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! MONTENEGRIN PORTS
ARE CAPTURED
King Nicholas Has Only a Few
Miles of Seacoast
Left.
HARD FIGHTING
IN FRANCE
Hermans AiiacK ana capture
First Line Trench?Russians
Still Advance.
Two German air raids on the!
coast of England; the capture
of Montenegro's two principal
seaports by the Austrians and
the taking by the Germans of
trenches from the French near
Arras and in the Argonne forV
est are told in the latest official
communications of London,
Vienna and Berlin.
First one German aeroplane
and 12 hours later two German
seaplanes flew over and dropped
bombs on the east coast of
Kent. Nine bombs were dropped
by the aeroplane. One man
was killed and two men, one
woman and three children were
injured. Some damage was
done to property. The raid of
the seaplanes was without effect,
apparently, the London
war office declaring that no
damage was done and that no
casualties had been reported.
The aircraft, in hnth insfonpoo
escaped, although they were
fired upon by the British guns
and chased by British aviators.
Antavari and Dulcigno on the
Adriatic coast of Montenegro,
have fallen into the hands of
Austrians which leaves to King
Nicholas only a few miles of
front on the sea and gives to the
Austrians command of the coast
from the gulf or Triest virtually
to the Albanian frontier.
Vienna reports that Ihe Montenegrins
continue to lay down
their arms and that in addition
1,500 Serbians have surrendered
in the p-st few days, although
a serd-official communication
says that a consider-:
- able portion of the Montenegrin
army has declitied to surrender
and that fierce fighting has been
resumed in the mountain districts.
Heavy fighting has been in
progress in France, a French
advanced position on the road
between Arras and Lens being
attacked by strong German
forces. The infantry attack
was preceded by mine explosions
and a violent bombardment
arid the Germans captured
a first line trench on a front
of several hundred yards.
French counter attacks were
immediately inaugurated and a
portion of the captured trench
was reiaaen. me (jermans,
however, at the close of the
day, occupied about 200 yards
of the advanced trench which
formed a salient in the French
lines.
The British forces in Mesopotamia
going to the relief of
Kut-el-Amara, are being hampered
by bad weather, nevertheless
fierce fighting with varying
success is being indulged in
with the Turks. General Sir
Percy Lake, the new British
commander in chief, reports
that the casualties oh both
sides have been very heavy.
The Russians are continuing
their advance against the Turks
in the Caucasus. Petrojrrad
says the Turks are making aj
precipitate retreat in tne region
of Er^irum and that the Russians
are capturing prisoners
and ammunition and other supplies.
The roads are strewn
with Turkish dead.
The Russians also are on the;
offensive attainst the Teutons'
south of Dubno, one of the Vol-1
hynian triangle, of fortresses'
and on the Dniester and Prulh
- river in east Gnlicia.
At one point along the Pruthi
Vienna says the Austrians blew
up a Russian trench killing1
nearly all of the 300 men in it. |
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WEEKLY.
SOUTH CAROLINA I
_ TEACHERS TO MEET [
State Association Holds Annual
Gathering at Columbia
In March.
Spartanburg, Jan. 25.?The S
annual meeting of the South
Carolina Teachers' Association,
? ? ...u u
cm UI^IXIKXHIUII WillLII IS SlCclUIly
growing in influence and val- h
ue not only to the teachers
themselves but to the whole ed- o
ucational life of the state, will k
be held in Columbia, March 16
to 18.
Interesting programs that
will be vitally helpful and prac- p
tical are being prepared by the ^
various departments, viz: de- ^
partment of city and town su- ii
perintendents, the Scbool Im- a
provement Association, the As- ^
sociation of Elementary schools .
the College Association, the As- *
sociation of County Superin- ^
tendents, the department of S
language teachers, of English t
teachers and teachers of do- jj
mestic science.
"All the educational interests
of the state are considered in "
the work of these special de- I
partments and associations by r
men and women who are actually
engaged upon its practi- s
cal' problems. Every teacher J
in the state will have ^ chance a
of getting light and help in her v
special field," says an officer of v
the association. o
The open meetings of the as- s
sociation will be held Thursday
night, Friday at noon, Friday t
Friday night and Saturday t
morning at 9 o'clock. Especial- t
ly attractive programs are in t
preparation for these meetings. 1<
The officers of this associa- c
tion are expecting a very large t
attendance this year. Colum- r
bia is accessible to all parts of r
the state and it^ chamber of
commerce and all of its educa- s
tional institutions are joining t
together to make the coming I
meeting a memorable one. t
marking a real advance in the c
history of the association. f
The officers of the association
are: Dr. H. N. Snyder, o
president; Miss A 1 e x i n a li
Evans, Cheraw. and A. R. o
Banks, Columbia, vice presi- a
dents; R. C. Burts, Rock Hill, e
secretary; W. E. Black, Lexington,
treasurer; Miss Annie Bon- r
ham, Columbia, and A. B. Rhett t
Charleston, members of the t
executive committeee. j t
MURDERERS OF a
AKERS EXECUTED s
Duran Brothers Died, Cursingi
Americans, in Juarez
Cemetery. c
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 24.? a
Bernado and Fedrico Duran the a
Mexican cattle thieves, con-j 'v
deinned to die by the Carranza t
authorities for the killing of r
Bert Akers at San Lorenzo, a 9
few miles below the interna-U
tional boundary, Friday, were y
executed at daylight in the t
cemetery at Juarez Sunday, u
The body of Akers was interred;
here late Sunday afternoon. y
The Duran brothers died r
cursing Americans. Bernardo1 j
appealed for mercy on behalf of
his brother, Fedrico. ^
"It is unjust to kill two of us
for one American," he said. "It
is giving two eyes for one tooth.! l
I am willing to die, because I
killed the gringo, but my brother
ought to he allowed to live."
The bullets of the firing
squad killed Fedrico, but Ber- t
nardo was still conscious after, e
he fell and the officers com- j a
mantling the firing squad gave j c
him the "mercy shot" through | o
the head. e
The bodies of both Mexicans t
were buried immediately, but r
th(lt of Bernardo, who confess- c
cd to having fired the shots
that killed Akers, was exhumed , s
to satisfy a doubt concerning t
the identity of the slayer e
Douglas Downs, an Ar eri-! t
can, who was with Akers seek-' <]
ing stolen cows, and who es- s
caned the bullets of the Mexi- ]
cans, declared after seeing r
Bernardo Duran, that the pris- ?
oner was not the man who shot "
A 1 rv - - 1
AHvrn. u?wn? was at th v n
Juarez cemetery when the hotly '.1
of the executed man was expos, e
ed, admitted that he had been f
mistaken in his identification i(
Saturday night. i d
SlNCAST
J ANCA3TEB, S. C. JANUARY 1
IEUT. GOV. BFTHEA ~ AUSWTJ
TELLS OF HIS TRIP CHARE
iays It Seems Almost Like a Claim That Inh
Miracle That He Is Left to Well Dispose
Tell the Story. Teutonic
INGS PRAISE OF GERMANS MAK
HENRY FORD RAIDS
ays Norway, Denmark, Hoi- Activity of Engli
land Sympathize with Allies. tamia Hampei
Sweden with Teutons. Weatli
Columbia, Jan. 24.?A. J. In the progress
lethea, lieutenant governor of the Albanian boi
outh Carolina, after undergo- sians have tafc
ig many hardships and dis- principal trade c
greeable experiences as a mem- and in addition
er of the Ford peace party, re- Podgoritza, Dailo
umed Sunday morning from sic in Montenegi
lew York, where he landed bians forming th
Saturday after a tempestuous Scutari, retreat*
rip across the Atlantic on the without resistanc
iner New York. "It seems al- The Austrian c
nost like a miracle that I am nication reports
jft to tell the story," said Mr. tenegrins are layi
lethea in describing his expe- arms and that t
iences. in the towns o<
Mr. Bethea thinks that the ceiving the invad*
ympathies of the people of , mannpr
Norway, Denmark and Holland .. ' ,
re with the entente allies, Air raids have
t'hile the citizens of Sweden fa- various localiti
or the central powers, because again have passec
f an old grudge against Rus- an aeroplane whi
ed by all the ant
The lieutenant governor in- ancj pursued by 1
erestingly describes his trip whether bombs \
hrough Germany. He says not "stated in tl
hat before you enter Germanic nouncement. This
erritory, your person and be- venture of the 1
ringings are put through a thor- days, the othe
>ugh search. He was stripped having been dro
o the skin, and his belongings docks, barracks
ninutely scrutinized; even his Dover, and on
nedicines were poured on the aheds' at Hougar
ire to test if they were explo- apPordin*r to Rer
ives. "These Germans do Gievegli, Mona
hintrs thnrnnffWu " ooi/i ... -
? ?" points held by tl
Sethea, in describing the Teu- nes near the Grei
ons. He thinks that their effi- visited by a lar
iency would be * good thing squadron and v
or the American people. barded, while Ge
"The North sea is a hotbed jn Belgium also >
if mines," said the South Caro- the Entente allie
inian in describing the passage The British tP
if a ship, preceded by mine plosion of a mine
weepers that explode mines jn the Arras regi
very minute. erable damage
"The country is beginning to trenches and als(
ealize that it is at war, and man trench morts
toth people and the powers that fire near Ypres.
?e seem resolved now to fight Floods and j
o a finish," said Mr. Bethea in | weather are Y
:iving his impressions of the operations of
wakening 0$ England to the against the Turi
tupendousness of the conflict tamia. The higl
n which they are engaged. Tigris is preventi
Mr. Bethea says Henry Ford meats. During
s an unselfish, big hearted man, fighting an arn
?f whom too much cannot be clared for the
aid in praise. He is a man, dead.
;aid the lieutenant governor, in northwest P
vho would spend his entire for- ish hav6 been si
une for peace. Measured by, attack on a camp
notive and purpose, Mr. BetheaI aj tribesmen, the
laid that the peace pilgrimage I jng dispersed ar
vas successful, in that peace destroyed,
alk had been started among 1 The military s
he neutral and belligerent na- passed its third
ions. | British house of
"The world would be a much I Vote of 383 to 3t
letter place to live in if we had j sent to the house
nore men of the type of Henry chamber is ex
rord," avers Mr. Bethea. the measure
i amedments to tl
VATER POWER IN ? as adopted are 5
CONTROL OF FEW
gone far townr
_ ? those who previ
2ighteen Corporations Have
One Half of Country's Hy
draulic Resources. TO RETURN
Washington, Jan. 24.?Con- Prisoner Will lie
rol of the country's water pow- j sacola,
r used in public service corpor- j
ttions has passed into the hands! Gulfport, Miss,
if a comparatively small group' W. Tidwell, alias
if corporations with an "almost rd examination v
ndless maze of interconnec- j before United St
ions,55 according to a special sioner Tyler at
eport sent to congress by the: charge of violatii
lepartment of agriculture. j "white slave" ac
Eighteen corporations are] turned to jail he
hown to be in control of more; formal order froi
hnn half of the water power'court for his rerr
mployed in operation of public j cola to answer th
itilities' while more than one-' Tidwell was
[uarter of it is controlled by under the name
ix. the authorities s;
The report resulted from a , he is Tidwell and
esolution asking information, j der a seven yeai
lassed at ihe last session of tence at Grcenvi
ongress. The secrelary made I manslaughter for
10 recommendations because Walker of that c
lone were requested, but it is years ago. The pi
xpected the report will be used was out under
or guidance in preparing leg- pending decision
slation affecting water power Carolina supreme
levelopment. appeal from that
^
ER NEA
25, 1916.
ll/r POLICIES MUST HE
BACKED BY FORC1
\r A! nAKIIA Xiiti?n;il Purposes Cannot H
iE ALBANIA Uphten?S^.Say8
abitants Are' Washington, Jan. 24.?Na
d Toward tional policies of the Unite*
Allies. States, particularly mainten
? ance of the Monroe doctrine, ai
E AIR open door in the Orient, supre
> AT DOVER niacy in the Pacific, and Asiati
~ . exclusion. onn hp nr?hplri a?i? ;
sn in raesopo- backed by force, Brig. Gen
ed >y Mad Montgomery M. McComb, pres
!fr* ident of the Army War Col
?tnnthwnrH on 'eSe told the senate militar
soutnwara on colTimittee Friday. The tradi
der, the Kus- ^jon entangling alliance
;en Albania's should be avoided, he declared
ity?Scutari? further emphasized the neces
have occupied s^y that the United States b
xrad and Nik- PrePared to fight alone for it
0 ideals.
ro. Ihe ber- "Unless there is force behim
e garrison at these policies," he said, "the;
id southward will not play an important par
e. n the history of the world."
ifficial commu- General McComb, who ap
that the Moil Peared a hearing on th
, . army increase measures, sug
ing down their gested that the Monroe doc
he populations trine was tending toward devel
:cupied are re- opment of a Pan-American er
arvc in ? friend tente, which "might or migh
not be a good thing," but di
not alter in his opinion th
taken place 111 urgent necessity of militar
es. Germans preparedness.
1 over Dover in General McComb said th
ch was engag- war c?Nege had taken the poll
i-aircraft guns c'es he mentioned as the basi
British' airmen its study to formulate a defi
vere dronned is nite plan already made publi
he official an- for a regular army of 500,00
i was the third men the colors or in re
kind in two serve within eight years and
r vUit< hnmlK continental army of 1,000,00
pped on the men in the same time,
and station at
the aviation NO ACTION TAKEN
n, near Dover, AGAINST LYNCHER!
iin.
stir and other ~ *
le Teutonic al- Jur>' Flve, Negroes Die
ek border were of "Strangulation and
ge French air Wounds.
iolently bom
rman positions Sylvester, Ga., Jan. 24.?Th
vere visited by bodies of five negroes take
s. from the Worth county ja
trough the ex- here last Friday and rushed i
near St. Elois, automobiles to the adjoining
on, did consid- i county of Lee, where they wer
to German hanged and shot, were cut dow
) silenced Ger- late Friday and were burie
irs by artillery Saturday.
A coroner's inquest returne
generally bad a verdict that the negroes cam
tampering the ! to their "death by stangulatio
the British and gun shot wounds at th
ks in Mesopo- hands of unknown parties."
1 water in the
ng troop move- THE STATE MILITIA
the lull in the ...
listice was de- NEED OI* .>.>0,00
burial of the !
One Half of This Amount I
Igypt the Brit- ,)ue Government for
iccessful in an Property.
> of the Senus
tribesmen be- The National Guard of Sout
id tlieir camj) j Carolina wants an extra apprc
ervice bill has' of $25,000 from th
reading in the 'feature ol the state in add
commons by a !?" l? 'h.e? ,ap,r?prl
> It h?w been itlon of $2o,000, stated Major P
of lords which Hard>' Silcox' who with Ca^
pected to pass j ta'n % H. Ortmann of the Ge,
nmVirUr W J man Fusiliers: Cantain .1 l
ie" original bill G n"' ?/ the? s"jnte'' Gu?r(1:
mid to have a Lieutenant Martley Bui
ri conciliating of the naval reserves, was pres
ouslv onnosed ! ent at the meetinJ? of the Sout
ousi.\ opposed .HrolJna Nationai Guard Ass(
; sociation in Columbia Friday.
TIDWELL. The extra appropriation i
? absolutely necessary as th
Taken to Pen- state owes the government fc
Fla. equipment that was lost abou
? the time of the Spanish-Amer
? /Jan. 24.?-G. can war. The money due to th
Atwell, waiv- government at one time was i
;/hen arraigned, excess of $100,000, but ha
ates Comnus-, been gradually cut down. Th
Biloxi on a National Guard officers of th
lg the Mann i state are exceedingly anxiou
t and was rc- to see the bill pass both house
re pending the of the legeislature.
m the federal
lovnl to Pensa- HEATH SPRINGS SCHOOL
le charge. PLAYS AT COLUMBL
arrested here
of Atwell, but School Teams Plav Has
iy he admitted | . ,, e . , x,. . .
that he is un-' betball Saturday Night.
rs' prison sen-j r?, ? ~ ~ .
ille, 8. C for! rhe Heath Sprmvs hig
' killing h ? ' "chool and the Columbia big
ity, about two -chool will play basketball i
risoner said he tl?e tfymnaeium of the Colunr
$5,000 bond bia M. C. A., next Saturda
by the South 1 nififht. The Columbia high scho(
; court on his team recentiy defeated Heat
sentence. * , Springs team at Heath Springs
mdi, . m. dfc it C, 1
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"W T WEATHEB I '
m Wednesday fair; I
colder in north- ,
J * west portion. |
$1.50 A YEAR
*|MR. W. M D BROWN ~
* DIED LAST^SATURDAY
_ After An Illness of Several
, Weeks Duration?Heart
Failure Cause.
11! PROMINENT CHURCH
AND BUSINESS MAN
c|
f, Funeral Services Held at Late
i. Residence?Many Beautiful
Floral Offerings.
y Seldom has there come such a
- shock to the entire community
8 as came Saturday morning
'"with the tidings of the passing
h of Mr. W. McD. Brown. This
e good man had for the fortnight
8 previous been suffering with a
severe attack of grip, but not
until Friday was his condition
y regarded as critical. About 9
* o'clock that morning his heart
became involved and further
complications arose, but as the
e I day wore on he seemed to rally.
At midnight, however, his conj'idition
rapidly grew worse and
all hope of his recovering was
1 abandoned. At 6:30 Saturday
t morning, January 22, he pass"
ed quietly from earth.
e, The passing of William Mcy
Donald Brown is no common
loss. He was a man who had
.e identified himself thoroughly
l" with everything that was high
8! and ennobling. Mr. Brown was
'* i a son of the late Daniel W.
^ Brown and Amanda Barnes, the
** latter a sister of Col. Dixon
Barnes, who fell at the battle
^ of Sharpsburg, while in com
"Inland of the 12th South Carolii
na regiment. He was was bom
I on one of his father's large plantations
in the southern part of
5-1 the county and there also his
early boyhood was spent.' Afj
ter local school preparation he
" ; entered the King's Mountain
Military school, in old Yorkville,
where under the tutelage of Col.
Asbury Coward, his education
G: was completed,
n Mr. Brown was married
ilj February 4, 1874, to Miss Ella
n Crawford, daughter of the late
? I Capt. R. L. Crawford,
e Four children of this marn
riage, three daughters and one
(1 son, survive him, viz: Mrs.
Stewart William Heath of
d Winnsboro; Dr. Robert Crawe
ford Brown, Mrs. Robert F.
n Fleming, Jr., of Laurens, and
e Miss Betty Brown. His first
j wife died in the early 90's find
in 1898, Mr. Brown was married
to Miss Margaret Davis,
, who predeceased him three
years ago.
Mr. Brown was identified
s with the firm of Leroy Sprinars
and Company almost from its
organization, later with Heath,
i Springs and Company, and finh
ally with the Lancaster Mer}
cantile Company, of which he
has been one of the managers
e and principal stockholders for a
'" number of years. Fair and del"
pendable in all his business reL
lations, loving and tender to"
| wards his own people and ever
r*, ready to help any in need of his
j assistance, his circle of influj'
i ence was wide and helpful. Mr.
' Brown loved the open and >pent
: many happy days looking after
" his extensive farming affairs
5" in which he was deeply interested.
He was regarded as one
13 of the most intelligent and suce
cessful farmers in this section.
|! He loved all growing things,
. | flowers, trees and little children. e
l* j His gentle nature inspired
e' trust and confidence which he
n ever held sacred.
3 | Mr. Brown was a model citi0
t /"V *"* - * * '
I une iu wiiu/ji uie nest in* ^
e i terests oi the emrimmiity ' si
were very dear. He w?a, nroreK^
s over, an earnest Christian ge'
tleman and the Presbyte"
church, with which lie hp r
been connected as private
\ bev and later as the
tive and efficient chahrYJ^
!- (he board of rlp^pnne will
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his presence, his wi ?e courK
and his well directed efforts u.
I, serve his God. x _
There was no more regular
church attendant than he, who
gave to spiritual thin^n first
y place in his life. Of simple, un"j
affected tastes, a home-loving
hi and contented disposition, he
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