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? > VOL. 10, NO. 4, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1914. $1.50 A YEAR. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO REDUCE ACREAGE Text of llill. as Passed Yesterday. THE VOTE STOOD 77 TO 20 Not Over One-Third l>and to fottoi and Not Over Six Acres to the Plow. By a vote of 77 to 2 0. the housi of representatives passed the following acreage reduction bill yesterday Section 1. That it shall he unlaw ful for any person, by himself, hi! agents, or employes, to plant or cul tivate in this state In any year : greater number of acres of land it cotton than one-third of the tota acreage of land planted and cultivat ed by such person in said year: Pro vided, however, that In no case slit I any person plant or cultivate ir cot ton more than six acres to ench reg ular work cr.iuial used in his fatm g iperatiotis ?. said yeat. Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall for felt as a penalty a sum of not les than twenty-five dollars, nor mor than one hundred dollars, for eacl and every acre plnntcd >r cultivate! in excess of the number herein al lowed, to be recovered in any cour of competent jurisdiction in an ac tion or proceeding brought in th name of the state; and said penalt when recovered shall be naid nve to the county treasurer for the us of the county in which the sail offence was committed. Said pen alty and the costs of the proceedin, in which the same is recovered shal be a lien upon all of the propert of the person adjudged to pay th same, subject only to liens existin prior to the passage of this Act an liens for taxes; Provided, that Judp ment for said penalty and costs b entered and enrolled in the office c ^ the clerk of court of general set sions and common pleaH as othe judgments ar enow allowed to be en tered and enrolled where the rec<?\ ery is had in such court. And pn Ided, further, that where the r< coverj' is had in n magistrate's com the same be entered and enrolled i the office of the clerk of court ?. general sessions and common plea as judgments or magis'raie's cour' art- now allowed to be .entered ? > enrolled in na'd office. Fee. 3. That after any pre ooc< leg has been taken ag.iina* any pci ron or persons for a violation of till Act it shall be the dutv of the eler of court of general sessions and con niot; pleas for the county 111 wbk Hit' offence Is charged, upon at plicj lion under oath of either party t such proceeding, to Issu* a rule t survey in the case,, giving Hire days' notice thereof to the oppos t party, the costs of such title an survey to be taxed in the bill c costs in the final adjudication of Ih same. Sec. 4. That all sheriffs' d"p?'iei magistrates, constables and rurr policemen shall be charged with th duty of inspection, the productio of evidence and the prosecution fc violation of this Act. Sec. 6. The word "person" use in this Act shall be held to inelud partnerships, voluntary association and corporations. Sec. 6. This Act shall go int effect Immediately upon its approva ( HKI.H1MAS FOR SOLDIKIW. Princess Mary Makm Ap|>eal in Ik half of Man at Front. I,ondon, Oct. IB.?Princess Mar ban issued an appeal, in which sh says: "I want you all to help me sen a a Christmas present from the whol nation to every sailor afloat an every soldier at the front. "I am sure we will be happy o Christmas morning to feel that w have helped by sending ont llttl tokens of love and sympathysomething useful or of permaner value, the making of which may t the means of providing employmer in the trades adversely affected b the war." I?anren* Pair Postponed. I^aurens, Oct. 15.?Because < continued heavy rains the Laurer county fair, scheduled to be held t< morrow, has been postponed unt next Tuesday. I AFPEAIj TO SPIN N Kit*. H U. I>. (\ Ask Mills to Kuy Farmers' " Cotton at lO Cents. ' ltaleigh Special to Charlotte Ob server, Oct. 14.?The North Carolina Division United Daughters of ? the Confederacy, opening its three- (J uays conveuiion nere today, sent telegrams of greeting to Mrs. Storewall Jackson. Urging the daughters to emulate B the example of the mothers of I860-' ( 65, in doing all in their power to aid the South by wearing end using cotton in every way possible, the division asks merchants to push i 1 sales of cotton goods and directs " delegates to the general convention 111 : in Savannah to wear cotton dresses 1 01 * j of cloth from North Carolina mills v< ?' and asks the mills to pay farmers | ^ * i 10 cents a pound for cotton. 1 i The report of Mrs. Marshall WIN v: 1 i liams, president, showed three new ol 1 J chapters formed during the past CI " year and 400 new members. There 1,1 " i are 4,895 members and 417 appllca-j ' tlons pending, according to the re- ni ' port of Mrs. Felix Harvey of Klnston i c( " registrar. Mrs. Etheridge of * Selma, treasurer, reported ^ funds for the year. lr * A glowing tribute was paid Ashley ~ Home, donor of the monument to f " ; tne iNortn Carolina women of the pjConfederacy; and his daughter. 11 , Mrs. MoCullers of Clayton, was in- 11 ' troduced to the convention amid " great enthusiasm. t tl LEO M. FRANK IS !', ?| DENIED NEW TRIAL 0 r, P e | Supreme Court of (ieorgiu Sustains K ,1 the liOwer Court?Frank Has n ! One More Chance. r< K Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 14.?Leo M. ci II Frank, under sentence of death for ci y the murder here in April, 1918, of c. c Mary Phagan, an employe of a pen- ti R : cil factory of which Frank was su- n (] 1 perintendent, today was denied a > ! new trial by the Qeorglu supreme v, e | Court. s ,f I This was Frank's fifth attempt to 8; ,. obtaln a retrial or annulment of '.he a r I verdict which was returned August h i 25, last year. He still has pending n r. I before the state supreme court an j t, I appeal from the lower court's de- g ?. nial of a motion to set aside the ver- r t diet on the ground that he w-p not (t n in the court room when 't was rc- i u ,f turned. fi The decision of the supreme court . today in which the full bench ooncurred was on Frank's appeal from he decision of the Fulton county superior court denying his cxtraordip. nary motion for a new trial on the |s grounds of newly-discovered evik c'.ence. The court sustained the ru! i ii g of the lower tribunal that the h rew evidence was not sufficient to warrant a ie.tearing, o Frank's apt ? al on tin1 motion to ,1 set aside the verdict is expected to be argued before the supreme court j o the last of October. Should the (j state court deny the motion Frank's ,f lawyers are said to contemplate o carrying the appeal to the raited Slates supreme court. rt, ,1 WANT WOTIIF.lt Mil,I.ION. ie: n New Methodist 1'niversity Will Ask for More Money. | Bristol. Va.-Tenn., Oct. 15.?An () additional fund of $1,000,000 will [0 be asked soon for the use of the new ls I university recently established In I Atlanta, Ua., by the Methodist Kpis- r copal church, South, according to A. < ! J. Lamar of the Southern Methodist r ' educational commission, who ad- v ) dresed the Holston conference of the 8 church here today. j t 9- No donations would lie accepted, i B he said, that Imposed conditions j y i which mlglft result in curtniliuent of , j le I the church's authority over the uni- r verslty. The present assets of the d ' Institution are estimated at $5.000,- e le ' 000. jd d t THE SITUATION AT NA(X). ? n w v e V?<|ui Indians Kill Fifteen of Hill's ie Soldiers. _ J Naco, Ariz., Oct. 15.?Fifteen of it General Hill's Carranzista troops., | ,t. defending Naco, Sonora, were killed f ,t today by Governor Maytorena's at,y tacking Yaqul Indiana. Hill also -] lost a machine gun. Maytorena Is r reported to have received reinforce- c menta. >r ! The stench from the corpses of ; is several unburled Mexicans and from >- ! some dead horses near the interna- J 1) i tional boundary has now become a n menace to the American town. h LASS OPPOSING II PLAN FOR COTTON! i ives Reasons for Opposition to G Proposed Schemes for Relief. AI) IN THE LONG RUN. C tys Government Should X?t Under- X take to Purchase or Valorize Any Crop for People. Richmond, Va., Oct. 14.?Chairan Glass of the house banking and ol irrency committee told the con- ai mtion of the American Bankers' c? ssociation today he felt confident ti lat proposals for government, it llorization of cotton and of the sale tl p government bonds to take the ir op off the planters' hands would a at result in action by Congress. If o were done, he declared, it would j ot be of permanent benefit to the | e, >tton producer. I Outlining some recent legislative j n istory, he said it often was "more j j nportant to prevent things from t, eing done than to do things." n "Especially is this true," he de-' n lared, "with reference to some of le propositions pending, such as ^ le suggestion to have the govern- i J lent going into the cotton b isiness j p r ..nU?.Utt><v lltio ^I t >uivi 16H15 en 10 ai lift it* piuuuri in | |. ie cxpfiiisp of all the American peo-1 ^ le. And so with the other sugges- I on that the government sell $250,-| 00,000 worth of bonds and u^e the j ^ roceeds for the purchase of a sin- j t| le product?and this at the very | loment that the government already is levying taxes on the Amerian people to raise $100,000,000 to u aver the deficit in the treasury ac- t( asloned by the stoppage of impor- ^ ltlons caused by the war in Eu- 1 ope. 11 "Every sane ana patriotic citizen 1 'bother of Massachusetts or Missis- 11 ippi, Virginia or California, deeplv> w ympathlzes with cotton planters ^ nd would do anything within the Imitations of reason and safe eco-tt omicB to aid them In their distress; e ut It cannot be expected that Con- n rcss will resort to measures for the " elief of any single American pro- i t net, the enactment of which meas- n re would wreck and ruin the ent're > nancial and commercial fabric of t he country. j "I can assure you that it is not 1 leasant for me?a Southern man , nd chairman of the banking and r urrency committee of the house- t o submit to the reproaches and up 1 raidings of my Southern colleagues < or being unwilling to help tlu-ir , ?sperate schemes of relief, but i ; imply cannot with any regard for t ny oath as a representative in Con- j ;ress of with any appreciation of t he responsibilities of my position * ield my judgment to such ur.rea- ( onable and dangerous suggestions. : "These things ought not to he lone and I feel confident will not >< lone. If done they would nor help he cotton producer because the ^ r.tter would be seriously injured by ^ miversal constriction of credit and mpairment of confidence that would nevitably ensue."' 1 ill Chiefs of Mexico Subject to ' < "(invention. Mexico City, Oct. 15.?All the ' uilitary cliieftians, including Fran isco Villa, Zapata and Venustlano "arranza, are now subject to the 1 irders of the Aguas Calientes con- ' ention, which today, after a stormy ecret session, voted itself the suireme power of the land. The dele;ates took oath to abide by the rnaorlty vote on all questions, includng the form of government and residential succession. ! The question of the kind of gov- j ^ irnment that shall prevail will be leclded at a session to be held Or-1 ober 20, when a full Zapata dele-1 tatlon, numbering twenty-t"fo men.;1 I ( trill be present. Shell Destroy!) Historic (lallery. Paris, via London, Oct. 15.?A c 'arts dispatch says a German shell 1 ell In the Cathedral of Rhelms 1 Tuesday and destroyed a gallery. c 'he other shells, according to the eport, demolished a part of the law ourt. ; 1 11 Died Suddenly. ? Flock Hill. Oct. 15.?Jacob T. t ackson. a merchant at the Ara?on a nill, died suddenly yesterday of I ieart disease. i HP PI AN Tn DAIQP hi. i lhm iu uniUL $150,000,000 SUCCESS overnment Hoard to Distribute It. OTTON LOAN ASSURED. ew York's AKreeint'iil to Con* tribute 9.yo.o?o,ooo Kemlrrs <'oiiHimmiHtton Sure. New York, Oct. 14.?The raising r a $150,000,000 fund by bankers ml representatives of Southern jtton planters to finance the county's cotton crop virtually is assured. was announced here tonight, and le federal reserve board at Waslilgton will be called upon to mange the fund and direct the loaning f it. New York bankers, at a confernce with cotton planters' repreentatlves here during the day, greed, it is stated, to furnish 50,000,000 if the rest of the counry would supply $100,000,000 or lore under conditions agreed to at lie conference. Feat us J. Wade, president of the lercantile National Hank of St. ,ouis, and a member of the St. Louis tearing bouse, issued a statement ite tonight announcing the plan. it. wane sain mat "the task put pon the federal reserve board while nerous, was readily accepted by ecretary McAdoo, who recognized he gravity of the situation." TO TALK WITH BOARD. Mr. Wade attended the conference ud left at midnight for Washingon with the expectation, it is unerstood. of discussing the plan with he members of the federal reserve oard tomorrow. Several prominent St. I?uis busiess men, who came to New York rltb Mr. Wade, accompanied him to Vaahington. Mr. Wade's statement set forth hat a definite conclusion was rcach<1 today between the St. Ixiuis comnitteee and New York bankers. By the action of the New York tankers," the statement said, "it nay be assumed safely that the fund indoubtedly will be raised within he next ten days. "The difficulty encountered was o determine how the syndicate ould be managed and money loan d at the least possible expense to 11 u uui iwni'in, *l r. V\ i I tit" h Si;*. If*nent continues, "and after many onforenres and telephone communi ii lions between Washington and s'ew York it was finally concluded o turn over the entire fund to the 'ederal reserve board at Wash i agon, who would act as managers of tame and direct the ) ailing of the und. The outline of the plan as greed upon is as follows: THK PLAN IN Hit IKP. "1. Organize a $100,000,000 'otton loan fund throughout the United States, which fund shall be aimed over to and managed by the 'ederal reserve board at Washing011 and loaned to the national currency associations or to the federal eserve banks. "2. All loans to be made payable >n or before one year, at the option )f the borrower, with the right to he federal reserve board to extend my or all such loans made for two leriods of six months each, interest m such loans to be at rate of 6 pet :ent per annum. "3. All loans to he made on the lasis of 6 rents a pound, secured by varehouse receipts on insured colon. "4. The fund to be called for bv he federal reserve board in such nstallments as may be necessary. "5. New York financial instituions will subscribe $50,000,000 inder above conditions, the balance if the country to aubsrlbe not 1 >88 han $100,000,000. 6". The details are to be worked lut by a committee to be appointed iy the federal reserve board, which inquestlonably will have the suport if every part of the country. A NATIONAL PROBLEM. "It Is recognized that the caring or the surplus cotton crop Is a nalonal problem, one which interests ill manufacturing Industries, comnercial transportation companies, igrlcultural resources and financial nterests, and which undoubtedly vi II reoeKe universal nupport throughout the nation. "The task put upon the federal I reserve board, while onerous, was | readily accepted by Secretary McAdoo, who recognized the gravity of the situation, the necessity for action, as well as the practicability of the plan to meet the situation, and it is understood that through his guiding influence the entire fund of $150,000,000 was made available to the cotton growers of the South at a very moderate rate of interest when it is considered that the loan is made to run a year if the brrower ' so desires and the borrower can pay the lender any time. "The committee had telegraphs advices from Arkansas, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi, South <'?r olina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and | Texas that each of these States unquestionably would contribute their proportionate part of the $150,000,000 which is allotted to the South as its part of the fund. It is expected that all the eastern. J northern and western parts of the country will be willing to contributs ; now that New York has spoken, particularly so as the management I of the fund will he placed in charge of the federal reserve board. "The president. Secretary McAdoo and the reserve board having already approved the plan of raising the fund, it is generally understood that all departments of the government will he put behind the surplus cotton crop to rapidly increase its export and also to develop the sale of the product to the New York and | Southern cotton manufacturers." BELGIAN FORCES JOIN THE FRENCH Ofllcial Statement Report* Some j Gains for Allies, With No Changes of Real Moment. Paris, Oct. 14.?The exact positions of the bulk of the allied armies are being kept strictly secret but it is ucneven mai mf roroes or France and Belgium have joined since the fall of Antwerp. The German cavalry around Hazebrouck which masked a movement of the Infantry suffered a rude check from the allies before the brt: tie at Ypres. because the Germans' were unable to move freely in masses owing to the nature of the ground. They were virtually at the1 mercy of the allied infantry and artillery. Lively street figlmng occurred in llazebrouck. on which place the ( Germans had made a darin mid. At Arras the town hall was burned during the bombardment. The section where encounters are severest lias changed suddenly trom koye to Lasigny. where the G< rmans tried to make a breach through the allied lines. The battle, however, ! still is progressing abou: hove, which has been taken and retaken it least 12 times. The official coiunuinicntion issued tonight by the war ollice, says"The reports received tonight, which are in very general term t, mi diiate no important modifications in the situation." OUT OF OA MK FOR SEASON. | Captain llill of Gamecock Cleven Hum II...I lnl>lo Columbia Special to Charlotte Ob-! j server, Oct. 14.?('apt. Luke Hill of the South Carolina University football team, injured Monday in the game against North Carolina at Chapel Ilill, will be unable to play again this season, his physicians ani nounced today after several examinations of the injured ankle had been made. It is not thought that hones were broken. The game between the University of South Carolina and Virginia next Saturday will be played despite the crippled condition of the Gamecock ; eleven. Captain Hill announced. Warning to Citizens. Washington, Oct. 14.?Considerable concern wps manifested at the state department today over the status or American citizens, both native and naturalized, who were , caught in belligerent countries at the outbreak of the European war land drafted for military service lie-' cause their fathers were born subjects of such courtries. This has' 'occurred in countries with which the' United States has no naturalization' i treaties and today a warning was issued by the department to foreignborn elements in the United States against visits to Europe at this time. ' CYCLONE CRASHES THROUGH CONCORD Path in Heart of Town Looks Like Mark of Siege Guns. BLOWN INTO THE STREET. Mother mid Child Kesened I'nhurl From Itoins of Home?Dumniie Kciuiies Thousands of Dollars. Concord Special to Charlotte Observer, Oct. 15.?Traveling with the speed of a bullet and wrecking houses like a siege gun a cyclone of mighty force crashed through the city this afternoon injuring people, overturning houses, upturning trees and striking terror to the inhabitants. Starting at the southern end of town, it sped from Smith's Grove to beyond S. Charles street, covering an area about 150 feet wide and more than a mile long through the heart of town. The cyclone came as suddenly as its force was terrific. All during the morning rain fell and about 2:45 it. began to fall more copiously. Suddenly there was a mighty rearing sound, and before many people could realize what had happened the cyclone had come and passed. Several people on the streets were blown to the ground, while others caught telephone poles and trees for support. Many on porches were burled against the walls of the houses and railings before they were able to dart inside. More than 100 housee were damaged and a score are total wrecks. About 15 people were injured, but none fatally. Thomas Hopkins, proprietor of the Concord Bakery, received several cuts by falling timbers when the roof of the bakery was blown off. being probably the most seriously injured. Mrs. Bryant and her three-day-old infant were blown into the street when her house on Simpson street crashed to the ground. She and the child were rescued from the debris by neighbors. and neither is injured. There were other escapes from injury almost as miraculous, many people being pulled from the wrecked homes. Hundreds of trees were blown down, many of the great oaks on i i?ton troit. iu?' principal residence street of the town, were uprooted and wrought havoc with trolley and electrical wires. The damage cannot he safely estimated at this hour hut will reach well Into thousands oi dollars. McLAURIN BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE Memlters of liouse Iteiuse to Accept % Icsv Than Pull Pay?Postponement of Paying Taves killed. Columbia, Oct. 14. The McLaurin bill, providing for a state system of warehouses for the storing of cotton and validation of the cotton warehouse receipt, passed the senate this afternoon by a vote of -1 to 11 and was ordered sent to the house. The bill provides for one commieulnn w fit 'i enlnrv t\f HHA n<.p \>o? * < elected by the general assembly fi r a term of two years, to handle the warehouse system. The bill car i an appropriation of $15,000 for .alaiies and expenses of putting the uill into operation, the warehouse eomro^sloner tc have the power to acquire warehouses by lease or con> ation and to appoint such subordinates as necessary. Ho la to give bond in the sum of $50,000. The bill provides for state validation of the warehouse receipt, the receipt to carry absolute title to the cotton and to guarantee the weight and grade. rne nouse reruseo empnaticaiiy to accept less than full pay for the extra .session when it killed this morning the resolution front the senate fixing $5 a day and mileage p.s compensation for memvers of the general assembly. The administration bills on the house calendar, to postpone the payment of taxes for 1914. were all killed this morning by an overwhelming vote.