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^ v X: 1 virrno g CHE^H?RF CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE JUDGE If Elected I Will not ask for but Two Terms. Will v not Gobble up the Whole ? Salary, which is large, but will appoint some worthy , young man of Anderson County as Assistant at a Good Salary. EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES. , Victor B. Cheshire's card will he found on another page of this paper. Ho is' asking' tire* voters - of - Anderson co\tnty>'iof give him tho office of Pro bate Judge. Mr. Cheshire is well known throughout Anderson county, Having edited a live newspaper for a num ber'of years. He is on Governor Bleaao's staff and Is considered a lender in politics in Anderson county. Hels a very popular young man end possesses ability. He needs no 'in troduction to the votera of his county, and IiIb friends will be very active In lila race.?Bel ton Journal.' Col. V. B. Cheshire of Anderson is announced this week as a candidate for probate judge. He is running solely on. ids fitness for the .position and has no other platform: He states that he was not put in .the race by his friends, but is running because he' wunts the office and knows ho can All the place to- tlie satisfaction of the people in tho city and county. Col Cheshire was editor 'of the Intelli genc?r for many years and h'as * a' Btrong following In tals county.?; Honea Path Chronicle: ...... which ho fought, nor favored-the men whose causes he espoused. However we- may differ from another in-opin ions, honesty of purpose la one of the mo.? t admirable traits, and one we are always glad to recognize. / . . During Mr. Cheshire's years of ser vice In connection with The Intelli gencer he made an enviable.record as a newspaper man, as the circulation and patronage ut The Intelligencer will bear witness. He will doubt Ipt^s en?tr the political a^e.-ia wifa! characteristic energy and determin ation.?Walhalla Courier. Cheshire Is a >cm flgbtsr, known as such .by ?very reader of his paper. HS 1? one of the mnst,popu lar and well known men of the Third Congressional District. Until recently Col. Cheshire was editor and proprie tor of The Anderson Intelligencer* un der his management probably the most Influential paper In upper South Carolina?Seneca Farm and Factory* * * Col. Cheshire, as'editor'and owner or the Anderson Intelligencer In'years past, attracted a great deal of admiration, and be^wr- i well known: throughout the ?ojbgr aslonal .'. dls trlctMiecause of uIs d.elded and flrtn stands op quest loi j hat were Inter eating the public. He has always taken ? great deal i ? Interest In things political, city, ccnty and state, and hi* friends urged him to come out for congress several months ago. He received'promises of {support from all over the district, and no doubt would have been well up IP the running this summer.?Anderson Dally 'JUnil. ' i ? * Mr. Cheshire bus many Ibfda;of ease. A LETTER OF REGRETS. (The following Is a sample of hun dreds of letters received by Mr. Ches hire at the time he sold out his news paper. The Intelligencer, and -la from a Confederate Veteran he had never met.) - Piedmont, 8. C, Aug. 30, 1913. Mr. V. B. Cheshire?Dear Sir: It's very common to send greetings and congratulations to parties, bat I'm -sepdlng you REGRETS. - -I see- by yesterday's Greenville News yon have sold out The Intelligencer. - (I sup pose-It will still-be published, of course.) It's a paper I've stood by for many, many years! have some copica of the paper before the war. More especially have I stood by It since you havo been connected with It. True, I've not said amen to every thing you've'said and done, but yon have stood fpr and advocated things that I ADMIRE. . You havo stood for JUSTICE and RIGHT between man and man as you saw it. You have stood by the farmer and championed his cause when he -was down. You have stood by the. poor man and his family. \ You have stood by the laborer for a square deal. Furthermore, you have advocated measures' that caused yon to be . un* popular V.Ith Borao and .yet the par ties havo been forced to acknowledge) the wisdom of your stand. I'm satisfied that a man that edits a newspaper orphanages it, and does U ' fearlessly, don't sail on - .flowery friends and admirers, and even those who'.do hot agree with him respect i and cider busmess. -Ahhavlllo . Mfidl-TmBnwQnv\ vi1Uw TO himself on all questions , not to iho doubted.?Abbovillo , Medi um. Mr.-Cheshire Is one of tho hardest flghtera and meet untiring workers in : the district, ;end. will doubtless make-himself , felt In no small degree In nollticAl circles. The Courier and the ~peper*rbm which rh? has Withdrawn have ;fbr many..yesjesij taken opposite sides In matters of state - politics, - and while ; we seldom agreed tfith his position, ;we rhaye been forced to admire the fairness and franked which characterised - .the war which ; he ,wag*nv for wbaUhe 3,1t was for the. best Wp are sure that he felt as-he fought though we by no moans agreed with the measures for I'm down on this wishy-washy tnUk iiijl'siH .8,11,fin LiMMLiI pl??s? -allow me to - liko your modo of dealing With, politics. Give evary icon * square deal. Th?re'a more rottenness now in politics than anything else*. There are other things I mljjbt say, but. perhaps you may thick it silly itf mo to write 70U as I have. If you ore actually 5Q?ng ont of ths newspaper business, I suppose you think yon see something better, and I hope yen do; ' What I have-written you has been done through the kindest feelings. * -'Here's hoping that oeaca and .fear*' mocy and good will may pervade our land. ; I am kin<lly<and with beat wishes, Yours, : D..E..&INO. ; Price of i Wkea4 Responsible. Minneapolis, August ^v?nce tri ; MM' -ijLjj-L-u.- ....ri.s,:.i~ tH vestlgatton of the . uo.i r-:i?ttti^^*tf?r today. ;{* j "Tho millers' 'explanaUop -that th?}[ ptlce. la controlled largely by tnej| pri.'e of wheat seems reasonable,' Mr. Bt?rti?g saW. : ' I "t .have, found 'no evidence of POPULACE DISPLAYS LITTLE EXCITEMENT OVER WAR PREPARATIONS : EVERYTHING QUIET Spirit of Optimum Prevails Over Entire Co on try?-General Rou tine of Business Undisturbed (By Associated Press.) London,' August 18.?London dis played little excitement when it be came known that British troops were In Franco. There were no crowds around the bulletin boards and no rush for newspapers. There was a : tollc], repressed, earnest crowd in parks where recruits drilled and at, the barracks where trained soldiers go through evolutions. Tho general routine is little dis turbed* except for the unceasing movement through the streets, ot troopr., ammunition train:' and hos pital corps. Tailors and Raddlers arc rushed with business. The Bign "swords and bayonet ; sharpened" ap peals In the cutlerB' windows. No worpon or children woe]) as the sol diers depart. -Attendance at music halls and the atres sbowu1 no diminution and mur.7 Americans spend aft* , noons or even-1 Inga at the play houses. "Britannia! rille? the ~aves,*' tho "Mm ?^mmse and the I-\i: .-tan national anthem arc played by orchestras, the audiences standing. As one Highlander regiment went through the Strand, its band played "Marching Through Georgia." Private homes httve been converted into hospitals and newspaper depart mentc under the head of "What Wo men Can 'Do" or some similar cap tion are the busiest. Signs': are posted that Earl 'Kitch ener, secretary %or war, needs 100, 000 men for three years or to tho close of the war. There bas -been 00010 protest against German >pud Austrian waiters at the hotels and restaurante. One newspaper protested against exces sive ' forbearance, as instanced by a crowd at the railway station on the departure of- the -Austrian ambassador Hinging "Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles." The utock exchange: Is closed ana the. city is quiet. Clerks are carrying rifles and cartridge belts. Large bus iness houses announce* that places will be kept' for those: who enlist. The p?wsjs?psjr ire :p-0?.? of the ef fective manner in which they keep Beeret the movement of troops of which ruuch -ha? beon surmised, but little known. The seaside- resorts face a ruined season and the hotels dread the re turn of Americans, for they would not accommodate them.. .Food prices aro lower with the exception of-* sugar, which comes from Austria and Ger many. Cargoes of grain''on German'Vease?r, captured in the Baltic ; werp sold to day and brought' current prices, but the effect war.- a fall in prices and es pecially in maize. The Nottingham loco factories ara iL a standstill but the ship yards are ii mi su ally busy and the development ( !>oard !rf spending '15.000,000 uii roads tpd other improvements. : t?SIDEOT^ STAY IN BERLIN \mer*cans Making. Their Home 1 At German Capital Will Not ! Leave on Account of War . j Londou, August 18.?Most of the 1 \uierlcan residents in Berlin wilt ire- ' naln there, according to Mrs. Lucy 1 lalllburton, of Charlotte, N. C, who I eft on the American ambaeaador's < ipeclal train and arrived In - London oday. ? Tho Americans, according to Mrs: 1 lalllburton, feel secure In Berlin and 1 lo not fear a famine. Prices were 1 ?hied slightly there she said, but the * iv?nks cashed Amex'Jcan t nivellera' I ihooks without discount. English- ,1 ipeaklng.people. were advised by "th?[< mthorltiea not to ?wer that lariguavo", ? ?s :thxr! n?re^irj iem -they 00 attacked < >y Ignorant cltlzonB. , ;.. ,: < Mrs. Halliburton bbid travellers Iront-..Germany were, struck by the < udden exodus of Japanese prior to he issuance of. Japan's ultimatum. H ill tralnRifor the border fcarriod Jap- i ine3c?bound for england. . They ap- < mrcntly had been notified Of the lin- 1 lending crisis. - ; t ,H. ai. Hlndntan, leader of the rsng leh socialists, says mcmbom of hin j1 arty have .bean unable to get any J tew regarding German socialist-lead- c irs. They credit, however, accord- 1 ug to Ittadmaa/the report that ?arl \ Jobknocht woo tried and shot for re- t using to^ serve - -with- the German Fruit, Powders; f ' Br iih? na? ^ thla.naTTdftr. - ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE YESTERDAY Three and Twenty Turned Out u Large Crowd for Woodmen . Picnic and Campaign People of the Three and Twenty section of Anderson county spent a very pleasant' day yesterday when they gathered at their school house for the annual Woodmen of the World picnic and for the county campaign speaking. Between COO and TOO peo ple were In attendance, a large part of these being ladle* and children and the very best of order prevailed throughout the day. The Threo and Twenty school wa? dismissed for the day as was the Mountain View school and the children and tranhers of both these schools were In attendance for the meeting. Squire S. J. Sitton presided over tho meeting and he introduced the first speaker at 10: SO o'clock. The candi dates spoke until 1, o'clock, at which uime an adjournment was had for dinner, tho crowd and the candidates doing full justice to the good things to oat and at ? o'clock tho Bpeaking was resumed. The county candidates were all in attendance and spoke un til about 4:30 o'clock. AU the county candidates having concluded tlteir re marks, Fred II. Dominick of Newber ryy, candidate for congress from the Third district, was introduced to the crowd and Bpoke for some time. The'day was que of the most pleas ant that the present campaign hau bccq and cY?rybouy ha? a goou time. NELMS MYSTERY BOBS UP AGAIN Victor E. Innes Arrested In Qre . gon on Warrant Sent Frcra .. Texas (By Associated Press.) San Antonio. Tex.. Aug. 18.?War rants Tor tho arrest of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Innes, of--Portland, Oregon, in connection with tho mysterious dis appearance of Miss Beatrice Nelms and her sister Miss Elols Nelms Dennis, of Atlanta, and: missing since June, were Issued.by District Attorney Lin den here today. . Marshall Nelms, brother of, the',twd; missing wqmen, ye?torday filed compratnt against the accused persons and a telegram was sent to Portland officers asking their detention.- Nelms -and a deputy sher iff- expect to leave - tomorrow with warrants and extradition papers for the -return '/nncs and his wife to this, city, it was said here tonight. The specific charges against Innes and his wife were not made public. i Eugene, Oregon,'AugUBt 18.?Vic tor Inness, wanted in connection with the disappearnace of Mrs. Bloise Nelms Dennis and Misa Beatrice Nelms, of Atlanta, was arrested to night by Sheriff Parker and D. P. Eikins. on the Innes farm near Lea burg, about 30 miles from here HOME COMING TO BE A BIG WEEK C!e=2ccs People S?y Thai They Are Expecting the College To Be Taxed To the Limit -i, .?.. Ttrr ~pI . Naturally more of the business men'of Anderson received their edu-l Nation at Clemson college than.at any! jther 'institution> of 'learning' in the) itate and therefore It goes without ' raying that Anderson will be ; well rep resented, when the home coming week a opened at Clemson- college on Au ?ust 27, to continue* until August 31, probably between 1.000 and 1,2"0 peo ple will be Jn attendance during the m tiro time. < r/The expected number. of. old stu itnts will tar o the utmost tho ca pacity of th? dormitories .'dining hall tad Mamorlal hall .in..whirh .all the' Oublie t exercises will be hold. Cor .hat reason,, us well-as tho fact, that he. "Homo Coming" is j?. ''family af air" none but ex-students are invited/ >r Will be permitted to register or will je entertained 4s*?B5 the "Sztss 3om*pg." . This .rule will bo strictly jb&erVed. :*,;,\vv" v - - .f Other vlaitors nro welcome to the College campus At any other time. "?bte .announcement Is?made in od ranc? so that,;mne -but the ex-stu. lents will make their plana to, visit tho College during the "Home Coming." Positively ho accomodationB can be >ffaMd others atithat.time. The. "Kama Cointosr" j 1st strictly a olieso affair, cc^ima^nprattag ,Uia !Ptb anplvcrsary of the Act of -Acr xsptance which lead t?' the establish ment of .a college. Invitations have >cen -isjjuod only to the fax-studeats of ho\ Ins 111 u t ie n who number ..> around J^ntL-riinfoads have offered reducec" anw from ail points in South Carol! la aad from.AuguBto and Atlanta, etc. ;G?ora1a. ... - Ail IP^all "Home ComJng'N-hids fair obo the largost gathering of ectieg 0<m bn?y ever held in tho Bo?t?," . . . '! ?-~-? CB?WNTBINCE vTOOHCtD - ooo oo-oo o o ? o o o o a IVA NOTES o o o ooooooooooooooo dva, August 18.-*-Ohe of the moot enjoyable events of last week was a card party given by Mrs. H. S. Wake field in honor o fher guest, Miss Geor gia Antley, of Orangeburg. During the evening delightful refreshments were Berved. Mr. J. W. Sadler of Anderson spent a few days here this week with rela tives. Miss Fs.rah Gllliland is spending a few weeks In the mountains of North Carolina with relatives. Miss Kittie Morrah of Ml. Carmol is tiie guest this week of her cousin,' Mrs. W. Prank McGee. Mrs. Dr. W. L. Thompson and bahyj of Dublin, Ga., spent ? short while last , wck at the home of Mrs. J. A. McAl Icter. Mr. ^p.d Mrs. Hardy Sadicr and family, of Pcnetteton. spent Sunday) bora with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. I ?. F. Sadler. Mrs W. A. Hall has returned home from a few days stay with relatives] in Lowndesville. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. C Jones spent Sun day and Monday in Hurtwell, Ca.. tho guests of relatives. Mr. S. M. McAdams spent Sunday In Greenville the guest of his brother,! Mr. Ellison McAdamB. . Miss Thelma Smith is spending a few days in Anderson with her cousin,! Miss Pauline Smith. Miss Minnie Spearman left last^ week for Middleton. Ga., where she goes to spend some time with friends, jj Mr. (}. J, Spearmne la spending two'' weeks in Middleton, Ga., teaching a ' singing cluss. il Mr and Mrs. Fred Schumpert of j Newberry have returned home after spending, o week with their daughter, Mrs. W. T. A. Sherard. They wore accompanied by their daughter, Miss '] Fredua Schumpert, who has bean' hero for several weeks. M,ra. Lem Heid left today for a two weeks' visit to relatives in Anderson 1 and Due West. Mr. W. A. Wiles and family, who have been spending a short while in Hartwell (with relatives, returned to. their home Monday. Mrs. Alice Bagwell and daughter of.] Grcenvlllo are here for a short visit to lier sister. Mrs. J. K. Hall. M Mr. C. C. Hall of Fort Worth, TexuB. Is here to visit his old home and is tho guest of his uncle. A. J. 8. Hall. Mr. Hall left.here some twenty years ago, for Texas. He. is interested In one of,. the. leading dsug etores of Fort Worth. ; < -l Misses Annie and Ethel Felton or* Buena Vista, Ga., were the guest last ! Week tor a few days of Miss- Betty ' Spoon. - '. .1 Mr. James Sadler has returned to his home lh Atlanta after spending a few d&ys witisihij? parents. Mr. and! Mrs. D. F. Sadiur. I Mr.-A. K. Jackson and wife of j Greenville have been on a ahort visit to relatives here. Mr. Homer Schumpert and wife of Newberry were the gueBta for a few days of the former's sister, 'Mrs. W. T. A. Sherard.. Miss Ethel Sherard, who has been fn Anderson for the past two, weeks with her sister, Mrs. James Simpson, hap returned home. . Mrs. N. .G. Raison of Greonvllie spent Sunday and Monday here, the guests of her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. C.Hall. Rev. E. K. Garrison of Anderson, a recent student of Wofford College, preached in the Methdotrt fchiirrh here Sunday for Rev J. I* Singleton. Miss Mamie Seowright has return ed from a short stay in Anderson wltn relativen. , . . - Mr. John Held of Abbeville, spent the week-end here with relatives. Miss Allee Baskin has returned From a week's visit to-relatives-at Ab beville. .. Mrs.. Rosamoud Scawright and baby have returned to their home In An lerson after a few days visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burrlss. Mr Clement Hall, city editor of -the aiken Review, is here for a short .vis it to hi? parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kail. Mrs. G sorge Bell and .children of Central are the guests this week of relatives. . .. ., Miss Opal Simpson, of Vatdop, Mis sissippi. Is tho g?est of her cousin, Misses Ina 1 asd Selm a SImpssa. >: Mrs. W. P. Cook and daughter. Miss 2|ara Cook, were Bkopplng In Ander ion Monday. Mrs. Si. J. McGee and daughter Miss laarie McGee, and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sui rlus ?e?t Monday for a few days Itay With rolatlvcp--in Atlanta. Messrs. B. 8.. Bnrtoh, P. E. Spoon,' ti. M.Morrow arid CF.?. McDonald rc urned Monday from a ten' days stay a the mountains. P?A?E BEIGN8 Perfect Order Prevails la Mexican1 Capital. Carranfs Prepares to Move '(By Associated Press.) Mexico iCity, Aug. .18?Perfect order ? as been maintained In the capital iince the -Constitutionalist occ.upa lon. The authorities are overlooking tri opportunity.-4siC?aks peaceful end* ecuro..... The call'for the . doliycry vlthln eight days of*arms, in the pos Kslon of the capital's inhabitant* is Bting with general acquleicence. Jt was decided today to search <th uusenger and freight j trains Ieavlqg ; he capital to,guard against,the Ship-, aerit of arms to outside districts,] 'asengera and freight traffic, there ore, was suspended pending tho draw ng up, of the regulations ' for par oh. tt .is expected Uiat; trains ml&We.WtoJqmmyi, Incoming rrfna aroTiot affected, i A?eneral ^Cnrrapaa's headquarters la o?;ig romorod.4o the outskirts of, the Andrew J. Bethea a i. Is Basing His Claim to Election Upon Fitness and Upon an Outspoken Stand for .Clean Politics and Good Government In South Carolina Private Secretary to Governor A.:c>! lor four years, from 1907 to 1911, in which time he became acquainted with every -branch of the State Gove' nment. Conducted jji satisfactory manner the Governor s office on many occasions for days and weeks at the time in the absence^of the Governor. Code-Commissioner of South Carolina from. 1911 to 1914 with a handsome majority over two of the best law yers in the State. If every farmer will sow five acn:s of oats to the-plow, and*three acres of wheat to the plow, on group 1 that is well prepared and weljjj fertilized, he will make enough wh.-. and oats to do him. The corn crop is likely to be short in this section as therseason? have not '.been favorable for making com. If th^w^ in, Europe' continues for a long time, there will be a. tremendous ' amount ^?fl corn-and wheat and oats exported to Europe and this^wjJJ^, jpiake corn, wheat .and oats hijrh. September is a good time to sow* oats. Prepare the groumfl carefully and thoroughly before you get to picking cotton, ur.d fer tilise it with about 300 pounds to the acre of say, 10-t-3 pr ldit^T your oats will get well rooted before the cold weather comes on grip.! if sown in the drill it is about as sure a crop as c^you. can plant, These oats will come in early next spring and.will help, out a short corn crop. ., ..' oX-.Qe J Now and then you h?ar of a farmer sowing bats in Au believe the August sowing always makes.a good crop. rand we; September is a capital time to sow oats and we believe.jt will nrfy ou mighty well to sow some this fall. . ~ m It always pays to prepare your land well, ,?nd to fertilize-It we 11a :- . >' M?? _ . h? a vT i?r :.:>. ' toutb Commander Bcporta Losses Hea t y in AU Eagngeosnts on Gcrijian Side, I "Summing up," - tho^.ttotaaiunicaUpn sayc, "wo th?s have obtained In the courseOk a :t?w''':da^:^VB^>.?o| *-? ant successes which refieeT the'g>i