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By STECK, SHEIiOR A SCHKODKK. WALHALLA, ROUTH GAROMNA, WEDNESDAY', SKI>T. ?, 11)10. We have pu RED SCHOOL ] which are the bes A Whistle ai with each purchai last. See Wmdow C. W. fe? J. E. WALHAL It Pays to 13 xiy for September 15 Years A McKinley w the Pan American I falo. New York, reception. The shooting down o was a shock to the entire bolt of lightning out of events so happen, happen them. Be prepared to II may overtake you by hav this strong bank. WESTMINS' When You Think of THE WE8TMI1 NOTES PROM LITTLE RIVER. UH Out of 42 Unrolled Citizens Voted Lust. Tuesday-koeal News. Little River, Sept. 4.-Special: Fodder pulling is in full blast In this section, -with the weather none too favorable. Our people are suffering from more or less colds, most every one coughing and sneezing. Children and adults suffer alike. Mrs. Fannie Corbin is very sick at her old home in the upper Little River section. Her many friends kopo for her early restoration to her 1 usual health. Her daughter, Mrs. E. Littleton, of Salem, ls spending a while with ljer. The many friends of J. W. Reid will bo sorry to learn that his con dition is very serious at tliis time. His many friends hope for his early recovery. Miss Hoolah Holland has closed her school at Smeltzer for fodder pulling. Her father carno up and accompanied nor home for a two -weeks' stay. Charlie Perry left this morning for Walhalla to join his classmates in tho high school. Norman Whitten has returned home after spending a few days with relatives in and around Wal SAME Goods F Af MORE Goods F L. BLUMENTHf Supplies t in the LITTLE HOUSE supplies, t on the market. nd Stick Pin free se as long as they BAUKNIGHT, ?LA> S? C O a ts li .6, 1916. go To-day as assassinated at Exposition, at Buf while holding a f our beloved President world; it coining like a a clear sky. Many when we least except neet any disaster that ing funds laid away in rER BANK Banking Think of 1ST ER BANK. halla. (Mr. Whitten was taken very sick while there and this caused his stay-over. His many friends are de lighted to see him Tjack at hi's post carrying the mail on Route 1. The protracted services at Salem Baptist church closed Friday night with nine additions. Rev. Martin assisted Rev. C. R. Abercrombie in the services. Little Homer Hoad is spending some time visiting lils grandparents, Mr. and (Mrs, Mc.Tunkin, on Keowee River. Miss Alice Reid, after spending some time at Easley with relatives, has returned home, to the delight of her many friends. Tile many friends of James Nich ols will be sorry to learn that bis health is very poor at this time. D. P, Ora nt lias also been very sick. Ho is somewhat improved at this writing, however, and we hope to seo him out soon. There was moro than usual inter est taken in the first primary at Lit tle River. With only 4 2 on the club roll, 38 were on hand to cast their ballots. A good many stayed to seo the count. There was a good spirit throughout. Mr. Patterson, of Greenville, passed through our section tho past week with some nice beef cattle for the Greonvllle market. ?ELL aor Less Money JD or Same Money Bargain Store, Westminster, S. C. STATIC (? I* BIO lt NA TOD I AL VOTK The Total Vote Cast hi Slate Was i3B,023. The lollowing table shows the vote east by eonnties for the three leading candidates for Governor: ti Abbeville . . . 1,065 856 Aiken . . .?...! 2,291] 756| Anderson . . . 4,634| 2.37 1 Hamberg . . . . 36?! 243 Harnwell .... 909 ?S:?; Hean tort . . . . 140 9 8 Berkeley . . . . 530, 27."?' Calhoun .... 314 21S Charleston . . . 3,01 S ll?? Cherokee . . . 1,273- 582 Chester. 7 ? 8 384 j Cb est er Held . . 1.700 ? 6 6 Clarendon .... 1,037 255 Colleton . . . . 1,136 115 Darlington ... 1,387 5?s Dillon.; 1.0261 305 Dorchester ... 534? 350 Bdgefleld . . .. 4 2?] 393 Fairfield . . . . 45>S| 37? Florence . . . . 1,873 712* Georgetown . .! 692 180! Greenville . ... 3,836 2.l)r,-1 Greenwood . . 1,237 820j Hampton . . ..j 679 281! Horry.i 1,815 459! Jasper.! 216' 121! Kershaw . . . . 1,2951 51 7; Lancaster . . . ! 1,232 3911 Laurens.! 1,702 1.997 j Ix?e.I 976 349! Lexington . . .: 1,99 5 902| Marion.1 692 4 G 81 Marlboro . . . 1,094 46l| McCormick . . 339j 188? Newberry .. .: 1,577 384! Oconee . 1*014 003 Orangeburg . . 1,486 1,002 Pickens. 2,1 12 649| Richland . . .. 2,957 1,015! Saluda. 1,054 484 Spartanburg .. 4,642 2,812 Sumter.j 758? 325 Union.1 1,4 9 01 81 6 Williamsburg V 846 263I York.j 2.1 44 j 84 11 Totals . . . . j63,O79|3O,O0O|41,O13 Tliere were two other candidates for Governor, Messrs. DesCham ps and Duncan. The former received 278 votes, the latter 257. These figures, added to the totals received by the three leading candidates made a total vote of 135,923 In the State, of which Mr. Bleaso, who led the ticket, received 63,679. Tims it will be seen that the other candi dates received a combined vote of 7 2,244, Mr. Blease's vote being 8,665 short of the combined vote of the other four candidates. Upon the division of these eight and a half thousand votes rest next Tuesday's results. 342 1,031 2984 ?27 931 ITS .!!?7 I 1 2 1.5 ? S ? I 2 ? i :. 1 .307 ? 33 ?3.-> 1,028 ?4 1 ? ? 4 7 28 4 09 1.4 95 502 1,660 89 5 68? 1,234 18S 765 951 317 520 1,3 69 fi 9 1 743 526 1.272 ?15 1,868 9 3 ? 1.94? ?92 2,483 1.176 842 1.048 1.088 A RIOGHICTTIOD 10RROR. In the last issue of The Courier, in giving the indications as they ap peared to us as probable final results in Hie first primary, we made an er ror as lo the race for House of Rep resentatives, stating that a second race was probable between W. P. Ma son and Jas. H. Brown. The name ol' J. R. Orr should have appeared in stead of that of Mr. (Brown. We re gret the error, and it was an error entirely of oversight on our part. We endeavor always to give an ac curate forecast each election year in our regular edition Wednesday morning following the election Tues day, and with figures for more than ?0 candidaf.es to be cast up and veri fied as well as the unofficial figures will permit, we bad no small task be fore us. With a number of precincts still to be heard from when we quit work at 3 o'clock Wednesday morn ing, and with not a few inaccuracies In the figures as received by phone to bo corrected if it were found possible, the figures at hand at 3 o'clock showed a difference of 21 votes as between Mr. Brown and Mr. Orr, and tho difference in favor of ?Mr. Brown. Additional precincts were heard from, however, and a number of corrections made in certain returns phoned to us, the general result changing the posi tion of these two gentlemen. In the final rush of making up the forecast, these changes were overlooked and the "indications" were given incor rectly in this ono instance. Our state ment of probable second races was correct with this one except ion, and we regret exceedingly having given out this one incorrect "indication." though the totals given In our tabu lated report showed the correct standing of the candidates. We never claim this first tabulated statement of returns to be correct. It ie impossible to get an absolutely cor rect tabulation In so short Hmo. But the figures as given by us Wed nesday morning were so nearly accu rate OK to necessitate comparatively few changes In getting into shape the official tabulation, which will be found in full, both for State and county Officers, with the official dec laration of results, In another por tion ol' this Issue of The Courier. NATION-WIDE STRIKE IS OFF. Congress Passes Mensuro that ut Lenst Postpones Tie-up. Washington, Sept. 3.-The Adam son eight-hour-day bill, exacted from Congress last week by tile railroad brotherhoods as tito price of calling oft the nation-wide strike ordered for to-niorrow, was signed by Presi dent Wilson to-day in his private car at tho Union Station, where lie stopped on his way from Shadow Lake, X. .1.. lo Hodgenville, Ky. That, there may be no question as to Hie legality of the measure as a re sult of it having been signed on Sun day, the President will allix his sig nature again upon Iiis return to Washington next Tuesdny. How long peace shall reign as a result of the hill, apparently, is de pendent upon developments in the proposed move to test the constitu tionality of the act. Should (he rail ronds take no action, but await the beginning of an investigation of the workings of the eight-hour day by the special oom mission for which the measure provides, the brotherhoods will remain inactive. The em ployees' leaders declare, however; that should tho law bo held uncon stitutional, and the railroads at tempt to restore the ten-hour day on their lines, a strike will follow promptly. Brotherhood Hoads Silent. Brotherhood heads, in a circular letter to their members, to-day made no comment on the measure as pass ed. Tiley merely pointed out that it would not become effective until next January 1, and that many things might occur between now and then which would change materially any suggestions or comment they might mnke. None of the brotherhood leaders witnessed the signing of the 'bill. They had expected, according to ten tative arrang?ments made hy Secre tary Wilson last night, to be pres ent, but the President decided to at tend to tho business at the railroad station, and newspaper correspond ents gave them their first informa tion about lt. The four pens used by the President in signing the bill -ono for each syllable of his name -will be presented to the four bro therhood heads, A. 13. Garrctson, W. G. Lee, W. S. Carter and AV. <S. Stone, after being used for re-sign ing the bill Tuesday. No Ct|*emony Attended Signing. No ceremony attended the sign ing to-day. It originally had been planned that the President should go to the White House, but this was changed, and instead Rudolph Fors ter, assistant secretary to the Presi dent, took the bill to the train. Near the car window a group of trainmen, in their overalls, paused In their work long enough to watch the Pres ident write his name. An engineer, passing on a yard engine, celebrated tho occasion with several prolonged blasts of his whistle. While at the station the President also signed several commissions and executive papers and sent Secretary Tumulty to the home of Majority Lender Kern, of the Senate, to urge that the Senate pass thc Webb bill, passed yesterday by the 'House, de signed to permit American firms to utilize common selling agencies abroad without violating the Sher man anti-trust law. Strike First Planned for August 20. lt dovolojied to-dny that the bro therhoods before hoing summoned to Wnshington hy President Wilson three weeks ago, had agreed to call a strike effective August 20. The or ders they drafted were used when the strike finally was set for Labor Day. 'After having been printed in preparation for the proposed strike on August 20, they were locked In a vault in New York. Decision a week ago last Saturday to order a strike the following day, when tho major ity of the committee of 640 wore leaving for their homes, was follow ed hy a hasty trip to New York by two representatives of the brother hood. Tho strike date, September 4, was filled in with a rubber stamp, but thc original date of the call, Au gust 14, was not changed. Many Opposed Strike, Among thoso who departed from Washington early to-day was a dele gatton of tho Order of Hallway Con doctors from tho Northwest, who carno hore yesterday to protest with 'Mr. Cnrretson against a strike. They arrived about the time the Senate WIXTIIOl? CWT ACCOMMODA rio Applicants-15 l'or Cont (!>is Year Ineligible to Free Tuition. Columbia, Sept. 4.-Al a meeting of the board of trustees of Winthrop College, bold in tho office of Gover nor 'Manning, the Undings of tho State Board of Charities and Correc tions as to J bo financial responsibil ity of applicants for scholarships was canvassed. Dr. D. B. (Johnson, president of Winthrop College, said that only 55 vacant scholarship's were to be lilied ?nd there were f>22 applicants that stood the examination. The Board of Charities and Corrections, he stated, found that approximately l? per cent of the applicants were ineli gible because of sufficient funds to pay tuition. Winthrop's president said that there were 1,600 applications for en trance, but, as tho college could ac commodate only OHO, refusals were made to 660 of them. Moreover, a large portion of those refused ma triculation wore, insufficiently pre pared to take a college course, claimed Dr. Johnson. Dust Word to Primary MunagerN. The same managers who served at the iirst primary election on August 2i?tli, are hereby appointed and des ignated to serve nt tho second pri mary election to be held on Septem ber 12, 1916. Tile instructions heretofore'issued to the managers are likewise bind ing and effective in the second pri mary election. Managers are urged lo read said instructions and follow same care fully. Managers aro cautioned that the poll list must be carefully kept in writing and Included in tho boxes, along with the tickets and tally sheets when the boxes are reta mod. The boxes must be rel urned to the undersigned the next day after thc second primary and certainly must be in hands ol' tho undersigned not later than 11 o'clock a. m., Septem ber H th, 1016, when the county ex ecutive committee will meet and canvass the results. As the official returns are brought. In from each precinct tho manager bringing same will bo banded a check for >S3, to be divided among tho managers at bis box. \ Tickets and necessary documents j will be delivered on Saturday and i Monday. .las. M. Moss, County Chairman. was in the last stage? of passage of j the bill which will give them ten hours' pay for eight hours' work and called on 'Mr. Garretson. He declined to-day to discuss the con versation which followed. Texas Farmers Indignant. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. .'I.-H. N. Pope, president of tho Texas Far mers' Union, lins given out the fol lowing statement, commenting on the eight-hour law passed by Con gress Saturday: "The people of this nation have, during tho past week, passod through tho most humiliating expe rience this government bas ever en dured, A few labor union lenders have stood at tho portals of Con gress demanding that govern piont give them a ransom or they would wreck society. This nation, instead of meeting the. situation bravely, has delivered the goods in fear and t rem hiing, "Our American Congress has stood within the shadow of the Goddess o? Justice and voted an increase In wages to four hundred thousand trainmen, who aro tho highest paid laborers In the world, and never nt any time mentioned tho three hun dred and fifty thousand trackmen who aro perhaps tho poorest paid workmen in tho world, and who must subsist almost wholly upon tho crumbs that the trainmen leave upon tho tejde. "When cotton was selling for six cents per pound two years ago and poverty stalked over the Southland, causing a greater financial loss to the Southern plowmen than the free ing of slaves, Congress confessed in ability to copo with tho situation and stopped asido, letting this awful bur den fall upon the backs of the till ers of tho soil. The organized plow men pleaded with Congress for re lief, but were told that it would not bo constitutional for government to undertake to fix tho price of cotton or to advance money on cotton In storage, and that Congress was a slow-moving body and could not meet emergencies." HORRORS OP MODERN WARFARE Thirteen Airships Dahl llritfeh Const-Ono drought Down. London? Sont. 3.-Thirteen Zeppe lin airships participated in tito raid over tho eastern counties last night, and an olhcial statement issued to day says it was the most formida ble attack by air ever made on Eng land. Only three ot' the Zeppelins wore able to approach the outskiiU of London. One or these was shot, down ami the others wore driven ott by aircraft guns and aeroplanos. An official statement issued early to-night said in lost reports, based upon careful Inquiries, showed that Ibo total casualties were two persona killed and thirteen Injured* The text, ol' Ibis statement, which was Issued by the Held marshal commnndor-ln chief ol' tho home forces, follows: Three Airships Approueh Loudon. "Three airships only were able to approach the outskirts ot Loudon. ' says Ibo official report. "Ono ol thom appeared over Ibo northern district about 2. Mi in the morning Where sbo was picked up by search lights and heavily engaged by anti aircraft guns and aeroplanes. Af tot a few minutes the airship was seer? to burst into (lames and fall rapidly toward? the earth. "Tho ship was destioyod, tho wreckago, engines and half-burned bodies of the crew hoing found al. Culley, near Eirlleld. Exports hojn> to reconstruct certain portions of tho frame work. The largo amount of wood employed In the fra me work ol the Zeppelin is startling." Careful Inquiries show that the casualties and damage caused by tho air raid last night were quite dispro portionate to the nu tuber of sblj< employed. Mr. Mason Appreciates Vote. To tho Citizens of Oconee County: I desire to express to the voters ot the county my sincere appreciation ol' the handsome vote given mo in tho Hrs! primary on August 29th. And to those who voted for other gentle men in (ho race I have tho kindliest reeling, realizing that all had their friends and suppO'tcrg, just ns 1 had. However, it was my good fortune to receive a su dicion t number of votes to place mo in the second race, and i will appreciate it greatly ir all those who supported me in the first race will make a special effort to go to the polls next Tuesday and support tue in tho final taco. 1 will appreci ate no less tho votes of others who supported candidates not now run ning, If (boy will givo me and my candidacy, and tbe things for which 1 stand, careful consideration and their support at the polls. 1 assure all that ir elected lt will be my constant endeavor to represent Oconoo * Intelligently and with duo consideration for the interests of all the people, whether they wo.ro my supporters or not. lt will be my aim to do nothing against tho interests ol any, but everything in my power to promote tho Interests of Oconoo and lier citizens as n whole. I will appreciate the support and vote.s of all anti will endeavor to merit the confidence which the re jan Its of tho first primary indicate that the people of tb? county repose in me. Very respectfully, (adv.) , VV. P. MASON. Francisco Madero Dead. Now York, Sept. .3.- Francisco Madero, fa thor of the late President Madero of 'Mexico, and one of thc largest land and mine owners in that country, was found dead in bed at bis home bore to-day from heart disease. Ile was G7 years of age. Mr. Madero fled to this city after the assassination of his two sons, Francisco, Jr.. (lien President o! Mexico, and Gustavo, who had been financial agent for the revolntionistf; In February, 1913. Tho family estate, said to have been valued at $0,000,000, was con fiscated by the Huerta govornment, but three -weeks ago the Carranza government promised to restore' it. The body will be taken to Mexico for burial. Ice ("?roam at Fnirvlow. There will be an ice cream supper at Fairview school house next Sat urday night, Sopteniber 9th. Every body invited to come. Cord) of Tba uk N. To the voters who so kindly re membered me on the 29th of August I desire to oxpross my appreciation, and I shall feel grateful to all who can remember mo again on next. Tuesday. Respectfully, (?riv. ). J. R. ORR, .Westminster, S. C.