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VOLUME XXX.
GREAT HALLY ::.Vf
, HELD AT GHA0SSURN
More Than Ten Thousand Attended
Agricultural Rally
Last Friday
OUR OWN SENATOR WAS
ORATOR OF OCCASION
He Made a Fine Speech Which
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More tWin 10,000 people were estimated
to have attended the Columbus
f County Educational and Agricultural
Rally held at Chadbourn last Friday.
Mr. 0. M. Powers, .who had charge of
the exhibits, will send out about 100
prizes to the fortunate ones who helped
to show the visitors what can be
done and grown in that county. It is
estimated that more than 2,000 school
children marched in the parade, representing
different schools, or townships..
A number of prominent men
made addresses, chief of whom was
United States Senator E. D. Smith of
^ Florence, S. C. The only accident to
mar tne nay was mat wnicn doicii
Miss Jessie Williams, teacher in the
fifth grade of the Chadhpurn school,
who was run over by a wagon, but her
wounds, while serious, are reported to
be not fatal.
The vast crowd gathered at Brpwn's
grove to hear the address by Senator
E. D. Smith, of Florence, following the
b parade. Senator Smith was introduced
by Mr. G. Herbert Smith of Acme,
who told of Mr. Smith's valuable services
to the country in looking out for
the cotton farmer before his election
as Senator, and that Mr. Smith had
been known as "Cotton" Smith for
this reason. He also told of the active
part taken by Mr. Smith in the United
4 States Senate regarding the Federal
"Reserve bank system and that valuable
assistance to the farmers.
Senator Smith was cheered when he
arose, to the extent that he had to
wait some time before beginning his
speech. From the time he began until
he closed Mr. Smith had the audience
under his power. His address was
one of the wittiest ever made in Co^
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lumous, ana produced as many laughs
as any musical comedy, while at the
same time he impressed many deep
truths upon the minds of his hearers.
He recited many of the steps of progress
he had noted in this part of the
I country, that he said was so near i
South Carolina that it was pretty good
country.
The most important part of the
speech was the clear explanation of
how farmers could safely use the Fed- i
eral Reserve bank at Richmond to :
save borrowing money, at the same <
i time hold their cotton for a better i
price and defeat the would-be masters
of the situation. He says that finan- 1
^eial crooks are no worse than the law 1
makers who allow them to exist under <
the law. 1
Senator Smith paid a beautiful tribute
to the motherhood of the country, 1
told many interesting stories about i
the advantages of education, and com- i
mended American educators for de- 1
veloping a commercial people instead <
^ *of a warlike people. He believes in s
adequate preparedness in a world of t
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wuiukc out tninics tnat pre- <
paredness should be only as a surety
of peace.
Until the last visiting automobile <
and last excursion train had pulled out t
Chadbourn was strutting with polite (
manners and making all visitors feel I
welcome. c
The only sad feature of the day's *
happenings was the accident that be- '
fell Miss Jessie Williams, teacher of c
the fifth grade in the Chadbourn t
school, in which she was run over by f
a two-horse wagon and pretty badly ^
hurt. Miss Williams was crossing the .
railroad tracks at the crossing just
?ast of the Brown hotel when a two- c
*horse 'team belonging to Mr. T. C. 1
Clute and driven by DeVann Hill, col- p
ored, who had temporarily left it, ran 1
away and one of the mule's shoulders i
struck her in the back and knocked t
her flat on her face, then both wheels S
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FOB GREATER TSiMSSj
Efforts Will bo Made to Bring
to Next Fair Public
School Pupils.
Members of the governing board of
the South Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical society were reelected by
acclamation last week when the an-1
nual meeting of the society was held
at the Richland county court house.
The work of J. N. Kirven, president,
was highly recommended. B. F. Taylor
was reelected vice president, despite
his request that his name be not
again considered. The executive committee,
embracing membership from
the 7 congressional district, was con1
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tional provision is that the secretary
and the treasurer of the association
shall be elected by the executive committee
at the mid-year meeting of the
society the third Wednesday in February.
An undercurrent of optimism prevailed
throughout all. discussions and
was occasionally embodied in resolutions
or general propositions to extend
the scope of usefulness of the society
and to broaden comprehensive plans
to develop the agricultural resources
of the State.
One particular feature advanced by i
President Kirven was setting in motion
a definite arrangement to have
the school children from all sections
of the State attend the fair next year.
The plan is to divide the State into as
many districts as there are State fiar
days, and to have one day set apart
for the assembling of the pupils from
one particular district. One argument
advanced to favor the movement was
that the railroads would nrovidn tmns
portation on masse at a nominal rate.
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FEDERAL AGENTS
ARE INVESTIGATING
New York.?Efforts of federal prosecutors
and secret service agents here
were directed to an investigation of
the financial backing of the leaders of
the conspiracy to blow up war munition
plants and ships of which Lieut.
Robert Fay, of the German army is
alleged to be the head.
William J. Flinn, head of the United
States secret service, was quoted
as saying:
"I believe we are going to get the
financiers of this plot. Fay says he
had spent only $4,000. Paul Sicbs
says that Fay told him he had $7,500
when he started for this country. We
believe Fay spent $80,000."
United States District Attorney H.
Snowdon Marshall does not believe
that the most important of the conspirators
have yet been captured and
L'xpects i,nat otner arrests will be
made.
Paul Siebs said that he was going
to appear against the alleged conspiraf
tors as a witness for the State be:ause
he had been deceived and led in
to a trap.
Captain Harold C. Woodward, of
the United States corps of engineers,
in expert in high explosives, said that
i bomb or mine such as Fay admitted
le was preparing to attach to the rudlers
of ships leaving here with war
supplies, would have been sufficient
,o have blown the end off the steamjrs.
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The report of J. A. Wheeler, Spe ial
Agent of Marion County for coton
ginned, shows a net increase of
501 bales over last year's report. 7503
>ales ginned prior to October 19, 1915,
:ompared with 6962 bales ginned prior
o October 18, 1914.
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>ody. The mules were running at a
'ast gait, but were soon stopped. Miss
Williams was carried to the Brown
lotel and several physicians in the
ity were called to her relief. She was
inconscious for some time, but the
>hysicians said tonight that she would
ikely recover. Miss Williams' home
s in Lakeland, Fla., and she is a slser
to Mrs. Shelton, wife of Dr. Claude
>helton, of Chadbourn.
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"HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOl
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LOUIS LABRUCE
Another Estimable Citizen Pass
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to This County.
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(Georgetown Times.)
Every one was shocked beyond telling
when the information reached
Georgetown Thursday morning that
Mr. J. Louis La Bruce had died in
Sumter very suddenly during the pre
vious nignt.
Mr. LaBruce left Georgetown to attend
the State fair in Columbia the
first of the week and on his way back
to his home in this county he stopped
over in Sumter to spend the afternoon
and night of Wednesday with Mr.
Richardson, his father-in-law. Mr.
LaBrhce was in apparent good health
when he retired about 11 o'clock
Wednesday night. On Thursday morning
when he was called in time to
catch a train to return home no response
was had to the call. Upon entering
the room Mr. LaBruce was
found to be dead. Physicians were immediately
called in and after an examination
it was announced that he
had passed away very quietly during
the night, probably several hours before
it was discovered that he was
dead. The cause of his death was given
as heart disease.
OVERSEAS TRUST
STARTS BUSINESS
New York?The American Overseas
Corporation, formed to facilitate Am
erican trade with neutral nations, met
here to complete its organization and
discuss details of its policy.
The idea of the corporation is to
give assurances to belligerents that
its shipments are non-contraband and
will not reach enemy countries. Indi-j
cations were that announcements of1
progress wpuld not be forthcoming'
until late today. It was considered
possible that today's discussion might
not crystalize upon any program. A
letter from Secretary Redfield expressing
his interest in the project
and cooperation along certain lines
was placed before the meeting.
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Thousands and thousands of visitors
arrived in Columbia for big Wednesday
at the State fair. Many made the
trip by automobile.
Expressions of fear have been made
by well known mill men that all the
14 local mills at Greenville, S. C., will
close down for lack of operatives, as
it is generally understood that the
whole situation is rapidly being unionized.
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>LE, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FORE
OVEMBER 4,. 191D.
"ION OF TIME.
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IRIR PDRTflFFinF
CROOK ARRESTED
John F. Donocjhue, Alias
"Brooklyn Siim" Captured
Yesterday.
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John F. Donoghue, alias James
Wells, alias James Hackett, alias)
""Brooklyn Slim," to say nothing- of
other s "pen names" too numerous to
mention and a criminal record as long
as a man's arm was arrested in the
lobby of the Charlotte postoffice last
week as he was in the act of receiving
a batch of mail addressed to James
Wells. He was charged with breaking
into and stealing from the North Char
lotte postoffice in December of last
year, stamps and other articles approximating
$1,100 in valiio. Wh?n
arrested, a lot of incriminating evidence
was found on his person not the
least important of which was a halfpint
bottle full of nitroglycerin,
enough, the postoffice inspectors stated
to blow up the entire city of Charj
lotte. Indeed the arrest of Donoghue 1
was considered a small matter in comparison
to the littfie bottle of nitroglycerin
that he carried until after it '
had been carefully stored away In one 1
of the big safes in Postmaster Wed- '
ding's office. Then it was that undivided
attention was paid to the man '
under arrest. J
CELEBRATE THEIR
9TH ANNIVERSARY!
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At their homo near Lynchburg last ]
Saturday Senator and Mrs. E. D. j(
Smith gave a dinner to a few intimate!
friends and relatives. The occasion ?
marked the ninth anniversary of the .
marriage of this distinguished couple. ?
Among those invited to ioin in thol
celebration were Mr. and Mrs. P. A.|(
Willcox, Miss Annie Hepburn, and |
Mrs. J. Calhoun Brunson of Florence!
and Miss Susie Brunson of Darling- il
ton.
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TODVILLE TIDINGS.#
Miss Costa Long was here this week
Mr U. A. Dusenbury spent Monday
in Conway. I
The chain gang is doing some very j
good work at Hunting Swamp. The
thanks of our township is due Super- j
visor, A. C. Murrell.
Almost everyone at Todville is ar- ^
ranging their work so as to attend the ^
big circus which is to exhibit at Con- ^
way next Thursday, Nov. 11th. r
Our township Supervisor S. F. Cannon,
is being congratulated on all
sides for the great improvement In \
our public roads. t
raid.
Wi&m TERM OF i
THE COMTaQH PLEAS
Rosier of Civil Jury Trials Re-,.'
cently Published is Coing
Through
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The Court of Common Picas con-! ,
vened here last Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Judge Frank !?. Gary, presiding.
The roster of cases to be tried
at the present term wore published In
a recent issue of this paper. The cases
set for Monday were disposed of as
follows:
Realty Loan & Insurance Co., vs. W.
K. Brown was continued until the next
term.
Bank of Loris vs. V. D. Johnson was
withdrawn from the court.
Palmetto Grocery Co., vs. E. E.
Johnson was not tried.
Mary Johnson and others vs. J. B.
Valley, H. J. Floyd and others was
continued on account of the death of
one of the plaintiffs.
On Tuesday the following cases
came up:
Geo. L. Adams vs. Atlantic Coast
Lino Railroad Comnanv was cnniinund
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on the motion of the defendant railroad
company.
A. M. Sutherland vs. Western Union
Telegraph Company was settled out
of court.
Melson vs. Conway Lumber Co., and
also Moulton vs. Conway Lumber Co.,
were both continued until the next
term.
Waddell vs. Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Co., was continued.
The case of Marshall A. Home vs.
R. K. Jolly and others was taken up
on Tuesday and it was understood that
this case would take up the greater
part of Wednesday. The action was
brought for trespass to try a title, the
defendants having cut a wire fence on
lands of the plaintiff. An injunction
was issued in the action at the beginning
of the case. Numerous witnesses
wore summoned in the case on each
side.
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MORGAN STRICKEN
WITH APPENDICITIS
New York.?J. P. Morgan, who had
been at his desk a little over two 1
months since recovering from tho bnl 1
let wounds inflicted by Erich Muen- '
ter, the mad professor of languages,
who attempted to kill the financier ^
last July, is again confined to his bed,
this time from an attack of appendi- '
cities. l
Mr. Morgan went through an ope- {
ration today which three attendant {
specialists afterward described as sue- 1
cessful in every way. The appendix
was removed at noon by Doctors Mar- 1
koe, Lyle and Smith; and the official A
bulletin issued shortly thereafter said (
Mr. Morgan was resting comfortably. 1
Continued progress was reported, un- ^
officially, during the afternoon. 1
The attack of appendicitis was t
mild in character, it was said, and the
oatient's condition was in no way at- ^
tributed to the attempted assassina- ^
lion by Muenter. His general health,
lis doctors said, was excellent, that
lis prompt recovery was confidently
ixpected.
Mr Morgan became indisposed yeserday
and specialists diagnosed his
lilmcnt as a mild attack of appendici- 1
is. Fearing a recurrence of the mal- v
uly later, his physicians advised him {
o undergo the operation now. \
LYCEUM ATTRACTION f
FIRST OF SEASON ;
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The first attraction of the present
yceum season will come off at thhe t
burroughs School Auditorium on the I
light of November 9th, when "The| a
onian Serenaders," a company comlosed
of four ladies will hold the 1
itage. It is said to be one of the best I
ittractions that the Alkahest Lyccim
System has ever sent out on the a
oad. v
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Mrs. Chas. R. Scarborough is away
dsiting relatives in the upper part of a
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WiYSEFENDANTS
IS FEDERAL G0URT
Activity ot Officers in Horry
County Rccentiy Led
To It
SEVERAL SECTIONS
ARE REPRESENTED
Federal Court in Session in the
City of Columbia
This Week.
Owing to the activity of the of'
ficials in Horry County during the
past several months in running illicit
distilling and selling of whiskey in
this county, there are several batches
of defendants in Columbia this week
bound over to the term of the Federal
Court now being held there. Several
of the olhcors had to go over as witnesses
in these cases against the defendants.
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wholesale violation of the law in several
different sections of this county
on the part of illicit distillers and sellers
of blindtiger whiskey. The activity
of the officers of the law has about
succeeded in breaking it up. It is expected
that the defendants will face
certain convictions in each of the
cases. Among the cases to bo tried
in Columbia this week are the following:
Hughie Sarvis and Will Sarvis,
caught near Howard, S. C., with an
illicit still which was taken away from
them. Implicated in this same case
are Alfred Fowler and K el ley Fowler,
who will be tried with the other two.
About 350 gallons of molasses beer
from which they were making the
juice, was confiscated and broken up
and poured out on the ground at this
still. y y
Eddie Todd and Guss Todd wer6
caught operating a still about 16 miles
from Conway near the Whiteville
road. The officers took in the still and
destroyed a large quantity of the materials
from which they were making
the liquor.
A still was found and taken in at
Feathery Hay in this county. The officers
did not succeed in catching the
operator at work, but W. Jessie
Strickland was arrested in connection
with this case and will be tried in Columbia
this week.
Monroe Capps from Gunters Island
in this county was taken under
irrest on a charge of selling whiskey
ind was bound over for this week,
ind will be tried. He was out on bond
\t last accounts .
Another still was taken near Longs
oostofhce, and charged in connection
.vith this are Ed Long, Vance Park?r,
and Rotha Chestnut. Rotha Chest
nit will be tried, but Ed Long and
/ance Parker ran away and at last
iccounts had not been apprehended by
he authorities.
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SERVIANS FORGED
ACROSS FRONTIER
Berlin, Oct. 21).?Servian forces op osing
tho Teutonic advance on the
western border of Servia have been
brown across the frontier east of
/isegrad (Bosnia), it was officially
innounccd to<lay bv Germn 11 nrm \r
loadquartcrs. Advances for the Aus
ro-German armies and for the Bul:arian
forces in other sectors of the
Servian front also are recorded.
The text of the statement regarding
he Servian operation is as follows:
"Near Drinsko, south of Visegrad,
he enemy was never driven back.
Sast of that place he has been thrown
icross the frontier.
"West of the Morava the general
ine of Sgarke-Vica-Rudnik-CumicSatocina
has been reached.
"Southeast of Svilajnac enemy portions
on both sides of the Resava
vere stormed. More than 1,300 prls>ners
fell into our hands.
"On the front of Gen. BoyadjieflPs
irmy the enemy is weakening. This
irmy is in pursuit."