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p*"" ' - - ' The Lancaster News VOL. 12, NO. (>, SKM I-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCT. :*1, 1910. $1.50 A YEAR ??-?i ~~ % NEW BETHEL NEWS DURING RUST WEEK BUSY HARVESTING TIME j Delightful Entertainment Given by Miss Todd?Many Visitors in Community. The health of this community is very good. The farmers have almost finished havesling their crops and are exceedingly pleased with the present price of cotton. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Todd and children of Hendersonvllle. N. C., have Bonn v 1 a S11 n cr tb Mrs. J. L. Todd, for the past two weeks. Mr. Ben Sapp visited in the Tabernacle communty Sunday. Mrs. T. H. Marks spent Monday in Lancaster. 4 Mr. Bonnie W. Todd, who* holds a W^^esponsible position in Concord, N. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Todd last week. Mr.- J. L. Todd found a visitor in one of his hen nests one day recently. This visitor was a black snake which measured over five feet in length. and had just finished devouring a nice nest of eggs. Misses Rosie Nell and Flora Todd and Thelma Lee Norwood motored to Waxhaw Monday and spent the day. Mrs. Clyde Norwood and children, Harold Lee and Tonsie, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Todd. Mr. P. W. Todd and sister. Miss Rosie Nell, spent Sunday with their sinter, Mrs. Mary Norwood, of the Jackson Forest community. Mr. and 'Mrs. J. H. Todd and Mr. B. W. Todd visited at the home ot Mr. Aaron Tysons Saturday. Miss Rosie Todd spent Sunday night with Mlsa Thelma Lee Norwood. Mr, R. P. Plyler and daughter. Miss Etta attended the fair in Columbia last week. MIbs Rosie Todd spent one day last week in Mom N. C. Messrs. Ed and Paul Ivery of Charlotte visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. ToA' the 14th and 1 V. in n- i V. A VVU VI I II in lUUIllU. 'Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Todd, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Todd and Miss Rosie Nell Todd motored to Rock 1*111 last Wednesday. Mr. Amos Flynn attended the fall 1n Columbia last week. Mrs. J. I... Todd and mother, Mrs. T. H. Mark, have recently -?turpea from visiting the homes of *he late Judge John Haley and Mrs. Annie Howerton of Greenville, S. C. Iiittle Miss Connie May Plylei spent a week In Eancaster recently. Mr. Arthur Blaokmon was a pleasant caller in the Camp Creek section Sunday. 1 Mr. J. L. Todd spent Thursday in Tradesvllle. , Our Sunday school Is a "live wire now. There have been quite a number of Improvements made in the past two months Miss Rosie Nell Todd gave a delightful party on the evening of the 14th. Misses Leola and Ada Sapp. Stella and Carrie Carnes, Etta Plyler, Ldie Marks, Carrie Funderburk. Beulah Thompson. Allie Flynn and Ethel and Lula Taylor and Messrs. Ben Sapp, Aaron Carnes, Vann Plyler. Baxter Simpson. Ira Hallman, Charlie and Oscar Taylor. I-onic Ounken. Fd Marks. Tom Funderburk. Paul Ivery, Bunn Waters and Roscoo Eingle were nreswnt The occasion was much enjoyed by those present. WILL ASK FOK NKW I'll IA I. Carrlere (luilty of Mur<ler, Says a Jury. Opelusas, La., Oct. 29.? Attorneys for Helalre Carrlere, who was found guilty by a Jury hero last night of the murder of Sheriff Marlon L. Swords, of 'St. Landry Parish, Inst July announced today that a motion for a new trial for Carrierp would he made at the proper time. The verdict of "polity of murder without recommendation" under the State law carries with It a penalty of death. After announcement of the verdict Carrlere was locked up In the St. Landry Parish Jail to await formal passing of sentence. Don't forget the Skating Carnival this evening at 7:30. RUSSIANS STAND WITHJUMANIANS TAKE TWO BATTERIES Teutonic Troops Forced to Retire in One Sector North of Campulung. Bucharest, Oct. 29 (via London). ?Along the Roumanian-Transtylvanla front the Roumanians and Russians are more than holding tneir own against. tne Austro-uerman armies at some points, according to today's war office announcement. Retirement of the Teutonic troops has been forced In one sector north of Campulung and along the Jiul valley, where two howitzer batteries were captured by the Roumanians. The text of the statement follows: "Northern and northwestern fronts: At Tulghea and Bicaz ther? have been artillery bombardments. In the Trotvis valley. the Usuai valley and on the Vrancea frontier nothing new has developed. In the Buzeu valley bad weather has prevented operations. At Table Butzl, Bratocea and Predelus the situation is unchanged. "In Prasova valley we arrested by our curtain of fire an enemy attack which was advancing through the Claboetul Baiului, north of Azuga, We have occupied Mount Unghiamare. "In the region of Dragoslavle wc repulsed attacks toward our centre and toward our right wing. We have made progress on our left wing. "Rast of the Alt valley the enemy Is attacking with strong force. The action is proceeding. "In the Jiul valley our troops art continuing their offensive and pur suing the enemy who Is retiring In the mountains. We have capturec1 | an additional ten officers and 2Sf Bavarian soldiers. Reserve sub lieutenant Patraseoiu with a unit un der his rommand captured two howitzer batteries of 105 milimetret calibre belonging to the 21st reelment of Bavarian artillery. The puns were immediately put into notion apainst the enemy, rendering I us preat service. In addition we I captured four machine puns and | many limbers. "In in the Orsova region, after a violent bombardment the enemy at tacked up at Vesele, Variful ann jCocosului. but was repulsed. "On the southern front the situation is unchanged." THRKR MKX ARE AIlREHTKl) Charged With Violating Neutrality Laws of America. Nopales. Ariz.. Oct 29.?Thre< men were arrested here today charg ed with violating the United State! I neutrality law. They were Guiller jmo Barnett. Charles Kisselbach am jKduardo Ramirez, all of the Nopalei I Hardware Company. Orders wen I issed for the arrest of Iatuis Loos I manager of the company, on th? I same chnrpe, but the latter was nu' |of town. Ramirez and Kisselbach pave bona Barnett was reported to have bjpfT arrested on the Mexican side of th< border and. according to rcpofts re ceived iiere hf> u- n u thraalA/vJ ?i" - ? ' '***"'** W1" {execution if bo did npt<^ell of th< alleged conspiracy. . ; A John Doe warrant was issue {for an employe of "the cbmpany nam ed Steinfleld, who was reported t? have delivered ammunition. MKWTs DEATH AT DOOIt Abbeville. Oct. 29.?Russell Wtl ijliams, a negro tenant living witt Andy Robinson, was called to hh door about 11 o'clock last night nn<* shot. Members of Williams' familj |were at home and heard some on? icall, but did not see any one. Wil< llama lived only a few minutes. Th? |j>arty doing the shooting used ? shotgun. No arrest has been made QF1ET DOIItAN FRONT ij Saloniki. Oct. 29 (via Eondon).? "On the Doiran front there is noth ' ing to report." says todays official announcement regarding operations It! the Macedonian war theatre. "On the Struma front a strong hostile patrol was driven back by out advanced troops in the neighborhood of Kalendra." VAN WYCK PfOPlE j! ATTENDSTATE FAIR LOCAL FAIR EVENT TODAY ! Many Expected to Attend From AH Parts of County?Farmers Verv ltiisv. Van Wyck, Oct. 30.?The (Inn weather continues and the farmers f !are busy saving their crops and sow- < ing grain. The sweet potuto crop is < about gathered, but this crop, like | others, is not large as much of it was ' planted late, and the continued dry weather has not been beneficial to t their growth. . Early planting lias | i done fairly well. The growing of | this fine food crop is much neglected i in this part of county. The sweet j potato is a great bread saver ann , this is a time that all crops that , save bread should be grown, as corn < meal end flour both are high and ad- j vancing almost every day. . The State fair had a good many|i Van Wyck people within its gatesjl last week. Those who attended from < Van Wyck were: Messrs. J. D. and M G. H. Griffin, J. M. Xisbet, J. P. i Crenshaw. J. A. Hyatt. T. It. Thomp- ! son, VV. G. Ferguson, W. J. Cren- i ish'aw. J. M. Yoder and Mesdanies J. ,? A.'Hyatt, McCahn, R. H. Massey, J. ] H. Crenshaw and J. M. Yoder, all 01 i i whom expressed themselves as hav- i ing had a good time. 1 The State fair was a success. One 1 could spend weeks looking at the i fine displays from colleges, societies 1 i and manufactures, but we think the s displays from the farms are mofre i : unique and captivating. In the agri- < cultural department there were ! some fine booths showing diversified i ? farming almost to perfection. There were a couple that attracted our ati tention more than anything else, one Yrora Richland county and the i J other from Lexington. In these 11 booths were found samples of hunijdreds of things grown on the farm, and a real object lesson on the road - to prosperity. The live stock ex-! i hlbits were Rood, especially in the! i swine and cattle departments. Wo I think this indicates a new era dawning in our Southland. On Friday we attended the Pleasant Valley Community Fair, which 1 > was well attended and exhibits fine. I The flower show was the best that we have ever seen. This fine exhibit i is an index to the progress of this well known community Upon a whole. Pleasant Valley's third annual community fair was a great success. Rev. J. V. Davis has gone to Co-> lumhia on business and pleasure. He will return next Tuesday. Miss lllnson ot Sumter. who is a > student at Winthrop College, spent the week-end with her grandfather, * Rev. J. V. Davis. Mrs. McCahan is visiting Green- ' i wood on business and will spend a few days with friends before return-j ' ing to Van.Wyck. s Miss Rosalie Ferguson of Dan-: caster is visiting her uncle's family Mr. J. A. Hyatt. t ' IWUDENT WIIaSOX TO DR. VOTE ENTIRE TIME s Dong Branch, N. J., Oct. 29. President Wilson plans to devote i l virtually his entire time this week i ? to his campaign for re-election. Let I ters and telegrams from various i parts of the country predicting vie-1i tory for the Democratic ticket wen > forwarded to Shadow Lawn today fram the executive offices. i no rresinent will visit Buffalo on ! . Wednesday and Now York City on , Thursday and next Saturday will ad- i I dress a gathering of New Jersey i I citizens here. He probably will go to r Princeton election day to vote. Ar- ] . rangements have been made for the ! .'President to receive full election re | , turns at Shadow Pawn. ] t Viscount Aimano Sato, the new ] J Japanese .ambassador to the United t States, will pay a formal call on I President Wilson tomorrow after noon to present his credentials. I .a * ter the President will receive a coin-1 mittee from the National Association l of Commissioners of Agriculture and tomorrow he will have as his din t ner guest Augustus Thomas, the r playwright, who speaks here tomorI row night in behalf of Mr. Wilson's I candidacy. < ME CHAIRMAN SOUNDS WARNING STAND BY THE NOMINEES Be Prepared for Possible Bolt State Chaiman Advises in Statement. Charleston, Oct. 30.?The News , I iml Courier has received from John Qary Evans, chairman of the Demo-' ?ratic party in Sopth Carolina, the following statement for publication: I To the Democrats of South Carolina: My attention has been called to the | 'act that tickets for the general elec-; ion are being distributed to voters | in the counties with the name of, Hole I, Mease printed thereon in j place of Ft. I. Manning, the regulat I nominee for governor of the Demo cratic party or this State. In a, speech before a convention of his , friends in Columbia on the 24th in-,, *tant, the defeated candidate in the,, primary stated that neither he nor his friends were bound by the result >f the late primary election in which he was a candidate. This man filed], a pledge to support the nominees.) State and national, of the Democratparty. and when he voted took an | oath to abide by the result of the, primary election and to support the nominees thereof. When the State , committee met to tabulate the. returns and declare the result not a protest or contest, written or verbal, was made on behalf of any candidate. This flimsy pretense of fraud without offering evidence thereof to the committee or to the courts of the State is simply an excuse to make a cowardly and covert attnek on the regular nominees of the party. These ballots that are being distributed will be voted by some or they would not be handled In the various counties of the State. There are between 12,ft0ft and 15,000 negroes registered. Unless the henial has been published. Unless the believers in a white man's government go to the polls and vote the regular ticket on election day there is dancer of its defeat or at least humiliation. 1 deem it my duty as State chairman of the Democratic party to sound this note of alarm and call upon all white men who remember the dark days of radical misrule not to hi caught sleeping on guard while these enemies of our civilization are assassinating the nominees of the party. Our people have trusted white men to true so long that they are hard to make helieve that one could violate his sacred pledge or oath, but it is frankly admitted hy some that they intend doing it and we must meet it like men. If candidates i before the primary and voters thereat. bound by a solemn oath to support the nominees, can violate their oaths because they believe that improper means have been employed without resorting to the party machinery or State courts to correct the supposed wrongs, then every man Is his own judge and jury, and his only restraint is his own conscience. Can we afford to countenance such conduct as this? If so, our primary laws are not worth the paper they are written upon and the safeguards of tthite supremacy are mere shadows. Not only is our State ticket menaced hut there are three ?ets of Presidential electors in the field and the defeated candidate openly states that he will not assist in electing Wood row Wilson, the Democratic nominee for President. Could a more open holter ho wanted than this? Our nominees for State offices are all good and true white men, with honorable records. iMir nominee for President has done more for the country at large, an 1 the South in particular, than any President since the War Between the States. Their characters are unimpeaohed. Rally then to their support. Don't fro to sleep while the perjurer votes. Re vigilant and see (hat every.vote is cast and counted; [h's is your only safeguard. John Gary Evans. State Chairman Democratic Party. Spartanburg. S. 0., Oct. 28. 1918. COTTON PRICES. Today at noon. Tuesday. October SIst. cotton selling at 18 1-2c per pound. Cotton seed at $1.00 per buahel. Bring your cotton to Lancaster, the "Leading Market." CABRERA DENIES ALLEGED WORDS TO SKJN STATEMENTS I Declares That if He Makes Any Announcements They Will Bear His Signature. New York, Oct. 29.?Luis Oa-I brera, president of the Mexican commission now participating in the Joint conference over border difficulties. said here today that he did not authorize the statement issued by the \fovlon., .. I ? tl? U: ? aacAivau i^rno uuirau in >v?MIIIII^-| ton Saturday assailing American offi-j cials for alleged laxity in dealing) with anti-Carranza propagandists' !ilong the border. "The statement purporting to be; from me was not issued by me or given out with my knowledge or consent." Mr. Cabrera said. "All statements issued, or which 1 may is-1 sue. will appear signed by me." Regardless of what his personal at-! titude may be. the Mexican commissioner said he would not. in view of his official position issue'a state-! ment of the character of that of the news bureau while negotiations were pending between the two govern-! ments. He declared that the bureau I would be instructed not to give out any more statements as coming from him unless they bear his signature. A representative of the Mexican News buerau conferred with thej Mexican members of the joint bodyj in Atlantic City recently. Mr. Ca-' brera added, and probably carried back with him to Washington tl.e impression that the Mexican commissioners were of the opinion that the United States should adopt a firmer attitude toward anti-Carranza propagandists. ! NEWS CASE DECIDED. Supreme Court Dismisses Proceedings of Plaintiff's, Deciding Case in Favor of Defendants. The Supreme Court on Saturday tiled its decision in the case of Lerov, Springs. Charles I). Jones. I W Witherspoon and Ira R. Jones, plaintiffs against Luther Ellison. Andrew J. Gregory, W. Thurlow Gregory, It. Evans Wylie and John I). Wylie de-i fendants. The action was in the nature of a quo warranto, in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to try title to offices of directors in the Lancaster Publishing Company the publishers of the Lancaster News. All questions of fafct arising in the case were referred to W. W. Lewis. Esq.. of the York bar, as special referee, who held hearings at Lancaster and Chester. The case was submitted to the Supreme Court on the pleadings, testimony, report of referee and printed arguments of counsel for both sides. The complaint prayed that the plaintiffs be adjudged entitled to the offices of directors of said company, and that the defendants be required to pay the costs and expenses of the action and such fine, not exceeding $2.HOC. as the court should adjudge. On account of the widespread interest in the case we will publish the full test of the decision of the court as soon as we obtain a copy of same. The case was hotly contested and its decision was awaited with p great deal of interest. Messrs. Williams AWilliams of the Lancaster b^r and Messrs. Grier and Park of the Green woon i?ar represented the plaintiffs and Assistant Attorney Ceneral Claud N. Sapp of the Lancaster bar and Mr. Frank (). Tompkins and Col. H. L. Abney of the Columbia bar appeared for the defendants. The Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion, rendered by Associate Jus-i tice T. It. fraser, refused the prayer, of the complaint and dismissed the proceedings. I SAYS MISSION IS' SECRET ! San Antonio. Oct. 29.?Admitting his mission was secret and that he1 could not discuss it at this time, Count Kalman Kania Volkanya, Auatro-Hungarian minister to Mexico, passed through here today en route to Washington. He said he would be in the United States possibly a month. Asked about conditions In Mexico the Count smiled, and after a moment replied: "Excellent." OFFICIALS WATCH NEGROJIGRATION HAS SEVERAL PHASES. Reports of Planned Election Frauds One of Angles to lie Taken Into Consideration. Washington, Oct. 27.?Both the department of justice and the department of labor are watching' closely the migration of Southern negroes to Northern industrial centres. The legal officers hope to check possible election frauds, while trip lalior authorities tiro interested primarily in preventing their federal employment service being used to further migration schemes. Attorney Gen. Gregory, in addition to general instructions recently given to federal district attorneys in advance of the elections, has ordered a special inquiry into complaints that negroes are being sent in considerable numbers to doubtful States under promises of work at high wages. District Attorney Miller at Louisville has been ordered to report the names, towns and destinations of all negroes or any other possible voters going from Kentucky. Alabama or any other part of the South, passing through Louisville in suspicious numbers. Other district attorneys in the South and in the Middle States are understood to be under similar instructions. Say Itut Little. Department of justice officials decline to talk on the ground that it might interfere with the government's plans and all reports and correspondence are being wltheld from publication. The attorney general conferred today with his assistants on the subject of election frauds generally. He is giving th ematter personal attention and under his direction special agents of the department are at the call of every district attorney desiring assistance. So far complaints have reached the department of alleged frauds or contemplated frauds affecting candidates for federal offices in Indiana. Jllinois, Ohio, Michigan. Kentucky. Pennsylvania, West Virginia. New York and Missouri. The department of labor let it become known that it had issued orders designed to prevent the use of the federal employment service in assisting in the migration of large numbers of negroes from the Southern States. Assistant Secretary Post I said the department had no intention of becoming a party to schemes vhich might be devised for purposes of lowering the wages of labor orbreaking strikes. To Help Legitimate Labor. At the same time it was made clear that in cases where investigation proved it to be a fact that skilled laborers were being hindred because of lack of unskilled assistants, land where there was legitimate work for negroes, efforts would be made to get them just as any other class of labor would be obtained. Much information regarding themigration has been collected. In the South complaint is being maae that, the negroes are being taken to the North with promises of much higher wages and that if continued a serious shortage of labor may result. The labor department was represented to tady as feeling that any laborer is justified in going to that place where the wages are best, and that the place he leaves can remedy the situation by raising the scale. The American Federation of Labor. according to Soi'into. ?* r. ? . . v v?* i ^ r iaiin Morrison, also is watching the movement of negroes with the idea that "if it is not a scheme to get votes it is for the purpose of securing cheaper labor than is available at present." Representatives of the federation have been asked to observe and report on all large movements of negro labor. i Of interest throughout the countv twill be the marriage of Mr. William (Jrnver Sims and Miss Marie Celeste !Valentine of Richmond. Va., Monday, {November 6th. Mr. Sims is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. Sims of Kershaw, ;He was reared in Lancaster county, but at present located at SparrowPoint. Md. jk