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» i'n • Colleton County Fair, Walterbro, Nov; 3,4 5,6, & (Ehf Jlresa and «■ VOL. 37 - \ WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21,1914. 1. NO. 10- SCOKES THE COnON COVENORS « ♦ " • / —mmmmmmmrn Pleads With the Legislature to • Save the People . WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE GOV’S. CONFERENCE VILLA'IS WILLNG TO BRINfe PEACE Has Notified Washington That He WiB Support Provisional Government. Washington. Oct. 19.—General Villa has informed the United States government that, unless something unforeseen occurs, hostilities in Mexico are at an end and that he Sajrtng His Speech Is His j w hj rupport any provisional gov- “Kwan Song,” Pleads That the! eminent formed by the national con- Last Cos*- be Saved for Hm* Poor ven, * on *t Aguas Caliontes. Villa said he would not accept General f’arrr.nza as provisional president, but was saticbed he would Columbia, S. C. Oct. 19 Th«j, not u generally is un- select committee reported the bond derstood Carranza does not desire to Issue and cotton acreage bill to the be provisional president, wishing to Widow. house tonight. .-The bill provides for an issue of $26,000,000 in bonds, ranging from $50 to $1,000 each. The bonds arc to be turn- be .free to enter the presidential race at the succeeding election. Latest state department reports de scribe in detail the visit last Satur- •d over to the state treasurer to b?; day of Villa to the convention at oxchanged for cotton. Persons re-' Aguas Calientes. When he arrived eelving aid must conform to a law j suspicions were awakttied to in to be passed to reduce acreage. The purposes, but when he addressed the fght In the legislature will now cen- convention all doubt was removed, ter about this bill. He said he cr., e to pledge by/bis The two houses of the general oath bis supp ' assembly tonight, in joint session. < convention so beard speeches from Governor Cole.. say he was v L. Blease. Senator John L. Me- Villa Lanrin. and Representative C. N. j applause. L Sapp, on the Memphis conference, .era! Obrege Senator McLaurin and Representa- break with ' tire Sapp both said only the Sooth then worte b to th£ acts of the t no one could ever Tiotic. ‘ ved with storms of he embraced Gen- over whom Vill nza occurred, rae on the Mexican • he banner, pledg- !e by the derisions THIS WEEK’S PRIZE IN AUTO .CONTEST A DIAMOND RING nb<;ro and ms GERMANS UAH DAUGHTER SHOTi i Girl's Wounds May Prove Fatal While Father is Dead; n n ^Arrests Made. * » Orangeburg, Oct. 1$.—Martin My- EXTRA VOTES GIVEN IN ADDITION TO I, ' 1 . .. w j ers, together wUb is son, Frank My- THE OFFER OF A DIAMOND RING! ers, of Bamberg county, shot and instantly killed Luck Williams, a negro, and probably fatally wound ed his 18-year-old daughter aud an Less Than a Month Nov. Until the Contest Closes and This Offer Exceed^ All Others Except the SECRETE CHANGE * - w Amy Which Has Beta Bade- lag Antwerp Now Free for Other Operations. TRENCHES MADE INTO VERITABLE FORTRESSES Final One. t Carolina governor was ready wlta flag and kl a plan at Memphis; that the others ing again to opposed all the proposed legisla- of the conve tion for relief 6f the situation. American They said, however, that they bo- era reported lieve decisive action by this state produced a will have a tendency to make the the delegates Others fall in line. Mr. Sapp said, ken to meaik he hat withdrawn his . excepting the chief executive of this ^original demand that no military state, th most , disinterested persons 'rain be given the provisional jyes- be saw were the governor** a* • idency. The prevalent belief hrye is contera-uce. v .that General Antbuio Villareal will * Governor Blease tohf tile •S*/ *»! be *'-elected. sular Agent ^Caroth- that Villa's^ visit has profound impression on Villa's pledge is ta- An offer, unapproached tn liberality by any other contest that hagTSeu held tn Walterboro is announcsd for the week beginning Thursday, Octo ber 22/And closing Wednesday, October 28, at 6 p. m. in the Press and Standard’s Automobile Contest. To the young Isdy securing tfce largest number of five-year subscrip tions within this period of time, Ibe Contest Mansger will present a gen- nine perfectly cut diamond, moulted in any style mounting the winner may select. This offer is made for five-year subscriptions alone. Extra votes will be given on one, two snd three-year subscriptions, as follows; For each-yearly subscription. In addition to the regular schedule of 1,000 votes, we will give 250 extra votes; for each two-year subscription we will give 500 extra votes; for oach three-year subscription we will give 75m extra votes, and with each five year subscription we will give l.ooo extra votes. Of course, go ahead and secure all the. one, two and three year sub scriptions you can obtain In order to secure the extra votes that *o with them, but the Contest Manager wants it distinctly understood that the diamond ring will only b e given to the young lajly vho secures the larg est number'Of five-year subscriptions, . This is the last special prise offer will be made during the'contest. Th j time is rapidly approaching to awsrd the automobile and other prizes to the successful ones in this contest and we are frank to admit It will take-work and energy from now. on. There canjbe no lagging. Just so sure as any contestant fails to take mivahtage of the minutes and hours that are left. Just so certain will somt; other contestant who is not afraid to work forge ahead. The moral is—‘‘Keep Busy. <V4- Ml*«s Cora Varh . . ..... , fb(K> Mrs. M. J. Banders 2^00 tea assein'h!/ M,nt *be w tfs aba ^hc‘con!oh"fs”r*;valting the ar- A Standing of Contestants. It will be notfed that contestant** | are not credited with more than to.000 votes each week over the leader of tbs week V Miss Ella May Crosby at the aUKade of the governor* cf rival of delegates from General Za-| MIm Mary McCants the ether •tales, itpd made it plain (taxi and it is reported here that the that "nothing, at prc*«b^. eould ; be' poutj^rt chief Llnweif may attc?rt .expected from them. / He 'said 4h«; tie? Ae*emWy'*' ' goverr.ers of Mi sisjtippi. Arkanasa” Details ol C.trrahzaV- decree vacs*- rnd !.otiisian:i were agafhst calling. 0*8 mining concessions• granted b/ I 'jKatures into extra sendon. General Huerta reached th- stat«* tit? ; .d of Governor Brewer, of Missiks- i>«irtraen» today. The instrument in- ippi. he said/ “He is a more bull- validates acts of the Huerta govern- headed man than the governor of 1 • i: between FYbruriry 19. I9,lt. South Carolina.■’ However he said ged August 1.'. 1: 14 \s a natter he believed action on the part of this of equity all interested persons are state would causjp other states do i granted sixty days from September ial/ip behind her. .... . j to apply for new title;, in default /“Gentlemen, it i.*; up to you tp do n r which the land will be considered do i» now,’ •aid free to appropriation by’any inter- THE LYCEUM ATTRACTIO DeKoven Quartette Large Audience at *'• e <v Hunt Idtst something, and Governor Blease. pleading with the csted persons, general assembly to pass some mea * ure to relieve the «ption distress. He said he would sign a bill either for total elimination of cotton nr reduction, rind pf the proposed bon*i issue he said he was with the legis lature, hut warned them to look be hind those who proposed 0 this bond matter and see if they were* working 1 for the people or in their own in terests. He warned them (6 be ware of bond brokers, and said. | The first aufaction of the lyceum “Go slow.’’ t course wa s given last nighty at tha The governor referred as “pitiful’’ school auditorium. The DeKoven to the refusal of the federal govern- Male Quartette entertained their went to arsist the farmers of the audience for two hours carrying South.-end contrasted this with their them from the sublime to the ridi- rushing money across to Europe to culous/' Each voice in itself wa* “rescure the wealthy globe-trotters.” splendid and all or them' together. He also wanted to know where those ; made a quartette hard to surpass, who had promised last summer t > j The solos by the first tenor were par- save the farmers are now plainly ticuiarly sweet and .were given with meaning Senator Smith. Th- seemingly no on the part speaker said if the. lawmakers did of the singer. Their program was nothing else than pass a law «X+ well arranged and consisted of songs tending the time for the payment of cornet solos, readings and a lUtln taxes and staving the sale of pro-j sketch w hich was given by request, pertv under foreclosure, or a*. T h# * Covens are not new least pass a resolution requesting Walterboro having been here circuit judges to put in tW orders former occasion a and jt is needless of foreclosure v n provision that I to say that the, “are always *iven .a 'none of the proneHy shall be sol I warm welcome, before October 1. 1915. it wonld • Messrs Heber U Fad get t and Jas. : F- Itlshcr hay# the iyecum fourse >u legikla- i charge this vear and report llhgt p . several- good numbers ar« Miss !,eonie Padgett..,.. Miss Marie dp TroVHle . . Miss Bessie tfnlgfit . . Mrs. j. J. Crosby . ...... Miss Florence Anderson.. Miss Ruth Padgett: Miss Rhamc Grace...... Miss Mattie Padgett. Miss Essie Bryan.../.... Mrs. J. G. Padgett Mrs. Brnee Hlers. , Miss Mattie Still Miss.Carrie Hoafs Miss Josie Kent Miss Reba Miss Ethel Zeiger Miss Marie 6 Langdale » Sanders Francis . iro/i. B. DuBois . . Ekrhardt, 8. C„ R. Mias Oliva Carter .mum 51000 : Miss Beulah 5100.1! Miss Corri e 1000 i M,B * nesf:,e 1 u j Miss Ruby 5000 | Mrs, K. y liters / ,looo MA.a (Y/t’. iiiott 1000 Mrs./M. H. Hlott...... 10**0 Mntl Charity Kinsey... 10<i0; Mrs. C. I). C. Adams.... 1000/Misg I^‘iia Rickenbacker Miss Bessi'. Weeks . . . . - -- L;»dge S. C. 1 oeo • 1 .mo ;o. t:? ; ',. Miss Essie Cone ing. Anor&er white man Is impli cated in the shooting, i The shoot ing tock place cn Sunday morning, about, one mile from Canaan church, in the lower Fork section of Orange burg county. Willianii^' was out feeding his stock when he was kill ed. 9 — The three white men are now in the Orangeburg county Jail. . They are residents of Bamberg county, living just across the Edisto river and not far from „ the place of the, shooting. Sheriff Salley of Orange burg county reached the scene short ly after the shooting and before Gie inquest was held and returned to Orangeburg with the two prisoners. According to the report given in the case, the three white men charg ed with the killing went to the home of the negro about daylight Sunday morning. Upon their arrival Wil liams was found at the stables feed ing his stock. The three men. It is stated, then opened fire on the ne- ,gro. He was instantly killed. Aft the shooting started. It Is alteg“d. the 18-ycar-old daughter of ^tlllams rushed to the doer of the home with a rifle in he r hand, pr^umably for h*»r father to protec^bimself with. She received a shot ., w hleh will prob ably prioVe fatal. A negro boy who was standing near was struck by a In Cellars of French Treilche, Which Are Three-Story Affairs, ’Phones Have Been Found Which Betray ed German Batter,. Iterlin, (6ct. 18—All signs iydUrite a change Is Impending in the strug gle in northern France. . The pfin- ctpai effect of the mutual flanking operations has been to extend tha battle lines without- either hI;^ find ing a weak spot. The German army which best Antwerp now is free and the Inva^ Ing forces have been strengt otheorise for an assault some point in the extended^battle front. Rigid secrecy is preserved as to the point cboseiv for that move ment. America is perhaps better formed concerning that than i« many. ^ The latest bulletin repor/s this steoreetyped reply: “The lOj. MANY AT, LAURENS FAI] situation in unchanged.’* Reports from the frmn state t!»c entrenched positions /n the center have become full-fledged fortresses The Infantry is lodged in such elab orately protettetr shelter pits tbi* damage is don/ only when a heavy shell strikes/squarely, Shrapnel or shell fragments do notyb'enctrate. la the underground rdbrtrs the soldier* live tn/iomparative comfoTt, except necessary ,.lo man the artilfory is plantfed in masses tine. These guns include }e Twenty-five which were capture! ; fru>< th. foriren^es at Glvnt, Fraaee. * V * Grandstand Collapses WitK Nino v * ^ Hundred Ftople l It; Structure Quite/New. Miss Jessje Mrs. \V. W. Sraoak. (’one . . 10-00 r-.trauons nre frequent. Af- li of AntV.erp the choers th* I- n'i’f h was ft \n*l it dre’v a general fire t. (’■.■* the rr/m’i. Near I’helrM the- '.IHes e'er. ifii'Whed a ccunter- N. \ vtfavk tr, antUipgte anVxpteted tier- /- ¥A H-ft l.fibfi j v . ben the n.ll.v'M!** Fatfie Miley .-founds 144«- 10(10 i non 1 (M*0 Hendersonville, H. Miss Emily Sioman....... . Miss Maggie Mae Boynton.. Miss Eloise McTeer Miss l^ollie Sweat Miss Ruth Marvin lotto Smoaks, S. Miss.Marion, May. . Miss Ibble llyons. . . . . . Miss Nivia Counts . . -Mrs. 11. M. Carter: Miss Callle Mae Padgett. . . Miss Lena Padgett Miss Effie Carrol Mrs. P. M. Berry .\ . . . •Miss Carrie Smoak Miss Justine Hlers Miss Mae Hiqrs . . . . . . Sntnaks, 8. C. R. F. D. No. 1. Miss Carrie R. Thomas.... ; 'Miss Janie Utsey ' Mrs. J. M- Raysor Mrs. J. D. Smoak. . . : Miss Mazelle Steedly. ...... 1 Miss Amanda Spell Mrs. P. E. Spell, . e. . . . Mt^s Lulic Connor Mrs. P. J. Liston... I^urtm, Oct. LM*—Many personn l.piJV* t were injured, se/lraj very seriously. f * u , r j ;0 . I stand-at ihe lair ,Feole«l by German 11* ith a. »rash at 11 j . Q ernU | n headquarters sti^ that ( o’clock tmjdy. It b? estimated IhuV the French rt-port of a repulsK by Ifioo i 8< '° °S y* u P eop,e w!%ro 00 ,he Rtani1 French of a night attack near 44♦>7•• "hen Yne accident occured, an ' 1 , Die, In the French* department 100“ , •* is/Bttle short oi a miracle that no Yosges, on October 11, had no oth- ! liv/; won* lost outright^ and that i €r foundation than the German .4000 j>/ or « t-erri not hurt. - dozen or p 0< > r i nKt to which the French an- S ^^[WIHiams.:..,. 1000/more of th/ Injured w**r- rishod to! B . v< , red v , th a half .hour’s heavy ar- s LiBie'Vtrlekland !!^! | ,K<? Ju,,a ,rby Sanl ’ tar,ur * 1: oth, ‘ rK J tiltery fire ahng. the 17-ralte Jtonr. j’:.' °' I were,treated on the grounds, white. The Fre|lch . f ., 5 „ hpM thoen«tern /A> • 1000 ; Miss A’erq Bishop 1000 I , Colleton, 8. C. 51000 Miss Ruth Garrh-.. . 70;:o Mrs W. F. Grayson . . . 1V045 Mrs. Net a Re<l!sh...- I • William*, S. c. * sisr ’ Miss Nellie Kinsey//.. Miss Mis Miss Ritter, S. C. Gahagan Mrs. O. L. Gahagan .. ._ .. 812. r Miss Florlne Lovelace looo Miss Lucite Thonfas.J jooo j (l00 Mies Jcsle Drawdy Itavenel, S. i\ Miss Caroline Crosby . . .... 51000 5125 1 000 1000 loop loot) 1000 S4O0 1 oilO 1000 CHANGES IN THE hpld others were taken to their homes * n ' frontier line, although a number of jhe city. * hgrrier forts-lia\*j fallen. The French Huggins Bryson, son ot \\. infantry posdtions. nre roofed 1000 Bryson, ot < ross Hill, h^d a b-g bro- ; t^pnehes. The bomb proc-i, even In ken; Koyce Todd, son of D- E. Todd, ■ inaftnry porltioifi*. are roofed 1P4W of thre county, leg badly lacerated poui retp, agaifist which nil ex- . and chin broken and othrrvise ^ -pppi the heaviest shells are ineffec- Jured; W. H. Barksdale, of Highland ' tj^e. Cannon in disappearing ar- t.lenn :. j mor ^j t urre t K .gc^ver the continued wound. ^ ! Home rib broken: John J RACING RULES -»*- received a bad scalp I Free-for-All Sweepslrkcs Op?n looo j to AH (’omers. firtoo ; loot,} loot. The racing officers of the fair hav» 1000 decl?ed to make one change in the 1000 — - ' in Mrs. Joel A. Smith, Waterloo, hurt on thigh and otherwise injured Others Injured. These are tac more seriously in jured, while'the following j batteries have hern betrayed. Dog.e carrier pigeons German fire?. IlMliery Positici.-* Itetrayed. In houses outside the French lines have born found cellar telephones by- whlch the r»o.sltion cf the German hrinted rites as announced the • more cr le*a slight bruises Miss i’.arnie Wallace, of Shiloh; Miss. An nie Bell Jordan, of DonalUs. teacher in the Shiloh S< bool j, Mrs. J. F. Sat- to on to have won first or second money in I Held, of the county; Mrs. J. R. Ellis * - . . ... . _ * _ . j 1000 .. looo Xu. a., inoi} 1 "00 | to throw open the s'vaepetakos r ices Harold Hudgens, son of John 100*»'| n the free-for-all running and trot- Hndger.q.of tin ci;v; !x>uls Solomon ono of the previous races Thfsrute| 0f , hn P |;y^ Miss Grirtrude kelson, f*Hll apply to county raised ipf Fountain Inn; Robert Sullivan, horses, but It ha* boon' deemed' wise /on of f. /*. Sifilivan. ef the city. N. Hudgers,.of the city; help, r The governor urgcil the ture to puss gome m- ar-ur: s *r> kx the poor people frorri sufferinp. usk-/o- th** people ot the town a ing v. hat would be tte^UuaH:** .if. rotirdlng country. the l;n-t eo'w wm taken iron nti sur- Ifie. tiA ' podr wjdov. as l frbr her br.rrel -’U'/’r • «f •*.-r i ?:» l itt rape osuf “You will yet ;rn exathpte to aktarrl'i«ts :tr*d a picte.r Sor*. fi sts to tell of;” Jhe fi ffi rMi. Governor Hie t*e u.'+i '' «* Carolina leglatatun c-* honl# and .«zt,now, regardte > * - ^ o K* .• The next attraction will be given - ,. r October 29th end »ill i><- t'r- Ftlwir. R. \v**-ks t’onpany. Prw.s not. >f ;fi “ »rr* their audi- ' . most Hcliff'll ewjjinrr.'* er.ct- cj croment for their refusal. Sav-ing this was probably his Hst public utterae* Governor states. lh»—de« larr.il :o federal litea-c ended his d 400 * with government had refused to come to this exhortation _ . th. rfli.f and the P-op.. "«”* **«' Cod . ,all. and hu m .nU, tnr : hplr da&te government sake do- something for the poor to aa4 them. “Do It. gentlemen.” man who i^not able to do something he said, criticizing the federal gov- for himsrR - 1000 1000 premium list. As announced. In a R i terwhlte and cliild, of the county. looo j sweepstakes evefits a horse in order . two children of Thad Sonri’r, Mrs. Miss Gertie Huckr- 100.0 to” enter would have been required f g. n , wiMi ams ( f Kkom* Mrs W..I Miss Jessie Connor 1000' 1 ban r.itom, .urs Mrs. Eugene ..Padgett. ... Mrs. B. L. Linder ... HntoMks, J4. C. R. F. I>. Ml S3 Hattie Goodwin . . Miss Mattie Padget* Mrs. Robert Williams . . . Miss Itertte Leo Harrison. MIsk Maude Padgett .. . Miss Blanche Smith Miss Rebecca Padgett. . . . Mica 'f4e?*io Striolctenfl . . Mrs. Hattio’Baenes .'. .. * . ■■■ w "** Stokes, S. C Miss Annie Carter . . . . Mias Annie Carter Mrs. J. M Bennett '. Mrs. E. (’. Heath Mian Carrie Sanders . ',HVs Mamie Ftrltkliud Miss Alice Syk“s*. Mira Etha Under. *. . Miss L;u la . Kinard . MtesjRuth Beach Rufilm s. c. Miss Z4la t'arter ami uhe! the. dogs were shot ’*• i ' igeons eaten. carried letters were used and th'* p;j , A German odfier exprt-iscd high praise of She French aviators. Wher*» the German 'earthworks ware- nob roneeated from aeriah reronnabnne**. the appearance of a French aviator was invariably followed by an artil lery attack upon the position^ “Hov tersely we watch our aharpnei bursting* uround those aeroplanes and how seldom its cne xfritcr. JU* } rr.r.ull in satfisfaetjoti ’ to nH-jut-ner- •H 25 j of racing ; to* k, r* iltat it will givv i 1 i .1 . - --r ‘ j them : till i not’-i-r nh;*.«*■«• v ia. In the free-for-all ev-•'■*• I'vjntv' , /*'} ••?.fsetl cV an 1> ent. re-1 i!i^ r*i • ' tr- in snv other •■}»»■• Of «oar«< j fighting and roquent in tbe. vjtjlt.ity tTise German . / ) j the ^tcepMnkes rn>e« tho^tne wntr;- ^ ^/ fees -vpi he charged as annonneed ,n ,n j IC'fi) ' >*;d ‘the previously. In tliV conn«'ct|nn if would be we I j a the soft or loamy sort on to mate that owners of tfcc rac*' horses can secure the use of the 7000 Hrack at any time in the afternden the miss A-uu* * arier i ui any unit* in -cue siternuon • / Mias Jewell Carter........ 100ft Many horses am already try- dow near the city. Miss Mamie Carter. . 1000 | ing out the track, and it in expected 1 uoportk riving wiw whir ft was lqe;tt«d. the* Fair nea- streture grounds being located in a rn l*ry duels of Belfort, ‘France, paper* are without ’direct new*, regarding operations In, this lion. . • a Pg’nc.e ii .n'lii';*. youngest son of Emperor WliHam, ha.s been promo*- ed *o be a captain and reayicniHl ns w, staff of!l*« r in the Eleventh Armv Crops. ' \ *T Mrs Mrs. . Roy Padgett 1-0*00 that shortly the track w . W. H. WUliafffz.:.... fcoD’ed every day with horsris. ill be crowd- • Miss Helen Lheua is visiting in Tennille, Ga. c . V Mrs. I^fifahte Shaw and^ little son are guests at the home of Mrs.* Shaw’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. WolHng. '-W&S&IS) fp