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f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM GERMANS REI FROM AI LI LOSSES THE BATTLE OF MARNE HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED AS YET HEAVY FIGHTING Battle? Are Being Fought by the Various Armies With Results Unknown; Servians Claim a Victory London, Sept. ll!-The battle of the Marne, as the French have christened the great struggle which has been in progress for a week in the territory between Paris and Verdun, with the 1 allied armios of France and England ' on one side and the Germans on the I other, has not reached a decisive re-1 suit. Tho German right, however, in the ! face of the superior forces and threat ened with an outflanking movement continues to retire towards the north along the route over which General von'Gluck.made, bis famous lightning advance on Parts from the Belgian border, after having defeated the allies nnd Mons and again at Cambria and St. Quentin. With General von Kluck also, ac cording to the French official reports, tho rlg?t wing of General von Hue low'.-; anny, which supported his left it1 falling back towards the rivers Alene and Oise. On von BueTow's left, the army of the Prince ot Wurtem berg, which has been trading for weeks to break through the French line also has stopped fighting and re tired north .'- The .-German left wing, however, composed of other sections of the Prhice of Wurtteraberg's army, and.the arn?y commanded by thc Ger man crown prince ls still fighting with varying success- These armies, how ever appear tp h-ve passed Verdun as the Berlin reports say they have been bombarding fortified positions south of that fortress. A comprehensive French official re port issued tonight shows that General von Kluok got further south and east of Purls than heretofore had been dis closed, so that this advance was even faster than he was given credit for making. It seems that had'the Ger man armies on h!v left moved any where nearly as quickly as be did, the battle of the Marne might never have been fought. However, faced by British-French forces, and with another French force advancing from Paris threatening his flank and hts Communications, General von Kluck waa compelled to withdraw northward and then fight the French on the river Opreq. In this fighting, according to the British-French re ports, a number of German guns, hun dreds of prisoners and part of the German transports were taken. Servia IR celebrating another vie? tory over An fit ria? having taken Sem Hn, Just acres the river from Bel. ?rode, tbe Servian capital, whick has Seen nader sn intermittent bombard ment ?vcr since the commencement ol the mar, this success it ls thought, amy enable Servia, which ta advancing In ?in?mia, to put aa end to the guns which have been so long firing on ?er capital. < ..Turkey has taken .advantage .of Europe's occupation to abrogate capi tulation' wheh ?oe se ??ag .had .shu iee ted to.. Her diplomats deny tb ls menns any bellicose attitude sai say Turkey believes tbe time has arrived when Abe should enjoy the same status as other Independent countries, par ticularly as Great Britain ap? Austria have inst agreed to the abrogations sf capitulations ts the territory which tfreeec recently acquired .from .the Turkish emplte? ,. ? m - AVies Claim Ai All Pc ? ? ? ? * - POTISV Sept. ll.-This official com munication, waa issued here today: ..Fl.st, on the left wing oar suc cess Increases. North ot the river Marn? and tu the direction bf Solaeona and Compiegne the Gormans have abandoned great quantities, of ammu nition, stores, some wounded and some prisoners. We nave taken another flag. The British army hah captured ll gups sad important atores and has taken from 1,203 to l,W0 prisoners. '.Second, In tbs ?water, the enemy has gr?en ia on tis front between Be s?nne and Revtgny. Tbs Germana have not yet f-.fieu back from L'Ar gonnc. Notwithstanding the strain to which our troops have besa sub [KEATING ED FORCES; ARE HEAVY OOGOO?OOOOOOOOOOO o o o COTTON MONEY o o - o o Washington, Sept. 11. o o -The emergency curren- o o cy bill, amending the Vre- o o land-Aldrich act to make o o 75 instead of 30 percent o o the amount of commercial . o o paper to be accepted o o banks as security for o o emergency currency, pass- o o ed the senate today and o o now goes t? the house, o o The measure was prompt- o o ed by financial conditions o o growing out of the Euro- o o pean war. o o Under an amendment ad- o o ded by the senate today o o all privileges conferred on o o national banks under the o o Vreland emergency cur-. o o rency act are extended to o o State banks and trust com- o o panies having a capitiliza- o o tion of $25,000 or more o o and a twenty "per cent o ' o surplus. o o The senate voted down o j o a proposal that cotton oj o producers should be given o o preference in the loaning o o of emergency currency in o o cotton states and that the o o interest charged should o o not exceed six per cent o o Senator Overman, pro- ^o ? posing the amendment, o o declared the purpose of o o emergency currency in the o o south was to relieve the- a o cotton situation and said d c that by his amendment re- o o lief to the cotton producer o j o would be assured. oj o o ooooooooooooooooo HORRIBLE SCENE ON BATTLEFIELD I Allies Art?lcry Played Havoc] With Retreating Germans Ground Strewn With Dead (Cjr ABH?Cl?L?u rican,; Paris. Sept. ll.-An Idea of how the I Germans were harrassed by artillery fire during their, retreat wat obtained on a visit to the fields near M -ux, | tbe scene of. the severe fight of yes. te rd ay. The German Infantry had j taken a position in a sunken road on j either side of which were stretched In extended lines hummocks, come of them natural and some the work of j German soldiers. Besides many bodies were forty or I fifty empty cartridge shells while fragments of clothing, caps and knap sacks were scattered about This destruction was wrought by batteries three miles distant Straggling clumps [ of wood intervened between the bat teries and their mark but th? ran had been determined by aa officer on j an elevation a mlle from the gunners. He telephoned directions for the fir ing and through glasses watched the] bursting sheila. The sunken road was littered with' bodies today. Sprawling in ghatslv fashion, the faces almost had the sam? greenish hue as the uniforms worn. ..The road is tined with poplars, the branches ot which, severed hy frag ments of shells, were strewn among the dead. In places whole tops ot trees had been torn away by the ar. tlUery fire. \ Victory tints Involved jectod during the last firs days of | battle, they still find energy to pur sue the enemy on its left wing, change itt this territory. "The Austrian army def sate/ at Lemberg, despite heavy reinforce ments is being repulsed. On the front between Jalonne and Rewa and the river Dnelster Russians are be sieging the fortified town of Grodek. The second Austrian- army has ihnen j stacked near Tomaasow and has bean ] compelled ta retreat. "The Sorviar- troups have crossed j the river Sara at Skagatn and Obreno vsts. In Bosnia they have assumed j the offensive tn the direction of Vise grad." Capital City News Special to The Intelligencer. Columbia, Sept. 11.-It wo? esti mated today that the special session ol the general assembly will cost the tax payers ot the state nearly $40,000. No announcement has been made aa to the program for legislation. The governor today granted a pa role to J. E. Trultlck, who waa con victed in .Charleston on th a charge of embezzlement and sentenced to eight months. Flashes Germans Suffer Defeat. London. Sept. 11. (Midnight) -A Ostend dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company says: "A severe engagement took place yesterday in the neighbor hood of Grembergen and Ter monde, Belgium.- The Germans beat a hasty retreat, leaving 30 prisoners behind. Before de parting from Jermonde the Ger mans pillaged and destroyed the town. Out of 1,400 houses, 1100 are in ashes and works of art and historical memorials have been destroyed. Several notable peo ple have been taken prisoners and 200 civilians have been sent to Germany. "Bands of Uhlans have been pursued into the wood surround ing Quatrccht and Wetteren: Allegations are False. Bordeaux, Sept. li.-L^Mid night )-President Poincare todav cabled President Wilson as fol lows: ."Mr. President : I am Informed that the German government has sought to surprise your excellen cy's good faith by alleging that dum dum balls a;-? manufactured in the French state factory and used by our soldiers. This calum ny is but an audacious attempt to reverse roles." - "Since the beginning of the war Germany has used dum dum bul lets and violated daily the law of nations. On August 18 and sev eral times since we have had oc casion to bring these facts to the. notice of your excellency and the powers signatories of The Hague convention." v Powers Won't Agree. Paris, Sept 11.-7 40 p. m. The Rome correspondent of the Havas Agency says dispatches from Constantinople announce that the foreign ambassadors, in cluding the German) representa tive, yesterday informed the Tur kish government that the powers could not accept abolitions of treaty rights accorded foreigners. Russians Capture Town, london, Sept 12.-3.08 a. m. -A' Reuter dispatch from Petro grad says the Russians have cap tured T?maszow, Russian Poland, after a sanguinary conflict. j Steadily tooting Ground. ? Parts, Sept 11, il.20.p. m. "The Germans continue to re treat. The Britirh have taken eleven cannon and many prison ers." This was the gist of ar, official report issued here tonight. Off For New Hampshire. Washington, Sept. il-Presi dent Wilson left here at 5.3S p. nv for the summer white house at Cornish, N. H., where he expects to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Asked For FvplarieKow. Washington, Sept. tl.-Presi dent Wilson today asked Secre tary Bryan to call the attention of the Turkish" ambassador, A. Ruston^. Bey, tb recent statements attributed to Mm in the ?ews pnpers and to inquire if they were authorized. Most Agree te Make Peace. Copenhagen, Sept lt .-Via London, 4.10 p. m.-The Vossis che Zeitung, of Berfin, declares that previous to the outbreak of thc war Germany and Austria Hungary agreed, as now have the parties to the triple entente, not io make peace separately. POORE IS OF. M ANS: JURY OUT LITTLE OVER AN HOUR INTERESTING CASE Crowded Court I Room Yesterday Heard Attente? On Either Side Put Up Strong Fights 1 -1-; After deliberating for abott ono hour and fifteen minutes, the Jury re turned a verdict qf guilty in the -ase or the State versus Claude Poore. ' charged wilth murder. This csae went to the jury yesterday afternoon at 6:15 o'clock and a verdict waa ren dered at 7:30. When court convened yesterday morning ll ia rora . had peei secured to try tho case and after some diffi culty the last man WUP selected in the person of A. W. Bagwell, who was* ?duo appointed foremoft v by. the judge. Poors- was then-brought Into" thc court room and the trial waa begun. The prisoner was neatly dressed m a suit of muck clothes, ids hair was carefully brushed and he Beemed per fectly composed. Anderson ; people are familiar with the facta in the case which are, that Poore, as a policeman in Williams, ton, shot and killed Joe Kelly, former ly a policeman in the same town. The evening before the killing Pnore had arrested Kelly and it le Bald that this led to thc troubl? Wlilinmston peo ple were greatly interested in the trial and the court room was crowded throughout the day yesterday. Dr. Prank Lander was tho first wit ness called yesterday morning.'. He. testified as to the nature or Kelly's wounds and bc was followed by capt. A. G. Plnkney, who was an eyewitness to the affair He gave a very graphic account ot the shooting, telling of what each man said and of Kelly's ac tions after he was shot. Capt. G. W. Sullivan gave a touch ing account of the shooting, explain ing that he arrived on. the scene Just as the defendant had his gun raised to shoot again. He protested, saying Claude, if you do. that will be mur der." At the time Kelly , was leaning up against the wall of a building end he started to come to Capt. Sullivan failing info that gentleman's arms. Vance Cooley, mayor ot Williams' too, testified as to the facta leading op to the case, explaining that Poore had arrested Kelly on the evening before, the fina! difficulty arose, ana that Kelly had become Incensed over thia and cherished ill feeling against Poore. Other witnesses acquainted with the cseu were caned und iheu the defendant took the etaad. In reply to questions put to him by the attorneys, claude Poore. asserted that he has been a resident of the town Of Wlillamston for twelve years and that In that time he has.acted as con stable and policeman, He bas siso been a carpenter and has worked In the mill there at other times. When he was IS years of age he left his father's farm which is near Wlillamston and came Into the town to go to work. He has lived there ev ery since that time. On Saturday ev. Athens Tafcin In Pay tri Atlanta, Ga.. Sept lf>- interest in the great "buy a bale") movement bi sweepingftwith renewed>lgor over the whole South to Judge strom the re ports in the Southern newspapers and ' from telegrams received by the Atlan ta press. The State wide conference held in Atlanta yesterday gave a great Impe tus to the movement. Th? evangeli sation of the whole state was start ed unanmimously when tho con??reti?e adopted tte resolutions and the mem bers tarted out to Inspire all Georgia. Athens merchant? are offorl-.g to [take cottee on debts at tea cents per r ARTILLERY _. I ; it' ' GUILTY LAUGHTER cnings and Sundays, Poore was em ployed by the city as a policeman At i the time or thc shooting he had In his I pockets several warrants that he had i to servo. i In connection with the caBO in de- i tail he testified: I "On Sunday afternoon I waa sitting i in front of the Gregory company store and heard Joe Kelly and Ira D. Hoi- ! der joshing at each other In pretty 1 bad language. Holder and Kelly both 1 cursed each other several times, but 1 neither had an attitude that was ag- i gravatlng or which appeared trouble- 1 some. Finally Joe said. Tm going to 1 lick you and then I am going home.' Holder said, 'Well, I'm here, come t ahead.' They cursed a while longer < and then Poore came out and told I them to shut up. Holder shut up but 1 with several oaths. Joe Kelly asserted that I had nothing whatever to do i with him and that ho was net going to < obey. I told him to get off the streets t or go home, and be Bald that ho would J do neither. ? then told him that l i would have to run htm In if he. did i not be quiet He said with an oath or i two .that.I.would, baye io run. Wm. in, J and that waa sure. I then started with t him to the Jail, and about middle way I he stopped' and asked about his bond. I told him that I couldn't give him any bond but I'd let him go free if he t wanted to. He refused to be let go, ( and Haid that I had arrested him, c damn you now lock me up. I took I bim to the guard house and put him In the office of the council - room and t locked the door. I did not place bim i in a cell, but I did lock' him in the of- i flee. I however did offer to let hun < stcy there without being lo'ckod' up, ? raying that I had confidence enough i to know that he would stay there. i "I went on up to the home of Mayor ' Cooley and got him to come down to 1 the jail. Here we found Kelly as I had left him and tho mayer let him out on ' a bond of $10. He left the place in company with the mayor and waa < making all sorta of threats against ' me. He cursed and abused me all the 1 time. Mayor Cooley told him that If he didn't shut pp that he'd put him 1 back in >il. "I met joe once or twice more that 1 night and each time he would abuse and threaten me. Chief Nelson was 1 aware of the facts and he sent me up 1 In the northern part of the town end 1 then I went to bed. "The next morning as I waa com ing to town, I met Holder, who.warn- j ed me of Kelly saying that he waa nf- * ter me and that f had better look out for myself. Not wanting to have any trouble with the man 1 went back home and it was not until 10 c'clock that I came back to town. My wife wanted nome needles and asked me to come for them. I went down to the ? store and there I mst Joe K?M? |s front of Griffin's* ator." Here Poore described the scene be tween be and Kelly about going oui tn the yard. "And when he said G 4- you, you have got to settle lt and right here. I turned and drew my pintol " "What did you do then?" was asked. I"I shot him." "How many times did you shoot?" ! "I ahot six tunea end then my gun waa empty." "Why did you load your gun again?" (Continued on Page 5.> g Cotton tent of Debts pound. 8ever?d merchants, at Moul trie. Rome and other towns have now dopted the same plan, ?ll agreeing to hold the cotton off the market fer a year if necessary. A total of 540 bales has been sold in Atlanta st ten cents; and this be fore the active solicitation began. It is expected that the work of the committee this week will rell up sev eral thousand bales. waycrosa ts to celebrate "Cotton Daly* on October 10, the tanners meet ing near by and coming to tba city with their cotton In a body. Plans are being M adc to take care of lt all. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE F~HTING AROUND PARIS GERMANS RETREAT Kaiser's Troops Have Been Re pulsed All Along Battle Front and Are Giving Ground (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. ll.-The French mili tary authorities, who heretofore have Manned the information maae puo llc concerning the military operations ?ast of Paris to laconic statements very general in character, today gave i lengthy description of .the most im portant battle since the beginning of hostilities. Evidently the left wing of the allied irmieg facing tho northeast has borne tlie brunt of the preliminary engage ments In which the British took such i prominent part so well that they ire the ohject of the bigest compli nonts on the part of French military nen. The combat, according to the offic ial announcement, seems to be de veloping Into an abandonment of at least the advance positions held by he Qermans who, it is announced, are retiring along a greater part of the inc This retirement, is said to have leen for 46 miles at some points. Furious onslaughts, sometimes by .he French and again by the Germans, >ccurred about tho center of an ex :enslve line in the vicinity of Vitry LieFrancols. Three great German armies com nanded by General von Kluek, the 2rown Prince Frederick William and he Duke of Wurtemberg effected a unction and repeatedly hurled them selves against the French positions with the greatest vigor, but they were mt able to achieve their seeming ob ie?t of breaking the allies* center and hus dividing the Anglo-French arm es. The Freren and ErltiEh offarcd an equally divided resistance, eveniu illy compelling the Germans to with Iraw. Tho fighting continued through mt last night and the allies' position, t ls understood, was improved today. A rain storm caused great difficul t?s in the marshy districts, but did lot stop the operations. The fusil ides of the troops and the artillery luel proceeded all day. It ie believ ed the retiring Germans suffered nore than the allies from the storm is their withdrawing columns were ?neumbcred with baggage and ammu iltlon wagons. ? The military authorities1 descrlp lon of the battle follows: "As wo already have announced, i i battle has been taking place since September 6 over a front extending in i general way from? Paris to Verdun, i "From the outset of this action the 3erman right wing, the army com- ! uanded by General von Kluck, which , >n September 6 had reached the dis- . rlct to the north of Provine , was i ?bilged to fall back because of the , langer of being enveloped. By Its j Mover and rapid movements' this army , vas succeeding In escaping from the j tilles grip and was throwing itself { ?vth the greater part of tts force ( igainst our enveloping wing tc the lorth of thc ?4ame and thc west of he Oureq river. But the French roops which were operating in this } .egion. powerfully aided by the brav- , try of our British allies, Inflicted con- ( ilderablo losses on the enemy and ( mined the time necessary to allow ( ?ur offensive to pres? forward and at , tresant on that side the enemy is in ?treat toward Alane and the Oise. "He has thus fallen back 37 to 48 , alles In four days. In the meantime he Anglo-French force? which had j leen operating to the south of the ? ?Tarne have not ceased to pursue their ( ?ffensive. Starting, some of them rom tho district south pf the forest f Ctrcy and others from the regions lorth of Provins and south of Ester- J ay, they opened out from the Marne t m the left, the army of General von 1 (Continued On Page Four.) :-: TEXAS WILL B Fuman Smith, wholesale seedsman, i ss received the following Interesting ( etter from the Pittman ? Harrison Company, ( which has been t| liing ats ir? this section for many years. I "Bey a Bale" I The genius who figured out this 1 ?lan of lending aid to the present cot- t on situation in tho South deserves I Teat ct Adit. Tetas has lust enacted J eglslatlon looking to the provision of t irerehouses. and nearly every commu- ' ilty lp the state of Texas ls at pros nt engaged In some offert, the effect > >t which will be to care for the first i ecelpte of cotton as fair figures ? nd canse the remainder to be held a tack until conditions make better ? trices possible or tho manufacturers 1 re ready to absorb it Wc feel that i on can rely u^on Texas doing , her j 1 T?RKS WILL BE WITfflNRIGHTS AMBASSADOR ASSURES AB? SOLUTE SAFETY TO AMERI CANS IN EMPIRE NATIONAL RIGHTS Ottoman Empire Is Justified ia Abre gating Treaties, Claims (Turkish Ambassador - (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. ll.-A. Rostenl Bey, the Turkish ambassador, ex plained to'Secretary Bryan today that Turkey's abrogation of conventions und ' capitulations granting special privileges to powers was a step taken merely to recover her national rights. The ambassador pointed out that the effect of the action was not to terminate the treaties of 1880 and 1862 between the United States and Tur key, but to remove extra territorial rights the American government had enjoyed nuaer a most favored nation clause. tttftrrnneBt's View Unknown. State department officials today had not determine what thp attitude of th? United States wonld be. It waa thought the American government would wait the initiative ot other powers. ? Discussing informally the Questions arising out of the abrogation of the ? conventions, th*,Turkish ambassador later suggested that an Interesting sit uation might arise with reference to Egypt Here, he thought, Great Bri tain probably would welcome the re moval of. capitulations, as it left Bri. tish control ot Egypt unencumbered by special privileges te other for eigners. He declined to discuss tho effect of Turkey's actio i on the Euro pean war but emphatically dented lt wsa Intended as a pretext ?or war. Americans Are Safe, The ambassador- deda?od that Am erican missions would be protected as formely t.mder Ottoman law. The principal cffoeis o! thc abrogation, ?e explained, would be to give Turkey the right to Impose whatever customs duUes she desired, to levy profession-: al taxes on foreigners and to substi tute the jurisdiction ot Turkish courts for extra-territorial rights. The following staten? sn t waa au thorized by the ambassador: "In abrogating the ?aptula tiona Turkey simply is recovering national rights belonging to a nat?os,, somo ot which were granted by ker in the mid dle ages in unwise mood* of liberall. ty; others wrested from ker; others again came to be abandoned as a co rolla of the abandonment of the form er. The situation can be stated hy saying that turkey has daciejd to be mistress in her own house. "Like say contract which in Ita tenor disregards the g?n?ral princi ples of right, as for instance, a con tract stipulating the sala ot one. hu man being to another, the capitula? lions have no sanction ia ethics, and. Turkey was freo to dissolve them. She had tried to.attain that ?od by nego tiations, but the powers of Europe subordinated their consent to such, onerous conditions that taking advan tage of the present situation Torker decided to do away with the capitula, tiona by an unlloteral decision ol ker sum. . "TheUnUVd States enjoys some ot the pr!vii* ?es et the sapltalaUons hv vlrtoo o? the meet favored ' nafJuf clause, inserted ta ike'.treaty .con cluded with Turkey te laset teat ts? the ? rited States became the fe*e# netery of the es??u?,**!&3SS ?a?y fe?L ile? tally, ?? ..The statement tatt tte American Missionary Institutions la Turkey are if feet cd by the capitulation ls Inac curate.. Those Institutlea? exist ia Turk** bj tlrtrc cf ?"crsi -T?s gov ?S King the empira." ? ..New Teri, Sept. lL-Tarkey's abu rogation el .ike .agreements .giris* perlai privil?ges .te .tee .powers neaas that Americans will fee telly aa (Continued on Page Four. IO HER PART :-: >art, not only In handling the present ;rop, but in curtailing the 1916 are luctlon, thov*h this "buy' a bale'* alo can undoubtedly representa tiwi ?realest redemptive phut now before he people of the south. All euccesa 0 it and to every other effort for tho rood ot the cotton farmer? Let na mite, and next season ali discourage he growing of cotton unless ?here ta 1 surer market for lt. Along with other things which must M used to tak* up the acreage pre ciously devoted to cotton itt the South, .ed caa must naturally Ooma in for v liberal share if not a preponderant ihare. This is the universal view in Texas where largely Increased aora Lgee of both cats and wheat ara helms dunned and seeded. _