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VOL. XXXVI. '
WALTERBOgO, S. C., W DNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914.
GERMANY HAS DECLARED
RUSSIA]
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NO. 51
Frances Entr> Only a Question of a Short Time; First Shots of
, German War Exchanged at Prostken; Italy Has Declared N<
trality; Present Position is That Russia, France and Servia Are
.. raigned Against Austria-Hungary and Germany.
FRICES. ON ALL
SEEDADYANCING
Farmers Are Urged to Plant at
I^east One Acre of Vetch
and Some Clover.
WILL BE FORCED TO PAY
HIGHER PRICE LATER
FARMERS MEETING
A GRAND SUCCESS
•5 ^
mmt,
Institutes, Held at Walterboro,
Cottageville and
Lodge.
DIRECTED BY CLEMSON
AND WINTHROP COLLEGE
NEARLY THREE
THOUSANDJNOLLEQ
New Rules Do Not Keep
From Registering in
Colleton.
Mr. B. «. Prlr.- \ ngm l |xm Vmrmrr* Galher,n « , ‘ W«*re largely AttendMl
tli** lm|»<>r ( aiiice of Planting Thr%«*
I.ejiuniin4lb« a«
anti S»>jl lluiMer*.
By InteroMtml Karmrrs and Farm
Women; .Murh KnthnMla«m Wan
.Manifested by Tho*^> Preaen|v / '
The farmers* Institutes under the
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London, August 1. Events in the European
crisis developed todry with startling rapidity.
The.Qennan ultimatum to Russia, demanding
that Russia ceaso the mobilization of her army
expired at noon, and at 5:15 o’clock this after-
noorv^the German Emperor signed a mobiliza
tion order, *
At 7:30 o’clock the German ambassador at
St. Petersburg. Count Von Pourtales. delivered
a declaration of war in the name of his govern
ment to the Russian government and the entire
staff of the embassy left St. Petersburg. Al
though after the warlike speeches delivered by
the German Emperor apd the imperial chance!-
A ===
d - 3 France Mobilizing.
Late tonight placards were p*»vK
ed in Pa-la calling for general Mo
bilization andathe German ambas
sador, although he had > not been
banded hia passports, he was pre
paring to leave the Frencl*.Capital.
It is not known at exactly what
frbour Germany’s ultimatum " to
France .asking that country to de
fine what attitude she would assume
in case of war by Germany and Aus-
‘ tria against Russia, was to expire.
. but It Is believed it wili'not be long
before diplomatic relations will be
rfifkured or wlflPTf&clareT^* -
The 1 German Emperor and his ad
visers have 4 maintained'to the last
that they made supreme efforts for
peace, and that the last of the se
ries of appeals from Emperor \Vil r
.liam to Emperor Nicholas was a tel-
a t
, , The farmers of Colleton county
lor at Berlin on Friday, no other result coulj be " ho ‘ i0 not or,, ‘ ir a PU ‘ , » ,lv of **''''*- <nrec “ on of tiemsoa and Wlnthrop
both* ‘if U! and garden, this week,: Colleges held in, Collet on county last
e:.| be forced te pay iiigher prices week were a great sue
than t liwse quoted it: tUe Press' and
Standard last v.eek. Everybody
J'laiMs rye and oats for wintpr and
•-pr.ne grazing, and some few -plant-
last tall and successfuiy grew
loth vt'nh and clover.
s ' -Mr. ii. Ur- Price? county demon-
Now that the die is cast and Europe is to oiF ^'ration; agfutt urgas, -upon every
plunged into a General war. which has been |he r ’ ,r " l >o has never done so be
fore to plant at least one acre o'
<v‘-tch, pounds, and a few pounds
j ■* 4 iTriison clover. The growing of,
! these winter legumes is no longer
jaii experiment on Colleton soils.
More than a dozen jjersons, scatter
ed over the county grew as fine
1 patches of vetch and clover 'the past
; season as any in th’e state. He does
| hot urge large acreage, for the rea-
Ison that one acre by each nidtvldual
farmer successfuly grown, will fur-
j nish soil inoculation for ^tn entire*
England are ofll-j The fon*es of the Ottoman '•<**- tarnt the following season, and
plre are being mobilized, but Tur- tor the farmers thous
ands of dollars that is now being
expected, hopes that the dread event migh 1 be
averted had been raised by the interventioi of
King George in St. Petersburg and the fact 1
the German Reichstag was not, to be convciGd
until Tuesday. Hepce. the actual declaratior of
tvar had not been expected for another dav or
two. ° / x
apprehension of European statesmen for ge:
ations. It is now only a question of how s<
state of actual war will exist between Germi
and France.*-
LIST OF CLUBS WITH
ENROLLMENT OF EACH
Indication* An* Hint the Conafjr
Will Poll Her t’annl Htrensth In
the ('omlng Primary t Unnanni bn-
tereat Khown In f/ocal PoMttcm.
ENGLAND DECLARES WAR AGAINST
S / « , «. ’
. GERMANY FOR BELGIUM’S SAKE; j
/A EUROPE IN A STATE OF TURMOIIf
Germany find
daily at war. Germany has refus
ed to respect the neutrality at Bel
gium within the time fixed by the
British government. Instead the
British > ambassador in Berlin was
handeu his * assp rts Guriy last
official »fi nirrr^r—” was
Londoh that .-Germany
had declared war against Great
Britain. This later proved to be an
error. At 7 o’clock last night Great
Britain declared war on Germany.
The British admiraiity office im-
key contends the atep only precau-
' <pent annually for artificial Inocula-
of enthusiasm iu every respect.\
On Tuesday, July L’8. tlu* ni^-tjng
was held at Lodge'; on Wednesday,
i t Cottageville, and on Thursday at
Walterboro. The meetings were
all well attended by large numbers^
of interested farmers, • their wives,
and their daughters. Great ^uier-
c: t was, shown by questions asked
vhich were* carefullj answered by
:he speakers. x
The four speakers represented in
a way almost every line of farmers'
work. Rev. W. H. Mills, the Pres-
'vterian minister of Clemson Col
lege. spoke on the subject, ‘‘The Re
lation of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the County
, Despite the prediction that then*
would be many voters in all of tho
counties who would fail to enroll,
uccess and full j the* indications now are that tbe en-
. I rollment, in Colleton county Is up to
the usual , standard. Alt club Hats
have been turned in except one. and
the enrollment so fhr has reached *
2.760. It will In all probability
reach 2,800 when the remathlng
club roll comes in. l/
It will be well to note that at
some precincts the enrollment has
increased and at others It Is less
than the number formerly voting
there. This is very probably die to
'the rule requiring enrollment at tho
nearest precinct. I
The fact thaf the enrollment ^s
about eqhal. to the present voting
strength of the county, shows a heal
thy spirit of political Interest. It
shows that even It some votera are
Church,” Mr. Mills discussed ( h* ppposed to the primary rules, the?
subject with great enthusiasm an 1
showed careful study of this impor
tant phase of the question. He
showed where and how. the depart
ment could co-operat# with the
county minister in helping the far-
tion. One dollar per bush*
Southern grown rye is low and
for jiner.
night the o<
received in
mediately thereafter announced the
egram repudiating responsibility for | government had taken over two
tjhe calamity threatening the worbl, j Turkish battleships bunding in.Kng-
on the* 1 ground that; while German? Jland, practically completed, and one the
tionary, and tells England officially
they intend to remain neutral. Ger*
many has made an eppeal to Ital*.
to MM by h*r. oh.r,lo, hCIlt. 1oT t « eh ,*^ r , lov ' r ,
on th* part of France, but Italy. Tn llk -* 1 *- h>»v W* look tor mncSt
reply, tl.clarrt ber neutrality. f 1 '" ^ ' ,av "'
A dispatch from
! ‘Germany has made
!tKTy too-stand with lyt*-
o the Giornaie d'ltaiia. ,The news- .1% . .1. „x ,
rnnline c*ov#*r rron wp Iioiip !’«ir\pst • \ C’onios, limp
•K par^ays the attention of th. Ital- garu,ng , r ^w, ’ c ’ * e . no ‘f 1 a . .
n . , , it i ithsit bv this time vou hav^'Succeed- 1 morning work days and picnics in
ian government lias l»een c-ail-d to 1 ‘ • J i .
jrd in getting tiie farmers interested t' ho afternoon. ThfS\Church farm 1.*
n placing their orders now. One ( to worked. in c-opH^ction with
bing is certain, if they delay book- j ounty demonstration agents, simi-
i ir to the school plots. Mf. Mills
utra |H ^ 1 .Ilgktlx i II » ^ III 111“ llx AI I “ *» 54**,* "«'•
Rome fays I °V ,,e of seed in a rpt ‘' nf 5
an appeal ’ to ! Ktt !“ rlfro# ' Mison "' ed ( ’°»’P a ny. }*
m . acccrcling ll ^ had ,h< ‘ follo ' vinK to say::
•Answering your two favors
He suggested thgt every
ichurch have a small farm and ex
plained how this could be carried
jut to advantage—the returns to
vcKfor mission work. The farm
should be worked by church mem
bers—-k\ picnic fpr the afternons of
these dayhy when Sunday school ad-
dresses "coumL be made. When the
what Germany describes as host le
acts on the part of France which
German government asserts!,
was mediating with Ausjria-Hunga-j other nearing completion. England institutes a case coming within tf c ' ,0K the,r ord *‘ r,i< t,,e - v are ,0
ry at Russia’s request, Russia, by
her general mobilization was threat
ening Germany's safe-j.
Fin*l Shots Fiivd.
The first shotfc of the Russo-Ger
man war were exchanged between
patrols today near Prostken, V» *iV • y
hundred and ^twenty miles south-i
east of Ko&igsberg. j
The only redeeming feature of
has also taken over two Chilean de- i
terms of the treat
; ... ■ jrav*much higher prices, in as much 'ggest*
y of allianc e, ev. u !' ■ . , , , .
. , , •’as prices whic h we made you are * Hie c
t opthese acts tke * , .
* ■ for immediate accep’auce only. Next fer any
stroyers. though on account
From Algiers came a,, unofficial d « laratU>n of , va ; ctIne froni Gt r .
report that the French fleet had n . anv Tho Gicrnnle dTtalh suys it ' veek on everytbU,Jf ,,rlc °
crptured two German, cruisers, the undenrtands , lh< , , tal|an ^v^rnment ' vjn probabl> be hl * bpr ”
Goeben and the Breland, and a Ha- ttil , nn , ife _... Mr. Price urges the purchaf* n!
as dispatch says the same floet had tralfty
pgestecT that greater uae he .mack-
hurch building an open place*
clean and intelligent amuse-
irnt v Mr. Mills thought that th* 1
nnister should study farm condi
tions and Offer any and all sugges
tion* in the way of better crops or
sunk the Germata cruiser Panther
Servian mobilization „had been
I**at night the British Isles
declared undtr martial law and the
One : vne HCsnntnli envts tho ss>rno floot hail ... Seed nOW^ Send in yOUT order Ull'i
say when you wish the seed shipped^ '''** better hom^yondltlons.
You will not have to pa. for th*>m j The next speaker was Mr. J. “ 0.
the darkest prospect with which ^completed last night, according to a government took charge of all r.tii- u,,lil the> are " htl)ped - ‘ Vny Wfllianvc. fiho has been In the stat •
Europe has been faced for half a xjsh dispatch,,-«nd that government roadg lwho does not know how to properiv-jonly a shdzt time. Mr
has declared j haR p rohib , (ed ' lhe sending of any j p^j^nt Wilson has' i**v.*,\ blant and Inoc ulate his seed. h» wifi ' ** "
be glad to assist on the day o’ s»-^*l-
century is that Italy
her neutrality. How long that neu- ’
trality can be maintained !s'a n ex
ceedingly debatable ciuestion.
Great Britain's position already
has been defined nv Premier A--
ciuith ir the Brltisli Parliament. He
declared she is under no formal o!>-
ligatioi^ to go to the assistance of
Frakce in tiie event of a European
war.
The British government bps made
full prepnHfor.s in both army and
navv *oj any event.
The present position, therefore, ’ c
that Russia. France and Servfr rr--
arraigned on one sick, and Austril:-
litu.c >y end -rmany on the--
er, How long the' warfare v ill he
cotifn c’. to this i.lrtnc it i: tmpexi-
Me to foretell, nor can it be fot'etohi
Whether Belgium and Holland wNl
l»e able to maintain their neutrality
ttgainst their powerful neighbors 01
whether Great r.r'.tsiT* wifl fine!, her
self compelled to setjd an* extraor
dinary force to attempt to preserve
that neutrality. "•
Another factor, which has not
l>een given much consideration, is
the attlude of Turkey, which, if shej
has sufficiently recovered front the.
effects of her late war with Italv,
may be able to throw considerable
weight into th.e scale. It is f«n$r-
ally understood Germany has N an
effective understanding with Turkey
which may lend, to Interesting devel
opments.
Cnbiaet Memo Today./
. Tho oabtaot will meet agnls to
morrow to consider Great BrlUln’s
attltcda I* tho crisis. The govern
ment wUl hero to make its mossaa*
tons dacMon betweea thetwo
mhoolp of thOMfrt which provoll
hsse an» sdvoeetlng fhait Bofflhad
hold aloof and only soak tn prefect
notch and Bated am trality. and
the other or^ntaf thnFtho aateeu
with mass sntells Baffload »ots«
to tho asffistanco of rraaea If that
ooamfiry Is sttschsd hlr Oormaay.
President Wi!*on has issued .1
dispatc hes, which is taken as a r>r*'! proclamation of neutrality ' ot th* . .
elude to Servian invasion of Bosnia »-«!.. .1 . in « Those who have or ca.i V ‘t '0*1
duties
t j inouculntkm
plant tilt.-
United States, warning United Star*
From Brussels it was said that subjects of thvir a..,:, inoculation
the Germans were yesterday shell- on account ot tb,,. ^...a.,.* ..
ing Leige and Namur, while a dls- .. ?ate cf ttar , n Aunria G cman
p'.’tch from Amsferdnfr say- that g^rvja Russia and France
tho perms tv* have cajrtured Visor. The American Red Cross-dec :
Belgium,'a town with a population <( ) ., bftf / . irnr , of
nf :i,Miu. eight miles* northeast of t tgns. -ft. n* * tii*
o er at war.
need not buy ami I. uni
To those who do not
v inter legumes, soil
1
builders, this fa<l w iH reend^it.
■ee on the River
«* northeast
Meuse.
nurses,
dispcsiii
I
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of cot ten and cotton
, r i,ua’ifu-d c U1 tor
•entitled (.Oj-v-jt ;it tij«.
50 NOT HAVE TO -
PAY ASSESSMENTS
• te-L; ctf (mart, follow:,
it t. before bccom ng .
it is necessary fbr, card -J:;
co‘,!or. wqirhv r to fi‘e v ith j.
ri: of ho;rt tUe*ger,rdi ;t!. :
, »’ , | • Jl to rpef.,! c oney, etc.: * ot.
,, ... . 1' v.. . . i " frr ,l!f election caAgk^rte
( undulates lt>r lotion \>either 1 weigher must kT
all growers
buyers who
and w ho art
above jir*<iiu t • 4 at eaid prii.mry e lec
tion ri al] l>e • :'iI'• d' to vote*. T'u
inarm * : ; of - id tprimary sliall <1<‘
cl; 1- tii*V'scik o' s-id primuty
?irt: :■; -I th' 1 ■-n rq^ejivin.!:'
of votficjmall b
Williams is
the livestock demonstrator fork-tho
United .'States department of agricul
ture.' Mr. Williams address was on
the subject of “Hogs-and Live Stock
O' General.” He showed bow, by
the u;;-' of pure^bred sire, a herd of
: ny on<‘ < oul<i f»r lir'-d u|> t.»
pt.^c- bre<l/ vU i k/ Tiie- difierenc c
was shiuwr
arc determined to cast their Vote for
the man of their choice. v |i shove
also that they are willing to moke
some sacrifice to vote for the erol-
fare of their county and their atato.
Below we give a Hat of tho polhr
with the enrollment of each:'
Cottageville—114.
Walterboro--4 21.
Wolf Crook—17*
Ritter—R9. * .
Maple Cane—116.
Ashton—143.
Williams—76.
Peeples—70. * * , ,
^ Horse Pen-^JOl.
Beiiton‘6" , 'Sllll—7 P.
Hendersonville—*148. ^
Rice Patch—173.
Green Pond—42.
Jacksonboro—64. '
Bells—5 4\
Tiger Creek —91. _ 1
Sidney—76.
Berea—98.
Smoaks—206.
Ruffin—64. V
Colleton—60.
Doctors Cre«k-—90.
Round—69.'
.Wiggins;—28.
Petets—59.
White Hall—IP.. - *
Lodge—112.
Sniders—86. ' \.. •
LIMIT OF TIME FOR FILING
PLF.DOKM DRAWS NEAR
1 Ij/pric t-s paid for pyr *
\r-y stcick/tnil tli< ordinary com -
j-totV lie explained Th*' foil,
n! paying \jr>n foi .Mf ^iouri'
Ka-ntuckv ntwH"* v>ben these'
1 ■ * 411 t niidl
m-1
animals
Next Monday at 12 o’clock will bo
the: last chance for the candidate*
to lilt) their pledges. A good.many. 0
of the candidates tau-e not yet filed
t heir., pled gen and unless It I* done
before the limit of time is Oat. they
will not be* permitted to run for of-
lie e*. ' , ■
si
■tliti!
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p n lif. < OttOTt
town, ai d he
p* ns.mion . fc-r
.* ivlu-rr for tin
Are Exempt From This
Burden.
» I'M -
• 0” id t
1 Itred.aS' ho
■1 If.
!:■ Will...ms gav<* |
Jin*
..L 4 ( Ii
io gntzu hog:
Ml ! ‘
COlli- ,
; mt Hi
c pretit
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f*vcry
■rtlTii h w ere. '
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
RENDERS DECISION
weigher must file with th*
I'-rk of conn an itemized stnie-n < n*
[Oder oath. of. all money? spr-:,; . -
. result of being a candidate: vr.ci
’irdc'tlie day after the election ; !1
sdu ik fee.. !ve as
liis services not
ceedltg ten c t nts r*e: bale for <
ijale o! eoiton. \ • iglied, oni«ha|f to w'jlli:'.suggested
io pabi i\ thc-’ b^yer ami one-ji»if
by the reller; such weigher sliail
finaKv j.dju*-! iill difference:? and
between bnyera ana sellers f Cot ton.
s xie year roilliTl
<• by such op f fa
wns in pamphlet
distriltuted. Mil
that th*- bnl!
veevil could ice c o-t ta. ted success-
’ !!!>• ity growing livestock Instead of
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They Must File Their Pledges aa'I
Expense Accounts With the Clerk
of Court; , Conditions Explained
by Mr. HoivelL , X
Js
tM
disputes
as to proper tied ne t io*0 be allow-
•*d from -writer, dampness, damaged
candidates must file with the cle:k cotton or any fal.-e gmjking, an!
cf court a supplementary statement ! weigher shall ,, ‘ st ■‘ 1 '*
, . „ ^ jt . ev-Ory morning before xxeigliing anv
ot all moneys since the ^ so as * to insur< , accuracy. In
statement was filed. [case of inability from sickness or
/ •‘The blanks for all of these mat- other cause the said welg.her may
tecs I have, and tho same can be • d«P»>ty. who shall take bo-
socuihd by nop]
self or R.'M. .
As maay^hsvo boon intorontod In tho county
tho qnootibn tho reqslrements for
boeoalug a candidate for cotton
wotfkor, Mr. M. P. Hovoll. county
chairman, submits tko following In*
formation, which will pcovo intor-
•ating:
, ”My conetmctloa of tho law,
that tho.eounty Domocratic soma
tee haa aothtag to do with thli pit-
tor., and hanoa mo amumpaat
party yladgoa wttl ha aoaaamry
aoltMr: flll t%a (Ml.mlttaa fnrniah
Uakota* for IhM aioetlon. Howovor/
aador the alftn Inva, awry t
data mm, |lff certain tWp* arlth
nf Mi
llcation to olther my-
eocrotary of
All caadl-
•At tho
la Col-
fore entering upon hie duties, the
00th of office required of the weigh
er. Before entering upon the du-
tlea nf Ms pitta., the said cotton
weigher shall ho sworn to discharge
tho jotles of his position hy the
dart; of eeort Mr scanty
if flvo hnndvod dollars for tho
faithful porfurmunca nf Mn daty.
whSh hand ahnll ha approved by tho
l aontt fai anld oonnty
Ms nSM* ami tho eald
dhlo -on Ma
nf hM dop-
prof A. F. Conradi. state ento
mologist and professor of z|)ofocff,‘
and entomology ■aA'Clemson College,
spoke next. ITof. Conradi discussecl
injects in general, principally the
boll weevil. Prof. Conradl’s solu
tion of the problem wak soll mois
ture and We conservation. He ex
plained how the Texas aad Loulsi-
una farmers worked for tho conser
vation of^soll moisture. Prof. # Con
radi said that tha wlroworm^wonld
not ha noiicod aftor tho boll' woeyil
cornea. Ih the next five er sU froara.
aad tha fight on tha bon weevil
weald alas bo a figbt on tbo wlre-
Tbp cotton rent lonao and
the cotton lenf lonao wore fisaarlhnd
vgPw
: . Mact
■oil bnlldlng. la rdUfioa tn ^
clovora and fihbrpqh^ Ha
Ma hnblhet Ih n
find Mtorta^lng lirfip* Tb ,
of Collfiton confity boro lnfiood far-
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AYnotlg th** Walterboro people at
Carter's Ford Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. It.' K. Joiies'. ’Mr. and Mrs. E.
B. Jones, Cql, J. G. Padgett. Ver
non Padgett, Mrs. C. W- Pellum.
Dr. and Mrs. W. B. A'kernvan and
D. L. Smith and A. A. Patterson.
■i.r.'te in henJlttg sdeh :■ splendid
. uoakcr, • .
.Mist: Mary E. Frw>ejf. of Wln-
*’.vop CoTtc-ge. was tne last speaker.
Miaa Frayser spoke on the line of
home economics and sanitation. Thd
Ceding of children was discussed.
She showed a practical way to hav«s
running water for the kitchen and
the advantages that would come
from it. She also demonstrated the
firelefcs cooker*and showed how easi
ly It was mada, the email coat aad
its advantafica. She talked* of the
women's clubs aad their offsets oa
tha upbuilding of tha sonatry and
community. Paw ladles
tho moating* hot tho mm
las Ptayooffi hmtioeHva taf^.
Bach of fhooo meeHogi worn
dod ovor hf Mr! B. O. Ptfeo,
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