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V / v .ji. VOL. XXXVI. WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914 NO, 46 WAUERltORO SUF FERS FIRE LOSS FUNDS FOR THE MOVING OF CROPS * * \ . # Mfc « Says Ssatti Csrslisa Need Not Worry. T Wmsbington. Jane .27—Th*t there win be bo leek of fundi for crop* rirr~ Store BuiMing Beloogiag to W« M. Foe Almost Deetroped— Stork of GoodM Saved. • _ Serious Conflagratioo Averted fey Heroic Work of Fire , Department. CROSBY BROTHERS THE LOSERS ■novlag purpoeea tkii year is made plain by a letter from Secretary William G. McAdoo. of the treasury department, to Representative Jo seph T. Johnson. Mr. " Johnson. Secretary McAdoo states, was "one of the few men with whom he con ferred" last year hi Connection with the policy of pladas “fSP.000,000 government funds in the national banks of the South and West for the purpose of facilitating the move ment of crops and of relieving the money tension which then existed,* and the Secretary goes on te assurp Mr Johnson that if. by delay in the oftcration of the federal reserve banks, "the situation should again become such as to justify it. not hesitate to acain arrans? the deposit ‘ot government U those district- where earlier rtdief The town of Walterboro was threatened with quitega dlsasterou* fere on Tneaday, when the store oc cupied by Crosby Brothers on Wal ter street caught fire. The fire broke out in the rear of (he build ing at about ’1 o’clock and it was only after one hour of hard fighting •hat the flames were gotten under Control. The building was in the lection of the town where there are a number of wooden buildings ail near together and but for the time ly appearance ^nd-desperate eftorts pf the fire devartr.ienl there would ' . { , eem to j*. needed Is^ve doubtless b^en qu : te n confle- pration, causing much loss of prop- ertp. As it was the fire was con-1 fined to the one building which was practical!?' destroyed. The store was the property of w*. M. Fox of Lodge. 1 CONGRESSIONAL CANDI DATES HERE JULY 11TH Messrs. Whaley and Dennis, the Two Candidates, wfl Present Their Claims to the Colleton Voters on that Date. Exciting Campaign Expected. •foe candidates for Congredl hill address the voters of Collet <n county at Walterboro on Saturday. July 11. la the announcement mn4* bp'County Chairman M. P. Howell after a conference with the other eounty chairmen in the district. / Under'the new primary .rules the county chairmen in the different tier, in the various congreeaioh- diatricta are charged with arrang- idk the speaking ilaies, and accord ingly the different chairmen in th^ First district have gotten together and ha vi A RCH DUKE AND WIFE ARE KILLED Heir to Austrian Throme While Paaaifg the StaMto. FAR .PLANS Mcers, Engaged to Amagtog WOMEN STORM THE CAPITOL Dr. Anna Shaw, Jane Addams . and Desha Reckinridge I.ead the Charfref / Sarajevo, June St.—Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir tb Austrian throne, and his uorganic wife, the Duchess- of Hohenburg. were as sassinated teday while driving in the streets of Sarajevo* the Bosnian capital. A youthful Servian Mu- dent fired the shots wkieh added another to the long list of trage dies that has darkehed tke reign of Emperor Francis Joseph. a - i The Archduke and kts wUb were victims of the second attempt In the same day againerihelr Uvea. First a bomb was thrown at the au tomobile in which they were driv ing to the town hall. Forewarned. | however, of a possible attempt |ike his life, the Archdukp was watchful and struck aside with his arm. x lt fell under Far Um BmI Fair Ever Held. SPECIAL FEATURES THIS YEAR trt k. Washington. ltin»ry arranged the following agists, represeniing their sis tti - i!v tbirty-cigbt> states descend ir. Mr. McAdoo’s IwtteK which hears directly upon the deposit’s- of funds lW ApartanbureVfind 1913. is in fnK a< follows: "My p^Jfet'ongrec'aTTi’m: A year whep'i had Under considerst on \ Creenvillo H XB Manning- .Tuly 7 „ Moncks Corner Jt;ly S. V. Charleston July St. Georgt-—July To. \VaJterboro—July Tl. • The>AValterboro meeting will Ik- the last ot the cimiuiign, ami I- nre moving npaee for. of the: eounty fair, to he held here 3 to «, Inclusive, partmeatnl oMeer is busy tbe events brbfeb will be taged dnr- I ing the fair, and from the preseat indications it appear* that there "«V1”* n , |_Z« |_ Will be something doing on the fait the ,n, “ ,,< * j (froIffl<u from nine tn the morning until five in the afternon. and that an automobile following which car- , , . —if. ried members of the Archduke s * complete change of program will occur each day. The officers are j planning to , make the approaching different from any olh»r fret and there will not be a dull from the beginning to Iko June 37.-7-Woman wounding Count von Uoos- W’aldeck and Col os?-* Merizzo. On Iheir return from the town A featnre which will undoi tHpil^ attract many people will be/tbo ore ago. wiiea-i .probably Jte one of the largest stf* Mon. naively intimated that bis wife ’ Crosby Brothers saved most of . the detdraWllty'e? wakltH? a tenderl in thd disirict. ’t . ..JK . . t.. Jur> * their stock of men handise. but losi ! parti The candiilatea for Congress ate itre in our fiscal policies and of , I deixislting *50 000.000 of govern- j Messrs. Whale? and Depr.is. Mr. heavily In other property. 0 f fan<l> ln na ttonal banks in ; Whaley was elected last spring ta- Too much cannot oe said in praise an ,| vVest for the purpose ter a ln0ftt «ixacting campaign to nuu. sum-age was as "inevitable as aini wa „ , rut . an(1 t he archduke am! Ih-.ml.R.' lomorrmv. Vic. hlll wi „. Pr. -Pic., MarxhaU. preaed to make w „ h „ lhc linw lhp . ..cpslakes ra.C <• W krti \;i nor.* definite' stand on the ques-; ernor of the city, whp escaped ir, ; Thursday. These rahcs^frll he opea . , , I , , ■ _ “ jury. file bodies of ills murdete 1 *ngly to the winne '\wVuhi .not x 4<*t him, ann Secretary Br?Hn, waylaid by an .'iuftragbt in a Capitol corridor, took of the tofn who compose the Are part men t. They responded to call promptly and in a few mhriitd* four streams were playing unmi the flames Every man did his duty and fought stoutly when thd flames .. seemed to W. getting ,I»cyond con- A* 01 - s . ^ The town recogjnxed the efforU * of the dopor _ supper on Tuesday evenipg In spe- c'al 'token ot^ their work in saving the city from t diasterous fire. The entire foyt-e was out to attend the suppery 7 besides.quite a number of othepA of facilitating the movement of the t h e Hon. George 8. Legate, and of relieving the money A jr. Whaley will ask for re-election on his record. Mr. Uennis is now ropa tension ' which then existed, you were one of the few men with wrhom we conferred as “to the project be fore aklng » pub.ic annoujee^ ment. and It give* me pleasure to certify to the cordial efidorsemeut bich / THE MEDIATORS TAKE A RECESS State Senator from Berkeley county and is a man *«*!! known all ov.-r the district. Mr. Dennis will mak** ^ ^ iiis campaign on the allegation that Clark.' *Mrs. ^ ;he Congressman should come 'from „ you instantly gave to thej., n<k of the country counties. # Both fixing them * plan. * lilsli~ nes subseqtieiitlv so . i ja ve many friends In Colleton coun* i" ■•»«- successfully carried out. j ty, and much work wil probably be "1 am also pleased to testify to done ili behalf of each. the earnestness with which you ^ urced that In South Carolina we should van from the plSn wht h we had established in > a of the superintendent at the of only placing the funds 1 t0 urt house under the supervisions tional banks Ir x of Probate Judge G. A. Beajh. on * *• i*'*- for U was ^nd ‘ r*-'Friday. July 3. to mi the vacant earnest recommendation an«t 0 Kvaminationw. Examinations will be held In the X-iagarjk-Falls, June 3".—An (UietY^i today by Ambassador quest that the department decided o add - the cities o' Greenville and in- ispartanburg to the cries which re- ! reived the direct deposits of gov- > eminent mone?. thus giving tide dor. today by Ambassador Da Gama, of Brazil, and Ministere Sa re _ Friday. July scholarship at theii College oT^Ciia- l- estbn. Any young man pith-rom- rttuge in an elevator. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, presi dent of the National W'oman’s Suf- trage. Association, and Jane Ad- dams, of Chicago, and Mrs. Desha Heekinridge of Kentucky, vice, pres- idt-nts. pleaded their cause to both Vice President Marshall and Spea- Becklnridge, a granddaughter of H&nry Clay, said 'who hoped the Vice Prh^iddfct would Help the woman suffragA cause. The Vice PresidenC' interrupfed: "I’ve got • to remember my wlfev and I don’t want to, get separated from her.” Tliis remark was interhreted hv t-Ke syffragiHMMp mean that\\1rs. Marshall opposed the movement A Mrs: Antoinette Fnnk of Chicago said the delegation wanted their pe titions sent to the Senators by mes sengers. "I will do that for yt>u," said^the or the otbe^.' T Secretary j couipnriors rollapsed . aerbss him race-' 5 , and ^itlKihe different class! enthusiastic ,. Tu i prn' v Me.: him from stray bul-j T aUoni , this year and the liberal The governor shouted to the h '*”* rU< * n,? d chauffeur to rush to the palace. “n ,,onh, « K,l > ro,m * lnto “ 8 0 ‘jJT* •Fhysiclans were in Jirompt atten‘l--lng the approaching fair. On alHa ance, but their services were use- t i a y many other sensational events less ,as the archduke and bin wife 1 w |j| be conducted. were .dead before the pg«ce was | da)B of lh< fa i r will be with many Interesting mcm m tr ; 7 t known the bodies will He in state reached. Un.ll the emperor', .i.he. ,„,k meet (or »h».l at the -nklace here Thev will children on EducationaLl>ay, the &A STmZi*" day will be partlc- Tnciudtag ®ae South jcarolina four in. f fa# *ts were plated, as aganlst onl> . two cities in most of the »*r.tos "I am. glad that we yiebbMl to your requ&t in this matter, and wc* hate received abundant etldences of the good results which rez and Naon, ot C hile and Arge.i- tinia. t:e s P“ cttull J • This action followed the receipt of a note from Gen. Carranza, ex pressing an inclination to partici pate in informal conferences with Huerta delegates for the solution of Mexico^lnternal problems, but ask ing for mote time in- which to con sult his subordinate general*. The Constitutionalist chief declared he wished 10 get fuli authority from the signers of the plan loupe, the platform of the Const'tn- tionall't movement, so ^th;.!' deb - gates might be clothed, w th plenary powers. X In the meprfiime tie- dclegn^is to • -* ronfetehce are planning to leave Niagara Falls during the recess. Tie* mediators explained 'to-r.-.-’l.. Ihat mediation had not a1,o : but jh;u. lerhap*. Th*- • ' . i.j! nteeflnff. had been he id. < or.y.uunl- •■r.riott h<*re9fter will l>-.*. earned vn by telegraphs - ' fue mtufatofs consider their . c;-. ,pf. work has been done.. They have drawn up a series of protocols setting forth condition- under which the United Stales will rc*cogniza a new Government. Whet* ft satlsfactoTj' Government is estab- ,\t Hk* Fresbyterian Church. j. • At the service next Sunday morn- ing, the regular quarterly tom- th dis- Ttunion will be celebratod. Evening 01 in-- , . ;ervices at 8:3n p. tu. A cordial in- tribution of these i! funds , . ! vitation is extended to every one about in South Carolina at u ^ ; ;o at , end both of these service when the situation become so =■>" ttn ' ,7 Tlli , certain. . ,v_. 1 . mon sc hoof education will be elivi- fVicc- l , refident. and calling oh.ge.-t, Sle and has a chance whicji v. ill : hr* ordered the petitions dlstrittutNj. mean a year’s free tuition at College j "You are going at this thing, id af Charleston..// , , * 4 rl'*W hhe suffragists going to will improve on^l|lie efiorts of the men. My own Judgment ht that you can get results quicker through fh<* states. At the rate you are going now it looks to me as you might get it In four or five years. 1 think wo men should vote. Whenever it is siibmnten ip.Missouri I am going to vote fetr -tA*- * doubtless be interred In the Hap*. j r'•" burg vaults in the Capuchin churelCt Address** ofthat d In Vienna. - appiropriate. In Sarajevo there is mourning from tne County * , , everywhere with black draped flags , E ‘ 1 A fatlo ", * nrt * * narsde and streamers on all public bu*ld-j *bere. The usua P ings. Throughout the day weeping | 1,0 ... women* were to be seen in groups. 1 , Womans I a>. • ’ while great crowds surrounded the , will lie a new fea !jr** spots w here the bomb exploded and , sentlng espec iall? ' . .. where the fatal shots were fired. ,of everr kind of xehjcle aAd the crowning.**,a queem ^ I Negro Day. on Friday, gill bo made more interesting than ever An Act of llevengc. London. June 28.—The fact tha’ •Archduke Francis Ferdinand met ^khis death at*the capital of Bosnia • t ... : 7 1 Mus death at*the capital or icosnia. v ' ay ’ Speaker ( lark ro ' ,, .j t b 4 , annexation of which to Austria gists. "If you women are , ias . b een attributed to his initiative run the. world I ,,0 V'‘ and that the crime was committed sum will d»e used by the • i em nleesed to ndrise you that j Southern Railway l n double .racu Unecred that jh‘* federal re-, in* those portions of its line be r , 1 banks will bf in operation in tween Washington and C.harlqjt>> serve banks the 1 next “few weeks, but ihiion should aeiip to justify ofOnyto- ' !i i,.. r y iirti'T r*: ■ * U'J> :• deeded. With ^ . IcA , )0 o.. 1\ if the sit-1 which are still single track. When hntild aeiip become such as this bars been completed attention, - t I* shall noL hesitate to ! will he turned to double trackin'; lor the deposit Of {that • portion of the Mine between | omf* iiarlotte and„Atlan»a whlclx. Is stili , m ' (, • trgf k.' This will /involve . Miss Get Iter’s daughter, fraglsts in the pj came across i riewd "Ho yvbuldn’t arg^ the L'l»e:ir. o of the suf- ^Your father •Support.” a dome % have ^retl had not." smilln:;ly 1 l>efore. >S ... ^ ■ The amusements this year will 00 much above fhe usual standard, and. free acts of unusual merit will .be Offered The secretary, R. M. Jef- by Slavs, who bitterly resented this iferies,- and probably the extension of Austrian territory at E. T H. Shaffer, will A Q .make the expense of Servia. leads to the bia next week to J 1 **** _ ,4 f belief that tho crime wfin atf art hf, ment people and sign contra ts o revenge for this successful coupe in the shows and tree attra Jr. ^ l918 ptate that only the beat »A11 !>« ««* The Slavs’ resentment again U tin* icpted by them. _____ archduke was never overcome, al- 1 though he showed the geeneet, in terest in their aspirations. " Archduke ‘Francis FetHnamVs death will have considerable eff--ci on the European situation. Rlghtlv, or wrongly he was credited t\ith t ^ — „ «... having ambitions for the further ex- J with spirit and exprefslon : P ^ Waitrrimro \lr«h<Hli*t 4'bnrrh. Though last Sunday was. ewpoclal* Iv hot the servlc*s at th* morning hour were well attended. The sing ing was very good, indeed, directed by Mrs. Jones, which tbe choir aang high regard, believe greet deal of heavy work, ewpocjp+fy j p^dnutcil Meeting at l , : , ni*“l. e (Signed* jn, the mountains of North flvorgi ' and will eali for the e\j»>pditur * ‘•etwen *in.0ld),0(Ki iijxf *14."to oOO. . . * u The single IrajAf Unes nortji ( harlntte to i^v double- tracked n: a folio* sr/" Orange; Ya„ 1o iier.-t. 73.99 miles; Whitt! > THE SOUTHERN TO DOUBLE TRACK 1 ^ I Va., y< Danville. Va . 22.09 f il-- ' —r fPelifam. X. <*.. to Greensboro. N. Within rice Years the Proposes Tl»i- S Improvemeiir ,)!S^«2 on Many Lines. to lint olal o*' Protracted services will b< ln-bl ir. Peniel Methodist churc^ during th > -vrek heglntilng the first Snr.A't.. !n .July. Tl;e memhervhip nnd u« -t't*' t Join in h cordial invitation to t .o * i»ers of sifter churches to meef w fMi them. Rev.. .1. T. Pettier of Cli;'.“les ton will contlmf “uc service , n. vis ed by Rev Puuf K. Crosby « ^ Hi I as-tpr. On Tuesday anil Wedre day, July 7 end 8. Dr. J. W. D.rhd -U w ilT tension of Austrian territory toward ’t.he'-Gulf (M Batoniki, whieh wouM. if attempted, lead to a eontliel with Austria's neighbors and thun ap.:•.i• iause a rupture -between the monarchy and Russia. dual hospital nurse DIES IN RIVER . / June-^O- -Within forward as rapidly aa « 1» po"M* o c^rv it on without interfering l°ith the heavy /reigh^nd^pa^n- lighed the American forces *iU bu ble trdek hne th * At . withdrawn, and both international I ggti mile*, from W aebljR ^ and national problems will be scdwianta. Preside ^ a finaneinjE thU ed simultaneously. - Criglnally the three diplomats tendered their good offices to avert war. This, they think, has been ac complished. ; (It was learned late tonight Jhat the Huerta delegates regarded Car ranza’s latest note as satisfactory, and indicating a desire by the Fon- -titutionalists to enter Into formal conferences. The American gates likewise regard ♦he conmyint* cation as farorglfte. No direct an swer was given in It as to whether /♦elegates eventually would be sent, but it was generally interpreted as forecasting the holding of peace con-- ferencea. iniies^ tolder of the Charleston distrl?;, vvili Of the line 1ron>( harlot te to t «.rvir«*a and on Mantae2«7 5 mile*, double ! Wednesday immediately .De- ,linnet r? r- 0 , n :r 7 M d - i mn^ a it* V^ni will he held the third quarterly fcor- j.^nd D’Jlut.t. -1 »- ” * e * 0 ‘ , iference for Hendersonville clriUit. «,f, S uwar.ee and t.alnesv iile, - - ■ • nii.*. .t* u -it1 i»»» served on the grouiuis. - Atlanta, JunfK -u.—«. ^ * x * j and V een Spartanburg and spar-! J »»ner will be served on the grounos. vears the management of the Soutb * , tanburg Junction. 1 88 miles, a t«- ' _ H .| hva v experts to have a dou-, t ,| of 49.3 mlies,- .Dating 21S.2- e distance, [ miles of single track. - The completion of this great work of double tracking the main thoroughfare for travel between th*' East and the South win mean a new era of transportation for the South and is of interest to all parts of the jF. r. Nitfes L'v-t Life in Crm- jjarce River Above N. . ■ & L.*'Bridge. tor spoke on the great Importance of Sunday scho«ilwork, referring to the International Sunday Sc:h r w> t'ongre s ;h ♦s.-ion |g Chlragd. Dr. V’olling mentioned the f..ct that M s* 1<W Mav n«h!»urne was a de’o- C3 te from this chureh tf that world- vidtv meet ing. At night Dr. Well, n 4 liftvri^i en 'he 7-iagara River an* r r Arliune Mr. Horr.e and his Mr> Cam Fi.'hlmrn*. sang it if 111 «eie»Don atfb the tntirc* v. ere very Interesting. .r*' . b* PfV Ice arrangement* for financing -reat undertaking of immense !m- nortame to the entire South, and =Ms*planned that tlie work ,han *® section * t 18 p, •* *- »»«»««hie Through trains hftween the easi- ger traffic which moves over ""Tb- fund, tor tht ? wort .'111 bo nrovided bv the sale of IZo.OOO.O 1 *^ TS o' the Atlanta and Char- Air Line Railway Comp.t . th e issue of which has »^°T* ized and approved b> the Gew^a Railroad Commission. Of these tond* |5.5*M>.0«*bhave already been lanta and rharlottWwAIr Line bond, now owned by tlie Southern Ral^ ern cities and New.Orleans. Atlaaita, Memphis. Birmingham, Chattanoo ga. Knoxville, Asheville. Jackson ville. Savannah and Columbus, are handled ovpr this line, or parts pf it- In addition to the great increase in trrnsportatlon facflltles to be given, the expenditure of the $20,000,909. which the work” will cost durirtg the next five years will of necessity have a moat stimulating effect on biisi- nens conditions throughout the South, gs practically all of thin man-, ey will go for labor and for mate rial to be supplied largely by tha South. ‘ :*1ease let the official members -Mko notice and arrange to be present, al so as many as possible of the .mem bership. 1 PASTOR. HOLLY CAMP, TO CKI.KBKATK. \V. O. W. Picnic to be Held Thutw- *lay, July Dth. ■ The Holly Caiup. W. 6. W.. No. 730, will conduct O.W .No.Camp.W. 7M. will conduct a picnic at the .camp on Thursday. July 9. Tjie bublic is Invited to he present, and ail W, O. W. membern are specially' asked to attend. Prominent speak ers will make addresses on Wood craft, and a pleasant day is expect ed for all who attend. Banks Will Close. Saturday, July 4, beinf a legal holiday, tbe abnka of the city will close their doors for that day. •7 nin Rev. Wc. Wnnlrl Coming- Next Btanday nl 'ht Rev. Dr. Dan- i*t presiding elder of the Charles ton distrut, will preach at the MethodDt church. The ^ eloquence and force of this speaker Is well known in the community and [tin < espffted that a full house will hear »,; n , The officers of the church are reminded that aft^ the services the third quarterly conference will be hoM The rerulsr mornln't services will he conducted fcy the pastor. Sandy I Him Chwrrh. Let all the friends and me*:bent of this church tgke notice that a special meeting wtli bo heid beg-r,- ntmc on the second Sunday night In "uh Wolllng of the Waiter- boro Methodist church, wjl! dlrfrt the services which will be continued every flight during Ihe week, ctpa? ing on the third S und *- T ‘ n < f h * •,** ternoon. beginlling at 4:30 o clock. d ik«ws has reached this office that B fot*n died at hls'home o n May 24. 1914. aged «4 year* and »«T0n months Mr. Tuten was known by many and respected for his amiable qre too far away io save i idisposition. his charity In 11 mentor (’olnmliig, June 2I> E. F. Nat" ; . nurs.* at the State Hospital for i.w Insane, * wasv drowneq .«*.<t< rday nt bout 11 o’clock ip fh* I'on up re * river above the ('olymbla, Newbu ry k LaurOns railroa*! bridge He was swimming out towarda a rock when he seemed to have gotten cramp* .ami'sank before n fd could he ^iven IRa ho*iy tsa s f- 01 >doov- red thitil 3.45 o’clock yestenjay af ternoon. '* x * W. D. Blanks, who with fivg. oth er emploVees- of the State Hospital for the Insane, wjfk there at the time of the. drowning^said yester day that he bad Juar reached the rock to whiclf Mr. Nates was swim ming. and that hesdilmself was at the time suffering from an attack of cramps and wa# therefore unable to render assistance t*h his drowning friend, who w'fcs about 20 feet away. The other members of the party were H. E. Wilson, E. T. Dean. Lawrence Workman, A. tv Sfeealy and M. G. Fox. all of whom, it is said. X- X 'i the drowning m Mfr. Nates was Jknurae dnMhe first ward, male Bt<U\Hls home was near’Edgewood in Coltubbia. ,/ arity in timaa or •trohg' ThrlaMan trouble.' and his *' character. The bereaved onea bavw the ay.mpathy of a large host friends.