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Vol. 5 NO. 35 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDA^ MORNING, MAY 12. 1915 $1.00 per year
Hundreds DroWned When Giant 1
Steamer ift Torpedoed fby
German Submarine
London, May 8.?The Cunard ]
liner Lusitunia, which sailed out
of New York last Saturday with (
more than 2,000 souls aboard, ,
lies at the bottom of the ocean (
off the Irish coast. She was
sunk by a German submarine,
which sent two torpedoes
crashing into her side while the
passengers were having lunch- <
eon.
How many of the Lusitania's
passengers and crew were rescued
can not be told, but the
official statements from the
? * . - -
tfriusn admiralty up to midnight
accounted for more than 650. <
A ship's steward, who landed j
With others at Queenstown, ,
gave it as his opinion that 900
persons were lost;
There were dead and wounded
among those brought ashore;
tome since have died. But not
a name of rescued or lost of
dead or injured, has been listed.
The Lusitania was steaming
along about 10 miles off Old
Head, Kinsale, on the.last leg of 1
her voyage to Liverpool when
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon
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and so far as.all reports go, fired
two torpedoes without warning
at the steamer. One struck her
near the bows and the other in
the engine room.
The powerful agents of destruction
tore through the vessel's
causing terrific explosions.
Almost immediately great volumes
of water poured through
the openings and the Lusitania
listed.
The boats, which were already
less call for help was sent out,
and immediately rescue boats
of all kinds were sent out both
from the neighboring points
along the coast and Queenstown.
But within 15 minutes, as one
survivor estimated, and certainly
within half an hour,' the
Lusitania had disappeared.
Old Head, Kinsale, where
Great Britain's fastest merchant
vessel went down, is a landmark
that has brought joy to
manv travelers, as it always has
stood as the sign from shore
that the perils of the voyage
across the Atlantic were at an
end.
The Cunard line, whose
boast is that it has never lost a
passenger in the Atlantic service,
has lost the ship that dodged
the lurking enemy off Nan
tucket light the day after wai
was declared, and later startled
the world bv flying the Stars
and Stripes.
The report that the Lusitania
was torpedoed without warning
created a profound sensation
for it was the first case in whict
this threatened procedure ha;
been carried out with Ameri
cans on board a belligeren
vessel. Aside from the dipl<
matic phases of the case, whicl
were widely discussed in th<
capital tonight, the sinking o
repeated threats and warning
i 1 i 1 u:~u - /
-WHICH H'dVC IUUCUCU 111^11 Ul
ficials for several days past of i
plan by the German admiralp
to sink the Lusitania for th<
psychological effect it \voul<
have on Great Britain and thi
terror it might spread amocj
ocean travelers generally.
Information gathered amonj
officials of the government an<
in diplomatic qnarters confirm
the belief that plans for th
destruction of the Lusitani:
were made several weeks age
First, the German embassy wa
instructed to advertise in tb
leading; newspapers of the
United States warning: passengers
against traveling on belligerent
ships. Anonymous
warnings then were sent to in
dividuals who proposed sailing
on the Lusitania. Most significant
of all were letters received
here from officials in Germany
by private persons stating that
the Lusitania surely would be
destroyed.
From the day the ship sailed
from New York, officials here
have received inquires from
many sources almost dnih as to
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tuv V7U1VIJ VI HIV V VOOVIi V/ II
official was told with much
positiveness earl}' todpy that
this was the day selected for the
destruction of the vessel. The
naval radio station at Arlington
has been on the alert for news
and from time to time has been
reported as having picked up
messages saying the vessel was
sunk. Inquiries at the navy department
each time failed to
confirm the reports, and they
were not circulated because it
was feared they would spread
unnecessary alarm.
At the German embassy here,
while no comment was made as
to whether it was known there
that the vessel was to be destroyed,
it was said the embassy
knew the Lusitania carried arms
and ammunition and, being%advised
of the resolution of the
German admiralty to attack
ships that carried such contraband,
officials had believed she
would be attacked. At the embassy
and among diplomatists
friendly to the Germatic allies
thprp urac a aonornl cat?cfas>t?<~vn
Nvhen the early incorrect reports
came that no lives were lost.
There was a disposition on the
part of the Germans to inquire
also whether the Lusitania
carried any Runs or her decks
which might place her in the
class of a warship and make
unnecessary, according to the
rules of international law, the
giving of warning.
A Modern Inconvenience.
The unfortunate French-Can
adian who wrote the following
amusing letter must have beer
puzzled to know why a tele
phone should be called a labor
saving contrivance. The reade
i cannot help wondering whethe
i the "agint" was "able for tol<
him" why it is generally so con
. sidered.
"Chicopee Fall, Mass.
Aug. 1st, 191
1 "Mr. Agint Telefone Co.
? "Dear Mr. Agint. 1 spose yoi
don't forget rnak som contrac
i wid me for telefone on m;
: houses residence. You tole m
, if I get som of you telefone
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i sne s goin neip my bi/nesi
5 Dose telefone is de onlv one
- aroun my houses and mos all d
t nabor lak for use heem. S
) many peoples call up for ax m
1 for go tole someboddy he war
e for spoke to it, I don't was hav
f no times fordo sometin else.
s have so many erran for do sine
get dose telefone I dont lam f<
a ten my own bi/.ness. De nodd<
V nite de telefone was ring an
e someboddies was say for go to
d Mr. Brown for come spoke c
e telefone. I start for hunt M
2 Brown an I fall downstair, broh
my legs, an brake it out de froi
K doors glass. My axident and i
d front door damage is add n
s $123 and 67 cent. If you can f<
e tole me how much dose telefor
a is help me I keep dose contrac
>. If you dont be able to tole m
s I goin broke de contract,
e M ans, LaCroix Fecto."
No Action by United States As
Yet ' >
Washington, May 9:^-Wliat
action the United States Government
will ta^JHfSa result of the
sinking--^)f the British . liner
Xusitania with a loss of more
than a hundred American lives
is tonight an undetermined
question.
President Wilson, during the
last 24 hours, has been studying
everv nhnsn of tln? mso from its
legal and humanitarian aspects,
j That he feels deeply distressed
over the incident and realizes
the people of the United States
expect him to express in seme
pronounced fashion their indina
tion was indicated by the statement
issued from the White
House last night.
Nothing more was added
today to the few significant
sentences of this utterance?
that the President was "considered
very earnestly, but very
| calmly, the right course of
action to pursue," and that "he
knows the people of the country
wish and expect him to act with
deliberation as well as with
firmness."
Uutil all the official reports
are received from Ambassadors
Gerard and Page at Berlin and
London respectively, it was not
expected that any action be
taken.
Queenstown, Mav 9.?A
smear ot flotsam on the face of
caltii sea 23 miles from this port
marks the grave of the Cunard
er Lusitania, victim of a Ger
man submarine.
One hundred and forty nine*
of the 1,200 persons who perished
with the liner lie in impro
vised morgues in old building?
that line the Queenstown harlanding.
The 645 survivors of
[ disaster here are quartered in
| hotels, residence and hospitals,
some too badly hurt to be
moved. Two groups left Sat
urday afternoon and evening
clad in misfit clothing for Dublin
by rail and thence by boat to
Holy Head. The injuries of
some are so serious that additional
deaths are expected
and nearly all are too dated to
" undestand fully what has hap?
pened.
1 The survivors do not agree as
1s\ ltrlintViiir tlui ciilttnorino firnr^
ivy >v n^uiui iiiv auuuiaiiuv in vu
' one or two torpedoes. A few
r say they saw the periscope and
r many attest to tracing the wake
L' of foam as a projectile raced
" toward the vessel.
The only points in which all
concur is that the torpedo struck
I the vessel a vital bloffi amid
ships, causing her to list almost
II immediately to the starboard
1 In this careening fashion slit
y plowed some distance, smash
e ing the life boats' davits as sin
did so and making the launch
s* ing the boats well nigh impos
!S sible until headway had ceased
e Mow far the Lusitania slrug
? gled forward after being slrucl
e and how long it was before shi
disappeared beneath the wave
e are points on which few, pas
' sengers agree, estimates varyinj
' from eight to twenty minutes.
)r New York, May 9.?Th
-r Cunard Steamship Compan
l(* tonight announced the receip
'e of the following cablegram fror
'n Liverpool: |
r* "Up to midnight Queenstow
Le advise total number of surv
vors 761, including 462 patser
e gers anil 302 crew.
'P "One hundred and forty-fou
>r bodies recovered, of which 8
ie identified and 57 unidentifiet
Identified bodies comprise 6
passengers, 22 crew.
c? "Number of persons injures
Thirty passengers and seventee
crew." v '
Tflri?ado Kills and Injures Many
in Pee Dee Section'
Th?. Columbia Slate, Saturday.
fceven persons were killed, at
le^st 100 were injured and great
property damage was inflicted
by a tornado sweeping through
a section of the Pee Dee yesterday
afternoon. The town of
Manning, parts of Marlboro
cquntv, Elloree and the Pond
Hpllow section of Darlington
ctjunty suffered most from the
^ "* , ,
ftjree of the storm.
jjti Manning Miss Clara Baggtjtlt
was instantly killed by the
idling roof of the store in
whch she was employed as
sjpeswoman. In the same
fc^ock Beasley Davis and a
nfero porter lost their lives in
the collapse of a store.
Miss Inez Tart, 15 years cf
age, and her younger brother,
Carl Tart, were killed on the;
plantation of J. K. Matheson in
Marlboro county* Here also an
ijifant was killed. A negro initiate
of the Marlboro county
home was killed.
| A part of the business section
pf Manning was completely demolished.
At least seven persons
were injured. The list of
injured mav be increased by
investigation.
i In Marlboro the county home
was wrecked, including sections
for both white people and
peg roes. Eleven were injured.
I Elloree suffered much property
damage but no loss of
life. Two churches and a large
Warehouse were blown to the
ground.
4 T? Ds-.~t.rl U?11n...
i iu iuc l uuu iiuuuw auctiun ui
Darlington county, near Harts
Ptee
fawpaoce Ganqy, when her
Muse was bioWn down about
ears. Woman and child
ere blown 40 yards and both
pfverely injured.
, Light tenant houses were
blown away in scores and many
families find themselves without
homes.
849 Raid Made By Charleston
Poliee.
Columbia Record.
Governor Manning has re
ceived a communication from
John P. Grace, mayor oi
Charleston, on the campaign
being made against lawlessness
| in the coast city. The chief o
I police reports that 43 parties
and places have discontinue*
I selling liquor since the syslen
. of radis was commenced. Chie
Cantwell states that 849 raid
j have beert made, and the fol
lowing amounts ol intoxicatinj
i liefuors have been confiscate*
and delivered to the dispensar;
j or destroyed: 5,6(>4 bottles o
beer, 779 half pints of whiskej
310 quarts of whiskey, 5 quart
[ * of wine, 6 gallons of whiskey
one half barrel of wine cor
c taming 27 gallorrs, ami- 66-keg
a of beer, lie also claims that 6
s slot machines have- been'seize
( "all gambling has been supprei
K ed*"
In addition to the 43 placi
discontinuing the sale Of intox
v' eating beverage, the chief (
>t police says that all others hav
n been "run to cover;" that ch
'"hip pocket blind tigers" at
n prevalent, and they keep only
j. small quantity on hand, the
nl/xrvlr 111
j, ucill^ icpiciuaiitu ??in
needed from nearby residence
r A continual system of raid
7 says Chief Cant well, will eve
tually drive them out of bui
ness. Because of the campaif
j. against lawlessness, Chief Car
q well asks for five addition
men for the police tfepartmet
h
f
1 ' % .
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Biggest Effort Ever Made By <
An Army
London, May 6.?The Austrians
and Germans are putting '
forth an effort the extent of
which never has been approached
in the history of war.
Throughout, virtually the
entire length of the eastern front
the Teutonic Allies are engaged
with the Russians, while in the
west, in addition to their attacks
around Ypres the Germans are
on the offensive at many, points.
At other places they are being
attacked by the French, British
ana Belgians.
Far up in the Russian Baltic
provinces, heretofore untouched
by the war, the Germans are attempting:
to advance toward
Libau and Riga; on the East
Prussian frontier they are engaged
in a series of battles and
with a big gun are bombarding
i at long range, as they did Dunkirk,
the Russian fortress of
Grodno; in Central Poland they
have had to defend themselves
against a Russian attack; in wes
tern Galicia they are attempting
with all their strength to smash
the Russian flank and compel
the Russians to abandon the
Carpathian passes, which they
gained at such cost during the
Winter. In this western Galician
battle the Germans claim to
have made a still greater advance
and to have crossed the
Wisloka River, well to the east
of the Dunajec River which,
until a few days ago, formed pait
of the Russian front, and to have
put tneir nanas tirmiy on L>ukid
Pass.
In conjunction with this attack
from the west the Austrians are
ppmT'iTsfim
east and with success according
to the German accounts. In all
the Germans claim, to have
taken 40,000 Russian prisoners
since the offensive was underi
taken last Saturday night. The
Austrians put the number at
- more than 50,000 and express the
belief that the whole Russian
Third Army will be destroyed.
i
Woman Work# Novel Trick to
Get Morphine
Elizabeth Cf*y Independent
i A fashionably gowned woman
f walked into a drug stofe in a
i nearby town the other day. She
i appeared excited and embarrasf
sed and was clutching her skirt
s in a way that indicated that she
1 was about to lose some of her
l clothing. She approached the
f druggist apologetically and told
s him she was about to lose one of
- her undergarments and asked
i him if she might go back of his
? - * . - * _ f! ? U
A prescription counter to nx uei9
self up. The druggist politely
i consented and then gallantly
\ kept away from the vicinity
s while the lady presumably put
. her clothes in order. The wo
t- man finished her toilet in reasons
able time and hurriedly' left the
0 store.
(i . About an hour later that drug
s- gist had. occasion to look foi
some drug in his prescriptior
5S- department and discovered tha
i- a bottle containing 1,000 mor
>f phine tablets had disappeared
e And then he recalled that th<
le woman he so graciously oblige*
e is addicted to the morphine habi
n nnrt hns bud difficulty in obtain
ir ing her usual amount of "dope1
in under the new law.
is. '
Is, : Mother?I hear that Ham
n- Smith is the worst Soy in schoc
ii- and 1 want you to keep as fa
in from him as possible,
it Tommy?I do, ma. *Heis a
al ways at the head of pur class.it.
Boston Transcript.
Germans and Austrian* Crushing
the Russians
Vienna, May 6.?Via London.
The strategic achievement of
rolling up a hostile battle front
by a flanking attack, of which
?? ?? -
vmanceiiorsvuie is one ot tne
few successful examples in modern
history, is in full progress in
West Galicia. Favored by continued
good weather, mile after
mile after the Russian Carpathian
front has been rendered
untenable by the steady, unchecked
Austro-German advance.
The Austrian cavalry and
infantry followed the Gorhce
turnpike and already have
reached the Wisloka River. The
supporting artillery dropped.
shells on the road from Semigrod
to Jaslo one of the principal lines
of the retreat for the Russians in
the Dukla region.
The Russian forces have been
in tull retreat since dawn of May
5 and are being closely followed
by the Austrian Carpathian army
according to official advices
reaching here. More than 50,000
prisoners already have been
captured by the Austrians in
West Galicia.
Field Marshal von Hoetxendorf's
plan is working out with
precise regularity with respect to
this section of the front. Head
quarters express confidence that
the principal portion of the
Russian army under General
Radko Dimitrieff, which is
attempting to defend positions
west of Lupkow Pass, cannot
make good its retreat.
Detachments of this army may i
work their way out, but it is de- A
clared the hfrlk of the army, with
scarcely can avoid capture, in
view of Field Marshal Hoetzendorff's
rapid advance through
the Gorlice breach in the lines.
Progress on the northern half
of the front is slower. The Russians
are holding desperately to
Tarnow and Wal Mountain?a a
fortified crest 1,500 to 6,000 feet
high between the Biala and
Dunajec Rivers?to enable them
to get quantities of stores accumulated
behind Tarnow away
and cover the retirement of the
armies to the southward.
A Clear, Sensible Decision
One of the clearest and most
sensible decisions in regard to
the payment of newspaper subscriptions
was that handed down
fecently by J udge George Thomas
in Columbus. Neb. In this
case the court followed the
decision made in a similar case
by the district court of appeals
of Kansas City, Mo., which said;
"The preparation and publica
tion of a newspaper involves
much mental and physical labor,
as well as an outlay of money.
The common law principle is
that when a man receives and
! uses a paper he is bound to pay
for it. He benefits and receives
a pleasure from such labor and
r expenditure of the publisher as
i if he had appropriated any other
? i I
t product ot another's iaoor, ami
- by such act he is held liable for
. the subscription price."
a
1 Andrew Carnegie, the event
ing he addressed the Rockefel
ler Bible class at the Aldine
" club in New York, had occasion
to refer to a cynic.
"Oh, he was a great cynic,"
i declared Mr. Carnegie. "Once,
>1 advising me to take a mean ad
r vantage of a rival, he said:
"'We must profit by other
I- people's mistakes?like the min
isters do when they marry us
you know.'