Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I' w ^ I * I t. - .f i Ji if T'- MAINE VICTORY GROWS s V • 1 ' ■■ -x:; - • r ’ T~ v " ■; GERMANS SAY RUSSIANS LIE ABOUT REGENT FIGHTING. WSSIANS’ CLAIMED I0UT -4 teufla River Reported Choked With Dead German Bodies.—Over Sixty Thousand Slain Was Report, but Germans Say It Didn't Happen.— Claim Russians Were Whipped. A wireless dispatch from official headquarters at Berlin say that the report of an advance of Russian for ces across the Nlemen River, in the district of Suwalkl, Russia, is a lie The battle took place near Augus- towo, where the Germans, October 1 and 2, completely defeated two Rus sian army corps, made thirty-five hun dred prisoners and took twenty guns, of which one was a heavy battery gun, and a number of machine guns. On October 4 German troops threw a brigade of Russian rifle guards from a fortified position between Opa- tow and Ostrowiec, in Russian Po land, and took three thousand pris oners and numerous guns and ma chine guns. On October 5th the Ger mans attacked near Rudow two and a half Russian cavalry divisions and parts of the Ivangorod reserves, and drove the Russians back on Ivan gorod. Elsewhere along the Russian front the movement of German troops for strategical reasons has caused a lull in the fighting.- In France we are gaining ground slowly," but surely, and the situation continues favorable. The battle front of the right wing has been extended until it is north of Arras, where our vanguard canio in touch with the enemy's cavalry A dispatch from Paris, 'com the Battle Front says the fiercest figiiti''g which has marked the conll'ct in the French theatre of war has proceeded since Monday on the western wing of the allied armies. New forces of German cavalry and infantrv, which have appeared in front of the allies' lines have used every resource and every effort to attain success They have thrown themselves again and again at the French and British who have brought equally stsong bod ies of troops forward to oppose them The battle is no longer one of ma chine-like strategy of two armies, but a contest centering in the powers of endurance of two bodies of human beings. At one point the German cavalry succeeded in breaking through the allied lines, at a place which must re main undisclosed, but not In suffi cient strength to make their feat of appreciable importance. The retire ment of the allies was. however, fully in accordance with the plans of the general staff. The breach in the line was at an acute angle and the Germans were placed in a very precarious position from which they were ousted with great loss later in the day. Never perhaps in military annals have so many men come to close grips with steel and kept up the struggle so long. An official announcement made known for the first time was the vast numbers of German forces fighting in Belgium and France. They are composed of no fewer that 23 army corps of the active German army, 18 army corps of reserves, sev eral divisons of the landwehr and large detatchments of the landsturm. Under normal conditions this num ber of units make a grand total of nearly two million men. From this total, however, losses must be deduct ed. The number of allies facing the Germans has not been made public. ^ ' TEAR UP I SIAN D. German Warships Do Terrible Dam age to French Colony. PINE TREE STATE'S TRIBUTE Tp THE PRESIDENT. Democrats Increase Their Vote 20 Per Cent, and Control LeglsUtiuv Second Time in Sixty-five Years. Two persons perished, $2,000,000 damage was done, two vessels were sunk and two blocks of business houses and residence were destroyed by the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in their bombardment last month of the French colony of Papete. Refugees, told the etbry on their arrival at San Francisco Thurs day. “The two Germans hove in sight, flying no flag, about seven in the morning,” ran the composite narra tive of the passengers “In the har bor were lying the French gunboat Zolee and the German merchantman Walkurie, the Zolee's prize. Antici pating the possibility of a raid, the French had stripped the Zolee and mounted her guns ashore “As soon as the strangers were recognized the fort opened Are. The Germans at one hoisted their battle flag and began a hot reply. Within easy range they would swing and fire, fire and swing, broadside after broad side. Nothing on the island was of weight to match their 8-inch rifles. ‘%e estimated that in all more than 100 eight-inch shells fell in the town, besides a rain of smaller pro jectiles from the secondary batteries. "Being quite defenceless, the crew of the Zolee scuttled for shore at the first shot. Not long afterward the little gunboat began to sink, riddled with holes. Her prize; the Walkurie, flew no flag, and the Germans, ignor ant ofher nationality and that her crew were prisoners on the island; sank her too. “The bombardment lasted about two hours. Those houses surround- -ing pw*—American—consulate, over which the Stars and Stripes tog, were not damaged.” ^ fly- Surf Break* Woman'* lieg. _ While bathing in the surf near'bos , Monday Mr». J. McNeele caught by a huge breaker and td ob the beach in such a position that the weight of her body fell on ‘ * . A dispatch from Augusts, Me., says the official returns now compiled in the office of the secretary of state show that the Democratic victory in Maine was more pronounced than was at first supposed. -'The compilation gives the Democrats control of the legislature on Joint ballot for the sec ond time in sixty-five years. The only other time that the Democrats have had a majority in that body was following the election of 1910 and their control then resulted in the election of Charles F. Johnson as United States senator. "While, of course, with United States senators now elected by direct vote of the people, the senatorial sit uation would not be affected even If there were a senator to be chosen this year, still the control of the leg islature is of much greater impor tance than most people outside of the state are aware. In Maine all of the state officers, with the exception of the governor and the state auditor, are chosen by the legislature. Demo cratic control, therefore, means the election of Democrats as secretary of state, as attorney general, as state treasurer, and the appointment of all state commissions and bureaus, and the heads of all departments and state institutions. In view of this prize to be deter mined b^ the complexion of the egis- lature the Republicans made an espe dally hard fight to win a majority, but met with failure. All that has been left to them is a few scattering county offices and three congressmen whose pluralities were materially re duced. The dispatch goes on to say that sufficient time has now elapsed since the election in Maine to enable the political experts to make their de ductions from an analysts of the re sult of the voting in the Pine Tree state. A Washington dispatch says The effect of this analysis has been depression, discouragement, and dis may In the Republican ranks and a corresponding feeling of optimism and rejoicing on the part of the Dem ocrats. Both effects are warranted by the showing made. In addition to the election of a Democratic gov ernor and a Democratic legislature, which means the control of the state government, the flat increase in the Democratic vote as compared with the Democratic vote for president in 1912 Is more than ten times the flat increase In the combined Republican and Progressive vote for president in the same year. In other words the Democratic total was an Increase of more than 10,000, while the combin ed Republican and Progressive in crease was only about 1,000, while the combined Republican and Pro gressive increase was only about 1,000. The vote of 51,000 for Presi dent Wilson In 1912 was Increased to more than 61,000 for Mayor Cur tis, the Democratic nominee for gov ernor, or about 20 per cent. These figures have staggered the Republicans, for their significance is ominous for them. Few, If any. Re publicans have ever expected that their party would carry the next House of Representatives. The most that they have hoped for has been to cut down the big Democratic major ity In the present House, but the vote In Maine has sent that hope glimmer ing. The rate of increase in the Dem ocratic vote in Maine if carried out and applied to the congressional vote in other states would show a most astounding result and one which even the Democrats have never con sidered, but which speaks for itself. An increase of 20 per cent, in the Democratic vote, as was made in Maine, applied to the congressional districts elsewhe.re, would not only elect a Democrat from every district now represented by a Democrat, but it would, in addition, result in a net Democratic gain of upwards of forty members in the House. This is some thing whicli lias given the Republi cans pause and has greatly added to the aggressiveness of the Democrats. Another significant showing in the Maine election is the fact that for the first'time in seventy years, with one exception, the combined vote cast for Democratic candidates for congress exceeded the combined vote cast for Republican candidates for congress which is clearly an endorsement of the national administration and its policies. Representative McGilli cuddy, the Democratic member from Maine, leased his claims for re-elec tion upon the fact that he had been a consistent supporter of President Wilson and, the measures put forth and enacted by the Democratic con gress.- The result of a campaign along these lines was far better than the most optimistic Democrat had ex pected. * Mr. McGillicuddy’s plurality was increased more than four times what it was two years ago. In 1912 he had a plurality of less than 1,300, whereas this year his plurality was approximately 5,500, which was in excess of the combined pluralities of the successful Republican candidates for congress. Only in the election of 1910, when there was a Democratic landslide in Maine, has the party been ab^ to accomplish this result. The showing was that the Democrat who stood for the Wilson policies was the man who gained tremen dously in the esteem of his constitu ents. . BATTLE UKIDED ALLIED TURNING MOVEMENT IS CONTINUING NORTHWARD. MEAT EFFORT IS NEAR German Cavalry in Large Force Near lille, Close to Belgian Frontier— Rattle Over Railway Lines Con tinue With Great Bitterness and Around Center of Armies, Gets Life Sentence. Thos. Anions, of Marion county, who slew his wife and child and then burned their Lome, was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday. Bryan Speaking In Ohio. W. J. Bryan la stamping Ohio In the interest of the Democratic ticket. 'T'J'T': '• *' The Germans have undeniably gained ground in the region of Roye at the hinge on the allied line. The Allies’ lines has bent under tremen dons pressure, but remains unbroken North of the Oise, where tho battle front forms a right angle, the fight ing continues violent but indecisive. Meanwhile the Germans iiave ap parently failed to check the flanking movement whose point is within six teen miles of the Belgian frontier. Important masses of German cavalry have been reported in the environs of Lille, close onto the Belgian frontier. Gen? Joffre's purpose, now reveal ed, points to a drive at Mons and Brussels, while holding fast in the main battle line. This contemplates the relief of Antwerp as well as a weakening of the German centre necessitated by army corps sent fronj the centre to support von Kluck. Along the fortified ,hills of Cham pagne the deadlock^ continues, but in the Argonne and along the Meuse the Germans, summoning fresh re sources, continue their efforts to break the ailied'right wing and so open an urgently needed eact and west line of communications from Mhtz. Gen. Joffre assures his gov ernment that these attacks have been beaten back. The establishment of a line'of com munication on the railway lines run ning from Metz, through Nancy or Verdun and then almost due west to 1'aris would relieve the. Germans of the necessity of protecting their pres ent circuitous line by way of Belgium to Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle. This has been the Germans’ main communication in the present cam paign. The road which the Allies have managed to hold to the advan tage of their movements is the rail way that parallels this and which ex tends from Amiens te Arras and which then turns to the east to Valen ciennes and Mons. About the rail roads have centered the flerceet of attacks of the two armies. The British and French troops, act ing together, have forced the German trenches near Soissons. For some days the Allies had been advancing until the distance separating the com batants in the trenches was only about 200 meters (650 feet). Over this distance a continuous rifle fire was kept up day and night. This was punctuated by infantry rushes on both sides. Tuesday was the 63rd day of the war. No decisive conflicts have been reported. Above all announcements stood out the presence of what was described as large masses of German cavalry near Lille, hardly 10 miles from the Belgian frontier as the crow flies, and behind them German forces moving on a line between Tourcoing and Armentieres, the latter point right at the Belgian border. At the same time the official com munication makes it plain that the Allies have not been idle and have been extending their line on the left wing more and more widely. Blow for blow evidently is being dealt around Arras, the scene of sangui nary fighting recently, * Paris dispatches indicate a terrific battle north of the Oise. The Allies also maintain they have repulsed the enemy near Lissigny, upon which the Germans made a violent attack. At Soissons, where the Allies recently cleared the German trenches, an- nouncemerft is made that they have pressed their advantage by making a slight advance. Noyon forms the el bow from which allied line sweeps eastward. Some advance by the Allies also is .reported at Berry-au-Bac. From Antwerp came a report that the Germans were preparing to bom; bard the "city and that the burgomas ter had been informed of their plans. People who wished to leave were ad vised to do so at onhe. An official publication front Berlin Tuesday, says that Fort Champ des Remains, on r the river Meuse, near St. Mihiel, after a number of hard fights^ has been taken by the Germans. Five Frencli officers and more .than 500 men were made prisoners. The re mainder of the French force perish ed in the ruins of the casemates. ONF v -HALF AFFECTED. Most Every Other Person in the World is Affected by. the War. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, a distinguish* ed economist of Paris, speaking in connection with the war, estimates the number of people affected at one- quarter of the population of the world. Of this number the Allies, he said, oontributed 321,400,000 dnd the enemy 1 16,000,000. He added that if the overseas population be in cluded the pumber of people affect ed by the war will be increased by 410,000,000, making the total 84 7,- 000,000. or one-half the'population of the globe. M. Leroy-Beaulieu Itscussed the question of whether a war was pos sible in w'hich the entire adult popu lation would he under arms. He sTf? BLAMES LURE OF DANCE POLICE BLAME PRESENT CRAZE FOR DUPING OF WOMEN. New York Detectives Say Many Crooks Find Women Easy Prey, as Did Eaton, the “Tango Raffles.” The unusual revelations following the Wednesday night shooting of Herbert J. Eaton, “the tango Raf fles,” of New York, describe a profit able scheme by .which versatile thieves, through the casual and sometimes unconventional acquaint anceship of the present day dance fascination, have been able to prey upon women of wealth in this city. According to New York detectives they have had to abandon at least half a dozen similar cases within the last six months because the women, who had been duped in this way were socially prominent and did not want the publicity involved in the arrest and persecution of the criminals. The police admit tha$ many men known to them as thieves have be come expert tangoers, who wear even ing, clothes in hotel ballrooms and restaurants for the purpose of plying their “trade.” They became acquaint ed with women whose friendship they cultivate in the fashionable dance places merely to entangle them, se cure entrance to their apartments, rob them or blackmail them by threatening to tell their husbands of the unconventional acquaintanceship. In several recent cases of robberies the women victimized had social con nections which forced them to avdld prosecution and the police have no way of preventing the acquaintance ships which foster this kind of thiev ery. It is the belief of the polfce. how ever, that the disclosures in the Eaton case will be a warning to yo- men who are inclined to dance with men casually introduced to them in such informal circumstances. They also call attention to the past years apartment burglaries and jewel thefts, which they thinks were ac complished by just such means. The burglars never could have gained en trance to the places, it is asserted, except by cultivating the acqi^aint- ance of the women residents. Eaton himself, according to the detectives who have been visiting him, feels strongly that'he deserves IBs punishment. Detective Foley, who shot him while Eaton was trying to escape after he had m<‘t Mrs Arthur E. Pike to return some of her jewels for a consideration, was asked by Eaton to shake hands with him The wounded man was reported to be improved slightly, although he is not yet out of danger. Mrs. Eaton and her little daughter Gladys have moved to another home. The unsuspecting wife does not care to face her neighbors again and she told the janitor that despite the gor geous jewels she bad been wearing under the assumption that they were really hers she must get*a cheaper dwelling because of her husband's sudden downfall. Where they are going was not disclosed, but it was learned that they have a country place in New Jersey. SHERIFF KILLED. Greenville Deputy Shot Down by Itin erant Mill Operative. J. F. Lindsay, a deputy sheriff at the Dunean mills, near Greenville, was shot and instantly killed Monday morning at 4:30 o'clock by W. S. Chadwick, an itinerant mill operative, who is said to have been a minister at one time. The killing occurred when the deputy sought to protect Chadwick's wife from an attack by her enraged husband. Chadwjck and his" wife had been separated for some time because of maltreatment of her, said Mrs. Chad wick. Monday morning he came to her house, unexpectedly, arriving about 4 o'clock. Recently Chadwick has lived in Georgia. Mrs. Chad- Vick’s-brother, Alfred T. Abbott, met him at the door and upon assurance yiat he tad'come for no ill purpose, admitted hint. Chadwick and his wife had some words and Abbott forced him to leave the house, Mrs. Chadwick locking the front door upon him. Then Deputy Lindsay was sent for. young Lafay ette Chadwick going for the-ddfiuty. When Lindsay arrived he went up to Chadwick to place him under arrest but was killed in the attempt. PEACE TREATIES. Bryan Trying to Negotiate With tier- many, Austria and Japan. Secretary Bryan is earnestly try ing to bring Germany, Austria and Japan into the Bryan peace treaty fold, since they are the only powers which have not signed one of these agreements with the United States. At Mr. Bryan's request the Ger man ambassador called Monday at the state department and received from Mr. Bryan’s hands copies of the treaties recently signed with Great Britain, France; . Spain, and Russia. The desire of the United States to include aTThations in these compacts, which provide, not for arbitration and settlement of disputes,' as many persons suppose, but merely for their submission to an investigating com mittee for jeport, was explained to Ambassador’ Bernstorff and was asked to call.to the attention of his, government the fact that the other great powers of Europe are agreeing- to these conventions. • GERMANS BAYONETED. American Lieutenant Travels of Bat- sfield on River Marne. -Lieut. A. ElUott Brown, U. S. X., at present military instructor at Rut gers college, who arrived at New York Monday from London by the Atlantic Transport liiier Minetonka, saw some of the Marne battlefields' just after the retreat of the Germans and noted in one place nearly a thou sand dead German soldiers, most of whom had been bayoneted. The French peasants with whom Lieut. Brown talked had no com plaints of German atrocities. An Eng lish army officer raised the pluck and persistency of the Germans, say ing, “We could not drive them from the trenches by lead and we had to use the bayonet to win ground.” WANTS ALL GOODS. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Hammond’s Fine Seed Oats. Henry C. Hammond, Augnsta, Ga. Augusta Vetch, Bur Clover, Fuiffhnm Oats.- R E. Lambert, Darlington, AUL. J. r For SatorYellow Peruvian Seed Oats —sample free. J. A. Rowland, Rich-, field, N. C. ' /. \ Cabbage and Collard Plante—500 by parcel post, $1. ^eaufort Islani Plant Co., Beaufort, S. C. 10-10 Poland Chinas—A few extra fine boars and gilts for sale. Prices rea sonable. Thomas Hu nter > Morrow, Ohio. Rnglish Factories Must Surrender Produces to War Department. According to the Yorkshire Post the war office is taking drastic meas ures to secure an adequate supply of hosiery, underclothes, gloves and other woollen goods for the army pnd, navy. • All manufacturers in Leicester, the chieL'Center of the woollen industry, have been informed that their entire product of heavy goods must be plac ed at the disposal of the war office, and that if a single garment is with held by a manufacturer or is sup plied to any firm whatever, the war office will at once take the factory over and run it. The Belgian government has been moved from Antwerp to Ostend. Registered Jersey Bulls—Richly bred bull calves 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, X. C. Fulghum Seed Oats—First year from originator;’$1.50 per bu. Order early; demand great; supply scarce. Derry Collins, Hephzibah, Ga. 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 37, Blackstone, Virginia. Marry—Large list of wealthy mem bers wishing early-marriage Con fidential description free. Reliable club. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oak land. Cal. X Good Stone, careful workmen, modern machinery, (air prices and an everlasting belief in the square deal— That’s the explanation of our pleased customers and of the permanent, endur ing beauty of the monuments, we build, Write for designs and estimates. Owen Bros. Marble A Granite Co., Greenwood, S. C. His Lasfldeal For Sale—<’oon and possom hounds, fox. cat and deer hounds. Trained and untrained hounds. Some train ed pointers and setters. M. L. Crawford. Tiger. Ga. Vulcanizing Plant—Marble Haywood Model A. Complete with everything - for opening good plant. Entering other business. Sell cheap. L. A. Prince. Sumter. S. C. Wanted—Jimson Leaves at loc; Star Root at 60c: Star Grass Root at 25c, and about 20t> other articles at high prices. Write us at once. R. T. Greer & Co., Marion, Va. Oat Smut Stopped—Eighty cents brings enough compound to treat forty bushels seed Full directions. Farm Science Institute, 253 E. Rus sell St., Orangeburg. S. C. European War Maps—16x20 postpaid for 20c; large colored maps, 56c postpaid. Authentic, new bounda ries, etc. Supply will not last long. Sims Book Store. Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted—Everybody to know we pay highest market prices for hides of every kind, furs, rubber, metals— etc., write for prices—-tags. Satis faction guaranteed. H. S. Waddell • & Co., Sumter, S. C. For Sale or Exchange—$1,500 auto mobile; electric lights recently in stalled; brand new tires; in excel lent condition. Price, $1,000. Will accept cottin at 10c per pound in payment. Carolina Sales Agency, Box 298, Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale—One 2t)-hp. Atlas engine, one 25-hp. Lombard boiler, one 50- 4 . saw Augusta gin, feeder and coif denser; one new Era press (Fre "man’s), one 4 2-inch Cloud Cree^ rock grits mill and attachments. * Will sell all or part. Address Box J 111, Ulmer, S. C. 0 The Key to Health Pure Blood. Gel the blood pure and all thi ills that follow from impoverished or taint*< idood, such as indigestion, nervous dyspepsia .astritiS, rheumatism, eczema, scrofula, etc. t ill disappear, leaviug the body healthy and tiu nind clear. L^ok! a Chance—We will teach you th^successful barber trade for $30; terms, $1." down, $15 in ten days; we fttynish tools free; make money while learn ins:: guaranteed position; consult with, us. Jacksonville Bar ber College, 822 West Bay^street. Jacksonville, Fla. IRS, JOE PERSON’S REMED1 s a real blood "purifier A’according to hundred >f testimonials from people who have used I iuccessfully during the last forty years. It put he blood right, then builtli the body back int< tealib and eneygy. • "For eight or ten years I was subject to seven ittacks of eczema. Mrs. Joe Person's Remed] uade a perfect cure of me.” Writes Mrs. J. H Wilkins, Bessemer City, N. C. Vour druggist should have it. If he hasn't 'end us bis name and one dollar for a larg< joule. . itEMEDY SALES CORPORATION CHARLOTTE, N. C. For Sale—On easy terms, ideal place for dairy or stock farm within two miles of Greenwood, fastest grow ing town in Piedmont section. Place contins 19Q 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. Hit. Joe Ptrson'tWaih ,,M>uld be _ u • • d 1 n 'connection with the Remedy for the cure of ■ores and the relief of Inflamed and congested surfaces. It fi especially valuable for women, and should always Be used for ulcerations. COTTON TEN CENTS PER POUND last for a long time, judging by the struggles of Paraguay against.Brazil Fi and Argentina, the Boers against the British and the two Balkan wars. Body Found In (Astern. ■> The deeomposed body of a woman was found by Charleston police in a cistenr there Tuesday. 'C-3- Troop* ReaelT J-lnglantl. The first contingent of Canadian tmaps hrfs arrived in Eastland, reach ing 3outhhauipy>n^Jirursda>'. I/oop-tAf-Limp Mauricf CheviHa' fancy aviator, ban the Germans, says Captured. - the French captured by ranch report. TEACHERS WANTED. Seven ft $35; eight at $50; seven at $60. Also a number of principals ships at $65 to $85. WH1 have good places open all during fall and win ter. Spifidal proposition to teacher* with certmcalesL Write immediately. SOUTHERN TEACHERS' AGENCY. W. H. Jones, Mgr., Columbia, S. O . We give 10 cents per pound for cotton in exchange for tuition. Write us today for particulars regarding this fair propo sition. Don’t stand back on account of scarcity of money. Come ahead now. Cslsmbit, S. C. Pot Shooting at Naco. Pot shooting, occupied the day at —, — Naco, Sonora. Mond^ with the opposing forces and Carranza. representing ■f Belting—Belting—Belting—Belting Gandy Belt,'2 in. 4-Ply to 10 in. d-Ply. dandy Belt Ain. 6-Ply to 16 in. 6-Ply. Gandy Beit 16 in. 8*Ply and 18 in. 8- Piy. Rubber BeltStitch$d, 2 in. to 12 in. wide. Single Leather Belt all widths. - Double Leather Belt# all widths. n . COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., 823 Gervais Street, Columbia, S. C. ■■mMI ■ * —- ■