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HEADS OF NATION'S WITNESS BATTLES ;'?i Poland R}|t?fK With 111 tens/ty?Germans Reported to Have Broken Through Russian Lines. London, Dec. 1.?(10 p. m.)?if e battle in Northern Poland is being toi:g:it out under r e eyes of the German emperor, on the one side, and the Russian emperor, on the other. These two monarchs left for t. e front today so that virtually the heads oall the nations war are with their trcops. The kinz of England is in France: the king a. Belgium, as usual, is spending ail his time with his soldiers, w/ile President Poincare, of France, started today for another visit to the northern battlefield. Official news from Poland continues j scanty, and, with both headquarters claiming successes, it is imposible to say now the battle is going. Of its intensity, however, there can be no doubt. The Germans, when they started for Warsaw, dashed full tilt into a mass of Russian trcops and forced their way so :ar in that t e Russians closed on t em. This was taken in Petrogard to mean that some of the German divisions had been cut off and that their surrender or annihilation was inevitable. Rtissan L:ne Broken. It appears, however, that, fighting fcr their very lives and in the knowledge that a great defeat would end the German offensive and compel them to all back on their own frontiers, t:.e German troops broke through tv.e Russian lines at one place and at another are holding their entrenchments ! against all the Russian attacks. Their flanks still are being harassed by the Cossacks, but seemingly the Russians are not now in a position to gain the sweeping victory they had anticipated. The losses, with t:e desperate fight ing that has been going on for a fort-! night, must necessarily be very heavy! on both sides. Against the Austro-German forces in tee south the Russians continue to gain more decisive results. They now hold all Austrian positions protecting t'_e Carpathian passes and are said to have arrived abreast of Cracow, while tfceir captures for t'-ree weeks number 50,000 men. Lzyely Cannonade. In the west, although the German official report says there is nothing ? j-%. amw. tvtuvxAnf/v t \ /\ L1 r An a r? 1 o 1 IU fumuiuiiitdiC) r; cuvu viiiv.ia.1 | statement notes a lively cannonade in Belgium and German activity north of Arras. This may mean the Germans have commenced, or are about to coinence, another attempt to get t rough to the French ports. Certainly tr.ere are important changes in the dispositions of the German troops. Military men here disagree some believing the Germans will rest content with holding their positions until the close of the battle in Poland, where they need all t''.:e men they can get, v:ite others look for an immediate resumption of t':.e battle in Northern France and Flanders. The Germans, too, according to Dutch reports, are strongly fortifying Zeebrugge and other Belgian ports against a renewal o?: attacks by the allied fleer. Fighting around Ypres vras due to the allies pushing their fines forward. . SAYS UNCLE SA -I WILL HAVE TO FIGHT WINNER George B. Mcriellan Stales Monroe Detr ne is Likely to Br/ntr Great War. Princeton, X. J., Dec. 1.?General disarmament and universal peace will net follow the European war, and the Tnited States may have trouble wit>. the winner, were the predictions made by George B. McClellan, former mayor of New York, and now professor of economic 'iiistorj in Princeton University, in an address here tonig'.'.t. "No matter who wins," said Prof. McClellan, "it is almost certain fcr.at at some not far distant date we shall be confronted with the alternative of abandoning the Monroe doctrine or fighting to maintain it. I: we fight lor-it in our preserit unprepared condition, there can be but one outcome.* A triumphant and victorious Germany would have little to fear from us. and while we possibly might check Japan by herselC, we scarcely could hope to do so if sC.e received lielp." The cause of war, according to Prof. McClellan, is the spirit of nationality wii icli has seized all of Europe, and the present war cannot be charged against any one man or any group of men. Prof. McCIellan made a strong appeal that Americar > awake to their present condition of unpreparedness and that immediate steps be taken to buiid up a national defence. InvSgoratlng to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening: tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC.^rives out Malaria.enriches the blood.andbuildsfap tnesystem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 56c BELGIANS' PLIGHT REALLY PITIABLE I tppeal/nsr for Help?Starving People Look to Western ;>m/sphere for Food Snpp. <?s. Halifax, X. S., Xov. 30.?A Morning Chronicle special staff correspondent j who went to Europe to investigate i rnnrHtinns in t'.:e war zone cabling J from Rotterdam depicts pitiable con! ditions among the homeless Belgians. Despite efforts of the American commissions for relief in Belgian to feed ' re ngees. the correspondent says the ; food supply for immediate needs has j been exhausted and non-combatants ! are aski-itr aid from O.nada. The disi ! patch in part follows: I " 'Will Canada ielp?' T'.is is the | pathetic cry which meets me everywhere, as I have gone up and down i ; the lines c: t'l:e starving and homeless j Belgians. I I "The American commission :as ex- j hausted the immediate sources of food supplies. They can not obtain ! fcod in Holland or in England for j i I | immediate needs. Another flight of i Belgians toward Holland has begun; the panic stricken people are stream! ing across the frontier into the bor' der towns, which already are overrun ; with wandering refugees. The situa! tion has become so acute the Ameri| can commission 'has asked the British' ! governent to sell to it the Canadian ; gift of flour now in England and immediately available ;or distribution j ! among the starving Belgians. '"The British people, driven to des! npration. are arming themselves with 'any weapons upon which they can! lay hands. T'ae danger is that they I may precipitate a riot and that will bring on them military reprisals/' Spee/al Baby Boxes. New York, Xov. 30.?Boxes of food prepared especially for babies and "n; valids are to be sent to Belgium by tr.e Woman's Section of ttfe Aemican Commission for Relief in Belgium, it was announced today. Bv* means of these "baby boxes" it is thought, the lives of a million bahies and children may be saved. The commission stated that food sentf heretofore has been mainly for the adult population. By the newplan, packages of the babies' food will be marked with a white band so that on arrival in Europe they can be sent immediately to ailing children. Boxes of food for invalids or adults, witoblue or red bands, respectively, also will be forwarded. T:.e presidents of 14 State federations of women's club have accepted places on the cooperating committee of t'.:e women's action of the commission within the last three days and 15,000 club women have expressed | their intention to cooperate in the work. This brings the number of j American women engaged in this j work nearly 700,000. ? MAN MSG TO QlIT BANK J. P. Booth Succeds Governor-Elect i on January 1. Sumter, Dec. 1.?J. P. Booth has been elected president of the board of directors of the Bank of Sumter, vice R. I. Manning, who tendered his resignation to take effect on Jani|ry 1 Mr. Manning has been president of the lank since 1903, and his resignation is made ncccssary by his departure from ' ere for O^mro'bia about January I to assume t' e duties of the en:a. executive of'th- SJate. {Vr. Booth is a well known, success! fill business man of Sumter, and is . . j president c the Booth-Boyle Live -r-r * _ 1 _ ! Stock company at present, ne is aiso engaged in farming and lumber business. He has made a success in his business ana is personally popular. Why We Shall \ot Have Koal Hard T/mes. j In the November American Maga- j i zine appears a highly practical and intensely interesting article entitled "How the War Has Opened a Busij ness Opportunity to America." The j author is of the opinion that we are i not in for 'hard times?at least not if . we manage our affairs with intelli-; gence. On this point he says in part: " 'Of course, we can make hard ir-n-r* nut nf anvthins:. But there is no i natural reason or it thac I see; in ! fact, it's all in our favor. If manu-1 facturers, inventors, chemists, and scientific experts generally all join forces and study the problem, and keep everybody too busy to talk, we will be making the best use of our luck. The situation is simply a big call on Yankee resourcefulness.'" What's in a >*ame? December Woman's Home Companion. Geraldine: "William means good: .Tames means beloved. * I wonder (blushing) what George means. Mrs. Fondhopes: Well, daughter, let us hope that Georget means business.. TOUR CORN WILL VANISH in a few days if you will use our corn j cure as directed. And going to the j i other extreme our scalp lotion will ! remove dandruff just as quickly ana ! effectively. Those are only two of j I the good things to be had at this I I drug store. We'll tell you the others if you ask. Mayes' Drug Store Phone 133. dewberry, S. C. _?? ??? ??i Personally Conducted tour| I II AND LOW RATES TO JACKSONVILLE ST. AUGUSTINE PALM BEACH MIAMI AND ONE WEEK IN CUBA mmmmmmmwmmKKmmm&mmmmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmn HAVANA MATANZAS r_ JANUARY 7-19 I Dining Car Pullman i Standard \ I Sleepers j AND THE I | Best Hotels ! EZBBSB VIA jSEABOARD Air Line Railway Wrifp for to GATTIS TOURIST AGENCY * I Tourist Agents S. A. L. R'y. Raleigh, N. C. If you spend les ings work for y Y on Can b< if you will mak not get rich sud sition to make i HAVING when opportur If You Would Know ill The "Rainy I is prepared for This Bank i COMPOUND > (m, lets lay now and keep /^L\ them laying 2!! winter Poultry Regulator I l Makes the loaferss lay and gives I you lots of eggs now. All your E? birds keep healthy and require J|jfj ,lessfeed. It actually saves its cost. In A Guard against Roup by using Pratts g?! j ^ koup Remedy?Tablets or Powder. Guar- JVM I < anteed to prevent as well as to curc. rj a ML; Gzlder & Weeks; Johnson & McCiactn; TV. G. Mayes; P. E. Way. 6544. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make :inal settlement of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Blease, deceased, in the probate court tor Newberry county, State of South Carolina, on Tuesday, December 22nd, 1914, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter apply to the judge of probate of Newberry county for a final discharge. All persons indebted to the said estate will make immediate settlement with eitner of the undersigned, and all persons holding claims against the said estate will present the same duly attested. Bertha Blease Eison, Executrix. Cannon G. Blease, Eugene S. Blease, ll-20-4t-ltaw. Executors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Norwood, Plaintiff, against I. H. Compton, Mary J. Carwile, Summer Brothers Company, and The National Bank of Newberry, <S. C., Defendants. In pursuance of an order of tfoe court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within t':e legal hours of sale, on saleday, Monday, the 7th day of December, 1914, all that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being situate in' the county and State aforesaid, containing seven hundred and twenty-seven acres, more or less, bounded on the nortfa by other land of I. H. Compton and land of estate of T. IC. Pool; on the east by '.and formerly owned by estate of J. J. Reeder, deceased, and land of estate of T. C. Pool; on south by land of W. T. Buford, C. X. & L. Railroad company, and west, by land of Jofon A. Fellers and Adam Harman. Also, all that oti'ner tract of land lying and being situate in the county and State aforesaid, containing in the ^n./v?An-nfn niirt'nr.cflirfln dnH Tft-100 d Q ^ 1 C ?3 d 1>C ^ t J OV/ I V/ i.A W> U VA v - W ? (87 TOtIOO) acres, more or less, being a part of the land formerly owned by J. J. Reeder, deceased, purchased by I H. Compton at master's sale of said land and made up of t'ce following tracts, to wit: 64 and 36-100 acres IE GETTIN >s than you earn, an ou in a bank, ive More Than1 e up your mind to d Idenly, but will put quick and profitable PFAIW MHNFY ( A 1T1VA 1JU M. ^ lity for a good inv< le Value of Money, Go and I )ay " never comes t it. welcomes small dep< INTEREST IN OUR SAVINGS 1 L C 'uerry oavin Newberry, S. C. conveyed to I. H. Compton by H. H. j Rikard .master, by deed dated Xovem- j ber 4th, 1907 and recorded in Book ! j No. 12, at page 564, bounded by tract f Xo. 1 of the "B'oston Place," tract1 Xo. 2 of the '"Boston Place," C. X. & L Railroad, lot Xo. 1 of the "Polly Patch" and land o: Mrs. S. E. Kennorlv 19 acres coniveved to I. H. Compton by H. H. Rikard, master,; by two deeds dated November 4th, | 1907, one recorded in Book No. 12, j page 563, and one in Book No. 12 page j 565, bounded by Dr. John Gary's place, the Laurens Road, other lands of I. H. Compton and C. N. & L. Railroad. Four (4) lots conveyed to I H. Compton by K. H. Rikard, master, by deed dated November 4th, 1907, and recorded in Book No. 12. page 562; lot No. 1 containing 46-100 of an acre; loi No. 2,/ 46-100 of an acre; lot No. 3, 94-100 of an acre; and lot No. 4, one, and 69-100 of an j acre. .V.so lo: conveyed to I. H. Compton by W. M. Dorroh containing 55-100 of an acre, bounded on the north by other land of I. H. Compton; i south by lot of F. H. Harman; east by a public road; and west by a public ; road. Said deed being now of re- j cord in Book No. 17, page 454. Also, another lot conveyed to me by John I F. Miller by deed dated December i . ; l'3th, 1907, and recorded in Book No. 115, page 581, containing 87-100 of an I acre. j Also, 50 acres, more or less coni veyed to I. H. Compton by Frank R. Hunter in 1907, bounded by the "Can| non Hill Place," land of estate of T. C. I Pool and the public road. i j Also, two acres, more or less, conveyed to I. H. Compton by D. P. Boyd by deed dated April 8th, 1909, and reI , corded in Book Xo. 16, page 2S8. i 'Also, two lots conveyed to I. H. Compton by W. D. Senn by deed dated March 9th, 190S, and of record in j Book 17, page 230; one lot containing i ? i 1 Art on ootq hv l^Tld i u1-iuu ui a.ii wv/uaxuvu ! 01 Mrs. S. E. Kennedy, Laurens road and lot Xo. 2 of the "Polly Patch;" one lot containing 85-100 of an acre, bounded by land o: Mrs. S. E. Kennerly, Laurens road and lots 1 and 3 1 of the "Polly Patch." Also, all that other, piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being situate in t-lie county and State aforesaid, containing one 'hundred and thirtyeight (138) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by a tract of I. H. 'Compton known as the "Cannon Hill tract;"' east by the A. C. Whitmire place; south by land or u u. smgiey and west by land of Torn McMorris and Lut-er Gray; the said tract is known as the "Xichols Place." Terms of sale : One-third cash and the balance in one and two equal annual installments, the credit portion to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of tfhe premises sold, and to bear interest at the rate of eigfrt per cent per annum from the day of sale, payable annually; said bond and mortgage to provide that in case o: collection or suit by an attorney for ten per cent attroney s fees in addition to principal and interest, with leave to the purchaser to pay any part or all of the credit portion in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master, j G RICH ! A l^f V* 1WL VV/U1 OtAT I ifou Think, o it. You will * yourself in poinvestment by \ 3N CALL istment comes. | rt c> || ry to Borrow aome. o the man who * sits. DEPARTMENT igs Bank, Use "Gets-It," Corns 1 Shrivel, Vanish! I It's the yew "Way, and You'll Forget If lou Ever Had Corns, ;? "2 drops put on in 2 seconds, corn ] shrivels, comes clean off!" That's fl the marvelous story of "GETS-FT," the I new-plan corn cure. Nothing can be ' simpler for the cure of corns?and it No Corns to Bamp; *G?TS-IT.W j 'IPS never fails. That's why millions of M people are using "GETS-IT" today I and throwing away their fussy plas- M ter<5, sticky tape, toe-eating salves, fl and "wrapping outfits" that make a a bundle around the toe and choke it ^ into pain by pressing either on orx around the cora. There is nothing to stick to your stocking, nothing to cause inflammation or rawness, ncthi ing to press on or around the corn. | You apply it in 2 secocnds No more knives, razors, scissors or files, with tbfti'r hinrvri-moisrn dangers. Try j "GETS-FT" for that corn, callus, wart ^ J 'or bunion. J "GETS-IT" is sold by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. ' "GETS-IT" is sold in Newberry by* P. E. Way, W. G. Mayes and Gilder & Weeks. LIV-VER-LAX I WuH Acts Surely, Safely Just because you are feeling the ill effects of a torpid liver is no excuse I for buying a harmful medicine that has brought physical decay to thous- j|| ands. Calomel is dangerous and as I everyone knows has very disagreeable M and weakening after effects. Medical I science has found a natural, vege?-^ liable remedy, GRIGSBY'S LIY-YEIjU " iLAX that thoroughly cleanses the lrt~. | er and bowels without causing any | bad feeling. Children can take XCwith | perfect safety. Every bottle/guaran j teed. 50c and $1 a bottle. None genu! ine without the likeness and signature ; of L. K. Grigsby. For sale by Gilder j & Weeks. ^ NOTICE TO COOTY CLAIMANTS. j Tae regular monthly meeting of the* \ county board of commissioners will held Monday, November 30th,. Instead ! of Saturday, December 6th. All persons having claims or demands of any kind v'natever against tJhe county will present them at this meeting so they may be acted on before the pres- * ent supervisor goes out of office. | Jno. H. Obappetl, County Supervisor. ll-6-4t-lta"wf - i