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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 ANTWERP HAS FALLEN SAYS LONDON PAPER; REPORT UNCONFIRMED LAST ADVICES FROM BELGIUM SAYS GERMANS ARE STILL HAMMERING AWAY WITH THEIR ARTILLERY AGAINST THE CITY TWO HUNDRED GERMAN GUNS ARE IN OPERATION THERE Fierce Fighting Pas Region cf Roye Has Been in Progress For tho o Days end Sixteen Hundred Prisoners Have Been Captured. The;t?tr chancellories of the allies and the Germans have not seen fit tfj llftthe curtain of secrecy high enough for the public to ob tain an insight into the conditions which prevail alon the battle line in France. "There is nothing to report," says the French war office, "ex cept that there has been a lively engagement in the region of Roye, where in the last two days we have captured 1,*00 prisoners," That is all. From the British and Germans come nothing. Of the situation on the east the Austrian general staff, in a dis patch coming by way of Berlin, reported a complete break up of the Russian invasion in Hungary and said that the Russian emperor's forces had been cleared from a portion of the Carpathians. The Russians, in their turn, declared that near the East Prus sian frontier in Russian Poland they still were pressing the Germans hard and at several points had gained successes over them. While one morning newspaper in London has been informed "on good authority" that Antwerp has fallen, neither the British official press bureau, nor the Belgian minister are able to confirm the repQrt. The last advices from Belgium had the Germans still hammer ing away with their artillery against Antwerp. One dispatch said 200 ing German guns wer- in operation there. Oeisnd advises report ed thousands of refugees arriving in that city. A Berlin dispatch says King Albert, of Belgium, has been slightly wounded., British aeroplanes again have visited Dusseldorf, Germany. A British official report says an aerial squadron succeeded in blowing up a zeppelin airship shed in Dusseldorf and destroying a dirigible balloon in it- The three aviators engaged in the raid escaped, but lost their machine guns. . Belgium has protested to the Washington government against Germany's alleged action in commandering all food supplies in Brussels and "reducing the native population to famine." It is believed in Washington that Captain Le Vert Coleman, who has been in Europe with the American relief commission, will be called upon by the war department to explain statements attribut ed to him in an interview in New York concerning the German army's fighting abilities and commissiriat and alleged atrocities com mitted by the German troops. . Latest ISiews From the Battle Grounds On th?'Battle Front, via Paris, Oct 9.- (11.41 p. m.-The sharp offensive movement of the. Germans on the western wing of the allies at the Belgian frontier evidently has failed in its obbject of bending or breaking the French and British line. The long extension of the battle line, which now has gone beyond the four rhws, Scarpe, Somme, Oise and Aisne, was initiated by the allies in an Endeavor to find a solution of the problem of oust ing the Germans front their strong position in northeasternJFrance. In these positions the-Germans have been besiged..nearly a month, since the conclusion of -the bloody battle of the Marne. The pres ent front is within about 68 miles pf Antwerp. Belgian officers who have arrived here from Antwerp declare that the Belgians them selves destroyed forts Waelhem and Wavre-St. Catherines. ? . Further down toward the center of the line the severest fighting continued today at Roye, where the allies?took a large number of prisoners. Rheims again was subjected to a short bombardment. CONDITIONS ARE CAROLINAS WILL MUCH IMPROVED GET THEIR SHARE President Learns Thni AU Parts of All Industries Will Co-operate in U. S. Are Fast Recover- Effort to Hasp Country. ing. - " That a determined effort ls tc be , ? \ _ ; . made by the cotton milln of uV/'Caro (By Associated Press.) Unas to secure their share of the bu . Washington, Oct. 9.-Business con- B\DOM which has grpwn up Incident to dltlons throughout the country are the European war ard because of tho Improving, ncobrdlng to reports ??ect on world trade of the heiliger reaching President Wilson today and ,?o^ ^mrj;aVC /Penke^ AL?&. ?ast nl*ht *>* L- & H*WlBf localed structed to dwell on this fact during morclal ?gout tor the Blue Ridge an? the tell campaigns In wmr to the southern Railway*, wi tr, hsadquarters expected charges by Republicans and m Anderson. JcTogroaslves that the new tariff has According to Mr. Harrrls, the *raf broBght financial disaster- HC ano industrial departments of the As a part of the Democratic cam- Southern Ry- are doing alt possible palgn, the Presid? nt probably will ls- for the Southern and especially Cur? se e a statement when he signs the lins mills to bid for their share ot the Clayton anti-trust bill, calling atten- military- fabric business which has Hon to the completion of the program grown up because of the war an.i sl ot trust legislation- so of the immense business of South -?-**- America. Kr Harris ls endeavoring to Mum Lois Jackson of Iva bas arrtv- ascertain her? many mills in Anderson ed in tho city tor a short visit to Miss and .vicinity have mapped out plans Marlo SerU- [ (Continued on Page Three.) WO QUESTIONS III LEGISLATURE ELIMINATION OF COTTON CROP OR REDUCTION IN ACREAGE. BATTLE TO BEGIN Gray Hurles Himself Into the Ring With New Bill-To Convene Monday. Columbia, Oct. 9.-Special: After a session ol' five days the nu mbers of the General Assembly found them selves presented with two queutions, as follows: The elimination of the cotton crop in 1916. A material' ruduciiou in acreage. The members will return to Colum bia Mkindftw unit tho Viat* 1 <\ will J, along the above linea. All other m-.asures will be sidetracked- The elimination advocates continued to gain ground today. Dr- Wade Stackhouse, president ?the South Carolina branch of the Southern Cotton Congress, said today that county meetings will be held in every county in Texas to discuss the elimination of thc cotton crop. The Texas legislature, he said, will bc in fluenced by the action of the county meetings and the action taken by thc South Carolina legislature Five .members of the House voted thin morning in favor of the passage to third- reeding of a bill prohibiting any one from holding public office In South Carolina who was not worth at leeM $100,000 or an editor or a re porter on a newspaper. The bill was Introduced by Mr. Gray, of Anderson. The author of the bill was mak ing a speech on the measure when he was interrupted. "If the bill were passed, wouldn't it keep rou from holding officer' ask ed Mr. -Rtttenberg, of Charleston. *Tt would," admitted Mr. Gray "I am tempted to vote for its passage in that case." said Mr, R?!U*aberg* whose sally was greeted .with laugh, ter The House adjourned at noon to meet at noon on Monday, after being tn session for two hours, durin? which ft considered a number of in consequential resolutions. The most important of these resolutions, that room the Senate limiting the pay of members for the special session tr* mileage abd $6 a day was referred to the ways and means committee after two or tbr?e speeches had been made la opposition to its passage. It is presumed that the committee of ll from the House appointed to re port's bill to reduce the production of cotton in 1915 will continue UH sit tings while the House is adjourned. One of the pleas on which adjourn ment until Monday was based was to give members sn opportunity to go i home sad find out how their constlt ?uents felt oft the proposition to ellm llpate cotton entirely in 1915. The Weather. SOUTH CAROLINA: Fair Saturday; Sunday .,: euteiuod, probably local showers. TER Br tho Germans had BheUed it. The bull Ity, was destroyed. Near the bridge ar< IMS IS FAST DYING AMERICAN CHRISTIAN SO CIETY HOLDING SESSION IN ATLANTA. STARTLING TALK _f?t Church Workers Say That Field Is Now Ready for Great Ef forts to he Pst Forth. (By Associated Press.) Atlantic, Ga., Oct- 9-"Tho rural church is in a period of transition. Hundreds are dead and ether hun dreds arc dying. Thousands of rural and village comimunitics are over churched. Many existing organisa tions must disappear- Thoughtful tuen expect and hope for the survival of the fittest- Gradually Christians ! are perceiving the necessity of some ison 01 muon 01 religious tureen-" Thes^ were some of the striking declarations made by Rev. I- D- Ander don, of Fort Werth, Texas, in an ad dres3 at tonight's session of the American Christian Missionary So ciety, which ls meeting hero in con nection with the International Conven tions of the Disciples of Christ. Carey E. Morgen, ot Nashville, Tenn., president of the board of trus tees ot. the society, told of the rota ci?n of the organization and of what it has accomplished. At the afternoon session the society hoard reporte from Rev. Z. T- Sweeney and M- M- Araunson, New York and A. E. Cory, Cincinnati, who visited Russia, within the last year to ascer tain the number and beliefs of the evangelical and gospel f hristlans in that country. They reported that the membership of these denominations numbers many thousands, and that their doctrines and beliefs are almost (Continued On Page Four.) NEW GOVEimMENT TRIED IN MEXICO i May Be That Country Will Be ! Pet Under the Concussion Form. \ _ (By Associated Press) Washington, Oct- 9.-A commission form ot government for Mexico until order is restored uss been suggested at the Informal discussions at Aguas Callentes, precedent? the formal meet ing between representatives of Csr rahea and Villa. This was reported to the State Department here tonight and met with prompt recognition as a possible solution for the vexing problems of the southern republic. ueta'ls of the proposal we*e not re ceived here, so far as is known, but officials found oomewlntt of a paral lel for tho plan in the organisation and powers of the Philippine commis sion. Further reports of distress oe the west coest ot Mexico came tonight from Admiral Howard Protest to the state Department was made today hy the Spanish ambas 'jad?r against tbs reported arrest of the Spanish consul, st Mazatlan. ding on the left was a large hotel and, 3 seen sonic German soldiers fishing. iraOO WON'T LEND HIS AID DECLINES TO AGREE TO PLAN SUGGESTED BY HENRY. A SHARP LETTER Says That Cotton Farmer Do Not Deserve Help More Tuna Any Other of Crop Growers. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct- 9.-The plan for direct federal aid to cotton growers to the extent of 4400,000,000 was tho Bubject of sharp criticism in a letter to Reprcuentative Henry, ot Texas, made public tonight by Secretary Mc Adoo- The letter ts In reply to recent statements to the House by Mr* Henry. Mt- MI' \ II(H\ annnunn?a tl... urnrts\u a 1 to sell 1250,000,000 of Panania canal bonds to bolster the cotton crop lg not practicable and generally objects to all the features of the Henry plan. He calls attention to thc fact that those who deal In tobacco, naval storoK copper, sil VIT and other com inodltles have sought government aid. "If we disregard every suffering in terest except cotton," he said, "and make it the sole beneficiary of gov ernmental favor, what becomes of tbe Democratic principle ot 'equal rlghtt for all, -special privileges to none?' "If we enter uiion the course you suggest we must help every distressed industry impartially. To do that wolud neces?tate the Issue of many more than ?400,090,000 in bonds and greenbacks and dangerously involve the credit of the government- It would be a hopeless undertaking, In def i nane of every sound principle of finance and economics, with certain disaster at the end " Representative Henry introduced In the House today a compromise loan proposal presented In a bill framed last night by a conference of Southern members of Congress. It would r* duce thc proposed loan to $250,000,000. "What is really wanted," said the letter, "Ul a restored market for cot ton. The value of cotton has been injured this year by the European war. This Injury cannot be retrieved nor tho market restored by legisla tion." In his letter Mr! McAdoo denied that he had the right to deposit treasury funds of which Mr. Henry had said 'hero wero "several hundred millions.** exclusively In the South- The statutes required, he a??, that such funds be distributed ss far as practicable "equitably. between the different States and sections." "If the government had several hun dred million dollars In the treasury,'* Mr. McAdoo said, "Congress would not be engaged now in passing a new tax bill to re pa i. the loss in revenues occasioned by the European war." Claim Big Capture. Paris, Oct 9.-Th? following official communication was Jssued here Uv night: > ^*W?J . There ls nothing new to report ex cept that there has been a lively en gagement In the region of Roys, where In tho last two days we have captured 1,600 prisoners." . '?'-...v. .. 'vV- -'': . ... ' Vr?''--i '?' BOSTON GRA THE OPEN1 PROM P MTV um i r-unr-Aunp. Ul 11 ??LL LIIULniUll TO PAVE THE STREETS REPORT FROM COLUMBIA SAYS Sr?. ASKS PERMISSION Will Try to Gr i Bill Through Generai Assembly to Increase Bonds. If nothing goo:; amiss, ?nd there is now no Indication thnt this will come ubout. Anderson people may hope that for some tinto there has been much or r.ome timo there has been mucl? agitation over this mutter and ?nan; knew that BUCII a step would soon b. under way, but it was deemed best tr keep the matter quiet until th propet time to divulge it. The Columbia State of yesterday I had to say: "The city/of Anderson does not propose to let a lillie thing such as hard times stop thc work of progresb In the Electric City. There are now being completed 23 new store rooms and other Improvements of consider able importance, such ag union pas senger station, etc. "Thore have been over 200 pieces ol construction work In that city during tho summer and, forseeing the de pression that would result from' the I possible suspension of building opera ! tion? when these under way are com pleted, the city government has decid ed to go to work at once to pave the streets and to make other municipal Improvements in order to give as much employment as possible to la bor. "This work will have to be done Sooner or lacer anu the city of An derson has taken the position that now is the time when work wil! he most appreciated and the proposition has been submitted to the general as sembly to permit the electors of the SUte o vote shrdEolVC|Yshrdletssh state to vote Anderson the right to Increase h er bonds. "The city recently built four hand some new sci! JO! buildings and has ?otherwise encroached upon the i im ii ito which she may go in issuing bonds land it will require a vote of the poo ! Din v?f th? Rfntn tn ?t?nn.l tUm ZO-Zit tutloa BO that the city may have the right to issue about $60,000 moro in bonds from time to time for paving and other purposes It is understood that some of the city officials of Anderson went to Co lumbia a few days ago and conferred with the political leaders in the hopes that the bill could be rushed through the special session of the Gen eral Assembly. Whether or not this is possible remains to be seen but if the proper authority is not secured at this session, the regular session of the law-making body will certainly pass the bill and will give Anderson the I right to take this step. I No more popular idea could be ad ? vanced by the present city eounctl I and that body will feel sure of the I publics support before they make any definite move. WINE TAX ? WH? Se Called rp In ?- 8- Benah* Today. i Washington. Oct. 0.-Although the I Senate finance sun-committee did not j complete today ita revision of the pro Iposed tax on domestic wines in the I war revenue bill, the measure will be . ii np In the Senate tomorrow for general debate, senator OJIU???O,^?, chairman ot the finance coma will present Ute views of the admin istration . The wino tax will bo taken up the full comtmlttce, as soon as the sub-committee completes its work, probably tomorrow morning. DIVIDEND; FOR SOUTHERN. Two Per Cent WDI Be Payable Ia Scrip New York, Oct- 9-The Southern j Railway Company declared this after noon ? semi-annual dividend of S per cent, payable In scrip, on its preferred stock. Action on thur dividend wss deferred several week? ago because of thd unsettled financial situation. The scrip bears 4 per cent interest and ls payable In five years. Adevfts Toura Is 'Lost Rome, Oct. 9.-The Russian ambas tador. while denying a report that the garrison of Prxemysl in Galicia had ?urrendered to the Russians, added, (.'however, the whole town ts afire and 1U capitulation ia now. Inevitable,** HILLY CREW HAMMERED BENDER AT WILL AND DROVE HIM FROM MOUND. WORLD'S SERIES ON. Athletics Were Unable to Hit Rudolph's Slow Bell and Loot By Score of 7 lp 1. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia. Oct- 9.-Play;..j wit'? the sensational speed that marked their ni nh from last place to pennant winners In the National League,' i tte Boston Braves crushed the Phlladel* ph ia Americans Hare today In the llrM. game of the vorld's series,.7 to 1. Mt hough the new!; constructed base, mil machine of "Miracle Kan" Stall ngs wabbled once or twice, lt never eft tlie track and under the guiding mud of Pitcher Rudolph clashed 'brough Connie Mack's champion Ath letics The victory over the two to one Vmerican League favorites was well won, no lucky breaks or ' baseball flukes figuring in the play. By sharp/ heavy and timely hitting the Braves piled up an ' offensive lead which, coupled with Rudolph's sterling box work and the general defense of hts teammates, left no opening for the Philadelphia club's attack. The Braves weer able to score, put. lng two runs across tn the second In ning. The Athletics scored their only run In their half of the same Inning? In the Fifth. In the fifth Boston scored one run ind the sixth clinched the game hy ?coring three more and driving 'TrnttP* (lender from the mound- Th* Braves idded another ?n tue eighth when Schmidt stole home. Weather conditions w*re Ideal. Tbs 1 diamond and outfield were dry jgud Cast. A warm sun in a fleecy sky made wrap unnecessary. Every seat In 8hlbe Park was filled and several thousand spectators witnessed the' contest from stands on housetops overlooking the park. The bleacher '.anils filled almost Immediately after he opening of the gates shortly before ll o'clock about 4,000 men and hoya graining seats beyond the outfield, while tully twice that ssmtsr rT?~ .urned away. ? The finishing touch was added to tho nt rt ll r? whan ?I-.? PlCyii T>?- ^? Qos ton's organised rooting corps, marched Into the park headed by their jwn band- Several leaders wore full Indian war dress- The battle song 'Tessie" was sung repeatedly and tho three hundred members of the corps cheered, each telling Boston hit or play. When the game ended the Royal Rooters paraded around Ute .'ield singing and snake-dancing* Nationals Superior. Analyzed from the angie of cold figures, the opening victory of the world's series of 1914 show? that the National League representatives were superior, both collectively and lndlvd ually, in every department ot the >pening game, except flelldng. The Braves msde two errors and the Ath letics none. The victors scored teven runs, eleven hits and two errors, o the losers' one run, ftv? hits and io errors. Rudolph fanned eight Ath letics and walked three. Bender ?truck out three and gave two bases JU balls while Wyckoff, who relieved i'm, fanned two and walked oas Bnwe. Heavy hitting honors also wen4, to the Boston batters, who to all id sixteen bases with 'eleven hits 0 the Athletics' s?v??n on five hits Far more valuable than the charac er of the first game Is the confidence hat came to ?he /ouLhfuI agaton ag gregation. Tonight the National League combination feel certain of ultimate victory- Untried in a vorld's series they established a new -ecord, for they drove "Chief* Ben ler to the bench, a feat no other club iver accomplished against one ot Con tle Marv's twirlers in a worla's series. Eaonaeaa Crawl Fully 25,000 spectators ' ?****. the pune. Wbllt. the defeat shortened the letting odis lt has not shaken the sith of the average local faa tn tho ihlllty of the Myelonen to Win the se. .les. The official attendance ot the ?rst game crave the paid attendance if 20,562, hut close to 5,000 a?dltolns". 1 pee taters must have witnessed the play fJbmi ftfoinea of vantage sur rounding Bhtbe park. In the dtetrlbutlon of Individual ?onors the Hon's share weat to Ru lolph, who pitched: a masterly gama. Except for two short periods hs had ibsolute control He mixed speed, curves and slow balls In a bewildering fashion, feed ing his opponents bia flouter wh?u (Continued on Page 5.)