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GENERAL A
German Commander
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Dimming for the moment even the
glory of von Hindenburg, victor of
Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes,
a new star has dashed forth on the
German war firmament?Mackensen.
Mackensen it was who, at the head of
German and Austrian armies, smashed
through the Russian lines on the
Danajec last month, crumpled them
up and sent them headlong backward,
driving with them the armies which
Koa hun snrcinc victoriously over
the Carpathians. Mackensen it was
who pursued them relentlessly to the
San, crossed it in a red tempest of
artillery lire, wrested the fortress of
Prezemysl from the Russians a bare
^ two months after they had snatched
it from Austria, and is now pounding
away at what is left of the czar's ar f
mies, threatening Lemberg, the first
fruit of their successful onslaught of
last year, seeking to Jam over the Galician
border into their own land.
Looked at from any angle, Macken- |
sen's achievement is tremendous; it
will live alongside the most audacious
and brilliantly successful of military
feats. And just as the sudden rise of
other luminaries in the last few
months has made people eagerly ask
each other, "Who is JolTre? What is
the record of Grand Duke Nicholas?
Who is Hindenburg?" They are now
asking, "Who is this man Mackensen?
What has he ever done before?"
Old Like Most Leaders.
Well, first, he is an old man, like
most leaders in this war?Joffre is 70,
his trusted lieutenants?Foch, Castlenau,
Galliani?are over 60, so Is Kitchener,
so is French. Iron-Jawed Hindenburg
is 69, the man in whose
hands lies Italy's fate?Count Cadorna?is
70. And Mackensen, the bulldog
of Galicia, waited 64 long years
for the crown of military glory. It is
an old man's war.
But long before now he has heard
the shells scream and the bullets
whistle. Like Hindenburg, like Joffre,
Mackensen saw the bloody days of
the Franco-German war. Moreover,
he can say what mighty few other officers
in the German army can. He
rose from the ranks. When France
and Germany went at each other 45
years ago, Mackensen, a stripling of
21, had never been in one of the aristocratic
officers' schools from which
nearly all of his comrades had come.
He had simply been with the colors
as a one-year voiuiueei ?meaning
that, being a youth of a certain
schooling, he was not required to
serve the regular three years' term.
He went out to fight the French as a
"vice Wachtmeister," something like
what a corporal is with us.
Also, there was no "von," that badge
of German nobility, tacked to his
name. Vice Wachtmeister Mackensen:
that's all he was. At the end of
the war he was Second Lieutenant
Mackensen?no "von" yet. Only in
after years when his superiors recognized
the stuff he was made of and
promoted him steadily, did he become
"von Mackensen."
Though nothing that he has done
before in this war is comparable to his
terrific smash across Galicia, there
are those in Germany and elsewhere
who have known since last August
that he was a man worth watching.
One was von Hindenburg. When that
granite-faced old warrior hurled his
legions upon the Russians covering
Lodz and Lowiscz at the end of last
year, Mackensen was at his right
hand.
Took the Russian Trap.
Mackensen drove into the heart of
the fight, got surrounded by huge
bodies of Russians, was whirled close
to annihilation. But he rallied his
men again, and they cut a pathway
through their enemy with their bayonets
and not only saved themselves,
but seriously shattered those who had
almost destroyed them.
"They escaped from the Russian
trap and took the trap with them,"
said somebody. That was one thing
which Mackensen did in the. bloody
battle of Lodz. The lion's share of the
glory for that bloody set-to has gone
to von Hindenburg; but there was
plenty of it left for Mackensen and
some call him the hero of Lodz as well
as of Galicia.
Last March General von Mackensen
said some bitter things about Americans.
It was when a correspondent
for the New Yorker Staatszeitung paid
a visit to his headquarters in Poland.
The general was polite enough so far
as his manner went, but his words
were not.
He said them surrounded by his officers,
to the correspondent, and to
another American, who couldn't understand
and simply grinned pleasantly
while his country was being hauled
over the coals.
Angry at Americans.
It was the shipping of arms and
ammunition from the United States to
the allies that aroused Mackensen's
anger. He said to the correspondent:
"And even if the Americans send
more and ever more munitions, and
more cannon and aeroplanes and
horses and barbed wire and Clod
knows what else?we Hermans are
going to win anyway, believe me!"
The square jaws snapped shut at the
words, says the reporter, "like a steel
trap," and the blue eyes of the general
pierced into his, "flashing lightning."
Maekensen continued:
"Perhaps it will last longer?yes, I
can say that it will?than it would
have otherwise, but we will not let
ourselves be beaten. No, not by English
weapons, nor Russian, nor French, |
nor American. If you people over
there wish, as you say you do, to
shorten the war, then stop shipping
war supplies and you will be surprised
how quickly we'll finish up those
other fellows.
"Put you Americans help our enemies
not only on the battlefield, but
also in their scheme to starve us and
our wives and children. Can you
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4ACKENSEN
Who Drove Russians .
Galicia. i
to supply grain and meat and fodder
and potatoes and all sorts of things to
our enemies? Is It not directly helping
this heinous plan when you let
yourselves be dictated to by the English
as to what is contraband and
what is not, as to where ships flying
your flag can go and where not, as to
what we are to be permitted to send
nvar tn von in Amorim and what not? I
"Why don't you do something?
Why do you endure everything meekly?
Why have you the Bible in one
hand and a bomb In the other; your
pocketbook in your breast instead of
in your pocket?
"For years I have had most pleasant
relations with America. I have
always admired your country, especially
on account of your spirit of Jus- ;
tice. When two men fight in Germany
with rapiers, a third party is
forbidden to strike up either of the j
weapons as long as the fight is honorably
conducted. Is not our fight with
our enemies Just that? When we
have disarmed our foe, you come '
along and give him a new weapon, a
better one than he had before and you 1
call that neutrality."
Hit Rite from Obscurity. i
So much for the Mackensen of 1915. i
His earlier record gave abundant presage
of the ability and daring which
were eventually to put him at the
head of hundreds of thousands of men
in some of the greatest fights in which
men ever engaged.
Mackensen?August von Mackensen
is his full name?was born December
6, 1849, at Haus-Leipnitz near Schmledeberg,
in the kingdom of Saxony.
His father was a country squire. Just
before his 20th birthday young Mackensen
served his second year with the
colors, in the 2d Hussar Body Guard,
one of the most famous in Germany.
While there, the Franco-German war
began and the boy went to the front
with the regiment in the humble capacity
of "Vice Wachtmeister."
He soon gave proof of remarkable
skill and resourcefulness as a leader
of scouting parties and was intrusted
with Important and highly perilous
missions.
On August 5, 1870, he was ordered
to take a small detachment of hussars
and make a reconnolssance in the direction
of Worth, where one of the big
battles of the war was fought Mackensen
reached the outskirts and found
that a bridge across a river giving access
to the village had been destroyed;
only the posts were left standing. He
managed to crawl from one to another
of these posts, crept stealthily into
the village, and found it filled with
zouaves. They opened fire on the intruder
and he had a hard time getting
back over the river and into his own
lines.
At Toury, in France, on October 5,
1870, there was a piece of scouting to
be done that looked like certain death
to those attempting it. Prince Albrecht,
the Prussian commander, called
for volunteers.
Mackensen stepped forward. So
did other darine sDirits. Mackenspn
was placed in command of four of
them and he set off. He got within '
the French lines and found out what
was wanted. Then the five men scattered
and started back. .
Daring in War of 1870
Over and over again Mackensen had
to hide from squads of French soldiers
or else disarm the suspicions of peasants?once
.he did this by covering his
Prussian helmet and uttering a few
words in French to a group, who went
their way never suspecting that they
had to do with one of the invaders.
But after a while the youth's elation
at having escaped so many dangers
got the better of his prudence
and, meeting a French soldier, he
shouted "Vive la Prusse!" at the top I
of his lungs and dashed past. The
Frenchman fired, other French soldiers
appeared, and it looked as if It
was all up with Mackensen. But by
furious riding he got away and burst
into the Prussian lines with his precious
information about the enemy,
after he had been pretty well given up
for lost. Prince Albrecht himself
stepped forward to meet him and exclaimed:
"You have given an example to your
comrades of which they and you
should be proud." The daring scout
was then commanded to dine at the
prince's table, where he was obliged
to tell the story of his adventure from
first to last to an admiring group of
his superiors.
A few weeks later ho received the
Iron Cross.
Another exciting adventure occurred
at Dannemois. when a sergeant of the
2d Hussars, by name Bliesener, having
just seen his lieutenant, von Horn,
killed in a fight with an ambushed detachment
of Frenchmen, rallied a few
hussars, among them young Mackensen,
and charged the enemy's position,
thirsting to avenge the young officer.
The charge carried them into the village
of Dannemois. where there was a
hand-to-hand fight with the French,
who defended themselves with the utmost
bravery. But the hussars, calling
to each other th.'lt their offieer mnot
be avenged, drove the foe through the
streets and fields and vineyards, until
finally not a single one was left alive.
That fight had an interesting sequel.
Some years later young Mackensen
fell in love with and married the sister
of that Lieutenant von Horn whose
death had aroused his comrades to
make such an irresistible attack on
those who had caused his death.
After marching with the German
armies to Paris and seeing William of
I Prussia crowned German emperor,
Mackensen entered upon the long
years of peace which were to intervene
between his exploits as a fiery
youth and his achievements as a leader
of German armies against Russia.
First of all he went back to his interrupted
studies, enrolled himself at
the University of Halle, and did not
! return to the army until 1873, when
he again joined his own old hussar (
regiment. Later he was made adjutant
of the First Cavalry brigade and
stationed at Konigsberg?not far from
the Polish battlefields where he fought
last winter.
In 1878 he was promoted to first
lieutenant and in 1880 got a place
with the General Staff. He was made
a captain in 1882 and continued until
1882, when he commanded a squadron
of dragoons stationed at Metz
After becoming a major in 1888, he
was appointed in 1893 to the colonelcy
of his old regiment, the famous
Hussar Body Guard. Following his
promotion to brigadier general in 1899
he was ennobled. He became a major
general in 1900, and lieutenant general
in command of the 36th division,
stationed at Dantzic, in 1903. From
that time until the outbreak of the
war he had yet another promotion?
to the post of commanding general of
the 17th Armv Corns, also stationed at
Dantzic.
In 1892 Mackensen wrote a history
of the Hussar Body Guards, to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the
regiment. In it he recounts with loving
care all their exploits both in the
Franco-German war and others preceding
it.
Gen. Mackeneen's Family.
General von Mackensen has three
sons and a daughter by his first wife,
Doris von Horn, sister of the lieutenant
killed at Dannemols. In 1908 he
married a second wife, Leonie von der
Osten.
The hussars with whom he made
the 1870 campaign are his first love.
Though he has risen to eminence since
he served under their banner, he nearly
always wears their uniform, and his
first Iron Cross, won for his exploit
as a hussar scout, is still pinned to
that uniform.
"WILLIAM" IS DISAPPEARING
Name Hat Been Ostracised by Patriotic
English Parents.
It is stated that since the war broke
?ut the name of William has been ostracised
by patriotic English parents.
In 40 recent baptisms of male infants,
It does not appear. Is not this form
of rebuking the kaiser illogical as well
as ineffective? "Why should the devil
have all the good tunes?" asked Rowland
Hill. Why should the Germans
be allowed to monopolize a good English
name? The memory of such great
Englishmen as Shakespeare and
Wordsworth should suffice to stay
William from oblivion. American
parents never gave vent to their resentment
against George III by boycotting
the name which Washington
also bore.
There are fashions in names, it is
:rue, as in other things. The lives of
jreat men remind us that they serve
anconsciously as godfathers for hunIreds
of obscure offspring. Presidents
>f the United States have always been
aonored in this way. There are many
Williams who date back to the time
)f McKinley and others to the time
>f Taft. The Theodores are beginning
o grow up. but the Woodrows are
itill infants in arms. Even in the
lames that own no distinguished
)earer, tastes vary with the cycle of
he tears. The Nettie and Hattie peiod
ended long ago. Earl and Har-1
>ld, Dorothy and Gladys have lost
heir popularity. The plainer names
tave come into their heritage again.
But a name is so much a matter of
parental caprice that it may be dangerous
to dognatize upon the subject,
rhere are reversions to type; even the
>ainful Biblical nomenclature occaionally
reappears undisguised by an
nitial. "What reason is there?" ask>d
a recent authority, "for the com>arative
disappearance of Elizabeth?"
3ut is this disappearance a fact? Un11
within a very short time, at least.
Slizabeth has shared with Mary, Anne
ind Jane a phenomenal popularity,
rhe discussion calls for far more deflate
data than we possess. Cannot
dr. Herkimer Johnson go into the
vhole matter exhaustively in his
orthcoming monumental work??
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
ODD INCIDENTS.
3its of News Quite Out of Ordinary,
Gleaned From Exchanges.
Catching goats in her garden after
hey had ruined her vegetables and
lowers, Mrs. Kate Watchko of Hazleon.
Pa., held the goats for ransom,
eleaslng them to the owners only on
he payment of $1.35 each. Practijally
all of the owners settled up imnediately.
Although rain has been plentiful in
he vicinity of Greensburg, Ind., a strip
if land 11-2 miles wide and about
hree' miles long, southeast of Westiort,
close by, has had no rain for six
veeks. There is dust in the road to a
lepth of more than two inches and
'armers in the strip have had to quit
slowing owing to the condition of the
?round.
James Topping, a resident of, Belhaven,
X. C., has just died at the age
if 105 years, and was the father of 4 5
hildren. He was born in Hyde county
and had been a resident of that
section of the state since his birth.
Amos Steadman of Birchwood, Me.,
has two exceptional cows which he
has trained to do his farm work as
wen as nurses or a yoke or oxen, in
*pite of their activity the cows furnish
ibout 20 quarts of milk apiece a day
ind in general seem to suffer no ill
effects. They are very affectionate,
ind will answer to their names, following
their master around at his call.
A Worcester, Mass., man, while visiting
friends in Shrewsbruy, received
as a gift a rose bush on which were
unopened buds. While hurrying home
for fear that the buds should be blasted,
he was surprised to see them opening,
and on his arrival was able to
pick off fully opened roses before putting
the bush in the ground.
Mrs. Julia Ziegler Fiselkrand, a resident
of 'Berkeley, Cab, has received
word that of her 30 cousins, all of
whom are engaged in the European
war, none have been injured or killed,
although all have been in active service.
Henry Foss of Columbia. Pa., has a
bantam hen that recently hatched a
brood consisting of two ducklings, two
guineas and two chicks. The little
mother is very proud of her brood,
and takes excellent care of it.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS I
As Traced In Early Files of The i
Yorkvllle Enquirer. '
I
NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records of the Past and c
Giving the Younger Readers of To* 1
day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowl* t
edge of the Things that Most Con*
cerned Generations that Have Gone
Before.
The first Installment of the notes ap- (
pearing under this heading was published
in our issue of November 14,
1913. The notes are being prepared by
the editor as time and opportunity permit.
Their purpose is to bring into <
review the events of the past for the t
pleasure and satisfaction of the older ,
people and for the entertainment and .
instruction of the present generation.
141ST INSTALLMENT.
(Wednesday Evening, Jan. 11, 1865.) ^
High Price*. t
Messrs. Editors: Whatever may c
have produced the low rates of special ]
value In Confederate money It Is cer- t
talnly true that professional men, i
mechanics, artists and others who are c
not producers of the prime necessaries j
of life's support, are the greatest c
sufferers because of the present high c
THE HOMES OF
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THE MILLE]
soumwesi or xorKViiie, was erecie<
district No. 48, which pays a local levy
room structure, after the Clemson plan,
thirty and the term is eight months. M
and M. A. McFarland are the trustees o
Moore is the teacher of the school.
prices of the production of the farm c
and manufactories of our country, t
viz: Wheat flour, corn, meats, milk, f
I butter, lard, salt, soap, clothing, leath- o
er, iron. More or less of all these must c
be had by every person, in order to o
have common living, to say nothing t<
about sugar, coffee, molasses, calico, c<
etc., which many producers among us n
are expected to purchase in some w
measure by the income of sales made tl
at these high prices. That is to say, S
wheat flour 23 prices, corn 20, pork 30, a
beef 20, milk cows 40, butter 60, lard
40, salt 100, soap, 20, cloth 45, leather v
70, iron 40. These prices when added 8
together make the sum of 503. Now 0
divide this sum, 503, by 12, the num- 11
ber of items charged and the quo- ^
tient is 41 11-12, or near 42 times more e:
than the peace prices, or 42 Confed- a
erate dollars for one dollar of bank 0
issue of 1860. It is plain, therefore, w
that professional men, mechanics, a
artists and other mere consumers of ^
the aforesaid articles are living on an u
expense 42 times greater than in time b
of peace. Now, in order that pro- p
fessional men, mechanics, artists and n
other consumers of the before mentioned
articles do enjoy the same
living as do the producers of the h
same, they must of necessity, in self- a
defense, demand these articles in bar- r
m
ter for their services at peace prices,
or 42 Confederate dollars instead of ^
one dollar of bank issue in circulation ^
in the year 1S60. Otherwise this class
must become poorer and poorer as
their consumption progresses or they
must beg, starve, go unclothed and
unshod, whilst their profession and incomes
go down to enrich the producers
and enable them to pay the higher taxes
imposed by the government.
Observer.
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(Wednesday Evening, Jan. 18, 1865.) ^
Castor Oil.
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We have before us a bottle of this ^
useful article, made by our fellow ^
citizen, John Smith. Esq., of Broad ^
River; he raises the b?an himself, of ^
which he has a quantity on hand and
will take pleasure in giving the nec- , ^
essarv instructions for makine the I
a
oil. It has been tried by one of our j,
employees who pronounced It a number ^
one article and warranted to go c
through in the shortest space of time.
Every family should keep a supply on
hand and as it can be easily manufac- e
tured at home, we do not see why it ?
has not been introduced into our j,
gardens generally. s
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Freshet. I
On Tuesday of last week this sec- v
tion was visited by one of the heavi- F
est falls of rain in our recollection. 1
The cellars throughout the town were b
generally under water, and the wash it
had so affected the railroad that con- c
nection with Chester was seriously p
interrupted for several days. On the li
Charlotte and South Carolina road,
considerable damage was done to the
bridges and trestles, but we learn ere 0
this the damage has been repaired. c
The Congaree is stated to have risen ^
within a foot or two of the freshest of j
1852, which destroyed the railroad v
bridge over it; so from this we would v
infer that the rain has been pretty n
general throughout the state. In our
immediate vioinitv. there has lieen a
great destruction of bridges and N
fences but it is fortunate at this sea- fi
son of the year we have ample time a
to prepare for the crops. The A
veather is still cold, windy and unset-jl
led. 1 I
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Married?On the 22nd ult., by Rev. .
V. W. Clarothers, at the residence of "
drs. Simmons, Robert H. Craig of
xaston; county, N. C., and Miss Nancy
2. Hunter of this district. j
(Wednesday Evening, Jan. 25, 1865.)
Married?In Mississippi, on the 17th I
>f November, by Rev. Mr. Fox, Sergi.
rhomas Brat ton and Miss A. C. Clarke,
ormerly of Memphis, Tenn.
I Ta l>a nontlniaH \ i
.iaoo v* uuoi uaoiuiua uapuoi vuuiv/i
snjoyed a very pleasant outing Sat
irday afternoon when they went on i
picnic to Riverside park Th
nany friends in Gastonia of Dr. W
B. Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A
Hunter, will be interested to lean
:hat at a meeting a few days ago o
he board of trustees of the Kernai
hospital in Baltimore, he was ap
pointed superintendent of the hos
pital.
Lancaster News, June 22: Con
stable J. B. Connor, acting under in
structions from Sheriff J. P. Hunter
arrested A. J. Bowling on the cottoi
nil] hill Saturday under a Unitei
States warrant charging him wlti
lesertion from the fourth company
poast artillery, Fort Mott, N. J., Ma;
19, 1915 The June term of th
circuit court convened at this plao
.vith Judge John S. Wilson of Man
ling, presiding. Solicitor J. K. Hen
y, and Stenographer Harry McCav
rvere also on hand. As this is a jai
lelivery term only cases where th<
prisoners are in jail will be tried. Thi
jrand jury passed upon all the billi
>f indictment in their charge, mad
heir final presentment and were dis
iharged yecterday... .Mr. J. L. Hcgle
lied last night at about 8.30 o'clock
ifter an illness of several weeks witl
yphoid fever. For some time past h<
lad been free of fever and hli
hancea of recovery seemed good. H<
vas apparently making a good flgh
>ack to life, after having been deS'
>erately ill. But yesterday morninf
Ar. Hegler suffered a change for th<
vorse when an unexpected complies
ion arose. Everything that medica
ikill or nursing could suggest, was relorted
to but all in vain Lat<
ast Thursday evening, Capt. C. A
5lyler and his nephew, Simeon Plyler
vhile attempting to cross a swoller
tream near Mr. George Plyler's, cam<
terilously near being drowned. At
hey drove across Otter creek th<
iwift waters turned the buggy over
hrowing both occupants into tlu
tream. Simeon, being somewhat
lore active than his uncle, climbed
tut while Capt. Plyler, the buggy anc
he horse floated against a foot log
. few yards below, where by the hell
>f his nephew, the older man sueeeded
in getting out. After cutting
he horse free of the buggy, both were
inally rescued. The loss of a buggy
ushion, a hat, Capt. Plyler's pocket
iook containing more than $15, and
light damage to the buggy and harless,
are all the results of the adenture
and Capt. Plyler says there is
o danger of his venturing into deep
/ater again.
Gaffney Ledger, June 22: Clerk ol
;ouri r. m. lauuweu yesieruay optrnd
and adjourned the court of common
pleas, as he was directed to dc
iy the order of Special Judge Charles
Carroll Sims, dispensing with the civil
ourt for this term. Mr. Caldwell will
pen and adjourn court every day this
i'eek. Court of general sessions, with
rlr. Sims presiding, will convene al
he courthouse on Monday of next
treek Mr. Duke Hicks has beer
ecommended by Postmaster F. B
laffney for the appointment as subtitute
clerk and carrier, which poition
is now vacant at the local ofce
Mrs. Dora Lyle, wife of the
ite Capt. J. B. Lyle, and their daugher,
Miss Fannie, of Caddo, Okia., are
pending this week in Gaflfney, visitng
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith. Capt
nil Mrs. Lyle moved from Limestone
o the west more than forty yean
go S. Hi Hughey of Lockharl
Ihoals, was seriously injured Sunday
.fternoon when an automobile ir
trhich he and a companion named
larton, also of Lockhart Shoals, were
iding, overturned with them near the
Jreen river road crossing on the
lational highway, about five miles
outh of Oaffney. Barton was also inured
but not seriously. Both young
nen were taken to the city hospital
fter the accident. They were reorted
to be doing nicely yesterday.
Through the attorneys, Dobson
ir Vassey. and Messrs. L T. and J. S.
rinsett, who, as Vinsett Brothers were
djudged bankrupts, have been grantd
a discharge by H. A. M. Smith of
'harleston, Judge of the eastern disrict
of the United States court.
Chester Reporter, June 21: A mariage
of widespread interest to their
lany friends, was that of Miss Martha
iarber Drum and Mr. Robt. Caldwell
tolick, which was solemnized yesteray
morning at the home of the bride's
randmother, Mrs. Mattie Barber,
he ceremony being performed by ths
lev. D. G. Phillips. D. D. Only memers
of the family and a few intiriate
friends were present The
riany friends of J. W. Means, for
lany years a resident of Chester, but
(-ho has been making his home in
Charlotte for the past few years, will
e grieved to hear of his death, which
ccurred in Charlotte this morning.
Ir. Means' health had been falling for
everal months, and the end was not
nexpected Mr. W. C. McSul>ugh,
wife and child and Mr. W. T.
illen, all of Oak Hill. Fla,, arrived in
he city Saturday morning in Mr.
fcCullough's car, and will spend about
hree weeks here and in other parts
f the county visiting relatives. Mr.
IcCullough and party left Oak Hill
Wednesday morning, and the route
hey came they estimate at about 600
CITY OF LEMBERG
SaJician Capital that Haa Been Object
of Recent Developments.
Describing Lemberg, for whose possesion
the mightiest trial of strength
)t the war has been developing
hrough the last few days, a state nent
just issued by the National
leographlc society says:
"Lemberg, under Austrian overordship,
has been a stronghold of Polsh
national consciousness. Almost
inhampered by the Imperial authorises,
it has administered, as Gallcla's
apitaJ, the last remnant of Polish
Poland. When the Galiclan diet was
ormed in 1861, Lemberg had fallen
'rojn her brave position of the days
f the Polish kingdom. The city was
poverty-crushed, unimproved, unIrained
and, hence, unhealthy, with no
schools, and, generally, upon the verge
THE SCHOOLS
?f Modern Progress In
>unty.
ark county school building, is one of
igraved to show the wonderful lmat
line in York county.
R SCHOOL
d la> 1911, aC a cost of $800. It is in
' of 2J mills. The building is a oneThe
school has an enrollment of
Messrs. J. M. Brice, E. R. Shannon
f the district ,and Miss Aggiedel
>f ruin. Today, aroused by the constiution
of 1861, after 50 years of hopeul
effort, the tide of invasion swept
ver a beautiful, intensely modern
ity, full of fine, substantial buildings,
f lovely, well-planned parks, of upa-date,
richly stocked shops, of exellent
schools and colleges, of great
lonuments and expensive public
rorks. The destructive tide of batle
rolled over careful work of two
enerations, and is now driving back
gain upon it.
"Before the outbreak of the present
far, there was no city of Lemberg's
ize in Europe, upon whose streets
ne might find more alert, vivacious
Ife. The city had enjoyed a typically
imerican 'boom' for more than a gen- ?
ration, and its people had more of an s
ir of bouyant confidence than any n
ther Polish community. Industries ?
rere growing; and the commission a
nd transit trade of the city was at- o
lining the importance of this trade c
nder the old kingdom. Prom a small, *
itterly poor community, Lemberg had c
rogressed to the position of a wealthy b
letropolis of 200,000 inhabitants. s
"The Galician capital lies In a sharp- "
/ cut valley, embroidered on every n
and by well-wooded hilla The parks v
nd promenades of the city reach out
U ~ L! 1L. fKo. Armal
liu lUC I1IIIW, W11 CI e OUIUC l/l UIO llliooi
ralks and garden spots have been laid ?
ut. Beyond the suburbs of the capi- n
il, little Polish villages struggle over t
tie country roads, and before great ^
rmies passed this way, flocks of 'Q
housands of ducks and geese, for v
rhich Galicia enjoyed no small mens- R
re of fame, met the traveler's eyes 1
verywhere. The insignificant little ^
tream, Peltew, an affluent of the Bug, cows
by the city. s
"Lemberg lies 468 miles northwest
f Vienna by rail, and 212 miles east- |,
outheast of Cracow. It is about 50 t,
illes from the Russian border. The s
apital is a main station upon trunk- ^
nes to Odessa, Czernowitz, capital of t
tukowina, Breslau, in Germany, and a
luda-Pest, in Hungary. It is the ^
ourth city in size in the Austrian em- "
ire, coming after Vienna, Prague and ^
'riest. Commercially and indu trially, r
s well as politically and educational- f
i, it is the most important city in ^
ialicia. Its factories turn out ma- J
hinery, iron wares, matches, stearin, n
andles and naptha.
"Besides being the seat of the chief ''
conomle organizations and of the
overnment of the crownland. Lemberg V
s an important religious center, the
eat of three archbishops of the Roman
'atholic, the United Greek and the t
Inited Armenian churches. The Unlersity
of Lemberg was founded by
hnperor Joseph II, In 1784, and, since r
871, its language of instruction has j!
een Polish. There are a number of ^
mportant museum collections in tne u
ity, among them collections all im- S
iortant to the student of the early j.
ife and customs of the country." b
. ? n
United States firms have furnished
ver 4 0 per cent of the electrical ma- v
hlnery and supplies used in Brazil, C
ut not through any concentrated ef- 11
ort. It was because the street rail- ^
ray and light and power system in s
arious cities are under the manage- u
lent of Americans. ^
t
The supreme court of Mississippi on ^
Ionday, handed down a decision con- t!
rmlng death sentences of five men. ^
11 white except one, to be executed on ^
lUgust 6th. tl
COLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGE!
lews Happenings In Neighborln!
Communities.
lONDENSED FOR (DICK READINI
Sealing Mainly With Local Affairs o
Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaaton, Lan
caster and Cheater.
Gastonia Gazette, June 22: Mi
Roy Hamilton of Belmont, and Mia
Panna Welch of ths city, were unitei
In marriage at 6 o'clock Saturda;
evening at the residence of thi
eride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C
Welch, on South Marietta street, Rev
J. C. Dietz, pastor of the Lutherai
ehurch, was the officiating minister
rhe groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs
R. L. Hamilton of Belmont, and th<
A " ?/I aaaK A# i
\ja ivac oiiu 51 vviii| cavu ui n iiviii n
inly 17 years of age, will make thei
Home at Belmont, where they wen
>n Sunday afternoon On Satur
lay, June 12, Capt. C. M. Nolan re
eased two crates of homing plgeoni
:here being about 52 birds, which hat
>een sent to him from East on, Pa
rhey are sent here because this poin
Is 500 miles in an air line fron
Easton, and the birds are being test
to ascertain the time required fo
the 500-mile flight. Capt Nolan ha
been notified that two of the pigeon,
released here at 5.30 a. m., reachei
Easton Saturday night the first on
making a record of 13 hours and 3
minutes The excursion whicl
was run from Gastonla to Edgemon
Saturday, was one of the most large
ly patronized excursions of the sea
ion. The train left Gastonia at
3 o'clock Saturday morning with fou
5r five coaches well filled with pas
lengers, and other coaches were add
ed to the train at stations up th
ine The 3100,000 bond issu
authorized some time ago for schoc
buildings for the city of Gastonia
Has carried by a handsome majority
While the exact figures are not ob
:ainable as the Gazette goes to pres
it 2 o'clock this afternoon, there I
evidence enough to indicate that th
issue will go through. At 2 o'clocl
ipproxlmately 500 ballots had beei
rast. Of these not more than 15 o
20 were against the bonds. Th*
registration totalled 863 votes, and 1
rote of 432 was necessary to carr;
the election. It is expected that be
tore the polls close at sunset this af
ternoon more than 600 votes wil
lave been registered for bonds
rhe members of the Junior Philathei
ilooo a# I?oot fin of nn i o Da ntiaf nknrnl
J miles. The trip was made without
I even & puncture. Messrs. Gaston &
Hamilton of this city, have been retained
to defend Jesse Morrison, one
9 of the men arrested at Winnsboro last
Monday for alleged implication in the
trouble that resulted in the death of
Cylde Isenhower, Sheriff A. D. Hood,
and Jules Smith, the negro prisoner,
Band the serious wounding of several
others, and which was the most talked
of event in the state, and perhaps the
south, last week Mr. D. H. Shan*
non, the proprietor of the blacksmith
and repair shop in the rear of the
Clark F*umiture Co., announces that
he will Install a roller mill. He al
' ready has ample power facilities, and
g all that will be required is to buy and
j install the mill machinery. The mill
will have a capacity of twelve and
y one-half barrels per day, and by rune
nine: night and day the output can, of
course, be doubled Col. J. H.
Marion, general counsel for the Caro'
Una & North-Western railway, ap11
peared before Judge H. P. Lane in
. Charlotte Friday, and succeeded in
having a $600 verdict recently awarded
Logan Williams, colored, by a Gaston
county jury set aside,
a
r Rock Hill Record, June 21: George
t Donnell, father of Mrs. T. L. Johnston
. of this city, died Saturday at his
. home in Greensboro, N. C., aged 86
I, years. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and
j Mrs. A. F. Ruff left Saturday to at?
tend the funeral, which was held Sunt
day Claude Hunter, who had the
j misfortune to lose one of his arms
. last week while oiling a ventilator at
r the Carhartt mill, and who has been
B at the Fennell infirmary for surgical
s attention. Is reported as doing as well
3 as could be expected A little
e child of the late Frank Howie, died at
0 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
h Sweatt, Saturday, and was buried in
t Laurelwood cemetery after funeral
. services conducted by Rev. W. J.
. Nelson, Sunday afternoon.
8
r GENERAL NEW3 NOTE8
e Items of Interest Gathered from All
e Around the Worid.
^ Citizens of Salina, Okla., are raising
\ funds with which to erect a monu
ment to the first white settlers of that
? state, the Chocteau brothers, Indian
e traders, who established a trading
k post at what Is now Salina in 1764.
Frank O'Leary, one of five men ine
dieted at Marshall, Tex., on the charge
a of murdering William Black, an antly
Catholic lecturer, on February 3, in a
. hotel of that city, was acquitted by a
1 jury Monday.
' John Reed, a well known Amerih
can war correspondent, with 'Board
man Robinson, an artist, are under
a arrest at Kholm, Russia, for having
entered the war zone without permls..
slon.
f Thos. A. Edison has recently pern
fected a portable searchlight, with a
- variable capacity up to 3,000,000 can"
dlepower. It is very small in size and
its power is supplied by storage batteries.
Wm. H. Rand, one of the founders
of the well known printing concern
|jj of Rand, McNally & Co., died at New
i Canaan, Conn., Sunday, aged 87 years.
', Mr. Rand was one of the syndicate
y that brought the Mergenthaler linof
type machine to perfection.
Henry Seigel, one time multl-mil"
llonalre and head of a chain of deI
partment stores, has begun serving a
e term of ten months in a New York
0 prison for fraudulent transactions In?
volving hundreds of thousands of dolf
lars.
r The public service commission of
J Missouri has notified the Southwest?
ern Telephone and Telegraph com3
pany, that its schedule of home rates
^ for St. Louis were too low, and gave
. the company until August 10 to file 1
j new schedules.
1 By direct orders from Governor
1 Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania, the sale
and use of intoxicating liquors will be
- strictly prohibited in the camps of the
various regiments of the Pennsylvai
nia National Guard this year, for the
> first time in the history of the militia
J of that state.
, Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsyl- ,
5 vania, has vetoed the recently passed ,
[ bill to repeal the full crew railroad ,
I law In that state. The railways ,
; claim that the law costs them $2,700,- ,
* 000 per year, without any special bene- ,
, fit to the public, either in service or
> safety.
The annual convention of the Assoi
elated Advertising Clubs of the World i
is in session in Chicago this week, i
Fifty Chicago pulpits were ocoupied
| by advertising men at the services last
Sunday morning. Instead of advocating
that "Honesty Is the best policy," i
many of the speakers advocated the
| motto, "Honesty Is the only policy."
> President Lowell of Harvard uni- 1
j versity, made the assertion a few days
I ago, that man attains the zenith of
i his physical and mental power at the
? age of 23, and from that time Is on
1 the down grade. President LiOweirr
i observation is being made the subject
. of much discussion and ridicule by educators
and men of large affairs.
Joseph Mark of Middlefleld, Conn.,
shot his bride-to-be Monday after\
noon Just a little while before the
' marriage ceremony was to take place.
. He was showing his skill with a pistol
! at a target, and playfully pointing
1 the pistol at the girl, accidentally pullr
ed the trigger. She is seriously, if
i not fatally, wounded.
A woman and a barrel stave settled
i a strike at Martin's Ferry, O., Mon'
day. She visited the headquarters of
1 2,000 strikers; her husband was there:
; she fralled him for his obstinacy and
I then used the stave on others. The
siriKcrs nea ana union men, **nu
j prevented from working by the strikers,
entered the plants and got them
! in operation.
In a sermon at Eaglesmere, Pa., on
Monday, Bishop Woodcock of Kentucky,
said in part: "There is not
one country engaged in the present
war which can be said to be Christian.
No matter how much individual belief
in God may,exist nationally, there is no
Christianity In Europe. We are in an
1 age where any religion, however obso,
lcte and obscene, can get a foothold
and a following. Is Christianity possible
under these conditions?"
B. D. Ackley, former secretary of
Billy Sunday, who recently broke
with the evangelist and made statements
of "inside facts" to the detriment
of the Sunday evangelistic campaigns,
has issued an apology to Mr.
Sunday, and says in part: "In unguarded
and almost unconscious moments,
owing to an unfortunate weakness,
and under very peculiar circumi
stances, I may have said things
which have been distorted with statements
for which I disclaim responsi- .
bility."
BANKS FIGHT NEW COMMISION
Claim Assessment Plan Is UncenslltitloaaL
ACT WAS NOT PASSED 1EGUU1LT.
Strong Protest Entered, and it is Expected
that Practically All of the
Banks in the State Will Become
Parties to the Proceeding.
The constitutionality of the act
passed at the last session of the gen
enu assemoiy creating tne state tax
commission has been attacked through
a protest filed with the commission
last Tuesday by F. Barron Orler, Esq.,
of Greenwood. The protest was Died
in the case of the first bank to come
up and it is understood that the same
protest will be filed in each and every
case to come up, to the number of
300 or more. The protest is based on
several grounds, constitutional and
otherwise; but the most important
probably is alleged irregularities in the
passage of the act through the general
assembly. The full text of the
act is as follows:
Text of Protect.
The undersigned bank has in accordance
with the requirements of
section 344 of article 8, code, 1912,
made and returned under oath to the
auditor of the county of its location
for the year 1915, the statement required
to be made and returned by
said section, showing the number of
shares held by each of Its shareholders,
together with their names and
residences, and the actual value in
money of such shares, together with
a description of the real estate owned
by said bank, and in all respects has
complied with the requirements of
law in this behalf; and the county
auditor of the county in which this
bank is located .on receiving the same
has fully complied with the provisions
of section 345 of said article 8, volume
1, code 1912, and with the other provisions
of law in such cases made and
provided, and as required by law, has
placed before the proper township
board of assessors, or special board of
assessors, the said return or statement
and list for the purpose of having the
same considered and passed upon as
required by the provfsions of section ,
432 of the code 1912, article 12, and
thereafter as required by the provisions
of section 427, code 1912, article
13, did lay the same before the county
board of equalisation as required by
the Drovislons of said section, and for
the purpose therein provided, and the
same was duly considered, passed upon
and determined by said county
board of equalization, and the value
thereof by the said board fairly and
Impartially equalized so that the same
shall be entered on the tax books at
its true value as required by said section
427, code 1912, all of which was
done in accordance with the requirements
of law by said board and the
same adopted by the county auditor
for the purpose of taxation as required
by the provisions of section 428,* ?
which said section provides that the
same shall be permanently entered on
record by him upon the tax books of
his county. It is, therefore, respectfully
submitted that this honorable
commission has no power or authority
under the laws of the state to alter
or change the assessment so made in
any manner or way whatsoever, the
same having been valued, fixed, equalized
and assessed in all respects as
required by law.
2. That the commission has no
power or authority in law to assess for
taxation against the shares of this
bank, the stock held by it in other
corporations, because the property of
such corporation being already assessed
for taxation, the shares of stock
therein are specifically exempted from
taxation under the laws of this state,
snd cannot be subjected to further
tax in the hands of this bank, nor assessed
for the purpose of fixing the
true value of the shares of stock of
the shareholders of this bank for the
purpose of taxation.
Alleges Discrimination.
3. The purpose of the act creating
this honorable commission is to
equalize all property in the state for
tax purposes so that all classes of
property will bear its Just and equal
burden of taxation, and this bank respectfully
represents that the shares of
its stock are valued and assessed for
taxation at a much higher valuation
and rate than the property of individuals
of like kind and nature in the
county where the bank is situate, or
elsewhere throughout the state, and
before undertaking to change the assessed
valuation of its shares of stock
the said commission should investigate
and ascertain the proportion of
the true value at which individual
property is assessed for taxation in
the county and state. The county
board of equalization in the discharge
of its duty to fairly and impartially
ussess and equalize the property in
the county for tax purposes has assessed
and equalized the value of the
shares of this bank's stock, and the
Increase in assessment made or attempted
to be made by this honorable
zommission has been made or attempted
to be made without* comparison
or investigation or Inquiry Into
the assessed value of other properly
if like kind in the said county or elsewhere
in the state, and is contrary
to and in conflict with the act creatng
the commission requiring it to carry
into execution the equality of asjessment
of property?and not arbitrarily
to raise assessments of corporate
or other property.
4. That under the laws of this state
the value of the shares of stock in
this bank is alone subject to taxation,
?xcept real estate owned by it which
s assessed against the corporation
ind the value of the shares is reduced
jy the value of such real estate?and
he shareholder, and not the bank, is
equired to pay the tax?except that
he bank is required to pay the same
'or the shareholder and. therefore,
his commission has no right or power
:o assess the property of this bank,
>ut must proceed, if at all, against
he shareholder, and deal with the
laid shares of stock as with other inlividual
property, and the value of
laid shares of stock equalized and aslessed
by the county board of equalzation
for taxation and adopted by
he county auditor, cannot be changed
vithout equalizing the assessed value
>f the same with the assessed value
(Continued on Pace Four.)