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; 'VOL. 10, po. 19, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, ^tX!EM.BEK 8, 1914. $1.50 A YEAR.
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PATRIOTIC OFFER
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Silver Cup for Last Survivor
of Company.
COMPANY E., 2D S. C. REG.
Jjist of Members of First Company
to Is'ave Camden in War Between
Sections.
The following from the last issue
of The Camden Chronicle, relative
to our townsman. Major J. M. Kiddle,
and his kind offer of a silver
cup to the last survivor of Company
E, Second South Carolina ltegiment,
will be of interest to i tie I ni'??ti>r
survivors cf this company whom it
shall reach:
Muj. James M. Iliddle of Lancaster
was in Camden a few hours .Monday
on his return home from the
South Carolina conference at Sumter.
Mr. Riddle tells us that he has
not missed a conference in twentyseven
years and all told he had been
present at thirty of these annual
guherlngs.
Mr. Riddle hftd in his possession a
copy of the Camden Weekly Joura1
of April 30, 1861, which he prizes
very highly. This old paper contains
the orginal list of Co. E. 2nd S. C.
Regiment?the first, company to
leave Camden at the beginning of
the War Between the Sections. A
happy thought struck Mr. Kiddle in
connection with this old paper and
that is to donate a silver cup with
the following inscription engraved
thereon:
"J. M. RIDDLE,
to
flvo loo# ~ vt? X
i uv uuiit oui t i y uifc, muiiiuvr ui i u.
'E.' S. C. Regiment.''
Out of the eighty-seven members
of the company there are still alive
several of these old fellows?some
in Camden and Kershaw county and
others have drifted to different
points. Mr. Riddle requested us to
reproduce the list as it appears in
the old paper with the hope that
any of the oid fellows still alive will
see the offer he has made. To prove
that he is the last survivor the copy
of the paper containing the original
list will be deposited together with
the silver cup in a Lancaster bank,
and when it is known that they
have all pased away save one the
cup will be donated to the last survivor.
Of the entire company Mr. Riddle
was the youngest member and was
affectionately known as "Little
Jimmy." He Is now seventy years
of age but this does not hamper his
memory and he can relate instances
of the great battles, giving dates,
etc., as though it were only yesterday.
While in Camden Mr. Riddle called
at Hlackwell's jewelry establishment
and purchased the cup, had
the inscription engraved and it is
now deposited in 9 Lancaster bank.
He requests as many of the papers
that care to In this section to reproduce
the list of old soldiers in an effort
to reach them all.
The following is the original list
as it appeared in the Camden paper
of the above date and we know it
will arouse a great deal of interest
among the old fellows who are still
alive, and those of the older generation
who remember them;
Officers: J. D. Kennedy, captain;
W. Z. Leitner, first lieutenant; E.
E. Sill, second lleuptenant; W. L.
De Pass, third lieutenant; E. Niles
first sergeant; J. J. McKaln, second
sergeant; J. D. Dunlap, third sergeant;
J. L. Haile, ourth sergeant;
J. J. Drakeord, fifth sergeant; A
Nlies, first corporal; H. G. MrKagen,
second corporal; R. Hon
nett, third corporal; W. C. Dutton
fourth corporal: J. P. Itoswell, flftli
corporal; J. A. Perry, sixth corporal
Privates. J. W. Allen, W. R
Allen, K. B. Arrants, J. H. Arrasts
A. L. Barnes, B. M. Bear, J. JK.
Beaver, J. F. Ilraslngton, J. S
Brown, W. Bowen, T. F. Boykln
W. M. Bullock, A. Campbell, T. M
Crump, Patrick Cusiok, J
T. Davis, F. J. Divine, Georg<
Kvans, J. R. Ferrel. J. H. Francis
K. T. Gardner, R. L. Gerald, H. B
Gibson, John A. Glenn, I). Graham
J. T. Graham, B. F. Harrison, J
E. Hinson, Isaac Holland, E. II
Jcnks, A. Johnson, W. B. Johnson
GOVERNOR THE ONLY HOPE.
Court Refuses to Review the Case
of Leo M. Prank.
Washington, Dec. 7.?The supreme
cour ttoday refused to issue
writ to review the case of Leo M.
Frank, convicted In Atlanta in 1913
'of the murder of Mary Phagan.
The court's action ends attempts
to save Frank's life by Intervention.
Attorneys for Frank first sought the |
writ for the review in an application
to Justice Lamar. He denied
the application. The effort was renewed
by application to Justice
Holmes, who likewise denied the I
writ.
. Afier the court's announcement
Indiiv llniicv Movninliii
ins Frank, conferred by telephone
with Louis Marshall, of counsel,
then announced he would take no'
further steps itt Washington lor the
present.
1 Efforts will he made w ^w* it is
said here, to nrocure ?i pardon or
'commutation of sentence front the j
governor of Georgia.
NORTH ATLANTIC
COAST GALE SWEPT
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Northeast cr Sweeps Coast From
North Carolina to Maine at
tin Miles an Hour Hate.
New York, Dec. 7.?Blowing 60
miles an hour, a roaring northeaster
today swept the Atlantic coast front
North Carolina to Maine.
Chiof among the many wrecks was
| an unidentified warship with four
! funnels and a fighting top which
' went ashore yesterday near Ocean
'City Md. Her desperate plight was
j manifested by continual strieking
of her whistle. Help could not be |
given because of high seas.
Lashed by the gale, the ocean
battered down the sea wall at Sea
bright, N. J., and placed the town in
| imminent peril of destruction on the:
next high tide. Its streets were I
flooded, rail communication was cut
ofT, breakers were rolling over the1
chief thoroughfare and undermining
the foundations of the principal
buildings and there appeared every
threat that the damage would be
great.
New York bay and harbor practically
were cleared of all craft by the
gale. One Are boat was sunk at her
pier. On the New Jersey shore of
the Hudson a new high water mark
was set. The big waiting room of
the Lackawanna terminal was flooded
and nearly all ferries discontinued
their regular trips .
Along the coast of New England
the ga^e was especially violent. At
Point Judith, It. I., a small scooner
was torn from her anchorage and
thrown on the breakwater.
Life savers seeking to rescue the
crew of a six-masted schooner which
struck Tuekernuck shoal on Saturday
have been unable to launch
their bonts.
Women llring Tlicir Knitting to
fiailedies.
Washington Flee 7 Cnnitol OA.
clety's last activities?knitting garments
for stricken Belgians?appeared
today in the halls of Congress.
While the galleries were
filling several young women
"brought their knjtting" and plied
their needles vigoroasly on mufflers.
New Yorli Harbor Swept by Storm.
New York, Dec. 7.?The Atlantic
gale today swept New York harbor
I and bay with great violence. SevI
eral vessels lying at dock were
I pounded against the piers. The
. Are boat, lying at a slip in St.
George, Staten Island, was sunk in
that way.
. George King, Robert Kirkley, R.
, R. Kirkland, J .M. I^eGrand, M. L.
i Lemmond, James Mcintosh, Joel Mc.
| Millan, J. W. P. McKagen, 9. B.
. | Meares, J. P. Mlckle, D. J. Middle
, [ton, C. R. Miles, M. W. Morrison,
. George Nelsrtn. Hiram Nettles, Jesse
. Nettles, William Parker, C. J.
, i Pegues, R. H. Pegues. J. R. Plekett,
,J. W. Polk, T. W. Pope, R. W.
. Procter, J. M. Riddle. R. F. Small,
3 John Smith. W. W. Stokes, B. R.
, Strawbridge, James Stuart, John
. Team, W. M. Turner, L#. M. Vaughn,
,(W. W. Watts, J, O. Warren, J. A.
. j Wethersby, R .R. Wilson. J. It. Win
. | uer, j. M. wiinerspoon, f. is.
i,' Woods, W H. Wright.
LANCASTER COUNTY Fit
DESPITE INC10K
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Address by Prof. A. G. Smith ai
of Friday, the Big
THE FAIR CONTINUED
Kvliihits 1*1111 and Representative?1
for Host Kvhildt and Showing "S
Kducational Kvhildt Roth li
The first county fair for Lancaster
county ,au event which many have
anticipated with the 1:
est since the first announcement
that it would be held, was a tremendous
success, far ? xeeeding expectations.
That a fair could have
been held this year of all years.
when such an enterprise had never
before been attempted here within
our recollection, is u fine tribute to
the optimism and energy of Set rotary
Ellison, as well as ?o the cooperation
of the people of both town
and country, all of whom entered
whole-heartedly into the project.
That a fair could have been held
during such weather as we have had
the past week speaks well for the
spirit of ou rpeople, who were determined
to see what was to be
seen. Although, of course*, many
could not get to the fnir because of
the almost unceasing rain, many
others did come and all expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
exhibits, as well as the other attractions.
The fair opened Thursday, but as
this was a day of final arrangemenst
and as the weather had delayed
many in bringing to town their articles
for exhibition, it was not until
Friday that the fair was well
launched. There was a fairly good <
crowd here Thursday but Friday was I
the big day and a big crowd braved
the weather to be on hand for the I
occasion. |
FARM PRODUCTS.
Under the big tent on the court
house square the farm products
were displayed under the direction
of C. L. McManus,.farm demonstrn- \
tor for Lancaster county. Here was J
a splendid assortment of corn, cot-!
ton, hay, grain of all kinds, peanuts,
pumpkins, cabbages, potatoes, beans,
peas, turnips, etc., and here the
farmers met and exchanged ideas
and were greeted by the townspeople
and under the big tent also the
King's Daughters served hot coffee
and sandwiches to the visitors,
i AGRICULTURAL ADDRESSES.
Then, too, in the big tent the
! talks on agriculture were made to a
i representative gathering of farmers,
j Among the many helpful incidents
of the county fair were tha addresses
delivered by Prof .A. G. Smith of
the United States department of
agricalture, and Col. E. J. Watson,
| state commissioner of agriculture.
Prof. Smith stressed the impor|
tance of the farmers raising hogs,
mules and catties. The most profitable
is hogs, next mules and then
cattle. Swine could be raised with
very little expense and then a farmer
who ran four or five plows, by
keeping one good brood mare in a
few years could have mules enough
to run his farm and would not be
dependent on Western mules, for
which he would have to pay $300
a head.
Col. Watson delivered one of the
most practical addresses ever made
in the county. He congratulated
the people of the county on pulling
off a county fair when everything
wan so blue. Said he; "Thls'ls the
happiest crowd I have seen In 28
counties. Folks in every othef county
I have bees in had- great long
faces. I was in Oaffaey the at hen dy a.
and the crowd looked so sgd end
forlorn I naked who' was iWad."
He said it was an inspiration 'to see
the long line of school children
marching through the ntud. It did
hLra good to go through the court
l house and witness what the farmers
I of the county had been doing. In
speaking of the war on the other
side of the world, he said: "When
the Emperor of Germany swung his
1 sledge hummer against the othpr
powers of Europe he not only struik
them,' but he hit old King Gotten in
the head and in doing so str U}%\
every man, woman and child in the
South." The Southern farmer, H
said, had been supplying, from yqpr
1 to v"-r an artificial stimulant, in tfie
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GREAT te
m OF Ti WEATHER
id Hon. E. J. Watson Features
Day of the Fair.
rtONDAY AND TUESDAY.
UniiWh mm** ?.1 '*
imvMlii * Up
rhool Day"?Southern Railway
itercsting nnd Instructive.
s*1 upe of fertilizer, costing million,
of dollars. "Thirty-one million dolof
*',rl'lt7or a year to ton?" ho
soil-sick man." Cotton had hoen
forced up to 14 cents by artificial
means. The people should thank
Cod that the \v; r had come, hoceno
it had put the people to thinking as
they had never done before. Don't
look for the cotton market to be
good again for several years. The
man who tells you that cotton will
he spun in Europe is a fool." Nobody
wants the cotton. If you
plant only one half of a cotton crop
next year it will cost you 11 cents
to raise it and you will not get over
7 Vi cents for it. Our people have
been living too extravagantly. They
have paid out $1.1,000,000 for hog
meat, $5,000,000 for hay, $20,000,- ,
000 for flour and meal, all of which |
they could produce themselves. We
have been living on tin cans. Go,1
into our country stores and you will
find the shelves filled with canned
blackberries, peaches and even po-;
tatoeS, which have be^n shipped in I
at fifteen times the price at which
they could he raised at home.
Fourteen million dollars thrown i
away for these things. You can't
raise cotton any longer. The law
says you cannot raise more than a
third of your entire crop. Sow
wheat, oats and rye. The world
will he starving for something to
eat by another year. You will want
something to eat yourself. Twenty
i million men are now in arms and
they must he fed. Breads tuffs are
going up and will continue to go up.
The South is the only country that
can put in a grain crop now and harvest
it in from two to theree months
before nny other country. There
will be no demand for cotton in the
next three years. By the first of
June next year you will get the ready
cash for the hreadstuffs and by
raising them will have no fertilizer i
bill to meet.
Colonel Watson said he had seen I
as fine corn on exhibition in the
court house as he had seen in any
county. The farmer could have two i
different money crops next year,!
grain and corn. It is now (lie .
golden opportunity for the farmer
if he would but seize it. He advis- .
ed the farmers to build up r\ new agri |
cultural basis on live stock and'
things to eat. Live at home and quit
the miserable credit system. If we .
don't seize the golden opportunity 1
we will see ruin in 1915. You can
control the situation if you but will
to do it. He advised the farmer to
get up a flour mill, as it would not
do as well to sell the wheat in the
crude form. "I am proud of this,
your first county fair," said Colonel ;
Watson. "It will lead to a bigger i
fair." He congratulated the Cham-'
ber of Commerce on the live secretary
they had in Mr. Luther Ellison.
He had been observing the good >
work he has been doing in the town i
and county. The interests of the
town ana county were interdependent.
Let there be no antagonism
between the two. Get in behind
Kllikon and he will lead you right.
Colonel Watson's parting injunction
to the farmers was, "Let old
^totton glone." We regret that we
cannot reproduce In full Colonel i
dVatson's entire address, which was
M full of good suggestions to. the
fanners.
flOUTHBHN RAILWAY EXHIBIT.
The old court house was completely
transformed by the decorative
quaiity of the various exhibits. Within
it. at the right of the door and occupying
? considerable space was the
very instructive exhibit of the Southern
Railway, covering three phases of
I activity, domestic science, dairying
and horticulture. This exhibit \vn? in
chargd v>f Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Wood
of Charlotte, Mr. Wood is an ill. 1 is[trial
and linnlfration agent of the
southern. I?r. Walter Sorrell, assis(Contlned
on Page Klght.)
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THK NEW FEDERAL WAR TAX.
Partial List of Articles on Which
the Tax is Levie<l.
The First National Bank furnishes
us with the following list of the
legal documents and articles upon
which a special war tax has been
levied, by the federal government
to meet the falling off in customs receipts:
1.?Stocks and Bonds?(a) Original
issues, 5c per $100 of face
value. (b> Transfers, 2c per $100!
of face value (c) Exempt .1. Federal.
state and munlcinal
2. Co-operative building and loun
association stocks or bonds. 2. Mu'ual
ditch or irrigating companies
s;i"'ks or bonds.
2.?-Protnissor\ Notes -tat Tax
2c per $100: (lil Affects renewal
also.
2. Protest of bills, notes, cheeks,
etc. (a) Tax 25c per protest.
4.? Heal Estate Transfers. (at
Tax 50c per $5oo. (l?t Only on
equity above mortgage and lien*.
5. Insurance Policies, (a) K.v
empt, life, health, accident, nutmils,
tire or wormcn's compensation.
11? t All other kinds, including undertakings,
Tax V?c per $1.00 per
premium, (ct No tax on policies of
reinsurance.
6.?Indemnity Bonds.? (a) Tax.
5Or each.
7.?Express or Freight?<a) Tax
on bills of lading, man-fasts or le- j
ceipts. (b) Tax lc per document.
8.?Telegraph and Telephone
Messages. (a) Only on messages
where charges exceeds 15 cents j
tb) Tax lc per message.
9.?Power of Attorney?-(a) To;
vote in corporations 10c. ib) To'
sell or lease real estate, to transfer
ntnpUa nr hntt (la *r\ onllnof #? i * '!"?? '"
25 c.
10.?Perfumery and Cosmetics ?
(a) Includes perfumery, cosmetics. |
vaselines, hair dressings, dentifrices
and similar articles. (b) Tax Vac
on each 5c retail value or fraction;
%c on each 25c retail value or fraction.
11.?Chewing Gum.?Tax 4c per
$1 Oft retail value or fraction.
SPECIA1 i TOBACCO TAX.
1.?Dealers in leaf tobacco. $6.00
to $24.00.
2.?Other dealers. $4.80 per
stand, only where annual sales exceed
$200.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
1. No taxable paper shall be
recorded unless properly stamped.
2. Stamps to he cancelled with ,
initials and dates.
3. Stamps may be procured from i
collectors of internal revenue, from
designated deposi -ies of the United
States, from postmaster.
TOILET ARTICLES AND CHEWING
GUM.
(a) Stamps shall be affixed so
as to be broken on use of article.
(b) Manufacturers to affix
stamps after Dec. 1st. But where
articles are already in dealrs' hands
the dealers shall affix stamps on
sales at retail after Dec. 1st.
This will affect all retail dealers.
This tax is in effect from Dec. 1st
1914, to Dec. 1st, 1915.
WON BY CITADEL CADET
Scholarship at Annapolis (iocs to
J. A. Mootl. Jr.
Washington, Dec. T.- Special: J.
A. Mood Jr, of Summerton, who is r.
student at the Citrdol wins the prin
uipai M'uuiai Miip i'.s i in* rcau.L oi : !!
examination held by Senator 10. L).
Smith at Columbia recen'ly to uesi'pnate
r. principal and three alternates
to fill a vacancy at Annapolis March
4 next. The first alternate is A.
H. Alexander, of Spartanburg; the
second, W. . Martin of Blackville,
and the third. C. L. Hunter, of Trenton.
K. F. M.
British Steamer Sunk by Germans.
Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 7.?The
British steamer Charcas. from New
York, October 1, has been sunk at
sea off Port Corral, Chile, by the
German transport Prinz Etiel Friedrich.
The crew of the Charcas has
been landed at Dapudo, 4 5 miles
north of Valparaiso.
New Yprk, Dec. 7.?The Charcas
was in the service of the New York
and Pacific Steamship Company.
W. R. Grace & Company, local
agents of the line, said the ship carried
no passengers and probably she
had discharged the greater part of
her cargo before meeting the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich.
The Charcas was built in Newcastle,
England, in 1906. She was
4 50 feet long and had a beam of 52
fppl Ili?r crncu rnoriofor trio ' fittn
tons.
VIUiKS < HHIST>I \S.JIU t'K
Pope Trying to (Jot Kuropc to Itemoniber
"Prince oi Peace"
Rome, Dec. 7. - Pope Benedict is
urging a truce between the warring
h-.tioHs during the Christmas holidays.
It is said, however, his Holiness
has little hope for success.
LODZ, BIG RUSSIAN CP
GALLS BEFORE GERMANS
City of Half Million Occupied
by German Garrison.
FIGHT OF SEVERAL DAYS.
Forty British ami French Warships
Are Assemble) at Some IMuee
i""or it Iilow at the Kiinny.
An Associated Press dispatch of
vosiordnv says:
Lodz, tlie second town of Poland,
and lying ?."? miles to tlio west-so thwest
of Warsaw, has fallen to the
German arms. It was occupied
Sunday, aeeording to an official announcement
from Berlin.
Around this important town a desperate
battle has raged for days,
fountle: thousands have fallen in
desperate hand-to-hand conflicts and
from the shells of hundreds of guns.
It was evident from the occupation
of Lodz by the Germans that the
heaviest kind of fighting has been
on. for late advices told of a vicious
attack and bombardment of Lotdz
and fighting on the outskirts of the
city and, previous to that, of operations
2 0 miles west of Piotrkow,
which lies considerably south of
Lodz and along a line from Glowno,
1G miles nortli eist of Lodz, to the
Vistula River.
Lodz long has been an objective
point of the erman army. It has
grown in recent years front an insignificant
place to one of the most
populous cities in the Russian Umpire.
Iti 1910 its population nuntltered
415,604 and with this important
place as a base tlie Germans
are expected to make a strong effort
to reach Warsaw.
SERVIAN SUCCESS.
Regarding other operations in the
East, the Servian War Office reports
Servian success on the whole front,
with the capture of .4 00 men and
four complete bateries.
On the other hand. Vienna reports
that Austrian troops are gaining
ground south of Relgrr.de.
In Flandere and the north of
; France Sunday was comparatively
quiet. The French War Office had
nothing to report and no marked
successes on either side were recorder
in that territory for the previous
day.
While the attitude of Uoumania is
not known officially, a Swiss newspaper
asserts that Roumania has redded
to enter the war on the side of
the Allies. The time for doing so.
however, has not been determined
on.
Forty Uriti-.h and FrGench warships
have assembled at some place,
the name of which is not given in the
dispatch making this announcement
"to force their way through." It
is probable the correspondent intended
to foreshadow an effort by the
Allied ships to break through the
I Dardanelles but the name evidently
i cm in e under the eye of the censor.
GOES TO TURKEY.
"The German field marshal. Karoo
i von Wer Goltz, who spent many
; years in re-organizing the Turkish
army, is reported on his way to
Constantinople to attach himself to
the entourage of the Sultan.
King Nicholas of Montenegro admits
that a third of his army has
fallen on the battlefield, but declares
the Montenegrins will continue to
defend their country.
That French aviators have succeed
ed in dropping bombs on the German
aviation hangars in Freiburg, Breisgau,
Baden, is acknowledged in an
official report received in Washington
from the German Foreign Office.
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Homeless Thousand* Seek I^HlginK
House*
New York, Dec. 7.?Driven from
streets and parks by snow and an
, ley rain, thousands of homeless men
applied to the municipal lodging
house an dseoros of shelters maintained
by charitable organizations
for food and places to sleep last
night. The municipal lodging house
cared for 1,669 men, end having no
j more room, threw open one of the
i nuinieipal piers where nearly 1,000
' more were given shelter.