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mm-t . . ' T5he C h eraw Chronicle Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S; C.. NOVEMBER 11, 1915 Number 2 ' ? _ LORD KITCHENER GOES TO BALKANS Will Reniaia Close t o Fighting RESIGNATION DENIED War Minister Leaves For Dardanelles to Be Close to Fighti :g Line?Premier Ast'iiilh to Assume Duties Teinporari.y During Absence. "Lord Kitchener, at the request of his colleagues, lias left Kugland for a short visit to the eastern theater of war." This announcement, made alter a cabinet council and a long audience which Premier Asquith had with lhe king, set at rest the rutuors current as to the war aecretury's present intentions. Later an additional official statement was lsvned as follows: "The statement that Karl Kitchener has resigned his post as secretary of state for war has already been authoritatively denied. It is equally untrue to suggest that Karl Kitchener has tendered his resignation or that , his visit to the king had any relation to the eastern theater of war in any way betokens such resignation is con templates. ''On the contrary, this visit is undertaken by him in discharge of his duty as secretary of state for war, which duty he has no intention of abandoning." BULGARS DRIVEN BY ALLIES. Serbs Joined bv French and British Forces. . The Bulgarian force which has j been engaged for several days in u j battle with French troops around Valandovo has been driven back beyond Koutsa'' ona, almost to Kndovitsa. The battle continues near Strumitsa. Valandovo Is about twenty-five miles northwest of the Greek ry took part in the struggle and gave j efficient aid o tuo ?v .annus. me British hovsemn arriv?d from Krivolak to assist llmlr ellies. The Sorbi: \s captured 1/vor and Gradsko. The Bulgarians, whoso ranks are said to have I con decimated, are retreating in th direction of Voles and have evacun* ! the right bank of the Vardar river. BOOTY FR M SERB ARSENAL. Serbians Ex* ."ctod to Return Very Soon. The Overs s News agency gives out the folio . ing for publication: "According o the Cologne Gazette the Serbians .vhen leaving Kraguyevatz, felt eer in that they would return soon. ' Iiev. therefore, left the arsenal, ami : tuition. war material and metals ; most untouched, Only in the war ma it rial factories were - the belts cut and small parts of the machinery ta!.,*n. The factories, therefore, xvill i? easy to restore to their former worki ? crpneity. The value of the met:-.! . oils and rubber alone found in Ki 'guy< vatz is estimated at from .'{0 000.000 to fiA.OO .nop I marks t.ooo to $i2.r?oo.;>ooi.I The largest 1 .!'> of ;1??- t o-torn s wen*1 crowded wit'' French. Ann rieaii and German nine':;"in s." NEW C.FJEEK CAttlNFT. Skoulcudis " fikes IV.r-.:.,'n For'folio. Onl> P>.vo New Mm. The poll! ? :?I "? iin which lias ( ' nded tin- l'..iM;a:is finally has been ?> rcoine. M. Skoti oitdls having aee?? oil and performed the task of orjri 'zaitf a ? : which. belnjr comic; d of all the mo:*:! rs of the Zahu u on i ninon*. wbh tliel exception of iho ox pronr;"i- himself | will carry 01. the former irovrniaont's i policy of maintaining neutrality. The new eildnet is at the nnvey of] the Vcnizeios liiajoriiy in the chainber, but the impression is that no attempt will ho made to turn it nut, thus avoiding dissolution of purlin- | nient and a consequent eleetion. the .i* ?c ...i.; ,i ..i.i ,,.,1 i,,, iM,.i,,.i IC5UII "" ?" - 1 " "* while their :mny reinnln^niohil! /.? <!. Faraway Uranus. The co<>1 l? hnvlor of I'ranus toward the earth is tn.t <hn.:. in at goin^ undiscovered until 17M The poor old planet Is nearly I'.UK'.Ot.-?.??imiles away from the sun and ge's on.'y one three-hundreilt!is as inueh liaht and ! heat as the earth. A year on I'run us ! lasts through eighty-four years on earth. 1 he Woman of It. "What are you going to do when you grow up, AnnetteV" asked one little girl of another. "Marry some silly mail, I suppose," was the reply, "like most other wo- . dun's crri usTic. Report Shows RcmarknfcL' IVogress Throughout Country. Dun's report says: Though a full measure of recovery is not yet apparent in every branch of domestic enterprise, evidences of returning prosperity are multiplying throughout the commcrcltil world. of late the construetive movement has swung forward with a rapidity sel- j dom equalled. aud in wouie respects: recent Uwvelopiuruts aud a further growth of optimistic sentiment featured the iimnth just ended, when several new high records, including those of both production mid distribution, were established. During October, for the first time in ttie hiatory of the country. output of pig iron reached .'i.OOWOO tons; export trade, due largely to the urgency of the war demands, was of unmatched proportions; gold Imports were af unparalleled atee; bank cieariugt'fonched lig. ures aerai- before attained while a number of ataadn-rd stocks and bonds advanced to the heat prices of the year. VILLA DECREED DEATH. Four Americans Escape Third Death Sentence. Four Americans, released at Villa ** * - ' ' - ..-.1 V*211.t tliCAA v erae ny ticncnu ?um, um-i bu<.v? tfines having been condemned to death, arrived on American s^l and narrated their experiences as Hod Cross workers among: Villa's wounded on the battlefield of Agua Prieta. The party consisted of Dr. R. II. Thigpen. Dr. Charles II. Miller and two chauffeurs. A1 Wilson and .T. I). Pylnnt. The two physicians took to their beds upon their arrival as a result of their experiences and an allnight trump through tlie mountains. tieneral A'illa flew into i^ruge. Dr Thigpen said, when ire learned that the Americans could not guarantee the passage of his wounded over American tirrltory to Juarez. RECORD TRADE FOR U. S. New High Mark of $300,676,822 For September. September figures show a record export trade and generally increasing Import bir' pss, the bureau of ^a,'^yeHtje , commerce aiv g tnbiislicd tiie new high mark with $.*iOO.fi7d.S22. as compared with $1:::ih in September. 1014. . The only item to sliow a falling o(T was crude foodstuffs, of which $32,540.AS4 were exported in September. 1JM.". as ug.iinst exports of $41,SCO,- I 104 in September. 101 t. Tmonrts for tin* month were $1.11. 2.??6.02<5. as :s^r;iinst $l."!?.71fl,Gll in September. 1014. Verdict Is Reached on Admiral Little. The court -marl ia! at Post on. Mass., which has considered charges against Hear Admiral William M. Little. IT. S. X.. ret'red. preferred by the score- ( tury of the navy, agreed on a verdict ' and forwarded its Glidings to Washington. Whether the formal naval Inspector of construct ion was held blameless or was found guilty of no. gleet in recommending the submarine for ji.-.-i i ianee when hot hat- < terles deveJojied faults will not he made pal.1:, ' til th- \ :?-t is announced by ". ? retary P;'tie's. of f# I J* _-S! ! ' ' iUS ' fi/i n a \ t 1 ^ i '! ;'i H I !: li\ / 1 ! M S? : L > " " V -I 7-.2 / / v-\ (./ i' Th Cheraw Fire on Ship Dje to Incendiary. The Jire in the cargo of sugar on (ho British steamer Tti?? Lagns. which put in to Halifax with the flames still smouldering, was caused by an Ineenri'aiy bomb, according t? a statement bv Captain Hell, of the steamer. Captain Hell said the cargo, consigned to the British sugar commission at Cneenstown. had been loaded by Austrian and Herman stevedores at Yonkers. X. Y. Airship Launched From Aloving Ship. An aeroplane was successfully launched from a moving warship in I'ensacola bay when Capt. II. C. Mtistin. in mi aeroplane,, was shot out with a catapult operated by compress, ed air. from the cruiser North Carolina. which was moving at Ave knots an hour. Murders Wife and Son. Wounds Baby.! ? - -- ? >* V'.. , I I'?<!\v::r<l w ajjiiius. .>i. m York, secretarv to :i wealthy woman, killed liis wife and 4-year-old son. William, l?y cutting their throats with a razor: slashed the throat of his 2-mouths-oM daughter. Gertrude, and then committed suicide by cutting his own throat. Thomas H. Williams Dead. Thomas II. Williams, for more than twenty-five years president of the Old California .Toekey club at Oakland. Oal.. and one of the best known race horse men in the United States, Is dead at his home near Oakland. Chile in Peace Pact With U. S. The arbitration treaty between Chile and the United States, providing for inv<srigation by an iuteriiation commission of differences which cannot be settled through diplomacy! was approved by the senate. A Peculiarity of HusLiands. Whoever said all men may not he alike, but all husbands are. knew a good deal about husbands. Horatio is a husband?mine. One of his peculiarities is to ask me if I do anything a little unusual, what on earth I did it for, in a tone I have noti cd in other inveli:)mis find when ho uses thai tone I never tell him. A woman doesn't always know why she does things, does not alwaysi have time to think In , Langloy Pusher in ?3?f k~? t t ^ - v Deposit you The Bank > Cherav STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER E j/1 yyn compour / C/ in saving After t ]ome to Cheravv and nd attractive line of Suits an We have what you See our si Albrecht Fur IE EVi Yellow Stc Ploklng a Horse. A British cavalry officer, speaking of horses, said: "Give me a free baud and I should pick a roan?that is. for good temper and quick learning. Dark grays and blacks are mostly strong and hardy, and so are dark chestnuts. As a gen eral rule light chestnuts and light bays are nervous and delicate. A rusty black's a sulky pig nine times out of ten. Then, again, there are 'white stockings,.' as they call them. You know the old saying. 'One white leg's a bad un,'two white legs you may sell to a friend, three while legs you may trust for a time, four white legs you may lay Jour life on.'" Answered Too Well. Judge Parry in a recent article on "Rufus (."boate. Advocate," says on occasion Choute would meet with bis Sam Welter, Defending ? prisoner for theft of tjioncy from a ship. ? witness was called wlio had turned slate's evidence whose testimony went to prove tin* Choate's client had Instigated the ih|ft "Well.''-asked (Jhoatc. "what did be say? Tc|t us how and what he spoke to you." "Why." said <he witness, "he told us there was a man in Boston named (.'boate and he'd get us olT if they caught us with the money In our boots." Punninj His Specialty. "So yoi; h.ive made up your mind to be a specialist -in what line?" was the question put to a struggling doctor by n friend. Y "I don't know." was the answer. "I have heed considering various advantages in different branches. A chiropodist caili generally get a foothold no matter how bad business is; a manicurist hn? usually something on hand, and an.ear and eye specialist cau often get a hearing when there is anything in sight.. I haven't dwelt on the possibilities Of throat or dental or hair experts bcijnuse the two former always look doiM'in (be month and th? latter may get Jut a bald living or lie expect ed to djflTpr his patients!" j^Bgman Weakness. of Cheraw V, S. C. IANKS IN COUNTY COMBINED ided quarterly ;s department.1 he Fair look at our comple Ld Coats ! want and can fit yo Towing of s This Week A. ~ . ~ \NS ( >re People Art In Sandwiches. I The hostess who learns the art of making sandwiches Is ulways well fortified against problems when serving an Informal luncheon to guests. Close grained bread should be used, for coarse bread will crumble, and bread baked In round tins is preferable to that cut into slices und cut with a biscuit cutter, since the baked edges preserve the shape. Very moist fillings should be laid between lettuce leaves, and by buttering the bread the mols- ' tore cannot penetrate ft, making It sog gy.?Exchange. Pursuing an Elephant. Any one who has once followed a traveling elephant will not show any undue haste to repeat the amusement, said a man who has hunted big game In Africa. The elenhants sail along at i nn average pace of six miles au hour, regardless of the country, and stop for a bath or a short siesta perhaps once every three days. Anything more exasperating than following very fresh spoor at a dog trot hour after hour in a blazing sun. only to And & late hour In the afternoon that one was forty miles from camp, with no food or water anywhere in sight and that the elephant had increased his lead from one mile to ten, It would be difficult to imagine.?Exchange. Heckling Humor. ! A parliamentary candidate was bold Ing a meeting in Auld Iteekle at which the heckler was much in evidence, and the embarrassed candidate failed to give a single answer which was Judged to be satisfactory by the audience. Toward the end of the meeting an elector rose and quietly asked, "Sir, would you tell us what might be the name your second Initial stands for?" The unfortunate candidate, greatly puzzled at the purport of the question, asked in what way the Information could Interest the audience. "In this way," explained the interrogator, "we should be able to see If you could answer one I question!"?London Tatler. Serbs Destroyed Nlsh Magazines. "Following the fall of Nlsh," says ] the Berlin Tageblatt's correspondeat t Austrian press headquarters, "Ser- J blan troops holding the .Morava sec- ! tor, between Nlsh and Varrarin. are J beginning to retreat beyond Kruse- j ?' ? - - 1 ?V fV. .-.TV. 1 msn Oil IV lunj: riiuiijju IU pciiuiL uivtu ( to remove baggage and munitions trains. Then they blew up the magazines and evacuated the city." Italians Report Fresh Successes. The official communication of the ( Italian general headquarters, says: * "Throughout the whole of the theater ? of operations the actions of our ar- ( tillery continue and our infantry at- * tacks have gained fresh successes 4 for us." | Bulgars Predict End of Campaign. t The prediction that the Serbian 8 campaign will be ended in two or three weeks is made by M. Toncheff, Bulgarian minister of finance, in an interview published by the Berlin ^ Tagcblatt. Backward Boy*. Give the boy who is backward at ^ school or In his studies a fair chance. s Isaac Newton when at school was a 8 notorious dunce and nearly always j found himself at the bottom of the t class. 1 ? . 8 I t II a >u. jfni/i Jill i : !j ;o. ; T( t< tl s. c. ; Ik DISASIROUS FIRE IN CANDYFACMY Many Dead In New York Blaze rWELVE KNOWN DEAD rwelve Dead, Sixty Injured and Thirty Aliasing is the Toil of a Fire In a Brooklyn Candy Factory?Two Arrested. Twelve men and girls lost their lives in a lire that destroyed an old four-story brick and wooden factory n the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. A search of the ruins la expected to uncover the bodies of thirteen Dther victims, eight of them girls, reported as missing. Of the forty inlured, who were In hospitals, many ire expected to die and a score more tvere less seriously burned and jrulsed. Normally there were 300 employee if the candy manufacturing concern ?nd three clothing manufacturers In ;he building, but more than a third ind been dismissed for a Saturday lalf-holiday before the Are started. The flames were discovered by a ?lrl employe In the basement and Evere soon roaring up the elevator ihuft, around which wound the prlneipal stairway. Mrs. Edward L. Diamond, owner )f the building, and her husband were irrested on a charge of criminal negli. fence and remanded to Jail without >ail. NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN. U. S. Enters Strong Protest Against Blockade. The United States in its latest note to Great Britain, covering British interference with American trade since the beginning of the European war, leclares that the so-called blockade instituted by the allies against enemy lountrics on March 11 is "ineffective, Illegal and indefensible." Notice is jerved that the American government ^ ^ "conrot submitAto the curtailment of ? jgg Its neutral rights," and it cannot 7 'with complacence suffer subordination of its rights and interests." Ambassador Page was instructed jy Secretary Lansing "to impress nost earnestly" upon the British government that the United States "must nsist that the relations between it ind his majesty's government be governed not by a policy of exj>odiency, )ut by those established rules of inernational conduct to which Great Jritnin in the past has held the United States to account when the latter na. ion was a belligerent engaged in a itruggle for national existence." WILSON ATTACKED BY EDITOR. Uleges Speech Was Directed at Qerman-Americans. The Morgeupost attacks President JTllson sharply for his remarks In his peech In New York concerning perons In the United States who are parlsans of othar causes than that of Lmerlca. and have forgotten that heir chief allegiance Is to the Amercan government. The Morgenpost ays the elections "brought a heavy noral defeat for the president." and hat his speech was In retaliation for this German-American punishment," nd was obviously directed against lerman-Araerlcans. The form of the president's speech, he newspaper asserts, was such as iad never before been heard from n American president and sucb as rould not have been considered pwlble from the head of the state. Negroes Are Targets For Posse. A posse of a thousand men, headed y Sheriff Barnes, of Taylorrllle, 111., urrotinded In a wood thrse negroes ceused of shooting Guy A. Wlatere, f Decatur. shot one of the Degroes 0 dentil and captured a second. The egroes are accused of shooting Winsrs. who Is a Wabash train conducor, when he put them off his train, le will recover. P. A. B. Widener Dead. P. A. P. Widener, widely-known inanclcr. is dead at his home at El. Ins Park, near Philadelphia. Death 1 believed to have been due to adnnccd age. For several years past Ir. Widener had bfen gradually withrawing from directorships of a Burner of corporations In which he had een formally active. uperdread naught en Endurance Run. The s*;|icrdre?:dn:iught Nevada lade low twclvc-luuir endurance run t Rockland. Me., on which she was pquin d t?> maintain a speed of nine?en knu'x an hour. The Oklahoma, ie sister -Mn of the Nevada, will ave her s vlardization trials on th l i~ 1..I enousrui !'!!?>* t-unj Human Mortality. Taking the average for the world oiind, fewer thau half of the babies )rn live to be fifty years of age. '