells me about your being rich?
| hadn't heard it. / hadn't expected it,
either, for your father was better
fox hunter than fnancier. What did
you do-inyent some new explosive
or new gun?"
Forbes smiled bitterly and explained
the foolish mistake, too foolish to Cor
rect at first, and later embarrassing.
The Senator stared at him a moment
searchingly with "a tender inquisition,
then said:
Unless you're golf hungry. let's send
the caddies back and have a talk"
by all means" Forbes agreed; and
even as he cast his glance about in
search Of his caddy he looked farther
to see if Persis were not visible some
where from this Pisgah height He
was fond of the old man, but he loved
the young woman.
TAFT and Forbes strolled aside from
the traffic oflthe golf course and found
quiet seat IN the shade.
And now tefI me the Senator said
did you see my daughter Mildred at
the clubhouse?"
No. l don't think so. 1 don't sup
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procured him a bag Of clubs and a
caddy, promising him ample time for at
last nine holes before Persis could ar
rive.
With the usual luck of beginners and
re-beginners at a game, Forbes did his
best work at the start. His first drive
from the first tee drew such a white
arc across the sky that even the eaddy
was moved to an exclamation of ap-
plause, hitched his sack on his shoul-
der, and set of in. search of the ball
with. vicarious pride.
As he worked his way up a steep
ridge green and vast as the back of a
tidal wave he saw at the top of the
height a bunker thrusting out into the
sky like the comb on the top of a Span
ish woman's head He paused for his
approach, to let two women clear the
way. He recognized Mrs. Neff and
Alice. but they did not see him. Mrs.
Neff seemed to be in a mood of dis
pleasure There was vexation in her
Thinking the pathway clear, Forbes
mumbled Fore" and, picking the ball
up neatly in his iron, sent it over the
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pose I'd know her. She. was a little
-tike In short skirts when saw her
last"
shes a big woman now-regular old
maid-fanatic on charities-Ene mind
great heart. Good Lord, Harvey, what
that child knows Her mother to her
dying day never heard Of half the
things that young spinster discusses,
and has never had Irritation so far
as ! know. But she's wonderful, Har-
vey. I'm afraid of her, but do adj
mire and love her. Women like her
make these mad tango trotters look
pretty cheap"
4 Forbes resented the unintended crit
icism on the wonderful soul the tango
mania had enabled him to meet and
know so well so soon. He murmured
something formulate about his eager
ness to see Mildred, and then he added,
with a little hint Of raillery:
you congratulated me on my wealth.
Am to congratulate you the same way
for your success with little Miss Neff ?!
The Senator stared at fim. My sue
cess with little Miss Neff? What do
you mean? Who's little Miss Nef
Alice?"
1 "Yes."
What success should l have with
herr"
Forbes was confused, and tried to
back out, but TAFT would know, and
Forbes at last explained: s"Alice says
that her mother is trying to marry her
off to you"
Taifs eyes popped, and his mouth
II
sorority, and blurted out: DO You
mean that that old haridan of a Cor
nelia Neff has gone mad enough to-
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gesture, and he broke the news to her
without preparation:
Last night when We were saying
goodnight some one else was in the
hall"
Her lips parted in a gasp of terror
and her eyes whitened How do you
know7" she whispered
Il heard her-or him"
"Who was it
Il don't know. can't even guess,
he mumbled
DO you think il could have been
All right, Mr. Forbes, I'll be careful OF
your razor blades"
This last aloud for the benefit of
Mrs. Neff, who came by and spoke with
icy severity-was il ironical?
"Chambermaids are not allowed to
flirt with customers in this hotel" She
went on up; and Persis followed help
lessly, leaving Forbes distraught
Later he saw her at his windows
beating his pillows. The intimate inn
plcation thrilled him. and he threw her
kiss while pretending to take his
cigar from his lips, and she retreated
into the embrasure to answer it with a
secret watt from her own mouth.
Forbes had hoped to be invited to
ride with Persis, and had put on a pair
of civilian riding breeches and his army
puttees. But he was ignored in the
program for the day, announced by
Enslee, who decreed that he and Per-
sis would ride over to the Sleepy Hol-
low Country Club, by the quieteSt
roads they could find, while the rest
were to motor across. They would all
have luncheon together and return in
doesn't break both of our fool necks, "
he added.
Pessis was wearing the bowler hat
and the coat and breeches and boots
Forbes had seen her in that morning in
Central Park He knew how well she
rode in the bride path, but he feared
Tor her in the motor-swept roads. He
told her so. but she laughed again.
Enslee had sent his own driver and
his own car to take them to the club.
and with an unusual thoughtfulness had
ordered the robe rack filed with Elacs.
And so they rode behind a screen of
purple beauty, and breathed in a spicy
air filtered through flowers.
The car reached its destination with
out encountering Persis or Willie. The
clubhouse was a pile of creamy brick,
tall and spacious as hotel. The SER
wants were in livery, some Of them al
ready in summer white, with dark col
lars and lapels-"to distinguish them
from the members" said Ten Eyck.
Ten Eyck and Winifred offered
Forbes a racquet in their tennis game,
but he oreferred IN he alo,a u,;th HE
loneliness. He accepted 'Ten Eyck's
suggestion, however, that he might care
to go round the links, and Ten Eyck
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VII Over the Boundary Wall

gIimmer along any sill. Even Persis
was evidently undressing IN the dark.
or IN the moonlight that must be pour
ing into her room.
Forbes reproached himself for
bringing this blight >on Persis. It was
he that had dragged her protesting
from the house. persuaded her to steal
forth, led her into the distance, and
kept her while the respectable hours
slipped by.
In the chaos of his perplexities he
fell asleep, and did not waken till the
whir of the telephone on his wall called
him from his slumber. Winifred's s
voice gruffly informed him, that his
breakfast was waiting for him.
Forbes ate his breakfast in the mixed
humor OF detective and suspect. He
studied the others, and they seemed to
study him or to avoid him. He could
not settle upon even a theory.
After the breakfast he sought an op-
portunity for seeoet word with Per-
sis. She was told of to the bed-mak-
ing squad She was even to do his
rooml He caught her at the foot of
the stairs. She warned him with a
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Why, Alice is younger than Mildred
Well, I'll be double Is Alice in or
the game, too?"
"Oh, no; Alice is crazy to marry
Stowe Webb"
Poor old Jim Webs boy, eh?'
Forbes nodded. WELL why doesn't
she?"
He hasn't even a job
The Senator pulled like an unmuf'
fered cut-out, and he frowned like q
pirate, then he began to chuclle in the
manner of pirate ordering the plank
put over the side
He hasn't a job, eh? Well, I'll get
him one I'll pay that old lady in her
own coin. Make a fool out of me, will
she? Well we'll see what an old poll
tician can do to countermine an old
lady"
Speaking of politics" said Forbes,
the papers are full of the possibility of
your being an ambassador somewhere.
Is there anything IN it," ..
well, my old friend the President
has written me few letters and whis-
pered it in my ear, but l don't want to
go. I'm too old. / like my own country
and my own slippers. Foreign Ian
guages and foreign cooking and all that
would play the devil with me. don't
want to 60"
Forbes laughed at the spectacle of a
big, rich man pouting like a. reluctant
child against having sweetmeat forced
on him.
Then why are you going?" he
grinned
How did you know l was?"
q Because you said you didn't want
to. We only say, I don't want to,
when we're just about to-
TAFT looked at him in surprise.
Forbes was not the type from whom
one expects epigrams and generaliza-
tions. That was among his chief at
fractions. TAFT laughed sheepishly.
We'll, I'll tell you, Harvey. There's
Just one reason-Im worried about
Mildred. She's getting in too deep with
her crusades and causes Now / can't
pry Mildred loose from her clubs and
committees. No marrying young man
will go neaf her.
Il got an idea that if l went abroad
as an ambassador she'd have to go
along to take care of me and run the
social> end of the embassy. Anyway,
my last business on this earth is leay-
ing my only child provided for, and I'm
worned because-because-well, I'm too
fat around the heart, and my neck is
too thick. and the doctor tehs me to be
ready. You understand?
Il wish / had a son to leave her
with, Harvey; then I'd feel better, but
my only boy-well, he married the
wrong woman, and she drove him to
the dogs. deceived him and tormented
him, and-hnally he had to make her
divorce him.
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'T'm afraid. M Forbes

I'm afraid, Mr.. Forbes"
Then if you're afraid to love. its
because you don't, because you-czn't.
This hurt her pride Her heart was
so swollen with this new power that It
would not be denied either by herself
2cr EinL
! 'Yes, could! Oh. could But /
mustn't mustn't let myself love you
mot now-nos 50 soon."
Then lsmust wait" he sighed, and
said no more. And she sat in sllerce,
though there was a great noise of
heartbeats in her breast aud in her
temples and ears.
She began TO silver with the night
and with her excitement She wanted
to say that they must start back; but
her tongue stumbled thicl<ly against
her ehattering teeth. The world was
bitter cold-so far from him. In his
arms would be warmth and comfort as
at fireplace. She was lonely, unen-
durably lonely and wistful
Finally he took his eyes from the
moon and bent his gaze on her. He
saw how her shoulders quaked.
You're cold. you poor, sweet child
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WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY. . : @ sgEzzE = Agsa9s ss

VITA illustrations by James MONTGOMERY fIasg
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-14
NOTICE.

Sis's' Ats -. q
PENALTY FOR DAMAGING ROADS.
II any perGon shnll wilfully destroy.
,injure. or In any mnnner llurt. dam
age. impair or obstruct any 'of the pub
lie highways. or any part thereof, or
any bridge. culvert. drain, ditcn.
1eauseway, embankment. wall. tollgate.
dollhouse. or other erection belonging g
thereto. or any part thereof, Tho pei
son 80 offending shall. "uon convid:ioi.
thereof. be imprisoned not more thgn
elk months. OF. pay fine not exceeding
nve hundred dollars. or both. at the
discretion OF thu court, and shall be
Further liable to pay all the expenees
OF repairing the same.
Notice is here by given that the
above law will be rigidly enforced.
]. Mack King,
Supervisor, Anderson County.
6-l7-tf-Dw