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f STRONG NOTE
r TO GREAT BRITAIN
t U. S. DEFIES ENGLAND AND ASI
v SERTS FREEDOM OF THE
SEA.
Neutral Ports
Are Blockaded
* *' '
Ambassador Spring-Rice Asks
.. Moderation of His Government in
* Favor of American Trade.
JL -* * * vi**'
Washington, July 17.? The State
Department to-day gave out a summary
of a note it has sent to Great
Britain, informing that Government
that it will uphold the rights of
. American tirade.
note is a firm, flat denial of
''Groat Britain's assumed right to interfere
with American commerce,
.V which includes* cotton, to an extent
* v not cotthtenahced by the recognised
rulaa of international law. It
/T is a vigorous statement that this
Government can not permit its com
merce to be treated according to the
aatpctatic regulations of the British
order iri council and various municipal
decrees. Later the State Department
will send a formal protest
* ' against the seizure of more than 100
cargoes of American goods.
*The effect of the note is to shift
t ike shadow of a real international
crisis from the affairs of the United
States and Germany to. the issues be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain. It is evident that Germany
won the ftfst round of her demand
that, as "the freedom of the
seas" underlies the questions at issue
between the United States and Ger^ma?y,
this Government must take up
that subject with Great Britain.
Frp*th*nii6re, it is in direct medi.
ation between Germany and Great
Britain- And, finally, it demon
/ . ^ strates the realisation by the the j
Administration that it can no longer
- maintain an attitude of aggressive
diptomacy against Germany and con*
^ . tinue to let the case against Great
* , Britain slumber.
la?wto Oa Ri|hU Of Americans.
ThV summary of the note is as
folJdws:
'In vie^^f differences which are
upderstood to exist between the two
: Govern&ents as to the principle of
law applicable in prize court pro:
ceedingB in case* involving American
. . interests, and in order to avoid any
\ nrfsunderrs anding as to the attitude
of Ae United "States in regard to
such proceedings the Government of
the United States ihforms the British
~ r~. ?-v , L*. "J it. :L
vovernment taai, in bo iar as me interests
erf American -citizens are concerned,
it will Insist upon their rights
; under the principles and roles of in.
terantional law as hitherto establish ed,
governing neutral trade in time
of w?r> without limitation or impairment
by orders in council or other
municipal legislation by the British
Government, and will not recognize
the validity of prize court . passages
taken under restraints imposed by
British municipal law in derogation
of the rights of American citizens
unfar international law."
rm _ . lx _ _ J*
xne now means:
.. First, that Lord Crewe stated an
indefensible position when he told
the United States that the British
Government would not consider
cases of seizures and detentions in
prize courts as "diplomatic questions."
N
No Right to Blockade Neutral Porta.'
r' Second, that the United States as"*
aerta that Great Britain had no international
right "to interfere with
the approach of American merchant*
men to neutral ports situated upon
" the line of coast affected by the order
in council, when such ships do
not carry contraband or goods destined
to or proceeding from ports
within the belligerent territory."
Third, that the manner of seizure
and detention is laid down by international
law, and that law can no
more be changed by the exigencies
- of Great Britain's blockade than by
the present impossibility of Germany
using any other craft than a submarine
to exercise the right of visit and
search.
Fourth, the United States does not
challenge the effectiveness of the
British blockade of actual ports of
V Germany, but it does challenge the
v~^extension of that blockade to cover
the ports of Denmark, Sweden, Holland
and Norway.
Fifth, that interference with American
and neutral vesels en route
from American ports to other neu(Continued
on Page Eight)
FRANK'S CONDITION
DECLARED SERIOUS
DOCTORS FEAR BLOOD POISON
MAY SET IN CAUSING
DEATH
. /
Physicians Called
' From Atlahta
Dr. Compton, Prison Physician Has
Stated Condition Critical but Not
' Unduly Alarmed
Milledgeville, Ga., July 19.?Physicians
who examined Leo. M. Frank
in the state prison at 8 o'clock thjs
morning said soon after that his condition
was much worse. The jagged
cut in his throat received at the
hands of a fellow convict Saturday
night was swollen and his temperah'M
wn<a 1(12 2-5.
Dr. H. J. Rosenberg, the Frank
family physician, last night believed
Frank's condition warranted him
leaving and he left for Atlanta. He
and another doctor were summoned
here today, however.
Early today Frank began showing
signs of nervousness, but it was not
considered unusual. His tempera-'
ture continued to rise and at about
daylight he was delirious at brief
intervals. The temerature reached
the highest shortly before 8 o'clock
and then began to drop. At 9
o'clock it was a fraction over 101.
Dr. Guy Compton, the prison physician,
was not so alarmed ovef" the"
turn of the night as were other attendants.
He stated today that some
fever was to be expected and that
the swollen neck was not necessarily
within itself an exceedingly dangerous
sign. Blood poison is most
feared today as the stitches seem to
be holding. The wound was dressed
hurriedly. The weapon might easily
have been infected and that adds
to the blood poison fears.
William Creen, Frank's assailant,
still refused to talk today. He is
kept in irons.. v So'me' of the .guards
today recalled that he had expressed
a feeling of animosity toward Frank
before the latter was brought to the
prison, but that since his arrival they
had not heard him say anything* of;
the case.
ENGLAND CONSIDERS \
STRIKE SITUATION.
- London, July 19. ?David LloydGeorge,
minister of munitions, at last
has taken a hand in the South WpleS
coal strike. He will go to Cardiff tonight
to have a talk with the men.
This announcement was made
shortly after it became known that
new proposals had been advanced
which apparently offered .good prospects
of settlement.
Mr. Lloyd-Geoi'ge is very popular
with the miners and it is thought a
direct appeal from hfan will have a
greater effect than any other inilence
A conference between the executive
committee of the miners and
Walter Runciman, president of the
board of trade, has been arranged
for tonight, but it was made unnecessary
by the action of Mr. LloydGeorge.
The meeting has been cancelled.
The adjustment proposals, it was
defined later, originated with the
miners. They were sent to London
by the executive committee with the
sanction of the miners' leaders, who
believe they will prove acceptable.
It is understood the plan contemplated
temporary concession of the
miners' demands, which, however,
would not be embodied in any new
agreement until th? government had
Ample time to consider the whole
matter. The questions in dispute
then would be referred to the munitions
court for decision regarding
marginal differences between Mi*.
Runciman's proposal and the full demands.
It is possible Mr. Runciman
himself instead of the muhitions
court may conduct the arbitration.
The proposed terms entail s6me
concessions on both sides.
WOODMEN PICNIC
AT ROCHE'S PASTURE.
On Monday evening, July 26th,
Magnolia Camp of the Woodmen of
the World will give a moonlight picnic
in Roche's pasture. They have
secured several good speakers for
the occasion and the public is invited
to attend. By arrangement
with the Southern Railroad a special
train will be sent to the grounds
after the frolic is over to bring the
people back to town, ^
\
PRESIDENT BACK
FROM VACATION
CONFERS WITH SECRETARY
LANSING UPON RETURN TO
CAPITAL.
Agreed On Reply
- To German Note
Submission of Note to Cabinet Believed
to Be Only Matter of Form
?May Be Delayed. ,
Washington, July 19.? President
Wilson arrived this morning and
went' immediately to* the White
House. Secretary Houston was with
the President on his arrival.
Secretary of State Lansing called
shortly afterwards to confer regarding
the German note. He carried a
valise filled with papers relating ' to
the matter.
Mr. Lansing said that the Orduna
incident, resulting from the attempted
attack by a German submarine in
wnicn an American uvus were endangered,
might delay the American
reply slightly.
The German note is .almost certain
to be presented to the Cabinet on
Tuesday. The President and Secretary
Lapsing, it is understood, made
quick work of the matter. They conferred
about an hour. Neither would i
discuss the case, but an air of finality
prevailed. It Is apparent that
Mr. Lansing's and the President's
drafts-of the reply arU about the
same. It is believed that submission
to the Cabinet will be merely perfunctory.
GRAIN CROP * T HIS YEAR EXCEEDS
IN VALUE THE MOST
VALUABLE COTTON CROP
EVERRAISEfr
The grain crop of the South this
year will exceed ina value by s everal
hundred million dollars the total of
the most valuable cotton crop, ever
produced by tfiifc section.
' Thi^remarkable fact Or due to an
increase in grain.production throughout
the South,, which will demonstrate
wliat thfs^seetion'is capable of
doing, in the development of divez^i- .
fied' farming. According U? the
fwecwt, of ;gj?iji. produ^ in for .
country, based on conditioJuly
1, the production c>f grain .' in thei
Southern States for this y<i*r;?rill bi
1,540,000,000 bushels, or a gfyin of
286,000,000 bushels over lj|st year.
If to the figures covering sifaqat, corn
and oats, we properly add the rici
crop of^ 80,000,000 bushels, 'tjfre total
graiit for ^e. South this ye?j yrfll
"be 1,57j0,000,000 bushels,, and as
this jtfs" rice crop exceeds by 8,-1
00 bushels," last year's,* we J
would have a total increase of grain
in this section of 292,000,000 bushels;
f
This phenomenal situation is all
the more impressive wfien taken in
connection' with* the grain crop of
the entire country.
The estimated yield for the country
for the year, including rice, is
5,414,000,000 bushels, or tin increase
of 490,000,000 bushels over 1914.
Out of this total gain, 292,000,000
bushels, or nearly 60 per cent, is
due to the increase in the South. The
gain in this section will be nearly 23
per cent, over last year, as compared
with only 5% per cent, for the
balance of the country. The actual
gain in the South h 94,000,000 bushels
greater than the Increase in the
I i j - 11.:' TT_!i 1 Oi._i.__
Daiance 01 uie umivu ouivsb. moc
figures are wonderfully significant
Of the agricultural possibilities of
the South, and. this increase in grain,
which typifies the increase in foodstuffs
generally, will largely offset
the adverse situation in cotton. In
the South corn cdtohttands a much
higher figure than in the West, running
often from 10 to 20 cents a
bushel more than Western prices.
On this basis, therefore, it is safe to
estimate that the grain crops of the
South will represent a gain of at
least $250,000,000 over last year's
figures.
Every State, with the exception
of Maryland, whose wheat crop is
short, shares in this increased grain
production. Alabama shows a gain
of nearly 17,000,000 bushels; Arkansas,
23,500,000 bushels; Georgia,
18,700,000 bushels; Louisiana, 16,000,000
bushels; Mississippi, nearly
20,000,000 bushels; South Carolina,
'8,700,000 bushels; Virginia,
18,200,000 bushels; while Texas}
comes to the front with a gain of ^
J
CHAUTAUQUA ON
' RETURN TOUR
.
INTEREST GREW DAY BY DAY ,
TILL CLIMAX WAS R^EAClFlED
MONDAY NI&HT.
New Contrail
< ' Has Been Signed
A Bifgsr and Bete r OmuUnqui Will ]
Return to Abbeviille Next Season
?Ciltizens InteroutecB.
' > . 'i
Interest in the Riidcliffe Chautau
?'.A:? ~J i. ..j ? ,
qua uuimuucu IU uiucaoc auu uic j
exercisies seemed be tter each day un- <
til the close Monday evening. <
The Chautauqua was held under 1
difficult circumstances. The weather
wtu extremely warm, and, at i
this particular season of the year, the :
out-of-i?wn people are "very busy. 1
This,together with the fa?t that'the 1
v^pVesir^^ here as j
well as elsewhere, tended to decrease ;
the attendance in spite of the ^act
that there were able speakers upon j
the, platform. i
A now contract has been signed j
for th4i ret&ri tohr next year and 1
preparations are already under way :
foV abig bvent nexl; year. ' j
Oyr people were well pleased with 1
the en tertainments and , instructive 1
Jectures as is indicated by the rifimes i
upon t?e list and the next Chautau- 1
qua will be af people's movement 1
rnent j
i ? "i
cottow fa? ceifiri ^0 brjemen. j
r'k The tit Com-5
mprpp nn'rl 'rtwiA nf ftiffftri. fJurmanv.
reports that the priKe of raw.cdtion !
in BremernTeacli'ecf 80[ centsa pound, }
on May Sias against 20 to 22 cents '
before the confifct1 with Italy and 12. ,1
cents before t8e war J says The Daily 1
Trade RS^rd.-' ' ?/' <
Since die' entrance of Italy into ]
the wa^ c6tkon ^nills have increased' '
their price# by about 25 per' cent. }
Finished cotton goods Wive increased
by at lf|yt lS^per ^n^and Ae j
stocks afe rapidly diirrinifching fur- j
ther increase in price is inevitable. 1
While' cotton mefchirtits in '(Jer
many are not optimistic - concerning 1
legitimate trade, il; appears to be certain
that the supry.^)f.cotton ior
tailitary needs is^elspjtfteiy ensured J
ftfzn ft tyi*VWint iciifc|'l|fcwar lastihg
aVto^ tffiie:, it h^u?!^jj{ated '<* that '
large ?imotmta of raw cotton have
t>eeh captured by the Germans, in <
Wrriteiry Occupied by ithem since the
wife'sttiW, *nd tikis ildne is" said ,
t6 bfc s ufficient fo;r military needs. 1
RICHlk'S SfokZ
V' - " ' ' iOlAfe? I SUNDAY. ?
V - ' ' * ' /
... Betvreei ^ fcoii* of 2 and
o'clock SrfMiy afternoon, thi fctorfe 'j
oi urn* nvuiiB ^cororeu) was enter- ;
ed and robbed of $2r00.00_ in cash. j
The rebbers; fWc bdys, both colored,
iir*>tei4 to'.'haVis been Tom ^
Qhitds and mck Devcifc They erf- ,
tered the store through a transom (
over thd "back door. The safe, in
which, money waii found, was \
closed, bat Richie Jailed to lock saihe ^
on leading the'Store Saturday night. ^
The boysWere picked up in Green- ^
wood, where they went to spend the ,
money and have a big time. 1
The police recovered. $186.66 of
the $200 and have hopes of getting 1
$10 more. The !t>oys, -we under- ,
stand are 3afe in tlie hands of the
law. ^
58,600,000, and Oklahoma, 40,400,000
bushels.
F.VPPV hu?n*? lniaroif in. tka
South should feel the vivifying in
fluenco of this splendid grain crop. 1
The South did not this yev turn its
attention to grain' as largely as it i
should have done, and at the same
time still further lessen its cotton
acreage, but it has made a magnifi- *
cent start, which indicates its almost
limitless opportunities for
grain-growing.
In IL900 the production of wheat, J
corn and oats in the South was 911,- '
000,000 bushels, compared with this ?
year's yield of ;i,540,p00,d00. We
have thus advanced the production 5
this year over 1900 by 630,000,000 1
bushels. j
But loking beyond the South to 1
the whole country we find that Na- ^
ture has again biassed this land with
abundant crops already harvested, <<
and with the promise of splendid
crops now growing. if conditions
do not materially decrease the ex- pected
corn production, this year's
crops will largely exceed in value
$10,000,000,000. ^ J
GREATEST STRUGGLE A
NOW IN PROGRESS
A0STRO.GERMAN ARMIES MAK- Ol
ING SUPREME EFFORT TO
TAKE WARSAW.
Miracle Seems G
Only Hope Now
Rnimni Realize That tbe Time Hit Su
Come For Them to Conquer or Be,
Cuquered.
London, July 19.? With the German
Field Marshals Von Hindenburg m<
on the north, and Von Mackensen, co
on the south, whipping forward the of
two ends of the great arc around at
Warsaw, it is realized in England, ph
that Grand Duke Nicholas, in de-~ an
Fending the city, has the most severe,
task imposed on him since the out* ed
break of the' European war. Some fo
military writers seem to think the co:
feat is welt-'nigh impossible. an
There waa, sustained confidence epl
that Germany V previous violent attacks
along the Szura-Rawka front ar
never would piercethe Russian line, ire*
but the present.colossal co-ordinate Jnai
move waa developed with much sud- pr
clenness^and carried so far without tic
meeting serious Russian resistancelfo
bhat more and more the British press
isd^oi^tingthe fail of tbe Polish, wi
Capital, and wjhjle not giving up all. tfr
hope ofita retention, is pointing out. av
the enormous difficulty the Russian no
urniies have labored under from the, ,
start by the existence of such a sal- pit
ient. . Ot
"Unable to 'straighten oue their line
by an advance, through East Prussia,. en
in. the north, and Galici^, .in.the south ca
the 'Russians perpetually have facedjre
the pincers of the Austro-Germans, qu
and if th^ .c?h'be sufficiently tight- of
en^ \yarsaw must go, and with it tr<
the' entire line.
' According'to the Jatest accounts, fe
the Austro-German forces, advane- be
liig from Prazsnysz, were- within jjri
forty mile? p^Warsawrr whUe-ta the lie
south, Von Mackensen's centre at vi<
pdmts was within ten miles' of the !w<
Lnblin-Cholm Railroad. pi
Reported Leaving Warsaw, gi'
Loijdon, July 20.?The Morning he
PDbt'i Budapest correspondent re- ,
ports that the.gradual evacuation Of bl<
lis' been ordered by thejtu
Russians." "* wi
* , :; |of
\uditinge6OK9 ^
" COUNTY OFFICES. &
aiirtiat.:- - i | - 2jy|
Mr. W. W. Br?^lf7, Ffbiic Accoaat* w
est, b^MC lh^ City for Tket ^
Mr. W. W. Bradley, public ac- $
sountant, working; a branch office un-. &
3er wie 'bank examiner, has tir
arrived in Anderson and will spend pe
several days" here auditing the county's
books.
He will first audit the books in the
treasurer's office and from there he Sh
nrill go to the Mother offices in the
court house. _ jni
Mr. Bradley is thoroughly competeht
to do the work and is makihg
this audit under the general statute *n<
passed by the general assembly which- Sb
provides that the branch officers of
the state bank examiner shall make av
the audit of the county offices if so Se
requested by the grand jury if he has tei
time after he has .finished his regular
rork.? Anderson Intelligencer. SC
Tpp ]
UNION MEETING AT ~ , So
LITTLE RIVER CHURCH. tel
__ tei
The Union Meeting, District No. 1, ^
Saluda Association, will meet with hl*
:he. Little River church on Saturday *U1
jefore the fifth Lord's Day in Aujust,
1915. ?*!
11 o'clock, A. M., Sermon by Rev. jgj
Vf. B. Hawkins; alternate, Rev. N.
5. Wright. 2<
Organization of the Union. *
Intermission for dinner, one hour. e
First Query: Is the Church of sc'
Christ fulfilling the mission for which
it was ordained? If not, why not? ?P'
J. D. Murdock and Rev. E. L. Kugley
Second Query r What disposition
should the church make of members, *ex
who habitually absent themselves ?n
from the services of the church, and f1
ivithhold their financial support? ch;
Rev. E. S. Reaves and J. R. Pruitt.
Sunday School Union at 10 o'clock in*
M., Sunday. t^1<
Address by L. L. Wright.
Sermon at 11 o'clock, by Rev.?
Alderman, of Belton; Alternate, r(
Rev. E. L. Kugley. ?u
Wm. L. Mitchell, j0
^ Secretary.
A
"SSftrnr .
ie hundred thousand wo.
men Plead to feed cross
for food.
taly Four Thousand
Can Be Supplied
ifferiny Increases' as Famine
Spreads? American Food Has Arrived
at Vara Cruz.
Washington, July 19.? < Departjnt
dispatches today fronlNogalea
nfirm earlier reports of tie- victory v,
Carra'nza troops over, Villa forces
Anavacachi, Sonora. The trium
ant forces took possession of Canea.
,v;.
American Consul SiUiman reportthe
arrival of large quantities of
od at Vera Cruzand that wireless
mmunication between Vera Cruz
d Mexico City probably would be
t$bl^ihed today.
Famine conditions in the. capital
e Red Cw* report
ceived today dated July.'1. It says
>re than 100,000 women onthe
evious day apjpiied; intern amal
committee for fowl'' 1 Enough
r Qjfiy ioMo Was ai^able. "Wliere
formerly 2001 people a day
?nt. to t^e 8l^At^ Wuse^to get
e blood ftat ia" saved afcd given
"Nj*r there the oM? ctfy^Q peoR
pere seen^ struggl&jg^to get pieces
a dead horse.
'Infants in arms are given' food
tirely un suited to tfrejn and that is
using disease among; adults. The
sultant infant mortality conseently
is veiy high. Adulteration
food ia causing muclr stomach
)uble, according to physicians.
'"Stoat' of the misery maniBt,"
not to" larenffon 'ttot'.^foiA is to 4
heaped, upon the .
^&'to'come, makes thfftMk of ref.t&nost
hopeless. V; VWl1 : inters^ra'
'jSatli those vho hive been
)rking at the prohrem for weeks
i?VaU of fhis r^fe/.thatthey can \
ve is bat a touch of what n&ds to
gfoen. '
"One puui vooched_ for as reputahied
from the Uhfttfi 'Sfajttei by
?y%? EfP&so^ ^elxas, Tortebn and
tier. ik^^ bo thfi^trrth, reports a \
u*ed change i6t th# yrinke has
MoT <tt*roagh
if^ 'he'lia^e^. ia w? Iaat^ rt^tre?
seks.. HfcWe&ti<rte'<j fjftteascalien"th'e}$&&?*;
pl^W* bom and
b?lrgfohs;t!pg"y^ in tho ' jfrtat * .
afrf ]pio(^di^,v9wfea is limited." Esnates
of this vary from"1 10 to 50
r cent of the normaf!"
$nkfjn, American epnstil^geiieral in
Ssjco City,"is On his VJa^'fo' Washgtbn
under orders' from the state
partmtfnt to report oi conditions,
lis was stated officially toiiay and
rld^ntally it was admitted that Mr.
anklin has been withd&wA tempo
rily from duty in Mexico"City to
oid continuation of friction with
nor Cardoza, the Brazilian minisftherfc
HENCE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
A trtost interesting feature of the
nimer School is die informal round
i>le conference. Last Thursday af noon
a conference of teachers inrested
in Science teaching in the
jfh school was held in the agriculre
lecture room, where some twenscience
teachers, high school
fndpals and superintendents disssed
these questions: What Science
ould tie Taught in the High School
Is the recent movement towards
t introduction of "General Scice"
in the first year of the high
100I wise?
O <* AMtWlAVI /IATTAI .
OVlliC Uiucicuvg vi vyuiivu wisr
ed, leading to interested and aniited
discussion. Dr. Clifton F.
idge of Clark University, Worces ,
Massachusetts, was present and
tered quite helpfully into the conrence,
stressing the point that the
ief object of Science teaching in
i high school should be to arouse
;erest and scientific curiosity in
i world around us.
Rev. E. B. Kennedy came down
)m Due West last week and concted
the funeral services of Mrs.
sephine Lyon, who was for so
lg a faithful member of his church