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' Volume 18 CHERAW, CHESTERFIB| t COUNTY, S. C.. SEPTEMBER 17, 1914 Number 45
NOMINATE INK
BETHEA AND 8HEALY ARE ALS(
'NOMINATED?ALL GET BIG
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MAJORITIES.
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MANNING'S MAJORITY 28,641
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Big Tide of Votes Sweeps the Win
nere In More Than 110,000 Votes
Were Cast in Second Primary.
Columbia.?Further returns fron
the second Democratic state prlmarj
made but little change in the stand
ing of the candidates, the result in nc
case being close enough to be affectec
bv the few additional votes that cat
come In. The later reports merelj
serve to add somewhat to the major
lty of the winners?Richard I Man
ning of Sumter for governor. A. J
Bethea of Columbia for Jieutenam
governor and Frank W. Shealy ol
Lexington for railroad commissioner
With the bulk of the vote account
ed for the standing is:
For governor?R. I. Manning, 73,
739; John G. Richards, 45,091; major
It y/ 28.648.
For liuetenant governor?A. J. Be
thea, 72,461; B. Frank Kelley, 45,951;
majority, 27,510.
For railroad commissioner?Fran!
W. Shealey, 79,168; C. D. Fortner, 39,
068; majority, 40,100.
For congress. Third district?Wyatl
Aiken, 11,616; F. H. Dominick, 8,209;
_ majority, 3,407.
The total vote at the primary Is
between 118,000 and 120,000, apparent
ly, as against 132,000 cast at the first
primary.
RICHARD IRVING MANNING
Hj^QK^BHB|
Richard I. Manning of Sumter, who
defeated John G. Richards, of Liberty
Hill, for governor of South Carolina
in the second primary by a majority
of over twenty-eight thousand.
The tabulation of the vote shows
that Mr. Manning carried 42 of the
44 counties .including Mr. Richard's
home county of Kershaw and all the
big counties of the up-country except
Cherokee and York. In Cherokee Mr.
Richards' margin was 200 and in York
his majority was 38. In all the other
counties Mr. Manning was the leader,
polling large majorities in many of
them.
Mr. Bethea. for liteutenant governor
was close behind Mr. Manning's handsome
vote, carrying nearly all the
counties tnat nis cnier-eiect am.
Mr. Shealy'| victory was even more
complete, his opponent, C. D. Fortner,
carrying only one county.
Mr. Manning's majority Is said to
be the greatest ever given a candidate
for governor In a second race,
and far outclasses that given to most
candidates in recent years.
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Family Stricken With Pellagra.
Anderson.?J. A. McNeeley, a resident
of the Pendleton cotton mill village.
petitioned the county commissioners
to receive him, his wife and
five children in the hospital at the
county home, declaring that all seven
of them are suffering with pellagra.
This includes every member of the
family. The board acted favorably on
th application. Tobacco
Market Is Good.
I Florence.?In spite of the war scare
I tobacco in Florence is bringing prices
L that make the farmer smile. The
9 warehouses here are having great
breaks daily now and prices are ranging
high. In several Instances general
floor averages have gone as high
as>16 1-2 cents. The Florence tobacco
men claim that they are paying at
least twice as much, and in one instance
three times as much, for the
same tobacco that was sold the preceding
day on other markets, and
tickets turned on the piles.
Schooner is Ashore.
Georgatow? ? The steam fishinp
schooner A. M. Hathaway, 1*17 tons
Capt. Luce. Greerjport, X. V., is hard
ashore at North Inlet, Winaah Hay
and she will probably leave her bones
there. She is broadside on the beach
drawing 11 feet and with a scant sii
feet around her at high spring tide.
She is practically full of sand anc
water, her siphons and pumps ar<
clogged with sand and there is scarce
ly one chance in a hundred that sh<
will ever again float.
f'Where Can I Get Seed Wheat?"
Commissioner Watson said recent!]
that he had been receiving many call
through the bureau of marketing ask
Ing for wheat seed. A farmer near El
liott has written: "Where can I ge
the seed and at what price? Any in
formation will be highly appreciated
I want this year to raise everythini
I use. if it is possible, and I will nee<
the flour next June and need it bad
We have a first class roller flour mil
about ten miles from our place."
11 SEEKING MORE BANK CREDIT {
J Rlohlaad County Farmers' Union '
Meet and Discus* the Sotton
Situation.
' Columbia?Richland County Farm- E
ers' Union met in regular session ro :
cently with representatives from near- !
ly all the local unions and some visiting
members present making a good j
attendance. .
j Addresses by T. W. Scruggs and E. j s
J. Watson on the cotton situation | ^
were heard with interest. Col. Wat- (|
son described the arrangements that 1 0
'* had been made to help the farmers to I p
secure credit and advances on their j ^
cotton when properly warehoused and j M
urged the farmers to take advantage ti
i of these arrangements and hold their ti
r ootton off the market. . .\
The committee on the organization
, of the Richland County Rural Credit G
I Society reported progress and was a
, continued. s
r The following. resolutions were a
. adopted: ?
o rrrft nroo imnn tVio ti
* ru, A Uttt nc ??ftv U|/v.. V..V.
members of the farmers' union and
i all other fanners not to sell any cot- -A
f ton at all for at least 30 days. )n
"Resolved, That we hold all cotton I
. and cotton seed until we have exhansted
every possible source of cred- "
. It thereon."
The union placed Itself on record
as opposing the present low price paid
. by the mills for cotton seed and urges g
the farmers to hold their seed unless
a better price Is paid or a more s
: equitable exchange is proposed. A f(
. pound of meal for a pound of seed is ]?
considerel by the union to be Just and a
. fair. e
It was resolved that a committee of u
three, with the county president as tl
i chairman, be appointed to visit the j ti
banks in Richland county to ascertain b
their attitude in reference to the ex- B
tension of loans made to farmers and
rendering them financial assistance in tl
this crisis. The committee is com- e<
posed of C. W. Suber, president of tl
the county union; F. H. Roberts and tl
C. W. Thomas.
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Cotton Leaf Worm in Batesburg.
Batesburg.?The cotton leaf worm
(Alabama agrillacea) has appeared in T
the neighborhood of Batesburg. E. A.
McGregor, the representative of the
United States bureau of entomology in
this state for cotton pests, has recelved
complaints of the alarming occur- gJ
rence of this pest from Batesburg to q
Rock Hill. The last serious occur- m
rence of the cotton caterpillar was In m
October of 1911. I a(
As a rule the pest does not arrive j <j<
in this locality until so late that lit- l
tie or no damage is occasioned by Its jj
ReaLEstete
Loans
Insurance
of
All Kinds
and
Bonds
,
icMvity. The present appearance at
this date, however, is most alarming
since the denuding of the foliage at
this time will have the iirevitable re- Pf
suit of curtailing the crop. Practical- ca
ly no bolls that are immature at the er
time of the stripping will open. It
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Newspaper Man Represents York. ar
Yorkville. ? W. R. Bradford, well B0
known in Columbia as a newspaper
man, was nominated In the second 0l]
primary for the house of represents- ^
tives from York county. In the Sixty- ce
second congress. Mr. Bradford was
one of the secretaries of the printing
Investigation of congress, of which flr
Representative Flnley was vice chair- m
man, and a few years ago was bill
clerk of the State senate. In the first
primary on August 2F> he lacked 4?> jK
votes out of a total of more than gI
4,000 of being nominated. j
In
W. E. Gonzales Visits Columbia. d<
Columbia.?Wlliam E. Gonzals of
Columbia, minister of the T'nlted
States to the republic of Cuba, left
recently for Washington after spending
with relatives here some days of gj
his constitutional yearly leave. Con- u
ferences with various persons in ofTi-: p(
cial life will engage his time in Wash- b]
ington. Capt. Gonzales expects to en-, tl
joy a quiet rest on the shores of Lake <p
GeiT Re with Mrs. Gonzales and their j ^
little daughter before returning to his j ^
post in Habana. ' tt
Amiens Evacuated. jj
Paris.?The evacuation of Amiens > '
by the Germans previously reported in j r
news dispatches has been announced ^
officially !
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Seeds Carried by Birds. 51
[ The way in which feathers and 0
other foreign matter will adhere to
and accumulate around the seat of
injuries to the feet of birds is well } c
, known. The most famous case is that :
quoted years ago by Darwin.
This was that of a red legged par- ^
1 tridge, which was found to have a ball r
, of earth measuring T-% Inches in cir- | a(
; j cumference and weighing ounces '
, ' around one of its feet. After soften- I '
- I u . I e
i nig uiu earin a uuuiiH-r ui |
removed therefrom and sowed.- No ''
I fewer than 82 plants came up, repre?
sentlng at least five species. This ex- , *
- perlment demonstrated one of the
i many ways In which birds may dls- *
perse seeds.
Rinderpest In Philippines.
Rinderpest, the dreaded cattle dls7
ease, has broken out again among the
! Philippine herds. Its principal dam- J
age Is done among the carabao. The "
'* stock cattle are now comparatively | j.1
I* few, and flourish on the remote ( J
t ranges among the foothills. Rut the
h carabao are the chief reliance of ag-1 j
I rlculture In the Islands, and abound
wherever there Is cultivation of the ^
z I soil or the transportation of crops. |
3 The disease Is now reported from the
! most Important agricultural prov1
, lnces, and the death rate among the I n
I draft cattle Is very large. i J
Zv:.:.:..; Admits
Allies' Success
lerlin Official Notes Say Kaiser's
Trcors Were Forced Back With
Loss of Fifty Guns and Thoucands
of Prisoners.
London.?"The first official admlsion
on 'hn German side of success
?y the Allies." says a Central News
ispat.h from Antwerp, "appears in
filciul communications Issued in Berl:i
tHis afternoon. General von Stein
unounct-s that the German army,
liich had advanced across the Marne
o tlio east of Paris, was heavily atackcd
by the enemy between Paris,
leaux and Montmirail.
"The fiRhting lasted two days. The
arinan army had checked the enemy
- ' a/luonoa/1 Kltf
II11 Ilitu cvtru uocu ou??nvvu,
tronger hostile columns came to the
ssistance of the Allies and the enenijr
on the battle, compelling German
mors to retire.
"Fifty guns were captured by the
.Hies and some thousands of men 1
lade prisoners.
"To the west of Verdun fighting coninuos.
The situation in Lorraine and
lie Vosges is unchanged. The battle
1 Eastern Prussia has been resumed."
The military expert of the "Times"
urns up the situation as follows:
"The Allies have very promptly
eized the correct moment for an of- (
?nsive return and according to the
itest news have opened a general
ttack to the German army on a front
xtending between Verdun and Paris.
: is supposed that the whole force of 1
ie Allies are in line, with the excepon
of the troops which are holding
aok the army of the Crown Prince of
avaria in Lorraine."
There is an unconfirmed report here I
rnt the German commanders request- ]
1 an armistice to bury the dead, and
lat Gen. French, who is commanding
ie Allies left wing, would not con
ent, fearing it was a ruse to gain
me for bringing up reenforcements.
wo French Soldiers Get Flag of Ger- f
man Regiment.
t 1
Bordeaux.?An official announce
lent says that in a recent combat two
ildiers of the 137th Infantry, Brous- 1
ird and Turcot, captured the flag of
ie Twenty-eighth Regiment of Qer I
.an Infantry, whose colonel was also
ade prisoner. In recognition of their
;t President Poincaire has signed a
jcree conferring the Cross of the i
pgion of Honor on the flag of the i
! 7 tint eg im ent. I
p |,
We make aspecialt
Phone 84 May
Story of St. Paul's London.
There la an anecdote concerning St.
tul's worth recording now that the
thedral's repairing is under consldatlon.
Sir Christopher Wren tells
In The Parentalla: "In the beginng
of the new works of St. Paul's
t Incident was taken notice of by
me people as a memorable omen,
hen the surveyor In person had set
it upon the place the dimensions of
e great dome, and fixed upon the
nter, the common laborer was or>red
to bring a flat stone from the
?aps of rubbish (such as 6hould
st come .to hand) to be laid for a
ark and direction to the masons;
e stone, which was Immediately
ought and laid down for this purjse,
happened to be a piece of
avestone, with nothing remaining of
ie inscription but this single word
i largo capitals?Resurgam."?Lon.>n
Chronicle.
Busy Bees.
No wonder the honey bees have been
iven the honor of being the busiest
ttle creatures alive. A scientific exsriment
has shown that r. red clover
lossom contains on an average less
tan one-eighth of a grain of sugar,
here being 7,000 grains in a pound,
ie bee that makes a pound of honey
iust obtain Its material from no less
tan 56,000 clover heads. Rut this Is
ot all. In order to get the nectar the
ia nAnmnllud trv Incort Ito nrnhnfldii
lto each floret or flower tube comosing
thy head of clover, and there
re, it Is said, about sixty florets In
very head. The Insect must, there)re,
perform this operation 60 times
G.ooO. or 3,360,000 times, in order to
btain a pound of uectar.
otton Alone is Down.
Washington. ? Average prices of
radically all important agricultural
roduct- on September 1 showed inreases
.ver quotations of one year
to. the review indicates. Cotton was
ie marked exception, dropping nearr
3 cents a pound. Nearly all the
rains showed big increases, while
vertigo prices of meat animals on
pgusl 1.1 were $7.63 per hundredeight
compared with $7.20 a year
go. and $6..16 In 1912. Corn adanced
from $0.7.14 on September 1
ist vear?to ?o.S1fi this month.
The Test of Art.
Where tho weakness of the artistlo
fe really lies 1b that It Is often not
iken up cut of mere communicativet'BH
and happy excitement, as a'chlld
ells a breathless tale, but as a device
3r attracting the notice and earning
fie applause of the world; and then
: is on a par with all other self-regardig
activities. But if it is taken up
ith a desire to give rather than to
pceive, as an irrepressible sharing of
elight, it becomes not a solemn and
ignified affair, but Just one of the
lost beautiful and uncalculating imulseB
in the world.?A. C. Benson in
le Century Magazine.
Swearingen jTi
pulsory
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" >EED IS KECOGXIZED" ?
jtf b
Seeks Suggestions Toward From kg f
Measure That WW Be Practi- ,
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cal and Serviceable.
? '?
The need of a compulsory schUI
attendance law is recognized through- c
out the Statpt according .to Jj. B. j'
Swearingen, State superintendent (Of' ^
education. He has sent out a lett hr
to well known South Carollnlniai I, ^
asking their opinion as to the natu e jj
of the compulsory law to be consider d j
at the next session of tthe general at 1
sembly. He says that the only diff?
ence among the friends of educatim ?
is found in the terms of the st&lillk g
"It is certain," says Mr. Swea|fc ?
ingen, "that the legislature of 194 I
will be asked to work out a practice ^
solution of this question, hence it g
highly important that the most prn<
tical and servicable measure be erf.
acted." 11
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Points to Consider. > a
It is pointed out by M.. Swearin
gen that the law must deal with
following points: vi
The age of pupils, 7 to 13, or 8 t ?
jo ! 0
i ?
Maximum distance pupils mitf i ^
walk, 3 miles or 2% miles. j
Maximum number of pupils to*b :
Instructed by one teacher?certairil; j =*
aot more than 50. W 1
Fiee textbooks for peoupils needinfi^
Buildings to be erected at couitty$c
ind State expense in districts unabtvfc
o pay for adequate school houses. Ijc
Liberal State approprations.
veak districts, in order to provide a4^
ninimum term, preferably seven jfe
nonths. This policy will necessitate 9j
y of writing fire Ins^^^Ha
Losses^nd
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nard-Raley Realty
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Deposit y0
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IN
The Bank
, Cherat*
STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER BA]
4compou:
0 in savin
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BELGIANS THORN TO KAI8ER.
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Capture Airship and Wipe Out Two j
Small German Forces.
Antwerp.?A German aeroplane, fly*
ing In the neighborhood of Lotteghem,
to the west of Malines, was fired on
by the Belgians. The wings of the I
machine were injured and it "was
brought to ear'h. The two occupants j
were made prisoners.
Thirty-five German troops on bicy- j
cles have been killed at Londerzeel, j
west of Malines, by a Belgian patrol, I
and at Zamel 17 Germans were killed. :
GERMAN PLOT IN AFRICA.
Long Have Been Storing Arms, Count- !
ing on Aid From Boers.
London.?That the Germans In j
Southwest Africa* where there are 30,- ]
000 German troops, have been storing j
guns and ammunition for some time, j
;-?**uaring for military action, has been j
made known to the British. It is said i
the Germans believed the Boers would ]
aid them.
Although the Germans proceeded j
with great secrecy, the British offl- I
clals have been fully Informed. ^
ITALY IN A FERMENT.
Believed Government Is at Breaking
Point With Former Allies.
London.?A dispatch to the Chron- 1
lcle from Bordeaux Bays: "Much attention
is being paid here to the possible
inclusion of Italy and Spain in
the number of countries at war.
"The strained relations between
Italy and her former allies have been
greatly aggravated, while in spirit public
opinion Is becoming most Insistent
for a declaration in support of Great i
Britain and France." . I
alks of Comducation
, State tax of not less than one mill
r not more than 2 mills.
Enforcement can be Insured only
y a truant officer and by adquate
enalties. First, a warning; second,
r flnne; third, imprisonment or a
haingang sentence.
Needed exemptions for certain
lasses of childrek
Prohibition of the employment by
orporations of illiterates under 21
earfe of age.
Length ?f school session diiring
rhich attendance is coupulsory. Since
he constitution of 1895 empowers
istrict trustees to use district funds
a their discretion, the school term'
luat probably be regulated by disrlct
boards. "In my opinion," says
Ir. Swearinger, "compulsory atendance
should be required throughut
the full session?nine, eight,
even, six, five, four or three months.
Inch a provision will be flexible, will
ult local needs and will help to solve
he difficulties of the race problem."
Other provisions whidh can not be
icluded. in this outline, but which
uggest themselves, are:
Local Racking.
"In my opinion," says Mr. Swearigen,
'"whatever atjhool attendance
iw hi enacted must receive the conent
in the territory affected before
t can be successfully enforced. Speial
school taxes are. now voted in
ach district by the resident electors
rho return real and personal proprty
for taxation. Almost one-third
f the people of the State have delined
to vote a local tax, although
lie schools in a majority of these
Istilcts are in need of money.
"In my Judgement, school attendnce
must be regulated in the same
tanner upon petition of a majority of
be i reeidet electors in any school
Mulct, in any aggregation of adDining
school districts or in any
ounty."
The superintendent says that the
o^rattojfe^^tho 0f the Stat^
nd represent only the best (
Promptly
& Truft .Co., Ag
ur money
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of Cheraw
s. c.
KKS IN THE COUNTY COHHINEIi
nded quarterly
igs department
5 KAISER CABLES g
WILSON PROTEST g
S Sends Wire Personally on Use g
; of Dum-dum Bullets g
5 by Allies. 8
g WASHINGTON. ? President ?
B wn.nn p?r*iu?H a neraonal ca- ${
Ible from Emperor William of ?
Germany protesting against the C
U6e of dum-dum bullets and the 7
participation In the war by civ- C
ilians of Belgium. The message ?
expressed also the German Em- ?
peror's deep regret at the de- ?
atruction of the Belgian city of*S
Louvaln. ?
"My heart bleeds for Lou- 2
vain," Is one of the phrases 5
which the Emperor Is under- C
stood to have used. He declared, ?
however, that the population of C
5jj Belgium had offered such reels- ?
5 tance that his generals had in ?
X many cases found It necessary ?
D to administer severe punish- C
S ment. r
The Eternal Wonder.
What is most astonishing, according
to my way of looking at it. is that
tpen should bring each other into
siich a state?that men who have seen
Biich & sight should not sink down
on their knees and swear a passionate
oath to make war on war?that if they
were princes they do not fling the
s ivord away?or if they are in any
position of power they do not from
tl lat moment devote their whole action
li i speech or writing, in thought, teach,
ii g or business, to this one end?Lay
d >wn yoir arms,?Baroness Von Butt
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PURSUED PURSUE; |
VICTORS FULL BUCK!
BATTLE OF MARNE MARVELOU8
REVERSAL OF ROLES OF
CONTESTANTS.
GERMANS ARE RETREATING
Days Are Getting Brighter For the
Allies.?No Reports of Kaiser's
Army For the Past Week.
London.?The sixth week of the war
between Oermany and France, Great
Britain and Belgium has brought a
vast transformation. The pursued are
now tho pursuers. The irrestible
sweep of seven German armies
through Belgium into France met
Immovable resistance at the River
Marne.
The army of General von Kluck,
which so long battled to turn the
Allies' Western flank, was slowly and
steadily outflanked. Its retirement before
the small but hardy British army
turned the tide of battle.
Today, if French official reports
are correct, all the German armies
except that facing Verdun and a
few miles southwest, are retreating.
General con Kluck's army, which a
week ago was a few miles southeast
of Paris, has retired more than 60
mues 10 me noruieasi, wane uu mc
extreme right the army of the Bavarian
Oown Prince, which was attacking
the French eastern line from
Nancy to Eplnal, has fallen back to
the frontiers of Lorraine, permitting
the French to reoccupy Lunevllle and
several other towns.
Sunday, September 6, was the darkest
day of the war for the Allies. The
French Government emigrated from
Paris to Bordeaux In long sad procession
of motorcars. An attack ob
the Capital appeared Imminent and
the main German force had hammered
a huge wedge Into France between
Paris and Verdun, with its center
some miles south of that line.
The French people trembled with
the question whether their army was
not a beaten army; whether the history
of 1870 will repeat itself.
The battle of the Marne, which was
decided In a week, Is regarded by military
critics as the most marvelous reversal
of rolae of two armlep known.
)ld line companies ?
v
;ents csec7' you
In their view it appears to have
decided the first phase of the war and
to have made Impossible the plan
which the German staff Is supposed to
have had of smashing the French by
one comprehensible stroke and then
turning the bulk of the German forces
eastward to confront the Russians.
The military experts, however, are
still cautious. While recognizing the
possibility that the German armies
may yet rally and draw a strong defensive
line, they recognize also the
possibility of the almost complete
evacuation of France and Belgium.
Paris announces that the Germans
have evacuated Amiens. The position
of German reinforcements of 60,000 reported
to be marching south on three
roads In that neighborhood Is not
known.
The Belgian army Is credited with
* " I ?* xo/utminv Driia.
me aeieriiiuiituuu iu i.
eels and claims to have cut the railroad
between Liege and Brussels,
thus severing an important Qcrman
line of communication. It claims to
be pushing the scattered German
forces, composed for the most part of
reservists, toward the southeast.
Military authorities In France consider
the position of >the German
armies critical. The army which was
south of the Argonne Forest, they
argue, hardly can retreat eastward
owing to the danger from the strongly
held French fortress of Verdun, while
the mountainous character of the
i Argonne district renders retreat due
north impracticable. The left wing of
the Germans they believe, must retreat
in a northwesterly direction.
They also cherish the hope that the
Belgians may succeed In clearing the
j Germans out of Brabant, when the
entire German army would be obliged
to retreat on Lux?nburg, an opera:
tion which they liken to the passing
of a large stream through a narrow
' bottle neck.
I Th? fiorman version of the battle
of Marne Is yet to he heard. The
German official wireless tonight is
silent regarding the operations of the
past week In that theater. It records
1 a local success by the army of the
| Crown Prince, which, It reports, took
I a fortified position southwest of Verdun,
and the beginning of an attack on
the forts to the south of Verdun.
Once at Least.
Addison Mlzner, the noted vlveur,
told, during a visit to Atlantic City, a
story about a beautiful young widow.
"In her white bathing suit," he said,
I "with her blond hair and her suppple
grace, the widow Is certainly not?ha,
ha, ha?tho widow' Is certainly not
a-mlss.
"Two flhow girls discussed her rather
enviously as she glided past them
In her rolling chair the other day.
" 'She looks so demure,' said the
first, 'and she Is so rich and*so beautiful?I
wonder It she ever had a Joy
ride!*
"'Oh, I'm sure she had,' said the
other show-girl, 'when she attended
the sepulture of her octogenarian mil-1
llonalre husband.'"
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South Us ?s Too Much Pot.'.sb,
Columbia.?the scarcity
of potash, due to war In Europe, W.
Starke of Now York said rec.-nt y in
Colombia, tuat Southern farmers are
given to overuse of potash. Mr. Sunk#
has long bee.: .associated with one of
the largest raw fertilizer material Iraporting
houses in the United State?.
Mr. Starke said: v
"The f trt..er of t'.e South faces an
economic problem brought about by
the pr -ant war in Europe. It Is for
hint to devise and practice economy
in every branch of his business. A
study of his needs in the use of commercial
fertilizer Is one manner In
which large savings can be made. It
is a well known fact among the Intelligent
farmers of the South that
entirely too much potash In Its various
forms has for years been used.
The different state departments of ag-*
riculture, the United States department
of agriculture and the various
state experiment stations are entirely
agreed on this face and have Issued
bulletins from time to time advising
the farmer to use less potash than
has been his custom.
"As is widely known, all the commercial
potash used for fertilizing
purposes Is mined in Germany and
the company that controls the sale of
potash In this country very naturally
has been anxious to Increase the consumption
of potash and with that end
in view has advertised extensively
that the average soli needs far more
potash than Is actually the case. On
the other hand, all disinterested authorities,
without exception, state
that there is enough potash In the soil
of the Southern States to last for
many years. It Is far better to take
the advice of experts on the subject
than to follow the directions of a
company that controls this partldhlar
article.
"The farmer of the South has been
spending millions of dollars annually
for this almost useless material. The
present European war has made It
Impossible to get potash to this country
and after the present limited supply
in storage is exhausted there will
be no more to be had until matters
are settled abroad. During the coming
year the farmers will be convinced
that they will raise Just as good
crops without the use of potash as
they have with It. This does not meat*'
that the farmer should not use the
other fertilizer materials, ammoniates
and phosphates; but it Is to allay his
fears that he can not raise a maximum
crop without potash.
Dispensary 8ales During Auguft
Dispensary sales In the 15 "wef*
counties during August aggregated
nearly $200,000?or, to be exact,
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$198,699,?7?according to a statement
compiled by M. H. Mobley of Columbia,
state dispensary auditor. Expenses
aggregated $11,046.94.
Richland's total or sales is $63.334.30,
all for dispensaries in the ctiy
of Columbia, except $8,561.80, which
represents the sales of the dispensary
at Eastover.
Sales in other counties were as follows
:
Charleston, $51,126.15; Aiken, $13.794.65;
Barnwell. $16,395.20; Bamberg,
$8,715.57; Calhoun, $4,620.85;
Dorchester, $6,306.80; Florence, $59,588.28;
Georgetown, $13,861.42; Jas|
per, $1,711.80; Orangeburg, $23,570.05;
j Lexington, $11,7'J0.$5; Beaufort, $9,208.40;
Union, $14,849.73; Williamsburg.
$7,367.70.
Senators Join Buy-A-Bale Club.
Washington.?Southern senators organized
a branch of the "buy a bale
of cotton club," which originated in
I cities throughout the South, each
member pledging himself to purchase
at least one bale of cotton to store
away until next year. Senator Sheppard
of Texas Is president of the
senators' club.
At a conference today senators and
representatives In the cotton-growing
states indorsed the resolutions by the
j cotton congress that legislatures prohibit
by law the planting by any
farmer next year of more than half
this year's cotton acreage.
Matches and sex.
i Most of the men and women In the
Brltlsh islands?to Judge from my let
ters?seen? to be buying matches an,i
striking them in order to discover that
curious difference of sex. To pulp
some fifty letters It may be said that
the general view Is that the average
woman strikes a match away from her
because 6he wants to light something
i away from her body, and a man takes
the other direction because be wants
to light a pipe?in his mouth But
wait! The man is the economist in
the striktng of matches. He knows
his match and its habit of breaking
The woman, striking out with a finger
and thumb, smashes the frail timber
twice out of three times The man
plants a thumb and two fingers round
the match, encouraging the fragile
timber and nursing the light in his
palm. It would be fun to have
matches (boxes equal) between men
and women?which could light most
cigarettes, striking forward or backward?London
Chronicle.
Florence Will Aid Farmers.
Florence.?The people of Florence
have shown a decided zeal in the
"buy-a-baleof-cotton" plan, and announcement
is made by the chamber
of commerce that the market Is open,
and all who will buy the bale are Invited
to be at the corner of Evan9
and Dargan streets, the cotton market
of the city, and get their bale.
Regular buyers will buy and grade
the cotton, and those who wish to
warehouse it will get regular receipts.
i'he warehouse now available in the
eltv will hold 2,000 baleB.
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FORNOFOOK
I WILL BB GOVERNOR OP ALL \ !
THE PEOPLE/' 8AY8 RICHARD j.JSj
I. MANNING.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of 8outh Carolina P?o>
pie, Gathered Around the St^te y
Capitol.
Columbia.
"I will be governor of all the peo* . pie,"
said Richard I. Manning, gov- ,
ernor-nomlnate of South Carolina, In
a statement Issued by him recently L&gHMj
while in Columbia. Mr. Manning came jbfy
over frotn his home at Sumter and
was greeted by hundreds of Cplum- >
blans as he walked through Main
, street to bis Columbia headquarters.
The following statement was given V
out by Mr. Manning:
"I wish to express my thanks to ffi '
the whole people of South Carolina. ^
The tremendous vote I received means
but one thing?that the principles I -.jHH
adocate, law and order, peace and v,
harmony, struck a responsive chord j
fn the hearts of our people. V-f
"I can not single out any set of . x" M
men to whom the result of this election
is due, since so many men in so ; ~
many places worked so steadfastly '
and so earnestly for our cause. T ' ^
the farmers, the merchants, the mi I , ijbt
chanics, the textile workers, th I W
traveling and professional men an I
to all others who contributed to the '
nderful result, my profound thanks
are due and hereby, given. It will be 7?
physically impossible for me to express
my heartfelt appreciation to the fH,*
loyal friends who worked with and
fpr me <Wept in this statement to ^
"I would be wide of the mark if I wB
did not express my earnest apprecia- ^ *
tion of the splendid work done by the
newspapers of the state; theprees^w^^>?4i8
as a whole was untiring lirlts UflbFl to ^
show the people only the true issues *
and to present public matters in a true "It
would be ingratitude on my '*i
pkrt, however, not to mention eepe- ' J*
oially the loyal support given me by '
my home people in Sumter and by the
members of the Young Men's Manning
"I consider the result of the campaign'of
1914 a triumph for all the
agencies which work for the moral
uplift of our people and not as a personal
victory.
"In conclusion, I wish to say, as I
have said many times before, that as
governor of South Carolina I will %
be governor of all the people; that I
will not recognize any faction, but
that I will serve the whole people to
the utmost of my strength and capacity,
with heart and head devoted only
to their welfare."
Suggests Cotton For -Shoe Uppers.
"Why not start an agitation for%
Ihe upper of high shoes and the*
throats of low quarter shoes to be
made of canvas?" was a question received
at the state department of agriculture
recently from George Waterhouse
of Beaufort relative to the
cotton situation In South Carolina. ,
"You would be astounded," says
Mr. Waterhouse, "if you were not so
' ell informed, to learn of the hundreds
of shoe factories in this country,
all competing for the almost stupendous
trade of the American people.
Even in this little town the
number of the calls we get from the
representatives of the shoe companies
impresses one with the tremendous
possibilities for the cotton producer
if the agitation could be started and
carried to completion."
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Supply of Potash Most Out.
"Nitrates will come as usual from
South America," stated Commissioner
Watson recently, "and probably in
greater bulk, as the war in Europe ?
does not affect the nitrate situation.
It is the potash supplies that are worrying
us."
Fertilizer Sales Increased. ?
Farmers of South Carolina have
purchased over $31,000,000 worth of
fertilizers this year, according to re- ^
ports filed in the office of the state
treasurer. The tag tax fund amounts
to $257,568 to September 8, as com- . . 4
pared with $223,507 on the same date
last year. The total sales of tags during
1913 amounted to $240,448. The
Increase so far this year is over $17,000.
There is a tax of 25 cents on
each ton of fertilizer and the proceeds
go to Clemson College.
Bleaae Issues Two Paroles.
The governor has Issued a parole
to John Caughnian, colored, who was
convicted of assault with Intent to
ravish and assault and hAttery with *
Intent to kill in the January, 1908,
term, Lexington county, and sentenced
by Judge John S. Wilson to 20
years and 5 years, respectively, in
the penitentiary. A parole has been
granted Jesse Harrison, who was convicted
of violating the dispensary law
at the January, 1914, teTm, Greenville
county, and sentenced by Judge John
8. Wilson.
His Powerful Appeal.
Some time ago an aged clergyman,
who had been engaged to preach a
charity sermon for some orphan children,
on rising to deliver his discourse,
was unable to proceed from failure of
strength. Stretching out a feeble arm
over the group of orphans, and turning
to the congregation, he addressed them
thus: "Whence shall we buy bread
that these may eat?" These few pathetic
words proved more effective
than the longest sermon, the congregation
was touched to the heart, and
heaped up the collecting plate with
their offerings,