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Ererj Cornor of the Town ud Country ^ ^ ^ ? ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Wffl Bring Business to Yon tl^ mow Through Our Columns. B B"^BT | J * Goes to n Mall Order HomJU. Vo^e 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD feUNTY, S. C.. APRIL 6, 1916 Number 23 jH DEATH CLAIMS CHARLES A. SMITH / SERVED AS GOVERNOR 1 Timmonsville Man Held Many Of. ' flees of Public Trust?Funeral on Sunday. Timmonsville, March 31.?Charles v A. Smith, former governor of South e Carolina, died ut a hospital in Balti- p ' more tonight at 9 o'clock. Mr. Smith had been ill for some time and sev- ^ oral weeks ago was tuken to the hos- s pltaL His condition was known to he serious and bis wife, two sous and a daughter were with him when the ll end came. The funeral services will be held in M Timmonsville probably on Sunday. C. 1' Ray Smith, his son, left tonight for 1 Baltimore. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, p who before marriage was Miss Fanny a L. Byrd, three daughters, five sous, \> two brothers and one sister. v The daughters are Mrs. H. T. Lane a of Reidsville, N. C., Miss clnre Smith ^ of Greenville Woman'o college and r, Miss Fannie Byrd Smith of Tlmmons- OJ vUle. The following sons survive: Hugh Smith, a student at the University of North Carolina; C. Ray Smith, M Charles L. Smith, Donald Smith and sl Edwin Smith. ,i] Honored by Fellows. P' Charles A. Smith was governor of w South Carolina from January 14 to C January 10, 1915. He became govern- l'l or on the resignation of the incumbent to and served until the inauguration of u Richard I. Manning. He was lieutenant governor for nearly four years and was a candidate for the Deniocra- ^ tic nomination for governor in the l>ri- . mary of 1914. He was an influential member of the lower house of the 1 general assembly before being elected to lieutenant governor. He is remem- ^ bered for his undeienting light hi the general assembly in behalf of pro- l? hibltion legislation. w h'l'f t tUM cWTOtcd nis niBftiis In and talent to the work, serving as uj president of the board of trustees of Furman University, a member of the se hoard of trustees of the Greenville ei Woman's college. . He was a member of the Baptist S church and for years was active in the work of the church, acting as ' president of the Baptist state con. 11 vention, vice president of the Southern Baptist convention and moderator of 11M the Welsh Neck Baptist association. Born in North Carolina. Ii Charles A. Smith was born in Hert- to ford county, North Carolina, 011 Jan- Sc urary 22, 1801. Ills father, Joseph ju Smith, was a farmer whose ancestors were North 'Carolina j>eople. Born t on his father's farm, he attented the ^ country schools near his home. ^ Through family friends he was able to borrow the money to defray his l< college expenses and he was graduated from Wake Forest college in 1,1 1882. He accepted a i>osition as tea- st pbpr at Timmousville in 1883. On ui January 8, 1884, ho was married to vl Miss Fannie L. Byrd. tl Mr. Smith was actively connected w with many business interests. He was |M president of the Citizen's bank and the Charles A. Smith company of Tim- g monsvllle and connected with the jM Smith-Williams company of Bake a City and other interests in this and a neighboring counties. f, He was elected mayor of Timmons- e ville in 1903. tl i 11 IBIS FIRST DOWNWARD STEP tl b g From Gospel Trumpet A young Waycross, Ga., official repeptly absconded after having looted the city treasury of $11,000. lie was, however, captured and sentenced. According to p report, it came about this w: ,! Tpn or twelve days before pay day one time he appropriated his monthly ( Sftl&ry of $126, intending to replace f it when h? receivod his regulur check. ^ But when pay-day caiue he had spent { it and in no way could he repay it. So he deferred for another month the t return of the money which he had appropriated. He did mot calculate on Stealing, pnd fully intended to return ^ the money, but each mouth he had v too many claims upon his salary to do so. After a while, in hope of winnlng money enough he went to gambling?and lost Frantically, he tried again?and lost, till at last bo had lost the entire eleven thousand In a futile attempt to recover the original lea*. , The Storm Passes. , Washington, April 4.?The southern j j!* - storm was off the Virginia capos this morning and moving northeastward ( The Chronicle?11 per year. 1 WHIPPING CONVICTS IS AGAINST f] THE LAW II Attorney General Gives Opinion to State Board of Charities and Corrections Charleston; April 1.?Mr. William .\ Cuutwell, supervisor of Charleston Jounty, has received the following Fi titer from Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, ecretary of the State hoard of Charlies anil corrections, regarding the shipping of convicts and other prison- ( rs and allowing time off for good belavlor. bu "Supervisor William P. Cantwell, Charleston, S. O.?Dear Sir: The ^ Itate board of charities and correc- eU] ions directs me to call your attention gp i> the laws of this State and to the 0f Lttoruey General's opinion thereon th< ith regard to two points: (1) whip- thi lug convicts and other prisoners, so J.) Allowing Lme for good behavior, nei tl) Whipping convicts and other ,su< risoners. On January 31, 1916, we ^ sked the Attorney General as to C? hether or not it is lawful for conlets on chain gangs In this Start* eg invictea persona In any claaa of 01 L'uul iustituLions, to be whipped, and iferred hiin to Article 1, Section 10, j*n t the Constitution of 1805. He re- W car Lied as follows: "lu reply thereto I will say that this yoi ictiou provides that 'excessive bail Thi iall not be required, nor excessive fee tie imposed, nor cruel and unusual of uuishments inflicted, nor shall any wrl ituess be unreasonably detained. 1 orporul punishment shall not be in- the icted. The power to punish for conimpt shall not in any case extend to mlt nprisoumeut in the State PenitenUiy' Am "The prohibition against the inflic- ^ on ofcorporal punishment extends, 1 my opinion, not only to prohibiting tiQ1 le Courts from sentencing a convict / 1 corporal punishment as was former- ^je\ permitted years ago under some a. ] ' our laws, but, in my opinion, this con ;ohibiticui extends also to convicts hav ho are confined in the Penitentiary agg wful to inflict corporal punishment whi ion them. *)rei "It is clear to my mind that if al1*" 'I uteuce of corporal punishment is uninstitutional, as it is, certainly the % t&k fllctiou of such punishment, without nteuce, would be imlawful.' Ulil "The constitutional provision above >ferred to will be found in 'Code of i aws of South Carolina,' Volume II, <jen ige 002. lint "(2) Time ofT for good behavior, anc i some counties the practice has been and i ullow one-twelfth ofT on convict's mtence for good behavior, but the ' iw now is one-tenth (see Acts of )14, Act No. 352, page 617.) This one- ? dith applies, in the Attorney Gen- to ul's opinion, to commuted sentences. ^ru e writes us under date of February 11111 ), 1910, as follows: 'ee< "I am in receipt of your of the 8th sas istunt, in which you ask, in Case the mtence of a convict has been comuted to a shorter period, is the con. >aya ict entitled to gic 10 per cent off of 1661 ie shorter period, the sentence to hich he has been commuted, for good jhavior. 8?' "in reply thereto I will say that 1 ection 1, Act No 352, Acts of 1914, Hil rovides that any person now or here- nig fter serving a sentence imposed by the ny Court of competent jurisdiction ga, jr six months or more, life sentence aU( xcepted, either in the State PenitenInt... AM 4nl1 At. Mnnn iVn mlmmU iuij ui vuuutj jaaif ut uyuu uao ywr c works of any county, shallbe enitled to have one-tenth of auch eon- , anew deduuted at the end thereof for no ood behavior. of "As a commutation la a reduction wo r change of the penalty Ipa posed toy wc judicial sentence, the power of 00) ominutatUm noting on the original entence of the Court cuts down and iodides that sentence, and to that a*. ye t>nt the cominute<l sentence Is, in my pr yO pinion, the sentence imposed by the !ourt in contemplation of the Act reerred to. I am of the opinion that P? t\r good behavior the convict is enit led to one-tenth off of the commut- mc WC d sentence under the Act referred t>.? ne "VVe trust that in so far as your J? ractlee may have been contrary to 1 he above referred to laws of this ttnte you will modify your treatment f your convicts and other prisoners hat the laws wlU be carried out "K<espectfuUy your, W "Albert S. Johnstone ttM "Secretary." ve "t< MAY VISIT COLUMBIA, ra Washington, /March ]8L.?President 1,1 IVilson probably will visit Charlotte *a day 20 for the celebration of the er Wi Mecklenburg declaration. m, Senator Smith of ? South Carolina :odny Invited him to visit Columbia sa ?n the same day. The president said 8e it would do to If possible. Q< ILY THIRTEEN COMPANIES STAY I I MUTUALS TO REMAIN , : i rat State of Fight Against Laney- \ Odom Law Ends With Eighty j Withdrawals. t Columbia, March 31.?Thirteen of * 8 93 stock fire hisurauce companies at were authorized last year to do e siuess hi South Carolina have re- * wed or given notice of their inten- & n of renewing their licenses for the a suing year, according to information o en out yesterday from the office the insurance commissioner. All e i old mutual companies and two or a -w more recently chartered will al- t, continue to transact business. The c iv licenses date from today for the needing 12 months. j" Che 13 companies are: Equitable of arleston, Palmetto of Sumter, South rolina of Columblu, Southern Home Charleston, Southern Underwriters u Greensboro, N. C., Southern Stock Greensboro, Underwriters of sensboro, New Brunswick of New b sey, New Jersey of Newark, Ameri- o: t Druggists of Cincinnati, Georgia fi me of Columbus, Pacific of New a rk and the Germanla of New Xork. oj a Germania has paid its license n a but hus not signified its intention establishing any agencies for the iting of business. Che combined admitted assets of u> se 13 companies amount to $14,,821.07, which is less than the ad- 111 ted assets of each of the following w ik fire insurance companies: Aetna, itinental, Fidelity-Phoenix, German- k erican, Hartford, Home, Insurance npany of North America, Liver1 A London & Globe and the Na- w ml Fire. inly one of the 13 companies, the v Brunswick, was a member of the B. U. A. last year, while 17 of the ipanies that were not memebrs $ e not renewed their licenses. The 73 .ch is about 11 per cent of the o miums received by all stock coin- fj lee in that year. here are about 50 mutual compa- tl s from other States which have gj en licenses and which will write erally special lines, such as cotton a Is, cottonseed oil {mills, lumber g( Is, hardware dealers, etc. ie 'wo mutuals, which will take li- p se and .write somewhat peneral iE (s, are the Fltchburg Mutual "Iusur- tt e company of Fitchburg, Mass., 1 the German Mutual of Savannah. He Had 'Em. lobby's mother had forbidden him a tight, but he came home one day, 11 ised and battered, with the blood ning down his face and two front Ih missing, according to The KanCity Star. Why Bobby," said the mother a] rally, "yon hare been fighting lIu, and huve lost two of your a th." g Oh, no, I "haven't, mother," replied young man, "I've got them both s< e in my pocket" b Tmmousville, March 31.?Sally Muy il, 5 years of age, died Thursday *s< ht as a result of being burned in P i afternoon. The child was in the 8 den where grass was being burned 1 her clothing caught fire. u ?re Money and Time For Brain Food D Keep preaching it that every onerse farmer ought to lake $5 worth papers, every two-horse farmer $10 >rth, every threeJhorae farmer $15 f rth, Southern farmers spend $50,),000 a year to fertilize their lands, we'd spend about 71.000,000 more a c ar to fertilize our brains, would oflts likely be doubled? And have ^ u ever noticed it that tbe man who too poor to take a paper" is not too j or to buy whiskey to stunt what f id-given brainr be has? Half the t >ney the South has spent for whiskey >uld give a library and a perpetual wspaper subscription to every home the South. ? The Progressive inner. < cLanrta Aaks For Extra Session ot ^ Tbe Legislature. 1 Columbia. 8. C., March 30.?State arehouse Commissioner McLaurin 1 flay asked Governor Manning to oonne the Legislature in extra session 1 o provide tor State insurance in view < the withdrawal of many fire insu- 1 nee companies from South Carola since the Laney Odom act. out- : wing the Southeastern Underwrite 1 s* Association became effective." It as said much State property shortly i 111 be without insurance protection. Governor Manning a few days ago id he saw no necessity for a special < ission and would not comment on raunlMioner McLaurin's request < % > SMITH SUBMlR NITRATES MIAWashington, Slprll 1.?Senator Smith, of Soutlflpjtrollna, submitted today as an anpbnent to the sen. ite army bill ? measure reported resterday from A agricultural cemulttee approprtBag fib,000,000 for he erection of &H. government water K)\ver plapta f2L production of nlrates and autfcB|dAg the president o designate watB power sites. Senator Smith fKppoeed to urge his imeudmeut as vsubstltute for the Juderwood amgflbent authorising iu Investigation a| to the beet avallble sites and Ast advantageous aethod of proddliBg nitrates, l'lans for a Bvernment hydrolectric plant to tMe nitrates from the ir was dlscussedjk a conference beween Secretary Mker, Gen. Crozier, bief of ordlngjML and Senator hlelds, author n the waterpower ill. No conclusion was reached. Gen. Crozier expensed belief that tie securing of a% adequate nitrate mnufacture was ^psentlal. Why the Cahi^Vaan't Made. The girl the ?Mwn married was eautiful, musical Mnd all that sort f thing, but she--Ms not strong on rizzling beef awftyashing potatoes, ccording to Tbiu Philadelphia Beo> rd. However, sh? questioned the eighbor ladies afliMAid her best "Billy, dear," Mlnrked the young ride as hubby rftMhed home at 1he sual hour, "I hatajlmade some love pics for suppsfr I was going to are sponge cak^T> , but my plans ere upset" "That's too bad,^9fresponded Billy, poking like reail (; disappointment 1 What was the trouble?" "It was aU the fragglst's fault" as the surprising rejoinder of wifey. He forgot to send a|pund the spongtart Argameat WMfc threat Britain ermans, Austrians and Turks t?ken om the American steanter 0blna nnw Qhannlial aanat**! v le State department and will be [ven out later. > The note is understood to insist on reat Brltalns right to seise enemy ibjects returning to fight. This, it i understood, the United 8tates is repared to vigorously dispute. The itention is to demand toe unco, onal release of the prisoners. Wanted. "Wanted: One thousand individu!s imbued with a modern spirit of tunicipal progress. "Wanted: Individuals who feel mt individual sucess depends on the meral advancement of the community "Wanted: A complete ousting of artisan spirit, destructive Jealousies nd weak confidence. Wanted: A cemented citizenship, broad, altruistic spirit; men who can ive as well as take. "Wanted: fvery man to take ome interest in the welfare and upuilding of the community. Wuuted. Criticisms without the ting of ill will, and a propaganda of romotlon without an overdose of elf.interest. "Wanted: Above all $l?e. a usability of purpose apd g wholesome, ntvaran 1 antr.tt nf MWtTMirAtinn. "Wanted: Citizens, without ?xeption, who feel Chat progress de>ends upon them and not upon someody else; citizens who will say, Let is do* instead of 'Why don't they dQ.' "Wanted: Men, without money, to eel that their influence is just as ne. essary as is that of any other man; ind men wiCb money who have the onfidence in qut 'citizenship, relourcos. and furture prospects to tnrest at home. 'Wanted: Each of us to refuse to isten to the whine of the pessimist, ind to open < ar ears to the song of lie optimist.' Ex MeBee Items The "Ford Fever" is still raging is >ur little Burg. A new case developei nearly every day. Be on, the look out t is very contageous. Mrs. Bishop of Columbia, Is visitinf relatives in and near toirn. Mrs. Li. e. Hurst and nieces, littit MIsbch Mae Belle and 1 rouclle Pate 3( Patrick, are the guest of Miss Mol lie Poston this week. Mrs. Dolly Seecara a id daughter Mrs. Sanders, spent last Thursday li Hartsvllle. \ Miss Mary Cad dell and brother Jw Bpent the week end wltJVlr Oouslx Mrs. J. R. Hall. \ Mieses Ola Betfcune an# Katie May of Bethune visited la towIiSatnrdny. Dr. Ingram spent TiismPT In BW r>p villa. M m \ . IKLZEI PASSES RIPE IN YEARS _____ < DID MUCH FOB STAID i Pioneer in Developing Cotton Mill < > Industry?Nearly Ninety Inn 1 M Age. ? Charleston. March 81.?Francis J. \ Pelzer, probably the richest man In t South Carolina, died here this alter- j noon. Had he lived until April 0 ho . would have been 90 years of age, hav- ? ing been born in Charleston. April 9. j 1826. t He Is survived by three sons and t Mr. Pelzer was among the first \ great business men of the State to t participate actively in the phosphate u and cotton mill industries in the State, t For over SO years he was a prominent a cotton factor of Charleston. p He was president of the Pelxer- 0 Rogers company operating a string of cotton mills in upper South Carolina. Mr. raiser was a modest although throughly public spirited citisen. His ambition did not include holding public office but he was alderman during r the administrations of Mayors Wag- e ner and Smythe. For many years he c has not actively engaged In his great ? business interests. d Villa Is Play lag Very Deep Gum a El Paso, April 4.?Both Mexicans * and Americans who know Villa per- * sonally, have little doubt as to th? 18 tactics he Is trying to pursue. They 1 say that the fugitive bandit is not r alarmed over any opposition he may t meet from his countrymen, but that he is devoting all his energies to plan- 0 ning the discomfiture of the American 11 forces whom he fears almost as much E as he hates. According to these ob- a servers Villa is anxious to puihi as e far south as possible with the purpose *" """HIM MimtitM mm-ntnrleans to the breaking point. With the comparatively few men under General p Persuing, a line of communication . 1< 400 or 500 wiles long becomes a ser- j ious problem. Torreon is 600 miles from Colum- b bus &c the crow flies, but a far greater g disance by he winding trails that are the only roads across northern j Chihuahua. j The free use of the Mexican rail- t roads for the transportation of both ^ men and supplies would, of course, up- t set Villa's calculation and immensely a Simplify Qen. ershlngs, problems. Army officers here make no secret of . their belief that some arrangements with the de facto govrnmnt for the . use of railways will become impera- . tlve If It proves true that Villa has . outdistanced his pursuers in his flight , south. .1 . ,U, I County Seat News Items. t Chesterfield, April 4?The town election will be held next Tuesday. ^ Mr. John Jordan, better known as 1 "Forty-five," who was hurt In an auto- 1 mobile accident here several days ago, 1 Is on the road to recovery. Mr. R. S. McLeoil, of Charlotte, was 1 here Friday and Saturday. i Messrs, k, I*. Farker, C. L. Gulledge, li Q. Ogbum, J. C. Sanders, G. M. 4 Rodgers and other Pageland citizens 4 were here Monday. Messrs. W. F. Stevenson, B. F. Pe- gues and others from Cheraw were here on business Monday. Dr. R. L. McManus has fitted up his I dental office over the Bank of ChesterI field and is now ready for business. M. John T W11 ret h fid O wsiut Kl*/\lrnn I while trying to crank o Ford Friday night. We notice that the quarterly report of the county supervisor for the 4th quarter of 1915 has not been published. RAILWAY WINS SUIT Abbeville, March 8L?The Jury found for the defendant in the caae of W. Grover Hollingaworth against the Seaboard Air Line railway. Mr. Hollingaworth claimed he was injur1 ed in a wreck at Whltmire January 4. 1 1910. He asked for 940,000 damages. ' Judge Wilson /adjourned court this afternoon to convene again Monday morning. i " i, The wise man never talks loudly of . how he is going to vote, because many things may turn up between now and . election day.?Orongeburg Times and i Democrat '? Let us sweep before our own door i? first hod take the beam out of our own J eyes, so that we can eee clearly bow to take the mote out of our neighbor's yard.?Florence Times. f m i ' Tie OreateM H pes yea* A.* Insurance Commissioner McMaster nn Will Aid fai Speedy Hearing on Oil Insurance Law. "It is not for mo to question the constitutionality of any act passed by the general assembly/1 said Fits Hugh McMaster, Insurance commissioner Ln a letter to W. M. OtlS, ctmirman >f the committee appointed by the x>mmercial bodies to devise a way to Chiel landle the Insurance situation. "But 1 k> far as I am Individually concerned [ can assure you that in case you do est the act, I shall be glad to have Ca he matter determined at the earliest crow xmslble moment" Cunn At a special meeting of the Ins or- Manj ince committee It was decided to em- the >loy attorneys to test the validity of uud he Laney-Odom anti-compact law in tions he original Jurisdiction of the su-i Stute ireme court The committee felt that j guest vith the cooperation of Mr. McMaster Wl he present situation could be handled Cla aore easily and quickly. Steps will U. T. e taken In the near future to secure U- T. i temporary restraining order on J->. II hose charged with the enforcement IJ-, J. f the law. Cla ?????? Mary Bodd'g Horsemen Enconnter Snow M It. L. Columbus, N. M., April 4.?Latest r eportB from the front indicated that very pass in the mountains, every any on and every means of e^ca; ou' ver the Rocky slopes was being guar. ;ed by the cavalrymen, assisted by a . ^ia letachment of mountain infantry, es- ^umi socially fitted for the work as a re- ^uut^? ult of observations of field service of he Alpine troops of the European 1 ri/A' lelllgrents. It was said that the purult is progressing under more favor- "s" >ble weather conditions, the high wnds ^U1U vhich for some days swirled snow and taia ain in the faces of the troopers having een replaced by a warm April sun. , *"31a Whether Villa can for any length if time make good his escape is a latter of much speculation, but army * uen here are inclined to believe that i it least, he has an even chance to ^lu vade his immediate pursuers horse, ??.___ ' Cla There is a slight lull in the battle C. It. aging around Verdun after the vio- first; ant fighting yesterday by which teh #ecom French pushed their way back to the Miss lorthern outskirts of Caillette wood Cla otween Douaumont and Vaux and re- Norto pined a footing in the village of Vaux. seeoui No infantry engagements occured Prize; ast night, according to the afternoon,' Clu 'aria bulletin The French artillery' Cinde lammt ing German positions in the Wutcl Faux-Douaumont sectors. The Ger- $lu; oans are declared to have made only $5. i feeble response. Clu Northwest of the fortress the artil- ie aut ery on both sides has been actively 1>. F. imployed along the Avocourt and Ma- L-urii ancourt, wfcere the salient in the line and i b gradually being straightened out by , ville, he southward push of the Germans. Clu Sven from the adjoining Argouno re-, Norte (ion, the German iines at Malancourt' Prise lave been subjected to a pounding by Clu he French long range guns. Klan A British powder factory in Kent Tuiut las blown up, causing the death or in- j ler, t ury of 200 persons. The ministry of j Clu nunitions declares the noonday lire ship, which caused the explosion was ac- cup 1 iidental Alvis Norway, says a Copenhagen dis- Howi >atoh, has asked Germany to investi- Clu Sate whether German submarines ship, lave been responsible for the sinking Smut >f the large number of vessels re- secou lently. Clu ? - ehuu Austria To Fight To The Bitter End Olid. London, AprU 4.?Coupt Stephen Fiza, the Hungarian premier, is quot- 1,1111 ed from Budapest, accordng to the lr Exchange Teiegraph Company's cor re annnrtont at imatarHam aa atntinc . . in an interview that Austria-Hungary j is not fighting to secre new territory, ib a but merely is united with Germany in tend a struggle until a fair and satisfac. 1)llU tory concluBon is reached. \Var "That is all we want," he is reported to have said, "The premier denied i ?0]j that Austria is sick of the war," but admitted that the war wus long, hard trai and painfull for all. UUt ??????? Geri Give The Girls A Square Deal I be ( Suppose that girl whom you tried infll to flirt with in the car today had been atti< your sister, and some other man had suni made the advances that you did, what def<i would have been your first thought? cho It would have been to hit him as suU hard as you could right between the . or eyes. Now, isn't this a fact? wer WelL then, whv ahould von tako a ' w side liberty with another girl which yon not would consider an Insult to your sis* aba *** tfhe Perhaps that girl la just as good in every way as your sister. gai( When you attempted to flirt with 0 j. her you gave the impression to others trie in the car that you thought that she a i was no good. Oh, yes you did. eas Were you given any encouragement Th< to make eaoh an advanoef but lend! horses AT CAMDEN SHOW TTRACTS MANY VISITORS ^ ^ t Executive Guest of Committee? t'rize Winners in Long List of Events. jv ..? inden, March 31.?Another large d witnessed the second day of Jen's eighth horse show today. '** r line horses were again seen in arena, and prominent horsemen visitors were here from all sec* of South Carolina and other s. Gov. Manning was here as the of the horse show committee, uners in today's classes were: ss 1?Stallions, Golden Rainbow, Little, first, $25; Half Rainbow, Little, lirst, $25; Half Blaze, . urby, Sumter, second, $10; B. F, N. Kirven, third, ribbon, as 5?Fine harnMw hnw? , G. T. Little, first, $26; Dan, W. oore, second, $10; Captain Job, . liebrou, third, $5. ss 15?Combination horse, Count mdorf, George D. Shore, Sumter, $30; Colon, Geo. T. Little, see$10; Hall Blaze, A. D. Harbj, er, third, $5. iss 17?Ladles' saddle horse, i, Mrs. D. L. Edwards,; first r, Miss liuth Baker, second; y Jack, Miss Locket, third, s, trophy and ribbons. lss 3?Single roadster, Lawson, Kirveu, first, $25; Billy, W. R. ling, Sumter, second, $10; CapBill, W. W. McCutcheon, Blahe, third, $5. ss 21?Planters' saddle horsey n Ludy, G. T. Little, first, $16 I, Ed Workman, Boyldn, second, Murdoch, H. Nettles, Jr., third, * . ss 8?Ladies Single harness v v , Daphne, Julius Levy, Sumter, Watchful, T. ?L Krumbhols, ?o- - g MlM-pr7?fifiu r''~""" ss 17 1-2?Pair of saddle horses, Little and Miss Marion Douglas, Master Todd and Miss Dwyer, i; Master Roland Crampton and Dwyer, third. Prizes, trophies, ss 25?Polo ponies, Easy, R. O. u, first; Sparrow, C. R. Little; d; Surprise, R. C. Norton, third. *, trophy aud ribbons, ss 16?Tliree-gaited saddle horse, rellu, C. G. Little, first, $25: liful, T. E. Krumbholz, second, Cush Boy, K. G. Whistler, third, ss 7?l'air harness horses, Brown1 Bet tie, C. M. Taintor, first, $25; J. aud Lawsou, J. N. Kirven, ugton, second, $10; Captain Joe unto, W. M. McCutcheon, Bishopthird, $5. ss 20?Polo ponies, Easy, R. O. in, lirst; C. 11. Little, third, s, trophy and ribbon, ss 12?Single harness horse, Miss i Kruuibholz, first, $20; C. M. or, second, ribbon; K. G. Whistbird, ribbon. .ss 13?Single harness championCinderella C., Geo. T. Little, first, iresented by bankers of Camden; Oakley, reserve ribbon, Kennedy nan, Sumter. iss 22?Flve-gaited championCount Ziudeudorf, Geo. D. Shore, er, first; Colon, Geo. T. Little, id. ltibbons. iss JC 1-2?Three-gaited horse ipionship, Daphne, Julius Levy, Irish ltose, Geo. T. Little, secTrophy and ribbon. gs Tl at Germany Fears Invasion 0111 Britain by Way of Netherlands-*?Dutch (letting Beady. usterdam, via London, April 4.? u not lor a moment suggest there possibility that Great Britain ins to land her new armies on the ;h coast/' said former Minister of Colyu today and interview regar; recent military preparations in land. We have the assurance of aiu that she will respect our neu. ity and we rely on that assurance, the question is, What does does many think of this? f the Germans begin seriously to ifraid of such a contingency what lence will that have on Germany's ludo toward us? We must aee that she is acquainted with our msivo capacity. If she judges that capacity is inadequate and conrs that a British advance Into many through Holland is to be ed, would It then be strange If we e approached from the German i with prqposals to which we cansubmit. as they would mean the ndonment of our neutrality toward allies?" I kuow that against this it may be 1 that the British will not make inding in Holland and that if they d we are quitd capable of stopping Irltlsh march eastward or southtward. But that is not relevant. ) question is not wfhat we think, what the Germane think."