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to ^ ^ ISSUED SEUI-WEEEL^ l. *. grist's sons, Pnbu.her., j % 4ami,S $<u:sga|)et[: ^or the promotion ojf the jpolitical, Social, Jgrieutturat and Commercial Interests of (hit geop!$. j established 1s55. ' VORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914. NO. 87 * i?i^??? PLACES IN Geographical Poi Great Europ The National Geographic Society has prepared the following facts concerning places that are figuring prominently in the news of the military operant tions in the European war. Cassel?From the isolated hill on which this town of northern France js built, can be seen more than thirty towns and 100 villages of France, Bel? gium and England. It is 27 miles northwest of Lille, six miles from the Belgian border and 17 miles from the seacoast. The hill of Cassel attains an altitude of 544 feet. The place is supposed to have been the site of Casa# PnmQna and ICUUlli iUVl UIV/1 Uiu V* v?*v was at one time strongly fortified. It ^ was the scene of many important bat^ ties during the middle ages. Lace, linen, soap, leather, oil, salt, earthenware, beer and butter are among its outputs. Habebrouck?A railroad town of 4 northern France, 22 miles north of west of Lille, and nine miles from the Belgian border. It Is the junction of lines running to Calais, Dunkerque, Lille, Bethune and irtany other important cities of northern France, and its population of about 12,000 is made up V principally of people in the employ of the railror^s. The town is of no importance architecturally, its chief structure being the church of St. Eloi built in the 16th century. The town is in the midst of an agricultural district f and trades extensively in grain, hops and live stock. Many of its inhabitants are engaged in cloth weaving. Estaires?A town of northern France 13 miles west of Lille and six miles from the Belgian border, on the Lys river. The population Is approximately 5,000. There is some manufacturing, with linen and soap as the chief products. The town is old-fashioned and unprogresslve, having changed but little in the last fifty years. ^ Quatre-Bras?A Belgian hamlet, and 10 miles south of Waterloo, the name of which is derived from the meeting of four roads there. The place is famous because the obstinate conflict between the French and the allies on ^ June 16, 1815, occurred there. The French were successful In the early stages, but toward the close of the battle the tide turned decidedly in fa- I ? ? * ?^HAa Prannh TL'orP I VUi Ui 111C auico, aiiu uiv a 4 vi.v?? ??v?v totally defeated. At one time the Duke of Wellington only escaped being captured by putting his horse to full gal^ lop. Roulers?A town of West Flanders, Belgium, on the Mandel, an affluent of the Lys, 12 miles north by northeast of Ypres and 10 miles northwest of Courtral, which was famous in the 11th and ^ 12th centuries for its weavers. The French defeated the Austrians here after a fierce conflict in July 1794. The inhabitants depend for their livelihood on the cultivation of flax and the manufacture of linen, leather, beer and spirits. The adjacent pastures are rich and butter forms an article of ex+ port. The town has had considerable growth in recent years and now has a population of about 26,000. Furnes?An old-fashioned town of West Flanders, Belgium, 16 miles southwest of Ostende, three miles from the coast and four miles from the French border, noted for-its spectacular pageant depicting the twelve events in the life of Christ, which has been held annually since 1650. People from the whole of Belgium are attracted to this fete in which the residents of the little town take the parts of Roman soldiers, priests, the apostles officials and spectators. Wooden flg* ures are even brought In to swell the manitude of the performance. With the exception of this event the place is dull and of little importance. Corn, stock, hops and dairy products are ~ traded in extensively. The town was * destroyed by the Normans and was rebuilt in 870. Its population is about 7,000. Enghein?A town of south central Belgium, 17 miles southeast of Brussels and the same distance north of Mons, with a population of about 6,000. It is on the line from Ghent to Charlerci. Many lace, linen and cotton in^ dustries are located there. The ances trial chateau of the Dues d'Enghein, destroyed during the French revolution was located in the fine old park outside the town. The great Conde gained the right to use the style of Eng> hein among his other titles through a victory near this place. Thielt?An ancient town of West Flanders. Belgium, at the foot of an eminence, 17 miles west of Ghent and 15 miles east of south of Bruges. The town has considerable manufactures of linen and lace, and was formerly a busy cloth-making place. Soap, glue, leather and hats are also among its outputs. In the surrounding district ? are many bleachfields. Thielt's population of about 11,000 has varied in size but little in many years. Sas Van Ghent?A fortified town of Holland, 12 miles north of Ghent and 26 miles east of Bruges, near the left % bank of the Brackman, a branch of the Western Schelde. It is the first Dutch station on the line from Ghent and it is here that the locks of the canal conconnecting Ghent with the sea, by way of the western Schelde, are situated. The town was founded by the Spanish ' ? 1CTA Hiilro r\f Pormfl flirt h er strengthened it in 1583. The Dutch I captured the place in 1644 and the French in 1747. Its present population is about 2,000 and its inhabitants are engaged in gardening and farming on a small scale. Schirlwind?A town of Eastern Prussia, two miles from the border of Hussion Poland, and 40 miles north east of Insterburg, at the confluence of the Schesupe and the Schirlwind, a small stream which rises in Poland and forms for some miles the boundary line between the two countries. For nearly a century the town's population has remained approximately the same. There are no industries of any importance, many of the inhabitants being engaged in the production and sale of grain. Feldkirch?A town of Austrian Tyrol, near the Swiss border, 18 miles south of Lake Constance, and on the 111 river. The town is of strategic im- i portance because of its situation be- j THE WAR nters About the ean Conflict. tween two rocky gorges commanding the western approach. Nearby is the Alderberg, over which the government has built a fine road. The place was the scene of severe lighting in the campaign of 1799, when the French were defeated by the Austrians. Cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and the making of bells are among the Indus tries of its 5,000 or more inhabitants. Qustendji?A Roumanian city, on the Black sea, 25 miles south of east of Medjidle, the site of Tomi, where Ovid spent his exile. Trajan's Wall, some traces of which can still be seen, terminates there. The town possesses vast harbor works and is Roumania's principal seaport. It has a population of nearly 15,000. Belfort?One of the best fortified cities of France, 15 miles from the intersection of the borders of Alsace, Switzerland and France. The town commands the valley between the Vossages and the Jura, is located on the Savoureuse river and is on the roads from Paris to Basel, and Lyons to Strassburg and Mulhausen. Belfort's population and industries were greatly increased by the Alsatian immigration following the Franco-Prussian war. At that time Belfort held out against the Germans for three months, the defenders capitulating only upon the receipt of an order to that effect from the government of Paris, two weeks after the fall of the capital. The making of hats, paper, machinery, locomotives, leather and candles and the spinning and weaving of cotton are among its industries. It has a population of about 30,000. St. Omer?An industrial and commercial town of northern France, formerly fortified, on the Aa river, 37 miles north of west of Lille and 28 miles east of Boulogne. The place was formerly a part of Flanders, and was frequently besieged, pillaged and burnt. It has belonged to France since 1677. The inhabitants of one of its suburbs, Haut Pont, speak the old Flemish tongue, wear the quaint costumes and observe the customs of their forefathers. The town's heroine is Jacqueline Robin, who, at the risk of her life, brought provisions into the place when, owing to famine, it was about to surrender to the French in 1711. Hosiery, textiles, starch, sugar, linen, liqueurs and beer are manufactured. Its population is about 19,000. Havre?A French seaport, at the mouth of the river Seine, 110 miles north of west of Paris, about 150 miles southwest of the Belgian border, and 81 miles from the nearest point of England. Next to Marseilles it is the principal seaport of France. The city is in the second class of fortified places. Francis I, Richelieu and Vauban successively planning and building its fundamental defenses. The town, which grew from a village in 1516 to an important seaport in 1580, underwent numerous sieges and bombardments in the 17th and 18 centuries. Havre makes oil, lumber, dyes, chemicals, rope, soap and flour. Its commercial prosperity has kept pace with the rapid increase in importance of its ship-building yards and sugar refineries. The population is approximately 135,000. Moreuil?A small town of northern France, 12 miles southeast of Amiens and 35 miles south of west of St. Quentin, on the Avre river. The town manufactures hosiery and beer, and possesses several brick works. A large ruined castle and the church and other remains of a Benedictine priory of the 14th century may be seen there. Moreuil has a population slightly exceeding 3,000, but a few hundred more than its population of a century ago. Romilly-Sur-Seine?A French town, 65 miles south of east of Paris and 22 miles northwest of Troves, on the Seine river near where it is joined by the Aube. The town has large factories for the making of caps, stockings and needles, and of the machinery necessary for these industries. There are also large iron works, rope works and railway shops located in Romilly. Approximately 11,000 people live there. The place is on the direct line from Paris to Belfort. Fumay?A small town of northern France on the neck of French territory jutting up into Belgium to the southeast of Charleroi. The town is on the left bank of the Meuse, 14 miles north of Charleville, picturesquely . situated among wooded heights, two of which, named Dames de la Meuse ("ladies of the Meuse"), overhang the river. Besides iron works, Fumay possesses the largest slate quarries in the Meuse valley. Its population is about 7,000. Bailleul?A small and picturesque French town, eight miles east of Haverouck and 15 miles north of west oi Ulle. The place is tolerably well built and has the aspect of an old Flemish town. While a large portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the making of hand made lace, the town also manufactures thread, sugar, linen, ticking, tape, pottery, leather, beer and brandy. A species of cheese which is much esteemed is peculiar to the town. Its population is about 15,000. Vouziers?A town of northeastern France 32 miles north of east of Reims and 24 miles south of Mezieres, on the left bank of the river Aisne. With a population of less than 4,000, the town has not Increased in size by 500 inhabitants in the last half century. It is situated in a fertile district and has an extensive trade in grain, wine and iron. The town is near the northern border of the Argonne forest. Beloeil?A Belgian town, five miles south of Ath and eight miles from the French boundary, famous for the estate of the Prince de Ligne, a possession of the family for more than 500 years. Among me wor*? 01 an m mc chateau are said to be paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Salvator Rosa, Van Dyck, Valaquez and Holbein. Many gifts presented to the family by rulers from Charles V down to the time of N'apoleon are exhibited there. Beveren?One of the wealthiest villages of Belgium, seven miles west of Antwerp, In the northern part of Waasland. While the town has been noted for its lace for years, many oth er industries have sprung up with the improvement of Waasland, which in less than a century has been transformed from the most sterile to the most fertile region in Belgium. The old chateau of the Counts of Bergeycle, is one of the historic points of interest in the town. About 10,000 people make their homes there. Sambor?A Galician town, in the large plain of the Dniester, 43 miles southwest of Lemberg and 160 miles east of southeast of Cracow. The town is well built and has had a rapid growth in recent years. Its population is about 20,000 and its inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture and bleaching of linen and the making of salt. The town has considerable trade in grain and other agricultural products. Lofty mountains are not far to the south. Drohobvcz?A Galician town, 17 miles southeast of Sambor, on the Tizrnanka river, with a population of about 21,000, most of whom are Jews. A large amount of salt is secured from neighboring brine springs, and the town has a brisk trade in iron and oil and other commodities produced in the district. Basel?The wealthiest and next to Zurich, the most populous city of Switzerland, two miles from the border of Alsace and 22 miles from the French boundary. The city is a clearing house for merchandise from north and central Europe. The Rhine cuts the town into Gross Basel and Klein Basel. The Emperor Valentinian founded the town in 374. It was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1356. It has a population of about 115,000 and derives its importance chiefly from its transit trade. CROSSING OF THE YSER. I* VAtu- Q th? War Up to this Time. The correspondent of the London Daily Mail in northern France, telegraphing under date of Saturday night, regarding the fighting on the river Yser, says: "There were 2,500 German bodies in the Yser canal this morning after the fighting in the night. Many of them were drowned and others were bayoneted. The very water itself was bloody while Dixmude's streets were strewn thick with the dead. "These ghoulish facts alone give some idea of the savageness of the fighting, the desperation of the German attacks and the stubbornness of the allies' resistance. "The night was a hell from dark to dawn. At almost every point of the line man was opposed by man, sometimes at a few hundred yards dis lance, dui more onen in oiuae gups. Face tc face men even wrestled and died by drowning each other In the canal's waters. The Germans had had orders to get through that night, cost what It might. "An officer of theirs, who was captured, said the delay of more than a week in crossing this waterway had incensed the autocratic military mind in Germany. It must be crossed tonignt if it costs thousands of men. That in effect was the order given and the German soldiers, all credit to them, did their best. "Probably 5,000 of them gave their lives last night. They could not give more. They failed but not because the Germans did not literally obey their orders. They crossed the waterway as they were bid, but once through they could not make good. They were mowed down with rifle shot, torn into human fragments by shells and bayonets back yard by yard over their own dead into the waters of the canal. Into the verygray of the morning this bloody work went on so fiercely that there was hardly a trench or bridge guard in the.whole line that did not imagine mat ne nau ueen aiiifcicw uui iui special attack. "It is believed that some 5,000 Germans crossed the river Yser but hardly one of them got back. Those to the north and northwest of Dixmude, probably 2,000, were met by a fine rally of the Belgian infantry and of the cavalry, who had tethered their horses, and were driven by main force, at the bayonet's point, to the river canal and Into it. There must have been frantic scenes and the bodies seen in the water the next day gave grim testimony of this. "About 3,000 German infantrymen got into Dixmude. They held it for a time, but with shell fire and rifie fire the place was riddled. The Germans rushed out of the crumbling houses only to be wiped out by shrapnel and shot in the streets. "When Sunday morning broke the dead and wounded were everywhere. Dixmude was a cemetery, but in the cemetery not far away the Germans still lingered. They held a position under a desperate fire and eventually were reinforced. The allies could not oust them and the Germans are still across the Yser. "Their presence may not be permanent and they may suffer the same fate of hundreds of their fellows during the week, who got over only to meet their death, but the Belgian and French lines, for the time being at least, have been drawn back about this point." The New South America. The day has gone by when a majority of these South American countries, laboriously building up governmental structure under tremendous difficulties, where in constant fear of the danger of instability. Now, all the more important republics are firmly established and no longer live in the shadow of dictatorships or unconstitutional rule. They "have passed," to use the words of Mr. Moot, "out or me cunauiun ui militarism. out of the condition of revolution. into the condition of industrialism. into the paths of successful commerce, and are becoming great and powerful nations." With this development has come material progress and prosperity which attract the attention of the world to South Amrica and assure its increasing greatness in the future.?Robert Bacon, in ' Outlook. Silence of Discretion.?Your cook sits on your front piazza every evening. Well, we like the back porch just as well, and of course we never say anything to hurt cook's feelings in the hot weather. ifliscfllanrous Reading. THE COTTON LOAN FUND Reserve Board Decides Upon Plan of Distribution. Washington, Oct. 27.?Pull details of the plan for $135,000,000 loan fund to take care of the surplus cotton crop, ???? vmKIU K.I nnc iiiauc jjuuul tuiuguw wj kitv * vv? eral Reserve board. The board's outline of the plan was sent to clearing house associations throughout the country. Responses are expected before the end of the week and officials were hopeful tonight that the plan would meet with sufficient banking support to make its adoption certain. The outline differs only in detail from the previous announcements of the board. The fund, it shows, is to be administered under direction of a committee to be known as the central committee to be composed of the individual reserve board members. Actual administration of the fund will be under a "cotton loan committee" consisting of these members. W. P. G. Harding, member of the board, chairman; Paul M. Warburg of the board, Col. B. M. House, Austin, Texas; A. H. Wiggin, New York; Jas. B. Forgan, Chicago; Festus J. Wade, St. Louis; Levi L. Rue, Philadelphia and William A. Caston, Boston. There are to be two classes of subscriptions. The first will be known as class "A" and will aggregate J100.000,000 and will be raised in non-cotton producing states. Class "B" subscriptions are to be made by banks in cot ton producing states. Applications for loans must be submitted to state and local committees, which are required to approve them, and made through banks or bankers. Applications must be accompanied by subscriptions to class "B" amounting to 25 per cent of the loan requested, so that non-cotton producing states participating will loan 75 per cent and cotton states 25 per cent. Every subscriber will receive certificates of participation, which shall be transferable on the committee's books and bear 6 per cent interest. Loans will be made on notes at 6 per cent with warehouse receipts for cotton as collateral, on the basis of six cents per pound for middling. All expenses for warehouse and insurance charges must he borne hy tne Dorrower. A guarantee fund is to be created by deductions of three per cent from the face value of all loans, which will be used also to provide funds for the payment of expenses of administration estimated not to exceed J of 1 per cent of the fund. All applications for loans must be made before February 1, 1915. The loans will have a maturity of one year with a promise or renewal for six months on approval of the central committee. In the re-payment of subscribers to the fund the class "A" certificates will be taken care of in a proportionately larger degree until the outstanding amounts of each class become equal. ON THE BELGIAN BORDER Terrific Fighting to Hold Germans Back from Coast. London, Oct. 26.?The correspondents on the Allies' lines in Belgium near the coast agree that the horrors of the recent fighting there are the worst so far in the war. While they admit that the losses of the allies have been heavy, they insist that the Germans have lost far more men, their officers apparently flinging away lives with recklessness in order to accomplish what they have been told to do? win their way across the Belgian border and once more stretch out a line held entirely within French territory. But they have failed in this desperate attempt, or at least have not succeeded so far. The correspondents whose dispatches were received here today declare that the allies are constantly being reinforced with fresh troops, while the Germans are fighting without proper support. Every day, every hour of the Belgian fighting, it is said, is working to the disadvantage of the German troops. One of the correspondents of the Standard. teletrraDhine: from Calais. says that the losses in the German ranks have been frightful during the last week. The German officers who fall into the hands of the allies appear to be almost crazed with rage and mortification, but the men under them are tired out, hungry and disheartened. Many of them are reservists of fifty years and more, and others appear to be boys under eighteen. Captured Germans tell how they have been assured that they would sweep through Northern France and on to Paris in a few days. This correspondent speaks of King Albert of Belgium as the hero of the present scene of the war. He is constantly under fire, and spends day and night encouraging his men by his own example. The Belgian soldiers, he says, have borne their trials uncomplainingly. The cutting of the dikes at Dixmude, the Standard man says, flooded the German trenches and caused the death by drowning of hundreds, perhaps thousands of the enemy. Another Standard correspondent, telegraphing from Paris, tells of the arrival there of eighty-three prisoners taken around Ypres and Lille. They seem to be in a state of starvation and lift Axlw n>A?<n AtYiAinr thorn were two German officers, who, when asked why the German commanders had been so ruthless in their treatment of the non-combatant natives of Belgium, replied: "It is not for us to discuss the kaiser's orders." Arras has been bombarded again, this correspondent says, and today there is scarcely one stone standing on another in that ancient town. The French troops report that either from accident or design the field hosiptals have suffered most at the hands of the German guns, and numbers of the wounded and of the nuns nursing them have been killed in consequence. At Arras it was impossible to approach the cemetery owing to the artillery fire, and it was necessary to cremate the dead in small heaps in the streets. One of the field hospital surgeons is quoted as insisting that some of the German troops are using an explosive bullet that inflicts terrible wounds, but there Is no confirmation of this statement. A Daily News correspondent who rode in an armored train along the . banks of the Yser says that the flat J country of that region has been made horribly desolate by the engines of J war that are sending death and destruction from air, land and sea. He says that on Thursday, the Germans, having crossed the Yser, were j driven back. Friday they crossed again, and Saturday they were hurled back once more. The airmen and the armored train men are proving themselves almost needlessly reckless, yet their assistance is of great value to the allies. Equally the Germans are depending upon their air scouts for getting the range and hurling shells directly into the allies' trenches. But it is the machine guns that are doing the work, and from the armored trains they scatter death in every direction. EXPORTS BREAK ALL RECORDS New York Ships More Goods Than 1 Have Been Known in History. New York World, Tuesday. The money value of goods exported from the port of New York yesterday | was the largest on record. It reached i J6,183,812. Auditor J. F. Knapp, a vet- I eran of the customs bureau of statis- j tics, said that never in his recollection , has so much activity been shown in 1 foreign export as during last week. ; Max May, vice-president of the , Guaranty Trust company, a leading ( expert in foreign exchange, expressed ' the opinion yesterday that the trade J balance has already begun to shift in , favor of this country, and soon it will 1 have a credit balance instead of a j I debit balance. i Mr. May said one of'the most impressive features is that Argentina, Brazil and other South American countries and China and Japan are drawing exchange bills on American bankers instead of London bankers. Also several foreign governments are building up credits here against which to purchase supplies. Big Orders From Belligerents. Purchases of supplies for the belligerents are spread all over the country. , Word came from Binghamton yesterI day that the Endicott-Johnson com| pany of Lelstershlre has shipped 100,[ 000 pairs of shoes for Greece. Onehalf of the price was paid in advance. The same concern is working on an order for 100,000 pairs of shoes for one of the warring countries, which paid the entire cost in advance and took all risks in delivery. Arthur M. Laycock of London, who has the contract for supplying the British and French governments with all motor cars, has placed a contract for 200 motor trucks with a Syracuse concern at $720,000. The Packard Motor company has an order for 450 trucks, the Federal factory for 300 trucks, and Henry Ford for 2,000 motor cars to be used as ambulances. It was announced yesterday that .gents of the French government have closed contracts in Texas for 5,000 horses, making a total of 25,000 purchased for that government within two weeks. These agents are authorized to purchase 50,000. It was reported from Chicago yes terday that within nine weeks $135,000,000 of food and supplies have been sent to Europe from and through that city. Shipments of American wheat since July 1, were 114,827,000 bushels, compared with 93,827,000 bushels for the same period last year. Chicago meat packers say that for the first time in more than sixteen years work is going on day and night in the canned meat and hide departments. Cattle from Canada, Mexico and other points which had never been sent direct to Chicago are being sold there at high profit. Heavy Orders in Wool Trade. It was said yesterday that more than 4,000,000 pounds of wool have been sold in Boston within a few days for export to England at a cent or two higher per pound than is paid by I American manufacturers. S. Ldebvitz ' & Son of Byerstown, Pa., have receiv- < ed an order for 20,000 woolen shirts t * J -11 1. Dnoflla had nlappH I iur UCliVClJT nuv. X, Ituuoiu KMW orders in Massachusetts for 1,200,000 J woolen blankets, and specifications i have been received for 300,000 blankets 1 for Canada. * The Bethlehem Steel company has j an order for 900 six-inch field guns, to c cost 325,000,000. It became known yes- f terday that Charles M. Schwab's trip ^ to Europe, ostensibly for a rest, really j concerns contracts with the British C and French governments for muni- ' tions, to be placed with the Bethlehem [ Steel company and other American r corporations. It is said Mr. Schwab 1 expects $100,000,000 worth of contracts. J Following the declaration of Great i Britain that it did not regard cotton as I contraband of war, German govern- ( ment representatives have, through g banking interests, completed the pur- g chase of a large quantity of cotton in c southern markets, some of which will j; *?i J n fliil# r?nrt r prooaDiy oe anippeu num a. uuu * L within a day or two. 1 Heavy purchasers for this account * have been partly responsible for the ? sharp declines in reichsmarks, which r. yesterday broke all low records at 89, i below the gold import point. Cotton J, exports, however, are still far from c normal. Only 18,500 bales were ex- c ported yesterday, which makes a total 1 of 415,682 since Aug. 1. In the same ^ period last year 2,242,330 bales were k exported. r _ c Famous Ships Recalled.?The Ger- r man cruiser Emden appears to be to ' the British government what the Con- ? federate cruiser Alabama was to the a Federal government as a menace t< ? commerce on the high seas, and simi- ? larly the German cruiser Karlsruhe to j the Confederate cruiser Florida. There \ will be a slight difference, probably in ? one respect. The final overhauling < g the German cruisers will be a shorter J tasK ana a less auuvuu one man * the case of the Confederate vessels. ? Those grim old Confederate privateers j ?pirates, the north called them?were J veritable terrors of the sea. One of a them was still engaged in sinking j ships far out on the North Pacilic ( when some vessel thoughtful enough d to fly the white flag, informed the * commander that the war had been over t for three months.?Charlotte Observer, t m e r ??>" To protect motorists from rain t and wind, a Wisconsin inventor has a patented a waterproof skirt which ? snaps into place with steel springs at 0 the waist and ankles. p AS TOLD BY OUR EXCHANGES Yews Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs ot Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Gaffney Ledger, Oct 27: Mr. Fred Nantz, formerly of Gaffney, but recently of the United States army, stationed at Vera Cruz, in Mexico, was in the city, Friday, visiting friends, of whom he has a large number. Mr. Nantz was in Mexico at the time of the a a .1.1 ^ reuem uuuuic uciwcca mc uiuicu* States and that country, and only returned to this country a short time ago Boots Gist, a six-year-old negro boy, an apparently incorrigible violator of the city ordinances, in police court Saturday, was sentenced to pay a fine of J5.00 or to serve thirty days upon the county chaingang upon being found guilty of petit larceny. This is the third time that Boots has been convicted upon similar charges within the past five or six months 1 Mr. Allan Turner's store, located about three miles south of Gaffney, was robbed Thursday evening. Two young men, who gave several different names but finally decided upon Hooker and 1 Murph, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff H. H. Lockhart, charged with the :rime. They were given a preliminary bearing before Magistrate William Phillips, who bound them over to court. ' rhe young men claim Piedmont as 1 their home The various ladies' ' ;lubs of the city are now engaged in i campaign to raise funds to purchase zhairs for the lecture room of the 1 Carnegie free library. Several of the J :lubs have already pledged contribu- j tions, while others are making preparations to aid in the movement. The J lecture room is being used considera- < Dly for public meetings ana more 2hairs are a necessity Prof. W. D. McGlnnis, superintendent of the Winthrop college training school at Rock Hill, lectured to the teachers of :he city schools In the lecture room of :he Carnegie free library, yesterday ifternoon. Besides a large represen:ation of the teachers, a number 01 jther interested citizens enjoyed Prof. McGinnis' instructive address rYiends of Miss Estelle Pettlt, who ecently underwent an operation for appendicitis at the city hospital, will )e glad to learn that she Is rapidly mproving and will soon be entirely ecovered Mrs. H. F. Pridmore vas carried to the city hospital, Satarday afternoon, to be treated for appendicitis. An operation was performid yesterday, and reports were to the sffect that Mrs. Pridmore was sustain ng the ordeal nicely. Many friends vish for her an early recovery Dne-half day served of a one year senence on the chaingang is the recoi if J. D. Ricker, a white man, who was aken to the gang, Thursday afterloon and escaped Thursday evening lefore 11 o'clock. Ricker made his iscape by slipping the chains over lis feet and walking away from the :amp which is bossed by Mr. Landrum Ulison. Ricker was given the onerear sentence at the last term of court or tnis couniy, upon pieauing gum? ;o larceny of a bicycle. Several yeeks 1 igo a bicycle belonging to Mr. Oren 1 /insett disappeared from In front of 1 finsett Brothers' store on Granard itreet. The machine was found in the jossesslon of a man at Earls, N. C. < rie had purchased it from Ricker, who \ vas later arrested. The accused man ( lid not deny taking th6 bicycle. He j vas tried in the mayor's court and ( fiven a sentence which he served. He ( vas then held for the county court, , ind received a sentence of one year at s lard labor. He was taken to the ) ?mp Thursday, along with a number j )f other prisoners. After the camp f lad become quiet for the night, Thurs- j lay evening, Ricker slipped his chains s md disappeared. He has not yet been f japtured A crowd of negro boys J vho have been in the habit of using j he streets of the city as a place to f day marbles, boxing ring, and general ^ ithletic field, in police court, Friday , norning were fined J 1.00 each upon j :harges of disorderly conduct f Stockholders of the Merchants and e Planters' bank met Friday morning, t ind passed resolutions authorizing the ( lirectors of the institution to surren- c ler its state charter and make appli- ] ration to be appointed a national c >ank under the supervision of the j Jnited States government. Following i he adjournment of the stockholders' j neeting, the directors of the institution t net and ratified the action of tne itockholdera. Steps will be taken imnediately to make the proposed change. Chester Reporter, Oct. 26: Mr. Jno. A. Wise, chairman of the committee rom the First Baptist church to se:ure a pastor to succeed Rev. W. E. Thayer, resigned, received a letter his morning from Rev. H. A. Bagby, ? >. D., of Liberty, Mo., who was called o the pastorate of the church on the 8th, Inst., in which Dr. Bagby stated hat he is considering the call careful- t y and will send his answer to the t :ommittee before next Sunday t dr. John C. Moore, carrier on R. F. J ). 1, discovered an elongated insect j if curious design, Saturday afternoon, l easting on cotton bolls, and after c rainly trying to find out something c Lbout the identity of the insect, dis- c latched it to the entomologists at c ?lemson college A house owned t ?y Robert Walker, colored, and occu- \ lied by his son. Will Walker, was i lestroyed by fire early yesterday r norning. The house was located on I he Saluda road beyond the Eureka \ nill The banquet at the Carolina f nn, Friday evening in honor of Messrs. t T. S. Loganu of St. Louis, national T. s A. secretary; W. A. Livingstone of t )rangeburg, state T. P. A. president, e ind John W. Lillard of Columbia, a itate T. P. A. secretary, Post I's f quests of honor, was one of the most t lelightful in the history of the com- \ nunity. Mr. T. H. White presided as r oastmaster, Rev. D. G. Phillips, D. a X, asked the blessing, and Rev. W. E. , Thayer introduced the speakers, and \ he talks, one and all, were greatly en- a oyed. Mr. J. Y. Murphy, the Post's I ecretary, had charge of the arrange- s nents, and the success of the affair s s in a large measure due to his tire- r ess energy Edward S. Sibley, v vho was tried at the spring term of \ :ourt for the murder of J. R. Yongue, 1 :onvicted of manslaughter, and sen- c enced to five years' imprisonment, I vas granted a parole Thursday by v Jov. Blease during good behavior. The a dlling of Yongue occurred in the Stover z leighborhood last fall, and the trial i if the case attracted much interest, li Chester has a Mexican family r low as residents, Senor Arturo g twaynoz, wife, two daughters and s ion, who arrived here Thursday even- e ng from Mexico and will ocupy the g .Vhitlock cottage on Columbia street. I 5enor Awaynoz, who is a former gov- s rnor or one or me Mexican aiuiea, j ;new Rev. J. G. Dale and family in r ilexico and located in Chester to be li vith these friends Mr. John E. C Gunnery has been appointed a mem- J ?er of the county board of education to a mcceed Mr. J. R. Dyce, resigned. Mr. b Junnery was a member of the board s receding his election to the legisla- e ure several years ago and performed t aithful and efficient service Drs. S 1. E. MeConnell, Robert E. Abell, A. d t. Wylie, W. B. Cox. J. G. Johnston, a nd W. Ft. Wallace closed a trade Sat- F irday with the Sims & Carter Real d Sstate Co., representing Mr. L. D. v ?hilds, for the latter's valuable resi- o lence on York street and will convert v he property into a hospital. The prop- I rty is leased to Mr. E. P. Calhoun un- v il Feb. 1st, and the new owners will s ake possession on this date. An op- w rating room will be built, and other lecessary changes will be made on the uilding, which is large and well built nd particularly well suited for hospi- s al purposes. The house stands on a t eautiful knoll, in the midst of spacius grounds, and no more suitable r iece of property could have been se- a cured. All of the necessary apparatus will be ordered at an early date and little time will be lost In opening the institution after Feb. 1st Jom Grier, colored, was shot and dangerously wounded yesterday by Lawyer Chlsholm, also colored, the shooting occurring in the Peden's Bridge section. Chisholm was captured and is in the county jail awaiting the outcome of Grier's injuries. The men are said to have had an altercation Saturday evening, and the shooting was a result of this previous trouble. Chisholm used a shotgun, and the load struck Grier in the stomach, indicting a serious wound There is still no clue to the parties who broke into the residences of Messrs. J. C. Cornwell and J. C. Hough last Tuesday night. At the former's residence a magazine pistol, a safety razor, and four dollars in cash were among the articles stolen, while at Mr. Hough's a pocketbook containing money, was stolen, together with other articles. ? J Rock Hill Record. Oct. 26: Mr. Eu Kene Garrison, who lives near Newport and who lost his entire crop last summer by the hail storm, was showing on the streets Saturday some of the finest Irish potatoes that we have seen, grown since the hail storm. He had three different varieties and all were of nice size, the varieties being Red Bliss, Cobler and McCormick Mr. "Jim" Beckham, a popular clerk at Eflrd's, is 111 at the home of his mother, Mrs. T. C. Beckham on East Black Btreet, to the regret of many friends. Mr. W. A. Milling, living on Route No. 6, was in the city Saturday, showing two "June" apples, being part of a second crop which has matured this year on a tree on his place. This is most unusual. The apples were Bound and fine looking The many friends of Mrs. E. E. Poag will regret to learn that she was taken to the Fennell Infirmary this afternoon for an operation, and will wish for her a speedy recovery Rev. G. G. Mayes, synodical evangelist of South Carolina, filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian church yesterday morning and evening in the . absence of the pastor, Rev. F. W. Gregg. Rev. W. H. Stevenson of Lesslie, pastor of Neely's Creek church, i niiea me puipu ai me a. r\. tr. vnurcn , in the absence of Rev. A. S. Rogers... The boys of the city will be pleased to learn that the first consignment of Boy 1 Scout manuals arrived in town this { morning. These are to go to the boys . if Rock Hill's First Troop, which is Deing organized in the Oakland Ave- 1 ,iue Presbyterian church under the i guidance of Herbert R. Tucker, the Community Y. M. C. A. secretary, with Mr. A. H. Blanton as scoutmaster. ' rhese prospective scouts hold their 1 jecond meeting on the coming Thurs- < lay night and from the interest shown promise to set the pace for other siml.ar organizations that are to be formed 1 Jrom time to time in the city Re- 1 r'ival services began last night at St. ( rohn's M. E. church and will continue luring the week every evening, beginling at 7.30. Dr. Wells, the pastor, vill do the preaching. A little later in he week open air services will be held i 'or the benefit of those who cannot go :o the services at the church. Those )f all denominations and the public at argc are invited to attend these ser- ( .rices A number of articles in the vay of canned fruit, fancy work, etc., , hat were exhibited at the York county . 'air are now in the chamber of commerce headquarters. Those who have lot gotten their exhibits home can get j >ame by calling at the chamber and iringing their claim checks with them. Cheater Newt, Oct. 27: Miss Mary 1 jood, aged 14 years, was severely turned several days ago at the home 1 >f her grandmother, Mrs. Lou Wil- , iams on Hlnton street. She was leaning a pair of kid gloves with gas- ( >llne and had about finished. A rag 1 vas used to wipe up the gasoline and j )he took a match and ignited it to get id of it. Her intention was to toss it nto the air and make a fiery ball. Be- 1 ore she could do it, however, the flame tad leaped to her clothes and before j she realized it she was a blazing torch. She ran to her aunt, Miss Lulu Wlliams, who thoughtfully wrapped her ' n a wool curtain, extinguishing the < lames The annual Brotherhood y >anquet of Purity Presbyterian church vill be held Friday night at 8 o'clock 1 n the Eberhardt building on Main itreet. All of the men of the church t ire urged to be present. Mr. A. L. Gason will preside and the speaker of the iccasion will be the eloquent president * >f the University of South Carolina, 1 Dr. Wm. Spencer Currell. The banluet will be served by the Ladies' Aid Society of the church Mr. J. B. ' iVylie's automobile was damaged by < ire last night. The fire had its lncepion in the electrical connections. It >ccurred on the hill near the monunent. Mr. Wylie suffered a slight inury to one of his eyes. Mr. Charley { ^ennell got under the car while it was dazing and extinguished the blaze.... Urs. F. M. Hicklin will attend the banjuet that will be given at the Hotel refferson, Columbia, tomorrow night >y the Equal Suffrage League of South Carolina. She is also chairman * >f the credentials committee. t c Gastonia Gazette, Oct 27: The Oc- I ober term of Gaston County Superior j :ourt for the trial of criminal cases >egan yesterday with Judge Thomas J. Shaw of the twelfth Judicial district r iresiding. The entire week will doubt- t ess be required in order to clear the j locket. While it is not a very large locket there are quite a number of " ases continued from last term of c :ourt which will consume some time in 2 rial. Yesterday was taken up largely vith good behavior cases and eliminatng by continuance or otherwise a t lumber of cases of little importance... c ^re last night destroyed the home of ? Yes Wellman, a well-to-do negro armer living near Lincoln Academy in c he Pisgah section of the county. Last e ipring Wes lost in the same manner ^ lis barn and a pair of mules. This lat- y st disaster is a heavy blow to him md he has the sympathy of his white c riends. It was reported in Gastonia e his morning that Lincoln Academy v vas burned but that report was erro- . leous. Wellman's house was within a 1 tone's throw of the academy building, c Forrest Sipe, a young white boy e vho lives at King's Mountain, aged ibout 15 years, was run over by Mr. ). R. LaFar's automobile at the inter- 8 ection of West Main avenue and York e itreet about 12.40 o'clock this after- t loon. The boy was riding a bicycle vhich was badly damaged. Both F vheels of the auto ran over his left p eg inflicting painful though not seri- r us wounds. No bones were broken. )r. H. M. Eddleman dressed the boy's vounds and he will be sent home this S ifternoon In the item in the Ga- o ette of last Tuesday, October 20, tell- p ng of the capture of a still near Staney, the name of bne of the negroes ar- 0 ested in connection with the still was h ;iven as Luther Sherrill, when it p hoald have been Andy Friday. The . rror was made by the person wh< ;ave us the information. The name u ..uther Sherrill belongs to a highly re- n pected white citizen of Stanley, in j, ustice to whom this correction is here nade At their regular meeting held 1 ast night the members of Gastoni.' ii Council No. 68, Junior Order United i( American Mechanics, decided to raise . fund for the purpose of buying school looks for indigent pupils in the city 8 chools. Mr. C. M. Nolen was appointd by the council to solicit donations o this fund. The council appropriated 5 to the fund and members present 11 lonated J2 Capt. A. L. Bulwinkh It nd Mr. Charles L. Hord of Company h I, N. C., National Guard, returned Frilay night from Jacksonville, Fla. * * * , i,.. ^U.IolAn 11 , ,, . I mere mey aueuucu mc f the National Guard. Capt. Bui- ?' tinkle was one of the officers of the " forth Carolina team, while Mr. Hord w rent as a member of the team. The c hoot began October 14th, and lasted a ? reek, M e 1 1 s JWFor cutting grass on terraces and t lopes there has been patented an ex- is ension handle for lawn mowers, per- J! nltting a man to stand on level ground a nd operate thera. d THE PUBLIC utl-tnuen New Official Neceaaary to Maintain Judicial Balance. The country in general is Just beginning to realize that heretofore a very necessary official of the Judiciary has been entirely overlooked, i. e., the Public Defender. The creation of this office last spring by the city of Los Angeles aroused little more at the time than amused smiles and condemnation of the putting into practice the idea of some sociological enthusiast, but the results attained have vindicated' the theories of the original supporters of the movement and also attracted the attention of every person interested in the uplift. Los Angeles proved that often the indigent criminal was "more sinned against than sinning," and that in the past many persons, guilty of no greater crime than poverty, has been railroaded to prison, not through any individual prejudice on the part of the Judge trying the case, but due to obsolete system which provided for the appointing of a youthful and generally Inexperienced lawyer, Just out of Bchool to defend the accused. The result was always a foregone conclusion with the young lawyer matched against an able and experienced lawyer, backed by the machinery of his powerful office and the prestige of the state. The western city has pointed the way. New Tork is following suit. One by one the daily newspapers and weekly and monthly magazines are starting to advocate the proposition, and before long states and municipalities in every section of the country will be endorsing and instituting the idea. Interviews with prosecuting attorneys in various cities shows that these officials recognize the necessity of providing some other system than the one now in vogue, and consensus of opln-. luii is iiiai iuc I'icauuii ui viic uiuuc ui Public Defender will work to the benefit of the community in general, and incidentally be a money saver. Statistics show that nearly every :ity of any size appropriates yearly a greater sum of money for the payment pf lawyers appointed to defend indi?ent prisoners than would be needed to pay the salary and office expenses of a irst class man.?Anderson Intelligent :er. NAPOLEON'S WAR MOTTOE8 Axioms Uttered by the "Little Corporal" Recalled. "Unity of command is a first necesiity of war." "Love is the occupation of the idle nan, the distraction of the warrior, :he stumbling block of the sovereign." "The first quality of a commandern-chlef is a cool head." "He lies too much. One may very well lie sometimes, but always is too nuch." "A great captain ought to say to limself several times a day: If the >nemy appear on my front, my right, >r my left, what should I do? If he Inds himself embarrassed, he is ill posted." "When a king is said to be a kind nan, the reign is a failure." "The heart of a statesman should be n his head." "High tragedy is the school of great nen. It is the duty of sovereigns to mcourage and spread it. Tragedy varms the soul, raises the heart, can md ought to create heroes." "Bleeding enters into the combinaions of political medicine." "Conscription is the eternal root of i nation, purifying its morality and 'ramlng all its habits." . "I regard myself as probably the nost daring man in war who has ever ixisted." "Love of country is the first virtue of :lvilized man." "There are only two nations?East ind West."?From H. A. L. Fisher's 'Napoleon." ? "The lists or even figures are not imciauy aisciosea, uui snooung 01 >atches of spies takes place dally in his and other towns of the district," lays a dispatch from "Northern rrance," of Friday, "and during the ast three days there have been nearly is many women shot as men. The nost hard-bitten veteran loathes the ask of shooting a woman, but accordng to the laws of war it must be done, ["hey are lined up with men, often girls ?r young women of refinement at the :enith of charm and beauty, and so? iccording to their lights?they give heir lives for their country and meet leath as bravely as any man. So many ipies have been caught in France reently that possession of papers apparently in good order, avails a man or voman nothing once an accusation has ?een made or suspicion leveled. It is laimed that no German tongue can ven pronounce certain French words without betraying Teuton origin. It is allure to pass tests of this kind which ondemn. Papers may have been stol n and a signature on a passport learn* d so that a holder can produce a passible imitation of it at will. Spies have ven been caught with their own phoographs superimposed upon others on iassports and the official stamp on the ihotograph counterfeited. I saw a wonan challenged in the street yesterday, eized and haled to the police station, ihe was well dressed and the last type ne would suspect of espionage. Apparently she was a prosperous widow f about 30, leading a little boy by the and. But I have since heard that it roved a clear case. She had evaded he war regulations of the local auhorities that strangers must not relain more than 24 hours in any town i this part of France without reportng personally to the police by changng her lodgings literally every day or a week. Her plan was apparently 0 take the Folkstone boat as soon as he was ready." ? Three men are dead and three are 1 a hospital as the result of the colipse of the third floor of the new iippodrome building at Youngstown, >hio, late yesterday, which buried even men under tons of concrete and teei. The inside of the building fell ito the cellar, carrying the workmen ith it. Some of the workmen esaped by clinging to jutting beams; thers were thrown clear of the reckage into the street. Of the sevn men buried under the concrete and teei, three were rescued alive and hree bodies were recovered. One man i still unaccounted for. It was reorted at first that 20 men had been aught, but investigation showed all ccounted for but one. None of the ead has been identified.