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- V Uhr (Uhrraui (Elirmtirl? *'a* ? ? of F Published on Thursday i J farn by Wis. high STRICKLIN PRINTING CO. and .the Cheraw. S. C wesj _ 11 gs J. N. STRICKLIN, ^ith Fr Editor and Manager. conv ~ cow Successor to the Cheraw Reporter sine which waa establlahed July 9, 1886, jnn and entered as Second Claaa matter t at Cheraw, S. C. Cf (] ? ? 6W THE COTTON' SITUATION. ires The cotton situation as developed by the war in Europe, is the most se- 8,ar rious thing that has befallen the *er< South since the civil war and de- ,,lor' mands the best judgment and the cooperation of cotton growers, merchants, bankers, and in fact every M laboring man, to enable it to be victt properly faced and handled without The the most serious disaster to all in- the terests in the cotton states. While arm almost all of the cotton made in this >the section has been made upon borrowed *tea money, the sources from which this natu money came are well nigh, if not en- by i tirely exhausted, and just as all mer- one, chants, bankers, fertilizer compa- pass nies and others, who advance to far- hind mers were expecting to receive pay- T ment of all these debts, it appears >lisl that cotton cannot be sold and that i>acti those who made it as well as those to c who enabled it to be made are alike adm helpless to turn it into money. pea< The only thing to be done is to cour self-reliantly do what can be done thos and not depend upon the government noth or outside help, but while of course Tl taking advantage of all help in sight of tl from any quarter to sail as close to ship the wind as possible and mutually do the all that can be done to stand the conn strain, helping each other, the farm- also er doing all he can for the creditor and and the creditor doing all he can for cons the farmer. It is idle and visionary will to expect the government, either of the the United States or of the State, to othe do much to relieve the situaion, fur- Of ther than that the general govern- has ment can so place its funds as to be mon most available to the cotton owner, the and the State pass some act looking wise to establishment of warehouses. spen This section never before needed agai warehouses, and no cotton producing country has much use for them ^ as in normal times cotton is better w^0 disposed of at once, and in the vast wjjh majority of cases, where it is held a 8U it is done at a loss to the holder 0f t] Such arrangements, if now made, will jntQ come very late to assist the present js fp emergency. Whether arrangements who now being undertaken by the South- 0f ^ ern?aUo? Congress, through its State 0f t County organizations, by which man cotton, or a large part of the crop an(j can he held until better prices arc cent, obtainable are fully successful or not longer be the exclusive rndfcey crop of the South. At the organization of ' the Chesterfield County division of conic this Congress a chairman and a committee of one from each township were charged with ascertaining how much warehouse room this county has, and also to take steps looking dQ to the holding of cotton, with perhaps dard other duties. ^ It is suggested that this organiza- decjd tion also consider the advisability of to pi the planting of some other crop to ^ take the place of at least a large ? ' . . . . mach part of the cotton now being raised ^ It wjll take co-operation and wise ^ judgment to select and to introduce fii ly successfully the raising of any oth er product. It will have to be oiu that this section can produce as wel La as it is now produced elsewhere and is de: at no greater expense, and such prod becai uct, when found, will have to be in whicl troduced by the united action of a expr< large number of planters, so that fa- aims, cilities for handling and marketing and can be had without the great expense once which would fall on one or two men wond who try a new product. stead It is suggested that this question be powe taken up by the committee and that alwa; any and all persons who have ideas they along this line suggest same to the whol committeeman in their respective labor townships. who In the meantime all cotton growers, the i who owe debts on the crop, should make arrangements at once with their creditors, to their best mutual Interests, to so handle this cotton thal as to pay the debts and conserve the ggar surplus, and all who are able to hold tneir own cotton snouid do so until ac0 the market is again established, bor- orui rowing, if necessary and practicable, er as small an amount thereon as is possible. No one knows what is lsed ahead of us. Cotton may be 15 or 5 cents a pound next spring and we ?0 should, as fai as in us lies, be ready 8(J for either contingency. (ja, Bu COWS FOR FARMERS. air 1 Business men of towns and cities out? were once satisfied to confine their *viatefforts to getting new factories for ceive their communities, now they are ^ beginning to exert themselves to pro- ^ uioting farm interest in wheat, corn Ani and live stock. specu The new idea offers a better and what more successful fiell for small town Wide: business men than did the old factory promotion epoch. It means more UP opportunities and equal ones for the small town boosters, who are more faces clflfil'lv t A t K o i r pneo 1 nAlahkAPo I llllrfp %v mvii i ui at 11C15UUUI o than are the bigger city fellows. an(l The latest innovation adopted by fat* business men for community prorao- "wond tion has been the purchasing and or u distribution among farmers nearby of ack beef and dairy cattle for the purpose H ' of aiding the dairy and llvo stock owe industry, helping farmers who aro have hard-pressed for money and raising peacf the standard and productiveness of jwouh farm aaimals. and Among larger cities, Denver, Colo., | rlbui business men have undertaken to aid The farmers in the eastern part of the out i state to purchase dairy and beef of tl cattle with which to stock their farms calmi . * time when the farmers have little i y money. The Commercial Club " ort Stockton, Texas, has procured | fine Jersey cow? for surrounding is. The business men of Antigo, have imported four carloads of 1 -class Hosteins this summer J sold them at cost and on time to farmers of the county. A northern city has aided farm boys to ige in dairying by supplying thepi cows on credit. >rt Stockton business men were ineed by a little figuring that the ' is the foster mother of civilization i e she furnishes |>u6t,enance for I umerable hopeless children and so ributes her share to the building tie human race. The argument is od one; the other argument is the ent scarcity and high price of What small town cannot do its e to promote the cattle industry? i is constructive work which would t wonders right here in Cheraw. A COXQEST OF PEACE, ilton sang that "Peace hath her iries no less renowned than war." i poet was right. While nations oi ! old world have for years been i ing to the teeth to conquer each i t, Ihe United States has been r dily and successfully conquering ire that two oceans separated 1 i narrow isthmus night be made 1 that the commerce of the world 1 i through the canal without let or '< Irance. hat task is now practically accom- i led. While nations are flying at t i other's throats in the mad lust :onquer, the Isthmus of Panama 1 its that it has been conqured by v :eful methods employed by this I i itry, and It is a conquest, unlike i e that follow war, fraught with ing but blessing for all mankind, i le quiet and successful passage < le canal the other day by a large t belonging to this country marked s beginning of a new era in the mercial history of this land, and I in that of the world generally, i that era will be distinguished by t tant progress and prosperity that J result in bringing the nations of t world into closer touch with each r. '' course the building of the canal 1 cost millions upon millions of ey but it has all been spent for d welfare of the world. Far other- I is it with the countless millions a t to arm nations and place them inst each other in battle array. d judge has sentenced a young man l' drinks heavily to get married in a month. That judge must be rvival from the Dark Ages. What tie woman that might be cajoled ^ marrying such a sot? No man t for judge or any other position gives such a sentence. His views ome and marriage, to say nothing he rights and happiness of wo, are an insult to the intelligence civilization of this twentieth iiry. n r i iiwn8Bj|Ti!iiii y"lo L. M lved. Such a decision by the erne Court a few years ago would ^ kindled a confidence that free ?etition would naturally follow, that all the evils of restrained n ! would disappear like a morning ^ nut tne puDllc nas learneu uy iwful experience that dissolutions ^ it necessarily dissolve. The StanOil, Tobacco and other trusts, ist which the Supreme Court * ed, continue to flourish, and even cl ly larger dividends than before. >f which goes to show that the v linery of the law is very imperDoubtless the time will come r i a decree of dissolution will actumean something. . o ,bor Day grows in popularity uuu c stined to do so through the future ise it is the one day in the year on t; h labor gives united and pleasing e ?ssions to its position and to its e Labor stands in a far higher more important position than it 11 did, and it has reached it by f lerful perseverance and with a C ly growing consciousness of its r. The workmen have not S ys been led wisely, and sometimes t have made mistakes, but on the f e labor, and especially skilled t has had wise and able leaders u have secured the confidence of c nan in the rank. a ii WHAT'S I> THE WIND a io:ig minor resu'ts of the war give disappointment are the nec- a y postponement of the air flight ^ ss I/he Atlantic and; the yaalit for the American's cup. The ^ er perhaps more than the latbecause of its novelty, is a very sporty idea, this prom- ' attempt to see if mat> can fly c >? iuc Utcttu. it appeals imirnaui* ie spirit of adventure and offers u ectacular test of mchanisui iu ing new field of endeavor. I t who knows what surprises in J light the war itself may bring ' Quite early in the process of S ion the human imagination cond the chance that earth's bravattles would one day be fought e clouds. I d now that war is bringing this < ilation to the test, who can guess ( surprises may be in the store? I spread already is the expectation ' the army airmen have supprises 3 their sleeves. The confidence 3 which Germany, for instance, I a hostile continent is hard to rstand on the basis of known ' strength; so that arm-chair 3 ?gists are busy wondering if erful new engines of slaughter se in the air may not be in the of Berlin's" mind, nay even be that control of motor r iu flight will, ere the war's end, been so well established that a ul flight across the Atlantic .. 1 not have the content of surprise ^ would, therefore, offer little rj, te of glory. .. only sure thing i& that the try- ? icross the water, to t?ay uothiug tie race for the cop. must await er time. \ ^ ? r* | Smith Defe; Majority Against H to Twenty ' GOVERNOR'S RA< Manning, Cooper and Ri< Together-Peeples R ly and Fortner Run road Commission and Keliey fo ant Govt With returns in from every county nvolved, it is evident that the entire South Carolina de'egatioi 111 con* jress has been returned to office, ! uany of the members by tronienious 1 najorities. | From the start of the counting it, vas apparent that only two?Messrs. ?? Whaley in First and Finley in the Fifth: would be seriously in danger, aaj ind as the votes piled up these t^o Irew ahead of their opponents with ta result that they now have what seem w< :o be safe leads. w< In the First District Mr Whaley was an larl pressel by E. J. Dennis, who ran 8 1 "til I? AAlintvir nn/1 AnApta/l f hn hlJ *cn 111 vuuiiii j aiiu vuiiivu me Mm nto Mr. Whaley's territory with a big ote in Charleston. re Mr. Finley in the Fifth was behind to; n the count at one time but his home ne :ounty, York, came through wifli a st; remendous majority and put him on br ihe safe side. dr; In the Third Wyatt Aiken seems to ^ lave carried the day on the first pri- ^ nary against his three opponents, | vhile Joseph T. Johnson in the , fourth has easily swept the field in an he first primary. sa: The Second District was a runaway ' ace, with Congressman James F. wc 3yrnes getting a huge majority. ye; In the Sixth Representative Rags- . 1 lot lale easily won over his opponents former Representative J. E. Ellerbe yg ind A. L. Hamer. th< Congressman Lever in the Seventh stc listrict was unopposed. toi The vote in1 the Fifth District fol- ! ows: bo ,'ounty Finley Stevenson Chester 8f?8 1,1 Ti ,'herokee 1.407 1 592 * Ihesterfield 1,520 1,759 'airfield 728 528 [ershaw 1.280 1,114 an .ancaster 983 984 so< rork 2,965 1,071 bei tal Totals 9,741 8.225 st^ With only scattering returns ( Iy-< nissing and with over 125,000 votes bo eported, it is certain that Cole L. I ^ * | hflT fnlted States Senate, the majority; ? gainst him being between 15,000 and alo 0,000 votes. 1 Senator E. D. Smith has been re- wh ominated on the first ballot. His sai lajority will be not less than 10,000 Di< otes. It will probably go higher. B0' In the race for governor, Manning, rl^ ooper and Richards arc running neck ^ nd neck. About 119,000 votes arc jro ccounted for by The News and Cour- I a , ?r in this contest and there are prob- j thj bly from 10,000 to 15,000 votes still hei o be heard from. The official count up fill likely be required to determine 1 rhich two of these three will have to yn over. *ru Andrew J. Bethea, antiBlease caijdi- | ate for Lieutenant Governor, will run Df ver with B. Frank Kelley, the Blease ion andidate. - j Comptroller General Jones, Adju- er - -- . nu ant General Moore ana Attorney ueii ral nioore and Attorney General I'eoral Peoples have been lenominated. The second race for railroad com- rQJ nissioner will be run off between j,e ^rank W. Shealey, of Lexington and 6id 1. D. Fortner, of Spartanburg. ] There were many suprises in the till fenatorial contest! Counties which wo years ago gave heavy majorities SJ1 or Blease either went against him his time or else the majorities were j uuch reduced. He secured majorities < m Tuesday in but eight counties, ov iccording to the figures in hand, and m< 11 most of these the majorities were inall and in some may disappear. e>' Smith seems to have secured either re' i majority or a plurality in every ounty except Aiken, Anderson, , Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, j01 Jeorgetown, Pickens, Union and wj fork. Bh There are less than 7"? boxes miss- re: ng in the race for Senator, and these ?ti annot change the results. otl The totals in the race for Senator 80 nd Governor stads as follows: an, United Sfutes Senator. dU ilease r?:{,144 fennings 1,001 'ollock J,?04 an HO Smith GS.0S7 sti Total 12.7,4(11 Bj, -v I ?, \MFin IIUI .1 uni ci mi trowuing l,t t:t 'linkscaoles 1 .Villi be 'onper l%J11 Minoan .. s2.? 'aj rl>j 13,508 9'1 Tunning ffullally Odd un tichards 23,001' nn ininis i?,s(is ; lui A. Smith 5,470 a f. L. Smith * ;,soo th? Total 118.788 '?f hu w| Constipation Causes Sucfcness fe* Don't permit yourself to become J ev onstipated, as your system imineditely begins to absorb poison from |jp le buckedup waste matter. Use Dr. ]oc ing's New Life Pills and keep well, up here is no better safeguard again ! Iness. Just take one dose tonight. a* r,c. at your Druggist. anil coi Subscribe to The Chronicle \ 4 its Bleajse * im From Fifteen r rhousand ! * i o CE IN DOUBT | i ? I 1 n chards Running Right enominated?She I- .?? Over for RailerandBethea r Lenten- r irnor | I ex ? -jr mc A**** fcts T Z Ch THE RAINS DESCENp : By BREVARD MAYS CONNOR. Z 1 I p1 ec Oh. if it would only ral^," B^e had ta Id wearily. bri Little enough to md t'w ke offense at if \ 1/^ 5rds one by one, I d consider their ?' vflBH mpJe import, fr1'1 it she had said |c more than once ]^E3.^ ph at day, and the I o iteration had IMHffft wli Id on the man's llHH I rvea, already \ rained to the t * ._ eaking point by weeks of enervating y heat. # He had looked across the table with ; look In his eyes hers coyld not ! ar. | en "Will?you?shut?up!" ' ivj She had sat stunned for a njoment, ^ d then, choking down a dry sob, Id: W1 "I'm sorry, Dick. You've ^een so 0 rried. It's been terrlb e?this g' ar." His face did not soften, end he a' lghed harshly. Ml "Yes, this year and last, and the jit ar before that, and all the rest of qj 2 years to come probably" He >od up abruptly. "I'm gqing to ii J 8 She noticed the slight stood of the yish shoulders and the listless drag his feet, and then she turned and >ked out across the baking fields, fu iere the crowding rows d gray- eo sen corn drooped as If tht heat f? ;re heavy and bearing then down, rhe child that lay on the bed tossed ht d wailed fretfully. After fche had sthed it back into an uneasy slumr, she commenced to clelar the ?u )le, working swiftly to ease tjhe coniction in her breast. j | h When her fingers touched ttye fine- a chiseled edges of the cut | 0 wl that stood so incongruou^^^^^^, homely war^ she^M^B^^B| e touch had awakened, y y .' ' He travels the fastest yno jjt ravels lis mother had said it? thjp same n o had given them the sugar bowl? o d it in her presence when ( he and h :k had gone to tell her tl lelr re- 0 ve, that they were going to >e mar- 0 d. j, 'lacing tiie ironing-board aci oss the ^ks of two chairs, she lift ed the 0 n from the stove and tested it with noistened finger. The light breeze 0 it stirred the curtains felt :ool on e< r damp brow, but she did n )t look )re to see the green haze. t1 Neither did she note the far-o ff hum, e e the hum of bees when the y gath- ( at the home hive at nigh :fall?a . m that grew louder, and sw< illed in lume till it sounded like the rumble r< a thousand busy looms? louder, c< ider. \n eery note sang thfough il ; loud- hi and higher, and louder and Ihigher | ij o tho Incrnnalnc pnop nf grfuonxlnff - ? - ?1 j n ir. It rhe shrieks of the child seem ed fee- . ? and impotent in the face of the 1 ir, as she seized it up and 1 lunged *0] ad down into the swirling dust o?t- Ct le. 1 For a moment she was but \ playing of the storm that whirled her Irta above her head and blinded her. e was hurtled along until sh? stumid and fell to her knees on a moufid ii earth, which with a heart-Leap of g r she recognized as the storm-house, ci Then the door yielded, crasb?d_down 0: er their heads, and from pande- s! enium she stepped into peace. n Long she sat with wide-stretched H es staring into the darkness of their u ruge, until things began to take on \ dim. ghostly shape, and even the n t wall opposite came into view. 'r The mutter was dying lower and .] ver, and the whine was stilled, t( icn suddenly there came a clear, arp tap on the tin door of their fuge. She caught her breath and ained to hear. Yes, there was antier, and two. three, four, .until it w unded like the preliminary rattle *V d then the full rolling of a drum. G The woman breathed in deeply, au- tc ily, and then she screamed:- 13 "Ilaby!? the rain!?the rain!" Swiftly she rushed up the four steps d pushed back the trap-door, half bbing, half laughing crazlly. She ted her arms and let the water earn down her upturned face, as if e were drinking it in along with k e thirsty earth. It was salvation to her life that had en so near ruin that very day, for ti was salvation to the corn wherein f their hopes, and with a glad heart e turned to watch the torrents pour- tc ; on their fields. It crept into her face, into her eyes, til she could no longer bear to look, | p] d turned. There lay the house in a j Jicrous mass, one beam erect, like man lying on his side, his foot in a e air. She did not hear the mad splashing a horse down the road, where her a, sband, bareheaded, came galloping Idly through tho rain, a terrible ir in his eyes. # v, He did not notice the fields, nor en the house, but when he saw her mcBng there disconsolate, his eyes hted up with a great Joy, and the ?k of terror fled. Swiftly he came g( to her. I Dick!" she cried. "Oh, Dick, look ^ the corn!" but he opened his.arms rt stilled her against his breait. b' Th0 corn? V'hat do I care foir the 11 n?" And he kissed her agaiq and A' iln. T 2; PEX LETTER FROM BOX. W. F. STEYK\SO>. Chcraw, Aug. 2r>, VJ14. v Hou. D. E Finley, I Yorkville, S. C_ My dear Sir:In your letter relative to appoint (nts in this county, read at the meetje here last night, you make the Utement that the announcement that 11 had promised to be here was made * r purposes of deceit. I beg to cal ur attention to the fact that no such nouncem nt was made. On August :h, 1914, I addressed you and mailed Aui u at Washington, D. C., where 1 Bovei derstood you were, the following ?ru,ss that ter: near 'Hon D. E. Finley, expe( Washington, D. C. ^ My dear Sir: Empi I will speak at Mt. sons roghan on the 20th and at Odom's has c 11 on the 21st and at McBee at ten trioti m. on the 24th and Patrick at 4 p.m. ^hi d at Cheraw at 8:30 p. m. of the :h and you are invited to be at these ^ >etings also. I do this because you ment ited that you wanted to speak at t0 eraw. \o Yours truly. Japai W. F. Stft/enson." a?d ifou remember that when Mr. Taylor Kln8' d others, of Mt. Croghan, approtied us at Chesterfield on the sub can i :t of a meeting at Mt. Croghan I of n( ited that I would endeavor to preV{ range a meeting, and you stated Th it we would be back in the county by tl d would come there and that w; "Any a * nrvnnlr i. ft TIT V.'>f hat/ltlir IHftllJ loi 9|icaiv fib v/iivian, *'vi ii?? M?f, ard anything from you I addressed Ch<n npcej u that letter and directed that no- jjneg e be given that I would speak at the Au ices named and that I had invited repoi u to be present, but did not know donei lether you could be or not. Pursu- said t to that the following notice was dispa blished in the 'county papers of towa esterfleld: lNDIDATES TO SPEAK IN CHES- Ifh TERFIELD COUNTY. ta "At this date. Aug. 18th. Mr. Stev- an son has been unable to arrange Fren th Mr. Finley for any meeting in A esterfleld County, but Mr. Steven- berin n will address the voters of this Fren unty at the places and on the dates on allies ven in the following itinerary an Mr aley will be invited to join with him In these meetings: 1??E J. Croghan, Aug1. 20th, iby, Aug. 20tn at night kn?" lom's Mill, Aug. 21st, Th iBce, Aug 24th, 10 o'clock .trick, . Aug. 24th 4 o'clott decja eraw, Aug. 24th, 8:30 p. m. aj; t This is the notice that has been insiri fen or authorized by me, and your Th jinuation that I had given out this nanc tice to deceive somebody is without ed f andation. Not only that, but you !'iref ited that you saw W. F. Stevenson ^ B Ezells on the 17th and that I said P thing to you about these appoint- mler ?nts. You will remember that you tQ e] owed .decided reluctance to even Gern ake hands with me at Ezells and 1 Au ,d to make the second offer before nn , u did so. I was so Impressed with dor's 1$ that I had no further communica- proai ^ with _you there, but I told .your the fifcrsfe Helt. ttiarVou aiKT W were both invited to be at Richburg man i the next day and that I was going 8,80,1 id that I would be glad to know if u were going also. Capt. Bell said en c at he understood you were but was ^Jthi >t sure about the name, and I never A t any further information from him, gajj though I told him frankly my ap- man; Intments. fred I gathered that you desired to have harr; i communication with me on the Sub- wour it of appointments and that you had 8,l0U ceived my letter and therefore I . tended the meetings with the exption of Odom's Mill and Ruby meetg and stated that you had been in- man, :ed by me but that I heard nothing flght )m you as to whether you were refuj aming of not. and The terms of your letter, (which I A d read at the meeting here last dowi ght) was not such as calls for any few swer from me directly to you. but Pllot does call for a statement of the * J*?' lole matter to the public and there- t re I am giving this to the press of jnjul testerfleld County. his i W. F. STEVENSON. Al - bits Berli Negro Is Killed. tlom Union.?John F. Faucett shot and ^ istantly killed Will Eubanks. a ne 1 ??1.. TU? ?? ' ru, pert? recently. i iic siiuuini^ uu- g urred about 8 o'clock near the corner ways f Plnckney and Academy streets, a tiort distance Irom the home of the Q egro. Faucett is a city mall carrier. regjs [e was exonerated by a coroner's * try last year alter he had shot and ^ illed a negro girl on his farm about *o miles north of Union. The shot' lg t' en was accidental. Fuanks wn? . .. t* . ^ brilli hot live times, haucet rurrenderer f . ^ ) the authorities. J,. The left JJu.'OS, Sores tweli Mr. E. S. Coper, Marli'a N Y., capt rites: "I have never had a Cut, Burn, struj round or Sore it would not heal." forti et a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve '?un b1 ly ?-day. Keep handy at all times for urns, Sores, Cuts, Wounds. Prevent ^jv ockjaw. 25c., at your Druggist. tf)e' t! e Th Catnip isn't a cat and it won t nip pe!:-. The young of the catnip is called the Itten nip? ?? ?? 1-1.1- 1- - 11.11- I ? ? Hi, f a Kinl'iiL iiO iClt'm in a iuut3 luo, uui u utv/v*^ in't a little bi? I o] Vice A hillock is a little hill, but a mat ^ j ( >ck isn't a little mat? fore'* Brum Playing possum isn't so good as tQ laying for the movies? A mignonette Is a little mignon, but soubrette isn't a lltitle sou? *>a' mane There is no doubt about the doubt ule irrounding the River of Doubt? t e s _ by tl It's warmer to have grizzly bears ot},er unt you than to hunt the grizzlies? Th thirs YouYe I)iI|ous and Costive..., acqul Sick Headache. Bad Breath, Sour toniach Furred Tongue and Indiges- Tn on, Mean Liver a"d Bowels of for- best lenting, gassy foods and waste. A full '* be owel movement gives a satisfied, lankfuj feeling? makes you feel * ae. Effective, yet mild. Don't gripe. 5., at your Druggist. IPITOME OF TI DURING ONE War in )igest of Happenings Colli wmtmmmmmimmmmmmm gust 17?The Belgian seat of -nment was transferred from ?els to Antwerp, which indicates the Germans are dangerously and tin fall of the city may be :ted soon. report from Berlin states that ;ror William and three of his have gone to the front which iccasioned great outburst of pasin in the German capital, e Germans have inflicted great >n the French In the lighting near lr and Dinant. e seat of the Belgian governhas been moved from Brussels atwerp. reply has yet been received by i to her ultimatum to Germany the sudden entry of the Island dom into the European war situis a factor which may increase ange of the conflict. The Amerilovernment will observe a policy un-interference as to conditions riling in the Far East, e following statement was issued le British official press bureau: action Japan takes against Gerr will not extend beyond the a seas except isofar as may be <sary to protect Japan shipping gust 18.?The French officially ted that the Germans had aban d Sarrcbourg. The Liege forts are? still to be intact and a Brussels itch said the German movements rds the Belgian center seemed > checked. he French troops are in contact the Germans, but there is no imint engagement to report," said official announcement of the eh embassy at London. British expeditionary force ntimig more than 100,000 landed at eh and Belgian ports and was s way to form a junction with its t. a stirring message to the is King George said: uty is your watchword and 1 r duty will be nobly done." e French commander-in-chief, ral Joffree, personally reported ch progress in Upper Alsace and ired French troops had occupied he region in Lorraine, 32 miles e the German frontier, e former French minister of fie, Paul Doumer, who has returnrom the front in Belgium, said > Zeppelins had been destroyed un lire and one wrecked by dropinto a forest. unt Okuma, the Japanese pre, declared it is Japan's intention liminate from China the root of lan influence. gust 19?A despatch from Bersaid: "The Japanese ambassadeparture from Berlin is apching. The police are guarding emh^sy. The Japanese club is J. Japanstudents ta Cer universities have left." The Vosie Zeltung said, commenting on n's ultimatum to Germany: "One ! declaration of war cannot frightlermany and Japan's action is out importance." dispatch from Rome to the Star refugees from Madgeburg, Oe-y, report that German jsoldier1 on 3.000 Italians confined in the icks there, killing seven and iding 16 because some of them ted "Hurrah for Italy." i American military expert from lum said: "I left Brussels today, e was a gool deal of agitation ? as the people thought the Ger? very near and there had been ing at Tirlemont. A good many jees had come in from Tirlemont Louvain." German monoplane was brought i by riflemen at Sterrbeek. only a miles to the east of Brussels. The , an ofTicer. had in his possession $ revolvers, bombs and Interesting ary notes. His lggs were broken he' fall, but notwithstanding his ies, he endeavored to discharge weapons. igust 20?According to the few of news allowed to come in from in, something like normal condii prevailed in the German capiThe price of food is declining, [) movements have been completnd a resumption of work on raili was begun. mflrmation was received on the rt that Emperor William ordered itance to any effort that Japan make to seize Kiao-Chow. ong with the announcement ol fall of Brussels, the official statet says: "Our troops have met with iant successes in Alsace, especial etween Meulhausen and Altkirch. Germans retreating on the Rhine in our hands many prisoners and ity-four guns, six of whieli were urod by our infantry after a sharp jgle. In Lorraine the day was less mate for us. Our advance troops d themselves fared by exception strong positions. Tiiev won* hutch oil n tor attack to fall back in a which is solidly established on Soille and along the canal front Maine to the Rhine, ic German cavalry occupied BrusAnnouncetnent was made. i?g columns followed up this M-ent. Consul Leaves Liege. adon.?Victor H. Duras, American Consul at Liege, Belgium, reachmdoii. He left Liege a week beto make a report at Brussels to d Whitlock, American Minister dglum. Germans Gain Ground. is.?An official announcement said that Luneville Atnance and ard. in the department of Muerind Moselle, have been occupied he Germans. The French front wise has not been modified. e desire for knowledge, like the t for riches, increases with the Isition of it.?Sterne. je wisdom is to know what is worth knowing and to do what st worth doing. issed 1b he who has the art of ng friends, for it Is one of Ood'B gifts.?Thomas Hughes. rfe"bIGeventsj WEEK OF THE ^ Europe J| scbed for our Busy Tlie Belgian army retired on Ant-1 werp without having been engaged by the Germans. An official explanation of the Belgian tield army's backward movement towards Antewrp was given in the fol-j lowing cablegram from London to! Washington made public by the British embassy: "The Belgian field army based on Antwerp, has fallen back in that direction to cover its communl-j cation with that fortress. In anticipation that this might become necessary! tlie seat of government already had i been transferred to Antwerp. As Brus-! sels Is an undefended city and no long-' er the seat of government, the fact that the Germans may have occupied it is not of great importance. More* over the present position of the Belgian field army is a menace to the right flank of any further German advance u estward." The death of Tope Plus will be made | the occasion for another effort to bring about peace. It was stated that 1 when tlie conclave nipets in Borne to elect a new Pope it will send an ap-! peal to the warring nations for peace ! and wil ask the t'nited States to aid in bringing about tranquility. August "1?"German cavalry forces , passed through Brussels today going westward. They were followed later by an army eorps. ? "A war tax of $40,000,000 was lev! led on the city of Brussels by the I German general. Arrangements wore completed for the dispach twice daily 6f trains from Switzerland across France to the coast under diplomatic auspices. It is expected the service will commence in a few days and Quickly repatriate 20.000 Americans and 8.000 English who are in that country. A French official note said: A French dirigible last night threw a I number of projectiles upon two German cavlary camps in Belgium, causing great excitement. Despite the nre of the enemy, the air craft returned safely to the French lines." The Matin said the French had captured thus far 91 German field guns, four Hags and 19 automobiles. Lieutenant Colonel Itoussett. a retired military critic of excellent reputation I said the great battle has begun along ' a front of nearly 250 miles, 2.500,000 men taking pnrt. Great Britain decided to make a 1 loan to Belgium of $50,000,000. The i money will be raised by treasury bills, for which tenders were called today. August 22? A great battle between the Germans and the allied forces has begun, according to official announcement. The battle line extends from ! Namur to Charlerol, which lies about 20 miles to the west. A despatch to the Reuter Telegraph Company from Ghent said it is rumored that the Germans are marching to^iln ~T 'de, a town 14 miles southwest of Ghent. A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam said a large detchment of ' German cavalry suffered virtually annihilation in the suburbs of Mallnes, Belgium, Friday afternoon. They were met suddenly by a squad of Belgians in motor cars armed with machine guns. Most of the Germans were killed. A handful surrendered and were made prisoners. The official information bureau announced that an artillery attack upon . Namur by the Germans was now in progress. An English and a German cavalry brigade had a sharp fight on the battlefield at Waterloo.' August 23?The emreror of Japan declared war on Germany. This action was taken at the expiration of the time limit of Japan's ultimatum to Germany demanding the surrender of Klao-Chow. The Japan government has ordered the beginning of operations on land and sea. Coincidentally with Japan's decla1 ration of war against Germany, the British official news bureau announced that the Austro-Hungarian Govern' ment ordered the Austrian cruiser i Kaiserin Elizabeth now at Tsing-Tau. to disarm and instructed the crew to proceed to Tien-Tsin. The French and British troops face the greater part of the German army along a battle line which extends f>-on: Mons to Luxenburg frontier. The al i ued armies, whkh have been concen i trating at stateglc points for the past i two weeks, are believed to be strongly entrenched, with powerful forts to lend ' support in holding back the Invaders Reports are current that Emperor i Francis Joseph is seriously ill. While the Liege forts are said to be holding out. an official statement from i tlie French Government to!d of the blowing up of Fort Chaudefontaine by the Belgian commander after it had boon razed by German gnus. Official Russian dispatches claim victory for the Russian forces, over three German corps. Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian army describes Russian vie-j torics in East Prussia. The Servians apparently are driving out the Austrians, and a late dispatch by way of Italy said if is announced at Vienna that the operations agains* fiervia on the Drina Itiver have been abandoned. Announcements Announcements will lie inserted under this head until the primary at the following rates: For Congress, County and State, f.3; Magistrates and Cotton Weighers, $l.ot)?cash to accompany all cards. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representative in the coming primary, subject to the rules governing the same. J. CLIFTON RIVERS. I hereby announce myself a candlcate for Representative from Chesterfield county, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. H. N. AS KINS. 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