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IlL ' ' - r- SNEAKS FROM PORT Aimu linei lositania to W RISK GERMAN CAfTORE STANDS BY HIS FRIENDS [|^ GOV. BLEA8E PARDON'S ONE OF t r' HIS HENCHMEN. fiERHANS 1AIE FIERCE AmCI ON BELGIAN FORTS SUPS WATCHING FOR HER M I N. W English Liner Leaves New York Har bor While Warships of Three Na tions Hover On Her' Trail.—The Chances Are For First Naval Bat- # .V tie in Century Near Our Coast. Three British, one German and one French man-of-war Wednesday night were hovering off the New Jersey coast, almost within striking dis tance of New York These war ves sels all have been watching the steamship lanes presumably to cap ture liners of hostile nations. Steamships conditions off the American north Atlantic coast have taken on some of the aspects of a blockade. Foreign vessels which ven ture to leave New York go forth un der risk pf capture. Others incoming traveled for the most part at full speed ahead, regardless of danger in darkness and fogs. Their wireless oreprators caught fragments of con vernation between cruiser and cruiser but' were unable 1 to interpret what they overheard as the messages were in code. Each day the number of ships daring to sail from New York to Eu >pean ports has been growing small Wednesday only three went out -the French steamship La Lorraine, carrying 700 French reservists and about 300 other passengers; the Cunard liner Lusitania, with 245 passengers for England and the Greek liner Athenian, with 800 Greek, 200 Italian and a few Servian reservists, for the Mediterranean. Usually the Lusitania takes five and one-half days to make her Eng lish port. This trip she will make it in less than five days, it was de clared on board before sbe sailed The cargo of the Lusitania was kept secret. It was said, however, that she carried only about $250,000 in money. It was declared that Capt. Dow, her commander, expected to re ceive orders at sea as to where he should put in. Also it was said that the Lusitania had an extra supply of ccal and the first officer added: "We are prepared to out anything down we meet at sea." The Lusitania was fitted up for machine guns on deck, but it was not admitted that such guns were on board, although it is believed they were. The first of the German fighters to arrive off the American coast^ was the German cruiser Dresden The Dresden, by wireless measures inter- * cepted at shore stations, revealed the presence of a second German, the Karlsruhe, and later the crackling wireless flung out across the sea mile> the Intimation that not only the Brit ish Berwick, but^the French Conde were within speaking range. Then to these were added the Lan caster and the Essex, which coaled at Bermuda and left that port on a mys terious mission only a few days ago And from some of the headless ru mors along the wf^ter front in New York the German Stuttgart should be added to the list. The German's chances of capturing .4Mie Lusitania are not believed to be ^^Perbright,'even were she not con veyed. Such chances as they have are based solely on the Karlruhe. Netth er the Dresden not the Stuttgard is rated at more than 23 knots, and it is doubtful if the Dresden, after a long sojourn in tropic waters, cojuld ap proach that speed. The Karlsruhe, on the other hand is a new ship, nearly fresh from the builders’ hands, and while the secre of her speed is unknown, it is known she was built for, 27 knots, and that' most German ships have either equalled dr exceeded their designed speed. On form, therefore, the Karlsruhe must be conceded a chance to capture the British liner. \, The chances are heavily in favor bf the British and French in a sea fight. So much so, indeed, that it is most likelY that the . Germans would prudently trust to their speed to show the enemy a clean pair of heels. It would not be a sea fight, probably, unless a running one, for the three British ships and the Frenchman are armored cruisers while the three Germans are only light protected ships. The Dresden and the Stuttgart car ry only ten 4.1 inch guns apiece, and the Karlsruhe twelve of the same calibre, while the three British ships carry each fourteen 6-inch and the Conde has a battery of 7.6 inch guns in turrets and eight 6.4 inch in broadside. If thels’ were not enough odds against the Germans, Atlantic City Who Had Been Convicted of Most Outrageous Conduct While a Rural Policeman. The Pee Dee Advocate, published at Bennettsville, says Joe P. Hinson has been granted a full pardon by Gov. Blease before ever beginning to serve his sentence. The Advocate says the facts in this case are familiar to the people of Marlboro. Hinson was charged, while a rural policeman, with shooting Walter Pruitt, beating E. P. Barber over the head with a pistol, punching O. B. Moye and Mrs. Moye in the stomach with pistols while Mrs. Moye was in delicate condition, entering the Moye’s room and lying across thair bed and child in a drunken stupor, befouling their bed clothing and room and cursing and abusing Mrs, Barber, and o£her outrageous conduct during night which he spent at the home of E. B. Barber. ~ The county supervisor employed two firms of attorneys and the county paid them $10fi each to defend Hin son. His trial was put off from time to time by his attorneys. After wait ing for several months for a trial, Mr. and Mrs. Moye returned to their Geor gia home. Hinson was finally brought to trial in March, 1913, for shooting Walter Pruitt. After a very strenuous fight iirhis behalf bY the attorneys employed by the county, Hinson was convicted by the jury and was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary. The at torneys employed by the county ap pealed in the case to the supreme court, and Hinson was released on bond The appeal has never been argued in the supreme court. CONTRABAND OF WAR WAR CALLS ARE SENT ENGLAND NAMES ARTICLES NOW UNDER WAR BAN. \ AUSTRIA AND SERVIA WANT ; -a ' their Native sons. ESTIMATED LOSS 8,000 . . ■ - 'v-3 -• For Two Days Gun of Kaiser's Have Battered the Walls of Liege—At tackers Suffer Heavy Loss on the First Day but Renew Battle With Great Vigor on Next Day. After having suffered a serious check and heavy caulalties ' at the hands of the Belgians at Liege Wed nesday the German troops Thursday returned to the fray with redoubled ardor, and Thursday night were pounding away at the forts with siege and field guns and rifles. In the fighting of Wednesday the estimates of the German casualties run as high at 8,000 men. The inva ders also are said to have lost a large number of guns. In one attack a German infantry division supported by cavalry, march ed onto mined grounr. The Belgians detonated the mines and an entire battallion of Germans were killed. Wounded Germans to the number of 1,000 were picked up on the battle field. It is estimated that iu the fight ing 40,000 Germans were faced by 25,000 Belgians. In the attack on Fort Parchon, northeast of the city, the Belgians permitted the Germans to draw up al- iost to the walls of the fortress. They theq turned loose their guns and the slaughter is reported to have been appalling. Under the teirlfic fire here and from the other forts the Germans were forced to retire all alonr the Proclamation Gabled to Washington Follows Usual Line Calling Muni tions of War Absolute Contraband.. The Natives of Those Countries Clash at Gary, IndL; Joliett, 111., and In Los Angeles, Cal. The governor has now annulled the Itne. verdict of the jury and the sentence of the judge, and forestalled the ac tion of the supreme court. Hinson was an ardent supporter of Gov. Blease In his campaign for governor, and it was freely predicted that he would never allow him to serve sen tence. There Is a case still pending In the court against Hinson for assault upon E. B. Barber. At the last term of court the grand Jury recommend ed that steps be token to reimburse the county for money which had been paid out to attorneys to defend Hin son. OFFERS GOOD OFFICES. Wilson Addresses Rulers of Powers Engaged in War. President Wilson Wednesday offer ed his good offices to all the powers involved In the war. The president has sent the following message to Emperor William. Emperor Nicholas, Emperor Franz-Joseph, President Poincare and King George: "As official head of one $t the pow ers signatory to The Hague conaen- tion, I feel it to be my privilege and my duty under Article Three of that convention to say to you in a spirit of most earnest friendship that I should welcome an opportunity to act in the interest -of European peace either now or at any other time that might be thought more suitable, as an occa slon to serve you and all concerned in a way that would afford me lasting cause for gratitude and happiness. (Signed 1 "Woodrow Wilson " PAROLED MAN SHOT Fort Mill Man Suffers Wounds Which May Prove Fatal. Otis Hilton, who Is said to have been paroled from the State peniten- tiay by Gov. Blease some months ago for the killing of a negro in Chester, was shot and seriously wounded in a drug store at Fort Mill at 9 o’clock Tuesday jpight by his second cousin, Will F. Johnson.' Three balls enter ed Hilton’s body, though it Is not thought that he is fatally wounded. Johnson was arrested immediately after the shooting and locked ,up. Bad feeling is said to have existed between the men for some time, and when they met in the drug store Johnson is said to have begun shoot ing at Hilton without a word having passed between them.' ships or better, the Conde, the fast est qf the- French, has never shown better than 21. The British ship*, however, are rated as practically as fast as the Germans, and if they catch a glimpse of the latter, may be able to head them off, single-hand ed. If a sea fight actually does take place in the waters off the Jersey coast it will be the first In one hun dred years. It - was In the fall of 1814 that Capt. Stephen Decatur of A detachment oY Uhlans penetrat ed the city of Liege Wednesday night with the intention,-It is suspected, of capturing high officials. They had ar rived at the building where the of fleers had quarters when they were surprised and all of them killed German shells Thrsday breached the walls of two of the fortresses, which were captured. From the oth er forts, however, the Belgians con tinued to pour a deadly rain of shot and shell into the advancing Ger mans. The Germans were able to use their light siege guns against the forts of Liege, which are 30 years old Two ot*them are holding out. The Belgians are making a determined resistance before their city. H seemed certain that the fortlfi cations could not stop the German army, and the only question was whether its advance could be delay ed. The fortifications already had held for thirty-six hours and the fierce struggle the Germans had made, and would still hxve to make It was believed, would compel them to pause and revictual. If the German army succeeds in destroying Liege it will find itself confronted by an entrenched camp at Namur, at which the Belgians are preparing to make a stand as fierce as that at Liege. The Belgian army was brilliantly fulfilling its task of delaying the German advance, and it appears certain the German plan for campaign in Belgium would be bin dered by the obstinate stand of the Belgians. Despite the heroic resistance of the Belgians it is felt in Brussels that the invaders, by reason of their great great strength, can not much longer be denied and that ultimately they must gain the city of Liege, whence they are expected to press onward to Namur in their effort to cross Bel gium to the French frontier. At Namur, which is strongly fortified it is asserted the Germans will meet resistance as strong as that at Liege The strategic importance of Liege is many sided. Principally It Is the most strongly fortified obstacle to the supposed plan of the Germans to cut across the lower half of Belgium into French territory, but in addition to this the city is of itself a prize in many ways. Liege is the Pittsburg of Belgium. For miles to the southwest along the river Meuse therd are scores of blast furnaces, pudding furnaces rolling mills and forges. It is the site of the famous Cockerill Works said to be the largest manufactory of machinery in the world. Liege proper with a population of 168,000, lies at the junction of the Meuse and the Ourthe in a basin margined by hills All around the city Is a wealth of coal and -iron ore. The mines extend even under the city and river. These natural riches, in connection with the favorable situation of the city at the junction of two ^ navigable rivers have given rise to the extensive man ufacturlng industry in. the city itself, The products are varied, but the principle ones, and that which would Great Britain's contraband of war proclamation was cabled to the State department Thursday by Ambassador Page. It placed arms, ammunition and all..distinctly military supplies on the list of "absolute" contraband, and designated fQod, grain, money, horses and general supplies as "conditional" contraband, subject to seizure and to the contraband laws when intended for the use of a Power with which Great Britain is at war. The procla mation follows the usual lines, and those issued by other countries in volved In the war will be virtually identical. It names the following as absolute contraband: 1. Arms of all kinds and their component parts. 2. Projectiles, charges and cart ridges and their distinctive compon ent parts. 3. Powder and explosives specially prepared for use In war. 4. Gun mountings, lumber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges and their distinctive component parts. 5. Clothing and equipment of a distinctly military character. 6. All kinds of harness of a dis tinctively military character. 7. Saddle, draugh and pack ani mals suitable for use in war. 8. Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts. 9. Armour plates. 10. Warships, Including boats and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war. 11. Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and air craft of all kinds and their component parts, along with acces sories and articles recognizable for use In connection with balloons and air craft. 12. Implements and apparatus de signed exclusively for the manufac ture of munitions of war, for manu facture of repair of arms or war ma terial for use on land and sea. The following will be treated conditional contraband: 1. Foodstuffs. 2. Forage and grain suitable for feeding animals. 3. Clothing, fabrics for clothing and boots and shoes suitable for use in war. 4. Gold and silver in coin or bul lion, paper money. 5. Vehicles of all kinds available for use In war and their component parts. 6. Vessels, craft and boats of all kinds, floating docks, parts of docks and their component parts. 7. Railway material both fixed and rolled stock, and material for tele graphs, wireless telegraph and tele phones. ___ 8. Fuel, lubricants. 9. Powder and explosives not spe cially prepared for uae In war. 10. Barbed wire and implements for fixing and cutting the same. 11. Horse shoes and shoeing ma terials. 12. Harness and saddlery. 13. Field glasses, telescopes, chro nometers and all kinds of nautical instruments. A proclamation calling upon all patriotic Austrians, Hungarians and Coatians to forward their addresses at once to their nearest consulate has been forwarded for publication to all pro-Anstro-Hungarlan newspapers throughout the United State* by Charles Winter, who is In charge of the Austro-Hungarian consulate In New York city^ The proclamation contains the am nesty proposal announced Tuesday At the consulate it was said returns were expected from all Austrian sub jects who had received special or in dividual cans to arms. Theee reserv Ists, it was said, would be the first to be sent over, then will come the oth ers who have answered the general mobilisation call. No official word has as yet been re ceived at the Servian consulate at New York concerning mobilisation calls. This was acounted for by the fact that all cable messages from Servia must come through Italy and Austria and therefore may have been stopped in transit. Thus far the war olouds overhang ing Europe have not greatly affected bookings for European ports. About 400 Austrians and Servians sailed on the la Savoie. Cable advices from Paris and London made public indi cated thousands of~Xfeiertcan tour ists were awaiting developments her YffTe continuing trips eastward The large foreign quarter of Gary, Ind., of steel workers Is aflame with war excitement. The New York con sul has telegraphed the M00 Ser vians to prepare for jrar. Greek and Servian women have organized a Red Cross League and have collected $3,- 000. Wednesday night there was a big Servian and Greek demonstra tion, hundreds of men and women parading the streets singing patriotic songs. * Two Austrians were probably fa tally injured in a fight with Servians at Los Angeles, Cal., early Wednes day. According to accounts given the police several Austrians were attack ed by Servians, the leaders crying we will kill all Austrians before they go back to fight ns." A mob quickly gathered but was dispersed by police, a number of arrests were made. „ Austrians and Servians in the large foreign settlement of steel mill em ployees at Joliet, 111., were wrought to a high pitch Wednesday and police guards were Increased as a resudt of a clash Tuesday night in which many shots were fired The riot broke out when a mass meeting of Servians was invaded by several hundred Austrians who jeered the speakers. Fighting began with fists and clubs and the mob poured Into the street where revolvers were drawn. The police say that wounded persons were con cealed by their friends. SUMMONED TO ARMS. the U. S. S. President slipped out of ’Wireless dispatches Indlemt Y<frk harbor under cover of make Liege a valuable prize of war >'■ ing that not only the Conde, but the rtes and Friant, French pro- cruisers were somewhere In vicinity There was a rush of Atlantic Cfty- residents to the top* o ’ buildings, in the hope of seeing naval battle, when the news spread abroqd. but they were disappointed The Descartes and Frlant are pro tected cruisers, each mounting four €.4 inch guns on deck, and haring a •peed of about twenty knots apiece. But while the German* are all -thrbe knot night In an attempt to run the Brit ish blockade. He fell foul of the British frigate Endymion, and while engaged with, her was'surronnded by the whole Brttleh ed, after a desperate action, to Bur- render. 1 * French Socialists Will Fight. At a mass .meeting Tneedsy the French Socialists determined to fight for thefr country and not to attempt for the murder of thstr Joe* Jsuree, last Friday German Emperor Calls Men to De fence of Fatherland. The German emperor has issued an order to the German army and navy in which he says: "After 42 years of peace, I call upon all Germans capable of bearing arms. We have to defend our most sacred posessions in fatherland and home against the reckless assault on all sides of enemies. "That means hard fighting. I am confident that the ancient warlike spirit still lives in the German peo pie, that powerful warlike spirit which attacks the enemy wherever It finds him, regardless of cost, and which in the past has been the dread and terror our enemies. “I have confidence in you, Ger man soldiers—in each and all of you An ardent, indomitable will for vic tory is living in each and all of you I know, if needed, each and all of you would die like heroes. “Remember our greatest, glorious past and that you are German. God bless you." Canada Calls for Volunteers. The Canadian government has call ed for 20,000 volunteers. They will be mobilised at Quebec and trained before embarkation. Is thal or*fi?6aTttli: More than 39, 000 persons are employed in the manufacture of guns, ranging from small anna Th'firfs tne royal cannon - factory and small arm factory also, in thsKsnbnrb of St. Leqriard. In wars of the last century Liege has played only a small part, but to day the city la well defended with modern fortiftentions. Its strength. H Is said. Is far greater than geoer-1 their concrete ally bus bee* appreciated by strate- 1 and lowered at gists. In 1888 the Belgium author! ties decided to adequately fortify British Cruiser Hite Mine. both Liege “inT Wimur71Ee'two Tm : ^t British osuiset portant points on the Meuse. At each Bloodhound puppies, English regis tered pure-bred; W. N. Curia, ML Holly, N. C. * For Brie—Velvet Beans. 92 bushel L o. b. Alachua, Fla. Cash with or der. Caswell t Grimes, Alachua, Fla. strain B. C.' —Hatching eggs, $8 per 100; fl.50 per setting. Red Briar Farm, Hen dersonville, 8. C. White for sale at sacrifice. Bggs tor hatch ing. W. P. Causey, 1919 Dickens 8L. Columbia. 8. C. For Bale - One Flanders SO, two aeM cases, top, eztra seat Car la ex cellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Bnrbenk, Union. 8. U. Glenn Springs, S. C., Hi* Garner House Nearest to Spring. Meet guests at Whitestone with automo bile Write for Information. Indian Banner Deck layers, easily raised. $1 per 19. Exprees or parcel post paid. Mrs. R. B. Kirk, Lancacster, 8. C. R. 9. For Sale ■ Tompkin’s and Langford's high class Single Comb Rede. Fine breed. Select matings. Eggs, f 1.90 |2 and |S per 19. Yoaag chicks. Mrs. John Kerr, Dm ham, N. C. Why Not Spend the hot summer days at the Meadow Brook Farm? En joy good water, fresh fruits and vegetables. For terms write Mrs. R. P. Freeman, Horse Shoe, N. C. ►or Sale—Complete saw mill, 20 h. p. holler and engine on wheels; splendid condition at law price; also 35 foot motor boat 8, H. Robertson, Sampson’s Wharf, Va. For Sale—Mountain Grown Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes Plant la July and raise fin* crop. Price. 91.50 per bushel. Ordeg now, from C. P. Sanders, Spartanburg. 8. 0. For Bale—Entire stock of general merchandise valued at 91.590, more or lees. Will sell at reasonable fig ures. Stock in good condition. Alan on# desirable let on Mala streeL Address A. a Rle*. Fountain Ian. JoSlay k W«U Keei^The Biood^Riyht r PHERE is no health where the life enr- rent Is poisoned. It msr be the nerve# ere crying oat for relief from headache* and sleeplessness; perhspe the muscles ache—Oh, how they hart— the bones m»y be sore; the skin may break ont—all oftbeseareonly symptoms. "The blood is the life" and it most be pore and abundant if yon are to be well. T'HERE Is no help In tree tine symptoms. * Oet down to the cause, remove that, and the symptoms will all disappear. How can nervea be steady, digestion good and head clear when through them all la flowings constant stream of poison f Purify Your Blood And Be Healthy Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy has proved Its usefulness In such esses by forty years' service. Uterally thousands of families In (the South have used it when needed, and many testify to Its vsins. Your druggist ought to have it If he hasn’t send $1.00 to the REMEDY SALES CORPORATION, Ckariette, N. C., and they will send you e big bot&e and full directions at once. and congested surfaces. valuable for women, end about be used for ulcerations. It is eepedaUy dd always -On car line. Best mod erately priced aummer home In Western North Caroline. |« to It per week. Write tor Informattea. Mrs. W. A. Scott, 261 Chestnut St., Asheville, N. C. 8B0 Acres Honetam Goaty, Ftee Farming and Peach Laad—Railway way station on place. Don’t heri- tote on account of prlca, 919,999 for this which! Is worth f20,990. Southern Insurance A Realty Co- Life Bonding, Mason, On. LANDER COLLEGE Greenwood, 8. C. OPENS SEPT. 10, 1014. Send for Catalogue. Eludes British Warship. - . The German steamer Frieda Leon- hart, loaded with two million feet of lumber, was chased Into Jacksonville harbor Wednesday by a British war ship, which hung onto Its course for several hundred miles. ' VV SEWERAGE IN THE COUNTRY. One great problem peculjar to the rural districts is that of the proper disposal of poisonous organic refuse and similar waste matter. In the cities, such matter Is completely and satisfactorily taken care of in the modern sewerage systems, and thus the city is enabled to preserve a cleanliness which Is its greatest aid in fighting disease. '■ Aa. « When such matter is allowed to stand in the open, as every rural resident knows, it becomes a swarm ing place for flies and a hot-bed for disease germs; it pollutes the soil and drinking water, and Is always an unsightly and embarrassing nui sance. Such conditions are generally the cauee of slckesa and disease. The Sanitary Septic Tank, especial ly designed along approved lines for use In the rural districts, and manu factured by Weston A Brooker, Co lumbia,^ S. C., completely solves the . problem of sewerage disposal for the rural home. It is of small size; made of reinforced concrete; simple, easy to install, never gets otit of order or needs attention. Placed just be neath the surface, and connented with the house by a short pipe line, - it securely' keeps the poisonous or ganic matter enclosed Intll, by nat ural processes, It disintegrates, and then seeps out Into the ground, harm less mineral matter and water. Ap proved by health authorities. Its cost is small. .It affords all the conveniences and the full protection of the city sewerage system. It Is well "worth your while to know all about this Sanitary Septic Tank, and you can do so by simply writing to Weston A Brooker, Columbia. 8. C. WCTW drawn ‘advance varying from within four to six mild* pf the city. - At Liege twelve of these forts were con structed, ate on the\ right bank and six on the left side of the- river, ah of the f&rts have been kept fairly well up to date, The hdsvy guns la tons and dairying 292 men, struck a torpedo Thursday and sank. aeatn. Germans Repulse Russian Cavalry. A force of Russian Cossacks which attempted-, to. overran the German frontier guard at Bolden, in Bast Thursday were repulsed with eavy loss*. Attention All Machinery Owners When yon install Machinery you need a chain Nock. We from 800 lb. Mpaetty fcufi.OQO Ih. i—““ fiUPPLY COMPANY, S23 West