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KEfiWEi ^vp'^ ?DIME5?. "TO THINK OWN SELF BB TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THK NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE' TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1015. Now Serie? No. 800.-Volumo LXVI.-No. ll). SPE< One hundred doze] Carolina Apples* cans, 5c* per can* C. W. & J. E. WALHA "IT PAYS TO I Farmers, Pie You aro ready to prepar for thc growing of anoth of tho harvest and its pi Your Ban Consider the DOOKS 0 ?will open up to you, am YOI'KS through an ino TRY US FOR YOUR ( and receive fair and eon s 'Tj.il nt tent ion. WESTMINS WESTMINE '? CHECK US A* MOTHER ANO CHELJ>HEN DROWN Automobile Rushes into St. John's lUver and Four Pettish. Jacksonville, Fla., May 0.-Mr?. (). H. Johnson, wife of Dr. O. H. Johnson, a prominent physician of this city, and their three children were drowned to-night when their automobile plunged Into the St. John's river, and Dr. Johnson and Mrs. J. II. Uland and two daughters had a narrow eseaj>e from death, "be ing rescued from the river just in time to save their lives. The Johnson party had si>ent the day at Atlantic Reach and were on their way home, having entered the ferry at South Jacksonville. Just as the boat was approaching the land ing on this side of the river Dr. Johnson left Hie ear and weill to the front, where he cranked his ma chine, in some manner he had left the machine In gear, and when the engine started tho car jerked ahead, knocking him overboard, while the car plunged through the heavy chains and went, into the river. As the car took its plunge there was a cry from one end of the vessel to the other, and several linea were thrown overboard to the party, Dr. Johnson and others succeeded in res cuing Mrs. Uland and daughters, but were unable to save his wife and children. One baby girl, about 6 years old, was taken from the river and the pulmotor put into action, but she could no? be resuscitated. The bodies of Mrs. Johnson an I the other two children, aged 2 and 4, are still In the waler. The ma chine ls being raised to-night omi divers are searching the ferry slip in tlie hope of recovering the other bodies. Cl AL ci cans best North Large size No* 3 BAUKNIGHT, 5UY FOR CASH." Attention ase! e your ground for seeding sr crop; .von have thought ocede. HOW about k Account >F OPPORTUNITY thal 1 ibo aids that WILL UK reased Bank Account. CHECKING BUSIN ESS irteous treatmenl and per TER BANK, ?TER, S. O. S YOUR BANK." DAY OF DFAI) AT QUKKXSTOWN. Soldiers Toil nt Graves for I Vi known ill Foreign I ?oui. Queenstown, .May fl.-This baa been a day of the dead In Queens town. Most of the survivors of the Lusitania left for their homes. No survivors were added to the me-agro list and the only figures augmented were those ot the identified dead. No additional deaths were reported at the hospitals. While soldiers toiled at graves for the unknown dead, who will he bur ied to-morrow, groups of relatives and friends of the passengers went from morgue to morgue-sotno find ing what they sought, others turning away to continue their search, with ebbing hope. Tho public funeral to-morrow, which a representative of the Vice roy of (roland ?viii attend, will be too large for the ordinary facilities of Queenstown and Cork and trucks will be pressed into service to carry the coffins. Tito funeral will he marked hy military pomp .midi as is accorded those who die in the armed service of their country. Though too late to be of material assistance to their stranded country men, Capts. Win. A. Castle and Alex ander Miller, the American military attaches, arrived here to-day to con fer with the American consul, Wes ley Frost. They left in an automo bile for Kinsale Head to continue their information in behalf of the government. Consul Frost has been indefatigable in assisting tho Ameri can survivors and attending to their wants. All identified American dead have been claimed by the con sul, even in cases where no requests from relatives have 'boen received. TORNAIK) STRIKES CAROLINA. Manning Sutters Ttl reo Lives Lost. $200,000 l*roper"ty Damage. Manning. May 7. --Special: A tor nado struck the center of the town of Manning shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon and caused fearful de struction of life and property. The principal force of the storm was lim ited to a radius of about IBO yards of the Confederate monument, on the court house grounds, and in that area property to the amount of $200,000 was destroyed. Three lives were lost and several persons were seriously injured. In the New Idea Store, at the Mc Leod corner. Miss Clara Baggett, saleslady, was instantly killed hy the falling roof and walls, while her sis ter. Miss .Lilia Baggett, is thought to "be fatally injured. In the same store Miss Annie Thames, milliner, was so injured as to he rendered un conscious for some hours, while her brother, .lohn Thames, was painfully inju red. Two Killed in One Building. At the other end pf the same block the upper story of the large Nettles building collapsed and killed two men, Dasley Davis and a negro por ter. This building was only recent ly occupied by the Manning Dry Doods Co. Adjoining the Nettles building is Arant's drug store, which was almost entirely demolished. The intervening buildings, from the Bank of Clarendon to Katsoff's Bargain Store, were either damaged or totally destroyed. In the Mcleod block the walls of the Clarendon Millinery Store collapsed and nar rowly missed crushing Mrs. J. M. Bradham, the proprietress. The roof of the Home Bank was blown off, and the walls of the Wilson Insurance Company's ollice collapsed. Across the street extensive dam age was done to the roofs or front walls of nearly every store. The main building of the Plowden Hard ware Company was unroofed, while the warehouse in the rear was de molished. Cothran's tobacco ware house and Ok nu's tobacco warehouse were completely wrecked. Singular freaks of the storm were impressive. Foch as the new brick stables of Colley & Rigby being un roofed and damaged, while the frame stables of 1). H. Bradham & Son, across the street, escaped unscathed. A number of email] dwellings were demolished. Telephone and electric light wire* are out of commission, and the streets are in darkness to-night. The debris from the demolished buildings and a large number, of fallen trees render locomotion very difficult. The court house building was damaged in the roof and the furnace chimney albove the roof toppled over. Very few of the business men car ried tornado insurance and hence the property loss it nearly all loss, in lhirljugton County. Darlington, May 7.-A severe cy clone passed over the upper part of this county and Die lower part of Chesterfield county this afternoon, doing considerable damage to prop erty. The only fatality so far learn ed is the deatli of one negro on the plantation of David McIntosh, where several buildings were destroyed and several negroes received minor inju ries, the most serious being a frac tured skull of a small girl, who was taken to a hospital by automobile to-night. At the plantation of Wilson Maloy, few miles north of Society Hill, a dwelling containing a number of white people was severely damaged, but no occupants fatally injured. About four miles north of Darling ton several buildings were destroyed on the plantations of J, N. Kir ven, 8. Vaughan and B. K. (Jandy, but so far as can bo learned no one was in jured. The wind was accompanied in this district by a severe 'hail storm, and at this time there is falling the first heavy rain since last March. Four Killed in Marlboro, Bennet ?avilie, May 7.-'Four peo ple were killed and hundreds made homeless by a tornado which swept Marlboro county th's afternoon, just escaping the town of Honnettsvillo. The dead are Misa Inez Tart and Carl Tart. The county home was destroyed and one inmate killed. A negro infant was killed. Jl?KY ACQUITS MKS. CARMAN. Was Charged Willi tho Murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. .Mineo la. X. Y.. May 8.-A vor di ct of acquittal was returned after a short deliberation late to-day by the jury trying Mrs. Florence C. Cannan on the Charge of murdering Mrs. Louise Hailey at Freeport on thc night of .lune ?50, last. The jury was agreed on tho first ballot and the verdict was returned one hour and twelve ?Minutes after the jury had retired. Mrs. Carman shook hands with all the jurors, then left with her husband for their home in Freeport. in his charge to the jury Justice Black mar said the State's case cen tered on the testimony of Celia Cole man, a negro maid in the Carman household, who testified that Mrs. Carman had darted into the kitchen tlie night of the murder with a re volver in her hand, and announced "I killed her." The Coleman wo man also testified that Mrs. Cannan had come to her room early the next morning and expressed repentance for "having killed that poor wo man." Westminster !,<> al Notes. Westminster, May ll.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Garrison, of Trinidad, Colo., stopped off for a visit of a day or two with friends here this week. Mr. Garrison was our genial and accommodating agent for the Southern Railway some ten or more years ago, and he and his estimable wife have many friends here who are delighted to see them again. Miss Ruth Creen, of Greenville, is the attractive guest of her sisters, Misses F.lvira and Minnie Green, this week. Mrs. X. S. Harper has been very sick for the pas! few days. We hope to hear of an improvement in her condition soon. Rev. ll. M. Fallaw is in Seneca this week assisting Re\. T. M. Gal phin in a series of meetings. Mrs. Frances Green, of Virginia, will lecture at the school auditorium Tuesday evening on temperance. The R. A. Thompson Chapter, C. I). C., observed memorial day hore Monday. A large crowd gathered at the auditorium, where a very in teresting program was rendered. Following the program a long line led by the old soldiers marched to the cemetery, where the graves of the Confederate soldiers were wreathed with many beautiful flow ers. The school children were a bright feature In this parade. Each child carried a garland of roses and kept perfect time to the drum's boat, making the scene most impressive. Mrs. W. R. Leathers, of Nashville, Tenn., who is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. W. Cannon, has been very ill for the past few days, but we are glad to hear of an improvement in her condition. Dr. J. H. Johns left last week for Chicago to take a post-graduate course in surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Sanders, of Walhalla, were in Westminster for a few hours Sunday. Misses Lynn and Pearl Vernor, of Richland, visited here Monday. .Neville Cemetery. All persons Interested in the Ne ville cemetery will please meet there on May 22d, in the forenoon. Maggie Harden. Lady Injured at El loree. Fl loree, May 7.- A fearful cyclone swept over Elloree this afternoon, its path ranging from a quarter of a milo to half a mile in breadth and several miles In length, uprooting giant trees and demolishing a num ber of buildings, lt seems a miracle that no one was seriously hurt, and so far Mrs. J. I). Strock, who was passing the Methodist church, which was completely demolished, is the only one reported to have received any injuries. Mrs. Strock, who stopped in the porch of the church, was struck by a piece of tho falling building. Her in.inrios, it is said, are slight. No casualties from tho country so far have been reported, but lt was learned late this afternoon that a number of farm buildings had been reduced to debris. OFFICIAI; WASHINGTON QUIET. \ "No Tillie to Hock tho IfcMt," Says ( Secretary Brynn, Washington, May S. - President Wilson, upon whom the ovos of tho c world aro focussed at the present ( moment, studied In quiet s .'elusion t to-day the aspects of law an j fact In ? connection with the sinking by a I German torpedo of the British liner ( Lusitania, with a consequent loss of many American lives. The great human tragedy, coupled with the responsibilities of the hour ? caused the Pit Ment to deny him self to all calle.:, even to members of his official family, while he turned over in his mind the course to bo pursued hy the I'nited Slates govern ment in one of the most serious crises in i s history. The only glimpse of the workings of Hie President's mind was given when the White llou.st? to-night is sued its first formal comment on the disaster. The announcement, was made tua the President realized the country expected him to deal wit'i the situation "with deliberation as well as fl rm ness." Waiting on Information, The official data upon which for mal action AV i 11 be based had not ar rived. Tho President, therefore, did not communicate with Secretary Bryan or officials of the State De partment. Nor did he consult mem bers of the Cabinet or Congress. He has been giving such close personal attention in the last few weeks to the particular questions involved that he was thought to be deter mined tirst to sift for himself the various questions and shape a policy to be submitted to the cabinet, prob ably on Monday or Tuesday. in the meantime, public opinion was expected to crystalize and help point the way. 'Members of the cab ! ?net cancelled other engagements and held themselves in readiness for thr; I President's call. At the State De partment, when Secretary Bryan was asked if there was any advice to communicate to the American peo ple at this time, he replied thal he did not think this was needed, for the country understood the situa tion. "This is not the t iirx- to 'rock the boat,' " he said. Carried No (inns. One important fact was definitely ascertained by the Washington gov ernment to-day from the port author ities at New York, who gave clear ance to the Lusitania-that she car ried no guns, either mounted or un mounted, in accordance with the cau tion of the State Department and British government early in the war. This disposed in the minds of offi cials of the claim that the German submarine had a right to attack the Lusitania because she was an auxil iary or converted cruiser. The off! . cils of the Cunard Line are under stood to have stated that the Lusi tania was not convoyed. These facts in the opinion of law officers of the American government left the German submarine no ex cuse under law or reason for an at tack without warning on a ship with hundreds of non-combatants aboard, including neutral men, women and child ren. Position of Unified States. The position of the I'nited States has been that the presence of con traband oven arms and ammuni tion -according to the rules of inter national law, including the declara tion of London, which Germany has upheld, cannot warrant the sinking of a merchantman without Ibo previ ous exercises of the right of visit and search, and the removal of non combatants to a i>laco of safety. The government stated this In Its last note to Germany, and nt tho same time issued a warning that tho Imperial German government would be held "to a strict accountability" by the United States for any losf of A mer laen vessels or lives. The decision which the President and his advisers must reach, it was admitted in all quarters, is a momen tous ono. Those officials conversant with the legal aspects of the case pointed out that the United States faced a grave and serious problem of lastin?; importance In history, ns iiYt the world-neutrals and bellig erents alike-would walt with acute expectancy for tho course which the 'RHIMCT-AN APPALLING CHIMU 'barge Against Submarine onicers, Emperor ami German Government, Kinsale, Ireland, May IO.- The oroner's jury investigating tho leaths of live persons drowned when he Cunarder Lusitania was sunk hy i German submarine off the coast of roland last Friday returned a ver licl to-day charging "tile officers >f said submarine and the Emperor md government of Germany, under vhosc orders they acted, with the .rime ot w holesale mu riler before thc ribi.aal of the civilized world." Tim verdict follows: "Wo timi thal the deceased mel. loath from prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles tout h west of Old Head ol* Kinsale friday, May 7, lit I 5, owing lo thc unking of the Lusitania by torpe loes tired hy a (forman submarine. "We Hud that this appalling crime was committed contrary to Interna tional law and the conventions of all civilized nations. "We also charge the officers of said submarine and the Emperor and gov ernment of Germany, under whoso nrders they acted, with tho crime of wholesale murder before the tribu nal of the civilized world. "We desire to express sincere con dolence and synrpathy with tho rela tives of the deceased, the Cunard Company, and the Knited States, many of whose citizens perished in this murderous attack on au un armed liner." Capt. Turner, of the Lusitania, was the principal witness. Ho told the jury he did not see any submarine either before or after bis ship was torpedoed. Ho said there was no panic; that "it was almost calm." Many of th? boats could not 'bo lowered on account of the list of the steamer, the witness continued. He said ?lie ship remained atloat only 18 minutes. Carried Ont Instructions. > The witness said he had received and carried out special instructions as to this voyage, but he declined to say what they were. He also said he had received messages in regard to the presence or submarines off the Irish coast, but when asked the na ture of their contents lu? referred the .oroner to the admiralty for answer. ('apt. Turnor said that after thc warnings at New York that the Lusi tania would bo torpedoed he did not make application to tho admiralty for an escort. "lt is their business, not mine. 1 simply hail to carry out my orders to go, and 1 would do it again," de clared the witness with emphasis. Among other witnesses heard be sides Capt. Turner was the ship's: bugler, Livermore. He testified that all tho watertight compartments were closed, but that the force of thc explosion and rush of water must have hurst them open. All the offi cers were at their posts, the witness continued, and the earlier arrival of rescue boats would not have saved the situation. In summing up the case Coroner Horgan charged ?hat the responsi bility "lay on the German govern ment and the whole people of Ger many, who collaborated in the terri hie crime." Knited States would pursue to pre serve thc rules of international law, particularly the rights of neutrals, with respect to the safety of non combatants on merchant ships at sea. The German Waining. The suggestion that tho warning by the German embassy in newspa per advertisements should have been sufficient to deter Americans from traveling aboard ships flying tho British flag was widely commented upon among diplomatists. At tho State Department Secretary Brya-? revealed th"t the embassy's warning had never been officially communi cated to the State Department, and that since the announcement by tho Gorman admiralty In February of its proclamation of a war zone, the American protest and the reply from Germany saying the government would disclaim responsiuiiuj for ac cidents to neutrals, the subject foi* several weeks had not been officially mentioned between the Berlin and Washington governments. That the appalling nature of the disaster, brings home to those who had f'.'ends on board the Lusitania tho human side of tho occurrence was apparent in the demeanor of high ofllcials. They were grieved Bick at heart. They mado no formal expression of their feeling, prefer ring to maintain silence until the American government is ready to speak on the human na well as the legal aspects of the case. 4