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yOL. 9, NO. 93, SEMI-WEEK
BIEASE SHOWED UNDER ?.
IN PRIMARY EIECIION -
the G
tilled
Both State and County Returns hoWM
Are Incomplete. *! Nai
1 ment
At 3 o'clock tills (Wednesday) ;mllen
E. D. SMITH 17, 708 AHEAD. ofMthe
miles
is OIK
^ Cooper, Manning and Itichads I,cad- jowng
ing for Governor?Fin ley He- tj c
elected to Congress. fort id
AFTER MIDNIGMT. citade
At 3 o'clock this (Wednesday)
morning out of 95,366 votes heard "
from In different parts of the state as AJ
reported by The Columbia State, cie,?N
Senator E. D. Smith received 55, 430 re
and Blease 37,722, Jennings 1,187,
Pollock 1,022. This unquestion- (
leston
ably elects Senator Smith in the first ^vhat
nrlmarv
anthn
Manning, Copper and Richards field c
are leading in the race for gOv-'8UC0es
ernor. The vote for Congressman ^
any a
in this district, not complete in any ?0ueg
of the counties, is as follows: divislc
York?Finley, 2, 987; Stevenson, cover>
1, 039. 'causes
Chester?Finley, 821; Stevenson, |w
can b?
, rental!
Fairfield?Finley, 602; Stevenson,, perati
453. This I
* Kershaw?Finley, 873; Stevenson, 3P?res
648.
Cherokee?Finley, 898; Steven- for
son, 1,154. ; and .''is
Chesterfield?Finley, 1,172; Stev-lauthoi
Anann 1 ^ 4 1
* uii. inuniu
This insures Flnley's election by al8ecd 1
and tl
good majority. !,
The county returns are inadequate, ianthri
with the more remote boxes to be I samel
heard from. On page eight will be ed an'
found the returns from the precincts
I I TOS
heard from. D. Reece Williams de- |
feats Harry Hlnes for the senate by Ameri
a large majority. It looks as if
1* there will be no nomination for the ^?n
bouse of representatives. Haiics chant
Sapps, Massey and Bruce will prob- meroh
ably all enter the second primary, over I
Lingle defeats Plyler for county su-j^hamb
perintendent of education. Blackmon
for county supervisor will go t|urlng
into the second primary with Cook
l or Horton. age B
I. T. Hunter defeats John L. turers
Caskey for magistrate of Gills ?' *oc
Creek township.
1400,0
It was through the kindness of Tjie
Manager J. T. Thomasson of the today
telephone company and several other mans
accommodating friends of ours that va"('
we were able to get the returns andjf??!'s'
Jfbe imi
pass them on to our readers. A Koodf et_n r
natured crowd watched the ret urn J Mos
which were thrown from Colon*/ used i
Springs' office upon the Payse^ir ^rom <
building across the street. 4 most <
J
Later?The Yorkville Enquire? es- SH*
timates Finley's majority over
Stevenson in the fifth congressional Fanned
district 1,000.
8ixty- four out of 86 boxes in 'J?n
Spartanburg county gave Hlease .U,- ,w')0 a
000 and Smith 42,000. from
The countv executive cnminiiion i from
will meet Thursday at 10:30 a. m. beach
to declare the result of the election, d'mcu'
trains
WANT AMERICANS TO VACATE. One
Brusse
Committee to Ask Carranzn to Dp- ed tha
maud Withdrawal of Tt<ki|w. noon,
Vera Cruz, Aug. 24.?A committee mans,
of residents of Vera Cruz, who have passed
sympathized with the Constitutional- from t
1st cause, has gone to the capital to railway
urge Provisional President Car- station
ranza to demand the withdrawal of a place
the American troops. mitted
So confident are they that the car, w
Americans will be taken out of the soldier
state September 1 that they have organized
a local city government, the HI
services of which they Intend to offer
to General Carranza. K|?l*co|
The advance line of the federal
troops which had faced the American Wilr
troops sinco April 23 was withdrawn Right 1
today to Cardoba, preparatory to be- ten yei
Ing mustered out. East
Fugitives of the better class of church
Mexicans, thousands of whom are today
here, report conditions in the capital year,
ar from settled. and wi
) ELECTION RE'
)
LY.
iKHMANS TAKK NANCY. |
to Have Captured French
Town.
is, Aug. 24.?A ruiuor is in
ution in Paris this morning that;
ermans huve occpied the unfortown
of Nancy. This report, 1
er, lacks confirmation,
icy is the capital of the depart- ,
of Meurthe and Moselle, 3fi
south of Metz, 011 the loft bank '
river Meurthe. It Is about ten
from the German frontier. It i
? of the finest and best built
of France and has a popula?ver
4it,000. Of the ancient
cations of the town only the
1 has been preserved.
TORY IN FIGHT ON
tfTHRACNOSE GERM
on College Botanists Sucssfully
Use Hot Water on
Infected Seed.
moon College Special to CharNews
and Courier, Aug. 23.?
will revolutionize the cotton
icnose situation if present
xperiments continue to develop
isfully Is a discovery by Prof.
. Barre of the division of botnd
plant pathology of Clemson
;e, and W. B. Aull, also of that
>ii. The substance of this dis
' is that the fungus which 1
! cotton anthrancnose, and (
is in the infected cotton seed
? killed by allowing the seed to (
11 15 minutes in water at a tern- !
ire of 70 degrees centigrade. {
treatment kills the disease 1
i, but does not destroy the ger- '
lug powers of the seed,
feasor Barre is widely known 1
s work in cotton anthracnose 1
i one of the country's leading (
rities on cotton diseases. He is (
g thorough field tests of the x
rested by the hot water method *
lius far the plants from these
have shown no Indication of (
icnose. while seed from the '
lot, but not treated, were plant- j1
d have developed anthracnose. (
I <
4AINTAIN HHITISH TRADE. '
I
m v mi nuppiy uootlN Hitherto <
Made in Germany. '
don, Aug. 22.?Harry Gordon
Ige, the former Chicago mer- '
and now one of the foremost <
ants of England, will preside i
the meeting of the London 1
?er of commerce Tuesday. 1
has been called to devise ways (<
eans to maintain British trade <
; the war. '
first object will be to encour- | <
ritish and American manufac- 1
to supply an immense amount 1
ids hitherto made in Germany 1
amounting in value to over i
iOO.OOO annually.
Brltsli government proclaimed
that all patents held by Gerand
Austrians were no longer
in England and that their
wares and merchandise might
tated by any domestic or fornaker
without peril,
t of the drugs and chemicals
n England have been coming
Jermany. America can sunnlv
>f them now.
E SAW MANY WOUNDED. ?
r
I Processions Entering City as \
She I/eft Brussels. f
Jon. Auk. 22.?Passengers ^
rrivetl in Knglund last night t
the Continent say refugees f
Brussels are camping 011 the l
at Ostend. Many had great
ty in leaving the capital, as e
were tilled with wounded. p
woman, who said she left f
Is on the last train out, declar-'a
t all the morning and after- c
before the arrival of the Ger- v
long processions of wounded t
along the main road leading t
ho (>ftiin?rw ??.?. ? "
?iu uir uuriiiern (I
f station. She went to the v
, she ?ald, but could not find g
? on board until an officer per- u
her to enter the Red Cross p
hlch was filled with wounded
8. V
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SHOP STRANGE HEAD. g
i v
pal Bishop of North Carolina a
Passes Away at 57. ^
nil gton, N. C., Aug. 23.?The n
Rev. Robert Strange, D. D., for ti
ars bishop of the diocese of c
Carolina of the Episcopal t*
, died at hi* home In this city o
after an Illness of nearly a 0
He was a native o.' this city c
is 67 years old. o
rURNS OF LANCAS
LANCASTER, S. C. TlTKi
WAREHOUSE COTTON JA
WILL BE RECOGNIZED
Wilson Explains Object Must be Ap
Only to Secure Co-operation.
ro BUILD STORE HOUSES. .1A
lie Adoo Fives Assurance That Farm- Mil
era of Soutli Fan <?et A hi
From tlovernment.
Washington, Aug. 24.?Represen- j
;atives of the various branches of Jaj
:he cotton industry, in conference ma
uere today with the federal reservejexj
Hoard and other governmental otti- ;jaj
lials, were assured by the secretary ma
>f the treasury that properly safe- Chi
guarded warehouse receipts for rot- or(^
Lon would be made the basis for cur- on
rency Issued by the new federal re- ?
lerve banks. wa
The conference immediately took eve
pp the question of proper warehouse jU)f
'acilities and discussed the details of Gf
Inancing the crop. Secretary Mc- jaI
\doo told the delegation that the disposition
was to make not only cotton Ren
put tobacco and all other "stable jul
products, properly secured,' the basis ()f
pf bank credit. Urj
The conference which represented fro
otton growers, merchants, bankers otj,
ind manufacturers from 22 States, ^0(j
ifter a morning session with Secre- ' njK
ary McAdoo and the reserve board. sjOI
ailed on the President. lie assured uja
hem all the full co-operation of the
lational government in their efforts ce(j
.0 meet the situation confronting the
rotton industry as a result of the (
dosing of the European markets by ^as
,vnr. The President urged that every por
nterest do its hest to help itself.
"1 am not willing to believe." he ^n,
laid, "that these conferences are in yei
tended to call on the government to vofc
rescue men who know how to take t,er
rare of themselves, but that they are ?]
railed for the purpose of the common Eli
rounsel and putting at the disposal of Tgj
:he men who know how to take care ch(
>f themselves every legitimate instru-;per
mentality of the government itself. 1 (jj81
'The conferences that we have held wil
n recent weeks have done a vast the
leal, first of all to ctarlfy problems, CUI
ind, second and Derhans morn im. ^
.... rn;1
portant, to show how by cooperation i,ee
we can solve the problem. Not all (jie
if these problems are going to be jaj
sntirely solved, because the clrcum- ,\U1
itanees are of such extraordinary reR
lifflculty, but that they will come i
k-ery near to being solved I for one ha},
nave no doubt provided always we ma
Keep cool and think of these things to
n the same self-possessed temper we .eve
would exercise if conditions were not the
extraordinary. We are not to be run j?r
iway with by sudden excitement; we prP
?.re not to be imposed upon by un- |l0u
tsual conditions, and the minute we jap
?it down together I ?m sure that we q
'an work things out." j8;
The conference this afternoon demoted
consideral)ie time to discussing To!
warehouse facilities. S. T. Morgan
)f Richmond, Va., representing the p(.r
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company occ
laid that following the secretary'san- tim
louncement his company had made pro
>11 arrangements fo? nuilding cotton jP,.(
warehouses throughout the South
roni North Carolina to Texas. He (jer
ittcl that engineers had estimated an(j
hat warehouses could be built for at aJ?a
roni $500 to $1,000 each, to store K?r?
,000 to 5,000 bales. coir
Postmaster General Burleson ur- Pff0
id the cotton representatives to disre (jve
;ard the many radical plans proposed py j
or dealing with the situation such iaw
s the valorization of cotton and to
oncentrate their efforts Jo ward a plan Pnt
rhich would be practically under 0f v
he law. He pointed out the llmita- we
ions of the banking laws and urged hop
hat any plan be made to conform Has
?-ith them. Both the postmaster nCu
eneral and the secretary of the treas haB
iry warned agaist hysteria and tain
anic. agai
The discussion this afternoon de- at I
eloped a sentiment favorable to the chli
iruiwwu purcnase or snips by the tion
overnment for the foreign trade. It jnK
/as stated that with South American in*
nd Asiatic trade routes opened to jy.
American ships the American cotton jeof
lanufacturers could extend their cot "
on cloths to theso markets and In- that
rease their consumption of raw cot- full
on by 1.500,000 bales. The general eacl
pinion was that 3,000,000 or 4,000- uref
00 bales of cotton would have to be pro!
arrled over as a result of the closing conl
f British, French and German mills, lian
'.fit iiftfrfeV " ;t
iTER COUNTY WILL I
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Ik* J ! Vw- J
SPAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
PAN [MPS WAR
nient to c
AGAINST GERMANYrr=
purpose, 1
failed to
ipeal to Arms is the Last 1mk
.? , found regr
Resort. , . ,
ardent dev
PAN'S NOTE IGNORED. especially
reign and
kado Issues Proclamation ( ailing mourning
I'pon llis Subjects to Stand 's 01
to tlie Colors. loyalty an<
jects. peat
Toklo, Aug. 22.?The Emperor of aiul the
>an today declared war 011 Ger- hanced."
ny. This action was taken at the
dration of the time limit of AMER1
jail's ultimatum to Germany do- ABOU'
nding the surrender of Kiao- Tjle ftlIIO
bw. The Japan government has
lered the beginning of operations \
land and sea. The Ha|
The imperial rescript declaring ?A rain f
r on Germany was issued this arrived he
filing. It officially inaugurates can refug*
itilities in the Far East as a result ing storiet
Germany's failure to reply to the ences on
tanese ultimatum. that the ut
The proclamation of the Emperor ed to then
t a thrill through the country, one large 1
tan's entrance upon the fulfillment sembled a
her obligations to her ally, Great as the ti
tain, responds to the popular will The refugi
m one end of the land to the in actual <
er. Cheering crowds, assembled Noiii
ay before public nutldings and to- Chicago w
ht there were lantern proces- hotel wind
is through the streets. The pop- men, pres
r manifestations, however, do not a bomb ur
roach the enthusTasm which pre- mob gathe
ed the war with Russia. 1 the offendc
GIVEN PASSPORTS. human bei
'ount Von Rex, the German am- Clement
sador, has been handed his pass- Berlin to
ts. He probably will leave for found the i
erica. George W. Guthrie, the floor when
lericau ambassador, will represent mob from
many. The Diet has been con-led to deatl
;ed in special session for Septem- present in
3. when the t
The Austrian cruiser Kaiserin ed two Ai
zabeth, which latterly was at were sus
ng-Tau, the seaport of Kiao- spies.
>w, is reported to have sailed. She Simon
haps will go to a neutral port and shooting o
irm. It is believed this action of the Ai
I keep Austria out of the war in Berlin.
Orient, although unforeseen cir- ! The Am
ustances may force Japan to ception tie
.nge this policy. No action has Germany 1
in taken relative to Austria and the evenini
foreign ollice has explained that Britain's
>an will remain friendly until these days
stria adopts an attitude which it because tl
ards as offensive. arrested o
t Is reported here that Germany the popula
i been trying to transfer the Ger- the excltei
II railroad in Shan Tung, China, officers Int
America. Tokio, believes, how- cans.
r, that the United Stages pursuing ?
policy of neutrality outlined by Germans i
(sident Wilson, will not accept.
'sldent Wilson's announcement of I Tslng-Ta
iti^lity has greatly pleased the niJ,n l?r<>P:i
tanese. rslng-Tau
The text of the imperial rescript , 'low 's 00
victories in
'The imperial rescript, issued at c?nfldfnce
Go August 23. 6 p. m. goveri
'We, by the grace of heaven, Km- Waldeck, 1
or of Japan seated on the throne sl|y'nK:
upied by the same dynasty from ?
e immemorial do hereby issue a n',,s' r?nie
clamation to all our brave sub- us our '
into the ful
'We hereby declare war against to rece've
many and we command our army ^'e Geri
1 navy to carry on hostilities 8a*e to the
Inst that empire with all their Bering him
mgth and we also command our utmost,
ipetent authorities to make every ~
rt, in pursuance of their respec- "p-*',"*"1
i duties to' attain the national aim ttris, A
all means within the limits of the ' !"* some '
of I'nriu \vi
UI nations. ln or,i,,r ti
Since the outbreak of the pres- Jn Nor(h a
war in Europe, calamitous effects the waf
ihio/we view with grave concern. the ghop8> s
on our part have entertained Qpen ,n Nle
es of preserving peace of the Far
t by the maintenance of strict J0h
trality, but the action of Germany Terre Ha
at length compelled Great Bri- ^ i,amb, \
i, our ally, to open hostilities' national p<
Inst that country and Germany la today at tl
(lao-Chow, its leased territory, in^nember of
mtf uuny wun wanme prepara- (^onjtr^sB.
?, while its armed vessels cruis- president \
seas of Eastern Asia are threaten- appointing
our commerce and that of our al- Mexico.
Peace of the Far EaRt is thus in
>ardy. Cardinal O
Accordingly, our government and B<
of His Hrittanlc Majesty after Rome, A
and frank communication with cardinals a
1 other, agreed to take such meas- | Pope Pius
i as may be necessary for the mences on
.ection of the general interests It is expec
Lemplated in the agreement of al-|the concla>
ce and we on our part, heing de- agreement.
5E FOUND ON PA
Attain that object by peace- I | MITF
. commended our govern- ||n|||r
tffer \\;tli sincerity advice ^I ?I I Ilerial
German government MTII
it day appointed for the llMi
mwever, our government
receive an answer aceeptadvice.
It is with a pro- Allot he
et that we, in spite of oar
otion to the cause of peace,
compelled to declare war.
at this early period of our I .S. K
while we are still in
for our lamented mother, -p,, Tnkt
ir earnest wish that by the Intel
i >... 1..
. .n.v/1 K>1 uur laillliui sul?:e
may soon be restored ... ,
. Washi
lory of the empire be enChinda,
? today f<
CANS TELL states ti
r MOB VIOLENCE <?? ??n.
ment wt
st Courtesy Whs Kx tended interests
Them Throughout Vlseoi
Germany. ances re
sue, Via London, Aug. 23. govemm
rom Lacerene, Switzerland, would b<
re today with 300 Ameri- and Kas
?cs. They bring interest- The p
i regarding their expert- S(?t l"??rt!
the Continent and report Gf three
tmost courtesy was extend- Japan's
\ throughout Germany. At ration tl
.own a crowd of people as- satisfactl
nd waved American flags maintain
avellers passed through, eventual
pes report that nobody is ciiina, t
listress in Switzerland. tional te
tterlee and his wife of self to
ere looking out of their "open d?
low in Munich when two portunit}
umably Russians, threw ,>sts of a
ider an army wagon. A I'resid
red and quickly battered issue a i
rs out of all semblance of traltty.
ngs. Japan'
petit went to a garage in unexpect
get his automobile. He to reply
attendants cleaning up the a)so was
e a Russian pursued by a jy was
the street, had been kick- not repl
i. Mr, Petit's mother was gressive
the Adlon Hotel in Berlin and, sec<
?ollce rushed in and arrest- furred tt
merican journalists, who When
pected of being English nt the st
virtually
Spinggarn witnessed the Bryan hi
f a suspected spy in front day's re
nhalt railroad station in reived tl
forth J a
lericans . ere without ex- war, and
clare their treatment in bassador
was courteous, except on did not
K and day following (Ireat the resci
declaration of war. On 1 |ng been
hundreds of Americans, The f
loy talked English, were states m
r otherwise molested by tion is tl
re. Even at the height of Aside
nent, however, German changes
prvened to protect Ameri- amj Sec
America i
the forel
Vie Prepared to Defend notbing
Kiao-Chow. Japanese
iu, China, Aug. 23?Ger- tiiities If
ration for the defence of ()f jast w
and the territory of Kiao- The
mplete. News of German amonK d
Europe has increased the slatemon
of the defending forces. conne
nor of Kiao-Chow, Meyer japane8e
ins issued a proclamation Qttoma>
bind the
nemy wishes Tsing-Tau he roturn 0
and take it. Tie will find tjlp jj
josts. We look confidently tilltien.
lure and are well prepared jnpan w
the enemy." the day
man Emperor sent a mes- floating
i governor August 19, or- for ft mo
i to defend Tsing-Tau to ^anv 0p
their bel
, to enter
<tes to Move to New York. (. , Hr
23,? It is reported ' ' '
>f the leading dressmakers ^ v
II open shops in New York ), ir^,. ,i
o supply their customers ^ ^ ^
nd South America during ^ '
According to the reports. ^ wJrft|
lftor ?V>? ? 111 ' " 1 *
vv,? vi.v. " HI , ? III Iff
w York as French houses. "Stron
vancing
n E. Lamb Dead. Oumblnn
tute, Ind., Aug. 23.?John f,<>rps tur
veil known in Democratic August 2
>1 itical affairs, died here 8,000
le age of 62. He was a The Geri
the 4 8th United States r??? P"s<
It had been reported that Russian
rVilson was considering "The
Mr. Lamb ambassador to Upper A1
the deff
French ?
< IlK'lli V<> it, rio/'l > <1 mi.
? ? ? "|n i if r. i 11
eginH August 31. Havas F
UK. 22.?The conclave of French i
t which the successor of just as f
X will be elected, com- 1870.
August 31 In the Vatican. "Very
ted that by September 3 will be t
'e will have come to au glan coai
nel."
iGE EIGHT
5.
.$1.50 A YKATi.
D STATES TO KEEP
IRALIN WORLD WAR
r Proclamation to be Is?d
on the Situation.
EPKESENTIN(i JAPAN
? ('air ol Kusti'ni Kmpire's
rests in (Germany?Italy
Kvpeeteil to tight.
ngton. Aug. J3.? ViBCouut
Japanese ambassador here,
irmally notified the United
lat Japan had declared war
any. The American governin
asked to care for Japan's
ill I 1 ? ?
int Chinda repeated assurscer.tly
given by the British
ent that Japan's activity
e confined to the China seas
tern Asia.
osition of the United States
i in Secretary Bryan's note
days ago has met with
approval. In that communile
United State-- noted "with
ion" that Japan promised to
the integrity of China and
ly restore Kino-Chow to
hat Japan sought no addirritory
and had pledged hermaintain
the peace of the
?or'' in China and equal opr
for the commercial inter11
powers.
cut Wilson tomorrow will
formal proclamation of neus
declaration of war was not
ed here. Germany's failure
to the Japanese ultimatum
not surprising as it generalunderstood
Germany would
y, first, because of the agnature
of the ultimatum,
mdly, because Germany prelat
Japan take the initiative.
Ambassador Chinda called
ate department the building
waR deserted. Secretary
id gone to the country for a
st. Counsellor Lansing rehe
imperial rescript, setting
pan's reasons for declaring
I talked briefly with the ina.
The American government
undertake to communicate
ipt to Germany ,a copy havsent
by other channels,
iole interest of the United
jw in the Far Eastern situahat
of a neutral observer,
front informal verbal eabetween
Viscount Chinda
retary It r van and between
it ambassador Guthrie and
igtt office in Tokio, there is
of record to commit tlio
to the limited field of hoslid
down in the ItritisIt note
reek.
impression prevails here
liplomats, however, that the
t of Viscount Chinda taken
ction with the speech in the
i Diet last week of Count
the Japanese Premier, will
Japanese government to the
f Klao-Chow to China and
mitation of the field of hosThe
declaration of war by
as the chief development of
here, though dispatches Inthe
preparations in Italy
>hili/.ution caused discussion,
trials here do not conceal
lief that Italy is preparing
the conflict on tlie etao
itain.
WIRELESS NOTE,
on Haumsoi, the Gorman
'affaires. today took to the
artmeat the following mesoh
ho said he had received
ss from Germany:
g Russian forces were adugainst
the Gorman line at
en. Tho first German army
nod against the Russians on
0 and checked them, securprisonors
and eight guns,
man cavalry division took
oners, having fought two
cavalry divisions.
French attempt to invade
sace has been frustrated by
mdors. In I-iorraine the
ire retiring from the frone
German people find the
rench news about so-called
jrogress most amusing and
alse as some announced in
soon pome new Zeppelins
endy for work on the Bel it
and the English eh an.
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