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* * r * V Ws (7 ' yOL. 37 WALTERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER; 16,1914. CHAIRMAN CHOSiN FOR RELIEF WORK FROM OFT WEST. TO RAI1SE FUNDS FOR BEL* GIANS IN COLLTON COUNTY. WORK OF MUCH WORTH. W’ell, as Mr. Editor was kind enough to put my letter in print. I will attempt to write another short one. 1 was sorry to find so many misprlpts. but will excuse them this time as things are a bit in a turmoil sal hear: I wonder If you all are freezing up out there; when we arose this morning and gazed out on nature’s beauty we were shocked to find the houses and trees putting on a mantle of white; for It is snowing and sleet ing. What is more beautiful to be hold than a landscape adorned with snowflakes and Icicles? I fear none of us are thankful and humili ating enough to God for the beauty and splendor that He gives us. He makes Mother Earth almost a para- ! dise for His children if we would llr. Jamos E P.orifo» ha. b.en ap- only „ tudy n=tury morc and (orget pol.t«l br Bruc. ...w.!. of Co- U. 0-dly , hln „. lumbia as chairman of The Belgian { Relief Fund in Colleton county. Mr.. 1 Penrlfoy haa entered Ipto the ««*!„ ( „. extrenc , y ^ with zeal and is devoting a part of Jiis time to this work. re- Bel- i and will Jae. E. Peurlfy of Walterboro Will Be la Charge of Relief Work . In This County. As we stated in our last The. climate hero is quite change- itible, it can be warm or cold and in verse; I toll you It is always wise for a follow to tako a wrap, over- shoes and an umbrella for he is like ly to be caught in a blizzard, etc., if he is gone a couplp of hours. Onto since I came here it Vas very, very .be noted in this paper and turned and , n flTr nilnut0 -, tlme al most cold enough for fire; jilst think of a climate like that! ^ Nevertheless, wc have very little New Clothing will be gladly calved and forwarded to the gians. If. left at The Press Standard* All funds received over to the state headquarters Columbia. .AH checks should in ben made payable to Mr. Peurifoy, or cent or mailed to him at'The First National Bank. Early in January a''ship laden with provisions, clothing. etc. s for the Belgians will leave Charleston. sickness as one soon becomes clima- "tized and prepares for war in time of peaci.^ > • This town is situated In a prairie ireelon but not a perfectly bare on^! Win the people of Colleton county , for we have almost allow this ship to leave without) of tre€ , |ke (hat grow , haring had a part in the loading of, g Carolln a except the yellow thU .vessel for the relief of the suf-, e whlch i m,ss so faring in the war torn country? It| 0r " * . a ,_ av - mv dallv Is believed that such a call will bej muc a ® f . nd _ they h ave reaponded to in a most liberal spirit. or .wi lea, pine. which of course makes this FRANK W. ROBERTSON. Frank W. Robertson died at hts home near Stokes this week after Zh Illness of severtl years. Mr. Rob artson was In the sixty-first year of state minus of turpentine stills like wc find so frequently thera. I wonder how all the boys and gir^p are progressing with their school work. I miss them so much. dally thrown .with them for as a pr< duq to this. Mr. Robet|f»n was a promlne* plantar of his section «*•.■! was welj liked by all who knew him. He i? Survived by his wife, several chll- * dren. two brothers and one sister. • r ^ ' • ..x his age. He was operafcC on about i Bev ^ a , yearg before i came out here, two years ago for appendicitis from ^ wJU a , way|| hold a tender'place In which he never recovered. heart for the one9 • aided in the anally went into dropsy, death being advancement of an education.. ' For children, listen: there is noth ing worldly as great and beneficial as an education. There Is no ex cuse for any human being In Ameri ca not being able to read and-write when such golden opportunities con front us. There are several fine schools In this town. “The Gar land” almost In sight of here has several hundred children enrolled. I have had the pleasure of seeing a few real Indians out here, of course they are civilized but their customs are quite different to ours. I saw 4hem while passing through Oklahoma. v I am glad to see that Walterboro is going to have a moving picture show installed; there are two here, they are entertaining also the Ly- NEW DENTIST ARRIVES. s' • . . • Dr. R. R. Rigby arrived In the city Monday from St. Georgfe and located here for the- practice of his profession. . Dr. Rigby will be as sistant to Dr. H. W. Black, having taken the place of Dr. McAlhany, Who moved to ^ummerville last week. Hfe is a graduate of the At lanta Dental College. Dr. Rigby has been here all of the past week and has made a lasting impression on those with whom%he came in ‘'on- , fCum j R much enjoyed, I have been tact. la Honor Mr. and Mis. Glover.' One of the most c?;;gutful social % • r events of the season occurred last Tuesday evening. December 8. when Mr. and Mrs. Glover entertained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charlesworth Glover at their home in this city. The evening was spent in conversa tion and music was furnished by Mrs. Edgar Jones and Misses Eunice Glover and Essie Hyrne. Delight ful refreshments of cake and fruit punch wore served the guests. Sev eral out of town guests attended the reception. Death of Hal. K. Jeffries. ' Mr. Hal E. Jeffries died very sud denly at his home over in Cherokee <A>unty Tuesday night. He had been walking out over his farm and^rom- Ing Into the house complained of feeling very 111. He aoon became unconscious and did not again apeak. * ^ twice.' once to a l^*turc on The Bur dens of the Nation up to the Pres ent time.” this was indeed interest ing and instructive as the speaker ha< onlv a short time ago returned home after encircling the globe; the other was “The Lyric Glee Club” which of course was very laughable. Well. Christmas Is nearly here, I guess old Santy will be overstocked with letters but my. my. I wonder If he has his bag full of toys etri. as the rest of us are so badiy^ffected by the war panic. I will close, wishing the Edlt4|p and all the readers^a merry, merty Christmas 1 ajid JT Happy N>w Year. With the Jjditoris agreement not to put thjr In the waste basket I will write ataln soon. My husband and and will be glad SUMMARY Of WAR fROM VARIOUS POINTS FRENCH, IIRITOfl AND BEL* * • . GIAXS MAKE IMPORTANT e t GAINS. The long expected the allies to advaae* under way in credence can be ports. Important by be attempt terns to and If full official re- have tnade by the French, British and Belgians. , J '' From Nieuport. says the French official statement, the Franco-Bel> gian troops have debouched and oc cupled the line from the west of Lombaertzyde to the, form of St. Georges. Lombaertzyde lies about one and onp-half miles northeast of Nleupont and St. Georges is about one mile southeast pf Nieuport. This operation, therefore, has given ■them a line running virtually a mile to the cast of NiNeuport and extend ing almost north and south for a distance of about two miles. / The French report a. gain alon.”; a three-mile line from Hollebeke to Wytschaete, to the south of Ypics, artainst which city German attacks of a violent nature were bcriT di rected almost ificccsnntly a few day.i ago. / Farther to the east there has been a gain of nearly a third of a ri ile la the direction of Klein ZHlebcke. ,The French war office adtnits the succes of German infantrymen In gaining a foothold at Steinbuck . in Alsace, although - declaring the French still hold ,the heights over looking that place. In Russian Po land 'tfie Russians claim continued success in the'Mlawa region, but re port large forces of Germans con centrating on the left bank of the Vistula, with the arrival of German reinforcements along the fropt. For two days there has been fler.-*' light ing in the neighborhood of Lowtcz. each side alternating in taking the aggressive. * Berlin announces that owing to <;he numerical superiority of the Russians the „ German „ column, which advanced from Soldau, • East Prussia, by way of Mlawa towards Ciechanow, has had to re-occupy its old positions. That Warsaw, which has been the Germans’ objective for weeks, is not particularly disturbed over the out look is Indicated by dispatches from the Ppllsh Capital, which describe the dty as gaily decorated .crowded with shopper*'and paraded, with the Christmas holiday spirit. Though the Austrians have been forced to withdraw from Belgrade and now occupy only a small part of Servla they, balance against this a strong offensive In western Gala; cia. which they declare has comp LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR IMMIGRATION PI. ANNS'' ANNOUNCED, BRING. . • -IXG DESIRABLE* PEOPLE TO Washington, December 15.—* K campaign to stimulate Immigration to the South was launched here to day by the Southern Commercial Congress. Enactment of .uniform ®t*te laud laws to faeiliate acquire ment of titles, establishment of a Federal system of rural finance ^o aid colonisation, and organization pf State Immigration yonferencet are among the aims of the move ment. Detailed plains were announ ced tonight ’by a spcrfqj^ gpnimittoe appointed last week at the Uusnigra- tlon conference held -here > } / * • Commercial Congress. Thf' cimniittc.e's announcement dhclare R future development of the South will bo mensured largely in terms of an efficient industrial an i agriculturnt immigration. Millions of acres of desirable land remains undeveloped * In Southern States the statement says, and is available for "thousands of fanilies in other Slates pf the Union, In Canada and abroad who rook agricultural hom es.” . Stringent Federal laws to protect Immigrant settlers from “unscrupu lous land sharks and real estate ma lipulator?’’ are urged. Present ef forts of the labor department to ef fect a proper dlstribufTpn of labor to farms bf the country are com menced and Cbhgreas is asked to empower the department* to extend the scope of that wor t k. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, msna^lBg director ot the Cemmeeelel Pen geese, is a member of the committee di rectly in charge of the campaign: Qther members arc: Hugh MacRae, Wilmington, N. C„ and R. M. Mix- son, Wiiltston, S. C; Spartanburg, December 15.—Spec- ’al: That Clyde C*. Clement, the Wofford Filling. Law rtudent, con victed here last February of tho murder of his infant child and sen tenced to life imprisonment, will be among those pardoned by Gover nor Blease before he retires from office in January, is the impression created here by requests made by the Governor’s office on the clerk's office for records In the case. Clem ent la a prisoner In the county jail, where he has been held since hts conviction. It hag been freely predicted that the pardon of Clement would be the LINK TWEEEELVE . final chapter in the sensational case. Clyde Clement and Miss Freda Pendleton, of Durham. N. C.. #• and at one time a rtudent at a busi ness scholl in this city, were tried Jointly for tho <1 rowring of a baby in Lawson’s Fork, a stream passlnc through'’the suburbs of .the pity. Miss Pendleton war acquitted after a trial filled with sensations. In the last few months several petitions asking the Governor to par don Clement have been in circulation and forwarded to .Columbia. ' r bcv are said to have been freely signed by those who expressed dissatisfac tion with the result of the* trial within It brought acquittal for the girl. During the trial Qavcrnpr Blease was In Spartanburg and at tended the B©Ftioi>s of the Court as an interested spectator. Clement Is 21 years of age. a na tive of Polk County, N. C.. aad hsd known Mt$s Pendleton since thoy were children together In that coun* ty. His father Is a farmer of con siderable means. The district convention of the Knights of Pythias for the first dis trict held their meeting hero last week which waa largely atteude*. and much benefit was drived there from. District Deputy Grand Chan cellor O'Dandt of - Beaufort in attendance and other prominent Knights of the district participated. Mr. O'Dandt was elected grand chan cellor and E. D. Lemarks, pur fel low townaman was elected secretary of the convention. The meeting held before the Knights entered thelV hall.*was pre sided bver by E. D. Lemacks of thla city, and many able addresses by prominent men featured. D. L. Smith and J. M. Moorer of this city and Frank M, Meyer, Past Grand Chancellor, delivered able addressee. Thfe minister of the city took /part and the audience was dellglu^d with the vocal solo rendered oy Miss Eunice Glover and Giwaccompany- ment of Mrs. E. \/. Jones on the piano. After thp' public meeting the Knighta repaired to their places of meeting^ where they enjoyed a smoker. The/d ext place of meeting waa not / ^ Friday morning a business meet ing was J&ald vat Ashy-Farrow Hall and the Tolldwfog officer* LITERACY TEST REMAINS. *» Immigration Bill Likely to Go to Wilson Unichanged. , Washington. December 15.—Al though President Wilson announced today he did not favor the literaev test in the pending Igimigration Wtl Indications tonight were that/the measure would be sent to/him for approval or veto with Hrt? literacy unchanged. No disposition to amend that section kas been appar ent in the Senate/wacre the bill is under consideration. It was U>« literacy test whkh prompted/f’resldent Mft to veto the bill ju*t before the close of his ad- minidtratfon. The measure, substan tially unchanged,, was repassed bv, the House. President Wilson said today he had riot decided what-ac tion he would take should it be pas sed also by -She Senate with the lit eracy test included. Uonslderatton of committee Jr amendments virtually was complete.! todav in the Senate. *• The only important change was the elimination of the provision for’ medical Inspectors on immigrant ships. The vote wn:;* 32 to 25. Sev en foreign Powers and protested against, the se<tion. The Senate BUbstltuaed vita-illy re-enacts the present inspection law. Miss Clara Strickland. of/Colle- ton. and Mr. Wendell PajHtett. of Smoaks, were happily /married.' in the Clerk of Court’s/ office, hef-e, Wednesday. Dec. l^fh.. by Mr. R. R. Miley. ,\1 *-8 V/iekland is a very popular young lady of Colleton, and Mr. Padgett is a promising youtrt farmer ..of Smoaks. Miss Eds Pad-- gett^^nd Mr. W. A. Bishop* both of (oaks, were also'married‘- ja the Jerk of Court’s office, on Wednes day. by Br. R. R. Miley. • The many friends of these popular young peo ple wish them much .happiness., elected: Keeper x Record find Seal. E. D. Lemacks. LOCAL KNIGHTS ELECT OFFI CERS,/•' \ PERSONAL MENTION I like the Weat flnf **y of our South Caro- friends to Rope Ark. I »m. // -« Mrs. G. W. Campbell. V to -welcome Una Dep; 12. 1914. Harrison-Watker. I Miss Bertle*Lee Harrison, ot Little Mr. Jeffries was a prominent | Swamp, and Herman Walker df Kbr- farmer and leading citizen of Ch^ro- .bardt„ were married yesterday, a: l;ee. He b*aver, a wife, who before the home of t!^' bride’s paints, by! . C. Cuonts, cf Sn-oni/.T her, n/rriage / Miss Ninevah,tho Rev. J. ed the Russians to retreat amu; Re sulted In the capture of Sl^jXlO pris oners. Every casualty carries th > names of men of t^Ringuished fari : Hy who have foflen or are in ,»fie hands of "the'pnemy.” Word non come s thaK the son of the form' 1 !’ French / premier, Lou<: j Bartho’.i. has from wounds received at tix* front and that a son of the Im perial Germatr chancellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Mollweg, has been wound ed and i' a prisoner among the Ru«- JJ1 slaijjr , - y V_/ The United State* has decided to send warships to the Panama Canal Zone to guard against violations of nqutraUty there by belligerent ship*. The converted German cruise'* Coromrant, which recently arrived at Guam, an American possession in the Pacific, ha s Interned. „ The German cruiser Dresden, the last of the German squadron of five country, would be valued at approxl- defeated by British warships in the raately $720,000. but because of de- South Atlantic, according to lates*. mand for the staple in foreign coun reports, has sailed from Punta Aren- ( tries at this time its value will an as. in the Strait of Magellan, wherr doubtedly be lonslderably more, she took refuge, with one or more The llermlon is one of the seven British cruisers in pursuit. . steamers in port loading cotton for The British official press bureau foryfon countries. Zanoun'-ea that the sinking of th*- British battleship Bulwark wn* due Takes Cotton Abroad. Savannah. Dec. 15.—The Norwe glam steamer Hermion will sail with in the next few days for Genog, It aly. with the largest cargo of cotfon that has left thV season for a for eign country. Tho Hcrmion’a car go will consist of IH.ttOfi bales of cotton. Her cargo, if sold In this Mr. J. CcCauley Hoats. of Wash ington, D. C., will spend Chrhktnias with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hoats of Sandy Dam. Mr. T. Edgar Link, of Abbeville, arrived in Walterboro last week and * • * • / . ,.e ill now connected with The Press and Standard. At the present Mr. Link has charge of the linotype ma chine. Mrs. Link will arrive within the next few wcok R to Join Mr. Lim; here. ' / 1 on vent ion PoMponctl. Owing to the inclement weather, only a few delegates were able to atend the Sunday School Conference at Bethlehem church on last Sun-, day. Hence it was thought best to postpone the conference one week. The program as nhnoumed in the.v' columns last- week wllk• be carried out next Sunday. All interested are cordially invited to attend. ' Steamer Battered to Pieces. Norfolk. Va., Dec. 14.—Pounding heavily in a high surf, the British steamer Lie of lora, which went ashore one mile south of Cape Ila'- ter.v* inlet before daybraka today Is lielleivcd tonight to be a ..total loss. The 27 men of her. crew are quar tored in th| Hatteras. lifesaving station at Chancellor’s Hon Taken? Paris, Dec. 14 —Reports reaching here today from Berne k tar to that at son of the German chancellor. Dr. Von BetKn.ann-Hollweg hes been In jured -aeriossly at Pidtrkow. Bosslan Ashbury Farrow Lodge No. «J, Knights of Pythias held tholr regu lar monthly meeting last Tuesdnv night when the annual election of, officers was held. The meeting was well attended and proved a grand success. The following were elect ed to office for the coming year: R. L. Fraser, C. C. W. L. Easterling, V. C. ' D. L. Smith, Prelate. / H. R. Padgett. M. of F. E. D. Lemacks, K. of R. and S.. and M. of F. J. M. Klein. M. of E. L. Haselden, M. at A. R. M. Jefferies, I. G. I- B. Houck. O. G. E. D. I^cmack. Lodge Trustee, three years. ^ / Committees: L. -P. Murray. Wld ows and Orphan’a fund, three years. W. B. Ackerman, committee on Su pervision. three years. M. C. Fishburne, Hall cqmmlttce, three yoers. *, The next meeting will be 1io?cf*on Tuesday night. December 29.- when the installation of the above named officers w iYl he held. A banquet will also he given by the Ideal Knights on this occasion. DEATH OF A CHILD. , .. /V' , Dorothy, the little four yqar old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Montgomery, now of Sumter, died at the residence., of Mrs. Montgom ery’s parents, >Mr. and Mrs. A. V’. Glover. Friday A. M., after an Ill ness of only two dkys. with pneu monia. . interlnent was held at Live Oak .cemetery Saturday after noon. The bprpaved parents have the deepest sympathy of a host of friends TWO FIRES NEAR SMOAKS. W Ilatnox ami s^x'eral children. 'Mu-* Ffurr'spn is sn Mr JefrWs was held In high -~t- *th! J opi 1 r , young UAy teem by/those ..who knew him-, and ;en.or. M.’. Walker .-, ’• his death is a great shock to them, t ing young man of Ehrhardt. le above was taken from, The >n Times. Mr. Jeffries was a brother of our fellow citizen, Mr. R. J M. Jeffries. v aero:, idi-b' 1 ;o nn explosion caused by th<* acei of tl :?' de/at Irnitien of ammunlttor. premi;: I B Rmon’k. o^ SrmakS, R.'C.. FEVER PATIENTS IMPROVED. I Poland, and that he has be- n can- fret his dwelling and r- ntent*'. *We are glad to report that th«*lturcd by ti e Russiana. . Thun day. Dee. K b., e*>out /hree .children of Mr. C. W Drowdy of! 4 “lev?. I » Mrs. F. L. Morrow* is, spending we sometime with her relatives In Greenwood. New Th'rf l».ivs I! liday. York. Dec 14 -Th* o’clock in the r’f.rni' g The ro>f v in-foiling* in 1.-V--’* the fire «r»}» New dis< overed. and Mj and. M rs Smoak <r r’e;. h;.» compilod witli Italy’.' ’Green Pend, Little Net hi and FI demand by returning the British are rapidly recoverjng from their the recent attack of typhoid fever.. Both , York cotton exchange will have a barely escaped with their lives, they ad/rtfcTren have recovered sufficient ( three-day holiday Christmas. The were badly burned while warning m Mor the discharge of the attending • governor voted to ©cmain Close 1 their rhlldfen. Origin of the fire consul at ilodelda. Arabia, to ... 4 Italian consulate, from which he had been forcibly removed and his prom ised punishment for those guilty, f nurse. i ? the discharge of the attending governor voted to Remain ' December 26. Is not known.