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i TVOULD MOBILIZE FARMER'S FORCES tail Intimates That Influencing Legislation Will be an Important Fa actios. The State. The -South Carolina Central Stat# Farmer's union has been organized to ^ V* A na?f rtAnilif IATIO thof th^ AllUCL LUC AiVTjT WUM1V1VU9 buu.w ?- < jtrodncers of this State are soon to be called upon to face." The purpose of tie new organization was explained ia. & statement issued yesterday by i If. O. Stuekey, J. Prank Williams, B. Harris and E. J. Watson. Commis-j ?i<jp.er Watson will act as secretary ?.Q<1 trwiflorflr r?f tfiA bodr without VSLY ! And all farmers in the State are urged to join. Those who have gone into tke farm loan associations are urged join the new movement. The following call has been issued to the farmers of South Carolina: Address to Farmers, To the Farmers of South Carolina: The new conditions that the producers of this State are soon to be called upon to face have made it of primary importance that there be organized without delay a central working body of the Farmers' union of South Carolina, upon such a basis that the entire body can be called into concultation from time to time at Columbia for counsel and consideration of those matters that affect the economic welfare of the 80 per cent, of the people of the State, and when necessary to voice the attitude of the farmers on important questions, both State and national. A a conference of members of the State Farmers union and other farmers, held in Columbia Thursday, Octo ber 26, the situation was fully discussed; the problems immediately facing the farmers were considered carefully; the new instrumentalities for putting the farmer on a surer economic basis, all for years advocated and urged by the Grange, the Alliance and the Farmers' union, now at last enacted into law by the national and State governments, were dispassionately explained; and it was the unanimous conclusion of those pres ent that the prime need of the hour was a working organization with headquarters at the capital, which irould he a mobile body, easily and quickly assembled when the emergency demanded?a body in which each j member would have full right to: voice his opinion, a body non-political yet of such character and representation that its expression on matters of needed legislation would carry, not alone weight, but counsel of value to lawmakers and administrative offi~ cials. Old Organizations Stand. Being assured by the commissioner of agriculture of the State that such a body was earnestly desired, indeed, imperatively needed for the pending battle with new conditions on the "tarm, and that its central headquarters would be welcomed in the department, the conference immediate* 3 - i-u ? c?, A; +V.? ly proceeuea wiui iue lurwauuu ui tuc South Carolina Central State Farmers' union, to be composed of all farmers eligible to union membership who would send to the secretarytreasurer the annual fee of $1. All existing local and county unions will stand and will not be interfered with by the new body. The present general officers and executive committee of / the State Farmers' union were made officers of the new -body and the commissioner of agriculture of the State, E. J. Watson, in order that expenses may be kept at a minimum, was requested to act, and duly elected secretary-treasurer, to receive each, member's dollar upon direct remittance. The fullest cooperation in the work of organization of all the farm demonstration forces, the deparftnent of agriculture, JClemson college, and all other official and unofficial agencies working in the cause of agriculture. was enthusiaastically invoked. Brings Bacon Home. It was pointed out that in at least one prosperous South Central State, where the farmers always succeeded in getting what they desired, this idea was the basis of organization, and that through such an organization a campaign of education, through proper distribution of information, was most profitably conducted; that in emergencies the body met, counseled and spoke plainly its wishes, and always was effective. Tn +Tio formorc nf tVio 5+ota +Viaro_ JL\J tliC vi. vuv fore, tliis announcement is made by this committee below, and we most earnestly urge every fanner "who has his own welfare, the upbuilding of Ms section and the well-being of his State at heart, to come promptly into ? GRIFFITH T. FUGH MADE PRESIDENT >ew ExecutiTe Has tfeen mm ms Methodist School for Eleven Years. < Tiie State. GriiLuh T. Pugh was unanimously elected president of (Columbia college yesterday at a meeting of the trustees held in the office of F. H. Hyatt, Columbia. Dr. Pugh has been acting president since the resignation last June of the Rev. W. W. Daniel, now pastor of the Methodist church at Latta. Connected with the college for 11 years. Dr. Pugh is intimately associated with the institution and the I school has thriven under his manage ! meat. The school is under the direction of the two Methodist conferences in South Carolina. Trustees present were the president of the board, the Rev: E. O. Watson; F. H. Hyatt, P. A. Hodges, the Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, the Rev. A. N. Brunson, the Rev. S. \ B. Harper, the Rev. A. J. I Cauthen ,W. S. Stubbs, W. J. Murray | and L. L. Hardin. ! \ J NEWS FROM ROUMAMA UXCERTAINIXfOSE j ! Conflicting Statements About Opera- j tions in That Theatre Considerable | Keal Doubt as to What is Happen-1 ing. Except for the announcement that the Roumanians before their retreat' from Tchernavocla blew up the big1 bridge spanning the Danube river, j thereby placing an obstacle in the - " -L' - -J ~ ? + I way oi me auvaut'e ui uic acuiv-uiiv, allies from Dobrudja into Old Ronmania if such a move was intended j by them little fresh knowledge of the j real situation in that sector of the world's war has been vouchsafed by I i either the Roumanian or Teutonic allied war chancellories. .According to Petrograd,' the force of the violent blows which Field Marshall von Mackensen had been delivering in his rapid drive northward in Dobrudja has slackened somewhat, although Berlin asserts that the Teutonic, allies are still making progress against the Roumanians and Russians. Along the Transylvanian front the Roumanians and Austro-Germans are still engaged in hard fighting at various points. Berlin reports that in the Trotus valley, south of Paroituz, and one the roads to Sinaya and Campulung the allies of the central powers have met with further successes. On the other hand, Bucharest asserts that ! the Austro-Germans have been driven from the entire western frontier of Moldavia, northern Roumania, suffering heavy causualties and that in the Usui and Oituz valleys the Roumanian armies alsc\ have been successful. Again the Germans have delivered counterattacks?four in number? against the newly won Trench positions at Douamont, in the region of Verdun, but like all of their efforts since the big French drive of Tuesr?o\r thpi/ wprp sur.ressfullv with stood. Similarly, a violent attack against the British in the Stuff trench, I north of the famous Stuff redoubt near Thiepval, was put down, the Germans suffering considerable casualties and the loss of 41 men made prisoner. Elsewhere on this' front there were only artillery duels. In the wooded region of the Carpathian mountains the Germans esL J t - ?-Vt ,DA4?IA?i?O^ TTT A 1? sayea assaults tu WC icuugiou no.* ! efftce, their eflorts failed. In Volhynia to the west of Lutsk the Russians, without previous artillery preparation, attempted to storm with infantry a German position, Berlin says. The German artillery, however, broke up the sortie.Two villages southeast of Lake Doiran, on the Macedonian front? Golobrada and Laisitsa?have been captured by the French.. Elsewhere in this theatre, the fighting is being done mainly by the artillery, although there is still infantry activity in the Corna river region. The Austrians are holding an intense fire on the Italian positions in Goriza. The British mine sweeper Gensita has been torpedoed and sunk with the irvoc r\f oil hor officers and 73 of her AUkJO VI. 4?V? crew of 85 men. the body. Those who have gone into! the farm loan associations we "urge to become members, Reeling sure that' their membership will result in the wisest handling of the problems of the immediate future in this State. rvv\ o. stncKey, J. Frank Williams, B. Harris, E. J. W-atsoa. % HALL APPOINTED OTTOX BREEDERj Will Deyelop New Types of Early | Maturing, Quick Fruiting Varieties. The State. An imnnrtant atari in thp famnfli?!! I by Clemson college and the farm demonstration forces to combat the I boll weevil was taken yesterday, with j the announcement that E. E? Hail,1 farm demonstrator for Richland county, had been named to devote his entire time to cotton breeding work. The announcement of the appointment was made after a conference between -ft". W. Long, State farm demonstration agent, and Bradford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work in the South. "Mr. Hall has been appointed to devote his entire time to the breeding of cotton seed of early maturing varieties to meet boil weevil conditions," said Mr. Long after the conference. Mr. Hall, a graduate of Clemson j college, was appointed two years ago j as farm demonstrator for Richland j county. Before coming to Columbia, he was a professor in the agricultural \ " - i college ui utwanuLua. HOUSEAL HITS IT. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. "The Dutch weather prophet" well j sustained his reuutation, when here > sometime ago he stated that we might look for frost about the 8tli and 17th J of October. We have had three or | four frosts scattered along. The heav1 iest on last Saturday morning and on j Sabbath morning. A light frost oc- j curred back of that about ten days, j Mr. Houseal also predicted 18 cents j , cotton "by December 1. Friday of last I week it sold in our Due West market j is_~a noTit? Thus it is that the Dro- I I "" * I i phet has more than 40 days time to i j his credit. I i I ~J' ' Alive With j the National Spirit That lively,quick-action, hitthe-mark-every-time taste of "Bull" Durham has made it the Smoke of the Service from Maine to the Philippines, j There's crisp, brisk snap to a | fresh - rolled "Bull" Durham j cigarette that just suits men of ! spunk and spirit. i ! genuine: ! ! "Bull Durham SMOKING TOBACCO A "roll your own" "Bull** Durham cigarette has distinctiveness ? character?per sonality. It gives you that wonderful mellow-sweet flavor and unique aroma which are not found in any other tobacco. Learn to " roll your own" with "Bull" Durham ? a few I trials will do it?and you'll get far more enjoyment out of smoking. Ask for FREE ; package of "papers" with each Sc sack. | THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, be. Wlwwftf You Need a Qeoenil Toni: Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the j, wellkncowx tonic properties ofQUINDfE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood anu Hnfldi up the W jole System. SO cents THE SILVER STREET LITHERAX CHURCH ? ! Settlers began to camc into this part of dewberry county about 1745. There are so many German names and i^oTman familioo In tVm oAmmiinlto Luuii iuumivg ill tuc wv/iiiiuuuibj that it is very evident that there were Lutheran people here from the first. 'VVny some of these are now outised the Lutheran church is explained, in part, by the fact that there was no Lutheran church in the community. The majority of thft TjUth?ran m>r>r>1? whn r^ mainea in the Lutheran church held their membership at St. Luke's church near Prosperity. St. Luke's church wa? too far awiay to hold its own in this section. In 1872 preaching services began to be held at Dead Fall, and the people1 were looking forward to a Lutheran church. In the minutes of the South Carolina synod for the year 1875 ther? n i is this paragraph: "The Dead Fall | mission has ;been cared for by the .\ewDerry conrerence ror nearly tnreej years. At the last meeting of the: conference it v.as voted that the misis- j ters of conference should raise col-1 lections to aid in building a church \ as soon as the people at Dead Fall raise four hundred dollars for that' purpose. The prospect is bright fori rj. house of God to be erected at that DlaCe at no distant day." The church was never built, doubt-! less because tne rour nundred dollars were never raised. In the fall of 1903 I went to St. L Lukes, S. C., and become pastor of St. Luke's church. In a short while I was told of the Lutheran people at: Dead Fall, und that I should visit i them. Among those who mentioned this matter, there was Dr. W. E. Lake who added the following re mai'K: "inese people ougnt to nave a Lutheran church up there." This was the first time that I heard of* the need of a Lutheran church at Dead Pall or Silver Street. I soon made a visit to the community baptizing Maggie Boozer, William Dewitt j Boozer, Jerome Faegan Havird and! John Grady Long, but began no movement for a church. In 1907 I made a visit to the home of the late Mr. Thomas S. Blair. He informed me thjt Mr. G. A. Ropp had moved to Silver Street and was mak-, ing an effort to build a Lutheran church at Silver Street. I soon found that the movement was gaining strength and that it was of sufficient importance to receive attention. In the spring of 1907 a meeting was called iat the home of Mr. B. M. Havird and the question of building a church was considered. The fact that there was no church of any denomination here appealed to me very much. It was decided that a church be built, and the beautiful site which the church now occupies was select ea. The movement was full of en- j tnusiasm, but yet it soon began to lag. i In the spring of 190S, I was en- i couraged by the Rev. Z. W. Beden-! taugh to believe that aid in building , a r?hiiTV?.h rrmlri 'hp sppnrpri frnm thp i South Carolina synod. I then renew- i ed the work. In the meantime Mr. j B. M. Havird had erected a school! house at Silver Street at his own expense. On Daster Sunday, Mr. H. 0. Long came to St. Lukes and asked me to v jme to Silver Street and hoU 9ervjce occasionally in this schooi j house. On the following Sunday Ij held service in the school house, which was probably the first service of this kind held in Silver Street. The ser vice was wen auenuea. It was at this service that I found that Mr. D. B. Wheeler had moved into the community. I toad known him before and his presence was ver> j helpful to me. A: Sunday school was ^ organized with Mr. D. B. 'Wheeler as j superintendent. After some montns an effort was' I made to organize a congregation. A i call was made for charter memberg and the following persons responded*. Mr. D. B. Wheeler, .Mrs. D. B. Wheeler, Mrs. Susan Long, Mr. Jno. W. Long, i Mrs. J no. \v. Long, Mr. H. U. Long, ] Mr. D. L. Hamm, Mrs. D. L. Ha mm. Miss Rose Hamm, Mr. George Hamm, Mr. Z. W. Taylor. Mrs. Z. \V. Taylor, Mr. N. R. Taylor, Mr. K. S. Still well, Mrs. K. S. Still well, Mr. Q. A. Epting, Mrs. Q. A. Eptirig. Mr. Jen-! nie Havird, Mr. B. M. Havird, Mrs. B. M. Havird, Miss C. Annie Stephens, Mr. H. T. Fellers, Mr. Lawson Fellers, Mrs. Lawson Fellers and Mr. Aster Fellers. The congregation was then organized with these twenty-five cHartei members to be known as the Silver Street Evjngilical Lutheran church. Mr. H. 0. Long gave tlie lot, and both fund* axud building materials be+/\ >>q trafhorArl fnr the church &O.U w "V, fc>?? 11 building. During the spring of 19091' the "building was erected. It was finished by the day of Pentecost ana at that time the first 6ervice was held in the church. The house was filled with attentive people and the prospects were very bright. During the year of 1910 the entire church debt was paid. In this work the South Carolina synod gave assistance. The church was then dedicated absolutely free of debt The corner stone was laid on Saturday. In this service I was assisted 'by the Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh. The dedicatory sermon was preached on Sunday by the Rev. J. H. Harms, D. D., president of Newberry college. Dnrina ttio y\f 1Q11 T m/irad ? - - ?f) v ?.? ?? V* A M>W ? VU vv Summerland, S. C. and the congregation was supplied from Newberry by the Rev. E. C. fWStt. In the spring of 1912 I was elected principal of the Silver Street graded school and at the same time I re ceivtjQ a can 10 uecome pastor 01 me Silver Street Lutheran church. The school work did not appeal to me very much but the church work did. There v\as no church in Silver Street except the Lutheran churcb and there was a tract of country more than fourteen miles across in which no pastor of any denomination resided. It was an unoccupied field and I came. Almost ms soon as I arrived the Question of building a parsonage began to be agitated. The movement gathered strength and during the summer of 1914 the parsonage was built. It is one of the most desirable homes in Silver Street, one that should delight the heart of almost any pastor. During the full of 1915 it was deemed advisable to separate the church from the school. An effort was made io unite silver street, Mayer Memorial and Summer Memorial churches into a charge which was successful. The pastorate was formed and continues in existence -at the present time. Since the organization of the Silver Street church, sixty seven members have been received into it. Seven h.:ive been removed by letter. Three, NOMINATI' Good for l1 In THE HERALD J tion Ci I nominate Mrs., Miss. Address Nominated by In the Campaign, only sent in for each candidates Deep Never go dry them. Submit u blems. Any size to 8 inches. D. O. FRIC! Little Mou] r r A o JT V-7 JX i One 1916 New Ford Tourini miles. Will sell at a bargain. One 1913 Model Studebakei painted. One 1914 Model Ford Tourir One 1912 Model Ford Roadsl One 1912 Buick Roadster, a 1 Oik- 1912 Maxwell Demonstr One 1916 Maxwell Roadster t^t/> at c Wiit iy 1 J iUVtVlVJ V.?V v>> j. good shape. One Mule in good order'and When in the market for a ne of the best makes for the mom land $855 00. Chalmers $11 S. C. CAROLINA 1400 Ma \ t * Ihh-r.* Mrs. Susan Long, Mr. D. B. Wheeler and Miss Cynthia Anne Stephens, have been removed by death. The present membership is eighty-three. S. P. Kooq. FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH Story Written by Thos. W. Lairao* Several Years Ago. Robert Warwick, the DODular mat inee Idol, will return to this eity at the Opera House today, when he will be seen in the Worki Film presentation of "Friday, the Thirteenth," the Thos. W. Lawson story which appeared serially in "Everybody's" magazine a few years ago. It will be remembered that when 'Mr. Lawson was contributing to this magazine, its sales reached the million mark, and was I never as popular as when this noted 1. ~ Dili ' BLUCiv. ui un.ni *>cvo a. wuiuvuiui, LTUL of all his stories, "Friday, the ThirI teenth" stands out prominently as j the most vivid, fascinating and interj est absorbing that was ever written. ' In the film play, made under the direction of Emil Chautard, William A. Brady and Mrs. Lawson collaborated in making it a film masterpiece. 11t has already created quite a furore ! u-hprpver shown, and will Dositively make the biggest hit of the season when shown in this city. EDiSO> GOOD ANGEL TO HOXEYMOOX PAIR Athesns, Ga. Oct. 26.?Thomas A. { Edison solved the difficulties of a ! bride and groom liere late today and prevented delay to the honeymoon, when he invited Dr. and Mrs. 'Clarence B. Bell to share his private car with him. Dr. Bell, a resident of Charleston, S. C., was married here . today to Miss Lillian Robinson of J Athens, and a late train threatened M tc delay their wedding tour. Mr. fl Edison was en route to Atlanta oa H a special train with a number of tele phone officials when he learnd of the J| pnunlp'f? nreriieament. vx/%.r.w ? 4 ' ON BLANK 0,000 Votes WD NEWS Subscripampaign the first nomination coupon rill be counted. Wells urkpn uaii npprl 11V11 J VM is your dry profrom 2 inches to C & BROS. ntaiD, a. t. SALE I Car, has been run about 500 r in first class shape, newly lg Car, a bargain at 5130.00. ter, bargain at $75.00. bargain at $150.' Tires good, ator, will sell at a bargain, at bargain price of $400.00. T;res good and machine in also one pony and buggy, w car see us as we have three ey. Maxwell $635.00. Oakso.oo. Delivered Newberry, AUTO CO. . in Street r| I is