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" v - ' ' "V * ' -'Z* ~\-r '* ? - . * j VOLUME XXX. WOODROW WILSON t WILL WED SOON His Engagement to Mrs. Norman Gait Formerly Announced Last Week1 Carriage to come WITHIN SIXTY DAYS Expected That the Ceremony win uome Off Within Hh Uoxt Two Months. ^ Washington.?"The announcement v^as made last week of the engage| of Mrs. Norman Gait of this city . * President Woodrow Wilson." v. This simple announcement was nanded to 200 or more newspaper x men at the executive offices by Secretary Tumulty at 8 o'clock after every correspondent in Washington had been notified to call at the White House in person. Before her marriage Mrs. Gault was Miss Edith Boiling of Wytheville, Va. She had lived in Washington since 1890 and is the widow of Norman Silt, a well known business man of is city. She is the daughter of Wil liam H. Boiling of Wytheville, for years a prominent figure in Virginia affairs. While no definite date is set for the marriage it is understood that the great event will take place within the next GO days. The brief announcement from the TVhite House, made by Secretary Tumulty, came as a surprise to official Washington but to a number of intimates it long had been expected. From this circle came tonight the story of a friendship whose culmination was viewed as a happy turn in the troubled and lonely life of the nation's chief executive. *It was Margaret Wilson and her cousin, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, who drew Mrs.'Gait into the White House circle. They met her in the early autumn of last year and were so much attracted by her that they sought her ought more and more frequently. Mrs. Gait spent a month this summer as a guest of the presi Rent's eldest daughter. It was then that the president had an opportunity to meet and know her. One of the most interesting facts, as told by friends, ;s that the president's daughters chose Mrs. Gait for their admiraI tion and friendship before their fath~J.er did. 0HA Virginia Woman. (^Mrs. Gait is the window of a well 4 known business man of Washington, who died eight years ago, leaving a jewelry business that still bears his name. She has lived in Washington since her marriage in 1896. She is w about 38 years old and was Miss W Edith Boiling, born in Wytheville, Va. A\here her girlhood was spent and rvifiere her father, William H. Boiling, was a prominent lawyer. For many weeks Mrs. Gait and her j relatives have been frequent dinner guests at the White House. Often she has accompanied the* president on motor rides. She is not quite as tall as Mr. Wilson. She has dark hair and dralc eyes. Friends regard her as an Tlnusual beauty. Her tastes are said to be strikingly similar to those of the president. .She is interested in literature and charity work. MEETING AT CONWAY BAPTIST CHURCH f Rev. F. H. Martin, of Suffolk, Va., will commence a meeting at the Baptist church on Monday night next. He will preach twice each day for ten or fifteen days. All denominations are invited to attend and co-operate in the mating. Ero. Martin asked us to state that he was coming for a great Campaign to win souls and that he wanted the hearty co-operation of every Christian of every church. Please try and attend the first service. f k #lt 4 c LOT OF MACHINERY TAKEN BY SHERIFF The R. W. Wood Machinery Plant at Wampee Taken Under Mortgage. The shetiff went to Wanipcc last Friday whore he took into possession the saw mill, engines and boilers, cotton gin, grist mill and other attachments of the late R. W. Wood. This was the result of a foreclosure of a chattel mortgage on the property made by the late Mr. Wood to the M. B. Thompson Co., and which had been past due for some time. The nronprtv knc ?,1 ?- 1 -? tv>T una uucu auvernstu for sale under this mortgage at o'clock in the forenoon, on Monday, the 25th day of October A. IX, 1916. TEACHERS PAY CHECKS AT FULL FACE VALUE Large Loan Secured Through Farmers & Merchants Bank For Purpose. In times past, the school teachers of Horry County, had a very hard time to get pay for their sei-vices during the period running from about July 1st to January 1st of each year. This was owing to the fact that the taxes OttnLlaUU -..1 1 I uxuiuuic iwx ouiujui purposes were not then collected, nor are they now, until late in the fiscal year, after about half or even more of the common school terms have been taught out. This year the teachers of the countywill not be bothered with this inconvenience. Recently the County of Horry negotiated a loan through the Farmers & Merchants Hank for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, pledging the uncollected school taxes of the present fiscal year to secure the loan. The money on this large loan has been secured now for some time and is available for the payment of teachers' pay certificates. All teachers' pay certificates are payable at the Farmers' & Merchants Bank at their tull face value. FRENCH REPULSE titKMAN A HACKS Stubborn Attempts to Recover Lost Ground Defeated Paris.?The Germans have bombarded violently all the French front to the north of Le Scarpe and at the same time delivered four counter attacks against the positions recently conquered by the French near Souchez. They were repulsed at all points. I There was intense artillery exchanges last week at other points on the front. In the Champagne the Germans delivered a series of stubborn attacks against the positions lost by them to the French to the north of Tahura. These attacks everywhere failed and the Germans suffered heavy losses. At Eparges the French exploded two mines, causing serious damage to the German works. burrWghs'salfJ still going on The bankrupt sale at the store of L. TT T"? ? n. uurrougns is still going on and the goods are going regardless of any profit. The store was open all last week and every day there were many customers. All of those who purchased goods seemed to be well pleased with the goods at the prices charged. All of the real estate of Mr. Burroughs is included in his failure. This land consisting of about eight different parcels will be sold at public auction on the first Monday in November. If you are in the market for goods or a tract of land or a town lot, it will pay to watch these sales.?adv. > Hurt l ^ % "HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOl ONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY, 00 MORE HORRO i 11UU.I"iii i'i' 1111 I AkOUO TO \. CHtLOQE. CHARLESTON YARD | GREATLY VALUED Secretary of the Navy Daniels, it is learned, will not recommend the sale or abandonment by the government of the so-called "useless" navy yards at Charleston. On the contrary, as will be disclosed in his forthcoming- annual report, writes from Washington a Chicago Tribune correspondent, he will urge that every yard now possessed by the government be retained and utilized to the fullest possible extent, either for manufacturing or repairing purposes or for naval basis. Yard to be Retained. According to the plans as formulated by the department, the several navy yards will be retained as follows, and for the following reasons: The Portsmouth yard will be utilized for the manufacture of the lighter electrical supplies, small boats and equipage, and for the construction and repair of submarines. The Boston yard will be utilized for rope making and as a general repair station for all kinds of vessels on the Atlantic coast. The New York yard, the largest of all, is of incalculable military value, because of its $30,000,000 worth of equipment and its location near the railroad iines and waterways and in the center of an enormous manufac turing district. The Philadelphia yard represents an expenditure of $30,000,000 and its abandonment has never been seriously considered. The Washington yard manufactures all kinds of naval ordnance, including aeroplane guns, 14-inch guns, and every sort of ammunition. Charleston Strategic Point. The Charleston (S. C.) yard is considered the most strategic location between Norfolk and Key West. It is equipped with special machinery for the repair of destroyers. The Pensacola yard is being developed as a testing ground for aeroplanes and hydroplanes. I The New Orleans yard is equipped to do repair work upon all lighter draft gunboats, destroyers and submarines, and it is more economical to send gunboats on duty in southern waters to New Orleans than to Portsmouth. 1 nc i'uget sound yard on the Pacific coast is considered to be located strategically and is being gradually developed. WEATHER FOF For the Week Beginning Wei Issued by the U. S. WeatI FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC AND E Parrtly cloudy weather, with occas day and Thursday, and generally fa tures will be near and slightly abov f y >LE, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FORE TOBEB 14, 1915. RS OF WAM. ?Taylor in Los Angeles Times. GUTTING RATES OF NATIONAL BANKS Frankfort, Ky.?John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, defended last week before the Kentucky Bankers' Association his efforts to force national banks to reduce their interest charges to borrowers during the days of stress in the financial and business world which followed the outbreak of the European war. Of the 7,615 national banks in the country, Mr. Williams declared, 1,020 have sent in detailed reports showing that they have received an average of 10 per cent or more on loans. He cited, without giving names, instances in which the rate ran up to 40, 60, 1,00. j per cent. In one case?that of a woman who borrowed $3.50 for six days ?he said the bank charged one dollar, or 2,400 per cent. "These banks," said Mr. Williams, "are authorized by the government. To an extent at least, they have behind them the sanction, the prestige and the protection of the great American nation?and lending $3.50 for six days to a washerwoman or a laborer's or a farmer's wife, at 2,400 per cent. "As somebody once said of druggists' profits on powdered chalk, it gets out of the range of percentage in"! to larceny from the person. Three hun I dred per cent will make anarchists silently, faster than all the I. W. W. apostles who can bawl. When national banks chartered by the government disappoint and (deprive toil of its just reward, and stimulate resentment, we have prepared and fertilized the soil for a fearful crop of disaster. We can TlOt 11PV5im*lrt nnvonliTnt. a.. ~4l UV.VXIV- uui?n.ivi:n V7I lIUlKt; UtllCl'S* believe that it is right or safe for banks to charge 100 per cent a year, while the producing people about them are kept poor. I know of such banks. I do not intend to stand for them if 1 j can help it. The country will not, stand for them." o j The home-made candy furnished by members of the Conway civic league for sale at the County fair deserves especial mention. Generous samples] of it was displayed at the store of Norton Drug Co., for several days last week. The Mare Islam! yard at San Francisco, the object of severe criticism, is being used for the construction of oil ships and a supply ship. The channel is being deepened to .admit vessels of any draft. RECAST lesday, October 13th, 1915. ier Bureau, Washington. D. C. ;AST GULF STATES: ional showers, is probable Wednesir weather thereafter. Temperae the seasonal average. tM. '$'*t >w 4 ROSTER OF GASES FOR CIVIL COURT Arranged Last Week at Meeting of Members of Horry Bar. % The members of the Horry County bar met last week at the office of Hon. Robt. B. Scarborough and arranged the cases to be tried at the approaching term of the Court of Common Pleas on November 1st, as follows: Monday, Nov. 1st: Realty Loan & Insurace Co., vs. W. K. Brown. Bank of Loris. vs. V. D. Johnson. Palmetto Grocery Co. vs. E E. Johnson Johnson et al., vs. Valley et aL Tuesday, Nov. 2nd. Adams vs. A. C. L. R R Co Sutherland vs. Western Union Tel. Co. Melson vs. Conway Lumber Co. \Tr\l i \ f tre i? 1 ^ - ii&vuitvu v o. vwil UfcV ljUIIlUUr V_ U?Home vs. Jolly. Brown vs. Conway Lumber Co.. Soles vs. Floyd. Waddell vs. Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. Marsh vs. Thompson. Smith vs. Floyd. Johnson vs. Conway Lumber Co. Palmetto Grocery Co. vs. John T. Floyd. (2 cases.) Palmetto Grocery Co. vs. A. Afford. Enterprise Grocery Co. vs. O L. Jollie. L. D. Succps vs. John D. Sarvis*. 1). M. Todd vs. J. R. Allsbrook." Barnhill vs. Barnhill, et al. TURN IN BALKANS SHOCKS BRITAIN Press Recognizes the Great nrov/ib/ rvf thrt Clf VMC4VIIJ Ul IMC Ull" nation.. London.?The London morning papers declare frankly they are mystified by the turn of events in Greece, hut thev don't conceal the gravity of tVie situation for the entente powers involved in the eventful triumph of German diplomacy. The Daily Graphic pointing out that the defeat of the Teutonic powers would mean the accession to the Balkan states of an enormous amount of territory which they covet, while a victory for the Teutons "will destroy the dependence of the Balkan countries without enlarging their territory," says: Triumph for Germany. "The contrast is so great that the failure of the Balkan States to adjust their common frontiers by friendly agreement and then throw their weight upon the side of the entente is an astounding triumph to the success of German diplomacy." BRITISH FEELING MORE OPTIMISTIC London, Oct. 12.?The now Balkan campaign came to the fore still more prominently today with the announcement that Bulgarian troops had invad! ed Serbia. Thus far new details have j been received of this movement, which 1 has been generally expected. The speech of former Premier Venizelos in the Greek chamber of deputies is rOP'! J I'll nil in gnirln ml " c -r-, "' ft'"'." ?<" i<?vvm-| able to the cause of the entente allies. The declaration of the former premieri that it was no longer a question whether Greece ought to make war, but merely when she should do so, was made with the approval of a majority of the chamber. The former premier told the government plainly that so long as his policy was followed it would receive his support. Detailed information is lacking concerning progress of the Serbian campaign. The Qermans assert they are advancing steadily to the south of the Danube, although they make no specific mention of the amount of ground gained or the points taken. . ' t NO. 27. 3RD ANNUAL FAIR NOW OPEN WIDE Preparations at the Grounds > . Began Early Last Week For the Big Show MANY FAIR VISITORS IN TOWN THIS WEEK I Exhibits of Agricultural Products as Fine as Ever Seen in Horry. Preparations began early last week at the County Fair Building and on the grounds for the third annual Horry County Fair, which opened its gates la^t Tuesday morning. Those who have expressed themselves on it say they are pleased with results; that the agricultural and live stock exhibits are as fine or finer than ever before in the history of the association, and that a better show of the different departments had been made, no doubt by reason of experience gained with past fairs and plenty of room for ( nir?jnn%> . ; The fair was opened in the large | new warehouse of the Planters Tobacco and Storage Warehouse Co., the ' building in itself covers nearly half a block. This warehouse is well known las being the largest in the county and | the best lighted. It is an ideal build! ing for a county fair as this time has | proved. The last days of last week were all taken up with preparations, the placing of concessions, and ar; rangements of booths representing the different interests at the fair. To name and describe these would take up all of the space available in this paper. The only way to know and appreciate the third annual county fair is to go and see it. Obtaining mid-way shows this time was considerable trouble but good shows were finally secured including vaudeville, old Plantation, merry-goround and other attractions. Owing to the delay in finishing some of the work in the building, the hour for opening the fair on Tuesday was changed from 9:30 to 10 o'clock. Part of the mid-way shows were a day late in arriving hence the shows could not be opened at the hour advertised. As in previous years the opening day of the fair did not have a very large attendance of visitors. Wednesday morning brought a larger crowd of visitors to the fair. The program as published was carried out with some exceptions yesterday. Still larger crowds are expected here to-day and Friday. SEVERAL GASES MAGISTRATE COURT Two eahrges came up last Friday in the court of Magistrate W. H. Chestnut, in which S. W. Maynard of Wort ham \s Bridge was the defendant. n ' " - vyiic was a cnargc ot larceny of live stock, which was withdrawn by J. Sid Bellamy, the prosecutor, as he was advised that the charge should have been breach of trust under the facts, alleged. The other concerned the disposal of a mule which was under lien held by L. M. Stanley at Boris, S. C. As to this latter case, a continuance was granted after amending the warrant in one important particular. Besides this suit was entered last week against this same defendant to recover an account claimed to be due Mr. J. Sid Bellamy, and a distress wniriuu was issued tor $4UU.OO rent less one or two payments, this being1 the rent for the year of 1915 of the farm at Wortham's bridge. In this action, which was laid in the court of Common Pleas, a warrant of attachi ment was issued against the crops raised during the present year on his farm. Some of the cotton had been sold to B. N. Gore at Little River. The proceeds of this was stopped in his bands. Still another bale of cotton was attached at the gin at Wampee, and still i other crops were tied up at the farm \ itself.