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X , ' I HThe Lancaster News VOL. 11, NO. 10. SKM l-WEEKLY , ? ___ ? L"_ LANCASTER, S. C. Tl'ESDAV. NOVKMUkW <. kiik . LANCASTER COUNTY'S SECOND ANNUAL FAIR Successful Event Favored by Good Weather and Best of Feeling Prevailed. BIG CROWS IN ATTENDANCE * The Largest Crowd in the History of the County (intlioml Here Friday, "School l>ay." Thousands of happy visitors and homefolks crowded the streets of Lancaster last week, reaching a splendid climax Friday, when there was the greatest gathering in the history of the county. The second county fair, more fortunate than the first venture last year, was favored with ideal weather conditions and prosperity haB made our people more enthusiastic over the possibilities of the fair. The fair grounds were thronged with people, particularly on Friday, and much interest was manifested in the exhibits. The carnival was not all that the management desired. Smithson's free show on the streets was an interesting and thrilling act and the exhibits were most creditable. The fair grounds occupied the vacant lot on Main stroe?, owned by Mr. It. K. Wylie and on it were grouped a number of tents. DOMESTIC ANI) FINK ARTS. In the big tent in which the domestic and fine arts exhibits were to be seen, the arrangement of the various articles displayed them very effectively. The pantry products, canned goods, jellies, preserves, pickles, wines, etc;, cakes, pies, butter, fruit, and other good things to eat. were most tempting. The exhibits'in this department were superior to and much more, vjiried than similar displays last year. Lancaster county housewives know how to cook and make use of the farm and garden products and are adepts in the culinary art. Mrs. W. I). Craig and Mrs. , D. E. Penny presided over this der partment, answering questions and explaining the different processes by which the fruit and vegetables were converted into the various delicacies. In this department a peck of tine apples, entered by Mr. D. W. lleudrix of Heath Springs, attracted much attention, as well as a bottle of sparkling grape wine made by Mrs. W. 1'. Robinson of Lancaster. NEElHjE AND FANCY WORK. The needlework department, presided over by Mrs. M. It. McCardell, Mrs. It. R. Wylie, Mrs. W. P. Davis. Mrs. W. H. Milieu and Mrs. CJ. W. Poovey, contained a wide range of articles from the patchwork quills and homespun goods of our great grandmothers' time to the latest patterns in crochet and fine embroider> stitches. Handmade lace, tatting, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery in many styles, whole garments front Infants' to ladles' dresses, made every atitch by hand, were on display. Elaborate centerpieces, towels, handkerchiefs, yokes, flounces, as well as the daintiest pieces of fine lingerie made up a fine collection. FINE ARTS. Misses Bessie McManus and Joe ^ Foster were in charge of the depurt. .xpent of fine arts. Specimens in oil. water*. colors, charcoal, pastel *in<l pen and ink were exhibited. A number of artistic landscapes, studiea from still life, and sketches of various kinds made up a collection of heal merit. The work of Master Udward Croxton, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Croxton, is worthy of especial mention. This young artist is only ten years old and his studies In oil would do credit to a person of mature years. In this' tent also the Mamie Fraser Society of the Preabyteri&n hurch sold Mid eapdwiche^ op. Thursday and Friday during the fair. " From a "booth to the loft or the on? trance of this tent Mr*, oi* P. .Oat-, ling distributed tracts urjclnfg'Afote? ? for Women!" ' n . ... , 1_ , < PAKM PTlODUCTSi, Of more than passing mUr?et ,iy,a* the display of agricultural products ^ la the second big tent. To.the right, of the entrance was the very comprehensive exhibit of the Lancaster Cotton Oil Mill, in charge of tlie rnau% ager of the mill, Mr. A O. Ellison. Cotton, from the boll to the most carefully refined oil was shown in its many different forms. The aeed. the oil, the hulls after the oil has been extracted, the many kinds of meal. (Continued ou Page Five.) MI'JKTS IN i>.\l,l,.\S. i Southern Medical Association m Session in Texas fit.v. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 8. The Soutli| em Medical Association opened its I annual convention here today. DeleKales. representing 15 Southern stales and the District of Columbia are in attendance. The association will continue through Thursday. I Among the speakers at today's sessions were A. W. Freeman, epidormiologist of the United States public health service, Washington; John A. Ferreil, Itockefeller Foundation, New York; Oscar Dowling, New Orleans; John \V. Duke. Oklahoma, state health commissioner, and J. 1). Dowling, Birmingham. Dr. Rupert Illue, surgeon general of the United States public health service, will address the convention probably Tuesday night. WHITE HOUSE ROSES CHEER DYING WOMAN Bouquet From President Adds to Joy of Golden Wedding of Sufferer. Washington, Nov. 8.?Mrs. Mary Tailferro Thompson celebrated her golden wedding anniversary here yesterday, realizing the dearest wish of her declining years. She died this morning in Sibley hospital, clutching in her withered hand a bouquet of roses sent to her by the President of the United States. Head bowed and heart broken Magnus Thompson, her husband of half a century, knelt sobbing at the bedside. He was a private in the Confederate army when they iirst met at Herryville, Va., while in- was convalscing from wounds received in battle. For years past He lias been a librarian in the war department. Mrs. Thompson, who was 71 years old, lias been ill in the hospital for months. Her husband has been with her constantly. As their golden wedding day approached her great hopewas to live to celebrate the day with the man of her heart. President Wilson heard of the case through his physician, Dr. Grayson, and early i Sunday morning he had sent to the I dying woman r bouquet of thA nv si | beautiful roses in the White House I conservatory. She lansed into onenn ! sciousnesx at the in'' of li^r ht.ppy i day and died this ; .< r*ii: v.'. ] i ! aniip oh her face. Mrs. Thompson organi;-! the I Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the ! I >: lighter-; of th> Cnnfod? ra / . was li'.i' ir.iiy president of the va i tionai body, " as a member rthe j S ?nth'M r <o( iety of W i T.ii i i an 1 I al?? i f tSSouthern tt>'i f Sncictv. I t". S. Tlt.ADK IN SOI'TH AMKItlt'A. _______ \ Figures Show Export ami lni|M>rt Itusincss Has About Piiulilisl. Washington. Nov. 8.?Success of the campaign to secure for the United States the trade of South America is indicated by foreign commerce figures for September, made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. In both imports and exports the ! United States has about doubled its I business with South American counl tries during the past year. Imports in ! September were 930.052,765, comi pared with 910,658.234 for Septem1 ber, 1914. Exports amounted to $16,938,717. against 98.288.881 for the aame month a year ago. No Chance for Civiliiuis to CJet Army * vmnuuioas. Washington, Nov. 8.-?Privates and non-commissioned men in the army will have no opportunity to reach the commission rank by competitive examination in the immediate future, because of u lack of vacancies in the ' grade of second lieutenant, t'onseijuently, there will be no chance whatever tor civilians to secure commissions as the enlisted personnel 1ms the first claim on any cavancies after the graduating class at West Point : haa been taken care of. : 'i *:? ^jfHUs'a Army Dwiudliiig. f Washington, Nov,.,. 8.--55apata'a artsy if*' RostKam Mo^ioo. is dislntpgtHltdg hvpMlyroe^ordlng tp rapabty ad^fe^'received tonight by' thfo Carfatixa agency here. Oen. Pablo (ionsales, 'marching through Mereles at the head of a large force, la expected meet with little resistance. Oenerui "Vlns's Mm ik"m>i1. NogaTes, Arl2., Nov. 8.- Forty men of the Vilfa garrlsori at Negates, S> nora, just across the border, left here otlay to Johl the fArranta garrison I oinnuuuled by Oen. P. Klias ('alien, I a' Agua Prieta. GERMANS CAPTURE 1 BIG SERBIAN TOWN Fall of Krusevac Means Break 11 in Railway Line to Bosnian Frontier. i TO INVADE MONTENEORO. I I Tlic Austrian* Saiid to Ih> Assem- ? Itling Force of 120,000 >len for Tills Purpose. London, November, 8.?'The press and public were largely occupied to- a day with the American note, which 1 has been the subject of more discus- f sion than any diplomatic question for many months. The foreign office e has already given it very careful con- u sideratlon, but it has not vet hppn ??u- ? fore the Cabinet, and proliably it will <1 be a fortnight or more before a re- t ply can be prepared. s For the moment the note has given overshadowed the near Eastern sKua- n tion and Earl Kitchener's proposed visit to that theatre of operations, e Beyond the fact that Lord Kitchener t has departed for his destination there b is little news from- the allied side e respecting Balkan news. 1' The Austro-Germans have succeed- t ed in crossing the Morava River, in a Serbia, and (Jen Von Gallwitc lias oc- t eupied Krusavac, one of Serbia's o | nrgest towns, about 3d miles due r i northwest of Nish. The fall of Kruse| vac means that the brunch railway (i 1 tine to Ushitze. near the Bosnian ,] frontier, has been broken by the in- v vaders close to the point where it a leaves the main Belgrade-Nish Salonki line. A. large number of prisoners, ten guns and a lot of war material I ell into German hands, j MONTENEGRINS CLAIM SUCCESS. | The Bulgarians also are advnncing j from the east; but in the west the s Montenegrins claim to have inflicted j another defeat on the Austrians. The s Austrian* are said to be concentrat- }1 ing a force of 120,000 men In Her- s egovina for an invasion of Montem - ;; gro. j The Russians continue their at- t tacks in Courlund, Volhynia and Gali. a cia, and while they report some sue- c cesses they apparently are not looking any attempt to advance. Accord- , P I ing to I'etrograd correspondents j there is no intention .if .... > 0 tempt, the present objeet of the at tacks being to harass the Austroi Germans and prevent them frbni j preparing positions for the winter. The Italians captured the Col di Lana, and after a charge through the ^ snow hoisted the Italian (lag on the n summit. The Austrian war oitice admits tliat the Col di Lana was taken by the Italians, but declared that counter-attacks by the Austrians re- ? suited in its recapture. There has been no action of im- 1 ? portance on the western front. Submarines are becoming more ^ active. The British have sunk in the ^ Baltic the German cruiser Undine, 1 which was escorting ai Geramn ferry steamer, and now all the German ^ ships in that sea are under heavy ^ convoy. In the MedetortAnean the Germans hnve sunk several steamers, L including the British, boarding steamer Tara. c b b BIG CRAFT TO CHAKLKSTON. t -4- (, Two Battleship Divisions For Com- j, nannl-l ! ? Minnrnw. je WashiiiKton. Nov. 8.?The Second i a and Third divisions of the Atlantic! Ileet, including the battleships South w Carolina, Utah, Mishigan, Kansas, o Florida, Virgina. Georgia, New Jer- v sey and Rhode Island and a flotilla |t of torpedo boats, submarines and nth- 0 er naval craft will be ordered to p Charleston .during the convention of t the ffouthern Commercial congress! i thero I)jpce|nber 18 to 17. Secretary n Daniels so notified ottleiala of the'ion- n gress today Irt response to theh re- ti quest that' warships be sent to Char- s lest on during the 'convention. -c ? A feature of the seesion will'be a celebration of ihc 50th1 adblVersary ? of tt# conclusion of the ' War lie- y tweflh the States. Roth Secretary a Daniels add Secretary Garrison are expected to deliver addresses. n Officials of the congress announced p today that South Carolina authorl- i ties had promised to mobilize the o Hate National Guard at Charleston b iiirtng the convention. b One of the features of the conven-, tion will be a general discussion of j p the national defense problem. ' t (ITCHENER MOVES 10 BALKAN AREA British War Secretary Off for the Eastern Theatre of War. DETAINS HIS POSITION . iewspapers Suppressed l-'roin I'ub-i Isilihig lb-port of lb-signalion its Minister ol' War. London, Nov. 6.?"Lord Kitchener t the request of his colleagues, has eft England for a short visit to the Eastern theatre of war " This announcement, made this veiling after a cabinet council?an inusual meeting for Saturday?and long audience with Premier Asiuith had with the King set at rest he rumora current as to the war ecretary's present intentions. I>ater an additional quintal statenent urns issued as follows: "The statement that Karl Kitchener has resigned his post as seereary of state for war has already ieen authoritatively denied. It is qually untrue to suggest that Karl titchener has tendered his resignaion or that his visit to the King had ny relation to any such subject or hat his Visit to the Kastern theatre f war in any way betokens that such esignation is contemplated. "On the contrary, this visit is unertaken by liini in discharge of his| luty us secretary of state for war. j rhich duty he has no intention of .bandoning." PAPElt SUPPRESSED. Almost simultaneously with the an-j louncement of Lord Kitchener's proiosed visit to the East the authori-j ies seized the printing plant of The ,ondon Globe, together with the isues of yesterday and today. This s the first action of the kind taken inee the outbreak of the war against , daily paper in the United Kingdom, lome weekly papers, both in England nd Ireland, including The Laoor ^eader, were similarly treated sonic inie ago. hut The Labor Leader, after i set-ret trial of the ta.se, was allow-1 (1 to resume publication. The Globe. while one of the oldest ! uipers published >n the country mi.1) img considered a staitl Conservative rKan, has lately lost that charac- j nd has been chiefly noted for its > iolent attacks on public men dur 1 iik the administration of the Liberal ovornment. It has been one of the overnment's bitterest opponents aim as since the war attacked vir?uall> 11 the members of the government j RLPOKTKD HKSIGNATION. The Globe also published a report f the resignation of Lord Kitchener, his being based chiefly on the (act hat the war secretary had been reeived in audience by the King Tbursay night, and a brief announcement a a morning paper that a change of he utmost importance was about to ake place in the conduct of the war. The Globe Is edited by Charles 'aimer, for many years its parliamentary reporter. The announcement that Lord Litchener Is to visit the Last did not ome as a surprise. It was generally elleved that when it became known e was about to undertake a mission, he Balkans would be bis destination, or there is no man in the British emire better equipped with a knowldge of near Lantern affairs, military n,l .w.llit.... i >-?? pviui\ni, man nc. It is thought that his activities ill not be confined to this theatre f the war, however, but that he will isit Egypt to inspect the defenses of he Suez canal against a possible erman or Turkish attack from Mesootaniia. where the British expediionary force is doing bigger things han was expected of it and is now earing Bagdad; and the Dardaellea, where steps are being taken o push the operations to a condition. . * MEW STEEPS POSSIBLE. . .. ., , Besides this, Jt may be bis duties rill include effortq to co-ordinate the' rork of the general staffs of thfc llied armies. It L* considered impossible for Drelier Asquith to hold both offices of rime minister and minister of war or any length of time. The Earl f Derby, director of recruiting has een mentioned as a possible inciim ent during Karl Kitchener's absence Whether, when his task is acoomliohod, Earl Kitchener will return to he wnr office is known to only a very VKItOIM.AN'F I KOM MOVING SIIH* I'tilted Stales Naval Aviator Achieves New Feat in Flying Front Vessel. j I'ensacola, Fla., Nov. G.?An aero-; plane has been successfully launched front a moving warship in I'ensa- j cola bay. The machine, piloted by , ("apt. 11. ('. Muslin, was shot out with , a catapult operated by compressed air, from the cruiser North Carolina,; which was moving at five knots an! hour, according to an announcement at the navy aviation station here lo-j The aeroplane was sent out from j a 51 foot runway at a speed of 53 mile an hour and sailed high over the! bay without touching the water. Ofncers stated the test showed that flying machines can be lauched from cruisers, dreadnaughts and other lighting vessels while in motion. It was stated that in foreign navies at present the machines can be started at sea only from mother ships equipped with platforms . MANY THOUSANDS OF ANTI-LAW PARADERS OpiKmmts of Suntlay Saloon Closing l<aw In Chicago March Through the Street*. Chicago, Nov. 7.?Opponents of Sunday closing paraded today to express their displeasure at Mayor Thompson's recent order to enforce the state law prohibiting the saloons from doing business on Sunday. Kstiniates of the number in line varied from 20,000 to 100,000. The demonstration. designated as the "home rule and personal liberty" parade, was under the direction of the United Societies for Local Sell-Government, an organization comprising 025 American. German, Lithuanian. Italian. Bohemian, Polish, Roumanian, Jewish, Broatian, Swedish, Swiss,| Danish, Norwegian, Irish and Austrollungarian subsidiary societies. Ollicers of the united societies said 101,470 persons participated, 32,030 m foot and 68,540 in vehicles. Those on foot marched ten abreast, paralleling at first a double line of automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. It required more than two hours for the! pedes!rians to pass the reviewing stand in Grant Park. Mayor Thompson declined an invi-! tation to review the parade, but thej reviewing stand was crowded vvitlij oIticers of Hie united societies and their guests. japs it.\ititkd at i-aimu: mi:m, I Represent at i ves Prom Japan ltcl'u??eii Scats as Fraternal Delegates. San Francisco, Nov. 8. P..! Su/.ulki and S. Voshimutsu, represen ; tatives of labor in Japan, were re-1 fused seats as fraternal delegates by the American Federation of Labor.; which began today its thirty-fifth an-j nual convention. This action wasj based upon a report of the committee on credentials. The committee recommended that the Japanese be extended the courtesies of the convention. Insistence that the American Federation of Labor and American labor in general be a part of society in working out the political and social problems of the democratic form of government was voiced today by Samuel Gompers at the opening session. "BeUer we make the mistake of democracy than that we have a form of government where we are denied the right to struggle for our j ideals." Referring to the UaFoliette sea-' men's bill. President Gompers aaid: "We are for safety at sea us well as in the mines." laps \ppreeinte American Cruiser} for Curonution. Tokio, Nov. 8.?Thanks to the I United States government for its' courtesy in sending here for the eor-j onation celebration the cruiser Saratoga, flagship for the Asintie fleet, arc expressed by the Asahi Shimbun Of Osaka, which calls attention to the absence of naval representation by other powers, notably China. Japan's nearest' neighbor. United States Ambassador Guthrie and the diplomatic representatives of the other treaty nation*, left today for Kioto to ' attend the coronaion ceremonies.' few and most depend ,op, dc*e,| ments. When the vote ol credit jut nt reduced by the premier in the house of commons Wednesday there will be full opportui lty for debate a: d lor the extraction of such information as the government is then in a position to furnish. ^1.50 A V EAR. BLOCKADE IS ILLEGAL ANDJNDEFENSIBLE United States Sends "Strict Accountability" Note to Itritish Government. MUST HEW TO THE LINE I'nitcd Stules Will ('limiipioii .Neutral Itiglits A^ninsl the Lawless ISelUKerenls. Washington, Nov. 7. The Uniteu States in its latest note to Great P.ritain, made public here today, covering exhaustively Mritisli interfer ence with American trade since the beginning of the European war, declares that the so-called blockade instituted by the allies against enemj countries on March 11, is "ineffective, illegal and indefensible." Notice is served that the American government "cannot submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights," and it cannot "with complacence suffer further subordination of its rights and* interests." Ambassador Pago, to whom the note was sent, by special messenger for delivery to the London foreign rtfll ' - ' unite, wits instructed by Secretary Lansing "to impress most earnestly" upon the British government that tin United States "must insist that the relations between it and His Majesty's government be governed, not by a policy of expediency but by those estahlishel rules of international conduct to which Great Britain in tlu past has held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent engaged in a struggle for national existence." Declaring the United States "unhesitatingly assumes" the task of championing the integrity ot' neutral rights, the note proclaims that the American government will devote' Its energies to the task, exercising always an impartial attitude. The note, nearly 15,000 words in length, was made public by agreement between the state department and the British foreign office. It carries wit it a voluminous appendix giving the text of American navat instructions issued in IStiU and a summary and table showing hundreds of vessels detained by British authorities since the beginning of tlu present war. The botlv of the note is divided Into "> "> points, dealing with all phases of the contraband quest ion, seizures and detentions, prior to. as well as after, the so-called blockade was instituted. and announces that a separate communication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the "nm priety and right of the Ilritish government to include in their list ot contraband of war certain articles which have been so included." In conclusion, affer an argument on the law and facts, Secretarj Lansing says: "I believe it has been conclusively shown that the methods sought to be employed by Great Hritain to obtain and use evidence of enemy destination of cargoes bound for neutral ports and to impose a contraband character upon such cargoes are without justification; that the blockade, upon which such methods are partly founded is ineffective, illegal, and indefensible; that the judicial procedure offered as a means of reparation for an international injury is inherently defective for the purpose; and that in many cases jurisdiction is asserted in violation of the law of nations. The United States, therefore .ann.o o. '.ho curtailment of its neutral rightbv these measures, which arc admittedly retaliatory, and therefore, illegal, in conception and in nature, and intended to punish the enemies of Great Britain for alleged lllegalitie.ft on their part. The United States might not be in a position to.object to them if ita-Interests and the interests of all neutrals were unaffected" . , by them, -but, held* affected, it cannot complacence suffer further subordination of its rights and in~- . . toj-aats'.to the pleA that the expeptronnl gtagrairtrhopwdtton Qf thw epe-^ mims of threat Britain require or JWPfcVub' ? ity oppressive'Aixl ilbtfcftl practices. "The government of the ..United States desires, therefore, to impress moat earnestly upon His Majesty's government that it must insist that the rotations' between it and llis.Ma osty's governmen- be governed, not by a policy of expediency, but by ^Continued on 1'age Wight.*