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?c fetal) rat ftm Entered at the Postoffice at Newfcny, S. C., as 2nd class matter, j E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, July 27, 1915. The Chautauqua opens in Newberry, oil Wednesday morning and will last through Friday. In the other towns where t)'-is Chautauqua has appeared j the press has published very compli-j mentary notices of the performances and return dates have been made in many of the towns for the next season. It is much cheaper to buy a season ticket and you sfcould not miss any number. The moral is buy ycur ticket today. If none of the young folk who are selling tickets happen to see you one may be obtained from Mr. W. B. ot tho 'bank. TTianav^ v*. v vmv vr?w? Hon. John L. McLaurin does not count for much with the politicians; but he is growing stronger with the people ever}- day.-^Yorkville Enquirer. That's because the Hon. John L. McLaurin has a message and a very im '-x n'liinVi tVin nonnlp porta II r ISA ?e lli. nmvu wv are vitally interested, and they si'on Id jive heed to this message. If the people of the South do not wake up end do something to take care of ti':e coming cotton crop conditions will be worse than they were last fall. Tl:ey ft.-/! > v * - ^^ oAm^f hin C* J18VC an OppiW'luuiijf w; uir ovuxviu?u0 and that something is contained in the message of Senator McLaurin. At any rate what he faas to offer is wortfa considering. He will speak at Pomaria v next Friday. Tie people of Newberry county will be given the opportunity to Ihear him on this occasion. The auditor has a very important announcement in this issue to the trustees in wijich special school taxes \have been levied. The trustees of the ?/?hnnis in which these taxes have been Uevied should readily co-operate with tfce auditor in this matter. There is another matter in which the trustees and the auditor might help y the schools, and that is gaing over tfcc books and getting the dogs and polls duo to Pflch disitrict credited to that I district. The law requires that the dogs and polls in each school district be credited to ti:at district and that the trustees see to it that all the dogs and polls be placed on the books. As the matter has been worked, the dogs and polls have been apportioned something after the custom of apportioning tfce three mill tax. The purpose of the law is to give the trustees an incentive to see that all dogs and polls are on the tax books. We know something about that bank equalization question. We Lad to pay to learn. Two York county banks that were liberal customers of ours withdrew all relations from us merely be cause we gave tne puonc rne coia iacis in regard to the matter. Such is our deliberate opinion. And we have had occasion to study the whole subject as carefully as a lawyer. We ?ave no hesitation in saying that n our opinion Assistant Attorney "General Dominick understands the situation thoroughly, and we do not think that Fraser Lyon is capable of helping him a great deal. ?Yorfcville Enquirer. At any rate it would scarcely be con sidered exactly ihe proper proceeding to have a lawyer come in a case with another lawyer when the two had not conferred about the case. They might contradict each other and make a very embarrassing situation. But the law is very clear ti:at when additional counsel is employed for the State it must be done through the attorney general's office. Mr. Lyon, who has held the position of attorney general, should know that as well as any one else. We know tJ':at Mr. Bominick would not go into so important a case without thorough preparation. everybody gets rich but cotton planter i (CONTINUED FROM- PAGE 1.) ;:t this picture?that's how Germany 1 :"3.' It was a knight of old, on a great var horse, his nostrils breathing fire, while the knight on his back, with a great sword in his liand, was hacking at a lion trying to catch his steed by ' the throat, a great bear setting his teeth into his flanks, and wolves all around him. That was tfais German's idea of the Fatherland. I think England sees herself as a wealthy, digni faed, amiable old gentleman, who has! always 'ruled the roost,' trying to re-i store order in a troubled world, so ti .at j t!:e golden stream may continue its; flow into his fat coffers. Russia sees j herself as a great bear shut u;> in a; cruel trap, starving to death, with i plenty on every side, hacking and bit- ] ing, trying to get to the Medite; ranean j Sea in order to gain an outlet for her! wheat and otl-ier products, so ?3 to bring prosperity to her people. Poor little Belgium is like a dead game bull terrier. She sees three or four Great Danes in a big fight, and with more courage than discretion dashes in to do or die. A slap with a Dig paw, ana j one fierce shake, and sS:e lies on the ground, limp and bleeding, trampled over by them all, but still holding with a death grip. The Turk believes that his religion is threatened and the green flag of tJ" e prophet has been sent to three hundred million Mohammedans t in Europe, Asia and 'Africa. Italy got in because she couldn't stay out The Balkan States, former friends, now sullen and suspicious, ready at trie first moment to fly at each other's throats. In the midst of it all, poor old Uncle Sam is sitting on top of ti e fence gettins: richer every dav. with no army, a few good battleships, some submarine? which are true to their name because when they go down they never come up any more. Everybody is getting rioh except ti':e cotton planter, and he don't matter much, anyway. Our vessels are torpedoed; our products forbidden the aeas and all the natinnc tell us to help ourselves if we ca:a. Mr. Bryan drinks grape juice, quits, and preaches the 'Prince of Peace' as long Vs Carnegie pays the bills. Our president is helpless. We have wallowed in tf:e fatuous belief that no harm could come to the United States; so we are forced to tell Kaiser Bill, 'If you kill any more Americans we will consider it an 'unfriendly act."' Sunday School Convention Saturday. The Sunday school convention for Xo. 7 township will be held at Cross Roads churcfc, Saturday, July 31st, 1915, beginning at 10:30 a. m. Following is the program: Address of welcome, J. S. Werts. Response, W. A McSwain. Wr\x\7 t/->. YT?aka Rihl/j. FVaI i orh tf n 1 ! 11V M kV AUUXW/ -l-'A Rev. T. C. Croker. The Home and the Sunday School Harnessed Together, Dr. E. C. Jones. How Can We Improve Our Township Work? (Mr. J. S. Dominick. Dinner on the ground. Is the Union Sunday School a 'Success? Mr. Arthur Kibler. Factors That Make ?or Christian Citizenship; (a) Tiie Home, Mr. J no. C. Goggans; (a) Sunday School, (b) The Secular School, Rev. S. P. Koon; (c) The Church, Rev. C. T. Asbill. Business meeting. We urge all the friends of tine cause to be present and lend encouragement to the workers. Persons coming by train will be met at Chappells. J. S. Werts, "ownship Chara'n, RUSSIA STANDS FIRM TO PROTECT WARSAW Austro-German Forces Have Been Able to Move Only Once in Week's Time. London, July 25.?Only the northern tip of the pincers the Austro-Germans for more than a week have been trying to close around Warsaw and the Russian armies in the Polish salient ihave moved the last few days. T-is poin* .?iS forced its way acros^ the Xarew river between the fortress of Pultusk and Rozan, and is advancing tov.ards ti:e tfug river, wmcn stands for the greater part of the way between it and the Warsaw Vilna railway, its objective. The other point, which Field Marshal von Mackensen is directing at the Ohblm-Lublin railway, ha& gained hardly a yard since it reached t):e villaee of Reiovetz. just south of the railway. In stubbornly resisting the German advance the Russians are making a continual threat at >von~ Mackensen's flank along the Bug river from east of Cholm to east of Lemberg. Between Kryl and Sokal their -attacks fcad been especially severe, compelling the Germans to send reinforcements to meet them. Along the Vistula, south and west of Warsaw, there has been little change except for the German occupation of positions evacuated by the Russians wfc.en they drew in /their line. While Warsaw is under heavy pressure the Austro-Germans have a lot of stiff work before them if they are toj capture the Polish capital. After crossing the Xarew they still have the broader Bug, lined with fortresses, to face; while in the south the Russians have good positions north of the Lublin-0:olm railway which might prove the undoing of the army that attacked them. Many are of the opinion that the most dangerous attacks at the moment are those in the provinces of Courland, V. " Kovno and Grodno, at t' e lines of communications between Warsaw and the northern interior of Russia. These attacks are being delivered for the most part bv the cavalry and doubtless will be met in due time by a concentration of Cossacks. The French report another success in the iV'asges at Ban de Sapt, where they claimed to l ave taken more than 800 unwounded prisoners. The Germans admit the loss of trenches there. There is no diminution in the Italian offensive along the Isonzo< river, which the Italiaiy'say is progressing favorably for tJ:.em, but which the Austrians declare is meeting with no success. News of Excelsior. iExcelsior, July 26.?We have had good rains in ti -is section aad crop prospects have been much improved. Mrs. J. H. Kibler is viiting her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Stone. The summer term of Excelsior school opened last Monday morning. Miss Leila Curlee will teach the school again another year. Mr. J. A. C. Kibler f:as been on a visit to relatives at Helena. Mr. Ernest Feilers of Columbia has been on a visit to Mr. J. A. C. Kibler's family. Mrs. J. S. Wheeler and daughter, Miss Nannie, of Prosperity ihave been on a visit to friends in this section. Mrs. Willie Blanton and children of Orangeburg are spending some time with her father's family, Mr. A. A. Nates. \ Mr. and Mr^i Enos Hartman of At lanta, Ga., spent Thursday witia Mr. A. M. Counts' family. Mr. and Mrs. Aumerle Lorick of Irmo and Mrs. Jacob Geiger and little Miss Lillie Belle of 'Columbia have been on a few days' visit to Mr. J. D. Lorick's family. Now would be a fine time to use the road drag while the road is in good condition for it. Mr. Willie Cook has been spending a few days in Asheville, N. C. Mr. Enos Counts and daughter, Miss Jennie Ruth, spent Monday in Colum uia. R. F. HAYNSWOBTH DROPS DEAD President First National Bank of Sumter Expires Suddenly in Birmingham Station. ?? t $tfews and Courier. Birmingham,. Ala., July 23.?Robert Francis Haynswortl:., president of tue First National'bank of Sumter, S. C., dropped dead here early this morning at the terminal station, while waiting tn natnb & train fnr his Come in South Carolina. Death was due to heart failure. Mr. Haynsworth, with his son, Robert Francis, Jr., was returning from Shreveport, La., where the two had been visiting tl_e older Haynsworth s brother. They reached Birmingham ai 6:30 this morning and were waiting to change trains when Mr. Haynsworth became suddenly ill. He died within a few minutes. The deceased was prominent in South Carolina banking Circles, and in addition to being president of t".e Sumter bank was a director in other institutions. His remains were shipped from Birmingham this afternoon to i South Carolina. PRESIDENT SENDS N SYMPATHY MESSAGE I Expresses Sorrow of the Country in' Telegram to the Acting Mayor of Chicago. Chicago, July 25.?Acting Mayor Moorehouse of Chicago today received the following telegram from President Wilson, at Windsor, (Vt. "I am sure I ipeak the universal feeling of the people of ti:e country in expressing my profound sympathy and onrrfiTD in tVio nrp.s'pnrp of the creat 3V14 V" VMV j*"~ w disaster which saddened so many] homes." j A cablegram from Sir Thomas Lip- i I ton said: "I am greatly shocked to see by the day's newspapers tl:e catastrophe that has fallen on your city. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who have lost their dear ones. If you start 3 relief fund put me down for $1,000." i A message of condolence came from j the organization of the Gen. Slocum ; Survivors of New York. FEAR WAS MOTIVE. f rppn ronsidered Victim Sort of Jo-1 ?.ih?In Terror of Mobs. Milledgeville, Ga., July 24.?(William Creen stabbed Leo M. Frank in the prison here last Saturday night because he feared the prison would be attacked bv a mob bent on lynching Frank, he told Gov. Harris today. The governor came here with a committee of the legislature to investigate prison conditions and get Cree's statement, as Frank's assailant had said he would tell his tory only to the governor and B. H. Haraday of (Macon. H&raday has cot been in Georgia since |dr. f. c. martin 1 A SIGHT Specialist Examines Eyes, Fits Glasses and Artificial Eyes If your eyes are giving you trouble; foil t r\ r>/-\ncn1t Viim uuii L iaix iw v-uiitJui i iiiAJa Satisfaction Guaranteed ; Office over Anderson's Dry Goods Store. We Will Pay Cash For Eggs, dozen - 15c Hens, pound - 10c Friers, pound 12c Miller Brothers !~ i Prosperity, S. C. j NOTICE. ! All of my customers who wish to ( Duy ice ticKets win piease ao so De tween now and August 1st, 1915, or I . will sell no more ice after taat aate. | Ti -e poor trade on ice has forced me i to go up on t;ie price. I will continue ' to keep icefi bu.t after August 1 1 will i not sell any more tickets. Please bear | this in mind and get all the tickets . you want between now and then. I G. W. KIXARD. : I ; NOTICE TO TRUSTEES. ! ! It is utterly impossible for the (County Auditor to know the location ! i.nd amount of real and personal property in districts having a special tax, I unless he has ti.e assistance of thej trustees of the special districts. I j therefore request and urge that all j trustees of special school districts | rv% A A+ i r\ * V? A ** rtflR A A I IIICCC 111 CJUC AUU1LU1 o Ulll^C a L U11JLC1ent times between now and the 15th of 'August, 1915, and check over tlie returns and place the amount of real ! and personal property due to be taxed ! in their respective, districts. Eugene S. Werts, 7-27,td County Auditor. . i i the attack. Crecn said that he had planned the . I attack several days before it took place I j out said notning 10 any one aDOut it. [ When asked if he had outside instruc-] tions he fell on his knees and swore i that he had not. Te said that the knife he used was ' not tue one he used when killing hogs J that Saturday as.reported, hut t)-at he: he had stolen the weapon from the J kitchen Friday before the attack. He | hid it in his bunk, he told the gov- j j.jrnor. Alter his statement was taken j I he bared his back to disprove reports j that he had been flogged since the attack. "I felt that as long as he (Frank) ! was here there was danger of the pris- i i on being attacked," Creen said. "I j | was afraid the guards and the people! [ making the attack would shoot at i each other and people be killed, so I came to the conclusion that it was my j duty to save the people from danger to which Frank's presence exposed them. So I decided to kill him." Frank's ^condition is much improved today. The investigation by the governor | and the State prison commission was j completed today. W. S. Wightman. Saluda, July 23.?W. S. iWightman, J one of the best known citizens of Sa- j J luda county, died at his home a few: miles from Saluda Wednesday ^fter- " noon. He was stricken with paralysis Saturday afternoon wftile in his buggy on his way home from a barbecue at D P. McCarthy's, and never recovered consciousness. He was near 68 years of age. Mr. Wightman was a soldier in the War Between the Section, entering the army when a mere boy and serving the entire four years. He was county 'superintendent of education of Saluda county several years. Mr. Wightman was married twice, tl'.e first time to a Miss Bodie and the second time to a Miss Herlong, both of this county. He is survived by his wife and eigl':-L children by his first wife and four by his second, as follows: Mrs. Frank Matthews, Senator G. W. Wightman, (Mrs. G. T. Crouch and Cantey, Gladys and Mary Alice Wightman of this county and Wesley R. Wightman of Greenwood, 'W. R. Wight man, principal or uie vjarnsit? i Higb school; Frank Wightman of Newberry, Mrs. Pickens Brooks of Greenwood and Mrs. Millie Livingston of i Orangeburg county. The deceased was a nephew of_the [late Bishop Wigi:tman of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. ! The burial took place at Emory church Thursday afternoon, t.ne funeral services being conducted by the Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat. Her Tragedy. "Why did you never marry?" 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