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. T-- , .-3| I 'VOTv'> ' ''"V* <j I* The Lancaster News t ? ? VOL. 12, NO. 13, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, NOV. 24. I'Mii. *1.50 A Vwa u EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA . OIESAT CASTLE 86 AT TIME OF HIS DEATH Old Francis Joseph Yields to Death's Chill Hand?Charles Francis Will Follow Him. London, Nov. 22.?Emperor Francis Joseph died last night at 9 o'clock at Schoebrunn castle, according to a Reuter dispatch from Vienna, by way of Amsterdam. Archduke Charles Fxancis, grandnephew of Elm per or Francis Joseph, became heir to the throne of AustriaHungary by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand prior to the outbreak of the war. lie has been in command' of the Austrian armies on various fronts during the past two years. Archduke Charles Francis was born on August 17, 1887. IJis wife was Princess Zita of the Ilourbon house of Parma. His father was the Archduke Otto, who was the younger brother of Francis Ferdinand. Reports of Illness. London, Nov. 21.?The first intimation received here that Emperor Francis Joseph's health was again the subject of solicitation was contained in a dispatch dated November 12, emanating from the Vienna news agency, which reports that the emperor had been suffering some days from a slight catarrhal affection. Subsequently reports from various sources, more or less conflicting, represented that his condition was becoming worse but none of them indicated that his illness threatened to reach a critical state gnd from Vienna ca-tno assurances that he still was able to give audience to one or more ministers daily. A. What, gave some credence to the iuspicion that his condition was much graver than the ofllcial bulletin indicated was the report, which still lacks Offlcthl" rmrflrmnt+cm. -that it had been decided to associate the heir to the throne Archduke Charles Francis, in the government of the country and that he was to assume the position on December 2 on the 68 anniversary of the emporeror's ascension to the throne. So far as is known here Archduke Charles Francis still is at the front in command of the army. Climax to Tragedies. With Francis Joseph's death in the midst of this great contlict there is a remarkable climax to a long list of tragedies in the Hapsburg family?a list unparalled in any other reigning house in Europe?including the assassination or violent death of seven near relatives. The fortitude with which the emperor bore each blow and in later years withstood the inroads of ill health himself was the wonder of his people. Fears that the shock of the assassination of his heir, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and his consort while on a state visit "to Bosnia on June 2 8, 1914, would kill the emperor were answered in characters tic manner'. Francis Joseph, then nearing hi* 84th birthday, recuperating at Iscbi from a catarrhal affliction which each spring had borne heavily upot> him. mustered strength to return to Vienna immediately and take a firm grip on the confused state of affairs. With the royal funeral rites observed and the new heir, the young Archduke Carl Francis Joseph, recognized, (he venerable emperor and his advisers turned to Servla with demands which startled all Europe. From the ultimatum of July 23, denouncing t l*e anti-Austrian propaganda and demanding prompt punishment of the assassins of Archduke Ferdinand, according to items supposedly dictated by Francis Joseph himself, practically dates the war now ravaging Europe. At 19 j(^nr8 aKp hp ascended the throne of Austria, upon abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I, December 2. 1848. His death today ended an active reign of 68 years, all but the first 20 years of which he was also apostolic king of Hungary. Tradition says that i'haraoh ruled for 09 years and there is the more credible instance of Uameses II L (Seostris of the Greeks) whose reign iftf la reputed to have covered 67 years. Dut in recorded history there cer talnly has heen no reign equal in (Continued on Page 8) THIRD AN! I Present Fair Surpas Ex Lancaster county is indeed fortuJnate in the interest manifested by its ipeople in their fair and the great event this year is the biggest and best we have ever had. Fortune has favored the 1!?16 fair and everybody iia in .holiday mood. The opening .days of the fair were spent in visiting I the exhibits, which are well worth a careful study. Time and space I forbid more than a mere mention of 'the general features of these exhibits, lall of which are most creditable. | neginning at the court house, in I which are to be found the houseI hold arts and pantry products, as well as other interesting exhibits, we will take up in order the things to be seen in that building. A beautiful community exhibit is to be found at the right of the entrance, the Pleasant Valley booth in charge of Mrs. M. C. Culp, Mrs. P. P. Stevenson and Mrs. O. W. Potts. This booth represents the work of the community I Home Demonstration Club of 2b members and a chart records the total of their summer work in canning fruits and vegetables. 4,32 7 besides 62 9 glasses of jelly, as well as the Girl's Sewing Club. Attractive specimens of canning are to be seen and also elaborate articles in tatting, crochet and hand embroidery. A lovely basket of homegrown apples and lemons, bread 'made from home-grown wheat, j mammoth yellow chrysanthemums, !etc., make this booth very ' epresentative of home and garden. A uniqne log cabin, made of gingerbread. attracts the eye of every passerby, young and old. Likewise interesting is the Van Wyek exhibit in charge of Miss Anjuie Hyatt, who brought the com'lU unity exhibits to the fair and has arranged them most artistically. I Pantry products, prepared by the I Home Demonstration Club, hand emIbroidery, tatting and crochet, several quaint lovely quilts, besides a va riety of interesting old relics of the neighborhood go to make up a booth which reflects credit upon Van blue and red ribbons won at the iblue and red ribbons worn at the J county fair and at the recent Van iWyck community fair add a note of ! color and distinction to this exhibit. I An old garment, trimmed in hand XK<?HOES Ml'ltDER DIliliON Pli.WTEH lIUKh Ilarrelson Meets Death at < 'ommissnry. Dillon, Nov. 111.?Hugh Ilarrelson, a prominent planter of this county, i was killed late this evening while jserving a number of negroes at his commissary. Mrs. Ilarrelson. who iwas in the home at the time of the killing, was severely beaten by a negro who was sent to the house to prevent her from giving the alarm. She will recover. A considerable inumber of Dillon people, as well as some other sections of the county, (have gone to the scene. If the pursuers capture any negroes against whom there seems to be proof a lynching is feared. Yesterday Mr. Ilarrelson had tro\ij'ble with a drunken negro, who stood in thn rmwl oo Vf r T ? ... ...w v??u UO ma . i 1(11 i nniiu w MX I"?? iturning from Dillon and dared him | to nass. Mr. Harrelson threatened him with the law. Today, however, 'the negro came to Mr. Harrelson (and apologized, the matter apparently being cleared up. Date this evening while Mr. Har'relson was waiting on several negroes. | who had come to his commissary |near Pleasant Hill church, seven ! miles front Dillon, he was attacked and beaten to death with some blunt instrument. The motive was apparently robbery. The slayers went through his clothes and took all the money he had with him. Mrs. Harrelson explained that her husband was known to carry from $30 to $40 in his pocket all the time, and it was probably for this that the negroes killed him. Mrs. Harrelson, who was in the house alone, was beset by a negro, whom she recognized. His mission ! evidently was to prevent her from (giving an alarm. He struck her over the head with a club and she fleo, ,taking refuge under a table. Shortly 1 NUAL LANC ses Two Previous Oi cellence Noted?Big ( made lace, a collection of foreign I coins and another of Confederate' | paper bills of all denominations, are' pleasing features of the exhibit. I Three oil paintings, the work of Mrs. r K. M. Yoder, add much to the at-;" tractiveness of this booth. The mill village demonstration c work exhibit of the United States n Department of Apriciiii n > ? >?'' Clemson College co-operating, in " charge of Mr. James L. Carberry, a agent, of Hock Ilill, shows how a 1 mill home may be made as inviting 8 as any other and quite as comforta l)le. A model house.'with barn and ' surrounding flower and vegetable>c gardens, fruit trees, etc.. make a 51 home which would do credit to any * mill and which may be had at little * cost. Particularly suggestive is the * winter garden, complete with cola c frames, made with cloth, manilla pa-,? per and glass covers. The state Hoard of Health exhibu1? is a very comprehensive one. arranged and presided over hv Dr. I,, j A. Riser. A perfect model of the f Richland County Tuberculosis Camp. ^ administration building and two cot- I tages show the progressive step that c county has taken for the care of its * consumptives. The well-screened ! < {buildings are set in the midst of ajl pine grove. That "every house can * have a sleeping porch" is to be seen ' from another model, a tiny log cabin p with sleeping porch and heds. The * sanitary school building, a model for f rural graded schools, is another < most attractive feature of this ex- \ < hibit. The four-room school house 1 j is complete with its flag of the na- D tion, school children at play ami surrounding tennis court. play- t ground, trees and even a miniature l bird house. ' The pantry products department, t of which Mrs. W. 1). Craig is the su- I | perintendent, fills a room in which ? ; is to he found canned and preserved t products of every description. Can- 1 ned vegetables in wide variety, and t fruits including peaches, pears, ap- t pies, figs, berries and grapes, put up t according to the best approved recipes, with ketchups and relishes ot j every kind are to be seen in this ex- v hibit. One of the largest collections t is the exhibit of "57 varieties," the j work of Miss Maria Mayer. j\ < TI1K ATHLKT1C SHOW. 1> Champion Hover and Wrestlers at the I Lee County Fair. During the summer months it is 1 customary for boxers and wrestlers j to abandon the ring and mat and to c seek out a favorable resort for a long 1 rest, and to enjoy life through the.t hot season. The result often times s is more or less dissipation on the i part of the athletes, and when they e again enter the ring they find them- 1 selves out of condition. Kid Mender- c son, the manager of the Athletic s Show with the Great American t Shows, has solved the problem for f hiR clever athletes. Instead of a' popular resort he chooses a traveling o organization, and has thereby kept f them in the pink of condition and I given them vacation at the same -> time. They are all clever ring artists, 1 and are pleasing hundreds of people t highly where the Grent American s Shows go. Young Herman, who is p well known from coast to coast, will v meet all coiners at the hair, in fact the management issues a sweeping, challenge to any local boxer or 'wrestler who would care to meet any ' of the whirlwinds with the show. They are always In condition, and always ready. r Mose Marshall is the proud pes sessor of a number of medals, and is < |always anxious to meet the local M atletes wherever he goes. K i Mr. Henderson himself is always ? on hand to give some clever exhi- R bitlons, and the Athletic Show never has a dull minute. h afterwards the negro left, and sh?- 1 then crept out and rang the farm r hell, thus summoning the neighbors. w She did not know of h?r husbands ( death until later. I' Mr. Harrelson. who was about 6? years of age, was a highly respected t< and well known planter. A brothei, a It. A. Harrelson, lives In Dillon. * i :aster col ies?Variety of Exl Crowds in Attendanc The Lancaster Cotton Mills, that nnmmoth manufacturing concern ^ vhlch has been growing steadily l( fc ince jts organization, has a splen- CJ lid exhibit which occupies the ceural block of space in the building. ^ This mill, of which Col. Leroy Springs is president. Mr. Waddy C. j rhomson secretary and treasurer and dr. A. H. Kobbins, superintendent, n nins nnil woauoo nntinr. f-1--1 ? if many kinds. Only white gooha J ire made here but the yarn made in ci Lancaster is sent elsewhere to be () lyed and ginghams, percales and ^ ither colored materials made from ri w ire to be seen in its exhibit. Since heir last exhibit at the county fair, <1 he Lancaster Cotton Mills have bec ;an to make a wide variety of white otton goods with corded stripes and I his madras and other matrial has at-'. I I ' racted much attention. This very j , nil and excellent exhibit is most in- s eresting. |( The department of household arte, !p >f which Mrs. M. it. McCardell, .Mrs. j, Walter P. Davis. Mrs. G. W. Poovey. ^ drs. G. J. Derrick and others are in T.arge, must be seen in order to be y ippreciated. Every imaginable kind ^ if handwork, from plain sewing anft 0 lemstitclilng to the most elaborate s Mil broidery, crochet and tatting, j, nade up into articles of every de-ij. icription are there displayed to good j idvantage. There are quilts, old ^ ind new, baby dresses, centerpieces,'s rocheted yokes and handmade laces, y 3f interest to those who care for the s ^reservation of old specimens of () vork. such as occupied the time of j, jur grandmothers, is the small but j. valuable collection of curios on dis-'j, ilay in this room. An old-fashioned t mmpler of antebellum days is among ,. he'priceless heirloams, as are some s mby clothes, deftly made by hand lixty-eight years ago and worn by r hree generations. A Union Uepub- j, lean ticket of 187 2 is to be found in n his collection. Hand-knit stockings, < nittens and a shoestring bag are also v if interest. ii The Lancaster Mercantile Com- l> iany has a booth which advertises s] sunbeam Pure Food products, soldi >y this enterprising store, and from b his booth Sunbeam coffee and sand-tw iM,>hnu . . .. ,Hu?,....o.?l i r IK. WYLIK ItKKT.VI'KS TIIK ISM K > .('lives the Verdict t<? live People, 11s??' ritiliuit<* Judges. 1 ro the Editor of The \'ews: There is nothing in Mayor Jones' omniunication in tlie last issue of a he News relating to the merits of 8 he points at issue between us. He P ays that "Newspaper controversies 'I isually degenerate into trivialities 's< >r worse, to the disgust of the intel- K igent public." This need not be the o ase and If such has been the re- j ft ult in this discussion. 1 leave it toiP he public to judge who has been at j'C ault, he or myself. ,tr The issue between us was whether 111 ir not, the proposed contract for the.s' urnishing of water by the city of .<' Lancaster to the Lancaster Cotton i* lills, would be to the city's interest, tl le held the affirmative, I the nega- tl ive. The facts have all been pre- P' iw nit- ii111nun?* judges, ino i? >eople. I shall be satisfied with theli g erdiet. it. E. WYLIE. . n, S('H(K)li OPKXI.Vl. g ei The Buford school opened Monday. 01 pi .ovember 20, 1916. with a good enollment the opening day. Messrs. A. C. Howell and G. It 'arnes are the teachers. The school .'ill have a basket supper Thankse< iving night, Nov. 30. for the benelt . f the school. The proceeds will be sc pplied to the fund for the new , uilding. bi The building which has recently een erected is one of the best three- w oom houses for school work in the ounty. The trustees and patrons, m rho aided in this work are to be ^ nniplimented on the fine work they^ ave done for the district. te Every patron is especially urged a come and make the basket supper t" sat'cess. 'a All the young ladies are urged t' ce FNTY FAIR libits and General :e. To the energy and ability of Mist lartha C?. C'reighton is due the credit >r an exhibit which admirably sett >rth the work she is doing for Lar.rster county in home demonstration ork, of which she is county agent pecimens of the "4 H." brand o1 roducts, canned by the girls ol ancaster county under Miss Creigh >n's instruction, include canned to latoes, beans and other vegetables elishes, preserves, pickles and jel es galore. Miss Creighton has als< arried out her fdea of what a coun y kitchen can become by the aid ol ome-made conveniences, easilj 'ithin the reach of all, and thii rell-equipped room is a model whiel ny man and woman in Lancaste: ounty would be proud to claim as j art of their home equipment. / ystem which provides running wa ?r for the kitchen is a labor-savini evice and the position of the stove ink. shelves, etc., with "a place fo verything and everything in it lace," " ithin easy reach of the bus; ousewife, are all practical sugges Ions easy of adoption. The livestock exhibits are on th Vylie lot on Main street, when orses, muleS, swine an<l cattle an >n exhibit. Lancaster county ha ome splendid stock well worth sec ng and the exhibits are very rep re entative. Likewise instructive is the tan roducts exhibit, between Hough" tore and the First National Han! lr. (\ L. McManus, farm demon tration agent. tells us that th< uality of the Lancaster county con as increased 150 per cent since tin ist county fair and ihat Lancaste < the banner county in the prodtn ion of wheat. There is a wide vr iety of agricultural products to 1< cen in this department. Vr. J. V "Oder's splendid collection hein; specially noteworthy. Mr. Yodei as 175 articles in his exhibit. Th* lotto of his, the Oakdale farm Is Agriculture. Poultry. Livestock; I>: ersify and Live at Home." In paslg we wish to call attention to tie eautiful collection of 61 forest tr<. pecimens, cut on Mr. Voder's plu? * The poultry exhibit in the Plyle; uilding is most excellent, an exhibit hich we hope every fair visitor has tudied with care. IKTIIOIUST HODV IN IH'SY SKSSIOV ppcr ('(inlVmH't1 Ciinsidfrs Xumlici of Important .Matters. (Ireenville, Nov. Id. A resolut'o: uthorizing the appropriation <>;' > I, 00 toward tlie Washington City re resent at ive church, the adoption ol le report of the committee or Landing resolutions outlining tlx eneral organization and prooed ir< f conference and the considerate oni the Anderson district to buy ; uhlishing plant for the Southeri hristian Advocate, were among tlx lost important matters of busine-^ ansacted at the second business ses on of the upper South Carolin onfereuce. A procedure and organ at ion of the conference similar t< lat followed before the division ol le State is recommended in the re ort of the committee on standirf -solutions which was discussed al reat length. A telegram from A. R. P. Synod r?w in session at York, hearing reetings to the Methodist Confernee. was read by Bishop Candler. A lotion instructing that an approbate response be sent was carried. Dr. Sharpe. of the conference, de vered a strong address this after non and tonight an aud ence tha? raved the cold and packed Bun>mbe Street church heard a poweril address by Dr. Stonewall Ande> >n, secretary to the general board ring baskets or boxes, and the tn"n ith full pocketbooks to buy with. All the neighboring schools are est cordially invited. Remember ie date, Nov. 30. With the services of experienced achers together with the co-operaon of the patrons, the school bids ir to be one of the best in the unty. CONGRESSMAN LEVER FARIRSJAY ORAM I MAKES ABLE ADDRESS. Chairman of Committee on Agriculture Explains Plan of Federal Loan Act. We wish that eveiy farmer in Lancaster county could have heard i Congressman's Lever's admirable ad? ( dress yesterday. Mr. Lever, who is* chairman of the congressional committee on agriculture has made a. thorough study of the nrnhlem o? J rural credits and no other man in - jthe whole country perhaps is in a f better position to know the oeeds of '' the farmer. Mr. Lever confined his. 3 | remarks to the production, distribu) I ,. tion and financing of cotton, explaining the benefits to be derived fronfe V the federal loan act. Many of his: . hearers were struck with the state; ment made bv Mr. Lever that Ger: HON. A. P. LEVER.. Mr. J. T. Tliotnasson, the active' and wide-awake president of the Lancaster County Fair Association, i introduced Mr. Lever with neat, cojn plimentary allusions to his work. man militarism does not constitute the strength of Germany today but German agriculture and commerce German economics is the greatest factor in the German organization and ttie empire has had a rural credit system for a century and a half. My means of such a system, farmers are compelled to co-operate in the conduct of their affairs. "The biggest word in agriculture," said. Mr. Lever, is co-operation and men will never get him to co-operate until you show them the financial returntherefrom." Mr. Lever gave a striking example of the good results of co-operation, r . i The congressman stated a condi' Hon very plainly when he declared hat "the big problem for us is to relievo South Carolina of thirty-five per cent of tenant farmers by helping them to become form owners." ' lie urged his hearers to organize a county loan association in order tc help South Carolina agriculture take its place with the agriculture or other States. In conclusion Mt. Lever said. "We have just begun to climb the hilltop and there is sun-1 shine on the other side." VILLA, I>EKK.\TEI>, HETIIIES A FTEll A 7-IIOl'R BATTLK _______ El Paso. Tex., Nov. 23.?Francisco . Villa withdrew his surviving forcee in defeat from Chihuahua City at . 6:15 o'eloek tonight after a battle of seven hours, during which he made fiuitless attempts to carry General Trevino's protecting works by assault, according to reports from Juarez. This report was received from Cbihuhua by Carranza officials in Juarez tonight, who added that government troops were actively pursuing the reitreating bandits. The telegraphoperator at Chihuahua City said that the firing could still be heard clearly but was becoming more distant. A small party of bandits engaged in a skirmish with a Carranza outpost near Chihuhua last evening, according to Juarez officials, who added that the military authorities there were undecided at that time as towhether it was only a roving band or* an advance point of Villa's columns*. I