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g- ' }&**** -TV* j- * - ?fje Cfjerato Cijrontde "Hi Not In Mortals to Command Success, but We'll do More, Sempronlous, We'll Deserve It" i \ .. _ f ' if i . 1 ' ' ~ ' Volume 16 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., NOVEMBER, 2, 1911 Number 1 ' ??? . I , ' , SHADOW HOVERS OVER PRESIDENT' CBISIS IN PABTY AFFAIRS t Confession of Weakness of His Ftl- 6 I lowing Snrprac* Larffe Audience c 'at Hamilton Club. * . i Chicago, Oct W.?President Taft 5 surprised a large audience at the din- ** ner of the Hamilton club today by a what most if his hearers construed 1 as an admission of the possibility of * ?fcrf/ Republican defeat in the coming nat- 1 'j&pY lonal election. He was speaking tn ; what had promised to be an uuusu ( ally entjj^lastic audience of F-?pub- 1 hastened to ascribe H^^U^^^^^^^B|tirance8 tq wearineBr of speach-making HHHHA the Chicago. was H^^^B^^H^^^^^Pnterance Chicago for some in the Republican party ^H^^^^^^Brence to its-continuance in ^ ^Knce of the nation." the pres|H|B^Br "I am hopeful that the of tjhe country who know wibeh they* see ; Jt have us la a u.^ryuti'. lA * may do h'ereBB^H^B**^ no intention of shift, jBBMMjKyh^W^hat are bet. 5 solution those and haye ^^^^^H^^^Bgotion that we do beJ^^^^^^^^^Rwever, so be t0 make a the new govunder any conditions, with will insure to the |^^^^^^^^Buntry, but with the after people ought to go back to the that has served them the progress a nation, they so?that ^ * -"? ' a p--? fwueiit ^uiur ?rsi his address the president rehis hotel for rest. Though he no weariness, the three ^ K* steady strain has told on him, it was a tired man who led the , HH^Hbsidential party out of Chicago at p. m. over the Pennsylvania for ^Pittsburg. The address before the Hamilton wKf club, in which the possibility of dew feat found expression, followed the laying of the new home of the Hamilton club, one of the leading Repubilcan'clubs of the Middle West. * The cornerstone ceremony followed ' a trip through the stock yards, and a ' visit through the National Dairy f show The remainder of the presidents da y was Tpent at his hotel in ' receiving pol^iCiani and friends. IJ Bargains in Men's Clothing at Wal- j ^ ters.Terrell Co. JOSEPH .'JPCLITZEK HEAD Proprietor of >ow York World Passes Away at Charleston 1 News and Courier, 30th. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the! New York World and the St. Louis i J Post-Dispatrh. and one of the most commanding figurers in modern journalism, died, at 1:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon aboard his yatch, the Lib. i ert.v, in Charleston habor. The int-jl mediate cause of Mr. Pulitzer's death t was heart failure. He had been in j 1 ill health for several days, but until ai few hours before the end catne noned of those around him had any sus- i plcion o? the gravity of his con.li-jt tiow. He was 64 years of age. jd ftveral went over to Bennettsville! yesterday afternoon to attent a con- < cert given by the U. S. Marine band, i <? ?? ^?i KILLING WAS JUSTIFIABLE Coroner's Jury Reports on* Slaying of North Carolinian By GaffneJ Kan. ' Charlotte, N. C., Oct' 30.?Justilable homicide was the vlrdict of he coroner's Jury late last night at (hslby, N. C., on the killing of Sam Whltwortty a prominent Cleveland Ounty farmer, late yesterday ofterloon, by J. Lucas Randall, a well* mown manufacturer of Gaffney, S. C. landall was automobillng with three oung ladles when be met Whitworth, vho w?s driving a mule. Whltorth dvanced towards the machine, orderng Randall to stop and saying,*T11 :111 you." Randall sail, "Don't shoot: | have some little girls here." Whit-| vorth drew his gun and Randall fired: wice, Instantly killing the farmer.' itanaan immediately surrendered iu , he sheriff. At the coroner's inquest witnesses estified that Whitworth had been irinking, and had tried to kill a negro ind some boys riding bicycles. The sartridges in his pistol was empty. Following the verdict Randall reurned to his home In Gaffney. , i ' 1 r r , ' ; M K '. ' v ... i : . M'- ' I Deposit y< V-'- '* - ; <;$, Sljbn&f'v"^ -1 ' Tie Bank CKera.\ STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B 40 compoi ft irv savii r NEW WINTHROPE BUILDINGS ARE TO COST $184,880 \rts niul Sciences Hall Contract Is 40,00.) anil That for Training School is $S4,41f> Ro.sh Hill, Oct. 29.? It has just >een passible to obtain the verified igures of the two big Winthrope's )iiilding committee. For the Indusrial arts and science building, John r. Huit of Greesboro, N. C., subnitted the lowest bid, which wasi !49,96"?. For the training school, J. N. Jones of Chatlote, X. C., bid $S4, ll;>, and was awarded the contract. Men's Overcoats at bargain prices] it Walters-Terrell Co. h'ELDKK SAYS TILL VAN WILL HAVE A.WLK 1'KOOFi j iliortiv t? S'tisfy senator ('o it renting Governor I'lease Augusta, Ga.. Oct., 25' ?Comment-1 ng on the last Tjllman interview,) rhomas 15. Felder male this statenent to the Augusta Chronicle's, Atanta reported today. "If Senator Tillman only wants roof that Gov. Cole Hloase is a crook n order to fight him, then he'll have hat proof shortly in an overwhelming' legree." We are offering the swellest line of nercoats and rain coats ever shown n Cheraw. Cheraw Mercantile Co. WAREHOUSE PLAN TO HELP COHON, LOUISAS A SCHEME IS ENDORSED Former Senator J. L. McLanrin of 1 ( South Carolina Hopes to See it r ' Adopted. t .4 1 New ttrleans, Oct. 31, ? Endorse- ? ment waa given today by t)ie Oover- C c nors and other representatives of coti ton growing States attending the cotton conference here to the Louisana plan of State owned ' cotiVon ware-1' houses as a means of permanently t protecting the cotton planter, against the low prices produced by too rapid j marketing of the crop early in the ] season. The details of the Louisana^ plan were fully explained to the con- < fereuce yesterday by*W. B. Thorap- ( son, president of the New Orleans ] Coton Exchange, and the representatives of at least two of the other i ' _ 1 I I .. . . ' : ' WT money .. ] x 1 ' ? , m Lineraw v. S. C. ANK8 IN THE COUNTY COMBINED unded quarterly ngs department Southern States emphatically declared today that 'they would work diligently to secure the adoption of the Louisana plan in their States, South Carolina, and Georgia. I Mr. Thompson explained in his ad. dress that by reason of the fact that receipts for cotton placed in these . State-owned warehouses will have the moral backing of the State govI eminent, they will be negotiable in 'all the money centers of the world Already, he said, he had been assured that financiers of Europe will as soon as the first of these State-owned plants is opened, send money here to lend to the farmers with these receipts* as collateral at 4 per cent. Former Fnited States Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, gave his hearty endorsement to the Louis ana plan at todays session 01 tne conference. "I want to go back to South Carolina anil tell my people all about this wonderful plan" he said, "and I hope to see it adopted in my State." T. S. Felder. Attorney Cn-eral of Georgia, who carte to thrt conference as the personal representaive of Gov. Hoke Smith, commended the Louisana plan and announced that ,he would use his efforts to have Georgia erect similar legislation. At today's session, Gtov. Colquit* submitted statistics relating to the worlds- demand for American cotton of the present crop. The figures of mills in this country are based on last year's consumption. The totals compiled show that the spindles of the world will require a total of 13, 1 GREAT DISCOVERY i MADE BY PHlfclCIAX. \ Sew York Doctor Finds a Serum That is an Almost Infalible Care (or Meningitis. (, New York, Cct.. 27.? A discovery vbereby epidemic spinal meningitis :an be entirely controlled was an- lounced by Dr. Simon Flexner, direcor of the Rockefeller Institute for dedical Research, at the closing session of the conference of sanitary >fflcers of New York state here to- t lay. The control could be establish- E 2d, Dr. Flexner said, by Injecting e serum into the cerebor-spinal mem- 1 sraue thus getting at the seat of the lisease. . "It has taken much money and a1 i ong time to perfect this cure,", said j 3r. Flexner. 'This is the first'time. [ have announced it, as only very : e-f :ently have I demonstrated to my| )wn satisfaction that the s^rum I :ave prepared will dp as I claim. j "Influenza meningitis in the child,) which has caused ap jnany deaths and which spreads so rapidly, will VitV the application of this new fo: m of^ troatment ba not ojMWtenth as* 4A?ge7dus as; it wtfS bifdrn. / V ? ' ' -r?^ 739,9 Id bales of ths^resent Ameri- j can <;rop, or approximately the. samel uiumber of bales shown by the Kov-1 ernment'a estimate of this-^ season's | ores showing Che have ever been compiled and presented for the benefit of the producer. Accepting the government's estimate , of over 13,800,000 bale crop this season, Gov. Colquett declared that the demonstration of a world demand for 13,800,000 bales proves conclusively that cotton today is worth 13 cents per pound or mtore. The average price last year'B crop was 14.60 cents per pound. "Wi'tfi ithese flg^rgrs before him said Gor. Colquett. "the farmer should not hesitate to hold every remaining bade of the present crop until the Bplnner comes across with what he considers a remunerative price." MK & I1 M WW' J tBAfCgM6H Absolut To have pure a M . food, be sure thi i*? nftwder is imad Mr of tartar and n jj( The Label wal || Royal is the < yj% povrder made K ' Grape Cream j|| No Alum No Lb MOTHER HOMICIDE IN CHESTERFIELD ' o.< k V < IEO. WHITTAKEK KILLED BY SOX vnntiio $uih tit Hita Occurred Last Saturday Nl?ht?Boy Now In JalL f < George Whattaker died at his iome near Chesterfield last Saturday tight or Sunday moraiag t'.u i tne tffects of a knlie wound ji st ov^i* .) he heart. . ** '' ^here are conflicting reports r.s to he trouble and there seems to have teen no witnesses. The report most iredence is put in Is to the effect that ' Jeorge .was drinking and that he ( ilther fell over, agklnst the bo^ or nade an attack on him and that the / \ loy stabbed him with a small pen fnife. George and his son were both in Itheraw Saturday and the trouble >ccurred on the way home. No one leems to have known anything of the .rouble outside of the family until 3eorge was reported dead and then probably nothing wouki have beep snowrn but for th .fact that a coffin too' short for the Corpse was y-': xcd had to be returned'/Jid a longet>ne gotten. Some questions- were and taken to Jail. Another report is to the effect that the cutting occurred more than two weeks ago. Boy's, buy your fall suit of clothes at Walters-Terrell Co.'s. They are beauties. Southwest Georgia Farm and Pecan Lands For Sale. Any size tract desired . Our lands are fertile, and results are satisfactory Farmers are headed this way to get In on the ground floor. Write for illustrated booklet today. 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