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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA POSITIONS JUE Tl WHEN FIRST Despite Terrifie Fighting Thousands of Lives in I menced Four Weeks Still Hold Virtually Turkey Has Issued ing Blame f o En] . (By Assoriatod Pren.)' LONDON, Nov. 14.-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 wcekB i ,o today and despite terriffic fighting and the sacrifice of thousauds .of .ves, the two armies still hold vir tually the same positions aa r hen the first shot waa fired. After taking Antwerp and Ostend, the German forces proceeded with lit tle or no opposition as far as Nieu port on the Yscr Canal. Here they found against them tho reformed Bel gian army as well ap an enfilading fire from British nroniU.4 and they were unablo to make progress. Floods then completed the discomfiture of Ute In vaders and they commenced an effort to break through the allied Une be tween Oixmude and Ypres. ' Tho Germans have had one. or two minor- sometimes only temporary success, such as the crossing pt tho canal and the capture of Dixmude, but now, according to official and oth Sreports, while they hold a part of xmude, they are back on the east side of the canal and again. have slackened their attacks. The weather, which has been storm-1 lng with heavy rains, says the state ment of the . German general army headquarters, has disturbed their op? rations, -inls may welt be true for people who have arrived J^Oir. across the English channar dux*^:: ie past few daya gay^''Wgb wind has been driving the rain across tho open spac es, filling the trenches and making it nert to impossible tor fd. 3 men to pro tect themselves. In Spite of the unfavorable con . dlUons both sides have been making chargea and both claim to have met with some success. The Germans again report ?be capture of a number of prisoners and also that they have repulsed the British and French at tacks. The French, who doA not record the capture of tho'prisoners or their own losses, likewise claim they have re pulsed the German attacks and made progress. Their advance on ' Bixs chootc. which reached' the almost up prccedented distance ot one kilometer (3,280 miles) ipr th this battle an ad vance is measured in yarda and not th miles- seems to have been important, for, if lt continues, military observers . say lt should relieve the pressue on both Dixmude and Ypres, on either : side of that town. From'the Franco-Belgian border aa ; far as the French fortress of Verdun the Gormans haye resumed their ac tivity and aa usual both German and French official accounts claim success. While the eyes of the world have been on the battle hear the North Sea coast, there has been fierce fighting farther Inland and the Aisne valley, I HD ORDER FOLK WILL ORGANIZE HERE - MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PUT ON FOOT TO MEET MONDAY Effort Wi? Bo Made to Enlist Aid of Everyone in the Work of Chanto?; Up Anderson Every Bible class tn Anderson will probably be represented tomorrow night at 8 o'clock when a mass meet ing wUl bo-held in St John's Metho dist church in an effort to gat a law and. order league organised here. The Idea Of the association ts to vigorous ly prosecute the work ot deaning ap the city and to have the laymen ot the tty do their share tn thia import ant work. The Idea originated with tho Baraca class of tl e First Baptist church last Sunday. At thin tim? resolutions were adopted commencing the city and tho various organisations foy the work done in ridding Anderson of blind tiger? and the ?alas pledged it self to lend all possible aid tn tho fight for a cleaner <rfty. At tho same time a committee was appeal ted to call on all other men's bible class** of the-city and ti? to inflame* them HE SAME AS SHOT WAS FIRED and .the Sacrifice of the Battle Which Corn Ago the Two Armies the Same Positions. 1 a Statement Plac r the War on gland. thc Argonne forest and the vicinity of Verdun again have scenes of sanguin ary clashes. Neither side, however hau made any Impression on the other side, the GermanB won their victory at Valley, the fruits of which- how ever they since have lost. Farther east winter has set In and the mountains where the troops are facing each oth er are now covered with snow. The Russians, continuing their en veloping movement around East Prus sia, have now entered Rypin, which is West of Soldait and on the road to Thorn, so that they have now aimost surrounded Emperor William's north western and favorite province. Just southwest of Rypin, however, tho Germans have taken the offensive from Thorn and cl?lm to have inflict ed a defeat on the Russians near Wloclawek, on the Vistula river. The Germane, after 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 the Ger mans advance guards between that I river and the Vistula. It may be- how ever, that the mass of the German ?army having retired to the borders of I Silesia, these engagements were in-, tended only to delay the Russian ad vance. Further South the Russians con tinue trj uush ton to tba Austrian for tress of'Cracow, which Is defended by Austrian troops under German of -flccrs. Fighting continues in tho Caucasus between the Russians abd the Turks, but with what results are not known, as both governments announce victor ies. Turkey bas issued a statement through Rome placing the Mame for tho war between the British and Ot toman empires on England who, she says, complains of Turkey's acqui sition of the German cruiser Gooben and Breslau and does not mention anything of her aelxure ot two Turk ish battleships which were building in England at the outbreak of the war. Turkey also charges that E ."land did all ahe could to wreck Turkey and that tho British guarantee of Integ rity could not be regarded seriously because-of her occupation of Egypt Turkey's threat to preach a Holy war ls a cause of uneasiness in Ger many as veil as in England and in France, close observers of the politi cal situation point out, because ot ita possllblle effect on italy.- So far as Egypt is concerned tbe danger mark seems- to have passed aa the chiefs of the Ulenia, composed of the leading Moslem religious societies, have issu ed a proclamation urging the Moslems tb remain calm, while tbe Sheiks in the Soudan have refrained from tak ing action regarding Turkey's proc lamation of tho war on the Allies. MILL EMPLOYEES HAD DELIGHTFUL BANQUET SECOND ANNUAL EVENT WAS A SUCCESS FINE ADDRESSES - Second Hands and Section Men of Anderson Cotton Mill Gather ed for B% Time Friday. 1 About the most enjoyable affair the second'banda and .section mah of the Anderson-cotton mill ever participat ed in took place Friday night when they held1 their second ?annual ban quet tt was a success from the time the finit man arrived until tho last tarn had gone home. James D. Hammett, president- of the mill, waa in attendance and did his share toward asJd?f ?he evening a su coses, ??? in addition to Mr. Ham mett, the mill workara had wivh them ja nember of distinguished guests, j The banquet part of the evening 1 (Continue?! on Page Sevon> In aiding with Ute work. The catt for the conference tomorrow night Is. the result ot Ute work done by thia com mittee. ' The meeting la to begin tomorrow aiflht promptly at 8 o'clock. Thc Crown Prince of Germany and the Destroye d Town of Longwy. ?^' ^ ' ' ', 'of tho crown prince of Germany, tak en' at his headquarters at the front "7 . The crown prince at the head of his army bombarded ' and toole Ixmgwy, "the-big siege guns of tho Germane re duclng the town tn a mass' pf: ruins. Tho picture was taken fron the de stroyed fortress. 1 " ,rv. f. 1 . .i 1 ; -? ' "> "VT . - , , , , THE GREATEST 0 SOLDIERS IS Great Britain Haa Suffer the Death of Field Mara Visiting the Indian Tr? of Noted British Sol tire Surprise to 1 Plunged the Mo iBy Aasodntfd Pn-ss.} LONDON, Nov. 15. -12:35 o. m. Field Marshal. Earl Roberts died last night in 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 read: "I deeply regret to tell you that Lord Roberts died at 8 o'clock this (Saturday) evening." Field Marshal Roberts, who was colonel in chief of the Indian troops, had gone to France tb greet them. Soon after his arrival he became ser iously ill. He suffered from a severe chill Thursday and pneumonia rapid ly developed. His grat age, 82 years, militated against his recovery* the crisis in the disease coming quickly. The news of Lord Roberts' death came as a ncntire surprise to Eng land. The veteran's devotion to the interests of the army, hie hard work in this connection and bia secerning good health had been tbe subject of comment since the beginning of the WT. He was the most popular mili tary figure in Great Britain and a na tional hero without rival in the af fections of the people. , Despite bis years he han never ceas ed hard work since hts nominal.re tirement and as fee often had remark ed, he lived .a rigidly abstemious life that he might preservo his strength for the service of bis country. During the past five or slr. years, when the German war cloud had been growing, he prosecuted an active cam paign to persuale the natron to adopt a compulsory military service. His belief was that Great Britain required the training or tho whole male popu lation in arms rather, upon the plan of Switzerland t i an the longer terms of conscription nforced In the case of contenintal military nations. . He preached unceasingly and un tiringly for the nation to have the men trained in tho rudiments at least SOU?HtRN SEASONS ARE FAST CHANGING WINTERS NO LONGER SO VERY COLD BOOTS PASSING , Older Inhabitant* Say There W . 1 a Time When Light Apparel ' Was Ahnest Unknown. : ? A group of older people sat around a stove in Anderson yesterday- dis , cussing the approach of winter and i the fact that the years have brough! ' about a wonderful change in the sea' sons*. They all agreed that the win? tera of today are regular Indian Sum I mers when compared to some of the , cold months they experienced yean ago. Aa a matter of fact, there bas been a great change in the Winter season There was a time when snows three sod four feet deep fell and people [were forced to stay in the house foi days at a time. When some bardy one would venture forth he wore all th? clothe? he could find, invariably wore . boots, and the* sufferer.! severely from the cold. Today young men and young women trip along the streets in thc dead ot winter with the filmiest silk hose and low cut shoes, with nothing else to protect their feet. One member of the party said yes terday that he well remembered bli red topped boote and that be never thought winter had come until tom or five snows fell tn succession. According to the Anderson weather , prophet, thia year will be an open fall, i with mild weather until late in the '?winter and that as a result. Spring '[will ba late in coming. Anderapn farm [era are adv hied to prepare now foi ' their spring sowing and the really in telligent farmers are taking advant ' ago of the present pretty weather tc ?do some reel farming. The Weather. \y Booth Carolina: Rain Sunday; Mon day fair ead colder. F ALL BRITISH DEAD IN FRANCE ed an Irreparable Lots in hal Lord Roberts While >ops in France-Death Idier Came as an En England and Has ? Empire Into urning. ( of the soldiers work so that they could* j be called quickly to arms to defend ! tho country against invasi?n. In private conversations ti* express ed the conviction that Germany waa planning to make war on Great Brit ain when she found an advantageous moment, and he believed that the sup posed menace ot civil war in Ireland was a Just factor. "Roberts of Kandahar. Pretoria and Waterford," as Field Marshal Lore' Frederick Sleigh Roberta was known, sums up briefly the career of the not ed British soldier whose'death has plunged the empire into mourning. Showered aa he was . with honer* and titles by his own country, it ?ras not by thst nation aloha that hts mili tary abilities were appreciated. "Tho greatest soldier of bis time." wet e the words used by Emperor Willum ot Germany In paying tribute to him. "Roberts of Kandahar," the emper* or is recorded aa saying, "has much Ot the sublety and ability to perceive his opportunities that have distinguished the greatest military geniuses of the past. I hold hun the ablest ot today's soldiers." For more than half a century Eng land had occasion to take pride in the career of Roberts, the soldier. As that career ripened she cam? to hold him in thc same affectiv^ as Welling* ss. Clive and Kttch?ne In nina of her .rara he was la the '.hick of the lighting and many time? was wounded. As he fo?ghtjfae rose lb rank frcm a supernumerary subal tern in the horse artillery ~ field aar= sha! and commander in chief of all the British armies. As further re wards he was made a peer of the realm and the recipient ot distin guished orders of which the chief waa tho Order ot the Garter1, the most an cient and highly prised of alt the British orders. This crowning honor came to him in 1901 ort?* hlh.notable services in leading tho British to vic tory in South Africa. MONTHLY MEETING OF ! TEACHERS YESTERDAY > RAIN DID NOT SPO?L A GOOD DAY i ATTENDANCE GOOD 'Teacher* of County Were Well Repaid for .Th??r Trip to Town* / '? ....... i The regular monthly meeJting"of tho ' Anderson County School Teachers as i sedation, held tn this city yesterday, was full of Interest and th? teachers al .'ending were w?U repaki for their ' efforts to get here, rain and mud not - withstanding. i Tho meeting was opened tn the \ West Market street school building promptly at IS o'clock, with the slng t lng of "America," followed by the In vocation, delivered by Rev. lohn W. ? Speake. pastor ot St John's Methodist ; church. E, C. McCantn, superintendent of > public schools, and A. R. Bank? of s the Frazer Fitting school faculty both i made interesting talks along educa i tlonal lines and then came the ad : dress by Prof. C, M. Faithful ot An? ' derson college. Prof. Faithful dis ? cussed problems relating to the > school and to the child and his efforts along this line were heard with inter ; ?st So wetl pleased wer? the teach ; ere with his remarks that he waa in , vRed to make another address along the same Unes before th? next monih .1 ly meeting. Kiss Kell Cochran, who nae served M the association very fchty aa vice . president, tendered her resignation, . which was accepted with regret The luncheon served by th? domes . Uc science class of the high school . was one of the best features of the t day. This took place at 1:30 o'clock and it waa enjoyed by ?Vary on? ot the teachers and the several visitors. ,'?.vTho November r/?ettng wUl be pe . membered hy the teachers as bein* on? ot the beer, ever held? Refused Bj _2 Hope of Saving, the Ure of Leo I the Supreme Court of the Uni of Ge (By Associated Press.) I ATLANTA.-Ga., Nov. l-l.-Annul ment of Ute death sentence pronounc ed on Leo H. Frank for the murder of 14-yea*-u?d Mary Phagan was refused here '.oday by the supremo court of George, it was the sixth time that legal efforts in Frank's behalf had failed. Hopo jot saving the life of Frank who waa superintendent of a pencil factory, r ., now rests in a possible appeal tr? J'* sunreme court of the United (?titas, or an appeal to the g- vernor of Georgia to exercise clem ency. His couns?l-said today an im mediate attempt' would be made to take the cane to the federal supreme court. The motion to set aside the verdict of guilty Was based upon the ground that Frank's absence from tho court room when it waa returned by the ury waa a violation of his constitu tional rights. Frank's absence was suggested by Judge L. 6. Roan, who presided at the trial.. He Informed the attorneys for bot? the State and the defendant that ' he feared a ~. demonstration against the accused, If-a verdict ot ac quittal were'returned with Frank-in the court.room. Counaeb for Frank, with on er? excep tion abd' the State's, attorneys, agreed to the absence. When it was decided to ask fdr.an annulment of the ver dict on Oho ground of the defendant's absence. Frank's attorneys who ! bad agreed to the proper tal Issued a state j ment Saying that tho defendant kboV nothing of the plan for his absence an ddid not give his consent They announced, however, that since they hsd agreed to the plan, they would not participate in the annulment ap I peal and lt waa entrusted tb other I counsel. . I Previous to today's decision. Judge ; Benjamin H. Hill, of the Fulton coun ty sor-wlor court', had-twice refused ; to grant Frank new trials and also . had sustained the State's demurrer to i the annulment motion. Appeals tc the State's highest court now have re sulted in tho lower court's decisions - being affirmed in every instance. I Today's decision waa concurred in by four of the five supreme court > Justice*. Tho opinion, which was writ ten by Associate Justice Warner HUI, I held that the annulment motion could land should have been made in a pre vious appeal for a new trial. I FrsitaY confined ia the tower bare. rocelr?jd the news ot his latest re I verse with calmness.- "Well, t had tdd the court to be with me this wac his only comment ?i Sentence Supreme Court ?f. Frank Now Rests in Appeal to ted Sutes or to the Governor V? > The prisoner was writing a letter when the news was brought to him. He listened to the Announcement without stopping bis work and in a, few minutes completed the letter and gave it to a friend, who was visiting him, to mall. j The State supreme court will have to certify a writ of error In order tn allow the case to be taken to the ted eral supreme court through the regu lar channels. If deeme.1 advisable the court has tho right to refuse. No in timation has como from the courf as to what course it will pursue. Law yers, however, were much Interested in tho fol vin g paragraph ot the court's opinion: . "We ?know of no provision in the constitution of the United States, or of thia State, nor ot any statute, which gives to ah accused person a right to disregard tho rules of proceednre in ja State? whtcb afford him due. process j of law, and demand that be shall move In hfti own way . sud be granted absolute freedom boca uso of an ir regularity (ir tbero ls one) in rece.v ing the'verdict. If an accused person could make-some of his points of at* tack on tba verdict, and. reserve other pointe known to him, which' he could then* h we made, to be used as grounds for further attacks on the verdict, there would be practically no end to a criminal case." Attorneys for Prank tonight declin ed to discuss what course would be followed- should the State supreme court refuse to certify a writ of er ror. It was reported, however, that ehould the court take such' action the defendant's counsel Were considering action to obtain a writ of habeas cor pus In the federal district court and on thia writ attempt to take the case to the" supremo court ot tho United States. .The dead body of. Mary Ph egan waa found April 27,1913, lu the basement of a pencil factory in which she waa employed. Two daya later Frank waa arrested and on May . g the coroner's Jury, ordered hfn held fo? the action ot the grand Jury. . On i'ay 24. Jame- Cooley, a negro sweeper in the pedfell factory, made aa alleged confession aa cccessory arter the fact of the siurder, accusing* Frank as the principal. Conley now ls serving 12 months on thc cha lu gar g for hts part la the 'crime. Aftor his conviction Prank waa sen tenced to be hanged : on October 10, 11'.?13, but execution of tho sentence waa stayed by tue filing on that date ?of a motion for a new trial. That mo . tion wus overruled try the State au eirl5?fW STATE OF THE UNION Ship Saus With More Than 1,200 Tons of Christmas Gifts From America? ???cp!c. (By Associated Prc?.) NEW YORK, Nov." 14.-With more than 1,200 tons of Christmas gifts from the people of America, a Santa Claus ship, the . naval collier Jason, sailed today for Europe. A massage of Godspeed from President Wilson was received by Lieutenant Com mander C. F. Courtney, U. 8. N., sbortly before sailing time. The dooks aa the ship cast loose her linea were thronged with thousands ot school children. . , The gifts that the Santa Claus car ried were gathered from- every State of the union. They included almost everything from toys and dolli to clothing and food. A summary,of tho cargo made by Commander Courtney- sbortly before I sailing snowed the following items i Fourteen carloads of children's cloth ing, five carloads of women's cloth ing, one carload of men's clothing, five carloads of toys- sud 57 carloads of miscellaneous presents, foodstuffs, boots, shoes, etc.; a total of 82 car loads. - * The ship ?111 cell first at Falmouth, where the gifts intended for England, France and Belgium will be discharg ed; then she will proceed tr- Rotter dam, where gifts for Holland and Germany will be discharged. At s later date another consignment Will go forward for the people of Russia and Poland Will Meet la Greenville. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 14.-Thc Southern Textile association selected Asheville N. C., for the summer meet ing In June and Greenville, 8. C., foi the fall meeting la November next year. Never Lest Three flames. ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Nov. 14 -Cor nell clearly outclassed Michigan today and won, 28 to 13. The defeat closed the Wolverine!' most diaasteroua sea son since Fielding H. Tost became coach. In the fifteen years Yost haa beeh at Michigan he never before lost three games In one season. premo court February. 1?, 1914. and Frank waa re-senieneed. However, on April 16, another motton for a net? trial was flied and again execution was stayed. That motion waa overruled by thc supreme court, but before that decis ion was announced, the motion to se? aSide the verdict on grounds of a vio lation of constitutions! right* cf the accused was Wade.