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? fl r ^ __ "^-^^ TOLUVK til, StXBEB 67. NEWBERRY, S. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914. TWICE A WEEK, ILU A IUE eitTcaseof ! desperation? SHERIFF RECTOR SAYS BLEASE WILL CARRY GREENVILLE Sajs Any Rejwr+vHe is Against B lease is Infamouf lie?Ansewers Wire. A gentleman ifrom another county was in Newberry Monday and made the statement that Sheriff Rector, of Greenville, was working for Smith and against Blease for t>he senate. Mr. | I J. R. Green in order to verify the re- , port telegraphed Sheriff Rector. The j telegram and the reply are printed be- i low. It will ""be seen that Sheriff Rector characterizes the report in strong language and goes further and j claims thai Greenville this year will oe in tne mease cuiumu. Two years ago Blease did not carry the county according to the official count. The following are the telegrams: A'e wherry, Aug. 24, 1914. Sheriff Rector, Greenville, S. C. Report is you are doing all you can for Senator Smith. Answer at my ^ expense if that is true. J. R. Green. v Gre^ville, S. C., Aug. 2*: 1914. J. R. Green, Xewberry, S. C. JRepor that I am supporting Smith is van iniamous lie. I am supporting Gov. Blease and Blease will ..carry Greenville county by good majority. Hendrix Rector, Sheriff Greenvile county. C1EMS0N HOME-COMING. ' Everything in Readiness For Homecoming of Ex-Students Angnst r 27 to 81. Special to The Herald and News. Clem son College, Aug. 24.?Everything is in readiness for~~the great 'Home Coming" of ex-Clemson students on August 27 to 31. President Riggs states tfcat he ~s expecting between 1000 and 1200. An attractive < programme has been arranged and no detail looking to the comfort and pleasure of the visitors will be overlooked. The expected number of old students will tax to tfce utmost the capacity of the dormitories, dining hall and memorial ?hall in which all the v>i*hHr? ovprcisfts will be held. For that reason, as well as the fact that the "Home Coming" is a "family affair" none hut ex-students are invited or will be permitted to register or be entertained during the "Home Coming.'' This rule will be strictly observed. Other visitors are welcome to the college campus at any other time. This announcement is made in ad vance so tnax none out e-vstuucuio will make their plans to visit tfte collega during the "Home Coming." (Positively no accommodations can be offered to others at that time. The "Home Coming" is a strictly college affair, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the act oil acceptance which lead to the establishment of t the college. Invitations have been issued only to the ex-students of the institution who number around 5000. The railroads have offered reduced "ares ifrom all points in ti-e State and from Augusta, Atlanta, etc.. in Georgia. IA11 in all the "Home 'Coming" bids fair to be the largest gathering of college men only ever held in the South). We will give a barbecue at Pomaria, on September 5. for the benefit of the Methodist church. Members. Miss Josephine Dunbar leaves Wednesday for Marion attend t:':e wedf ding ev her friend, Mi^s Maggie Gasque. Miss Ellie Cousins has returned ; from a pleasant visit to friends a.i j Jenkinsville. ?? Hear! Hear! Baltimore American. "The fate of war seems to hang by a hair" ' fes, a Belsian hare, so to speak."; i HON. FRED DOMINKK IS VERY OPTIMISII Ft ELS SURE OF HIS ELECTKT I CONGRESS TODAY \ * ki.Ai j nu.^x II ~ U?. A U^n IN "Mlisueu ximt ac nm nait uau some Majority in Anderson and Pickens. Hon. Fred Domiuick, candidate f< congress, returned from Anderson ( Sunday. He has been campaigning Anderson, Pickens an<I Oconee ai Greenwood during the past ten day 'When asked about the situation by representative of-The Herald ai News he replied: "I am very much pleased with tl outlook in the up country. I ha1 been in Anderson for several days ar from there Cave been to points Pickens, Oconee and Greenwood at at- every place where I have had ? appointment to speak have been giv* a most cordial reception. My frien< tell me, and from my personal o servation I do not believe they have : the least overdrawn the situation, th; I will have a mapority o? Tuesds of some 1500 votes in Anderson coui ty and 'that in Pickens county n majority will be 1000. In Oconee tl vote will be somewhat divided but a the indications point to the fact th. I will lead in that county. In Greei wood my friends claim that I will le< in t~at county and claim cor me majority over all the candidates c Tuesday. In Abbeville I am sati lied that the -vote will be about equa ly divided between Mr. Aiken and m; self. "Gov. Blease and myself spoke 1 about 6000 people at' Anderson c Saturday night and we were bol given a great ovation. In fact i every place where I have spoken have been most cordially and cour eously received and there <bas been i attempt to prevent me from speakir as I understand some people hai been saying in Newbberry. In fa no one could possibly expect a mo: 3*~ 1 T VintTA i coruieu ItfCCJJUVU uau i na.?c 1 cvti > < in all* parts of the district where have been. I am very much gratified . i' .e situation and I honestly belie1 :fyat on Tuesday I will receive a m jority of the votes in the district f< the nomination for congress. "From what I can hear since my r turn to Newberry 1 am satisfied th my friends in Newberry are going give me a handsome majority in th county in spite of w:*at false repor may be* put in circulation. I have d m'rioH msilrp nr? rpnlv to anv of tl various circulars that have been p in circulation in this county, for tl people of Newberry know me ai 1 know my record. My manhood li has been spent among them and I a satisfied ti:at they are familiar wi .my record and will not be swerved fro what they believe is right by any < the various circulars which have be< issued. If course, I would apprecia a large majority from mp 'home pe ill a flnri T ani satisfied that I a going to have a handsome m ^jority in the face of the effo of some people who are trying to e compass my defeat from person grounds and from the standpoint partisan politics. Everything is ve: encouraging. 1 have endeavored make the campaign on high groui and have not indulged in any persons ities in regard to any of ihe gentlemi who are in the race, and have made 1 effort to answer any of the person charges made aginst me in this cou ty for the reason tin at I know the pe pie of Newberry are a fair people ai will not be swerved from what th desire to 0-9 by any wild tales whi< may be put in circulation." THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY The Literary Sorosis?The Peo]! Who \re (tqniner and Go *? > Special to The Herald ami News. Prosperity. Aug. 24.?Miss Pan nr-ilIooq Inovc.c rvrpoV fnr Parffi ton, Ga., after spending the suram with her sister, Mrs. G. W. Harmc Messrs D. B. and J. -J Miller, Atlee, of Columbia, spent Friday wi Mr. 0. S. Miller. Mrs. Ophelia Bowers and Mis:-; Lc Nates visited in Columbia last week. I Great Opportt Newberry The Governor of the State, c / c/afe For United States S Newberry a Candi sr n In the judgment of The Herald and in News, Go.ernor Cole. L. Blease will 1(i todajr be nominated for t'he Ucited States senate. _ Governor Blease now has the highd 1(j est office within the gift of the people o. this State. He is rounding out his Oiid term in that office, his admin,.e oration having been endorsed) by A . v. .e of t:Ms State two years ago, in " r' h? was re-elected against a for^ mer Xewberrjan, who resigned . the in Mgh office of chief justice of the sum preme court to run against him. The election of Governor Blease K_ means a great deal more to Newber u ln ry county than it means to the governor. It means that Newberry county at ? will have a worthy representative, and a national figure, in the greatest deiy 1 iterative body in the world. 1(S Tie ejection of Governor Bleas-j to .11 ai Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh, of Q" Kibler's Bridge, is visiting Miss Ellen Werts. Mrs. P. S. Singley has as her guest vn ^, , j MISS MOSS rtaze, 01 Aewuerr). s-! Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wyohe, of Wash' ington, are here visiting their parents. Miss Ruth Hunter has been to Clemson to visit her aunt, Mrs. L. A. Sease. to Mr. Campbell Lake is spenc.mg , awhile at the Isle of Palms. Mrs. Will Sfcealy has returned to at j. Little Mountain a ter a visit to Miss t Gertrude Bobb. Mr. P. L. Lang.ord ?spent Friday 10 . in L;oiuuu>ia. , ig Mrs. H. P. Wicker has gone to M onro , treat, N. C., for a mon:h's stay. ct Miss Alda Rae Wheeler is visiting re , in iSenaca and Greenwood. iQ j Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Counts, Mr. and ^ Mrs. W. B. Barnes and Mr. M. C. Morat ris left Friday for Charleston for several days stay. aMr. J. M. Cook, Montgomery, Ala., has been called home an account of the illness of his mother. Mr. W. P. B. Harmon, of Ninety Six, at spent a few days last week with his son Dr. G. W. Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black and Miss ts Essie Black spent the week-end in e~ Lexington. ie Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wise, of Newberry, spent Sunday with Mr. J. L ie Wise. 1(* iMiss Kate. Barre and Little M^rj fp ' ' # Werts have returned from a visit to m Columbia. th' Mrs. M. B. Craig and children, of m Jacksonville, Fla., are the guests of Mrs. A. G. Wise. ?n Mr. George Wise is visiting his te aunt. Mrs. A. H. Kohn, of Columbia. Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Taylor, of Batesm burg, are visiting Rev and Mrs. E. a" P. Taylor. rt Miss Bess Bowers spent Monday in Columbia. aT Mr. U S. Bowers leaves Thursday frvr- rMomsrvn for several iays ry stay with his daughter Mrs. J. E. Hunt0 ter. lci The I;.terary sorosis meets Fridaj L*~ at.ternoo.i with Miss Blanche Kibler. 3n mi TO , JAPANESE DECLARE a WAR ON THE GERMANS n ^ T1 ?T".>i-At> i ni-iitn of 1'vnirafidn ^ Eilllfirrur laivrr* .nuvu ><i xia^uhv?~ of Time Limit for Ultimatum. ey _____ ^'l Tokyo. Aug. 23.?1The emperor o; Japan today declared war on ' Germany. This action was taken at th expiration of the time limit of Jaran's ultimatum to Germany demandin? the surrender of Kiao Dhow. The .Japanese government has ordered the beginning of operations or land a ad sea. The imperial rescript declaring wai sjr or. Germany was issued tliis evening. It officially inaugurates hostilities ir er the ~ar East as a result of Germany': failure to reply to me .Japanese ur B- timatum. The proclamation of the emperoi sent a thrill through the country, Ja>Ia pan's entrance upon the fulfuilment o her obligations io her ally, Greal inity For ' ' County Today i Son ofJVewberry, A Candi( enate, and Another Son of date For Congress. :he senate also means that he will < still be in position to look a.ter his 4 J home county, and to serve his horrffe ] ! people, as he ?has always done. ( Newberry county has another son in . ! 1 a very important race today. Mr. ( - Fred H. Dominick is a candidate for j | the office of congressman from this ; | district. His election means a great , , ! deal to Newberry county. It means , - ; more to Newberry county than it does , A < s to Fred Dominick, for his election will ( place Fred Dominick in position to ( serve the people of his county, and the i people of this county know that he will make a worthy representative in I congress. .'Newberry county has a great opportunity today. Now is the time for the old county to stand by her sons, and to take care 1 of <ber own interests. I ! | Britain, responded to the popular will j ! from one end of the land to the other, j I C eering crowds assembled today be- ] . ' fore the public buildings and tonight j there were lantern processions through the streets. The popular manifestations, bowever, do not approach' the enthusiasm which preceded the war 1 with Russia. , Count Von Rex, the German am bassador, has been handed his pass- : ports. He probably will leave tfor 1 America. George W. Gutfarie, the 1 American ambassador, will represen: Germany. The diet has been convoked in special session for September 3. Anstrian Sailed. The Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, whicK latterly was at Tsin Tau, the seaport oj Kiao Chow, is reported to have sailed. She perhaps will go tn nontrol rkr?rtc an/i Tf is W UUUH Wi JM/i bkj MlAVt * w believed this action will keep Austria i out of the war in the- Orient although i - unforeseen circumstances may force Japan to change this policy. No ac- < tion has been taken relative to Aus- : tria and tf:.e foreign office has explain- 1 ed that Japan will remain friendlj < unless Austria adopts an attitude < which is regarded as offensive. 1 It is reported here that Germany has been trying to transfer the Ger- . man railroad in Shan Tung, China, ] , to America. Tokio believes, 'however, } .' that the United States, pursuing the policy of neutrality outlined by Pres- . i ident Wilson will not accept. Presi- j 1 dent Wilson's announcement of neu- , . trality has greatly pleased the Japan- ] ese. j i , WARNING TO OFF IALS , i ! Postal Department Bids Them Keep Hands Off. ^ y| Washington, Aug. 17.?IT'he postofr j fioe department hate received com? ! plaints concerning the alleged politi. I cal activity of rural carriers and postj masters in different sections of the r Third congressional district o: South I Carolina. The department has se'^i j out a telegraphic warning to the pos- ' : tal officials o: ?'r.e Third district and I , I inspectors will investigate to what ex ^ j tent the rural carriers may he or may [ : have been engaging in politics in vio^ lation of the law. ><> Reason Why She Shouldn't " ! Yonkers Statesman. ' ' i Patience?They say a girl can learn ' , to swin much quicker if she has a ' ' woman instructor than if she has a ', man. . 1 ~ ? i j Katric^?wen, 1 aon i niame uer. - i L In Good Old Summer Time. Boston Transcript. ' / * j "Why are the breakers like book- keepers?" 1 i "Give it ud. Wlfcv?" 1 -mt 5 j "Because they pour over figures." Answered. j Louisville Courier-Journal. < "How did your rarewel tour turn i : out?" . ; I' i.Ve didn't afre well." 1 1 A r RESOLVE TO HOLDCOTTON FOR 15 CENTS STRONG RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY k!T i TP rhTiv?\ ravc<pv6? >11.1 1 L. tl/X I W*'V xtlitjtj Committee Named to Look Alter State Warehouse System. N'ews and Cojrier. Columbia, Aug. 20.?The farmers of South Carolina shall hold their cotton for 12 1-2 cent per pound, nor shall a Kalcw ha unnn nrif>r to October 1, unless offered 12 cents for it. Such is the sense of the meeting of representatives of the (farmers, bankers, merchants, cotton seed and mill men, who met in Columbia today and organized tfee South Carolina division of the Southern congress. It is also planned to reduce next year's cotton acerage to 50 per cent, planing sight acres to the mule be exempted. Dr. Wade Stackhouse of Dillon, who was elected president of -the South Carolina division, introduced the following resolutions which were endorsed by the resolutions committee and unanimously adopted in the fol lowing iorm: Resolutions Passed. "Whereas, from 3,000,000 to 5,000,300 of this cotton crop . is < going to De a surplus, more than the mills of :he world will spin, and will need to je carried over into next year by the farmer or '.his friends: "Resolved, That the South Carolina :otton congress adopt the following plan, and recommend it to our sister ^orton producing States: "We suggest chat at the eral*st possible moment every cotton farmer be canvassed and requested to. store oneLhird of his crop in a secure warehouse and ifully insured so that he can obtain a loan on it. "That at the time he is canvassed he i be requested to hold this part of his crop for a minimum price of 12 1-2 cents per pound, basis middling and that'he give power of attorney to holder of the warehouse receipt, autheriz ing him to hold tie cotton ror a period )f one year if necessary, and sell only in the event he can get a minimum price of 12 1-2 cents. "When the canvass of the county is somploted \l it^be found that as much is one-third of this year's crop has not seen pledged the business men <x that county oug^t to be asked to store jnoug'} cotton to make up that counshar?. "It is agreed and understood'that if is much as 3,000,000 bales ar^ not pledged in the cotton states eacn man's pledge is to be returned to him." "We believe if we can get pledged jrd put in warehouses one-third of :his year's crop fixed by power of at-, .orney, so that it cannot be sold (for [ess than 12 1-2 cents, that the remaining two-thirds can be sold by the termers themselves, without aid to anance. Loan on Cotton. "In the event we can get pledged the minimum of 3,000,009 bales proposed above that we call on merchants bankers and other business men to see that a libera!', loan is made on cotton so placed. At the same time that the township committee secures the pledge to store one-third of this crop we recommend that each farmer be liked to sign a pledge to reduce his acreage 50 per cent, which acreage witfc Intensive methods of cultivation, will be sufficient enough to supply the world's needs when the amount carried is taken into consideration. No one is to be requested to reduce his acreage if he plants not more than sigth acres o-' cotton to the plough. This pledge to reduce acreage shall a!?o become null and void if the canvass fai!s to r?tire one-^hird of the :-rop for the minimum price of 12 1-2 :ents." Dr. Stackhouse also introduced the ollowing resolution, which was adopted: '"Resolved, T. at t'r.e Soutu Carolina cotton congress endorse the pnnrir '.es of .what is known as the Farmers' Tnion warehouse bill. ' Resolved, That we request that no Dne sell a bale of cotton at any price before October 1 unless offered 12 ?ents for it. as we recognize that there is demand :or cotton at present and my attempt to put it on the market will cause tlie price to drop below the cost of production." s - % Hodges Resolution. A resolution introduced by Mr. (L P. Hodges, of Bennettsville, providing for the extension" pf crop supply paper by banks and fertilizer companies was adopted. In part the resolution rpari aR follows: "Resolved, further, That a committee of nine be appointed by the chair to take in band th* matter of a definite plan for the State warehouse system to operate harmoniously with any federal legislation and that when thi3 committee has accomplishe'd this object it be empowered to request the governor of this State to call a special session otf the general assembly to enact such legislation as may be necessary to render such State warehouse effective and' permanent." The committee appointed in accordance with this resolution consists of R. G. RTnett, Charleston; G. T. Riser, Olar; C. E. Summer, Newberry; A. B. g , Calvert, Spartanburg; J. T. Stivers, Kershaw; D. R. Coker, Hartsville; C. G. Roland, Sumter; T. B. Stackhouse, Columbia; J. L. McLaurin, Bennettsi ville. I ' --v-<r3 Mr. S. G. Mayfield of Bamberg, was appointed South Carolina's representative to the national warehouse com- . mittee. < In the course of the committee reports in the afternoon seven af th? counties represented reported available emergency warehouse space for 283,00 bales. f ' > ,mm \ -v POPE'S BODY LIES IN STATE Will Be Viewed by Thoasands at Va ncan?sister uies 01 miock. Rome. August 20.?The body of Pope Pius X, who died this morning, has been laid out in state for thousands to view. The-pathos of his passing has been accentuated by the death of Ms ister, Anna. Always she was at his bedside in times of sickness, and' she was kneeling near him wlben he breathed his last. - _ , Tee sister wa3 assisted from the , room ana coiiapsea soon aiierwaiuaDr. Amioi attended her, but alarming symptoms developed, with high fever, !rom which she did not rally. The dayvbroke cloudy and heavy after exquisitely clear skies. It seemed as t.ough nature was in morning for the Pope, most beloved by the people of Rome. Around the Vatican many gathered. The great doors were half closed, and t?ose who mourned spoke in whispers. Wirhin the Vatican preparations were in progress for the simple funeral ceremoines for the election of a new Pope. ^ It 4s expected that the Conclave will be held early in September, even though all the Cardinals are not in Rome. Tl:e new Pope will* be the first Pontiff elected without the veto 1 ? ? - rk/\TTr/vi?ff O d previously a<juuiueu< hcci&ii a.^ one of the first-acts of Plus X was to suppress this privilege of centuries although he owed his own election to / the cardinals. , The cardinals met at the Vatican this afternoon. All wore violet caps as a sign of mourning. Cardinals Delia Volpe and Merry Del Val went to the Pope's apartment to affix seals on tne late fonuns prxvait? papcis and belongings. KILLED BY LIGHTNING Marshal Whitle is Instantly Kflled at Laurens. I The State. J Laurens, Aug. 23.?Marshal Whittle of Newton, N. C., was instantly' killed by linghtning about two miles I | from here yesterday afternoon while engaged in repairing a telephone line, ^ The young man, who was 21 years of age, was in tihe employ of the j Bell Telephone company and at the time or ms aeam was near me cup ui a pole. It is reported that lightning struck the wire and was transmitted j to his body by some short wires that j he was using at that time. His re| mains were carried this morning by j J. R. Lomax to his home for burial. The Catcher. "Man is a worm,' the preacher saith, y As often we have iieard. Ah, yes! And he night also add, "Woman's the early bird." ?New York Sun.