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went NEW SERIAL STORY * WILL BE SHOWN IN PICTURES AT THE CASINO THEATRE. READ THE STORY IN THIS PAPER SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE PICTURES JBETTEIL., * ..,* * * VOLUME XXX. * PRESIDENT WILSON WEDS MRS. 6ALT Was a Simple Wedding as Both Parties Had * Wished ONLY SMALL GROUP SEE THE WEDDING 4 'Couple Depart For Hot Springs Where Honeymoon Will be Spent. i, t Washington, Dec. 18.?President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait pwere married at 8:30 o'clock tonight { 0/ and left afterwards to spend their W * honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. The president and his bride travelled in a private car attached to a special train leaving here at 11:10 o'clock, which is due to arrive in Hot Springs tomorrow at 8:15 a. ra. a a tj.i o * i \ir:i Al nui oprmgK mr. aim wins. r* nson will lire at the Homestead hotel until after New Year's day unless ^ some development should necessitate the president's earlier return to the capital. Two of the White House automobiles have been sent on ahead and the couple expect to spend their honeymoon motoring, golfing and walking over the mountain trails, lieside the secret service guard, the party was accompanied by one sten^ ographcr. The president will keep in touch with the White House over special wires. Because the hour of the wedding was known to comparatively few people there was not a large crowd in the vicinity of the bride's home, although a large police guard had been provided. All arrangements for the wedding f ceremony were carried out perfectly the president arriving at his bride's home soon after 8 o'clock and the remainder of the wedding party, which numbered less than 80, following soon after. The ceremony was begun, as had been arranged, at 8:30 o'clock OTd was followed by a buffet luncheon Mrs. Wilson wag married in the trav^ elling gown she wore to the train. Off for Hot Sprinis. Shortly after 10 o'clock the president and Mrs. Wilson entered a waiting White House automobile and motored to Alexandria, across the Potomac, to take their private car there and avoid a crowd at the railroad station in this city. They boarded 4^ their car here at 11:40 p. m., and began their journey to Hot Springs. The success of the ruse by which the wedding party got away to Alexandria was complete. When the White House automobile pulled away from i Mrs. Wilson's house lines of police 1 blocked pursuit in all the adjoining f ^ streets. At the union station the prosit * idontial entrance was fully lighted J ;1 and lines of police were spread all W about. Those who were attracted to * the station by the show of preparation were disappointed while the president and Mrs. Wilson were speed ing to the station across the river ten miles away. . After the president and his bride ^ had departed Secretary Tumulty made this formal statement on the cere| mony: "The wedding was marked by sim plicity. It was just such a wedding as might have taken place in the home of the humblest American citizen." The president dined as usual at the White House at 7 o'clock with his daughters and afterwards drove to his bride's home, about a mile from the executive mansion. A cold, driv| ing rain which swept the city all day I cleared off at sunset. Near the I bride's home the crowd was held back I by police lines spread during the afI ternoon. I Everything was in readiness for I the ceremony when the president arI rived and it proceeded without delay. I Neither the president nor Mrs. Gait I had any attendants and there were no I ushers or flower girls. The army, the I navy and the diplomatic corps Were I not represented and the occasion was E essentially what both of the couple I % had wished it to be?fe home wedding. ' v\ jt;' 1 "I ' a FRIENDLY RELATIONS WILL LIKELY BREAK % Congress Asked to Pass Emergency Tax Legislation to Meet It. Washington.?Austria's reply to Secretary Lansing's note on the Ancona is regarded, on the basis of the unofficial reports received today from London and Amsterdam, as wholly unsatisfactory, unacceptable and disappointing to the United States. Dip lomatic relations between the two countries may safely be described as standing at the breaking point. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are reserving comment until they have the official translation and text at hand, but it is stated authoritatively that the United States will enter in no exchange of opinions as the Vienna foreign office is represents ed as suggesting, and absolutely will decline to discuss the facts of the tor? ?~? .1 _i 11: a 1.1 a JJI'UW1U& illiu ?UUlllllg Hie .MIlCUIUl by an Austrian submarine with loss of American lives. No ojfficial word has reached the state department that the Austrian l?/% 1 ? U d V>7S AM A1 IWAWArl 4*/% A AO r* 1 L'|H jr HiiU UCUIt UUUTUAUXI WV rxin^l 1CU1I Ambassador Penfield, but the news dispatches containing excerpts were taken in official quarters as sufficient evidence that the rejoinedr is on its way to Washington. From such part of the unofficial text as is contained in the news dispatches officials considered the reply vague in many respects, but they were not prepared to decide whether that was caused by the translation^ I h "* ***** v. NEW YORK STATE IS DIGGING OUT OF SNOW New York state last week was gradually digging itself out of snow drifts of the worst storm since the March blizzard of 1888. The storm lasted for more than 26 hours, blew over towards New England, early with the center somewhere between Boston and Quebec, in its wake it left a 1? A ? 1 ? 1 - * mass 01 cangieu telephone and telegraph wires. I. .I I* . ? WILL MAKE REPAIRS ON RIG WAREHOUSE V. D. Johnson was the purchaser of the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse at public sale on December 6th, when the real estate of L. H. Burroughs was sold under mortgages. He is now making arrangements to begin extensive repairs to the building and these will be finished between now and the opening of the tobacco season of 1916. The warehouse is centrally located between the Horry Tobacco Warehouse and the new Planters Tobacco & Storage Co., erected last year. SCHEDULE CHANGED ON SUNDAY TRAINS For a length of time the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company left off the early train on Sunday mornings and the late incoming trains on Sim-1 day nights, thus making a difference in Sunday and the other days of the week. Recently at the request of Hon. R. B. Scarborough the officials of that company wired that beginning with Sunday the trains would leave and depart on the same schedule as on other days of the week and that this would be continued unless the company should find that the travel on Sunday would not justify the trains being run. It is confidently expected that this new schedule will remain on indefinitely. o??? Miss Bertha Snowden and Mr. W. C. Hinson were married last Tuesday night week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Snowden, on Beaty Street. Jjtev Mr. J. M. Lemon, performed the ceremony,., . ;ii: . J IORRY COUNTY AND HER-PEOPLE, I DNWAY, S. O., THURSDAY, DEC ~~ ~ BACK ^ ^ * ' ^ ^ l"" BANDITS HOLD UP I ARKANSAS TRAIN Three Robbers Blovy Open 1 and Rifle Express Safe. " "*?. Meha, Ark.?Southbound passengei*' train No. 1, of the Kansas City South- i ern railroad, was held up between t i Eagleton and Acorn, near here,' by j three robbers. The bandits blew open 1 the safe in the express car. The loot, c according to railroad officials, consistor! "fmi v* ? - ^ * Vi. xv/ui LUglOtClCU ui I small value. ' i The passengers were unmolested. 1 The train left Kansas City at 1 i o'clock yesterday afternoon for Port Arthur, Texas. It was made up two c baggage and express cars, a mail car, 2 smoker, one chair car and two sleep- 1 "Zm The scene of the hold-up is in the rugged mountain coiihtr'y Of Arkansas. As the train approached ft sharp turn in the road C. E. Covert, eri&ineer, saw a man standing on the track e swinging a lantern. Covert brought s his train to a stop. As he did so, the 2 robbers covered him with revolvers and ordered him to uncouple the express and mail cars. Covert then was forced to run the detached part of his train two miles to a scheduled part of * the country. ' ? The express car practically was wrecked by a heavy charge of explo- ^ sive which the robbers applied to the safe. The bandits did not stop to pick ^ up anything, but turned quickly to the mail car. T At the first sign of impending trou- \( ble the mail clerks had locked the aoors. When the bandits battered p upon the entrances the clerks did not q answer. "Open up, or we'll kill your engineer," shouted one of the robbers. Still there was no reply. Then one of the bandits placed a revolver to Cov- jr ert's head. Tell 'em to open up or you are a goner," the robber said. The clerks opened the door and the nj bandits sprang into the mail car, selected four packages from the regis- S( tered pouch and fled. tc o ? & PREPARES NEW NOTE ai President Completes Draft of Communication to Dual Monarchy. , tb Washington, Dec. 18.?President Wilson has completed the first draft of the new note to Austria-Hungary reiterating the American demands regarding the sinking of the Italian jy steamship Ancona. The document was delivered to Secretary Lansing. It probably will be cabled to Ambassador Penfield for presentation to the m Vienna foreign office. cfo n pr ^IRST/LAST, NOW AND FOREVEI IEMBER 23, 1915. iili 11 nn ?Braworton in Atlanta Journal. tEPPELIN BLOWS UP WHEN LEAVING SHED * uj*' R 1 Was of the Latest Type?Neat ly all of Crew Were Killed or Wounded. ilfj^ Copenhagen.?A report of the dcttruction of the super-Zeppelin L-2S vas received from Schleswig by a Copenhagen newspaper. It is said neary all of the forty members of the rew were killed or wounded. The loss of the Zeppelin is said tc lave been due to the accidental ex)losion of a bomb as the airship was eaving its shed. The explosion denolished the shed. According to this account, the ac:ident occurred a fortnight ago. The Zeppelin had been in service only a 'ew weeks. It was of the? latest type, ?0 ?? ? WATTS SCHOOL NOTES. The pupils of the Watt's School will ntertain their friends with a few hort selections, Friday evening, Dec. :4th, 101G, The public is invited. First on the programme, Debate, Resolved: That South Carolina Should lave Compulsory Education in its Itrictest Sense. This subject is being affirmed by Villie Watts, Ada Dorsey, and Pope Vatts. Those in opposition are Purley 'ompkins, Anna Dorsey and Jere Alm. T'^11 ? iv .... ? ruuuwing mis win De a Christmas lay entitled: "Christmas in the 'ountry." Five Acts. 1st?Christmas eve. 2nd?Santa Clans' visit. 3rd?16 minutes Christmas morn4th?The Annual Feast. 5th?Christmas night at our house.' This closing the program?the ight grows socially. A Christmas tree will he located >me where in the room large enough > hold a nice present for every child, weethcart, Father and Mother. Bring on the presents. Come early id have a good time. Don't fail to see "Santa Claus" and Jncle .Tosh", two noted characters in ie play. Good order must bo had. ENOCH ALLEN. o Read the first instalment of The iamond From the Sl^y . which will >pear in the next issue of this paper, iiis first instalment will appear in oving pictures at th?r show on ThUrs if night. vM. V9 POPULAR CASHIER IN HOLY BONDS Miss Kathleen Elliott Weds Mr. J. McC Martin Wednesday at Noon Wednesday at noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Elliott on Main Street, Miss Kathleen Elliott was quietly married to Mr J. Me (J. Martin, the Rev. E. L. McCoy of the Conway Methodist church performing the ceremony. The wedding was a quiet but impressive affair carried out in accordance with the beautiful form of the Methodist church. Only a few intimate friends of the bride and groom were present to witness the ceremony The ceremony took place in the parlor of the home which had bee: decorated for the occasion. The attendants* were Mr. T. T, Elliott, broth er-in-law of the bride, who gave her away; Miss Essie Elliott, a niece of the bride, Miss Nettie Muude Mishoe, and Mr. George H, Martin, a brother of the groom. The wedding march was skillfully rendered by Miss Mabel Norton. The bride wore a gown of white crepe dechine and carried a huge bouquet of carnations, j The bride is a daughter of the late | Mrs. S. C. Elliott and is a sister of Mrs, T, T. Elliott of Conway. She is a charming young woman and has "umbers of friends both here an<^ ] tne Coliniy. Mr. Martin is at pres** the Cashier of Conway Savings Bank one of the oldest financial institutions ILI. i- TT , . ui tmp cuuniy, nc nas been tilling this position for some time and before that was with the Burroughs & Collins Co. He is a young man of fine " business training and rapidly rising. - The couple departed on the after noon train Wednesday for their wed ding tour. ; o HEARING DEC. 29TH ' FOR REMOVING SCHOOL The county board of education has fixed Wednesday, December 29th, 1915 at the hour of 10 o'clock as the time for the hearing on the question of moving the school house in Floyds township from the place where it now is to Causey, S. C. This matter has been up for discussion for some time ' and the matter was delayed until now the board has fixed the time for hearing evidence on the question and it may be settled on the date fixed. 0 FIRE DEXTRDYFIl "one small house An alarm of fire disturbed the peoi pie of the town last Sunday night j about 9 o'clock The bells were all! tolled and some of the whistles aided in the general alarm. The conflagration proved to be a small cottage belonging to Robert Chestnut, colored, situate in the colored residence section of Conway. The flames made rapid headway in the structure and nothing could be done to stop their progress, though the fire did not spread to anything else in the neighborhood. It is stated that the house had been . unoccupied for several weeks, and the origin of the fire is unknown. o fijnnnv nnimw mn nunni uuun11 HA5 j GOOD SNOW FALL Snow began falling in this section last Monday evening and continued to come down in medium sized flakes until late in the night. By an early hour that evening the ground was covered with a thick white mantel. This mantel was still on the ground Tuesday morning but soon began to melt. By Tuesday afternoon much of the snow had melted. The fall was several inches thick aVid' Wa^the first of any consequence this sefflftfc OUR NEW SERIAL 8TORY ^ j STARTS NEXT WEEK. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER SEND IN YOUR NAME SO YOU CAN GET THE FIRST INSTALMENT. NO. 36* CAROLINA IS WITH PRESIDENT WILSON ' J . Governor Manning Sends Message by McAdoo From Hitv nf P.harlpctnn W ? % j w I w I ? C4 I WWII MANNING HOST TO NOTABLE GUESTS Brief After-Dinner Address is ? Made by Secretary of Treasury. Notable Americans from many sections of the country were in Charleston last week the guests of Governor Manning at a dinner, at the St. John Hotel. There was just one speech on the occasion, and it was delivered by William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, who spoke as the personal representative of President Wilson. In a brief statement he urged a program of preparedness so that all forces for the development of the coontry may be marshalled and used to the best advantage. "I want you to convey this mesa&go to President Wilson. Tell him that the . poople of South Carolina are still good Democrats awj that they are right be( hind him In his policies. We starul i Hmdy tQ in any coflrse he ;w . llmay teW Sftiti Oo> t-i i\or Mannfacintroducing Secretary McAdoo at [ conclusion of the dinner. i "I am very grateful for this mag, nificent reception," said Mr McAdoo ''and I shall convey, sir, your message to the President. He is a very busy man these days. I know that South Carolina is loyal to the President." McAdoo On Preparedness. The Secretary then launched into a aViOIM* jul/lrnec? l'? wrUioU Y\r\ ?? v MUMIVHO III mill II lie WMIIllI^' svip ported a national program of preparedness. He declared that it w.?s time to lay aside partisan views. ^Prcpar- " edness is largely a question of national organization/" 3aid the Secrtaiy. "We need preparedness of a reasonable sort and why should there be any opposition?" continued tho Secretary. The list of those attending the dinner included: Mr. McAdoo, Got. Stuart of Virginia, Col. Landstreeter, aide to Gov. Stuart, Lieut. Gov. Persons of Georgia, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, Clarence J. Owens, R. G. Rhett of Charleston, P. H. Gadsden of Charleston, John Temple Graves, Major J. C. Hemphill, John Barrett, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University! James Scott Brown, Qstw Straus, who was recently appointed a public service commissioner in YoHcj Udvid Lublin, international authority oil rural credits; Sir, Lionel Smith-Gordon, Admiral Frank E. Beatty and Capt. B. C. Bryan, of the Charleston navy yard; Col. E. M. nUrfiiA u D CI 1- - " ? ? " 'v mt, vwi. ii. i?. oprmgs, uoi. ?>. M. Foote, Col Morris K. Barroll, Admiral DeWitt Coffman, Admiral Aug Fechteler, Adjutant General VV. W. Moore, and the following officers from the battleships, anchored in the Cooper river: Capt Richard H. Jackson, Capt Jos. W. Oman, Capt. Jos, I,. Jayne, Capt. William L. Crose, Capt. Samuel S. Robinson and Capt. Alex. S. Hal stead. Members of Governor Manning's military staff also attended the meeting. ?o FLOWERS FOR TILLMAN Washington.?When Senator Tillman reached his office Saturday he found on his desk a large, handsome assortment of beautiful flowers. Attached to these was a card stating that this token of remembrance had been sent to Senator and Mrs. Tillman by the officers of the bureau of supplies and accounts of the navy department on duty in Washington. It was further stated that, because of the esteem in which Senator Tillman's son, B. R. Tillman, Jr., was held by the officers, the younger Tillman having been working at the navy department for the past two months preparing the annual navy year book, the officers of the supplies and accounts bureau desired to pay this tribute.