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>.<JS I P* VOL. 10, NO. 7, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1914. $1.50 A YEAR. I ~ " HtAf BRITAIN WON T 1 HOLD UP ml \ * Sir Edward Grey Says England I Will Not Interfere. CAN GO TO ANY PORT. British Announcement Fores tails Action by the State meat. Washington, Oct. 25.?Sir Ed-j ward Grey, British foreign minister, has assurred the United States that England will noa intedfered witih American cotton shipments as "contraband of war." Sir Edward's assurance reached the state department today through Ambassador Page, who also reported that the British ship Camperdoon, laden with American cotton and products, had been detained at St. Ornaway, Scotland, not because of her manifest, but on account of a disagreement between her owners and the charter party. The newly announced attitude of the British government will permit * safe movement of American cotton to any point, including Germany, where a market may be found. Sir Edward's statement is construed in some quarters as meaning also that there is to be no interference with any non-contraband cargoes from a neutral country, carried in neutral shipB, even when consigned directly to a belligerent The British announcement forestalled action by the state department upon a request made by Southern senators that the belligerents be asked to give assurances that shipments of cotton from the United States to neutral or belligerent countries would not be seized or detained. Cotton never has been listed sb either absolute or conditional contraband. but some cargoes have been detained, and certain marine lnsur-l ance companies have refused to is-: ue cotton policies. A fair market! for cotton is said to exist in Ger-; many, though most of the mills in France and England are closed. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The British ambassador. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, was officially informed by his government tonight of the1 assurance given Ambassador Page. He Issued this statement: "The assurance may be given that ootton Is not on the list of contraband, and will not be seized. It is on the free list and will remain there." In a supplementary statement.; the embassy again pointed out that cargoes, even of contraband, are being allowed to proceed when it is established they actually are destined to neutral countries. "Although so far cargoes, of contraband, have been detained in order to make sure they are really 'n i tended for neutral countries," said . this statement, "and though come | cargoes have been retained, such as J, copper, destined for Krupps, the j. British government has not yet |. taken a single cargo without paying for it, and all cargoes, which were i, destined for neutral countries, have J ( been allowed to proceed to their! destination." ; ( President's Hale on ! 1 New York, Oct. 24.?Grand Cen- 1 tral Place 1h the scene of an awful 1 bazaar, which will continue until ' next Saturday. The entertainment 1 is being held in the Interest of the 1 Red Cross fund and contributions ' have been sent from all parts of th? * country. The most unique question. * however, is u bale of cotton, sent by President Wilson. This cotton fl which Mr. Wilson bought recently I to help the South will do double duty < now helping the wounded In Eu- 1 rope. It will be auctioned off a week t from today . Secretary McAdoo has v contributed his bale of cotton also i and several Washington belles have | a given their cotton frocks. The leading society women of New York are interested in the enterprise, which 1s headed by Mrs. Nelynon H. Henry N who codurted the great relief funn d for the Titanic suffera. Mrs. Nel- II Ron has formed a committee of one t hundred, drawn from all ranks of ii society, to help the executive com- t mlttee. I? WANTS TO INVADE CANADA. Germany ABsertu Right of handing on Canadian Soil. Washington, Oct. 25.?Germany's right to land troops in Canada, if possible, and thus sessure at least a temporary foothold on the American continent, was upheld today by Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. He declared that as Canada was sending soldiers to fight against his country it would be no infringement on the Monroe nor trine if Germany should inVade Canada. f Discussing his note to thmstate department giving assurancefthat Germany would attempt no S^uth American colonization in evenrof victory, the ambassador said only South America was referred to. jThere never has been any question raised, he said, as to possible German attempts to seek colonization in any other part of the American Hemisphere. HATS OFF TO BELGIANS. > ArmV Shows Superb Courage and J Great Bndurmnce. ijbndon, Oct. 26.?"All the allies muAt take their hats off to the Belgian army, which for several days has been holding in check two entire German army corps near Dixmude, frustrating the German designs on the strip of territory between Dunkirk and Calais,*' says a dispatch to The Times. "It now is permitted to explain how the Belgian army was able to make a successful retreat from Antwerp in face of the elaborate plans of the Germans. It escaped what might be felt amounted tr? nnnih<u? tlon by a magnificent feat of anna, it sent a force of a few thousand men to the neighborhood of Muliem (in East Flanders, 12 miles southwest of Ghent) to hold back the pursuing enemy at all costs until the retreat of the main army liadf been effected. The battle of Muliem virtually resulted In annihilation of the gallant little body of Belgians but 't meaDt the salvation of the Belgian army and their allies. "The situation of the Belgians and French at Dixmude has changed for the better in the past few days. This does not mean, however, that the Germans are on the run. 'Reports of a German retreat to wards Bruges are anticipated and i >ngt,eruted. The retreat up to the prcsnt Is a matter ot a mile or two, made In order to gee further away from the guns on the warships. "The casualties in the Belgian army about Dixmuds havo beea tremendously heavy." GERMANS DRIVEN OVER YSER. Most of Tliem Pushed Across Embattled River. Loudon, Oct. 2 7.?A Central News dispatch from northwestern France says the Germans, in great part, were driven back across the Yser yesterday. French infantry, aided by monitors, accomplished the task. "When the Belgians undertook the defense of the Yser," the dispatch continues, "they held It for a week. Then by Bheer weight of artillery and men the Germans pushed them back, but not before they had paid the full price of the temporary ;aln. "At least two army corps faced the Belgians. Their object was to Force them right into Franco and :nun turn the allies' right. It cost :he Belgians a thousand casualties :o prevent this. It is reported on "eliable authority that the German smperor has plaoed six army corps n this part of the held. Tl.eir losses lave been frightful; their successes virtually nil. "Towards the end of last week the lituation was doubtful; now there s no reason to fear failure. On the :ontrary first class success may be ooked for, which will place the Gernans Anally on the defensive in the vest. Great progress is being made n the reorganization of the Belgian .rmy." No Hpeclal Session. Washtnlgton, Oct. 27.?President Vilson let it be known officially toay that he has no intention of calling a special session of Congress uf er election. There wan gome talk a Congress just before adojurnment hat ao extra session might take up filiation to relieve cotton planters. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS TO OPEN NOVEMBER ! 6 McAdoo Announces Date, Directors /Wanted It Later. BENEFIT OF THE SOITTH I -?:" I Will Help Business in All Sections and Ks|>ecinlly in the South, He States. | Washington, Oct. 25.?The 12 federal reserve banks of the new ! banking system will be opened for ! business November 16. This was , t officially announced today. Secretary McAdoo, authorised by the currency act to name the open- j lng date, made the announcement. His choice of the sixteenth was made j despite the recent recommendation of the directors and governors of the ( 12 banks against opening before , November 30. , Mr. McAdoo declared he had , reached his decision after discussion t with the foderal reserve board and , because of emergency conditions in ( the South. He believes the opening i of the banks, especially helpful I there, will benefit business in all sections. In a statement tonight the secretary made It clear that unj der the new system the federal govi ernment will be able by deposits , from the general fund of the treasury In reserve banks to aid produc- i I era of staples. The new reserv e re quirements, he pointed out, will re- | lease more than $400,000,000 of < money now held by national banks as reserves and will add greatly to ] the loaning power of the banks. The statement in part follows: ' "I have determined to announce i on the sixteenth day of November, 1 1914, the establishment of the fed- ? eral reserve banks in all the fed- < eral reserve districts. On that date I the new reserve requirements for! i national banks, us prescribed by the I t act, will become operative. HELP SOUTH. i "I am impelled to tbis decision I particularly because of the emer- i ' gencyw conditions in the Soth and i the confident belief that the prompt | ! opening of the reserve banks will be i very helpful to the cotton situation < and to general business in all sec-1 j ! tions of the country. i ! "This conclusion has been reached i f after a thorough discussion with my \ associates on the federal reserve (t <board and also after full considera- j ? ' tion of the views expressed by the, r directors of the federal reserve' banks at their recent conference in j n Washington. | ti "I am fully aware of the physical j I difficulties that must he overcome to I c set the reserve banks in motion on j t i the sixteenth of November but the ' directors of these banks represent ? ; the highest degree of American t . banking ability and I am sure that 1 ! not only can they meet the situation n but that they will cheerfully take; v up the task in the same line spirit 1 of public service which animated I their discussions at the Washington r conference. j t "As the result of the enactment 1 of the war revenue measure, the < ' parity between receipts and dls- d bursements of the treasury will soon j n I be happily restored. This will make v It possible for the treasury to render still greater service than it has already rendered in helping the financial situation in the South and * in other parts of the country, where the need has appeared." 6 urtrrav IMUUDU * > " W VI WM J M : tl South Carolina (till llw Now Indlu < p Puwod lloth Hodmk. n Columbia, Oct. 27.?The South | w Carolina house of representatives to-' night passed to its third reading the' d bill providing submission to the peo-' o< pie in the election November 3 of the l n South Carolina liond Hifl Max Now ei Irtir cent state bondo to be loaned on , b notes secured by cotton warehouse si receipts on the basis of nine cents a pound. The senato has already si passed the bill In a somewhat dif- 01 forent form. fc The house today sent to the senate n! for concurrence the bill for a state ai warehouse synem. The house adopt- ! ol ed several amendments to the mens- 1 w ure. , bi // . ' ' V- ?.r . WASHINGTON TRIP CHEERS THE SOLONS Federal Representatives EnCourage South Carolinians. WILSON IS VERY CORDIAL. President In Conversation With Members of House Shows Fnmillarity With South's Condition. Sumter Special to The State, Oct. 25.?George W. Dick, chairman of ways and means committee, returned this morning from Washing! >11, where he had been as a member of the committee to consult with the federal reserve board as to Its attitude towards the proposed bond Issue by this state. The committee, accompanied by Congressmen Lever, called on President Wilson. President Wilson showed he was thoroughly conversant with the general situation in the cotton belt and was well posted r>n conditions In this state. Hits reception of the commtttee was more than cordial and his suggestions on how to proceed were exceedingly valuable and along practical lines. '''he committee consulted with C. 3. Hamlin, governor of the federal reserve board; Mr. KUiiott, counsel for the board, and Mr. Harding, n 1 member of the board. The committee asked if the pro-! posed South Carolina bonds, if issu- | B,d would be acmpted by the federal ! reserve banks as collateral when i presented by their membersship banks for rediscount. The qestion ???o icicncu iu mr. ninou, wno gave an unofficial opinion that they would be acceptable. The committee embodied this opinion in a written communication to the board, and by .hem it will be referred to the attor- j ley general of the United States for in official opiniion . | ' Dr. Dick found the federal author-J ' ties with whom he consuted well in- ( 1 'ormed on conditions in the South, 1 md particularly in South Carolina, 1 ind to be in hearty accord and sym- 1 lathy with the effort of the Southern jeople to improve matters. They of- s ered encouraging suggestion and ex- * iressed the belief that the efforts al- J eady made in the South had had ef- ' ect on the market which otherwise ' vould have gone even lower. The ' rend of opinion among the officials 1 mid Dr. Dick, was thoroughly opti-11 nistic. However, as chairman of the ways 1 I ind means committee, Dr, Diick is | lot yet prepared to say 'hat he svnl ' >e able to see his way clear to advo-.i 1 ate that the State stand sponsor for his enormous debt. South Carolina owes now anly $5>00,000, with credit unsurpassed, 1 >ut with an additonal $:15,000,')1G ' nvestment captial will be driven ' tway and the burden of resemption f kill fall upon those least able t > bear . t?the farmer. The committe urged on the fedeial ! eserve hoard the early opening of hr 1 -* .... .vKiuuni uaiiKK W11U AO/<jnil)er ( E as the latest possible date. Dr. Dick has Invited servoral stu- ' ents of finance and practical busie8s men to meet wiith his commit-I pe Monday afternoon. ; t SIXTY-ONE MEET DEATH. c Explosion Kills Three Score In Coal Pit. i Royalton, 111., Oct. 27.?A total of 1 1 dead is shown In the casualty } f st IsRiied late tonight by officials of ; ie Franklin Coal and Coke Com-; * any at whose mine near here 3l>0 ten were entombed at the going to ork hour this morning. n The decrease in the number of I. ead from earlier estimates were at - o >unted for by the registration to-1 tl Ijrht of scores of miners who eRcap- t< 1 during the day but who were too o usy assisting in rescue work to <$i- S wer to the roll call of rescued. w Twenty minutes before the explo- w on .540 men went into the mine, d ily the laHt cage full of the day It tree remaining on the surface. To- <v Ight 24 bodies had been recovered ir id 37 men were missing. Mine gi 11 coals conceded that the 37 still si ere entombed and never would be i tt: rought out alive. ' a? ^? P1IIU1W limit . ^.wv ? I vnavniAii fAI jUlO/MriltJ&lfi&a ' I Report* Inability to A|{ree and Is ^ Discharged. Mineola, N. Y.. Oct. 25.?The jury in the case of Mrs. F'lorence, Conklin Carman, charged with the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, failed 1 to reach a verdict after thirteen hours and ten minutes of delibcra-: tion. At 10:55 a. m. today it report-] ed its inability to agree and was dls-; ' charged. Ten jurors are said to have voted I for acquittal and two for conviction i of murder in the first degree on the i final ballot. The jury was out about thirteen hours. I j District Attorney Lewis J. Smith ^ said tonight It was unlikely that!. Mrs. Carman ever would be brought to trial again. j. Attorneys for Mrs. Carman to- t morrow will ask that she bo admit- j ted to ball, and the district attorney r is not expected to oppose such a step. e The defendant collapsed in the r court room after the Jury was dls- a charged. CONVICT MURDERS J GUARD AND ESCAPES 0 Will Hughes, Life PriHoner, Kill* f lUfiert Stephens With ' v Pick. | i Spartanburg Special to Charlotte \ * Observer, Oct. 26.?Will Hughes, I a sentenced a little moro than a year j F ago to life imprisonment for the | 1 murder of Cofer Cox near Tucapau j In this county, this afternoon killed j t Robert Stephens, (he guard in ! t charge of the gang on which he was j s a prisoner with a pick, robbed him i of his two pistols and $4 0 in cash t and made his escape. Tonight the officers of the county and many | ^ deputies armed with shotguns are; | scouring the county in automobiles | | for the fugitive. j s Stephens had been warned that j t Hughes was plotting to kill him : s and make his escape, but apparently j f, had paid little attention to the warn-! ing. The gang was at work on the j n road south of the city, near Ark- I g wright, when Hughes saw his chance jj and, seizing a pick, landed a tAriflc L. blow on Stephens' head. The guard fropped in his tracks and Hughes too his pistols and, going through ^ he pockets of his clothes, took what money he had on his person. s| The other prisoners were panic- (j it rick en and made no effort either to j scape or to rush to the guard's aid. \fter arming himself Hughes com- j jelled a negro at the point of a gun o break the chains that bound his ^ Tcet and later exchanged clothes vith another negro whom he met on ; he highway. Stephens, the guard, was taken to .he city hospital but died in a few lours without regaining conscious- S( less. His home is at Rosebuck in j his county. a The murder for which Hughes was onvieted was one of the most cold- (1| ilooded crimes ever committed in he county. It was stated at the rial that he killed Cox while Cox jj itood with his hands up begging ,t LL. It#- ? - ii?ii iiib me ue sparen. a negro wonan, Lula Huff, was an accomplice n the crime and was tried with Si fughes. She, too, was given a life ^ sentence and is now in the peniteniary. Hughes had never been j aken to the penitcntlar>' but was () illowed to serve on the county chain tang. Hughes Is the son of a farmer redding near Reldsville, In this couny, is about 30 years of age, heavy-i >et and has a heavy face with ruddy omplexion. , ^ Officers have been sent by auto- vj noblle to every section of the coun- Ia y heavily armed, and are prepared ! Sf or trouble if Hughes is overtaken. (l Var Times Hurt Itanium & Bailey Circus. I ft Idttle Rock, Ark., Oct. 24.?Bar- j hi um & Bailey's circus has come to1 tli .ittle Rock today, fifteen days ahead wi f the one originally set. This means th fiat the show has dropped fifteen ti iwns from its itinerary on account w, f the business denroaainn ?v.~ ? ?' ! as outh resulting from the European gi ar. No business in the world ?;(> atches conditions as closely as the fli rcuH, for they can take no chance* u< i showing at a town where they n< ill lose a lot of money. Conditions i Little Rock have not been so rfea-ly affected as those in the nailer neighboring clitles and Ri wns. and the circus date was twice i>y Ivanced, briinging it here today. ' dc ME FAIR OPENS GATES JOBIG SHOW Vt End of First Day Secretary . Efird is Pleased. JIGGER CROWDS EXPECTED ?re<liction f?r Fair Weather Ad(lg (irently to the Cheering Prospects. Columbia Special to Charleston sews and Courier. Oct. 2fi-?Th? irst day of the annual South Caroina state fair opened auspiciously, ind tonight Secretary Eflrd and the air management are pleased with he outlook. Indications are that arge crowds will be on hand the est of the week. People commencd coming into Columbia in large lumbers yesterday afternoon, and ill day trains have been unloading tassengers. The streets are well tiled with a happy throng and the ity is putting on a festive appearin ce. All was bustle and activity at the air grounds. The belated details i-ere gotten into shape and the flnshing touches g'ven necessary to :ftt everything ready. All exhibltis ire placed and the fair is now comilete for the inspection of tho visiiors. Tho prediction of fair weather for ho week is another cheering pros>eet. With sunshinny days thouands of people from every county n the state are expected to visit Columbia this week. There will be a horse show in the L.t-int on i nursaay morning, the tescue Horse Show Association liavng decided to show. This will add till another interesting feature to he many attractions already in tore for those who come to the air. The executive committee met at oon today with President Kirven, lecretary Kflrd and other officials i attendance. They mapped out the etails for the fair. A PERENNIAL JOY. There is one perpeual bloom in outh Carolina. Year after year it lossoms and flourishes. It is the Late fair. For more than a genernon. indeed, for two of them, the nnual state fair has been the one nd ever blooming flower that has ftracted the peopule of this state, n many states there are what are noun as Home-Coming" weeks; ot so in South Carolina. It is at ie state fair that everybody and very thing gathers. True these are reputed to be hard ines, but times appear never to be > "hard" that folks do not want to ave a bit of change and recreation, nd the state fair is the one event here everybody thinks such a liange can be had. It is here that ie people from the Piedmont meet leir kinsmen from the Pee-Dee, and ere it is that old-time friendships re keut fresh and n*?u? lade. The state fair for a generaon has been much the same, the line prize horses and gins have pen exhibited, but people have ever tired of these perenuial exibits: the social features overnlancing. CONVICT GIVES HIMSELF TP. ,'illiam Revels Held as Accessory to Murder of Stephens by Hughe*. Spartanburg Special to The State ct. 27. William Revels, the eonct who (led with William Hughea st night after Hughes, who was rving a life sentence for murder, id killed Robert Stephens, their lard, with a pick, surrendered toiy. He said Hughes at the point of pistol compelled him to accompany m but that he had given Hughes ? sup as ne was sleeping in the oods near Greer this morning. At e inquest into Stevens' death teemony contradicting Revels' story as given and he wan ordered huld an accessory to the mnrder of the lard. Hundreds of armed men arched the county today without iding Hughes who. according to sveles. intended to hide in the artli Carolina mountains. Off for the South. mi^Tios Ayrea, Oct. 27.?Thv 'itlah Antarctic expedtion, headed Lieut. Sir Krneat H. Shaekleton, parted southward today. i