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VOLUME L, JTUMBEB 33. KEWBERBY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1912. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAB. . } Fine Attractioi Newberry Cklk WEEK RECINS ON VU1JLU1 II MMU ? ~ ? - - JUNE TWENTY-FOURTH HIGH-CLASS CHAUTAUQUA COURSE WAS SECURED. Home-Coming Features Again to be Prominent?Trades Display?An tomobile Parade. Newberry's second annual Chautauqua and Home-Coming Week will begin on Monday, June 24, and continue through Friday, June 28. There will "ha cnppini nn Sunday evening, June 23, at which time there will be an appropriate sermon by a speaker yet to be selected. The contract for the Chautauqua v entertainments was made some time ago, and the detailed arrangments for the week are now being made, and will he announce# in the official booklet which is being prepared and will be issued by the association. The system secured this year is one of the best in the United States, and will furnish the highest class of attractions. In : , fact, while it was put on at considerable cost it is doubtful if Newberry could have secured this splendid sys tern had it not been for the fact that the owners desired to introduce it into this territory. Newberry's first Chautauqua and Home-Coming Week, in June of last year, was in the nature of an experiment, but the splendid success which attended it amply justified the Chautauqua association in making it a per manent feature in Newberry. There is every reason to believe that the forthcoming Chautauqu * will be even a greater success than was the one last year. Among the speakers will be the eel ebrated Dr. William spurgeon, 01 London, a relative of the world-famed pulpit orator of that name, whose sermons are household favorites; Col. George W. Bain, the brilliant and eloquent Kentucky orator, of whom Sam Jones said, "He w ;ars like home-made jeans," and Robert Parker Miles, the great dramatic lecturer. > Charles Howard Plattenburg, himself one of the most popular lecturers in the lyceum courses of the country, wilL be the platform manager during the week, representing the Chautauqua Managers association, of Chicago. What is expected to prove one of the finest features of the week is the Chi cago Ladies Orchestra, which includes eight of Chicago's most accomplished musicians, seven of them young ladies, in programs so far beyond the ordinary that this company takes first rank among lyceum attractions. With the orchestra is Miss Cora LaPrade Cawthon, who will appear in interpretative sketches from "As You Like It," "Polly of the Circus," "The Witch2 TT- 99 T~>,, ~ yy nrrsi ing nour, iviauame JDuiteruy, iue Dawn of a Tomorrow," "Strong Heart," "The Cricket on the Hearth," and others. This orchestra will give three entertainments in Newberry. Another attraction will be the celebrated "Orchestra Comique," which will be composed of local talent trainr ed under the direction of Miss Dolly Randolph. Miss Randolph will spend thre days here training the orchestra preparatory to the entertainment by it, and during that time Miss Randolph will furnish preludes or concerts as desired. As a violinist, Miss Randolph has appeared with many of the best musicians of Chicago. Her "orchestra comique" i an original musical novelty. Mrs. J. Redding Cole, lecturer and story teller, will be a pleasant feature of the program. "The Castle Square Entertainers," who will be in Newberry two days during the week, making two appearances a day, are a quartette of popu lar entertainers of excellence and versatility. They will furnish good music and popular entertainment. l' Another feature of the program which should have mention will be the I entertainment by Edwin Brush, mav gician, illusionist, humorist inventor, manipulator, ventriloquist and allround entertainer. Mr. Brush carries ns for /'s Chautauqua MANY THOUSANDS MCCI\ ACCICTAWfC HLLis nooioi SITUATION IK FLOOD AREA GROWS INCREASINGLY GRAYE. In All These Half a Hundred Places People Are Suffering as Result nf Tnnndatinn. New Orleans, April 21.?News from the flooded area of the Mississippi valley in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana continued today to be increasingly grave. Thousands of those who were compelled to flee to higher places when the yellow flood invaded their homes have been cared for, but there are still many more who are in imperative need of aid. As the waters continue on their destructive way more appeals for help are being received by those in charge of the relief work. It is estimated there are 50 towns and villages that have so far felt the effects of the flood. Some places are under from 2 to 15 feet of water, with little prospects of an early recession. Ten Known Dead. Reports as to the loss of life differ. Those know to have perished total ten, all but one are negroes. It is be lieved, however, that the list will be much larger when the interior of the affected district is penetrated by res' cue parties. Conditions in "the country overflowed by the Beulah, Mississippi, break are extremely serious. High places in Bolivar county never before inundated are covered with three to four feet of water. All women and children in ' that district haVe been taken to Green' viile and Vicksburg. Much relief work remains to be done in that section n<s nnnpals for heln from both white and black inhabitants are continually being received at Vicksburg, wher the headquarters of the relief bureau are established. Beulah Break Disastrous. At Nibletts, Miss., four miles south of the Beulah crevasse, where some alarm was felt for a portion of the levee Saturday, a large force of men is working day and night, and it is believed a break will be avoided. ^ " T 1 ? A 4-rs. ureal damage na.s oeeii uuue uj railroads running through the flooded country. The distribution of supplies to hundreds of victims marooned on planta, tions and in settlements in the neighborhood of Tallulah, La., began today. WILL BOLD MEMORIAL TA UVPTAr "VT 4 T CT7TT XV/ 1IUJL11VV ll&Aif* x Augusta Chronicle Starts Movement to Pay Lasting Tribute to Dead Officer. Augusta, Ga., April zi.?a general memorial service to Major Archibald W. Butt and other victims of the Titanic disaster will be held in Augusta May 2, when the principal tribute to Major Butt will be delivered by President Taft. Mayor Barrett has called a meeting at 11 o'clock tomorrow to arrange details of the memorial. An even more lasting tribute to Major Butt's memory will be in the form of a bronze or marble monument to be erected in Augusta under the movement started by the Chronicle today, which has already met with substantial recognition as to incnrzi the mnrmmpn* an elaborate stage setting, and his proficiency in the art of magic has attracted wide attention. Among the home-coming features will be the trades display and the automobile parade. The trades display last year was representative of the commercial life of Newberry, most of the business enterprises of Newberry being representd by attractive floats. The proper committees will have charge of these features of the week. Th Chautauqua idea Has naa, rroin its inception, the hearty support of the people of Newberry, and this accounts for its success the first year. There were large crowds here last June, and large crowds are expected during the forth-coming Chautauqua. - A BRUTAL ATTACK ON YOUNG LADY FOUR WHITE MEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ASSAULT. Fugitives Said to Have Entered House ? ? /V i * /V >ear ttreers ana uuiragea une of Occupants. Greenville, April 21.?News reached Greenville tonight of a horrible crime said to have been perpetrated upon a young white woman by four white men about midnight Saturday at her home, one mile south of Greer in Spartanburg county. The police at Greer notified the local authorities of the affair and requested them to be on the watch for the men. Their names and other data were furnished the police. It was stated that the Spartanburg police have been advised of the matter and requested to keep on the lookout for the parties. A warrant was sworn out for the men before Magistrate Henderson, of Spartanburg county, and his constables have been in pursuit today. Tonight communication was established with the police at Greer, and particulars or the crime were secured. According to the story, four white men went to the home of a white man, one mile 'from Greer, about 11.30 or 12 o'clock Saturday night. The man of the house was not at home, having gone to Spartanburg to see a sictf brother His wife and a single woman about 25 years or age, eitner a sister or a sister-in-law, were in the house. The men are said to hav? forced an entrance to the house. Their approaches were resented by the two women and a lively struggle ensued. One of the men is said to have fVi ? morriod wrvmon flVOr OllUUiv. tn c ulich i ivu ??vru^t*,ui vi vi head with a lantern and felled her. This woman is said to have recovered from the blow and rusthed out to the house of a neighbor. In the meantime the men took their departure. A boy with a shotgun responded to the woman's cries for help and took up his position at the house. Very soon the men returned to the house and dis armed the boy. They are said to have then seized the young woman and carried her to a nearby patch of woods, where they assaulted her. The Greer puiice were unable to give ^any further particulars of the affair. The crime took place in Spartanburg county, and through the constables of the magistrate, who issued the warrant, the Greer police learned these particulars. News of the crime had not become generally known at Greer or in the surrounding country tonight, and as to whether or not there would likely be any show of violence if the news spreads the G-reer police could not state. LED REG DIE XT FOR PICKETT. Tlr Rflwlpv W_ Martin. Prominent Virginia Physician and Confederate Veteran, Dead. Lynchburg, Va., April 21.?Dr. Rawley W. Martin, aged 77, president of the State board of health and the Virginia Medical Examining board, died last night at his home after a brief illness of pneumonia. He led the Twenty-third Virginia infantry in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, being severely wounded in that battle. Dr. Martin practiced his profession her for 17 years and at one time was a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia and prominent in social circles. SIXTY-FOUR KODIES RECOVERED. Cable Steamer Picks Up Corpses of Three-score Titanic Victims* St. Johns, April 21.?Sixty-four bodies have been recovered by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, which has been searching the vicinity of the Titanic, according to a report which was received in this city tonight. It is said that a number of bodies which were recovered were sunk again as they were without means of identification. The 64 bodies recovered are regarded as identifiable according to the report. Those that were sunk were presumably in a condition making their preservation impossible. UNCLE SAM PREPARING FOR INTERVENTION? PLANKED TO SEND U. S. WARSHIP TO COAST OF MEXICO. For Protection of Americans.?Presi| dent Taft Expected to Dispatch RattleshiD. Probably the Maryland, in Few Days. Washington, April 20.?President Taft probably will send a warship ioon to the west coast of Mexico, to enable Americans isolated in Sinalao and other States to leave the disturbed districts. A State department announcement tonight declared this action likely, in view of the general anxiety for Americans in those localities. State department officials pointed out tonight that, with the suspension of railroad communication and the interruption of telegraph service, American citizens on the west coast of Mexico, especially at Los Mochas, [ in Sinalao, where there are many Americans, as well as in the vicinity vjj. ivia<6anaii) ai^ ioviuv.vu. Causing Great Anxiety. This fact together with many reports of increased lawlessness on the west coast, is causing much anxiety io Americans in the region affected and their friends in the United States. Many requests and expressions of | anxiety have reached the State department, and in order to obtain news^of the Americans in the affected localities, President Taft, it is expected, will send a vessel within a few days to afford an opportunity to leave the disturbed districts to those who maywish to do so. Sets a Precedent The sending of an American vessel j to the coast of Mexico sets a precedent in the presnt revolutionary disturbance, as heretofore the United States navy has refrained from cruising in Mexican waters. A British vessel, however, has landed marines on j the west coast of Mexico, to enable foreigners to escape the effects of a threatened attack by rebels. The armored cruiser Maryland is at San Diego, Cal. The gunboat York! town is en route north from Guatemala ! to- San Diego. The gunboat Vicks! burg is at Panama. It is likely the Maryland will be the vessel selected. CARNEGIE CONTRIBUTES $1,500. Millionaire Aids First Baptist Church of Columbia. ___ Columbia, April 19.?Andrew Carnegie, multi-millionaire, retired steel king and philanthropist, has given to the First Baptist church, of Columbia, j the handsome sum of $1,500 on condiI tion that the church raises $3,000. A campaign for church purposes was beam n about ten days aeo and the pros pects are that $6,000 will be raised, making the Carnegie donation available. The objective amount of the campaign, together with the single I donation of $1,500, will give the I church a total fund of $7,500, with ! which to met obligations incurred for 1 the new Sunday school rooms with nnri nlnmhine' svstem. BLEASE HAKES TWO SPEECHES. Governor Addresses Crowds at Woodruff and Enoree. Spartanburg, Apr. 20.?After speakI ing at Woodruff and Enoree this af! ternoon, Governor Cole. L. Blease re turned to the city and is spending the night here. This is a change in his plans, as he had intended returning to Columbia from Laurens tonight. Woodruff, one of the largest towns in this section of the State, is "red hot" politically, and the lines are more forcibly drawn there than any other section. A tremendous throng greeted the o-ov&mnr and every one was disap pointed. The Blease men hoped he would "wipe up the earth" with Jones, and the Jones men wished the same thing, but the governor made a beautiful little talk and not once did he allude to his opponent. A large crowd greeted Governor Blease at Enoree, likewise. He appealed to the voters for their support and pointed to his record as sufficient ground for their patronage. JONES GREETED WITH YELLS FOR BLEASE | SOME TELL FOR JONES AND OTHERS FOR BLEASE. . Former Chief Justice Stands His Ground During Attempt to "Howl Him Down." Anderson, April 20.?In the midst of a beautiful apostrophe, former Chief T---1' T ?? D Ta? fnr J UbUUC liet u. u wiic7o, vaiiUiuuvv governor of South Carolina, was subjected this afternoon to an attempt to "howl him down." He stood the test manfully and was given the sympathy of a large audience which filled' the court house. Judge Jones was introduced by Judge Breazeale, who was on Governor Blease's "eligible list" for appointment as special judge, but who is now managing Judge Jones' campaign in Anderson county. During the disturbance, at one time, Judge Breazeale got up and called for fair play, but the noise kept up just the same. Woo 4 ffonl-int? ^Rloofiplcm " TT as AHUtuiUB Judge Jones was making a criticism of Blease's administration when the noise first started. At first it was an occasional yell for Blease, but the fuss became louder and louder, finally drowning out the speaker, who was not in the best of voice, as he had ^ 1 A U - /wolmlv caugnt a Sliglll, CUIU. Xie oat, waiuitj on the railing around the bar until the noise had subsided a little then came back at the howlers in a manner which caught the rest of the crowd. After a spirited attack upon the record of the governor a rousing yell went up for Blease. The judge paused a moment, smiled and said: "Now let's holler for Jones a little bit." Cheer after cheer, lasting several minutes went up for Jones. Ejected by Police. This didn't abash some of the nosy ones yelling for the governor and these were ejected from the court rom by members of the police force. Some of the leaders of the Blease forces were in the audience and many of them express themselves as regretI ting the occurrence. | Judge Jones' speech was along the j same lines as at Union and Spartanburg, but. he added a number of feawOTT? rr VlQQIlflfnl +"1*1 hll t PC tfl | IU1CS uy jjajiiig u^au^&u* AVMVW , Senators Sullivan and Carlisle and J Representative Cary, who, with the other members of the recent legislature, were spoken of roughly by the governor in his Anderson speech a week ago. Defends Legislature. Judge Jones pointed to Senator Sullivan and Representtaixe Cary, who were in the audience, and said that he r>t- zviroTir+liin or in fVl<i wuum u uot civi j wing iu mv ?va*v. he has in the keeping of these men and Senator Carlisle. The speaker declared that the trouble is not of the making of the general assembly, but of the governor, who had endeavored to usurp the rights of the court and of the legislature. "Rut " .Tndsrft .Tones, "the "VV"* - O- " legislature refused to commit its rights into the hands of the governor I and that is the trouble. He declared , with feeling, "we had resisted the tyrannical rule of Great Britain, we had j thrown off the tyrannical rule of the radicals in '76, and, thank, God, we will throw off the tyrant's rule again ' o*i-\/-\rJ vAor r\f 1Q1 9 HI HUB guuu JCU1 VI xt/i-.. "White gran's Country." Some one in the audience yelled that Blease is the governor of the white people. The judge replied amiably, "yes, this is a white man's country and the white man will ever rule, but that is no reason why he should be tyrannical to a poor, helpless and defenceless race of people." On concluding his speech Judge Jones caught the electric car for Belrnn wherp hp addressed a large aud ience late this afternoon. At the Old Court House. "What three tots saw in the land of Nod," and "Prince and Pauper," at The Theato, old court house Tuesday, April 23, is said to be a very fine picture. Take the little children and let them see what three little tots saw in the land of Nod. Other good pictures will also be shown. The same prices prevail. 5c. and 10c. SURVIVORS TELL STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER t. CARPATHIA ARRIVES WITH 7S9 RESCUED ABOARD. 1,635 Lost When Giant Ship Sank?Six Survivors of Wreck Died Aboard Carpathia. New York, April 19.?The living cared for, the dead beyond recall, survivors of the Titanic disaster were able, for the first time today, to see in a calmer retrospect Monday's tragedy of the North Atlantic, and from their story of how the great White Star Liner, her band playing to the last, sank off of the Grand Banks with more than 1,500 on board. From the Countess of Rothes, now quartered luxuriously in a New York hotel, to the six Chinese coolies, who escaped by hiding under the lifeboat seats, all of these 745 have been provided with food and clothing, and others, some immigrants and millionaires, are on their way home, to England, the Continent, or distant parts of the United States. Many, however, and of these hospitals shelter scores, still re* 1? XT.?- XT 1- 1 J.1 _.1 main in incw ioiis., wuere Lue ^imaru liner Carpathia brought them last night. i Number of Victims Uncertain. Even after all that has-been told of the disaster, the death- lits remains approximate. Last night's total estimate was 1,593; today the White Star Lino issued a statement placing the toll at 1,635. Exactly how many died will never be known. It has been established, officially. ,,c however, that the Titanic was traveling 21 knots an hour when she struck the iceberg. Notwithstanding this, . 1 i however, none of the survivors, from steerage to saloon, has as yet condemned Capt. Smith, who went down with his ship. The Titanic's rate of speed, which was approximately 26 1-2 land miles, was brought out today from the lips of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the International Mercantile Marine, and managing director of the White Star 7 ^ wuu api/caicu as a witness u&~ fore the United States senate committee, which is investigating the disaster. Ismay Tells of Escape. Nervous, but not in tears, as was Capt. Rostron, of the Carpathia, who followed him on the stand, Mr. Ismay told in whispers of his escape from the sinking liner, from the time he pushed away in a boat with the women until he found himself, clad in his pajamas, aboard the Carpathia. He was not sure in just what boat he left the Titanic, nor was he sure how long he remained on the liner after sfhe struck. He added, however, that before he entered a lifeboat he had been told there were no more women on the deck, and he denied that there had been any censoring of messages on the Carpathia. ( _ New York, April 18.?How the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship afloat, sank off the Grand Banks Af \T/-vTtr PAim/Hort/l /vm Oiin^ow i orV* f yjL a^i-c >v r uuuuiauu uLi o uuuaj I last, carrying to their death about 1,600 of the 2,340 persons aboard, was told to the world in all its awful details for the first time tonight, with the arrival in New York of the Cunard liner Carpathia, bearing the exhausted survivors of the catastrophe. Of the great facts that stand out from the chaotic account of the tragedy, these are the most salient: tfost Salient Facts. The death list has been increased rathe than decreaed. Six persons died after being rescued. The list of prominent persons lost stands as previously reported. Practically every woman and child, with the exception of those women who refused to leave their husbands, were saved. Among these last was Mrs. Isidor Straus. 4 The survivors on the lifeboats saw the lights on the stricken vessel glimmer to the last, heard her band playing and saw the doomed hundreds on her deck and heard their groans and cries when the vessel sank. Accounts vary as to the extent of the disorder on board. Tried to Break Speed Record. t Not only was. the Titanic tearing i