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I i* nm S.C v; •r J ■M «,- > V. VOL. xxxvi. WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1914. NO. 50 ■? dr. McIntosh gives STORY OF HOLD-UP Phynciaa Says He Had Beta Followed oa Previous ' Nights. CERTIFICATE IN THE RICHEY CASE Mr. Mclatovh of ' Columbia. July 25.—From hU bedaido. lo the hospital Dr. James H. Meletoah toniaht Issued the fol- loarlag account of the attempt to assassinate him early on Thursday morning: I was at home * on Wednesday night. July 22, from about 9:30 p. m. te 1 a. m . company being there most of this time. I left my'house at 1 o’clock a. m.. expecting to go to the Knowlton hospital: I crossed Bull street, and as I did so 1 be came aware someone was breath ing like a man does after an epilep tic lit. somewhere along the wes* sidewalk of that block of Bull street. I turned and walked own the side walk and just at the gate that goes into the Presbyterian church yard f Ibund a man In an unconscious con- . ditto* on the sidewalk. I Immedi ately returned to my ofBce and ’phoned to McCormick to send an ambulance at once to this point, and then returned to tne unconscious man. When the ambulance came we put the man in the ambulance. I got in with him and carried < him to his home. Then the ambulance went on back to the store and I re mained to help the gentleman to bed. gg, Went to Hospital. ^ *1 left this redbfenee L:Sr* a. and walked ftom there to th* Knowiton Hospital, arriving at the Kr.owlton Hospital'about 1:40 a. m. I had gone there to see Mr. J. Ar thur Davis, of St. Matthews, who v.as in Room No. 1 of the^ south building,, and who is, quite ill with typhoid f*‘ver. I loQiy! Mr. Davis sie»pin« quietly, and^after looMna over hH chart. 1 left the hospital on my way home. “Just as 1 turned to leave the hos- UNCLE SAM’S NAVY UNDER NEW RULES Sectary Daniel* Abolishes In priaonmeat for Deaertioa Duriag Peace. Washington, July Xf.—AholUioa •f imprisoanfont tor -desartton from the navy fh times of peace waa or dered today by Secretary of tho Na- *7 Daniels. Blue jackets who now overstay their leave or commit sim ilar breaches of discipline will be dismissed summarily Instead of be ing sent to prison, while' men who become dissatisfied and want to quit may have an honorable discharge by merely refunding certain enlist ment allowances. Tills radical reform has been un der consideration by . the Secretary since he came into office. He an nounced today that the navy now had practically a full quota, 51,343 enlisted ' men—compared with a shortage of more thin 4,000 eigh teen months ago, and that the time to take tho step had comf. Secretary Daniels. In a statement announcing tho new order, aald: ’’Enlistments t n the navy always have been for a definite ported—at present tour years—and it always has been difficult, at times hie. for men to terminate the tract of enlistment by disebbrge before the enlistment -on- pired. ^ Absence from his ship or duty after having boon granted Ibgve, made a map a deserter and conviction involved a prison sea- ten oe. ’’After thorough consideration and after a referendum In which the opinions of many of the highest na val officers were ordered, the Secre tary became convinced this situa tion was rot In keeping w Ith mod ern business Ideals. “The old plan Involving imprison^ ment carried among enlisted men a feeling that during their term of enlistment, if they desired to leav' the navy, they were as if in bond- NR. PRICE TO MR FARMERS la Sacvlig Saai far the Wtatar Covnr Crops for This SocHml SECURRD LOW PRICES Mr. B. O. Price, the competent farm demonstration agent of Colle ton county. Is always on the lookout for the means of asoistlng the farm ers of the county to realize fully the modern scientific methods of fann ing.;) He has secured very low price* for the farmers of the county on seed for winter cover crops which we take pleasure in publishing be low. * The United States Department of Agriculture and the Extension Bu reau of Clemson College has been engaged lately in the movement for the planting of cover crops for soil building throughout South Carolina Mr. Price has kept his end of the matter well la hand and this fall more cover crops will bo. plaatod la Colleton county than ever before. In order to assist the farmers of Colleton county 1*. buying seed/Mr Moo bar boon in- nommunlcatton with seed houses, and the following totter has been received by him oa this subject: “Mr. B. G. Price, Walterbero. S- C.—Dear Sir: Answering your In quiry for prices, we take p! ANTl-RLEASE HEN MET IN COLUMBIA The .Pvrpaae to Conctatrate the Votes of the Aati-Adaria IstratMi Plane*. « * PLAN TO HOLE A LATER CONFERENCE Contor With the Order That Turn Be hi Second Primary. mmmmnmm^p Columbia. July 25.—After a meet ing of the anti-administration men from all sections of the state at the Jefferson Hotel today Dr. George It. Cromer, of Newberry, dictated the following statement, authorized, he laid, by those present: “The meeting was held by men from different parts of the state, who see that there is danger that two of the candidates who are In favor of the present administration, will be in the second primary, and the meeting was called to s«e if some plan could de devised to avert that danger. “The six candidates for governor who are understood to be opposed to the administration were invited to the conference. As stated in the call, those who composed the con ference knew that they had no pow er to eliminate any candidate and it was not their purpose to try to eliminate any candidate. They hoped that In tho conference with the can didates, and in a aplrit of co-opera tion a plan .could be devised that would enable the voters to concen trate on two men. The candidates seem to have misunderstood the in quoting you as follows: 1,000 pounds hairy vetch, $7.75!,. . . per 100 pounds. - ’ * * Manning and Mr. Cooper were tn the .. i purpose of the meeting and only Mr. 200 pounds crimson clover. 7 1-2 cents per pound. 20 bushels burr clover, fl.40 per bushel. 100 bushels Southern grown rye, 11.Oft per bushel. , y ,. Both hairy vetch and crimson clover will be over 98 per cent pur age. Furthermore this feeling! t,le verj ’ best • ou <an Ket - ,nl,T doubtless in a large measure, ac counted for much absence . over \ leave or absence without leave, and other offenses which would never be tolerated in any well organized hos pital. 1 remember taking out my! watch and locking a; it and remark- i no8S - ipg tc the niKl.t nurse th:rt it was, “The secretary recognizes that the 14 minutes to 2 o’clock, mid that I nav >' is * in t,me of P pare a larpe hu>1 ' would get to lyd about 2 o'clock iness organization, that any feeling On getting out of doors I pAill^d o'f b >' enlisted men- o* -o:npulsory de my coat and was carrying it-tbrown" tention or bondage is undesirable over my left shoulder 1 walked tbe 8e rvic^ offers so man> ad- down the west side of Marion street vantages especially to those desiring to the Intersection of Washington to make of It a life work or secure and crossed Washington street diag- a practical education, that it can b-' orallv to the southeast corner and kept fully recruited with men-who started dow^ the side of Ma- nre willing to ohej, and the depart ^ Jd a later letter from clover is grown in Newberry coun ty by Col. Johnstone, whom you pos sibly know. Thp rye * is strictly Southern grown, as we do not 'Han dle the Western or more Northern rye. We have sold this same stock tor a number of years, and it grows up to four feet. We are suppliyng a number of ofther demonstrators, and for tin* high quality of the seed, our pric* low. They are for prompt acceptance, and on booking your ol der you can have them shipped any time you wish. Yours very truly, W. H. Mixson Seed Co. 1 n rion street. Just as I almost got to rim driveway entrance of the Pres byterian church yard, a man stepp ed out from behind a large tree with a pistol leveled at me, and In a r'tljor low voice said ’Hands up.’ “Instinctively I dropped my coat and jumped for the man. My right hand caught the muzzle of the pis tol and I was trying to turn it to one side and gradually force it down. We struggled for several seconds for the possession of the pistol and in the struggle the man finally got the muzzle of the pistol resting against my rght side. He immediately pull ed the trigger, and the impact of the j bullet knocked me off my feet. I fell on my left side, w ith my left , shoulder and head resting against j the ment, therefore. holds that aver-I stayed shore leave, drunkenness on shore and similar offenses indicate' merely that the offender is unfit for the service. “In order not to be too drastic, tlie order permits ’commanding offi- - r.r*. in their discretion, to hold a first offender on probation on reduc ed pay for periods of from six to twelve months, out on repetition of the offense he is to be discharged. “The naval prisons and discipli nary barracks last year cost about one million dollars. Under the new 1 plan this cost will be greatly reduc ed. and before a great while will be 1 very small.” the foot o 1fthe large tree just to the •the) FARMERS MEET \ north qf-tAe driveway. As J fell the! man wrenched ys pistol loose and [ smrv.-’sr. Twir. t??, i n* b - v i the juncture of the north side of the gate and the brick wall. “As he went over the fence he turned and said, with an oath. ’Well, you won’t worry Coley tomorrow.’ 'Wfter 1 had fallen and the pistol twisted out of my hand, I immedi ately tried to get my own pistol out of my hip pocket. I succeeded in Netting my pistol out Just as the man jumped the top of the fence and fired at him. but feel sure I missed film. I immediately fired twice in rapid suceeeeien. but it was more »t the point where he had been thsn — ^ r ' as he -jorr hi realty waa. As sea as he tion eaa •xienuuu MC'lfee grwuad the pad of tha brick ,iag Is baing held at Cottafewllle to day. concealed him from my rtaw, tod 1 ceutd hear »o nvovemtat of his ehahrmr. I Ahea called tor help — . _ —. tod lef pqMca, aad thee Btedwr fit*.,' •• I c ** w -Jv' m i«t gall- draeeed la dark tieuaire, a — 1 timea I had oae extra shirt aad, had oa a «mp Mtojl pallpd - Tdrhlafaee. The daly company, the W. H. Mixso;: Company, the company says: "We realize that it is a little earlv for the farmers to be buying vef* h seed, but we have booked a great quantity of business and the de mand is so strong that prices ar* certainly going to atKince, within a short while. It is not necessary for your farmers to pay cash with ■ orders. You can book orders foe them now. and then when they wish the orders in September or in O to her. they, could send check to cover what each individual wants. 15. j this time they would be getting some money from their cotton crop.” ‘ Mr. Price is willing, if th« farm ers so desire, to place the orders for HELD AT LODGE the seed, hut the farmers can orde- them direct by mentioning the abov * If yon want seed at abov* Several Prominent prices it will be necessary to order Speakers. a( onre , before the prices advance Any further information along this line will be gladly supplied by Mr Price. Mr. Price also states that the <’o*- Mortlmer Company of Charleston has agreed to sell the farmers of the county ground limestone rock, which is better than lime, delivered f. o. b. Waiterboro tor $4.t5 per ton. car lota of 30 tone. Thla oaneaa In ancka. Mr. Price a ton jmmpto of thla Umentone^JM wett na earMBeama aa to what it urtt Bp. If yea weed thin material, Mr. Pxtoa pan give yon tall |pformation a%wt The Farmers’ Institute hel«l nt Lodge yesterday, which was the first of a* series beinjt held at dif ferent places In the county this week, was a success from every standpoint. There were several addresses by prominent apeakera, among whom were Prof. Conrad! of Clemson Col lege who Is also state entomologist, and *W. W. Long, atata agent and auperiatehdeat offarm demonstra tion end oxtoatloa work. A' moot; clean haven. Hie feptnre*- aa well " was •hell i. OB' poehet, aad. patting thla, down on *la>aL I Brad one more shot toxin calling tor help- About thla Ime people ta tho aotghborhood ‘ommenced to roura up The man who hold me up was ■xther small In alxe. will weigh from 125 to 135 pounds, slender built, nedlum height and. I think, w ho spoke at all have been thoee re lated above. . ^ . w. "I was earning a pistol that night because I had been conscious t»at for two nights I had been followed while out making caHs. and not knowing Joat what It meant I had ax armed myself before leaving home. | every sif Dr J. O. Biapw of graaptourg will be at CartMto' Pharmacy; at Baraaks. An gnat 1 aad 4. pupa rs it to examine yoar ayoa aad fit cor rectly glaaaee to enable yee to see aad also to reltovo yen of that boad- ache. Everything guaranteed. Dr. Seasoma expprts to v|git Bmoaks '-tty. Some of them seem to have the. mistaken Ides that the confer ence was to be held in the interest of -one or more candidates. Committee Named. "in Vlq^v of this misunderstand ing Mr. Manning and Mr. Cooper were not asked to be present at the meeting After deliberation a com mittee was appointed to have a con- feretfre with the six candidates for governor who are regarded as oppo nents to the present administration to ask them to co-operate with us in a spirit of patriotism!, and if practi cable. by elimination or otherwise, reduce their number so as to ena ble the vote to be concentrated. “The members of this conference are not promoting the candidacy ««i any man. They see that the state i- confronted with a real danger ami they are anxious for the way to be opened so that the' candidate an 1 the voters may co-operate to pr<. mote and maintain ?ood govern ment. “This is as definite a statement-as we care lo publish until after the conference between the (ommittec and the candidates sqm** time next week." Dr. Cromer said that It had been decided not to give out the names of the committee of three • S ^ _ VEGETABLES ON THE FARM i Clemson ColleTC Horticulturist Tells How Every Farm Can Have a (Jarden. Clemson College. July 28. Get ready now to plant lhat fall garden. There is no feature on the farm that is as much neglected aU *bls season of the year and later av is the gar den. says C. F. Niven, assistant hor ticulturist of Clemson College: Practically every farmer has an early garden .but from now on. in the majority of cases, the garden is turned Into a calf pasture Freklt vegetables can he had on the farm Just as easily at thh» season and all through the fall aa at any other sea son. provided a title more attention la given to the garden ^ Prepare the soil, advises Profes sor Nlvoa. and plant any of the com mon vopetabioo, such aa ftoans. peas, boots, maatard. taraipa, cucumbers, ate. Gtoa* tomatooa ana ho produc ed thla toll hgr sowing aaed now and i' Uttla >1) seed n4w- te to th« eon tain M tO 4 To thuTthi aaM.*ha*ld ha pulverised aa flaelF a»*aaMMa aad whoa tho toed are ana* tha dirt mast ha pressed firmly aaaaad them This helps to hoM tho matstare ta direct coataot with the send. . • A good BMthod la to sow seed tn AUSTRIAN ARMY MOVES ON SERVIA CHARLESTON TO GET'TERMINAL / 1 V President Harrisoa Coaflrma a Report to Senate at Washtagtoa. Julp 27.—Confirma tion of the lataatloa of tho South- m Railway ta halld ImmodUtely at Ckarleeton.^ 8. C.. aa ladopeadent coal terminal, largely for Panama canal traffic, was given today by Preaideat Fairfax Harrison befor-j the special senate committee Inves tigating the coal rate situation In he South. Mr. Harrison told at length of the Jnnacial affairs of his road, partic ularly of Its distress nl 1908. * His cross examination t^uvoYrow on the financial relations between the road and its directors probably will con- ciade the hearings until next De cember. President Harrison said engineers were pew at work preparing plans for the construction of a terminal to accommodate the loading of one ship at a time in Charleston, and that it would take from nine months to a year to complete the work. He said he had desired to arrange in use the proposed CliachlleM road terminals at Charleston, bat after months of consideration he had found la May or Jline last that thla would be Impossible because of ob jections of shippers. .Mr, Harrisoa estimated It would cost 911,300.000 to put this road from the Appalachian coal flslds to Charleston into proper shape tor profitable transportation sad to complete the terminals at Charles ton. - „ He said the chargss to the ship per would be the same as charged 4»y the Norfolk aad Hgeetava front the Pocfcahonfgs Jlgld* sJthoufl expense of tho traffic tfly* hit would be greater’ tha n “iver val line. • a > "* « S' Dyring his leslimonv Mr Harri son d* niet^euiphatiral'.y that bh road was controlled by the so-called trust coal interests, by other rall- rou's controlled by these Interests, or • by \\>n street. 1 H« expressed th« opinion that It. L. Dulaney, in d- pendent coal operator of Bristol T nn . wl-o charged In his tegtintarfy bad faith Oj, the pan of the S-'ofiti: ern toward coal operators along it* lire, w^s suffering from a ileljis- jon of persecution." President Harrison, referring to Mr Dulaney, said: “I believe Mr. Dulaney lias .» deep-sealed hatred for one or two non who have succeded in the Vir ginia and Southwestern and Annn- Uthion coal fields where he failed. Being unable to reach these tw i men In attacked Ahe Southern rail way. as a railroad In these days is always a target fo r *Ma<k. “I resent with every fibre of my ••eing the charges of bad faith and chlrnnerv brouTht about the organ ization of the Southern, and 1 think r am supported by the great mass of people who have done business with us in the South. I feel a fur- ther esentment at the charge that the direction of the policy of the Southern railway has bee n In out side hands and that the manage ment has been for any other mer est than that of the South. The Miibton and policy of the *Southren has been to take a part in the re generation of the South and in that policy Us officers.and management all along has shaped its course " Troops An Steadily Poartoff ^ Forward to tlto Frostier. > SERVIANS PREPi TO MEET INVADERS of War Man by the Aaatro-Hi bmvi(; Troop* Berlin, July 28.—Reports from the Austrian border today state that the transport of the eighth aad ninth Austrian army corpa from Bo hemia toward the Servian frontier began yeaterday and that thero waa no other traffic on the BoltonM** railroads except that of troop trataF The two corps consist of 32 batal- ions of infantry with a large num ber of quick firing machine guna, six regiments of field artillery aad wo regiments of the army service ■orpe. Telegraphic communication wiUk Carlsbad and Marlenbad still waa open today but only by oae direct line from the Saxon frontier. Tho telegraphic service between Berlin and Vienna was demoralised and oa some lines waa completely intemp? ted. The MIlitaer-Wochoablftt, tho Of ficial weekly newspaper, today ear- ties a noteworthy article comparing the Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies to the disadvantage of the latter. It says the fighting strength of the Russian army la usually over estimated and that numbera alone are not decisive. The writer says It may welL raembered that In reopff tlpre% Batt le rr «R t w een , <4 began TWO MEN DIE IN < AMI’. Savannah and AugiiMa Each Lose Man at Camp Wheeler ka tn tbs f er«j? «f not been'skied by Hvumanta- ' it says in conrlupton that the flvo net army corps reported to have, been added to the Russian army are atilt non-ex Istbot. Onyof the newspapers here todr.v received a dispatch saying that Rm- had declared war on Austria hut declined to print it as there was m confirmation. y lloNttlities Begun Paris, July 28.—The Austrian amhasMdor to France today said U was probable active hostilities ’ Austria-Hungary and ServK this morning hut till 11 o’clockz he had not received any tel egram to that effect from Vienna. Rene Viviani. the French premier who is on hoard the battleship La France In the Northjiea .today kept’ in frequent wireless communication with the foreign office here. He is returning to France as rapidly ns possible and is due to arrive l n Dun kirk tomorrow morning. Servians Leave Capital. Belgrade July 27.---Many Serv ian families have left the capital for the country districts In spite of the advice of the authorities, while there has been a great exodua of Austrians and Hungarians from Belgrade and other parta of Ser vian Perfect order prevails In the cap ital, the police duties having been undertaken by a corps of volunteers composed of students. 4 Military preparations are bet*' - carried out with feverish •activity. The troops have been concentrated in fortified positions,.the headquar- ■ ters of the army belffg established at Kraguyevatz. but In ‘the event of necessity they will heJransferred to Krushevatz. 90 miles southeast of Belgrade, Savannah. <ia July 2.'>—A special to the Savannah Press from Augusta gives an account of two deaths of soldiers in Vamp Wheeler Private Ben R. Williams, of Savan nah. a member of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, died at midnight fol lowing an Illness of throe days. He had nof been well during the entire encampment. Private Owen Bax ter. Company A. tot regiment, of Angusta. died In the field hoepttel at Camp WWheelar this morning. heitow drills, aad. before oeveriag, te raar a wheelbarrow along the drill twice. Thla preaees the- rail firmly about the and. After this is dene, cover lightly with a little fine eerth. If thla method to followed, ■gtoea the sell to very dry. there will ha no trouble about the seed not germinatiag. Start the fall garden now and. a little later, put tn, tha winter gar den. directions for which will be given out by Clemson College? 1.0\v MILK AND EGG RATE I' ,-t Columbia. July 25—Special* Signed by Commissioners Hampton and Caugbman the State railroad commission today Issued an order, after conferring with general offi cials of the Southern Express Com pany. In which South ^Carolina rates, which came ifito force July 1. based upon findings of the Intestate com merce commlaston. are reduced op en shipments of milk a*d eggs. h. fall schedule of rates oa AUK la flv* sight and ton-gallon ataadaf'd coda, for traaaportattoa for fivo mltoa and over In soaos of five mites, ha* btotoi provided for milk aad cream. !■ regard to fates a* .ogfa ‘SSrSJLlE Tut* N*. OH. «. C. R. C. *. t. W adding to Sootlo* 1 of aald tart* ‘ogga’ aa taking rates dagaad I* tho ochodolo.'* Tho ardor will effoctivo Aagnat II. Commlsalonor that the State railroad waa glad to consider any last com plaint that comae to its attention. p V •