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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.
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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*
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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.
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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
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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. , ..
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, 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
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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.