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ISSUED Sgail-WSEKLY. l. m grist s sons, Pobii.hen. j % Starajapn '4tr Jlromotion of th$ gtotiticat, gonial, Agricultural and <Eomm?[tial Jitterests oj the | '""'TOlVcopv.'riTK'cEt"""' established 1855. yo rkvi1.,i..k, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2l7 1014. no. 07. } ? ALONE IN THE By JOSEPH Copyright, 1913, by Small. Maynard CHAPTER XI. A Test of Courage. I think sometimes when a man suf^ fers his mind is apt to go back over * his life and linger on some terrible hardship he has experienced, and that by making a comparison between the present suffering and that of the past he finds some consolation. It is no uncommon thing to hear a man or woman sav. "If I could go through that I surely can stand this present trouP ble." A similar comparison confronted me in the forest when mental torture threatened to drive me back to civilization before my time was up. It was about an experience I had undergone ? many years before in the northern Maine country, and the remembrance of it on those lonesome times made me realize that my lot at present was far less hard in comparison. I, too, said to myself, "If I could endure that night then I can surely ^ win this battle with my mind." The recollection of that adventure in the canyon eighteen years before aided me greatly in this respect. At that time I was in northern Maine. One morning I was called upon h to prepare for a sixty mile ride, being told at the same time that a young woman was to be intrusted to my care. It was the latter part of January, and from six to ten feet of snow covered the ground. That very morning it was snowing, but it was a light snow, and the air was unusually warm for that time of the year. After we had ridden for about twenty miles the snow turned to rain, and the horse began to slump badly. Presently we entered a canyon where a ledge overhung the path. To the left was a river, which, because of the light snow, had overflowed its bank and undermined the deep snow. 1 stopped the horse in order to let I him rest a moment. We started forward again, and just as we came to the lowest part, close to the river, the horse broke through the surface of the snow into the water, dragging the sleigh with us in it after him. The water was up to our waists, and it was bitter cold. . It was a wild sort ^ of country. Just above our heads, hanging from the ledge, were tons of I I LAKE REGION PASSED BY KIS icicles, measuring anywhere from 75 to 100 feet long. It is easy to imagine I what would have hapepned to us if " they had chanced to Tall. Taking off my fur coat, I jumped into the slop up to my waist and took the girl on my back. After falling down several times I managed to make my way with her to solid ground a bit higher up on one side. It stopped raining and began to get very cold. I looked back at the horse p and saw that he was struggling hard to get on solid ground. He didn't seem to gain an inch. I went back through the slop, and after cutting the harness away from the rig, tried to lead him across the space of slush and snow. In 4 the struggle the sleigh was smashed. My legs were numb, and 1 jumped up and down as I tried to help the horse. It was dark by now, and soon the moon came out. To make matters worse the ice began to cram down the river, and I had to push and crowd away the big cakes which threatened every minute to sweep the horse's feet from under him. | If the horse could only go twentyfive feet he would be all right. I pushed down the snow and ice and endeavored to make a clearing for the animal, and 1 worked till I could scarcely stand up. Many a time I had to hang on to * the horse's neck to keep myself from falling. Then I heard the girl cry, and I went to her. She could not stand, she was so thoroughly chilled. To keep her blood moving fast 1 thrashed her in good shape. She would cry with the pain. Finally I stood there wondering what I should do. I said to myself that the nearest house was four miles away. I knew that I could get there myself, but by the time 1 returned the girl would be dead and probably the horse. I could not carry the girl. I had not even the strength to drag her. By this time ice had formed about the horse, and 1 had to break it away all around him. I hunt; on to the horse's neck and gazed at the moon in despair* I cursed that moon. I cursed everything in the world. "Nothing 1 have ever attempted has come out right," I cried. "I have been up against it and have had to struggle all my life. This is my last struggle, and 1 don't care. "I'll stay with the horse." I continued to myself. "What is the difference!" Continually slipping and crashing down, the horse struggled forward. When he fell I would pull him up again. Then 1 would hear the girl cry > WILDERNESS KNOWLES & Co. again. Once when I reached her side and spoke to her she did not answer. I lifted her up, but she fell back flat. Then I beat her as if I were mad and dragged her about, tearing her clothes. Then she moaned and screamed, and I knew that she was still alive. Tnis exercise wun me gin uiun t rest me any, and before I made another journey to the horse I was forced to get my breath. Again I was forced to break away the ice. The horse's legs were nums. and I had to beat him to keep him struggling. I was suffering excruciating pain, and I know it made a different man of me. With a superhuman effort the horse got within ten feet of sure footing. I knew that everything hung on the next struggle, and I wondered if the animal and I were equal to it. First I went back to the girl and beat her some more. Pulling her out into the snow, I took my robe away from her and left her half dead. Using this robe as a footing, I made ready for the final struggle with the horse. I knew it was the last because I realized the animal wouldn't last through another one. Neither would I. The struggle began with a thrashing of hoofs and a lashing about. Suddenly the horse gave a mighty plunge, and his forward feet struck the solid ground. He stood there trembling. The horse was entirely free now. When I got my breath I went fearfully to the side of the girl. "I'm all right," she said faintly. "Don't wait for me. Go along. Leave me here. I'm not suffering any more." I dropped her back and went after the horse. First I woitld rub the limbs of the girl, and then I would start doing the same thing to the horse until I couldn't rub any more. Finally I made an attempt to throw the girl across the horse's back, but to save my life I couldn't lift her up. After trying half a dozen times I managed to sling her across, and for an instant I thought the animal was Roing lo cave in unuer ner. I steered him by the rou^h places, for 1 knew if he slumped it would be V//TV ' t, .MM gfc\ nHHESfm VHBBu TsVck ?t/.? . JHHHH& w$?*rr jwoHnanft VKM :1^5S^SbB^B* vmhp I0WLE3 IN HIS WANDERING8. all off. For about a mile our sorry trio continued until we reached a point where a narrow gauge logging railroad crossed the footpath. I knew that It would be easier going between the rails of this track, so I led the creature on to the track, taking care that he did not stumble and fall. We were still three miles from the nearest house, and it was growing colder every minute. Then, all of a sudden, l discovereu just in time an opening: bridge ahead of us, over which the horse could not possibly cross. It certainly seemed as if fate w %re blocking: me at every point. As 1 stood there I heard away in the distance the sound of a train coming. In the night the engineers and firemen of these trains do not look out of the cab windows, because they do not expect to see anything on the track in winter. I tried to lead the horse off the track, but he would not budge an inch. I saw that something had to be done at once. I grabbed the girl, dragged her off the horse's back and laid her down beside the track. Walking along beside the horse during the last hour had given some of my strength back, and when the ani mal would not move a second time I began to push him with my shoulder The train was quite near now, and in my frantic efforts to get the horse off the rails I reached down and grabbed his right foot and threw my whole strength against him. Down he went with a crash beside the track, and I held him down by the head so he could not get up. How I wanted that train to stop just then! I began to shout. As the train came nearer my yells were lost in the roar of the engine. It slid past us, and no one knew we were within a thousand miles. It was useless to attempt to cross that bridge?in fact, it could not be done. I left the horse and started through the snow by the side of the track to see how far away the road might be and discovered it was only about thirty-live feet distant. Heaven knows it was near enough, but there was a six foot alder brush which we would have to go through, and the snow had loaded this down with a ten foot deep covering. I began to dig an opening and after laborious work tunneled a place through which the horse could go to the road. I'pon reaching the girl I found her numb and still. I began beating her again, dragging her about on the track and bumping her over the sleepers. Then I left the girl again and fought with the horse. I finally got him through the deep snow to the tunnel and out on to the road. As soon as this was done I went back to the girl and carried her to the horse and managed to get her once more on his back. I don't remember much that followed for a spell, but I do know that I suddenly looked up and really saw the house just ahead. I kept rubbing the girl's limbs and telling her we were there and encouraged her until we reached the yard. There was a light in one of the windows. I staggered up to the door of the house, fell down on the steps and rapped. The door opened and a man appeared. I could just talk, but I could I I11H SlUUU. "Take this woman into the house, and the horse into the stable," I gasped. "Bandage up his legs and stop the blood. Don't ask me any questions. I'll tell you later." The girl was quickly taken into the house. I felt relieved. My job was done. 1 relaxed. The man began to ask questions. "Don't ask me anything. Leave me J alone for an hour," I begged. I did not want them to touch me at all. "Won't you have a glass of cider?" I the man asked quietly. I didn't answer, but he disappeared and came back shortly with a dipperful of the sour stuff. It was a big two quart dipper and it was full. I grabbed it from his hand and drained it to I ?Vio In of ilrnn The dinner fell from m? hands to the floor, and I sank down in front of the Are. We had reached that house after seven hours of torture and cold. While the girl had frozen the side of her face, one hand and the sides of her feet, she recovered. She was covered with black and blue places where I had beaten her and dragged her about. The horse came through all right. With the exception of a badly cut up pair of legs I was as well as if nothing had happened the next morning. * * * * When I entered the wilderness on Aug. 4, 1913, I placed entire dependence upon my knowledge of the woods, which I had gained from practical experience. In the preliminary catechizing of myself I could think of nothing that would block me In tha undertaking. I had never read any books on the primitive man or the primitive life. I simply knew what I had been forced to do in the past, and I felt that such knowledge would carry me through, as Droved to be the case. A knowledge of woodcraft can never be gained through the reading of books. While certain methods can be described in this manner, the reader will never grasp the true spirit of the subject unless he has the practical experience to go with it. A little of this practical experience goes a long way. If a man is really interested, his year by year contact with the woods will aggregate a considerable amount of knowledge. While he is in the forest a man is not making a study of nature through the medium of type set pages, but he is gradually absorbing the real fundamentals through the great big open book of nature?the one natural textbook, written on the mountainsides, the trees, the surface of the waters, and in the thicket, by the greatest author of them all?the Almighty. In attempting to give you a little insight into the fascination of wood crart i win begin by touching upon the various trails which are to be found all over the-woods. There are many kinds of trails?natural game trails and those made by man. However, all trails are very much alike. In every instance a trail, whether it be made by man or animal, follows through the wilderness, over streams, along the line of least resistance. When a man builds his camp in a virgin country he makes his trail to the spring along the easiest way. If an animal had come there years before and started from the site of this same camp he would have made a trail to this same spring exactly the same as the man made it?simply because it was the easiest way to make it. The spotted or blazed trail, like the others, follows this line of least resistance. The blazed trail is not a trampled trail. It is a trail made by spots on the trees with an ax. Swinging to the right or left as the land may go, but always keeping one point of the compass in mind, the man in making a blazed trail marks a spot or a blaze on a tree with his ax. F?">m the last blaze he looks ahead, singles out another tree, and when he reaches it makes another blaze there. On he goes through the forest, making a spot here and there in this manner. Even the amateur can easily follow a blazed trail. When he comes to a spotted tree all he has to do is to look ahead to the right or left until he sees another blazed tree. Upon reaching that he goes through the same performance. Thus he goes from tree to tree all the way along the trail. To return to the natural game trails. These trails are worn through the process of one animal after another drifting along over the same ground. They use the same route through the forest because that is the easiest way to go. The woods are full of these trails. (To Be Continued). ? William A. Deford, the assistant district attorney, of New York, who is conducting an investigation of the rise in cost of food to learn if there is a conspiracy among dealers to make the European war an excuse for charging higher prices, issued a statement yesterday, asking householders to furnish him wita lists of food purchases during the last week in July, the cost, names and addresses of the dealers. Many subpoenas were issued at the prosecutor's office, directing wholesale and retail dealers to appear and testify in Mr. Duford's inquiry. The informa turn, if he decides it Is tini><>rtsint enough for "John Doe" proceedings, will lie placed before Chief Magistrate McAdoo. In Hronx county a similar inquiry was begun yesterday, dealers testifying regarding prices. These witnesses, who included representatives of western packers, agreed for the most part that stock farms in the west were holding back their cattle from the Chicago markets. The manager of a large drug dealing house admitted on the stand that he had raised prices of certain medicines and soaps without real reason, as his cost for these commodities was the same. Retail prices in parts of the city advanced yesterday in some commodities and decreased in others. I-iter. coffee and some of the vegetables rose; sugar remaining the same, flour, went down and beef in many sections fell a cent a pound. PURGING IN NEWBERRY. County Executive Committee Considers Peculiar Cases. GOV. BLEASE APPEARED BY PROXY. Makes Full and Complete Return to Citation that Did not Carry Charges and Indulges in Some Biting Sarcasm at Expense of the Chairman? Man of Fifty Alleged to be Under Ant> , ' * a - , Newberry Herald and News. The county Democratic executive committee had an interesting meeting Saturday. The committee was called to order by County Chairman J. L. Keitt. The most important matter taken up was that of purging the club rolls. Thirteen persons had been notified by Chairman Keitt to appear and show cause why their names should not be stricken from the club rolls, among them Governor Cole L. Blease and his brother, Mr. Harry H. Blease. Governor Blease was not present, he being in attendance upon the senatorial campaign meeting at Kingstree, which was held on Saturday. The governor was represented before the committee by his brother, Eugene S. Blease, Esq. The first name called before the committee was that of Mr. Harry H. Blease. He had not been notified ol any reason why he should not be allowed to vote, simply notified to appear and explain why he should be permitted to vote. Mr. Blease took the floor and proceeded to give his reasons for being permitted to vote, when he was interrupted by Chairman Keitt, and told that the only complaint against him was that he had not been a resi~two vom ru Mr. Blease demanded to know who had given this information, but the chairman said he "had just heard it." It didn't take but a few minutes for Mr. Blease to satisfy the committee that he was entitled to vote. Mr. J. B. O'Neall Holloway wanted to know of Mr. Blease if he supported Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Blease stated that he would not answer Mr. Holloway's question, that he had already stated that he was a Democrat, had always been a Democrat, and that Mr. Holloway's question was not asked for information, but simply to try to prejudice the committee against him. Then Mr. Blease told the committee that he was a Wilson Democrat, that he did not vote in the general election because he was in South Carolina, and could not vote here then, and could not vote in his old home in Virginia, but that he had given Mr. Wilson his intluence. Afterwards Mr. Holloway apologized to Mr. Blease. When Governor Blease's name was reached, his brother, Mr. E. S. Blease, rAnH n rwitior n.nthnrizinir Mr RIpjisp to represent the governor. Then Mr. Blease read the return of Governor Blease, which is as follows: To the County Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Newberry County: The county chairman has sent me the following notice: "Newberry, S. C., August 10, 1914. "To Coleman Livingston Blease, Columbia, S. C.?Sir: You are hereby cited to appear before the county Democratic committee of Newberry county, Saturday, August 15th, instant, at the court house in Newberry, to show cause why your name shall not be stricken from the roll of club Ward No. 5, Newberry, S. C. (Signed) "Jos. L. Keitt. "County Chairman." In answer to that notice, I desire to state that I can not be present at said meeting, for the reason that I have an engagement, iinu une iixeu uy me siuie Democratic executive committee, a committee higher than yours, to be at Kingstree on the 15th of August, to attend the senatorial campaign meeting. Therefore, I have appointed and constituted Eugene S. Blease as my representative before your committee. 1 am in the position of being cited to make answer to something charged against me of which 1 am not aware. Your chairman, and no one else, so far as I know, states why my name should be stricken from the club roll referred to in the notice hereinabove set forth. It occurs to me that since my name appears on that roll and no reason is assigned why it should not be there, that the presumption is that I am correctly enrolled, and that before my name is stricken off from that roll that some one should state the reason for its being stricken off, and that I should be advised of that reason, if there be one. But, as a member of the Democratic party, the party which your chairman and each member of your committee is supposed to represent, and to represent fairly and impartially, I waive all questions at this time that I might raise as to the orderly method of your procedure, and submit herein "causes" why my name should not be stricken from the roll of the club, Ward No. 5, of the town of Newberry, S. C. First. Because I am a white man. Second. Because 1 am above the age of 21 years. Third. Because I have never been convicted of any crime, and have never been charged with any crime. Fourth. Because I am a citizen of the United States and a citizen of the state of South Carolina. Fifth. Because I have resided in this state for more than two years ana have resided in Newberry county for more than six months, nrlor to this date. Sixth. Because for the past two years I have been a member of Ward No. 5, Democratic club of Newberry, S. C., voted in the said club in the primaries of 1912, represented said club in the county convention, as a delegate, in 1912, and was elected by said club to represent it as a delegate in the Newberry county convention in 1914. Seventh. Because under the rules ot the Democratic party of South Carolina, now in force, "State and county officers temporarily residing at or near the capital or the county seat, may retain their former home clubs, if they so desire." And I am now a state officer, temporarily residing at the state capital. Eighth. Because at the time of the adoption of the present rules of the Democratic party of South Carolina, on the 20th and 21st days of May, 1914, I was then a state officer, temporarily residing at the state capital, and was then, and had been, a member of Ward 5, Democratic club of Newberry, S. C. Ninth. That I am a Democrat, and have been one all my life. That I have always been attached to the Democratic party of the state of South Carolina and of Newberry county. That 1 have been for three times the nominee of the iJemocratic party of Newberry county for the house of representatives that 1 have been once the nominee of the Democratic party of Newberry county for the office of state senator; I have been once the nominee of the Democratic party of the town of Newberry for the office of mayor of said town; 1 have been twice the nominee , f tlw. UuninKmllK South Carolina for the office of presil< nihil elector; I have been twice the nominee of the Democratic party of llie state of South Carolina for the ofIVe of governor, and am now occupying said office, and living in the executive mansion, in the city of Columbia, which has been furnished to me by the white Democrats of this state; I have been a member of the Democratic party of this state, and Newberry county, for more than 2.r> years, have never at any time, voted any ticket save the regular Democratic ticket, municipal, county, state and national. I have served in nearly every Democratic convention of Newberry county held within the past twenty-live years, have served as county chairman of the Democratic party of Newberry county; have represented Newberry county in many state conventions of the Democratic party, have served on the state Democratic committee, as Newberry county's representative for many years. That I have never, at any time, associated myself with any political party except the Democratic party; that I did not in 1890 attend the Haskell convention or vote the Haskell ticket, and j have never "flirted" with the Populists. Tenth. That within the time required by the rules of the Democratic party, at the proper place of enrollment, in the presence of the secretary of Ward 5, Democratic club of Newberry, S. C., I enrolled myself as a member of that club, and signed my full name, and Immediately thereafter wrote upon the roll of said club my age, occupation and postoffice address. Respectfully submitted. Coleman Lavinerstone Blease August 14, 1914. At the conclusion of the reading of I the return Mr. Blease stated that if I there was any question about the right of Governor Blease to vote in Ward 5, that he would address the committee on that question. Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh, Mr. J. C. Neel, and others expressed themselves as being convinced that under the rules Governor Blease had the right to vote in Ward 5. Mr. R. T. C. Hunter seemed to doubt it, but no other member of the committee agreed with Mr. Hunter so far as could be seen. Rev. Mr. Bedenbaugh moved that Governor Blease be allowed to remain on the Ward 5 club roll. The chairman ruled that no motion was necessary, that Governor Blease's name would stay there unless it was stricken off by the committee. No vote was ever taken or ordered. It is supposed that Governor Blease's reference to "flirting with Populists," which is mentioned in his return was to be applied to Chairman Keitt, the governor having repeatedly charged T/.I44 UU n Tlnnil Hut mi. rvem wiin Having uccu a iu|iuni>i, Several other persons were called to answer charges of being wrongly enrolled, besides Governor Blease and his brother. We are informed that all the challenged persons were Blease men. They were as follows: Rex. Hunter Evans, Daniel Clifton Driggers, Thomas Lafayette Milstead, Benjamin Thomas Reagin, George Washington Thompson, Robt. Corley, James Benjamin Outz, Lonnie Lee Rowell, Benjamin Rowell Roten and Henry Mathis Hook. No one was stricken off by the committee, however. Several who were present explained to the satisfaction of the committee that they had a right to vote and their names were ordered left on the rolls. In the other cases action was continued until next Thursday, when the committee is to meet again. BROWNING AND MANNING Union Man Excoriates Sumter Candidate at Walhalla. The feature of the state campaign meeting at Walhalla last Tuesday was the terrific lambasting that Hon. Lowndes J. Browning gave the Hon. Richard I. Manning. "There is nothing I enjoy more," said Mr. Browning, "than to puncture a gas bag or expose a hypocrite and I - * ? - ? nfVi At> tnrl o v am going to UU UUC U1 me umci ivua/. Soon you will hear as at the other meetings we have heard, lawlessness denounced in the most vigorous terms. The candidate rears up on the toes of his hind legs and declares that no house burner, yeggman, safecracker or rapist need apply to him for pardon. He does not say, however, that he will not, if governor, pardon a common thief. "Eight years ago when the state dispensary had become a stench in the nostrils of the people, when only such men as John G. Richards and Mendel L. Smith still stood for its corrupt and corrupting influences, Richard I. Manning came forward to save it. Many believed then and some believe yet that he attempted to bolster its waning fortunes for the sake of the governorship. I did not then consider him so low as to sell himself for office. I attributed it to a never too strong mentality, but of course I may have been mistaken. At any rate, he was defeated that year for governor. "Now he is a candidate again for the same high office and proclaiming most loudly for the enforcement of the law. Let us see, and to do so, we must go back a little, on page zio, senate journal of 1912, you will find a message from Gov. Blease, transmitting to the general assembly the report of his special factory inspector, Col. Leon M. Green, of the governor's staff, and this report covers to page 240 of said journal. The governor congratulated himself that the year before he had vetoed the item of $3,400 for two factory inspectors and had had this work done by Col. Leon M. Green at a cost of only $1,000. "Seeing a striking similarity between Col. Leon M. Green's report and the report of the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, E. J. Watson, I compared the two and found them identical. I then sent J. Rutledge McGee to Mr Watson's office, demanding the correspondence between Mr. Watson and Col. Leon M. Green on factory inspection. I got the originals of Col. Leon M. Green's letters and carbon copies of Mr. Watson's replies, and reading these letters to the house I proved that all the work Col. Leon M. Green had done was to copy about 22 pages of Mr. Watson's report for which the state of South Carolina paid $1,000. "Col. Leon M. Green was then, and I think is now, a member of Gov. Blease's staff. This exposure was in the papers on the front page in large headlines. Col. Leon M. Green was then dubbed 'Scissors.' Whether that non-de-plume still sticks, I do not know. "Mr. Manning must have known all this. He knew the moral character of this Col. Leon M. Green and yet, is he not in Mr. Manning's employ now? Yesterday I asked the clerk at the hotel in Anderson if Mr. Manning was stopping there. He replied: 'Yes, he Is in No. 4.' I then asked if Col. Leon M. Green were there, and he replied; 'Yes, but not registered. He is with Mr. .Manning in No. 4. Do you wish to see him?' I did not. If Mr. Manning is so fearfully earnest in his desire to have the law enforced, why does he have Col. Leon M. Green so constantly with him? He must know his character. Does Col. Leon M. Green write Mr. Manning's speeches? He wields a rather facile pen; his mentality is above the average. Did Mr. Manning employ Col. Leon M. Green of his own volition? Or was he thrust upon him by Mr. Manning's capitalistic backers? Is Mr. Manning sincere in his denunciation of lawlessness or is he only bidding for votes? Does not Mr. Manning's connection with Col. Leon M. Green leave the impression that he is swinging to Blease's coattail with one hand and to the capitalists with the cither? These are pertinent questions and the voters of South Carolina are entitled to a frank and candid answer. "I am offering this to the press. Did it relied on Lowndes J. Browning, John (4. Clinkscales, Charles A. Smith or Mendel L. Smith, I feel sure it would lie published, but as it refers to one of the press and capitalistic pets, we will see." In connection with the foregoing, Mr. L. M. Green, who is the Columbia eorrpsnondent of the Charlotte Observ er, gave out the following at Greenville: "Browning's statement today at Walhalla is hut a disgruntled attack upon Mr. Manning, the leading gubernatorial candidate, through a misstatement of facts with regard to me. I emphatically deny insinuations contained therein. "With regard to the factory inspection referred to, the whole matter was threshed out in the general assembly at the time, my statement as to the true situation was published generally in the press of the state and was accepted as an endimr to the proposition. The use of the alleged incident for political effect by Browning at the time was halted. "As to the insinuation that I am a Blease man, that I specifically deny. I am not a supporter of Gov. Blease for the t'nited States senate and this is generally and publicly known. "This eleventh hour attack on Mr. : Manning will not hurt him with the , people of South Carolina, I am sure." J. E. P. 1 piscfltancous #radinp. LET AMERICANS BE CAREFUL President Warns All Citizens Against Partisanship. Addressing the American people President Wilson on last Tuesday issued a statement on the European war, warning citizens of the United States against "that deepest, most subtle, most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of partisanship, out of passionately taking sides." The president pleaded that the United States be "neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men's souls." "We must be impartial in thought as well as in action," he said, "but put a curb upon our sentiments as well as upon every transaction that might be construed as a preference of one party to the struggle before another." Officials close to the president made it clear that he was fully determined 1 to take no part in the dispute between ' Japan and Germany over the situation ' in the Far East. While that controversy was not specifically referred to ' in the president's statement, it became ' known that he is resentful of efforts he ' believed are being made to embroil the United States in it. The president's statement follows: "My fellow countrymen: "I suppose that every thoughtful man 1 in America has asked himself during 1 these last troubled weeks what influence the European war may exert upon ' the United States and I take the liber- ' ty of addressing a few words to you in ' order to point out that it is entirely 1 within our own choice what its effects 1 upon us will be and to urge very earnestly upon you the sort of speech and conduct which will best safeguard the nation against distress and disaster. "The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do. Every man who really loves America will act and speak In the true spirit of neutrality, which is the spirit of impartiality and fairness, and friendliness to all concerned. The spirit of the nation In this critical matter will be determined largely by what individuals and society and those gathered in public meetings do and say, upon what newspapers and magazines contain, upon what our ministers utter in their pulpits and men proclaim as their opinions on the streets. "The people of the United States are drawn from many nations ana cnieny from the nations now at war. It Is natural and inevitable that there should be the utmost variety of sympathy and desire among them with regard to the issues and circumstance of the conflict. Some will wish one nation, others another, to succeed in the momentous struggle. It will be easy to excite passion and difficult to allay it. Those responsible for exciting it will assume a heavy responsibility, a responsibility for no less a thing than that the people of the United States whose love of their country and whose loyalty to its government should unite them as Americans all, bound in honor and affection to think first of her and her interests, may be divided in camps of hostile opinions, hot against each other, involved in the war itself in impulse and opinion if not in action. "Such a diversion amongst us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of the proper performance of our duty as the pne great nation at peace, the one people holding Itself ready to play a part of impartial mediation and speak the counsels of peace and accommodation not as a partisan, but as a friend. "I venture, therefore, my fellow 1 countrymen, to speak a solemn word of warning to you against that deepest, most subtle, most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of ' partisanship, out of passionately taking sides. "The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men's souls. We must be impartial in thought as well { as in action, must put a curb upon our sentiments as well as upon every trans- j action that might be construed as a 1 preference of one party to the struggle , before another. i "My thought is of America. I am ] speaking, I feel sure, the earnest wish j and purpose of every thoughtful Amer- ( ican that this great country of ours i wnicn is, or course, ine nrsi in our thoughts and in our hearts, should show herself in this time of peculiar trial a nation fit before others to ex- I hibit the free poise of undisturbed | Judgment, the dignity of self-control, ( the efficiency of dispussionate action; ] a nation that neither sits in judgment 1 upon others, nor is disturbed in her \ own counsels, and which keeps herself , fit and free to do what is honest and l disinterested, and truly serviceable for 1 the peace of the world. I "Shall we not resolve to put upon < ourselves the restraint which will 1 bring to our people the happiness and J the great and lasting influence for ( peace we covet for them?" 1 The president is understood to be J deeply concerned because naturalized ( Americans who came from the bellig- i erent nations have taken sides in pub- < lie discussions of the war. On prevl- ' ous occasions he has publicly spoken , against what he termed "hyphenated i Americans," declaring citizens of the 1 I'nited States should be Americans J only, not Irish-Americans, German- ; Americans or other classifications of I the sort. The feeling is understood to ' have prompted his statement today. . NO MORE WAR CORRESPONDENTS Why Once Famous Newspaper Men Have Become an Extinct Race. War correspondents have become an extinct race of mortals. No more Bull Run Russels to paint false pictures for foreign sympathizers! No more Archibald Forbes to ride hundreds of miles with the lirst and true story of a score of battles! New times have made new conditions, and these new conditions of war eliminate the old-time war correspondent. Today all circumstances of war are different. Armies are far greater. Scope of operations cover scores of miles. Long range guns make it impossible almost for one army to get t near enough to another to see it. But much more important still is the fact that the telegraph lines at the scene of a battle are inevitably in possession of the contending armies. No civilian can get a chance even if lie saw u battle intimately enough to tell what is going on to send any report o' it by v. ire. The military authorities wouldn't permit it. Were a correspondent to see a battle he could at most only see a small part of it. Then he would be compelled to ride through a war-controlled country hundreds of miles to a telegraph station not under military scrutiny. A wire even under such disadvantageous conditions would not be certain, for every land now censors dispatches to suit Itself. His story at best would I be a mere driblet and a weak frag-1 ment. No foreign country knows even yet just what happened at Mukden. Neither the Japanese nor the Russians would permit any writers near the scene. Besides that, no correspondent could of himself possibly know what was going on over a territory so very many miles In extent. Picture a battle between Austriaus and Russians on Austrian territory. Not a line would any reporter be allowed to send by wire over Austrian territory provided the Russians won. Nor would Russia permit any dispatches except of the most meager :haracter. Thus each country will make its own war news. It will send out only what It desires the world to know. Reports will be distorted to suit one side or the other, salient facts will be suppressed, defeats and routs will not be admitted. The general commanding an army Is the only person in a position to write a true report of what now occurs in a battle. All his subordinate officers make constant reports to him of exactly what occurs. Were a correspondent permitted each night to read these reports, he could frame up a fine story of a campaign. But the general will not be so obliging. On the contrary, he will make a report to his own war office, and the war office will publish to the world just so much of the bare, bald facts as it may deem advisable. No war office will issue any report disadvantageous to itself. Thus from St. Petersburg will come Russian victories, from Berlin German victories, from Vienna Austrian victories. Correspondents will be kept far to the rear. Indeed, the correspondents in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg will be the real war correspondents. They will get the news and more news than anybody else and they will get it from the war offices. but not from battlefields.?Philadelphia Ledger. DEFENSES OF LIEGE. Fort* Surmounted by Peculiar Steel Cupolas Unknown Elsewhere. Capt. Godfrey Lynet Carden, of the United States revenue cutter service, In giving a description of the defenses at Liege, where the Belgian and German armies were reported to be fighting, said, according to the New York Evening Post: 'The Belgian defense at Liege has been greatly assisted by armored cup olas. These cupolas were built at the Cockerlll works, located Just outside of Liege. Armored cupolas mounting single rapid-flre guns and in pairs command the approaches to many of the principal bridges over the Meuse. This form of defense is unknown in the United States, but it follows the general method In vogue In France of commanding the principal avenues of approach over the frontier by permanent batteries." Capt. Carden, who for several years was special agent in Europe for the department of commerce at Washington, reported at length on the Cockerlll works at Liege. He says that the Belgian cupolas must not be confounded with the Gruson turrets of the Germans. The latter, he says, are built up of chilled cast iron and are designed largely for heavy guns. The Gruson turrets vary In thickness from four to live feet, and have proven Impregnable to a point-blank attack of 110-ton guns. The Gruson turrets are intended more especially for coast defense. "The Gruson turret Idea undoubtedly , gave rise,' Capt. Carden says, "to the cupola, and in a way the land cupolas may be regarded as miniature Gruson turrets. The announcement in the dispatches that the cupolas were impregnable to the German field gun fire at Liege might have been discounted , in advance. The cupolas can not be demolished except by the very heaviest trun fire, that is to say, by guns of such weight and calibre as do not permit of transfer with troops in the field. How Gunt are Hidden. The Belgian cupolas lie very close to , the ground, and show not more than three or four feet above the surface, rhey are almost invisible. The cupola ?un position comprises an excavation for the gun mount and magazine, with , the cupola covering the whole like the Iron lid of a pot. The only opening is i port just large enough for the chase ( t>f the gun, and the piece is trained by the revolving of the cupola. There is j generally an all-around fire. "The military engineers in Belgian [ lave made careful selection for these j cupolas of positions which would ab- j jolutely command the approach to the | principal bridges over the Meuse. In j lddition the practice has been follow- ( ?d of locating the cupolas so as to af- ] ford a cross fire over important high- ] ivay approaches. The same thing has jeen done on the French frontier, but >n a more elaborate scale, great for- ' tresses and concealed batteries giving flrp r>nnlrnl nvpp pvopv rnnri lend ng in from the frontier. ] "The Belgians either from a matter >f economy or for expediency, have not ndulged in extensive fortification ivork beyond the protecting of the arger cities. The cupolas have been counted on to hold the bridges at the Vleuse frontier, and it is the fire from hese cupolas which is proving so ef'ective in the defense of Liege. "The cupolas can be operated by not nore than ten men. The guns mount?d within them are for the most part Jockerill rapid fire weapons, capable of ' Iring from 25 to 30 shots per minute, l'he cupolas are open to capture only vhen turned or isolated. They can loubtless be destroyed by high explosives if properly placed, but they are ' jroof against the 75-millimeter standird German field gun projectile. "Liege is the principle manufacturng city of Belgium. All the artillery ind small arms manufactured for the ielgium army come from Liege. The treat Cockerill works, the Krupp of Belgium, employing 10,000 men, are ocated at Seraing, just outside of Aege. Within the town proper are an mmense number of private gun plants, nachinery and machine tool shops, and ocomotive works. Included in the lumber is the government small arms actory known as Kabrique National. "Liege is the principal railway maerial manufacturing city of Belgium, ind Belgian locomtives, steel rails, r reight cars and mining machinery . vhich go to all parts of the world come or the most part from Liege. Many ailways in South America and the ur east draw their equipment almost xclusively from Liege. The fighting low at that city means an entire cesation of work in the great plants." YORK COUNTY VOTERS. Who They Are, What They Do and Where They Live. AUTHENTIC DIRECTORY FOR WHITES The?e Are the People Who Will Nominate Public Officers In the Approaching Primary Election*, Beginning Auguet 25th. ROCK HILL CLUB NO. 2. W. R. Adams. clerk So. Ex. Co., R. Hill Sid Adams, sec. Mane, mill, Rock Hill. R. F. Adams, mill work., Rock Hill. W. F. Adams, far., No. 6. Rock Hill. J. P. Adams, mill work., High. Park. J.W.C. Adams, mill work., Manchester. J. J. Atkins, mill work., High. Park. N. W. Allen, merchant, Rock Hill. C. H. Allen, machinist, Rock Hill. L. B. Alley, mechanic, Aragon Mill. J.F.Anderson, mill work., No. 3, R. Hill J. W. Anderson mfg. buggies, R. Hill. J. G. Anderson, mfg. buggies, R. Hill. J. D. Anderson, none, 129 Spencer St. J. M. Anderson, trav. sales., Rock Hill. W.E.Anderson, mill work., 605E.Wblte U U A -..U..- KkaI/ai. 1 <? " 1 IT Voln G. B. Anderson, ins. agt., Rock Hill. J. E. Arnett, mill work., Mane. Mill. J. G. Barron, bookkeep., Rock Hill. E. M. Barron, lineman, Rock Hill. A. R. Barrett, P. O. clerk. Rock Hill. G. L. Ballard, mill weaver, 22 Golns. J. A. Barber, farmer, Rock Hill. W. L. Barron, merchant, Rock Hill. R. E. Barron, merchant, Rock Hill. J. R. J. Barron, manfg., Rock Hill. P. A. Barron, salesman, Rock Hill. J. B. Barron, farmer, Rock Hill. R. A. Barrett, farmer. Rock Hill. E. J. Ballard, tel. opr., Rock H1U. J. E. Bass, merchant, Rock Hill. E. L. Barnes, Postal tel. co., Rock Hill. J. G. Barnwell, electrician, Rock Hill. J. R. Barron, mill pres., Rock Hill. Farley Baker, mill emp., Mane. Mill. Chas. Bagley, mill emp., No. 3. R. Hill. M. W. Bailey, painter, Rock Hill. VV. A. Bechtler, carpenter, Rock Hill. L. W. Becknell, mill op., 92 E. White. J. N. Benton, newspaper, Rock Hill. C. A. Berry, electrician, Rock Hill. J. S. Beatty, physician, Rock Hill. A. J. Ballard, carpenter, Rock Hill. J. W. Barnes, engineer, 8 Lyle St A. L. Baldwin, engineer, Lyle St. Li. J. Bechtler. far.. No. 3. Rock Hill. M. W. Barr, carpenter, 220 Adams. Joe Blackmon, mill work., 43 Goins. S. A. Bingham, mill work., Arag. Mill. A. H. Blanton, ins. agt., Rock Hill. G. W. Brazzle, mill work., E. White. A. J. Brazzle, mill work., E. White. H. D. Brirman, clerk, Rock Hill. W. C. Biggar, planter, Rock Hill. I. A. Bigger, physician. Rock Hill. I. A. Bigger, Jr., student, Rock Hill. S. D. A. Bigham, carpenter, Rock Hill. S. L. Black, clerk, Rock Hill. J. W. Black, mill work., 49 Lucas St. F. D. Black, merchant, Rock Hill. J. A. Black, cotton buyer, Rock Hill. W. R. Blackmon, physician. Rock Hill. G. A. Blair, mill work., Aragon Mill. W. O. Blair, mail carrier, Rock Hill. I. Blair, mill work., Aragon Mill. A. M. Black, coroner, Rock Hill P. Blackmon, mill work., Aragon Mill. T. M. Boulware, mill work., 3, R. Hill. L. D. Blair, mill work., Aragon Mill. R. P. Boyd, druggist, Rock Hill. W. W. Boyce, farmer, Rock Hill. J. W. Boyd, farm., No. 3, Rock Hill. C. W. Boyd, minister, Rock Hill. F. L. Boulware, mill work., Mane. Mill. J.H.L.Boulware, mill work., Manc.Mill. J. L. Bolen, mill work., 314 Jones St. E. G. Bradford, carpenter, Rock Hill. S. B. Brasell, mill oper., H. P. Mfg. Co. T. C. Branson, mill over., 604E.White. J. P. Branson, mill work., H.P.Mfg.Co. W. V. Branson, mill work., H.P.Mfg.Co. rv D Dro nann morhhunf Rnf?lf R ill A. M. Bridges, R.- R. disp., Rock Hill. Wm, Browne, none, H. P. Mfg. Co. J. J. Browne, mechanic, 312 Jones St O. M. Browne, mill work., Lyle St. W. W. Brooks, meat mar., Rock Hill. E. M. Burriss, No. 4, Rock Hill. A. H. Bynum, merchant, Rock Hill. J. W. Coeton, mill work., 280 Jones St. M. Carlisle, photo work, E. White St Sam Camp, R. R. Cond., 614 Izard St E. S. Campbell, b'kkeep., 130 E. White. J. E. Carroll, P.. R. eng., 616 Izard. W. R. Carothers, ins. agt., 228 Hope. J.L.Carberry, agr. dept. agt., 412 Oakl'd. M. C. Carroll, carp., Ebenezer Ave. S. B. Carroll, Sr., carpt., 314 Park av. J. F. Camp, engineer, 350 R. R. Ave. J. N. Carnes, mill work., Mane. Mill. J. M. Cherry, real estate, 204, Oakl'd. W. J. Cherry, law., 331, Oakland. C. K. Chreitzberg, carp., 114 Caldwell. J. L Clark, mill work., 998 E. White. R. J. Clark, farm., No. 3, Rock Hill. Chas. Clark, mill work., Aragon Mill. H. R. Clark, mill work., Aragon Mill. E. E. Cloud, merchant, 505 El Main. J. B. Clontz, R. R. emp? 5376 White H. G. Corley, R. R. tick, ag., Chatham. J. R. Comer, far., No. 3, Rock Hill. E. C. Coke, col. teach., 704 Col. Ave. T D PnlHna mill urnrlf 334 .TnnPS. J. S. Collins, clerk, 101 Highland St. J. P. Coley, mill work., 334 Jones St. J. C. Cork, farm., 247 Oakland. W. N. Cork, clerk, 247 Oakland. J. O. Cochran, mill work., Aragon Mill. G. A. Cowan, t. sales., 142 Academy. G. A. Cowan, Jr., clerk, 142 Academy. W. M. Collins, mill work., 52 Lucas. W. C. Corzine, mill supt., 52 Lucas. A. B. Chaney, electrician, 28 Ebenezer. C. R. Cowan, drug., 142 Academy. J. M. Costner, carpenter, Aragon Mill. E. L. Cornwell, farm., College ave. R. H. Cornwell, carpenter, Rock Hill. G. L. Covington, mill hand. 3, R. Hill. R. W. Cranford, merch., 359 E. Main. A. B. Craven, tex. work., 132 Academy. T. B. Craig, minister 640 College ave. J. B. Creighton, manfr., 329 Academy st. W. J. Creighton, farmer, No. 3, R. Hill. W.H.Curry, buggy fac., 360 Academy st. J. P. Culp, ins. agt., 612 College st. E. R. Cunningham, buggy fac., York av. G. P. Curtis, mill opr., Aragon, R. Hill. Jno. L. Davis, mer., 331 E. White st. L. J. Davidson, salesman, 427 Main. 3. C. Dameron, mach., 521 E. White. J. E. Dabney, mill work.. No. 3, R. Hill. H. A. Dabney, mill work., No. 3, R Hill. J. H. Duncan, mill work., 3. Rock Hill. J. B. Davis, salesman, 141 E. White st. 3. E. Devinney, farm.. No. 2, Rock Hill. J. T. Devinney, farm., No. 2, Rock Hill. J. B. Denton, mill opr., Manchester mill. R. H. Deas, carpenter, 47 Pendleton st. 3. C. Deese, merch., Manchester mill. Levy Deese, dairyman, No. 3, Rock Hill. D ninl/onn 331 R \fninSf D. Dillingham, mill opr., 3, R. Hill. T. H. Dickert, gardener, Aragon Mill. W. A. Douglas, ins., 148 Academy st. J. H. Dozier, carp., 316 Anna Frel st. J. L. Dozier, merch, 230 Ebenezer ave. B. O. Dozier, clerk, 227 Ebenezer ave. 1. R. Dover, mach., 349 Railroad av. 3. A. Drake, merch., No. 2, Rock Hill. R. M. Dunlap, atty., 18 Oakland av. T. J. Dunlap, Jr., salesman, 732 College. [. B. Dunlap, banker, 325 Oakland av. W. B. Dunlap, retired, 325 Oakland av. Ft. T. Dunlap, retired. Park ave. 2.A.Drennan, buggy fac., 426 E. White. M. Earle, mill opr., Manchester Mill. VI. A. Elkins, farm., No. 6. Rock Hill. Tno. G. Enloe, salesman, No. 6, R. Hill. ?. H. Evans, mill opr., No. 3, Rock Hill. F.A.Faulkenherry, mill op., 942 E.White. I.. P. Falkenberry, mill opr., r.f.d. R. H. VI. B. Falkenberry, mill op.. 944E.White. V. F. Falkenberry, far., No. 2. R. Hill, r. S. H. Faris, salesman, 916 Oakland. T. W. Faris, salesman, Park ave. r. T. Faile, mill work., 25 Hutchison st. 3. D. Faris, salesman, Oakland av. 3. M. Faris, letter carrier, 3, Rock Hill. t.W.Featherstone, let. car., 141E.White. *V. D. Fewell. teacher, 520 Aiken st. 3dw. Fewell, cot. dealer, 419 Oakland. iVm. B. Fewell. plumb, 133 Oakland av. 3. M. Fewell. mercht., 323 E. Main st. iV. A. Fewell, salesman, 241 Oakland, t. T. Fewell. Jr., ins.. No. 4. Rock Hill. ,V. W. Fennell, M. D., Academy st. V. C. Fennell, mill supt., 3, Rock Hill. iV. T. Fincher, mill opr., 58 E. White. O. Fincher, mill opr.. No. 3. R. Hill. ?. A. Fincher. mercht., 328 Jones st. 5. G. Fincher, mill opr., 328 Jones st. ). W. Finley, mill opr.. No. 3, Rock Hill. [\ O. Flowers, Jr., clerk, 331 E. Main st. P. O. Flowers, Sr., mercht., 331 E. Main. V. H. Foust, mill opr., 246 Hutchison. I E. Ford, carpenter. Rock Hill. '. H. Foster, atty., Cedar Crest, R. Hill. ..ouis Friedheim, vet. sur., Caldwell st. (Continued on Page Four.)