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WAR BEAM !N WEST TREMBLING EVENLY *EWS OF THE EAST STILL CONFLICTING Each S/de Finds Cause for Rejoicing in Fraueo-Belgr/an Arena. In the offensive operations of the allies in the western war arena interesting features are the loss in the neighborhood of Xuve Chapelle of several of the trenches recently captured by the British and an advance by the East Indians toward Riche"bourg l'Avouve, as reported in the latest French official communication. This statement also indicates that the Germans have not been lacking in the offensive. It records, in addition, tihe annihilation of a German column at1 Lihons. In the east the situation is still in ; <k>ubt. According to the official state- j ment from Petrograd, the Germans j have "been repulsed in an attempt to cross to the right bank of the Vistula river in Poland and fighting in the Bzura river district is developing. Regarding the victory wfrich Germany was reported to have won in Poland.! Dor'in remains silent. Austria claims important successes in the battle of Limanowa in Galicia, w^ere 26,000 Russians are said to toave fallen into their hands. A Berlin dispatch says that Em peror William has paid a visit to the j "wounded soldiers in the hospital at! Potsdam which would indicate tne! emperor's recovery from his illness, j the nature of which ihas not been def-! initely known. A late di?patch% from Posen gives an official report 'from army headquarters of the east that Marshal von Hindenburg's army captured Lowicz rriaay auer iw<i\y liguiuug ivi wiciai days, thus compelling a further retirement of the Russian lines. ID'ae king of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, having held a conference at Malmoe on the subject of an agreement to safeguard t&eir interests from the European war, have returned to their capitals. LAST OF THE EMDEN Snmvmg uetacDment or Her crew Captured. Tokio, Dec. 17. (Delayed in Transmission).?Certain British warships iave captured those members of the crew of the German cruiser Emden "who escaped at Cocos island when the cruiser was destroyed November 10 by the Autsrialian cruiser Sydney. The German sailors went to sea in a Cocos island schooner named Avsha. ' ' I Forty men of the German cruiser Emden were ashore on the Cocos island when their vessel was overtaken and sunk by the Sydney. Under com- j mand of Lieut. Meucke they comiary cruiser Empress of Japan had A dispatch from Manila December 16 said they later captured a collier on which tJ'ney mounted two Maxim guns, evidently brought witJh- them on the Emden, and began raiding commerce j in the Pacific. This report came through officers of the British steamer Malacca which arrived ai Jolo. It has not been confirmed from any official quarter. Where tlaey captured this collier has not been divulged. The Malacca fear- j ing that sfce would be overhauled by! this collier made her way into Jolo without showing lights. This would indicate that the collier has been operating in the Pacific, not far from the Philippine islands. Announced in Parts. The ministry of the marine announced today that tfhe British auxilrvf Tainan Pari ICLl J VI jUiUl/AVO Wi vwrv?M - ? captured the collier Exiroid, aaving en board three officers and 40 men from the German cruiser Emden, sunk November 10 by the Australian ciuiser Sydney. These are the 40 men who escaped to Cocos island and subsequently sailed away in a commandeered sckooner. "HELLO GIRL" 0> THE JOB Telephone Operator Calls Pol/eeman in Time. tSapulpo, Okla., Dec. IS.?Kate Nurvelle, a telephone operator at Mounds, seven miles south of here, was at the switchboard today when an annunciator dropped. Miss Nurvelle plugged it and called "Number, please." There was no answer and she started to disconnect, when she heard a woman's voice say: "Don't. I'll tell you where it is." Alarmed, Miss Nurvelle called the police, who went to the :home of Fred Allen, a harware dealer, and -:'ound a negro clocking Mrs. Allen because she would not tell him where she kept her money. In her struggle she had pulled down the telephone receiver. The negro was captured. [AID SOUTHERN FAIIMERS TO DIVERSIFY CHOPS: Conference of 1"> Women Agents From 1"> Southern States In Garden. 7 I C'.init;'nsr, and Poultry Clubs. Washington, Dec. 19.?Daughters of i Qrvntho ',i farmprs have been I i members o the United States depart-j ment of agriculture's garden and can- j i . i mng clubs have been able to give their ; fathers practical demonstrations of j the value of crop di versification durj ing the present bad cotton year. The | actual products which the girls have i I put up are proving an invaluable as- j ' set in many farm homes where the 1 j cotton crop has not brought tfce cusratnrnc anr] nii>nv formPf! WVUI AA J 1 Vtux XIO U.UU 4UUUJ AMV* % I are now substituting whole acres of j onions and tomatoes in place of cotton i after seeing the success which the young women have made with these crops. A conference of the women agents from 15 Southern States is in progress ; in the United States department of j agriculture's office of Farmers' Coop- j erative Demonstration Work in the j 1 3out>X Fn.teen women agents are. present, each representing a State in ! j addition to the members of tlbe office j 1 who have charge of the work. These j agents supervise the work of 369 coun- j ! ty agents who direct the work of 33,-- j I 420 girls. Data of some of the State j reports given here is merely an in-; dication of the general interest thac | is being taken more and more; throughout tfc-e whole Sou tin in the I club-movement work. | Tennessee (S;rl D/vers/ffes Crops. ! | Madge Farrar has proved the pos- j sibilities of growing ero^s all the year round in her State. By raising and ; selling vegetables throughout the year j she has made a net profit of $131.62,: while tfce second best girl, who also,1! [did gocK1 work but did not diversify, j made $96.20 profit. The girl with the j second average grew only beans and j tomatoes during the ;.fall and summer, j Miss Farrar, however, having grown! these crops put in onions during the winter which she sold at. a good profit early in February. She then pro- i ceeded to plant cabbage which brought her an income during April and May, while peas were her main crop in j June. This brought her back to the tomato and bean season and rounded out a year of profitable vegetable growing. Another young woman found a ) peach orchard into which hogs had been turned. She tock her canner j v.ith her and established herself in the orchard to save what was left from t&e hogs, and made $60 in one week from her work. Similiar instances have demonstrated the possibilities of saving waste in that section -and there has been a more general interest exhibited not only by the farmers'. Gaughters but by many of their wives. j F/g Possibilities in Southern Missis- I sippi. Although the area where figs will gro<w in this country is extremely lim- , * *- - J i_:_ ?-i: o I ilea, m certain seciious 01 ovumciu i Mississippi t):is fruit grows so plentifully that its value is not appreciated and barrels of figs go to waste every j year. Under the conditions that ex- : | ist in dooryards and gardens the trees j require little or no cultivation and the I majority of owners eat a few, can a ; few for home use, and permit the rest to go to waste, except in localities where commercial canners are prepared to buy the fruit from day to day as it ripens. During the past year two counties < of Southern .Mississippi decided to j I sy wicuifct; in vauuixxg J.150. uuc &HX I packed 500 pints which she sold for from 35c to 40c a pint. The girls in these sections are now leaving tomato for other iess fortunate districts where !igs will not grow and are planting six fig trees on their tenthacre formerly planted to the other crop. The demand for this product from sections is far beyond the sup I ply. j JFour years ago there were but two ; counties in Mississippi where organized garden and canning club work was [ carried on for the girls; the next year there were 12 counties; the next 23, and during the past year tuere were 33 counties organized. Inientoes have proved a particular boon to certain counties in South CarOiina as frave figs ;r. Mississippi. Certain club? which had been specializing on tomatoes deeded that there was a possibility in pimentoes, which afe not son generally grown and which j are canned in practically no other l Kflrfs of this rountrv. the main canned product here being imported from 'Spain and Mexico. Since tlhe product of these young women has been put on tlio market, requests lhave come from 45 States for information regarding the canning and culture t: this valuable food product which the American people in general do not yet understand. The total pro< it of all tfne South Carolina club girls for the past year was over ?28,000. Every agent who assists the girls is a college graduate who has received domestic-science I " BEFORE YOU Then come to the store v Great crowds have fiockec quest every one to use tfa in Newberry, and will nev i """" Coat Suits Here's ^our chance 4s store marked away be very special number in buy a $22.50 Suit. Bi us. All Coats sold in cost. I I Reari These Fr 15c Dress Ginghams, ; 10c Dress Ginghams, ; I 10c Outing _ ...... 6^c Apron Checks 8c Chambray 12ic Bed ticking 10c Bleaching ??C jltih Stanley Calicoes 12?c Percales 10c Percales Thousands of other a space to mention. Rlsnlrntc 5)1 UIUUUVIU U Your own price. $1.00 Blankets $1.50 Blankets $2.00 Blankets $3.00 Blankets $5.00 Blankets L Boys m . i 1 Mothers, ormg you. We can save you big r Suits that formerly; Now, in conclusion, will sa ONLY 3 MORE DAYS an WE HO Calc 1304 MAIN STREET I training. Home demonstration work is a feature, the motto being "Do one thing at a time," There was, for instance, a homemade fireless cooker campaign which lasted for three days in one section and resulted in a hunW17 QI7I I Y JLa k/JUiuiLi j5sS?T The National Mazda ^ ?3^' Lamps inclosed will Eg? ga give t/hree times as k3 much light as old Eg B style carbon lamps for Mj 3 the same electric light S W Put a National Mazda I Lamp in every socket 1 j& and obtain more light A A and better light. i aL SOOEER BROS. CO. HARDWARE DEPT.j^ COMPLETE Y< rhere vou can set first class t y w I to this sale ever since it sta is sale while it's going, for it's er again be repeated. ; and Coats . Every Coat Suit in ' i rTT _ i* low cost, we oner a i Coat Suits. $7.50 will ly your Xmas Suit from this sale at and below ices Then Come yd 12c yd 7ic v h 5c o _ __ 7?c 10c irticles we haven't the nd Comforts . \ 89c ' 95c $1.48 $2.19 $3.98 Clothing r boys to see our suits. noney on his next suit. sold for $4.00 now $119 y: have you been to see the n id we ask of you to come and < PE TO SEE YOU AT THIS, [well & i HAIL ORDERS F[L dred homemade cookers being put into use. A fly-trap campaign is to l>e : "* " n/1 o-ft or fho+ o Kllif-pr- t Il'tJAL 111 U1UC1| ouu aiiti iuuv u. making campaign. CHICHESTER S PILLS Wyjjw THE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladies! Ask your Druggist for A\ (mm Chl-ebee-ter?DlainonaIlrnnd/#V\ Mils in Red and Gold metallic\\^ *v?y ?^d?r3 boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ w] Take no other. Buy of your ? r/ - fg Drnmtst. AskforClII.CtfE8.TERS I ^ Jr DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 25 JH yeais known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable "*<~r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE TAX XOTICE. County Treasurer's office. rrl1? V ? -fm* *V> a onll ?v/>+ii-?r> rwf StfltA 1 Lie UUUO.S iUl I.JLHS VViiVVUVU ^ ?- i?v>.v . and county tax will be open from Oc- ! tober 15th to December 31st, 1914. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1915, with 1 per cent; those who prefer to pay in February, 1915, can do so by adding 2 per cent; those who prefer paying from March 1st to March 15, 1915, can do so by adding 7 per cent; after March 15, 1915, the ^ooks will be closed. N. B. -Taxpayers owning property in more than one township or special school district "will please inform me when paying or writing for the amount of Ms or her tax. This is very impor j tant, there being so many special school districts. \ Those who wish to pay by the 31st i of December, 1914, and do not care ; to come to the office, will please write ; for the amount not later than Decern ber 25, 1914. Alter tnat time 1 am iw i busy to answer letters promptly. m CHRISTOU ntwliamlkp at a 1 nwpr nrirp UV1 V1IUUUIUV UI U IV TV VI piivv rted, and every one saved nu ; the greatest money saving ( Millinc I We have had the crc Millinery department, ir have more Hats, Caps, Ribbons, Feathers, Etc., of the above at cost, chance. Messaline P 83.00 kind at ;$2.00 kind at $6 00 kind at J They come in all the lea< Great Slaughter i For men. women and ( when in need of warm U Lap R( How about making tin morning with a nice Lap We sell the $2.50 kind W; L Dougl TV>*i namo'c rvn tVia hr JL11V HUillV k* VIA VAAV W Did you see the pair yoi Come and let us fit you i selling lots of 'em. LaFrance Shoes for 1 lady who has worn them The standard $3.50 La sale for only Men's. 1 Big lot of Sample Hat: J Come get a fit for only _ nany bargains we are giving :ome early, for never before f THE GREATEST OF ALL Hlaltiwai I FF)?SFND CHECK mmmmmmmQmammmmmammmmmmnm \ In sending stamps* nothing above a 2 cent stamp should be sent, as I cannot use them. If money is sent, it would be best to register same; if sent oilierwise, it must be at sender's risk. By referring to your cax receipts of 1913, you will know the township and special school district, or both, in htM/Oi vfmr nrnnfvriv is located. Tae levy for 191^ is as follows: Mills State 6 Ordinary County 3*4 Court House Vz Road and Bridge Note ^4 Ordinary County Note ^4 Roads and Bridges 1 Constitutional School Tax 3 Total 14% Except the following localities, where an additional railroad tax has been levied: / Mills Township No. 1 1% Township No. 8 3 Township No. 9 2 And except the following school districts, where special school tax has been levied: Mills No. 1, Newberry 6 No. 5, MoCullough 2 No. 9, Deadfall 2 No. 10, Utopia 1 No. 14, Prosperity 6*4 VT^ 1t 2 LXU. JLU, K_7Cii.UU.Ci - - - ? No. 20, Big Creek 2 riAA f 1V.C , is SHOPPING than yon bay elsewhere. mav Via oarnocflv ro. I UK, J HV vuiuwnij IV >vent that ever happened iry wds with us in our i this sale, but still Bonnets, Flowers, left. We ofter any Ladies, here's your / etticoats $1.79 , ' 89e $4.39 ding shades. in Underwear Children. See us first nderwear. ibes bby happy Christmas Robe? at $1.49 as Shoes \ ittom of every pair. ir neighbor bought? vith a pair. We are adies. Just ask the 1 France Shoes in this : $1.79 Hats s worth up to $2.50. ... _ 75c ? ? If not, it's your loss, lave prices been so low. SALES iger NEWBERRY, S. C. No. 26, Pomaria 7 9 > No. 30, Little Mountain 10% No. 33, Jolly Street 4 . No. 34, St. Pauls 2 No. 35, Excelsior 2 No. 39, Chappells 4 No. 41, Dorainicks 2 No. 45, Trinity 4 No. 48, Jalapa 4 No. 52, Whipnire 5 No. 56, Ziori 4 No. 58, Silverstreet '6 No. 11, Hartford 2 No. 12, Johnstone 2 N< 13, St. Lukes 4 No. 16, O'Neall 2 No. 18, Fairview 2 No. 19, Swilton 4 No. 22, St. Philips 4 No. 31, Wheeland 2 No. 43, Bush River 2 No. 44, Smyrna 4 No. 59, Pressley 2 A poll tax of One Dollar has been levied on all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law. A tax of 50 cents each is levied on all dogs. Persons liable to road duty may pay a commutation tax of $2.00 from the 15th of October, 1914, to the 31st day of December, 1914. All taxpayers remember all taxes have been listed separately, and please see that you have a receipt for each piece of property so listed. Jno. L. Epps, County Treasurer.