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The European \ Soldiers Pray, Then Oharge. On the Battle Front, Sept. 19. Overpowering fatigue and privations resulting from live days of unrelent ing struggle brought about last night a temporary lull in the combat of the powerful armies that are face to face along the rivers Oise, Aisne and Woevre, but the terrible slaughter was rendered to-day with vigor. The roar of cannon, machine guns and rifles died down early last even ing and the presence of two armies, composed probably altogether of 1.000,000 or more men, within touch of an uneven line and ready to spring to a fatal grip, scarcely could be con ceived, so intense was the stillness, broken only by an occasional vagrant report. Tho soldiers of the allies and the Germans alike were snatching a little rest huddled up in the strong en trenchments. In some places the trenches were half Ulled with water, as equinoctial storms continue. The French and British, like the Germans, have entrenched and set tled down for the stern light which threatens to be even longer and more sanguinary than the '.attie of fhe Marne. Progress io hoing mad? at so.:-n noints by the "'.'.?es, but very slowly, ano inc uevelopments of the past 21 hours aro not important ex cept that it is officially continued that the Germans received reinforcements from Lorraine. There wore a few isolated encoun ters to-day, but both sides appear to have abandoned the rash movements across the open which marked early stages of the war. Obviously the deadly machine guns have taught a lesson. Ono of the incidents ot yesterday, when a fierce light was awful in its sacrifices, was widely recounted to day. A British infantry regiment, upon receiving an order to advance and take a German position, kooli for a moment in prayer. Then .he men, knowing their charge was to be ter rible in cost, sprang to their feet and with fixed bayonets clambered out ol' the shelter of the trench. In short and rapid rushes, advancing in open order, alternately lying down and then making another dash of fifteen yards. From the German position came the thick hail of the machine guns. The attacking soldiers hur rahed and sang as they pressed for ward. Many fell with cries of de termination on their lips. Finally those who remained of the regiment reached and took the German posi tion after a desperate hand-to-hand enron nter. This was only one among many similar acts of courage and discipline on the part of the French, British and Germans alike at various points along the line. Wounded German officers who were taken prisoners tell of fearful losses. Some of the companies of the Imperial Guard lost all their officers and are commanded by volunteers. Om G mian prisoner said that tho Firs! Battalion of the German foot guards did not possess a single - - f fi - cer, Among the Gormans killed, ac cording to the prisoners, wis C n Von Sch.".. K A German officer >i citied that ail homes oi the German Tenth army corps were kilted, and added : "Even when bivouacking our troops are not allowed to rest. Last night a French aviator dropped four bombs among us, killing a large num ber of men and horses." An officer of the Prussian Guards said: "My regiment started out with fiO officers. Only five remain, while more than 2,000 men of our regiment have been killed of wounds." t The Cossack and His Horse. Petrograd, Sept. 1!). - Russian forces continue to follow up the re treating Austro-Gorman rear guard. Rennenkampf's brilliant manoeuvres totally upset thc German encircling plan. The prowess of the Cossacks is es pecially remarkable. As scouts they are unequaled at all times. Their horsemanship enables them to deal successfully with the cavalry of the enemy, and their horses are skilled in every conceivable trick. The Cos sack horse will drop "dead" under his rider at a word, springing .!;? the next moment. The rider combines all the arts of the circus performer and the red In dian with a perfect command of his horse, and the horses are as handy as polo ponies. Not Time for Peace. Paris, Sept. 20. According to the semi-official press the opportune mo ment for peace negotiations is not in sight. The Journal Des Debates says: "Treaties, written prohibitions and restrictions will not suffice. All these the imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl weg, has declared to be merely 'scraps of paper.* "What are needed aro material measure!, immediately executed, that will strike all of Germany and com;tin.te guarantees for the future. This is tiio destruction of German territory, organizations and instru ments of war." Tho Temps says: "No ("elusive peace. It is necessary to pursU'"? a single Idea-the end ol" tho militarist German Empire." Violent Fighting Continues, Paris, Sept. 20.-The official state ment issued to-night says that In vio lent fighting north of Soissons, tho Germans gained ground, which after wards was recaptured by the allies. During the afternoon the war office issued the following statoment: "On our left wing we again have made a slight advance along the right bank of the River Oise. A division of Algerians captured another flag. "All efforts of the Germans, sup ported by strong artillery, to smash our front between Craonne and Rheims have been repulsed. "Near Rheims, the hill of Bri mont, a position which we had occupied,has been retaken by the enemy. lu re turn wo have taken possessen of tho War Day by Day. defenses of La Pomplle (about five miles oast by southeast of Rheims.) "The Germans have roused them selves to a condition of such fury that without military reason they have ll red on the cathedral of Rheims, which ls in (lames. .? "In the center between Rheims and the forest of Argonne, we have won? the village of Sou ai n anti have made thousands of prisoners. "On the western side of the Ar gonne our gains are maintained. "In Woevir there ls nothing to an nounce. "On the right wing in Lorraine the enemy has been driven buck beyond our frontier, evacuating, in particu lar, the region of Avricourt (a bor der village), lu. the Vosges, tho en emy has tried to resumo the offen sive in the neighborhood of St. Die, but without, success. "Our attacks progress slowly on that side because of the difficulty of the ground, the defensive works en countered there and the bad wea ther. "Ag yet we have no certain con ftrtnation of the "reduction of the forts not previously destroyed at Maubeuge, but the German press re ports the taking of this city and even indicates that Its Governor will be interned at Torgau (Prussia). "The Saxon army has been broken up and its commander. Gen. Von Hansen, bas been relieved of his command. The cavalry division of the same nationality, which had fought in Lorraine at the opening of the campaign and later was sent to Russia, has shared the downfall of the Austrian army and must have suffered heavy losses." Fight Waist Deep in Water. London, Sept. 20.- Reports from the front show thal the French and Brltsh troops are lighting waist deep in water, the rains having flooded their trenches. German Right (Joes Rack. On the Hattie Front. Sept. 21. The western wing ol' the German line bas been thrust back about seven miles during the last IS hours as a sequel to continuous lighting day and niglit. Hot h armies, despite almost supchr-j human fatigues, show the utmost de termination not to yield an inch of ground without a terrible struggle, but the fresher troops at the disposal of the allied commanders have grad ually forced the Germans to recede. Germ?n Counter-Attacks Repulsed, London, Sept. 21.-Tho official press bureau announced at 7.1.1 o'clock this evening: "Since the last report was received from Gen. French further counter-at tacks have been made and success fully repulsed." Retiring to Defend Frontiers? London, Sept. 21.-An officer jus returned from Solssons states that ai aeroplane reconnoissance has givei rise to the conviction that a larg< portion of the German forces is re {tiling with its trains and hoax j j store.-,. lt is believed that orders hue? be?'l i received from Berlin for bo mah i forces to retire and defend the Ger man frontiers, leaving only 200,001 men to defend the fortified lines ant cover the retirement. Japanese Drop Homos. Paris, Sept. 21. - Telegraphini from Petrograd, a correspondent o the Havas agency "ays: A dispatch received here fron Vladivostok declares that Japanes aeroplanes, throwing bombs, bav destroyed two of the important fort at Tsing Tau. Transports conveying the Britts! detachment which is to take par with the Japanese in the attack o Tsing Tau left Tien Tsin Saturday This detachment consists of one re? intent, thc; South Wales Horderers. The British correspondents bav not been permitted to communicat j this news for the reason that it con corns the movements of troops. Germans . Jnk Jap Rout. Pekin. Sept. 2 1.--.Mall advice from Tslmo state that the .lapa.'.es lost a second torpedo boat outsid Kiao-Chow. The vessel was sunk b a German cruiser. British Reverso o. Water. London, Sept. 22.--The silence c the British authorities regarding nt val operations In the North Sea Wi suddenly broken this afternoon h announcement of a disaster to Hi British navy, which, according to o fl j cial information, has suffered the loi of three armored cruisers, sunk I ('.(Minan submarines. The victims of this brilliant stroll on the part of the German (leet ai the Cressy, the Aboukir and tl I logue, sister ships. Tho loss of life among the crev of these three vessels probably wi be heavy, although a consid?rai) number of men were picked up 1 the cruiser Lowestoft, a division torpedo boat destroyers, and son trawlers. Neither the time nor the scene the disaster is given In the olllci report. The Aboukir was torpedoed fin The Hogtie and Cressy drew in clo to her and were standing hy to sa crew when they also were torpedos Tho Cressy, Capt.'R. W. Jobnso the Aboukir, Capt. J. ES. Drummon and tho llogue, Capt. W. S. Nicht son, were sister ships. They we armored cruisers of a comparative obsolete type and wore built 14 yea ago. 200 British Warships Watch. New York, Sept. 22.-Two hu dred British warships lie In batt line off the German naval base Helgoland, so close that at times th appear to touch each other, accor ing to Capt. Skelley, of the Britt oil tank steamer San Lorenzo, whl reached New York to-day from Lc don. Servians Defeat Austrians. Nish, Servia, Sept. 22.-The bali which has been In progress for se\ ral days near Krupnni, on the Dri ' river, has, according to oiTlcial a nouncement made to-day, ended In complete disaster for the Austrian army. The announcement declared that 160,000 Austrian troops wore en gaged in this encounter, while the Servian forces Included various bodies of men who had been concen trated along the Drina, reinforced by troops hastily recalled from Somlln and Slavonia. The lighting was very sanguinary. " Doth Sides Claim Cains. London, Sept. 22.-All eyes are now llxed on the western section of the great battle line In Prance, where the allied army is expected to de scend on the German right, which al ready is bending backwards under persistent pressure to the northward of the River Alsne. If these Ger man positions are once carried, strat egists here heh ve the whole Ger man front will bc in danger. However, a "perceptible progress" is all the light the official chronicler permits himself to throw on tho great siege of the fortified positions, which now has lasted ten days. Fresh Troops for Germans. German reinforcements, according to Herlin reports, have beaten their opnoiionts in the race to the righting zone and the result ly seen in the rapid series of Hussar strokes which Gen. Von Kluck has been able to de liver in an effort to stem the allied enveloping movement around St. Quentin? Thus far the battle of the Alsne reproduces on a larger scale the fea tures of the struggle on the .Marne, but whether in the final outcome the victory will rest with the same side is likely to remain a secret for a few days more. Allies Gaining mi Wings. On the River Aisne, as on the Marne, the Germans' are thrusting persistently at the allies' center, while the French and British troops are pursuing their favorite movement of working around the German Hank. Day by day the allied line, though stationary in the center, seems, ac cording to official statements, to gain a little ground on both wings. Il the report that Gen. Von Kluck has moved his headquarters back to Mons be true it will be of the great est slgnilicance, as showing his rec ognition of the danger w^iich might threaten him from an army march ing from the west. Merlin, however, reports that the German counter attacks about Rheims have resulted in their cap ture of the strong hill position at Craonne, IS miles noVthwest of Rheims, and the occupation of the village of Betheny, three miles north of the French city. Berlin claims also a successful attack on the line of forts south of Verdun, defended by eight French army corps, as a re sult of which German troops have crossed the east border in the direc tion of Lorraine. Berlin repo?-ls fur ther the defeat of a sortie from the northeast of Verdun, but declares there has been no important engage ment elsewhere on the western bat tle front. City ol Rheims May h? Pbe noted City of RheJ razed to 'be ground, it is don, not because it in itp< gtrategb importanee, but bo'nuse it nanpena lo be in the way Of the operations directed against the plateau above the city, where the al lies undoubtedly will endeavor again to disprove, as did Napoleon, the theory of Rluecher that these heights arc impregnable, even if defended by only 2."),OOO men. The walls of the tower of Rheims cathedral, according to latest reports, are still standing, but it ls not be lieved they are strong enough to en dure much more bombardment. TWO ARK KILLED, THREE HURT, In Automobile Accident Short Dist ance from Charlotte. (The Observer, Sept. 2 1.) John M. Craig, secretary of the Kd. Mellon Company, and one of the most popular and promising young busi ness men of the city, and Miss Chris tine Maxwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Maxwell, were Instantly killed last night at 10.45 o'clock When Mr. Craig's high-power seven passenger touring car, In which they were riding, was overturned on the State3\'ille road, one-half mile north of Crotts and 10 miles from Char lotte. David .1. Craig, of Statesville, a brother of John M. Craig, and W. H. McCabe, Jr., who were also In the car, were both painfully, but not seriously injured, while John Fin I f.ers, the colored chauffeur, had his )eg broken. The distressing accident occurred at the shari) turn of the Statesville road where it crosses the A. T. & O. railway. The road, which is almost ?i straight-away, bad been newly sur faced and Is exceedingly fast, which, combined with the fact that there ls a sht.rp right angle turn at this I point, makes it very dangerous to any save- exceedingly careful drivers. This is aHosted by the fact that three more or l?b.i serious accidents have occurred at mis spot within the past yea r. Was Anderson Young Linly. ( Daily Mall, 21st. ) Members of the Maxwell family In Anderson were advised early Monday morning o? the tragic death of Miss Christine Maxwell, the 18-year-old daughter of Col. and Mrs. J. D. Max well, which occurred in Mecklen burg county, North Carolina, above Charlotte, shortly before 12 o'clock Sunday night. Miss Maxwell was with an automobile party when the machine, going at a rapid rate, skid ded into a telephone polo, overturn ing and fatally injuring Miss Max will and John Craig. The ' other three occupants of the automobile were seriously injured. Miss Maxwell was a native o'. An derson and lived most all of her I'fe in this city. A few years ago her parents moved to Winston-Salem. Her father's health became bad and he moved In the mountains. Only a few days ago he and his family moved to Charlotte. Miss Maxwell had scores of friends among the young people of Ander son, wh? with the many friends and relatives ? the Maxwell family, were shocked and distressed when Infor mation came of her tragic and sud den death. Two of her brothers, Fred B, and Jeff. D. Maxwell, reside In Anderson, where the remains will be brought this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the interurban. The body and members of the family accompanying it will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Maxwell, at the Weekley place, on Vorth Alain street, on their arrival here. What Bllly'd Do. Walhalla. Sept. 22.-My Dear Legislature: I hear you are going to meet early in October for the pur pose of doing some good for the far mers who have cotton to sell. Well, meet- and borrow enough money to buy "?00,000 bales of cotton, which will be the very best kind of an In vestment. It will be as good as bonds. Next ask and insist on every lady in South Carolina dressing herself and family in cotton cloth, asking her, of course, to make the old fashioned wide skirt tloit she can get her whole body into. Ask her to have her good husband and sons to dress in cotton and nothing else for one year at least, and see what a wonderful effect it will have on the cotton market. Next thing I would do would be to appropriate $10,000 for Pollock and .lenings to do just what they want to do with it, for the good work they did in the last canlpaign. Of course von will know and do know what ?bey did. The next thing I would do, my Honorable Sirs, would be tb adjourn. 1 am, as ever, your true friend. Wilie Fennell. Dody Found; Seven Arrested. Dublin, (?a., Sept. 20.-Arrests have followed fast since the Unding of Herschel Bencham's body in the Oconee river Saturday. There; are now seven young white men in jail charged with complicity in the mur der. They are Den Rowland, Doc Childers, Henry Coleman, .lim Heebies, Charlie Bush. Bd. Montford and Bud Hawkins. All belonged to the same set with Beacham. The general theory of the killing is that it took place in Dub lin Tuopiay night over a gambling game a.ol the body was carried to the ferry in an automobile. City and county authorities are working bard on the case. MASTER'S SALES. STATE OF SOUTH GAROMNA, COUNTY OF OCONEtf. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, in the cases named below, I will offer for sale, to tho highest bidder, In front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, 5th day of October, lilli, between the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land lolow described: Mrs Mllie J^f^^kson. in I lei Own -..f " U?UlI?Hfcfc?unb;,.?iurIx o, the I. ..fin auiUMBiMuniiKunirix o. uw .'..mal ffflPii i..ie! i >y decea's?W'lalntifi, I against Mrs. Eddie W. Burns et al, Defend ants. All that certain piece, parcel . or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, of th*? State of South Carolina, on waters of Cho estoe Creek, of Tugaloo River, ad joining lands of J. A. Perkins, L. T. y Jones and others, containing one hundred and thirty-seven acres, more or less, and known as the home place of the late Janies A. Dickson. Terms of S:t;o: CASH. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of sale within five days from the day of sale, the Master do re-advertise and resell said premises on the fol lowing saleday, or some convenient saleday thereafter, at the risk of the former purchaser, or purchasers, and that be do continue- ;o lo do until he has found a purchaser, or purchas ers, who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE. Master for Oconee County, S. C. Sept. 16, 1014. William A. Strother and James Phin ney, as Partners In Trade, doing Business under the style and linn name of Strother & Phlnney Plaintiffs. against Ida Holden et al., Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, on Boone's Creek, adjoining lands of Hurt Alexander. Nevasso Guano Com pany, Estate of Carr Robertson and others, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less; but by a recent survey thereof it was as certained that tho said tract of land contains forty-four acres, as per plat of same hy Jas. H. Wigington, Sur veyor. Terms of Sale: CASH. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of sale within live days from the day of sale, the Master do re-advertise and resell said premises on the fol lowing saleday, or some convenient saleday thereafter, at the same place and on thc same terms as heretofore set Wt, at the risk of the former pur chaser, or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to nay exira for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County. S. C. Sept. 16, 1914. David Lee, Plaintiff, against Sarah E. Smith et al., Defendants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being In the County and State aforesaid, containing sixty-six acres, more or less, adjoining lands of the Dowis Place, Fendley Place, Thomas But tles, David Lee and others, the east Une being the public road leading to Westminster. Terms of Sale: Cash on Day ot Sale. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of sale within live dnys from day of sale, the Master do re-advertise and resell said premises on tho following salesday or some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser, or purchasers* and that ho continue so to do until he has found a purchase?-, or pur chasers, who comply with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. NV. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Sept. 16, 1914, Q. W. Edwards. Plaint UT. against Ervin Long et al., Defendants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, of the Statt, of South Carolina, on Long Nose Creek, waters of Tugaloo Uiver, ad joining lands of Turner Smith and others, containing seventy-one and one-half (71 Y?) acres, more or less, same being the remainder of the tract of one hundred and thirty-three and one-half (133V&) acres, more or less, conveyed to ErvIn Long by G. W. Edwards by deed 'nearing date the first day of .lune, 1910, after cut ting off and conveying by ErvIn Long to. Turin . Smith, a portion of said tract, cv n tai tiing fl f ty-two (62) acres, more or less, and also cutting off and coi. . eying by ErvIn Long to Mrs. Nancy Malissa Swafford a por- | Farms 1 WE HAVE SE\ VARIOUS SIZES, i SEVERAL NICE WITH US FOR SA Townville, Cross R HAVE SOME F GEORGIA WHICH \ EXCHANGE FOR DERSON COUNTY WE HAVE SE AND LOTS IN TO\ R. H. 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ALSO, All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Oconee County, State of South Carolina, on both sides of Long Nose Creek, adjoining tho tract aforesaid, also lands of Jesse Adams, James Spencer and others, containing fifty two (f>2) acres, more or less, same being more fully represented by plat o? survey thereof by C. C. Myers, Surveyor, dated the 29th day of April. 1914, and being the tract of land conveyed to Turner 10ni 11li by ErvIn Long on the 29th dav of April, 1914.' ALSO. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, adjoining lands of Janies Spencer and ot bel's, contain ing ton acres, more or less, and ho ing more fully represented by plat ot survey thereof by C. C. Myers, Sur veyor, of date tho 29th day of April, HU I, and being tho tract of ten acres, more or less, conveyed to Mrs. Nancy Malissa Swafford by' Ervin Long, on said date. Terms: CASH. 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