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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 ALL INTEREST CENTERED ONI THE. nGHTINC CN THE CRITICAL DAY j IN WHOLE WARI ? ihc Aires Torn That Wing the,] Gannan Anny WAI Suffer a Disastrous Set-back (By Aarociatcd Presa.); For the moment , all Interest is con tor wi on the territory occupied by the French loft wing and the German' right "Iusu Where toe. mint determine od lighting of the battle line la going on. Thc fdlted forces gradually aro ?purring northwatd, and according to the r>eh'ch official statement that bat tle continues to develop more and more toward the north, the allies at tempting to get beybnd the extremity of the Oerman Une tor the great out flanking movement which baa been jthe object of their oporatlonn. A continuation of this- advance to tho north would bring the allies to Cambrai, a strongly fortified town in Nord, and beyond that as far sa the circle could be drawn. Meanwhile lhere is comparative calm from Rheims to tho MueBe, which constitutes ?he center of tho front but in the Woevre district thero have beon many engagements in which the French have made advances. . Hegard?ng the opovat^? In North ern France, Berlin ls dispatches from tho declaring thut b?pn given out ? ?gar) Uy silent, an capital ion hat* e progresa 7 Official R?inounc?mf t trepx pe 'd oayB tho Auntrlaii province of! in ia completely freed of Au ?he last r?mnan*? <*i th**r] hartog sought refuge In tho ll hians. An unofficial dispatch J| bgjEfc'.an capital aayB flght?uBi tho East Prussian frontier haa| id in the repulse of ail the Cer itompts to force a passage of! er Niemen in the government | sikL y y Geras*? Make Denial an-official staten.-_. t in Berlin dealing with fee alt in the Carpathians/ says the lana in trying to croea the moun ln ?mall columns and break lough into Hungary have been rc oed every where. chduto Frederick of Austria, immanderdn-chief of the Austrian n>y baa issued an army order In hlch ho declares that ' the situation r tho Germans and Austrians is fav orable." The Russian offensive la be llnrifng to break down, nays'tbe'arch jeuko and tho "German army ytthout ?tjindraace has penetrated deep into France where a mw and great vic ary Ja Imminent.'' He assert? that K;;t^:-'B?lsun theatre tho AuaL_ sire fighting to the enemy's trail and that the Servians r?sistance Is begin ning to wctisn. Ho concludes with the statement that "the dual monarchy and Germany are united and have full confidence bf fighting ont to the ead thiB war which was forced upon us.' Belgian* Are Agaressive. ' Malians, aelghno, has been cupied by tho liolgiane, according a ' dispatch,'.from Antwerp. Tbe message State?, t^at on \ boffll ring town ILENT HE SITUATION WAR NEWS j (Dy ABBOciated Prosa.) The Nineteenth Day. ... London, Sept 30.-(10:10 p. m.) Tlie nineteenth day of battle4'on tho A?snc ?lr.dn. tuc allied armies pushing with all the strength they catt bring to bear In their great effort to out flank the German right wing and force it back from ita line ot coumunlcatioT? through Belgium. There is evidence that this mtovement is beginning to tell arid that unless uomethlng unfor? seen happens this portion of the Ger man army must fall back to another defensive line. ' Russians Repulse Germans. London, Sept. 30.--(10:07 p. m.) The fighting along thc East Prussian frontier. In which the Russians have er tended their front 99 mtles has re sulted in the repulse of all the Gor man attempts to force a passage of the Fiver Niemen. This statement ia contained in a dispatch from Heater's Petrograd cor responde nt. Franks Are Advancing. j Parie. Sept. 30.-(11:17 p. mJ?Jl The following official communication j i was issued tonight: "The general situation 1B satisfac-j tory. There ha? been no change ofj? any account on tho front except south]; of Wbevre, where we have occupied ] Zeicheprey and advanced as far as thc- 1 slopes to Rapt De Mad/' Belgians Sncee"s?fuL j S London, S?pt. 30,-(10:20 p. m.)- ' "Mnllnes hos been occupied hy tito . Belgians," said the Antwerp corren? , pondent for .fluter's Telegram Com pany. Treachery Alleged. Venice. Via Paris, Sept. ?0.-7:50 o m.)-The captain and all other officer^ of the Austrian ?teamer Hadiumf chartered te^oa4ri^^eosd-/aor^ th*ijp?x* tritn navy,'?re reported to'navjs-liiw ?ri sated and' shot at CaBtelnuovo, Dal rrpUla. on suspicion that they were gelling to Prance warships informa-, j tien residing- thc1 pc~i?s T? sf reines in the lunatic . fT|pilf br a Venice. Via ?arls, S?p?B?~ 7:51 p. j ' m.)-The Rumanian sailing ahtpj Marist struck an Austrian mine and!' sank c\ff istrla in the Adriatic. Only one of the crew was saved. A Titanic Aeroplane. Now York, Sept. 30.-jiJndcr cover of darkness, thc Amnrtc*; said te bte} the world's most powerful aeroplane, carly today waa loaded on the ste?.> > phip Mauretanln and " - o-.v ls being taken ac rosa the Atlantic lo be used by the British govern iron t for war service. Thc American waa built for a trans-Atlantic flight and would have been piloted hf Lieutenant John C. Porte, a, British naval lieutenant. ^ Acstrla ls in Extremity. London, Sept. 30.- (10:10 p. m,*-*; A message from MSaeatrlct, according to 'a'''Central dispatch from Amster dam, says that 5,000 Austrian troops have arrived at AIx-La-Chapelle from France on the way to the Austro-Ru? 6lan fr^nt. Italian Warship Sunk. Rome, Sept. 30 -Via Paris, 8:20 p. m.) -An Italtan-torpedo boat is re ported to have been sock today by ? mino between Venice. and Com&cchio in the Adriatic Sea. No confirmation of the report can be obtained in oin cial circles. ^ife??;<9ah^aH?y Re ss lai Loudon, Sept. fro.-Th? Rome oorr retcimt*.cnt of th* ?5xchas3? Tel?' iTi.V ?-i.J " it lc ?3??????jr STi ln advances from Petrograd Austrian province of Galicia \? completely freed ot Austrians, remnants pf their troops hgv? ref ago tn the Carpathians. ?Rnxsbt lc lianrnvlar. Petrograd. Vl?v London. Sept. 30. v was issued today that the ofoliibitlop of the *ale of Vodka abaft be continued indefinitely after the* w?r Tbl* order is based on the tremend ously nnproved condition of th? coon'' trv Since the en&arcr .-JtsWis^'V'ifefe d*y io Oi iiflii army. provlfttoca at n ofdere for tn .r hai' been' ft THE WAR TAX TO BE RAISED _ SENATE IS WORKING ON THE .BILL TO GET REQUIRED REVENUE STAMPS ON CHECKS The Proposed Increase on tile Tax On Beer Would Bring In the Coin Or Associated Press.) 'Washington, Sept. 30.-Changes ip the war revenue bill being considered by democrats ot the senate finance committee Include one to Elim?nate ? entirely the proposed tax of two dol iera a thousand' on beak.capital an?? j surplus. ?ipisiator John Sharp Wil liams, a member of tho 'committee, today introduced an amendment in the senate to strike out this tax. Other amendments to make up for the deficiency that would \be. caused by e andoning the bank tax and the oleraination of the tax o', two cents ft gallop' on gasoline aro as follows: A tax of. two cents on all bank checks; drafts, letters of credit, etc, of five cents a gallon on recti fied whiskies, which vt ls estimated, would/ yield about $6,000,000 revenue; an increase of twenty five cents a bar rel iri' theh proposed 91.60 tax on beer, making the total levy $1.g5 a barrel, tc yield a total estimated revenue of $52,000.000; and ? tax of 25 cents per horsepower on all passenger aatpmp ifl?an Simmons said tonight undoubtedly would be several J^HHja lo thc house bil?, but that no conclus oa had been reached by the somtnfttec. . fHy Associated Presa}- J-, ?iglas. Arl?.. Sept. 30.-General 1: y^lia/?i. threatened invasion ai Sonoral !s.r?p?rt?sd to havej&egun. Bodies ot rnvalry estimated at l.fiOO men, pre sumably .the advance guard, were said today to have passed San Luis Paps ' ia their way toward Agua (Prieta. Govern?r Maytorena, who proclaim ?d Sonora's allegiance to Villa, is re ported approaching from the west to. ?rard Naco, where Benjamin Hill with lia recently defeated, hut reorganized tJarran*ji force*. \a entrenching. jria^spas, capital ot the Moctezuma Ustrfct, where but a small Carranza Torce remained, is Bald to have bea^a captured by Maytorena'? men Monday. MILKER DEFEATED In ?HS Efforts to Gel ?Vindication" on . Bnll Moese Ticket. (By Associated Press. 1 New York. Sept. 80.-With ninety counties missing throughout the state, lames W. 'Wadsworth. Jr., had an un official plurality of 7,805 votes tonight' In the direct primary contest of Mnn iay fr the Republican nomination for Hutted States senator. Hie plnrallty up-otaUv with' fifty districts misstng ivfes 46,656. The plurality ^f Reprdi ihhulivo William M. Calder in the treater city waa 35.?45 with 4? dls-J; irls/s mtesing hore. It was net be lieved he complete returns would ma? ; terl?t?y change the situation: Late returns from up-state, tonight maintained ' the early advaatago . of ^redeVlck M. Devonport over former , Soverhor William-Snlscer In the Pro-. , sresalve gubernatorlalS-soniest. Dav* snportb majority throughout the stats , wt& *^si? votes. VILLA INVADES STATE OF SONORA Although the Dispatches Indicate j Pence I? At ' HandV'--7 . ' '"' Jt^ADOO IS_FffiJEIt?r??SD Kas Withdrawn ftoaew Fro BS Heard? tag Bank? Washington, Se->t. 30.-Following up th?? warning to national oanks against hoarding money and restrict ing eroding Bectetary McAdoo order ed wlthflrawn $3,0C0?0OO cf J.he gOT ?rnmeot. fddds dep#aited in agricul tural banters to aid in movinr the { ir?pv The m?ney will be redepotl-1 !ed, Mr. McAdoo announced, In thc frank* which will "employ it In the far the benefit of protect people againetj i fib WA fcnnph'aelsed i edfteld of th? depart / commerce, in aa address of uley to t*^ Aenwlcaa n Is Inti In Cod Washington. Sept. 30 -President ll Wilson today told a delegation repre- I Keating the conference ot governors and congressmen of cotton states he I would take up with tho treasury de- I p?riment a rennest that state bangs I he allowed tc Issua emergency euri J rency under toe Vreeland-AIdrich act I wituuu?- nttvinir a t.ec per cent tax. All bill now'ls pending in the senate to I carry out that plan. Senator Robinson and Representa. I lives Hardwick and Lever told the I president thc cotton growers faced a I eciTous situation. The?' eald steps;I would be taken to rt riet a 1916 I crop, but that it was necessary for I the plantea to obtain money on sur- I plus production. 'The question of" di- I rect loses of government money to I cotton growers also, was discussed. Tho president ~said he would do ev- I erythlng in bia power to afford relief. I -- I JAPS GETTING BUSY I Capture 8i>?ej af Ute 0ams Left By I Gfnujaos In China, ' New York, Shpt. 30.-The Bast and W**st Bureau Menlght announced re-, oeipt of a cable message from Tokio aa follows: "On the 38thvfhe Japanese fleet, ac cororanyod by|frunboats and marine corps, advanced toward Lao shan Heights (about' 18 miles from- Taing Tait) and landed marines. The latter occupied the oater edge of the harbor and captured four Krupp field guns, four field wagbpn and ammunition left "by tho ene- . .. GEN.CARRANZA WILL COME DOWN And It Ks Believed That Prb??oncy (By Associated Press) - Washington, Sept. 7X).~DlspateheB reaching thc constitutionalist agency hera from Mer?Co City tonight indi cated that Genital . Carranza would ?gant )?A awitaatlon ns first chief bt i?p cojwti^iJS^sts^'WWJ Um*?? i lot? of leaders In Mexico'City Thurs day without-awaiting the outcome of the peace conference ?about to begin at Zacateca*1, it lr certain that Cal deron will accept the/presidency. TO BE DEMANDED R^??sjnWiw ' Henry Will Call Upon President Wilsen Scene Time Thursday (By Associated Press.) Washington. Sept 20.-Representa tive Henry of Texas, who has a bill pending for direct government loanB to cotton growers, is expected to see the president Thursday with anotbor delegation-Ito throated In- the cotton question. Mr. Henry has announced that hv will press for legislation for the relief of cotton, growers during the pr?sent session of congress and ts gadenvorlng to secute the support of th* president, ; , CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS M?s?l Fresl?rafc traso* wm Write Some Leiters Tife Month . Washington, Sept. 30.-With ar rangements for adjournment of con grass .-.nest month, virtually complet ed, aomtoistration leaders today be gan laying plans tor actively poshing the campaign for an election of an other Democratic senate and house In November. In accordance witt his recent letter to Chairman Doremos, of the Demo, crsiic rr.nsrv^omil iommlttee, Presi dent Allson will not make any ?rieche,- himself, bpi he pius to ?arr ry on an native letter writing cara palln in * number of states. lt *as .Intimated today that prac tically all members of the cabinet will Bpeak In tho campaign. ooooooooooooooooooo o ' M?rdered Lsa-fem? San. o ? XorftSk, Va* Senf. 80 -R. E. L. O a Andrew* and ?MIK Etan* were o iiarewM-1? Woi\l&lk county Uday o ? asd held wkhoat? hail far a pr*. <> ?HbMMMr tanrtng \m thc charge o a of killing Willfoa Grre&v ? legless o ? sun. o o >o o -o o oooooooo on -o o GERMAN RIGHT erested ton Situation COMMITTEE FAVORS BUILDING ELEVATOR URGE THAT SOME ACTION BETAKEN t PLAN IS ENDORSED At Regular Meeting ol Livestock Association .Committee Was Appointed to Seek Way The regular semi-annual meeline of inc ?nderaen'County Livestock Asso ciation was held yesterday ?al North Anderson during the livestock' and animal celebration, Hon.' St JV. Bums presiding. The meeting was held at I : SO p. m. In tho Park Croye. With regard to the appointment of a Grain Fcrtival Commission, it was decided to place the appointment of ?aid ooiuraiUee jointly in the hands of Purman Smith' and tho Special Grain Elevator Committee of seven, which, as hereafter mentioned, was appointed. , Much stress was laid upon the ne cessity of increasing grain production in Anderson county,'Prot J. fl. Wil liams, livestock special agent for the United States Department of Agrlcul ture, attached to Anderson and Pink ens counties, steted in the course of a few preliminary remark* that he felt sure that . ne farmer would make a mistake, to double his acreage In grain and even triple it. If ho wanted to. He slated ^that livestock production here showed Vastly In creased output, and that - ' stock iu the world could' tye ; raised in' this region at a minimum of cost, lie aleo urged tho necessity of planting mere legumes and especial I y winter covers. The Sneciftl Grain .Elovat - Com B^tlai illili II in charge ipttttiK nfti^laa foi a grain elevator, made the following report Hon. S. A. Burna, President.- i Anderson County Livestock Asso., j Anderson, S. C. Ttesf gtr? . The special committee to report on a pion for construction of a grain ele vator for Anderson county, ea recently nppointed.ny you, begs herewith to re. port, as follows: 1. Wo urge the construction of an elevator in tho city of Anderson, with a minimum capacity of 7>300 bushels ot grain, tbs same to be complete sad ready for uso on or before March 1st, 1615. 2. We recommend that a special] committee ot seven be appointed lo carry into effect tho following plan to fiuaure such an elevator, or a moa. iflcation of such plan, to-wlt: Or ganization of a corporation with pot less than $:(0,000.00 capital stack, of walch stock #15,000.00 should now . ?ld and the remaining amount heid &s treasury stock, or c;30 to be sold as heeded, If BO-needoo later in the expansion of the grain business in Anoerson : county... We would ! rcc c-mnu nd that this committee to bf ap* pointed have the power ?nd authority to sell such ?tock and would-urat?JMRs immation of a i plan by which* e?mh former tn the .county planting grain be u?sVed to subscribe icrvOot les? than jfl.00 worth .of:; stash for each a.:re cf land planted in gra',n. pay able 15 per cont on or before Deueni b<- . lei; 1914. balance payable in grain as delivered to said ?levator to be constructed at lurrent grain prices, by which plan we should have no trouNo in organizing the corporation, and lacing Its stock wi'.t 'pc ors, who would thus control same, 8. We also urge eil farmora to plant as much grain this fall as they intend to plant in cotton .'.ext spring. Wo also urge al! farmers to continue to expand their livestock lntbrests, and congratulate the farmers of An derson county on the wonderful pro gress that has been made in livestock and grain production Incidentally fi a?l farmers to hold their cot ton for u minimum price of il^fcj?ps than 10 coota per pound. 4. We recommend that aacn '? every farmer in Anderen county asked to subscribe for slock lu -th proposed Farmers Grain and Elevate company. . W. A. WATSON. Chairman. Acting Ir, accordance with__i?^jjjs tjooooo ooo o ooo no o o o K RETREATING vs; ,n risft* hjrve already be?un. erved coming ftom the oorlh ; Mons prepared *o cover the o ABSOLUTELY N?TATHING SOUTHERN COTTON CON VENTION ADDED NOTHING TO SITUATION MOLLYCODDLING s Usual Resolutions Were Passed Bot They Amount To Nothing (Br Associated Press.) New Orleans, Sept. SO.-Creation st effective public Sentiment for a greatly reduced acreage or total elimi nation of cotton planting next year with the ultimate aim ot having state legislatures enact taws regulating planting, waa decided on today, by the Southern cotton convention here as the best method of meeting the sit uation caused by the European war me n?eaauret wa'j a compromise one r.nd was unanimously adopted. The plan ls to have county organi sations of the farmers union and the Southern cotton association obtain pledges from planters that they will reduce acreage ut least one half and where possible to have them pledge not to plant any cotton in 1915. The county organisations also are requested to petition the governor of the state to call a special session bf the legislature t enact lawU either pro hibiting planting at all or providing tor acreage production of at least 60 per cent; ; . J. J. Gentry For; : The Baptist Hospital I Columbia, ?^pt. bO.-J. J, Oentry, of Sparlanburg, has boen named ? ' .rai superintendent of tho South Carolina Baptist "HosiSlta . ^Gentry was. probate judge for. a number of' ve:?rs before he entered.tho Baptist ministry. . The: Baptist Hospital is tb? child of Roy t-ryijlu J *?r?s?i>*T, ??^ICCHir t?f Williamston. and secretary ot the board of . trpataes ofVAnderson College. Mr. Bristow's inteatgfttt at first was i kind of infirmary, "but the move-' aient assumed such proportions ?hat the Knowlton hospital in Columbia was finally purchased. THE BCBO\IC PLAGUE Mew Orl?ans Appt?r?n* to Be j Free of It New Orleans, Sept. 30.-For the j second time cinco the bubonic plague j was discovered here on .Juno 27, no ! cases remain under observation. This announcement was made tonight by Dr* W. C. Bucker assistant, general surpeon, in charge of the federal of ficers sent here to fight tho disease. The last remaining patient of th iso lation hospital waa dlschargd today I is cured, ? Of the 28 cases reported, seven prov ed'fatal. " J:.'.: ITAL* IS VEXE? Because Ker* Shipping I* Bothered! With Austrian Wines* ' London, Sept. 30.-The sowing of | boating min es ? by. the Austrians to harass the French and English war ships In the Adriatic, has resulted in the sinking of an Italian fishing boat I ?nd the Italian government has en- J tared a protest at Vienna. The Inci dent has created bitter feeling In italy, where lt ls said the minea hav? ?rifted from the Austrian to the Ital lau side or the Adriatic and b?*-s tir rorlzed the fishing industry, the chief resource ot this r?gion.. >?rel Damage- Seit Pinefield, Masa.. Sept. 30.-In dls> trltt court today 91,000 damages were swarded Wilfred Gebert,'of this city, against James -Carryon Hartford, for Injuries received In a baseball game. In sliding to second, Genest wp s -'ked hy Curry ?nd his leg brqmh?: has ./Keen unable to play. bae??bi? port which was. naanhnour-ly adopt the chairman. Hon. 8. A. Burns, a oot n ted on 'such ? peela! co nun Itt L?.* fallowing farmer*-and buaine :ne:i : Jamon McGee, Starr; Jas. ?L Ap de 3?2. Routa 6; J. ia. Fowler, Anas ?on. Marlon Smith, Anderson, Ron i: .1. Wade Drake. J Av rsviM?d^n. an? V?-. A. ylni-r?n,7Ands KOO. ' J lo anMimoaM K?M? th*? ?hi* CO??? Qfilttee would mv.ct in Anderson na Monday, Oct. 6th, at 10:00 a- m.. at th*-rooms of the Cbsmb': moree, for \ i . r.m ;--? '.,;'? KILLED FO PRESIDENT OF THE BRATE? PAINE Com, A VICTIM PLANT WAS RUIN Premature Explosion Sbattetf a Steel ?nd Concrete Vanity Spreading Ruin /; (By Associated Proas.) Mm Chicago, Sept. B0.-3|^ i-resident of the Pain*'-- Flrevo ??play Company of America*: three employes ^cro k'??o an ?explosion that deatr".ycd pany's plant h?re. In Thcarlc. Florence Hill, st E. M. Connor, salesman i H. Wolfe, shipping clerk, w Joseph Johnson, a.i oleo missing. John Cottollo, an office - blown through a door and firemen tonight thought t bodies might be under ti Tho explosion took pit steel and concrete vault of pany's building in yvhlctt works were stored. The ? shattered and several other followed. DYE STUFF COME'StiM Ship Load From Bc Brought To At Ol (By Associ?t Washington, Spat, of international law of importation " beet dy?sti chemicals ne tries, In the son, bf the state BoniRtivos o? thee* day, Mr. Johnson from a belligerent could not be con side of war or subject. ! good faith of thc.ahtpm? tablished. Representative 8tf< that an American steamer dispatched soon ?y '?i1 trieB. to bring back being assembled la ftdtter German factories. PASSEN GE H MILBA? Interstate Canuaerc? ties clines to Permit ft (By Acociated ? Washington, JJep% nouncement waa nuv?o ?bv state Commerce commission doy that it had declined tarlifs of railroad's operating: tern trunk line terrllc ah Increase In tho char paseen ger books from: two and one-quarter c* feet ive Oe tobt r I . tha increase had bc VfTLA IS rtv (By Associated Presa)" " Zacatecas. Mes., SegtX??o Francisco Villa, attended l and the comm/ttee ot paeit' pointed in Mexico Clty^SHHHai eas late today and complete^ meats for the conf?re ) here In an eort. to between Villa and General ?Encraso Parla, Sept HO. from Nish, dated the Servians on Septetpl Drina-Shabatz front back with enermo us trlans. Display ?e' Washington^ r Bnrleson. daughter Onncral, today? offi $10 and <5 tu gold the best ac fi meit, cotton gooda made special coU v; tobar. TV conto?? auperrlsioa or toa: fashion S? ^W to U? A0|(SSl ? Cohn. ?I o principal i* gre#*l*e * ??day, e against o sires te SgQSlMEvI wa