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?>y?rf. Week!jr, Established I860- Oafljr, Jan. 13, 1914. TUESDAY A ND FRIDAY ANDERSON, S. C., TVBSp?YMORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, ARE THE SAME AS WHEN FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED Despite Terrific Fighting and the Sacrifice of Thousands of Lives in the Battle Which Com menced Four Weeks Ago the Two Armies Still Hold Virtually the Same Positions. Turkey Has Issued a Statement Plac ing Blame for the War on England. The Crown Prince of Ge rmany andi the Destroyed Town of Long wy. THE GREATEST OF ALL BRITISH SOLDIERS IS DEAD III FRANCE Great Britain Has Suffered an Irreparable Loss in the Death of Field Marshal Lord Roberts While . Visiting the Indian Troops in France-Death of Noted British Soldier Came as an En tire Surprise to England and Has Plunged! the Empire Into Mourning. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Nov. I*.-The battle of Flanders, which' waa brought about by the German attempt to advance to Dunkirk and Callas, on the northern coast of France, commenced just four weeks ago today and despite ter'rifflc fighting and the sacrifice of thousands of lives, tho two armies still hold vir tually the same positions an when the first shot waa fired. ' . After taking Antwerp and Ostend, the German forces /proceeded with lit tle or no opposition as far as Nie u port on the Yeer Canal. Here they found against them tho reformed Bel gian army as well as an enfilading fire from British monitors and they were unable to-make progress. Floods then ' completed the discomfiture of the In- ? -voders and they commenced ;an effort to- break through the allied' line be tween Dixmude and Ypres. , ' The Germans have had one or two minor?- sometimes only temporary success, such aa the crossing".of the canal and the capture of ' Dlxmude, ?but now, according td Official and oth er reports, while they hold a part vjf Dixmude, they are back on the' east side of the canal and again have slackened their attacks. The ve athel, which bas been storm- I lng wit i heavy rains, says the state ment of tho German general army headquarters, has disturbed their ope-' rations. This .may Well be 'true 'for people who have arrived from across driving tho ^in?adrdss^m operi spftc ea; filling the trenches' and' making it nest to imttB^sftteifor. tbe mea to pro tect '-mtom?tifa-C' In spltp ot . toe. unfavorable con dit??sa *ho??? aides nave, bsen m&k?ug charges and both claim to have met with some success. . The Gormans again report tho'capture o" a number of prisoners' anti also that they have - r op ul sed the ; Brittan and "French at tacks. . TPjb?'Frencb? who do not record the capture of the. prisoners qr their own losses, ! likewise claim they have re pulsed the German? attacks, and made progress. Their advance on Blxs ? ehooto, which reached the almost op precedented: distance of one kilometer. (8,280 m?in?l. ?~p^i? this battle an ad vance ls measured in yards and not tn miles- s come to have been Important, for. if It continues, military observera say li should rel IGTE the pressue on both Dixmudp' and Ypres, on either side of that town, / From the Franco-Belgian border at? far as the French fortress of Verdun the. Germana have resumed their ac tivity and. as.usual-both German and, French offlclaVaccounts claim Buccess,. Whl|e- tko ejf?s of. the world haye been on the battle near the North Sea coast, there ha? been fierce fighting farthn, 'rdfc'ud and tho Alene valley, SECOND ANNUAL EVENT WAS i. ? -sii?cEss' ' V-.' Second Hands and Section Men of. ? .AnderW&^ ed for 1% Time Friday. - \ . About the most enjoyable aftSlr tba' second band?; abd .Section men of tho Anderson cotton, mill ever participat ed in .took place SViflay hight .when they held their second .Annual ban- j quet If 'y^i^jl?i??i^t.ti^:ih?? time fha ??t rtt>>t?HvA : tl tl til- thn lani 1 iain,'had. geno.home...'.:,'-.:.-: . | r James rx TfiamnVett,. . president of tho1 mill, was ?la^s?t?nda?ce end did m share toward making the evening ?-.i success, at?d l? eddlUAu to Mr. Ham Tho banquet. part oif ike evoniug waa dellgMML Fish, oysters, pickles and everything else gr?l to eat at a supper ot this;kind wai to be had in abundant*, a?tf^^; -t?u^:o number, ot, milt >brkers i?i? toil Justice to tae'-J "spread." - . Mr. Hammed presided 03 tosstmas- j ,, (Continued ou Pago 2.) MBBWBBBHBMBM?MMBH tho Argonne forest and the vicinity of Verdun again have scenes of sanguin ary clashes. Neither side, however has made any impression on the other side, the Germans won their victory at Valley, the fruits of which* how ever they since havo lost. Farther east winter has set in and the mountains where the troops are facing each otu-, er are now covered with snow. The Russians, continuing their en veloping movement around East Prus sia, have now entered Rypln, which is West of Sol (lau and on the road to Thorn, so that they have .now almost surrounded Emperor William's north western and favorite province. Just southwest of Rypln, however, the Germans have taken the offensive from Thorn and claim to have inflict ed a defeat on' the Russians' near Wloclawek, on the Vistula river. The Germans af ter "all, seem to have decided to make a stand behind, the Warta River in Russian Poland for the Russians .announce that there have been engagements with tho Ger mans advance guards between that river and the Vistula. It may bo> how ever, that the. mass of the German army having retired to the borders of Silesia, these engagements were in tended .only to delay the Russian ad vance. -, Further South the Russians con tinuo to puah nn to. the Austrian for tress of Cracow,'which ls defended by Ahatrlau ttoops under German of ficer?;-. .< - ' : '? V :. ! Fightiri&"con^ between the Russians a^d the Turks, but with what result? ate not known, ao both governments announce victor ies. Turkey has issuer ar statement through Rome placing tho blame for the war between the British and Ot toman empires oh England who, she says, , complain s of Turkey's- acqui sition of the German cruiser Gooben and Breslau and does - not mention anything ot her seizure of two' Turk ish battleships . which were building in England at the,outbreak of the war. Turkey also nh?rgesr"tiiat England did all she could to wreck Turkey, and that* the British guarantee of integ rity could, trot bo regarded seriously because of her occupation of Egypt .Turkey's threat- to preach, a. Holy? war is a cause of uneasiness in Ger many aa well as In England/and in France,.close observers of tho politi cal situation point out,' he causo of its possilblle effect on'Italy. So far asl Egypt ls concerned the danger mark! seems to nave passed as the chiefs of i tho Ulcmn. composed of tho leading j Moslem religious societies,: have tail ed a proclamation urging th? Moslems ! to remain calm;, while the Sheiks in the Soudan have refrained from tak ing action regarding Turkey's proc lamation, of the war ou th? Allies. FiONCH RETORT A GOOD DAY ; . . ? ----^ Claim Two Attacks Were Repul sed With Heavy Losses to the Germans. mm ? (Bv A?tociat^I "Pr??!.') . I. PARIS, NOV. 14.-r-The. following of ficial communication was Issued to night by\vW?ePre^^ ; ! . "From the North sea to Lili? the day has been good. Two attacks by the ,enemy, one to; the northeast, ot Zon n eb eke, the' other to the south of I.Ypres havo been repulsed-the latter with heavy losses tb the Germans/.. i'. "BeCweop the canal of La Basse and I Arras, arid in the region o? Lihons the enemy - baa 'made ' two attempts, 'without'result .There "is nothing else tb report ' "M. Polo . de Bernab?, the Spanish ambassador at. Berlin and in charge cf Preach interests, having.' been';BS I thorned .Jp visit, a cern?? ?? /prisoners' j-st -Zr.av ia QvrmmnT, ian minister or -war bas, by ^ redk/rbcal measure,, au thorized Myjrbn T/HerHOk, the Ameri can embessador tn France, to vjtsit all i the ptiooners* camps ? where Germans I aro detained in French forritory. Mr. Herrtctf\b*i begun tbese visita this weak." / ; . . . Dartmouth ?K?eat s Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA.. Nov. Dart mouth defeated Pennsylvania : today, 41 to 0, the highest score ava*, regis-; tercd against a Red and Blue team on Franklin Field: Pennsylvania wigs outr played in, every department abd the Green's goal ne?er waa tn danger. Refused By . ,_ Hope of Saving the Life of Leo M the Supreme Court of the Unit of Geo (By AwocUtfld Presi) -?(-W ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 14 -Annul- \ meat Of the'death sentence pronounc- ,1 ed on Leo H. Frank for the'murder ol i 14-yefcr*oId Mary. Phagan was refused j herd today by the ^supreme court ot- j Georgia, It was tao sixth time that ] legal efforts ia Frank's behalf had. fsiiedV; -, . Hopo of saving the .Ufa of Frank., who waa superintendant ot a, pencil < factory hore,, now rests in a - possible j appeal ' to tho. supreme court of tho , United ?tates, or an appeal to tho , governor of Georgia to exercise clem-'( ency.. His counsel Bald-ted ay an ia mediato attempt would be made to j tak? tho case to tlie federal supreme ( court, j Th? motion to set aside the verdict ot guilty was'based upon the ground that Frank's absence from-the court ' room when ' lt yraa rstunted by the 1 ury waa a violation of his co ns ti tu- J tiona! rights. ,? J Frank's, ab?tmco was suggested . by , Judge ti. 8. Roan; ' who presided at , the triai. H? Informed the attorneys , for bbth tho State and tho defendant j that ha ' ; feared a \l?mbnstrat?o?i < against the accused, If a verdict ot ?ac-, i auittoVvi^?re1' returned with) Frank -in- j tho court room.' t : CoTwael tor Frank, with ode excep- , ? ion nnd the State's attorneys,; agreedj, to the absence. When lt was decided', to ?akiifor an annulment" of-tho ver dict du i^?'ground of the defendant's abs^C'VvFrank'i attorneys who bad agreed to. the proposal issued a state ment saying that the defendant knew , nothing , of. the plan for his absence - att ddld .not glve hlsAconB?nt. They 1 announced, however, that, since: they bad. agreed to the pian, they would 1 net participate in the annulment ap-, j peal and it was entrusted^, tn other .counsel.'."1 . >-'?''. ; Previous to today's decltion, Judge Benjamin H. 'Hill, bf the Fullen coun ty wp^?r court,, had, twice 'refused J to - grant-Frank new trials and also < had sustained um state's demurrer t0 < the annulment motion;,,,Appeals tc 1 the State/? highestcourt now have re- : suited ip the^ tower court's decisions' ' being aili med in evory instance, v Todby> declston 'w^ i by tour'?'?..tl'the ftyo ^supreme' court i JusU?efcflfhe opinion,';whle?i,'waa;w:i1fc; i ten by^Asaocl?te Justice' Warner Hill. 1 hold that the annulment mo?on could : and should. bava bein made m a pre- i vidas ?ppcal for a now trial: , Fr?hk, .Cvniln?d lu the tower hore, ,t received^ .tho, nows of his latest. re-.: verso \ with; calnmes?; "Weil, I1 had . expected the court :*o be with me thia )'< ., time," woe bit ; only comment 1 _ . Frank Now Rect? in Appeal, to. ed States or to the Governor rfria. . . . * T??e prier ser was writing a letier vhen the news was brought to him. fe .listened to- the announcement without stopping his . work and in a 'sw minutes completed the letter and ;avo it to a friend, who wai visiting lim, to malt The State Bupreme court will bavo to certify a.-writ of error in order to il low tho chao to be taken to the ted* sral supremo court through the., regu lar channels. If dee mel advisable the iQUrt has-'the 'right 'tb refuse. No. In timation hao come from the court as to what .course it will, pursue.' Law however, were much Interested In tho fbi owing paragraph of the court's opinion: irwe .know of no provision In the constitution of the United States, or 3f this State, nor of any statute, which ?ives-to an accused person a right: to Jlsregard , the rules of prdceedure in i State, which afford him'.due process af law, and demand that he shall move, in his-own war and be granted ibsulute freedom becauso of an ir regularity (if ttioro la one) In receiv ing the verdict. If an accused person ;ouId make some of bis points of at? :nck on tho verdict, and reserve other pointe known to him, which'he could then have made, to be used aa grounds for further'attacks on tho verdict, there Would he practically no end ti k Vrfnilnal cas?." 0 ' \ . Attorneye\for Frank tonight dodi m ?d to discuss vhat courso would be tallowed should the State supreme court refuse, to certify a writ of er ror. . It wae roported, howover, thal should the court take shea >ctIon*th< iefendaUi'a counsel were considering ictlon to obtain a writ of habetis cor aus ir. the federal district' court and t>p this owrlfe attempt tb tatw tho eas? to the supreme court 'of tlie United States. The dead body pf. Mary Pbag?n wai tound April. 27, 7.913, in the bas?mes! of a pencti mctory in which she wai sm ployed, TWO days ??ier' ?rrank wei ir rested and on May 8 the. coroner.'! fury' ordered hfn held for the actiot of the grand jury. . '< O? May 24. James Ckwi?y. a negn sweeper in tho pencil factory, mad? ?n alleged-confession os ?veessorj after the fact of the murtfor, accusinj EPrs?k ab the principal, Cauley nov Is serving 12 months ba the chaiu gang for his psrt In the crime. After bis conviction Frank was sen teheed to be hanged on Octcbor 10 1913, but execution ot tho sentsnc? ^?UUrad by the filing on that dat? of a motion for a new trial. That nm Uoa was "overruled by tho State BU STATE Of HIE (U , Ship Saib With More Than 1,2001 Tons of Christmas Gifts From American People. iUy Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Nov. ?4.-With more than 1,200 tons of Christmas gifts from the people of America, a Santa Claus .ship, tho naval collier Jason, sailed today for Europe. A message of, Godspeed from President Wilson was received by Lieutenant' Com mander C. F. Courtney, U. S. N" shortly before sailing time. The docks as the ship cast loose ber lines were thronged with thousands of school children. The gifts that the Santa Claus car ried were gathered irom every. State of tho union. They included almost everything from toys and dolls, to clothing and food: A summary of the cargo made by Commander Courtney ' shortly before sailing showed the following Horns * Fourteen carloads of children's cloth ing, five carloads of women's, cloth ing, one carload of men's clothing,, five carloads of toys and 67 carloads of miscellaneous presents, foodstuffs, boots, shoes, etc.; a total of 82 ear loads. The Bbip will call first at Falmouth, I where tho gifts intended for England, | France and Belgium will be'dischaig ed; then she will proceed to Rotter-1 dam.*where gifts for Holland end Germany will be discharged. At a I later date another, .consignment will go forward for the people of Russia | and Poland. Will 'Meet in Greenville, BIRMINGHAM,'Ala., Nov. 14.-Tho Southern Textile association selected j Asheyllir* N, C., for the summer meet ing : tn June and Greenville, S. C., for] the fall meeting in November next j year. ' Net^r .ist Three flames. ANN ARBOR; Mich.. Nov. 14.-Cor- , nell clearly outclassed Mlchigah today ] and .won. Ss to 18. The defeat closed tho Wolverines' most disasterous sea son since Fielding H. Yost became coach. In the fifteen years Yost' has been,at.Michigan ho never before lost j three games in one season.. preme court February 17, 1014, and; Frank was re-sentenced. However,; on April 16, another motion for a now' trial waa filed and again execution1 waa stayed. I That motion wai? overruled by: the* supreme court, but before that dect? * ion was announced, the motion to' set? anide the vordlJt on grounds of a vio-} huton of conslitutlonal rights bi -tho; accused was made. ' (.By Assonate*! PrcwO LONDON, Nov. 15. -12:35 tu m. Field Marshal Earl Roberts died last night hi France from pneumonia. A telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Franch, commander of tho Brit ish expeditionary forces on the con tient, apprised Earl Kitchener, sec retary of war, of the death of Eng land's great soldier. The telegram road : "I deopl" regret lo tell you that Lord RobcrtB died at 8 o'clock this i (Saturday) evening." Field Marshal Roberts, who waa colonel in chief of the Indian troops, had gone to France to greet them. Soon after his arrival he became ser iously iii. He suffered from a severe chill Thursday and pneumonia rapid ly developed. His grat age, 82 years, militated against his recovery? tho criBis in the disease coming quickly. The news of Lord Roberts', death came as a nentire surprise to Eng-j land. Tho veteran's devotion to the interests of the army, .'his hard work in this connection and his secerning good health had been tho subject of comment since the beginning of the war. He waa the most popular mili tary figuro, in Great Britain and a na tional hero without rival in. tho af fections of the/people. . Despite hie years he han never ceas ed hard work since hie nominal re tirement and hs he oitori had remark-j t?rr? he^UghV;^ iov tho nervi co of his country.:> -i. .. . During the past five, or, Six- years, when tho German war cloud bad been | growing, h .> prosecuted an active cam*! p?ign to p?rsuaje the nation to adopt j a compulsory military service.. Hf s belief was that Great Britain required ? the training of the whole male popu lation in arms rather upon the plan of Switzerland than the longer ternis of conscription enforced' in the case of contenlntal military nations. He "preached unceasingly and un tiringly for. the. nation to have the men trained in. the rudiments at 'east SOUTHERN SEASONS ABE FAST CHANGING WINTERS NO LONGER SO VERY COLD BOOTS PASSING Older Inhabitants Say There Wits . a Time When Light Apparel Was Almost Unknown. A group of older people sat around a stove in Anderson yesterday, dls cusslng the approach ot winter and the fact .that the years have brought Shout a wonderful change in the sea sons. They all agreed that the win ters pf today are regular Indian Sum mers when compared to some of the cold months they experienced years ago. < . As a matter of fact, there has been a gr?ai change in the Winter season. There , was a time when snows three and tour, feet deep ftli and people were forced to stay in'the house for days at a time. When some hardy one would venture forth he wore all tue clothes' he could find, Invariably wore boots, gnd then suffered severely from the cold. Today young men and young women ! trip along, the streets in the dead of winter with the filmiest silk hose and low cut^hoes, with nothing else to protect their feet . = . One member ot the party said yes terday that he well remembered his red topped boots and that bo never thought Winter had come until four or five snows fell tri succession. ; According to the Anderson weather prophet, this year will be an opeu fall, With mild weather until into-in tho winter and that as a result, Spring will bo late in coming. Anderson farm era aro advised to prepare now for their spring sowing abd tho really in telligent . farmers aro taking advant age of the present pretty weather to a>'sopi? .real farming. ? ? >.i.i...,,.;,.( '.1.1 ? Tao Weather. .^.ipnth Carolina: Rain Sunda?; Mon da^ fair and calder. ot tho soldiers work BO that they could be. called quickly to arma to defend tho country against Invasion* In private conversation, h? express ed the conviction that Oer many waa planning to make war on Great Brit ain when she found an advantageous moment, and he believed that the sup posed menace, bf civil war in Ireland was a Just factor. 'Roberta of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford," SB Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh 'Roberts was .known. Bums up briefly, the career of tho not ed British soldier whose death has (plunged tho empire into mourning. Showered aa he was with honora? and titles by bis own country,.it was not by that nation alone that his mili tary abilities were appreciated. "Tho greatest soldier vif his time*" wara, the words used by Emperor William.'ot | Germany in paying tribute to him. "Roberts ot Kandahar," the empor? or 1B recorded as saying? "has much of the sublety and. ability to perceive his opportunities that' hare distinguished the greatest military geniuses bf tho past. I hold him the ablest of "today's soldier*." Fdr more than half a century ? Eng land had occasion to take pride In the career of Roberto, thc soldier. Aa that caree? ripened ene cime to hold bim in,,tho., sotaowaffepttpa a? vwteUttgton, fa nine bf if?tf thick of the^ghtt?* and- roany ?me? was wounded. As ho"fought no ros? id rank'from u Bunernumerary subal tern t? *h<?'5???f* ???*"frr ix? ?st2 assss? shal and commander lu thief of all tho'nritilth armies. As\?srih?r : ?*~ wards' he was ' made ? pesr of the realm and ' the recipient of diattn gUlshed orders of which the chief waa the Order ot the Garter.the most an cient and highly prised; Ot al 1 tho British orders. ' This crowning honor; came to bim,In 1901! ofter his notable services In leading the British tb vic tory In South Africa. TEACHERS YESTERDAY ? RAIN DID NOT SPOIL A GOOD DAY ATTENDANCE GOOD I Teachers ; of County VrW Well Repaid for Their Trip to . Town. . :; (From Sunday's Dally.) The regular monthly meeting Of th? Anderson County school Teachers as sociation, held in this city yesterday, was' full or interest and tho teacher?, attending wore well repaid for their efforts to get'bere, fain and mud not withstanding. Tho? meeting wea opened in th?, West Market street school building promptly at 12 o'clock, with tho sing ing ot MAmerfca,H.'f0!loir?a4.'tiyV vocation,'deltverod by HovY John W,. Speake, pastor of St. Jolm's MothodlEfc church. . ,: ;. E. C Mc Can ts, superintendent o2 publie schools, and A. R, Banks ot ' the Frazer Fitting echool faculty both made interesting Ulks along educa tional lines and then came tho ad dress by Prof. ?, M. Fnlthful ot An derson coll?ge. Prof. Faithful dis cussed problems relating to th? school and to the child and his efforts along this line wora:?ea>d witA inter est. So well pleased \wj*? the teach ers with, his remarks that ce waa In vited to make another address "along the same linea before tho next month* ly meeting. Miss Neil Cochran, wb? ha? Berrea the association very ably aa tic? president, tondPred her teiigsstisSt which was accepted with rbgrot The luncheoni served by the* domes* tic science class ot the high, school was one ot the best' features, of the day, This took plac?, at 1:80 o'clock . and lt waa enjoyed by .avery one o? the teachers and tho twv^?^. yiaJtoro. I; Tho November i^?et?t?g will be re membered by tiri ieaohora ?a beta* :? ono ot ibo beat effti Jwuii ; , !.. r ra? v !