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4 I YoUJiE 1.11, SLTSUEfi I'JO. NEWHERKY, S. C? FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1911. TW1CI A WIEK, |Ut A YIAS, German Thur Ci german ships firs upon three towns VIV.4T IV f.FXTmiFS HOSTILE GUNS KOAR OFF BRITISH COASTS Hartlepooi, Maritime Base, Scarborough, Summer Resort, and Whitby Suffer Considerable Danube London, Dec. 16.?i?or tf'ne first time ! in centuries England has been struck' by a foreign foe. A squardron of swift German cruisers crept through j the fog last night to the eastern coast i and turned their guns against the! f Britons. ^ When day broke thev Degan bom-; bardment cf three important towns? j Uo?+ln-nnn' rt t mniltVl r\ f f Vl O 'T ! lldi CI t lav a~*_i vr it 1va v4av * . Wpiitby, 35 miles southward, and i Scarborough, noted as a pleasure re-1 scijt, 15 miles beyond. Hartlepool suffered most. There! two battle c-urisers and an armored 1 cruiser were engaged. Itae British, war office fixes the number c> dead at Hartlepool as seven soldiers and 22 civilians and tiie wounded ai 14 j soldiers and 50 civilians. I At Scarborough, shelled by a battle truiser and an armored cruiser, 12 casualties are reported, while at Whitby ?t-wo were killed and two wounded. , . Over Hundred Casiiiltzes. Men, Women and children of the civilian population were left dead or wounded, struck ? without warning while at work. In all the casualties! list totals 110, according to tine official estimates, of whom 31 are Known to be dead. At Hartlepool churches were damaged and the gas works and lumber yards were set anre, wi.-ne m wmiuy the abbey was struck. Tje Balmoral! l hotel at Scarborough received the full I effects of a shell. A number of E houses and shops were shattered and ^ partly burned in each of tfce towns. The hostile squardron escaped in t)'.:e r ^list after an encounter with coast guard vessels. (The official account of the attack, as issuedyby the press bureau, follows: \ "This morhing a German cruiser * - -3 -? ? '1 ^ 11(T\An t Vl ^ lorct? mailt: a. ucuiuusnauuu uywu iuv Yorkshire coast in the course of whio;i they shelled H'artlepool, Whitby and Scarborough. k s "A ^number of tJ':eir fastest ships ?' were employed <:or this purpose and they remainded about an hour on tine coast. "They were engaged by patrol vessels on the spot. As soon as the presence of til", e enemv was reported a British patroling squadron endeavored to cut them off. On being sighted by L the British vessels, the German reL tired at .fall speed and favored by th H mist made tfeir escape. "The losses on both sides are stria!": { ^ but_,full reports have not yet been j I CWi v cu. ft "The admiralty takes ihe opportuF* nity of pointing out that demonstrations of this c. arcter, against unfortified touns or cemmercial * ports, though not difficutl to accomplish, provided a certain amount of risk is accepted, are devoid of military significance. i "They may cause some loss of life k among civilian population and seme -damage to property, which is .much to be regretted, but they must not in any circumstances be allowed to modify the general naval policy w*hich is being pursued.'' \ The war office statement follows: "At 8 a. m. today three enemy ships were sighted off Hartlepool and at 8;1 o they commenced a bombardment. TV.:-ese ships appeared to be I two battle cruisers and one armored i cruiser. The iand batteries replied HI are reported to have hit anu damaged the enemy. At 8:50 the firing ceased and the enemy steamed away. None of our guns was touched. One shell fell in the Royal Engineer's lines and severa". J in t?"ie lines of the Eighteenth service ' battalion o- th Durham Light In-J fantry. "The casualties among the troops j amounted to seven Tailed and 1 ! ! wounded. "Some damage was done to th? ider on last of Albion j PROVIDES THRILL FOR WASHINGTON i i ROXBA RDWEYT BY U E KM A N S CAUSES YlI VR DIS(TSS1<? i i | Mot Considered Ser/eus Attempt ?t Invas.on of T;g!tt L.'ttle Isle. Washington, Dec. 16.?Official and diplomatic- Washington was thrilled today as it seldom has been since the European war began with the news of tr e bombardment by German cruisers of the northeast coast of England. I The actual attack on British coast towns, accomplishing even in a small wav tiie long talked of descent of the German navv on the English coast, developed much discussion among riv ? 1 Avnortc on ^ rnr?fir?vjns iia v a. r.vyti to au u Wh'ie government officials made no ormal comment, the bombardment was discussed in congressional as well as in executive quarters, with particular application to hypothetical s-iiuations in which American defenses t be involved. The consensus of opinion among naval men was that the raid was for moral ^ffr-ct and did not screen a general invasion by ZeppeHns and German submarines, although Great Britian's vulnerability to such attacks was to some extent emphasized by it. On tf'e other hand, experts thought, any susutained attack on the English coast would require many more shig? than were engaged today and by the time any effort was made to land an expeditionary force til:e English fleet eo?;id be brought into action. The view of most naval experts was summarized in the following opinion from a high American naval officer and tactician: "As reported there were only lour German cruisers and they bombarded three towns on the east coast of England in a range of about ">0 miles. ? ^ce no one or' these towns contain:* anything of military value to the English the thing can be considered as a raid for the moral, effect to be I rod a cod on England. *\c military value can .be attached to toe raid. The number of ships employed would be useless for invasion purposes unless there were t.cop ships back o. them. While una can be considered only as a raid foi moral effect, back c-i it may be a gathering of submarines to take advantr.sre of any concentration of Briton forces sent to head off the cruisers. "If tJ':e Germans invade England, they will do it after a serious naval action in which major vessels take part. No other military movement is conceivable which will attain results/ Representative Richmond Pearson Kou-'-ii of Alabama, one of u.:e naval xjzris of the house, expressed the opinion that the German attack was in the nature of a feint. Data gathered today in ouiciai j 'i-flnft >'urc")Q?l tViot thii ouct fag;r I it* O 1 CA 1 V, U. Li*U l. iwv. WWW. j of England, except - or D.e protection waich the fleet gives, probably is vulnerable at a number of points. town and the gas works were set on fire. "During the bombardment and replv in West Hartlepool the people crowded in the streets and approximately 22 were killed and 50 wounded. In Other Places. '*At the same time a battle cruiser and an armored cruiser appeared off Scarborough and fired about 50 shots, which caused considerable damage and 13 casualties are reported. "At Whitby two battle cruisers fired uii>, udiiia^tf tu uuiiuuigs anu ; the following casualties ere reported: Two killed, two wounded. "At all three places there was an | entire absence o* panic and the demeanor of the people was everything that could be desired. A wave of intense anger has spread over England because of the attack, j Bitter denunciation is heard every-? | 1 where of a policy which permits shellinsr of undefended towns. The fortress ; the mouth of r'so Tees is supposed' ' ;o give some protection to the import-j s:h'>pins base of Hartlepool, but j i Whitby and Scarborough are as ope/i to the enemy as is Atlantic City on the Xew Jersey coast. Scarborough, with its old castle on a high hili. the big casino with a 1 high tower, and t. e -s?w of preten- j tious hotels on the water .ront. pre-) sents a shining mark lor target prac- j tice. Few visitors were at the r.otels I because of the cold weather, but one | invalid is known to have been j wounded. . i i In a direct line the mouth o ! the J Tees is about 350 miles from Heligo-1 land, the German naval base in the North sea The Britis"?: admiralty says the German ships were among their fastest. They chose a nigit when a thick mist prevailed and must j have left their base at least two | hours before dark. As they scarted ! to return about 9 o'clock ?ere remained about seven hours of daylight for a e pursuit which, however, was J rendered almost impossible by the fog. How V:e German? evaded all the mines and patrols remains a mystery, although experts recall that in manoeuvres British ships have performed the same feat, through the comparatively small space between England and the Sicilly islands, which was j not mined. The admiralty report announces to at such demonstrations are not difficult j to accomplish but tt:e population generally cherishes so great a confidence in the protection of the British navy that the inhabitants of the coast towns made no serious preparation to meet a bombardment. i Except for the working people, the j English are late risers during the \ ? ort winter days. The bombardment occurred between S and 9 o'clock, an hour w.;.:en many persons were at break' ast, while others were on their way to work or were opening their shops. . Went to Watch. Tne beaming of heavy guns off the three towns drew hundreds to the beaches. They had no tfcougt/.t o ; a German raid, but when shells came crashing over their heads and into i the quiet streets, they dashed for j shelter. Off shore the German guns j did rapid work, the flasi .es coming J incessantly and ic.e shells finding a j mark among the buildings. Many resi- j dents took refuge in cellars. Others j rushed from their bouses, among them j women and children in their night clothes, and not a few sought the rail- j vvay stations, leaving on the first! trains. The Hartlepool land batteries returned the German fire and are reported to have damaged some of the i cruisers. Several shells from the war- \ ships burst among the Royal Engin- j eers and Du\iam Light Infontry d j it was among these troops that the j casualties of seven killed, and 14 j wounded occurred. A dispatch :'rom Stockton-on-Tees | to the Exchange Telegrapj ccmpany j says "The effect o* tne bombardment at! Hartlepool was thai SO persons were j killed and 1090 injured. At West! Hartlepool -0 persons were killed and ! many injured. ''Shells passed tr. rough the Baptist church at Hartlepool and other churches were damaged. W/II Help Kecru/t/ngr. ; The general belief in London is thai the German attack will give impetus to recruiting. Today was one of eager waiting after the admiralty bulletin was issued shortly before noon, saying: "Our flotillas have at various points been engaged. The situation is developing." Various rumors were heard. One was that two German cruisers had been sunk. Many thought the Ions expected general naval engagement between the British and German fleets was progressing and that the shelling of the coast tojvns was merely incidental. The admiralty's report issued at f-:30 o'clock tonight giving the news that the German ships had eluded t-Vk * o + /"\v o /-?onc:?*/3 1." n /11 CO T"\_ nuiiic a. i v i o, LULtov^vi iw^n u?>juf/ < ];ointment. N'nval writers express the opinion M at six or eigt':t sliips were engaged. The Germans have available for such an attack the armored cruisers Mlnehrr. Poon. Urinz. Abelberi> Prinz | H inrich and Prinz Friederich Kari | and more tf an 20 cruisers of a smaller ; das*. f I REAL "DOGS OF WAR." | ! They Used to Wear Coats of Mail and i Carry Firebrands. "Dutrs dI war" is a phrase wbich once meant a Uiinu as real as tbe war I ' ,? r>lu rm! thoir h?l t't in i I JVM i nil ? c | 'in* vu lulu |'ui i ?n ! battles and campaigns. and in the old j wars between England and Scotland I dogs were used by born <*oml)atauts for pursuing and Killing fugitives aftj er a del eat. j it is re lea ted that Wallace and Bruce each had close escapes from capture btv English bloodhounds. Bruce is said to have thrown the English dog off the scent bv the now well known expedi ent of wadiug up a stream far enough to batHe his pursuers, and Wallace evaded rtie hounds by having recourse to a trick more or less common in those bloody times of killing a follower and leaving the body in the dogs' path for them to come upon. The dogs finding a body believed that their task was done and discontinued the hunt. in the history of the wars of the middle ages one finds reference to the use of big doss against cavalry for the purpose of throwing the horses into confusion and not alone tor causing panic, hut casualties, for these fierce canine partisans were clothed in coats of mail studded with spikes and having scythes fitted to their harness. Instances are recorded where war dogs with lire brands fastened to their coats of mail have been set on an enemy's camp with destructive results. IJenry VII!. must have found dogs useful in military ways, because iu English history it is written that he offered the use of 40.000 auxiliaries and 4.000 war dogs to King Charles V. of Spain to aid that monarch in his war with I- raneis I , In the rei;:u of Queen Elizabeth when tlu* Karl of Essex entered Ireland for the purpose of suppressing in surrertion there his army was accompanied by a hundred bloodhounds.? Detroit News. A LITERARY GLUTTON. Magliabecchi Was Too Busy With His Books to Draw His Salary. The most picturesque figure in the, annals of Italian librarianship is undoubtedly Antonio Magliabecchi. While his official position as librarian to Cos. mo III., grand duke of Tuscany. gnve him considerable prominence, he is re mem bored more especially for his personal characteristics and his vast store of self acquired learning. He has been described as a literary glutton and tbe most rational of bibliomaniacs, inas much as he read everything he bought His own library consisted of 40.000 books arid lo.ooo manuscripts. His bouse literally overflowed with books Tbe stairways were lined with them, and they even tilled the front porch In worldly matters Magliabecehi was extremely negligent. He even forgot to draw his salary for over a year, says the North American Review. He ?u f?.|| f?rtrn worn IIIS riU(UV> UIJlll LUrji ICII Iivu< him and thoimht it a great waste of time To undress ;ir nhrht. "life beiuL' so short hikI books so plentiful." He welcomed .-ill inquiring scholars provid el they did not disturb him while at work. Perhaps most extraordinary li hrarianship was rhar enjoyed by Dide rot. wJio about decided to sell his library in order to provide a dowry for his daughter. The Empress Catherine of Kussia heard through Grimm of th?j straits to which Diderot had been re duced a:id instructed her agent to bin in the library at the owner's valuation In this way Diderot received not only 10,000 livres. but Me was graciously re quested to consider himself the librarian of the new purchase at a sal ary of 1,000 livres a year. Moreover? and this begins to sound like a fairy tale? Diderot was paid the salary for fifty years in advance. Beginning War. There was a great difference in the manner of commencing a war centuries ago to what there is now. Now the blow is frequently struck before the word, and there is no obligation to is sue a formal declaration :it all. the act of war constituting the declaration. But in medieval times no war eve>* began without a formai declaration by a herald, who in a most leisurely manner breathed defiance on the part of his roval master, exchanged innumer able bows with bis enemies and departed in as dignified a manner as be came.?Loudon Chronicle. Where Was Wales? Spencer Leigh Hughes, M. P.. telis of tbe following: amusing experience: He was once passing Tbe war office building in Wbiteball when his com panion. a Scotchman, pointing to tbe emblematic devices emrraved over the door, indicated tbe Scotch thistle, the English lion and the Irish harp. "Where is the emblem of Wales?" asked his friend "Oh." Mr Hughes replied. "I expect there is a leak in i the roof." -London l*'x press. I III HI HIBIHM j CROP FINANCING i PLAN INDORSED] ! HAKVIE JORDAN PRESENTS COOPERATIVE SCHEME Hundred MzlLon Dollar Project is Discussed at Conference in Columbia. ??? / The State, 16th. rrv- - .c it,. | yian ui tue vuupeiauve v/uuul. t i company to raise $100,000,000 for I financing the cotton crop of fl'i-e South ' was approved yesterday at a special meeting of the South Carolina Cotton congress at the Jefferson hotel. O'nair- j men from 19 counties were present* at the meeting, which had been called by Wade Stackhouse, M. D., of Dil- ! 'ion president. Harvie Jordan of Atlanta, president of the Southern Cot- j 1 ton association, attended the meeting 1 ! and explained the plan. A committee was appointed by tfoe I j Southern Cotton association, ccnsisti ing of Harvie Jordan, president Wade Stackj.'ouse. .M. D., of South Carolina and Walter Clark of Mississippi, to present the cooperative plan to the farmers of bne So-nth. President Stackhouse named a committee, consisting ' l W. A. Stuckey, j J. A. Banks and .John L. McLaurin, | to draft an address to the people f South Carolina explaining the movement. This commitee will ca|l meetings for every county in the State. Carolmas Present. Among those who were present at i the meeting were: State Warehouse ! Commissioner Jno. L. McLaurin; H. ! t C. Forbes of the Hanover National : bank, New York; Wade Stackaouse, Dillon; Senator J. A. Banks, St. Matthews; W. A. Stuckey, Bishcpville; | Neill O'Donnell, Sumter; J. A. Drake, > . i State warehouse inspector; Douglas i Mclntyre, Marion; B. H. Boykin, I ('allien; D. S. Matt'.:eson,'Cheraw; W. i P. Beard, Abbeville; R. C. Sarratt. J Oaffney; Senator J. !W. McCown, ! Florence; Senator 0. P. Goodwin, | Laurens; W. C. crown, Newberry; D. j M. Crosson, Lexington; F. M. Crum, ! Orangeburg; T. B. Thackston, Spar- [ tanburg; L. R. Rollings, Lancaster; S. I R. *Lever, Columbia; S. C. Mayt'ield, j Bamberg, ihe governor of South -Car- j olina; T. F. Brantley of Orangeburg. I E. H. Au 11 of 'Newberry and E. J. Watson of Columbia. Prospectus of the Cooperative Colton company contains the following "Self-help is imperative. Cooperation gives strength and permanent esults to self-help. A plan to relieve present depressing financial conditions in the cotton growing areas of t:e South by retiring from the markets the suralus of the present cotton crop, and enrancing the value of what cotton is needed for eosumption, t?ereb> lelieving the cotton growers, local bankers and merchants from the heavy burdens with which they are now% affected. Plan of Relief. "Organize at once t'.e Cooperative J Cotton company, with an authorized capita: of $100,000,000. payable in j spot cotton out of the present surplus, j basis middling, at 10 cents per pound. ! The ownership of the stock and con- i ttrol of the company to be retained by tre cotton growing interests of Ohe [ South, with only one vote for each ( sharehlder regardless of the amount! of stock he may own. "The business affairs of fc:,e company to be vested in and administered by a governing board elected from the cotton States in proportion to the ! total amount c. stock owned in each State, and the members f such board to be elected by the shareholders of ead.:i State through their respective county organizations. "Th executive officers of the com- i pany to be elected by the governing j board from residents in the South in- : terested in cotton growing. '1The company to have the right to begin business when ?1.000.000 of its ; capital stock has been subscribed and paid in. ^ j "Ti.:e first business of the company when organized, will be to issue negotiable warehouse receipts against the. cotton of its stockholders, being eld . in storaee and secure loans on same ht reasonable rates of interests, there- ! by enabling holders to secure funds ' without beins: forced to sacrifice t'heir cotton on a depressed market. "When 'the present abnormal conditions are relieved, the future pur-' l ose of the company will be to sta- i bi'ize cotton values at fair and reasonable prives to the growers; perfect an economic system of warehousing and . inancing future crops of cotton; preventing violent fluctuations in the cotton markets; improving present wasteful methods of baling handling and marketing cotton; distributing correct information regarding supplies and consumption of cotton and otherwise lending valliahlo on/1 offi/>ion+ nd f V.M.V4V uuu v/mv/ivub UiU LU LUC VUttV/il growers. Control by Growers. "If the cotton growers subscribe ti':e capital of the company they must have tfte right to the control of the / operations of the company. The charter of the Cooperative 'Cotton company will preserve this right and absolutely prevent tfhe control of the company from ever getting into the :'"ands of adverse interests. The company will be purely cooperative and as such will always perform the functions for which it was organized, that o protecting and safeguarding tfte interests of the cotton growers of the South. "The initial work of securing the minimum capital of the company will be undertaken by the oSuthern Cotton association, through its central headquarters throug! out the cotton States. This service on the part of the association will be the means of organizing t'he company for less expense than any large company has ever been orrrn r? ?r? a /I f Vi /> T?rnf a/J f an rPn ai*a &aui?cu ILL cue waico. incic will be no big commission fees and not a dollar of promotion stock issued. It is setimated that the company an be organized, chartered and turned over to its stockholders at less than 5 per cent of tfhe subscriptions. No<w is the only hope for speedy relief from ]r,w r>-!oe<; and 'l e solution , of future freedom rom continued financial depression.' V REPAID THE FAVOS. Grant Did Not Forget the Man Who Did Him a Good Turn. "General Grant's most pronomiced characteristic. perhaps, was his reward of the friends who had stood by hirri in his early days." said Colonel S A. Holmes of St. Louis "While Grant was doing the best lie could after be had quit the army and was down ami out he wanted to get the job of county surveyor of St. Louis county. This job was in the keeping of the three county judges, and Grant could get only one of them to vote for him. so he didn't get the place. "After the war. when Grant was serving his first term as president, a delegation of Missourians visited the White House to urge the appointment -? &+ T I] Af in - UI it r?l. IjUlim lUliU I VI vviivv IUI v?? ternal revenue, the most lucrative position in the state. (I rant listened to tl\> arguments and looked over tie petition presented. Then he scratched his head and remarked: "'Isn't there an old fellow out there of the name of Long. who used to be a judge of the county court?* / "Nobody in the delegation could recall Long. but Grant told thera to go back and find out. Some time later he was told that .Indue Long wns still living in the county, but was not conspicuous. " "Get up a petition for him.' advised the president, 'and 1 will appoint bin) internal revenue collector.' "The friends of Long lost no time in presenting the requested petition, and rhe old judge was appointed. "Grant hnd never forgotten tbe favor done him when he was less prosperous."?Washington Post. ^uies For Saving. Pay ra-!i for every tiling. I;o you: own buying and marketing. He earefnl in your selection of food. Study out. at the beginning of the week, just how much you can spend that week. Manage your own household: do nor leave it to servants. Figure out a system of utilizing all materials. Even the left overs from a meal can be made into something the aext day. Do not regard the system of economy as a burden, but as a pleasure and a duty.?Chicago News. Buds In Reserve. When a large branch of a tree is cut off small branches will frequently shoot rtnt l-Aiind tha ctumn Thoco VUl I vuuu IUV, >^LUiU|/< x uvov VI are from reserve buds, of which all trees have a great number at every portion of their surface. Under ordinary circumstances these never come to maturity, but when the tree is wounded or cut ofl' or lo^es some of its branches t he reserve buds ,-it on<e come into play :md renew the foliage.