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- ■. ~ v * ■■ • ---*——■— : —J*-- .. mms ~ %•- *- *. *. •• - '4 / SINK THREE SHIPS Sl’BMAIUNKS SI KVHOSSI'I I.I.Y AT TACKS BRITISH FliERT. ■ f * H SHOCKS ENGLISH NATION Five (•ernian \essrt.s Sneak I'pon KnglisEi Crulnet-s and Surcessfully Attack Three of Kneinj-—Two Sub- ' marineH Keportesl to Have Hone I’nder Ships of Older Type. . ti r A daring raid of German subma rines across the North Sea, which resulted Tuesday in the sinking of the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, has diverted attention momentarily from the battlefields of the continent. The crews of all three of the sunken warships were composed largely of naval reservists. The Aboukir was the first ship struck. About 6 o'clock in the morning she received three torpedoes and the ex plosion blew out a large section of the bottom at the bow, capsizing the ship. The crew had no time to launch lifeboats and tried to save themselves by jumping. The boat was out of sight beneath the waves within three or four minutes after the explosion. The Hogue, which was nearby, heard the explosion and immediately launched lifeboats to save the swim ming survivors but while this was going on the Hogue herself was tor pedoed, apparently In the same man ner as the Aboukir. three shots reaching her hull, according to sur vivors. The Hogue sunk in a few minutes but the greater part of her crew were saved in their own boats. The Cressy at this point discover ed the presence of two German sub marines on the way to attack her and began shelling them with heavy projectiles. The Cresny's marksman ship was excellent and both subma rines were demolished. Meanwhile, from the ot{»er side, the Cressy her self was torpedoed in two places and sank immediately. When the attack occurred the cruisers were steaming in a line ahead three miles apart The sailors, far from being dls couraged at the mishap, express the conviction that Admiral Jelicoe now will teach the Germans a lesson and that the ships of the line when they come into action will amply avenge the destruction of the cruisers. Special praise is given Captain Voortaera of the Flora by survivors. With only IS men in his crew he -carried out the work of rescue with the greatest skill. Owing to the roughness of the sea the task of tak ing on board men stiff with cold was extremely difficult and many of them had to be handed up by means of ropes This was one of the things the navy had been led to expect, for the Germans frankly had avowed that their plan was to reduce British naval superioritw by submarine raids and the sowing of mines, and they have been training their young offi- ters for sallies of this kind. Nevertheless, it came as a shock to Englishmen that big ships such as those sunk could so easily be attack ed and destroyed while the German fleet has remained in safety in its mine and fortress protected harbors.' The British fleet must keep the seas to insure Gredt Britain’s food supply and In dotug so must run great risk. The Cressy, Capt. Robert W. John- - son; the. Aboukir, Capt. John E. Drummond, and , ffie IJ^gue, Capt. Wilmot S. Nichson, were sister ships. They were armored cruisers of a comparatively obsolete type and were built 14 years ago. The Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy each had a displacement of 12,000 tons. Each was 4 40. feet long and 69.5 feet wide, drew 26 feet of water and had a complement of 755 men, Including officers. The armaments consisted of two 9.2-inch guns, 12 6-inch guns, 12 12- poundeds and five 3-pounders each. The Aboukir and the Cressy were built at Govan and the Hogue at Bar- row. . The lists of the casualties among the -crews will be published as soon as they are known. The I9SS of life probably will be heavy. ■* Neither the time nor the scene of the disaster is given in the official report. The announcement says a consid erable number of the crews of the vessels were saved by H. M. S. Low’e- stoft and by a division of torpedo boat destroyers. Trawlers and their boats also aided in theNyork of res cue. X x - A dispatch received from the'Hook of Holland says the Dutch steamer Titan has arrived there bringingr 20 British -wounded and some dead, picked up in the North Sea after -the •inking of the British cruiser Abou kir, Hogue and Cressy. regailed tUa sr occurred at TlWacloclc day morning. The Titan picked up IS A WAR OF MACHINES MEN TURN HANIHiKS WHICH HEM) FORTH DEATH. ~1 1 Many Soldiers Are Found Dead With No, Wounds, Having Heen Huffo- cated by Mllinite Fumes. In an interview at Baris Monday a wounded officer said to a war corre spondent: , ‘■This is not a.!war of men; it is a war of machines. There is an ap palling souliessness about it that is savagely inhuman. Men turn handles and death files out in large bundles. That is what this battle has been. j It Is all really one battle on thg Marne and the Alsne. ' . •No one can even conceive what the battle has been who has not seen the battlefield. Men could never kill one another by heaps and hecatombs. They would sicken at such wholesale slaughter. They would cry. ‘We are soldiers, not butchers. A battle field would not be an abattoir. Only machines ingeniously constructed to destroy men as locusts have to be de stroyed when they sweep over fertile land, only automatic death dealers without heart, pity or remorse could carpet the earth with the dead in this frightful way.’ ” Another witness to the terrific slaughter which is not yet generally realized told me that the French shells burst with terrific effect and tear legs and arms to pieces. If the wound is in the head or stomach it is all over. This soldier added: "It Is quite true, too, that many men have been found dead without any wound. We find them as we go over the fields of battle kneeling or sitting in the trenches in a natural attitude just as if they were still alive, just as they knelt or sat when a shell burst and in an instant suffo cated them with the melinite fumes.’ A Red Cross nurse, a clever, busi ness-like French woman, w'ho had ex perience in the Balkan war, said: “Germany must be one vast hospital and France is beginning to be the same. 1 have just travelled from the Atlantic coast right through the cen ter of France and saw' wounded everywhere. "Already beds are becoming scarce, though fortunately there are so many slightly wounded, that is. cleanly Injured, that they recover quickly and make room for new comers. But It brings home the im mensity of the struggle to see every available school. Institution and pub lic hall turned Into a hospital, as well as every big railway station and num berless private houses." OFFICUL REPORT 2 i _ IIKITISII COMMAXDKR TELLS OF FIGHT UP TO FRIDAY. ARTILLERY FRE HEAVY DESCRIBES WAR SCENE ROADS STREWN WITH ^EAD* AF TER GERMANS PASSED. WAR REVENUE. Bill to go Through House With Eight Hours Del)ate. Early disposition in the House of the war revenue'bill to raise approx imately $105,000,000 was indicated Tuesday, when Majority Leader Underwood announced that it would be brought up Thursday under a rule limiting debate to four hours. Republican members will attack the measure along lines suggested in a minority report filed by Represent ative Payne of New York, protest ing that there was "no occasio’n for panic, hasty or headlong action to heap heavier burdens upon the peo ple.” The Democrats were charged with extravagance. Failure or the new tariff to meet expectations of its framers, als owas claimed The majority report of the ways and means committee, filed with the bill. deicla,red that the new tariff laws and other sources of revenue would have yielded sufficient gov ernment funds had it not been for the European war and consequent de crease in customs receipts. BUYING HORNES. I French Government Seeking Mounts From This State. ■vs- Representatives of the French gov ernment were in Greenville Saturday to purchase horses for the French army. This would indicate that not only have been been killed out in the war In Europe, but that the horses in the cavalry have suffered likewise. The two representatives were in An derson Thursday and purchase^ about 500 animals in and around the county. The animals will be shipped* to Canada and 1rj»m there will be sent to France for use lo the army r DEVELOPING SLOWLY. — *■ *" ■ f Huge Russian Army Preparing to Take Offensive in Austria. 144 wrrlvors, moat of whom were transferred to British torpedo, boats. A dispatch from Ymnldsn, Hol land. sars that according to ■iirriroVs from the enHoers who arrived (here two of th* fire Ger- r boats wfifeb attacked The Russian offensive against Aus- Atja is developing slowly. There are great stretches~Trt-country to cover and enormous numbers of men tp move. Austria, it is. colmputed, has not more than 500,000 men left to uard her northern frontier a: 1*0 - **■ MPPMAAA- -OlTH withdraw them to Cracow in some some of order she can rely on the help of a well trained German army corps and tank the British cruisers Abou kir. Creasy and Hogue were sent to the bottom by the British ships. Hir John French l^ads Up to ()|>en- ing Hi-umIi at the River Alsne Over a Week Ago and Says the Battle so Far as British Troops Are Con cerned, is Still There. The following descriptive account from Field Marshal Sir John French’s headquarters &f the British army’s operations up to September 18 was issued Tuesday night: "General Headquarters; "18 September, 1914. "At the date of the last narrative, September 14, the Germans were making a determined resistance along the river Alsne. Opposition, which at'first it was thought might possibly I? of a rear guard nature not entail ing material delay to our progress, has developed and has proved to be more serious than was anticipated. "The action now Being fought by the Germans along their line may have been undertaken to gain time for some strategic operation and may not be their main stand. But if this is so. the fighting Is naturally on a scale which' makes it undistinguish- able in its progress from what is known as a pitched battle,- though the enemy certainly showed signs of considerable disorganization during the earlier days of their retirement phase. "Whether originally it was intend ed by them to defend the position they took up as strenuously as they have done, or w hether the delay gain ed for them during the 12th and 13th by their artillery has enabled them to develop their resistance and force their line to an extent not originally contemplated, can not yet-be ascer tained. "So far as we are concerned the action still being contested is the bat tie of Alsne. The foe we are fighting Is just across that river along the whole of our front to the east and west. The struggle is not confined to the valley of that river, though it will probably bear its same. "The progress of our operations and the French armies nearest us for the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th will now be described. "On Monday, the 14th, those of our troops which on the previous day had crossed the Alsne, after driving in the German rear guards on that evening, found portions of the ene my’s forces ’ in prepared defensive positions on the right bank and could do little more than secure a footing north of the river. This, however, they maintained in spite of two coun ter-attacks. in which the fighting was severe. "During the 14th strong reinforce ments of our troops were passed to the north bank. Close co-operation was maintained with the French forces and the general progress was good, although the opposition was vigorous anc^the state of the roads, after the heavy rains, made move ments slow. "One division alone, after repuls ing repeated attacks, captured 600 prisoners and 12 guns. The cavalry also took a number of prisoners. Many Germans taken belong to the reserve and* landwehr fofmations, which appears to indicate that the enemy is coinpelled to draw on other classes of sphliers to fill gaps in-his ranks. - "There vt as a heavy rain through out the night of September 14-13, and during the 15th the situation underwent no essential,change. But it became evident that the enemy’s defensive preparations were more ex tensive than at first was apparent. . "To counterbalance this we took measures to economize our troops and to secure protection from. the hostile artillery fire, which was fierce, and our men continued to improve their owu entrenchments. TtteTJer- mans bombarded our lines nearly all day, using heavy guns. “All their counterattacks, how ever, failed, although in some places they were repeated six times. One made on the Fourth Guards, was re pulsed with heavy slaughter, "An attehipt by part of our line to advance slightly was unsuccessful, but led to the withdrawal of part of the enemy's Infantry and artillery. "Further counterattacks made dur ing the night were beaten off. "On Wednesday, the 16th, there was little change in the situation op posite the British. The enemy’s bombardment continued throughout the morning and evening. Our artil lery fire drove the defenders off one of the salients of their position, but thy returned in the evening. Forty prisoners were taken by the Third division. h the situation remain- artillery fird was more active. The only infantry attacks made by the enepiy were on our extreme right, and were repulsed with heavy loss, chiefly by our Held artillery. "To convey some idea of the na ture ‘of the fighting U may be said that along the greater part of oar If- ■ v Deeolation of Country Beyond River Marne is Revealed by Correspond- ent Who Followed Annies. The~country beyond the Marne over which the German host njsJied towards Baris, and over which the latter hastened in retreat, is worth a visit, if only to show what war is. The farm houses are blackened by shells, the haystacks masses of smok ing carbon: the roads are zigzagged with trenches and broken by the great wheels that has passed, and their hollows are filled with rain. Shell fire has smashed trees and blown deep holes In the fields. A land as wide as England looks as though a great hurricane full of lightning which had missed nothing had passed over It. Long processions of motor cars and wagons, anything on wheels, pass continually south, bringing loads of shattered men. Nearer, the firing line vne. comes upon villages where the walls Of the houses have ■Collapsed into the streets, and piles of wrecked furniture, agricultural implements, and farm carts show where the barricades and mitrailleu- sese were. Cottages have mattresses half fill ing the window spaces. There rifle men made a stand. In attitudes of dreadful and pitiful last collapses they lie spread-eagled on the road on their backs or sit against walls to which they had crawled in agony, staring with awful eyes at nothing on the ground. Dead horses are every where.-and so are their abandoned but living fellows, standing motionless with shocking wounds waiting for the end. Everything is wet with rain, but the puddles are thick and dis colored. All the towns south of the line of battle, says an Englisr writer, have been converted into nospltal base*. At Orleans he was informed that for five days 7,000 wounded passed throuh daily. A French medical army doctor showed me a scene at night when a train arrived with its wretch ed load. . It had traveled for at least ten hours from the battle line. No British were there: the stricken were French and Germans. Rapidly the great medical ataff went over the consignment, rebandaging where nec essary and sorting out serious cases. These were to be retained; the others were to continue their journey to an other base. Under an electric globe in the sta tion hall was a young Prussian offi cer. A bullet had passed through his body. Even while he was being held up he died, but he had given a mes sage for his wife and two young chil dren. The French gave tire wounded Germans first and special attention. There is no hatred of the foe shown by any of the allied forces, except ing, it is necessary to add, by the Turcos. in the morning when the business is over the station floors are cleared and washed and disinfected. Kulghum Heell Oat*—First year froip originator; , $1.50 per bu. Order early; demand great; supply scarce. Derry Collins, Hephzibah, Ga. trout the Germans have been driven back from the forward slopes on the north of the river. Their infantry is holding strong lines of trenches amongst and along the edges of the numerous woods which crown the slopes. These trenches are elaborate ly constructed and cleverly conceal ed. / 'In many places there wer^j wire entanglements. Both woods and open are carefully aligned, so they can be swept by guns invisible from our side of the valley. The German line in front of the infantry trenches, as a rule, also is under cross fire from the field artillery. A feature of this action Is the use by the enemy of their numerous heavy howitzers, with which they cau direct long range fire along the valley and right across it. The bombardment by both sides has been heavy, and on Sunday, Mon day and Tuesday was continuous. De- spite_the general din caused by the Immense number of heavy guns in action on Wednesday, the arrival of the French force, acting against the German right flank, was announced on the east of our front some miles away by the continuous roar of their quick-firing artillery. "So far as the British are concern ed, the greater part of this week has been passed in bombardment, in gain ing ground by degrees and in beating back severe counter attacks with heavy slaughter. Our casualties have been severe, but it is-probable Those of the enemy are heavier. „ "Ob our right and left the French have been fighting fiercely, and also have- been gaining ground. One vil lage already during this battle has been captured and recaptured twice th side." War t’orreHpftndent* Warned. The adventures of American war correspondents called forth a warn ing from the French government that they must not go where the armies are engaged, under pain of righteous •penalties. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Augusta Vetch, Bur Clover, Fulghum Oats. R E. Lambert, .Darlington, A,a - .-nS For Hale—Yellow Peruvian Seed Oats —sample free. J. A. Rowland, Rich field, N. C. , ^ Poland Chinas—A few extra fine boars and gilts-for sale. Prices rea sonable. Thomas Hunter, Morrow, ' Ohio. Registered Jersey Bulls—Richly bred bull calve^j for sale. Prices reason able. F. B. Gordon. Fort Lewis, Salem, Va. To prevent inbreeding, will sell hand some "Registered Red Poll” bull 4 years old December next. Oakland Farm, Airlie, N. C. For Sale—On easy terms, ideal place for dairy or stock farm within two ■biles of Greenwood, fastest grow ing town In Piedmont section. Place ^optlns JIB) acres, good two story house, barn, three tenant houses, magnificent pasture. Fine road to town. Can make very easy terms to good purchaser. Address P. O. Box 468, Greenwood, S. C. $15 PER WEEK KSL-KEf or woman to Introdno. th. BtTTEVKR POLISH MOP. Yaar’s eon tract, waakly par. annaeanarr. Rafaranea raqnlrjd. BISTKVKR MPO. CO., Dept. 150, Kail St. Dials. UUnoti. Glenn Springs, S. C., The Garner House—Nearest to Spring. Meet guests at Whitestone with automo- - bile. Write for information, For Sale—Fine Plantation. 315 acres, near Richmond; fine stock, grain, grass and tobacco farm. Route 3, Box 3 7, Blackstone, Virginia iaotw? COLLEGE Greenwood, 8. C. OPENS SEPT. 10, 1914. Send for Catalogue. An Only Daughter Relieved of Consumption * When death waa hourly expected, all remedial having failed, and Dr. H. James w*s experiment ing with the many herbs of Calcutta, he acci dentally made a preparation which cured his roly cMUd •! CmMimpttom. Ha has proved to the world that ConsumpUon can be positive ly and permanently cured. • The doctor now lives his recipe free only asking two S-ecmt atumpe tomujr encases. This herb also cures Night Sweats, Nausea at the stomach and will break up a fresh cold in twenty-four hours. Address Craddock A Cm. Philadelphia, Pa* naming this paper.' 4$ Merry—Large list of wealthy mem bers wishing early marriage <’on- fidential description free Reliable club Mrs. Wrubel, Box 2C l Oak land. Cal, Oat Smut Slopped—Eighty cents brings /uoiigh compound to treat forty bushels seed. Full directions. Farm Science Institute, 253 E. Rus sell St., Orangeburg, S. (’. Euro|x*an War Maps—16x20 postpaid for 20c; large colored maps. 50c postpaid. Authentic, new bounda ries, etc. Supply will not last long. Sims Book Store, Orangeburg, S C. For Sale or Exchange—$1,500 auto mobile; electric lights recently, in stalled: brand new tires; in excel lent condition. Brice. $1,000. Will accept cottin at 10c per pound in payment. (’arolina Sales Agency. Box 298,-Orangeburg.. S C. For Sale—One 20-hp Atlas engine, one 25-hp. Lornbartt boiler, one 50- saw Augusta gin. feeler and con denser; one new Era press (Free man’s), one 42-inch Cloud ’’reek rock grits mill and attachments. Will sell all or part. Address Box 111, Ulmer, S. C. 1,00k! a C’hanre—We will teach you the successful barber trade for $30; terms, $15 down, $15 in ten days; we furnish tools free; make money while learning: guaranteed position; consult with us. Jacksonville Bar ber College, 822 West Bay street, Jacksonville, Fla. ,To Stay Well Keep^The Blood Right r piIKRE Is no health where the lifeour- rent is poisoned. It may be the nerves arc crying out for relief from headaches and sleeplessness; perhaps the muscles ache—Oh, how they hurt— the bones may be sore: the skin may break out—all oftbe.se are only symptoms. "The blood is the life" and it must be pure and abundant if you are to be well. ’T’H EUK is no help 1 n treating symptoms. Oet down to the cause, remove that, and the symptoms will ail disappear. How can nerves be steady, digesUon good and head clear when through them all Is flowingaconstantstrcam of poison I Purify Your Blood And Be Healthy Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy has proved its usefulness In such cases by forty years’ service. Literally thousands of families In the South have used it when needed, and many tesUfy to its value. Your druggist ought to have It. If he hasn't sand $1.00 to the KEMEDY SALES COftfOKATION, Christie, N. C., and they will send yon a big bottle and full directions $t once. Mr*. J— Pti—’s Wisli ^ 0 „ u .^ In connection with the Remedy for the cure of sores and the relief of Inflamed and congested surfaces. It Is especially valuable for women, and should always be used for ulcerations. _ Italian Shoot* Two Officer*. Frank Latrina. an Italian, barri caded himself in his house at New Orleans and seriously wounded two potrolmen who attempted to arrest him Saturday on the charge of wife beating. Here’s A Monument We Built > A generation hence It will still be the same beauti ful tribute of love and remembrance that It is today. We are experts In selecting first-class, tune endur ing stone; we hive skilled, experienced workmen snd modern. Improved machinery for faultless, artistic work; honesty and conscientiousness are the founda tions of our business That is why oor monuments p/ease and tatiify, not only for the present, but for all time. Write to us. We are prepared to help ybu with de signs. estimates and suggestions lo get thu greatest value for your money. OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO., Greenwood, S. C. ^ GEORGIA FARMS In the Best Section of the State. From l.l acres up. $n pec acre up. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. Southern Realty Trust C ompany, GEO. C. BENEDICT, President. S. LEE RAYALS, Vice-President. C0RDELE, GEORGIA Boiler Flue Expanders, Pipe Stock and‘Dies, Pipe and Machin- est Vise. Engineers and Pipe Wrenches. Chain Blocks. You need some or all of these when you go to make repairs. T COLUMBIA SUPPLY COn 823 Gervais Street, Columbia, S. C. c c> O' ' Limestone College Fcr Women GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA J- High standard, large and able faculty, excellent educational plant, beautiful location, honor system. Musical department one of the best in the South. The Winnie Davis School of History, a department of the college, offers unusually fine facilities for the study of history. Lime stone is Southern to the core. Especially fine advantages in Art; Expres sion, Domestic Science and Physical culture. The Department of Peda gogy affords a splendid training for prospective teachers. For cata logue address the president, , Lee Davis Lodge, A. M., PL D., Gaffney, S. C. f> ■>. rmwMhl., iHtX.-U. ... Lui.r Wrlthf. the most highly recommended. Oor graduate* are training they racetva here. y Jiywifc COLUMBIA. » sotmteStoUtiA.