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SUCCESS lEfOUED RUSSIANS AND GERMANS BOTH CLAIM POLISH VICTORY. MTA1L3 AIE LACKING y SUIT Withhold* * Detail*— PMrosrad Correspondent Estimates 80,000 German Prisoners Berlin Claims 40,000 Prisoners, 30 Can* non and 160 Ammunition Wagons. London reports, general staff still is withholding ds* tails of the victory which Petrograd say the Russians have won over Ger man forces that penetrated Poland. "It is now clear that the Russian victory in Poland is decislve ( , ’ says the Petrograd correspondent of The Express. "The number of prisonors taken by the Russians is estimated at SO,000. "The Germans have begun a re treat along tho entire front," the cor respondent continues, "and in many places the flight is a disordered rout, marked by the abandonment of artil lery, maxims and transports. "Berlin meanwhile is beginning to talk pbout repulsing Russian attacks, which is a s ibtle method of announcr ing that the German troops are on the defensive." Berlin reports by wireless through London: “Our troops under Gen. von Mackensen at Lodz and Lowicz in flicted heavy losses on the first and second, and on a portion of the fifth Russian armies. In addition to many killed and wounded, we have In our possession about 40,000 uninjured prisoners, 70 cannons, 160 ammuni tion wagons and 156 machine guns, while we destroyed 30 cannon. "In these battles our young troops did brilliantly in spite of great sacri- flces. "We have not succeeded in bring ing Jthis fighting to a close in spite of the excellent result already gain ed. This is due to the enemy bring ing up extra strong reinforcements from the east and the west." Petrograd reports the following of flcial communication Thursday: "In the battle of Lodz, which continues to develop, the advantage remains with our troops. "The Germans are making strenu ous efforts to facilitate the ret rep t. Their troops, after having penetrated in the direction of Brxezicy, are now retiring to the region of Strykow, under conditions very unfavorable for them. "On the Austrian front our action continues with success. In the fight ing of November 25 we took as many as 1,000 prisoners, including two reg iments with their commanders and other officers." Berlin reports: "News from East and West is tending to show that the German advance is proceedf&g steadi ly though alowly. “From Galicia came an official re- poft that the Russians are being being driven back through the Car pathian passes. "In the district around Pllcia and Woldrom it is reported the Austrians have taken 20,000 prisoners and 49 machine guns in the last few days." London reports: " Except to the north of Verdun, where the Germans were repulsed and asked for an arm istice which was refused, fighting in the Western theatre still Is largely an artillery exchange. There is evidence, however, that the Germans contegs- plate another desperate effort to get through to the French coast ports. “Every report from Belgium by way of Holland shows that the Ger mans are bringing tu> reinforcements and guns, bi^ so closely is the secret guarded that {here is no indication : s to where the blow is to be delivered. It will doubtless be a heavy one, back ed by all the men, guns and other machines of war of which the Ger mans seem to have unlimited sup plies. "The Allies have made every pre paration to meet this assault. At the same time preparations have been completed for the defense of the east coast of England, for the opinion still holds that if the Germans fail in their latest plans they will attempt a raid on England with warships and trans ports for which German submarines are trying to prepare the way. “Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords declared all the gaps in the British army, which for a long time had fought against great odds, no*v had been filled and tnat both British and French reinforcements had reached the front. While Lord Kitch ener expressed confidence in the re sult of the war and asserted that 30, 000 recruits were joining the British army each week, he warned the pub lic that still more men would be re quired. "The secretary of war added that the Indian force was in touch with the Turks ten miles each of the Suez canal, while Indian and British troops were busy on the shores of the Persian gulf and throughtopt Af rica.” MURDERED ON TRAIN DEAD MAN HAS NO SPEAKER BUT BLEASE FREES SLAYER. r Yomng Columbian Killed oa Board Circus Train En Route to Augusta —Body thrown Off. George Nlehols, who> was paroled Wednesday, was convicted in Lexing ton county court in November, 1910, of the murder of Paul Williams, a young Columbian. Nichols was sen tenced to life imprisonment. His partner in the crime was a giant ne gro from Louisiana, who was also sent up for life and has not been re leased. Nichols, is from Cairo, 111., The Russian-^ where he is said to have prominent relatives. * \ Paul W’illlams, a cTferk in the freight office of the Southern railway, was murdered and robbed on a cir cus train, which he boarded with his friend, John C. Weekley, in Columbia to go to Augusta. The circus had showed in Columbia Saturday after noon and night. For a lark, Paul Williams and his friend decided to ride on the first section of the train to Augusta. They boarded it at the Blanding street yards. The employees of the circus had been paid off in Columbia. On the first section of the train rode the can- vasmen, a rough crew gathered from all over the country. They held high revel after the train left Columbia, gambling and drinking. Williams and Weekley heard their drunken cries and oaths. Soon after the train left Lexington a party of drunken canvasmen start down the train on a rampage. Week- ley climbed into a wagon on one of the cars and crept under the canvas. He thought Williams had followed him. He heard two or three pistol shots and then things quieted down. Week- ley hid in the wagon under the can vas until morning, when he went back to the place,where he had left Wil liams and found a pool of blood. Weekley left the train at a station in Aiken county and told the agent what had happened. -~ A conductor on a passenger train bound to Columbia found Williams’ body beside the track near Gilbert in Lexington county. He had been shot through the head and robbed. His watch and ring and even his shoes were taken. Chief of Police Elliott of Augusta corralled the whole circus troupe in Augusta as they left the train. He examined all of the canvasmen who rode on the first section of the train. A blood staih oa Nicbals’ straw hat and a splotch of blood on the negro's shirt betrayed him. They were con victed of murder with recommenda tion to mercy, after trial in the Lex ington court. SHIP HITS ROCKS SPECTATORS ON SHORE ON ABLE Jt '> , ' TO SAVE PASSENGERS. Carranza Shows Campaign Plans. It is the strategy of the Constitu tionalists to let Gens. Villareal and Hay defend Tompico while Gen.'Ob- regon hits the west. Naval Station Off (Idle. It is rumored at Lima, Chile, that the Germans have established a naval station off the coast of that country. German Destroyer Wrecked. In a collision with a.Danish steam er near Anglodane the German tor pedo boat destroyer S-JL24 founder- Losaes of English Navy. The war losses of the English navy are 4,327 killed, 473 wounded, and 1,576 missing. BELGIANS STARVING. America Sending Only Half Enough to Feed Population. This Thanksgiving day found 7.- 000,000 starving persons in war- swept Belgium crying out for bread and only half enough food on hand to appease their hunger. Three thou sand tons of food are required each day to feed the sufferers, yet to date the United States, upon which the Belgians must depend in the main for sustenance, has furnished less than half that amount. The foregoing epitomizes a state ment issued Thursday by the AnierD can commission for relief of Belgians, carrying a plea for food for inhabi tants of the stricken land. A cable from H. C. Hoover, chairman of the London commission, declared the sit uation desperate and urged imme diate assistance. Hoover said the commission was sending several ships to the Atlantic seaboard, trusting that Americans would fill them with sup plies. The middle states are leading in contributions, the commission says. The South, even though it suffered from the war, is helping too. Ala bama will send a shipload of provi sions from Mobile about December IB. Flour wHl be sent in cotton sacks and when the sacks are empty they can be turned into clothing. Vir ginia is preparing a cargo of food for January shipment. SUMAK1NE RAMMED. British Patrolling Vessel Finds Way to Attack German Terror. The secretary of the British ad miralty announces that the German submarine boat U-18 reported off the north coast of • Scotland Monday morning, was v*^ m ed by a British patrolling vessel and foundered. The patrolling ship rammed the submarine at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The U-18 was not seen again until 1:20, when she appeared on the surface, flying a white flag. Shortly after this she foundered.Just as the British destroyer Garry came alongside. The destroyer rescued three officers and 23 of the subma rine's crew, only one being drowned. The submarine U-18, of the Ger man navy was built in 1912. She had a cruising radius of two thousand miles.and a speed of 14 kno,ts above water and 8 knots submerged. Life Savers Drowned. Five members of a life saving crew were drowned nine mijes north of San Francisco Monday night while while trying to reach a stranded schooner. Ship Slowly Pounded to Pieces as V * ' • i Life'Savers Are Drowned in At* tempting Rescue. The steam schooner Haulei, ashore on Duxbury reef, near San Francisco, broke in two just before dawn Tues day with something over 54 souls aboard. Forty-three survivors were reported rescued Tuesday night. Eighteen dead have been washed ashore. How many are missing never will be known, for the company’s best available passenger list gives twenty-eight passengers and twenty- six crew, a total of fifty-four souls, whereas, the known dead and saved number sixty-one. "i: : lfr The schooner, which had been pounded by the surf since Monday noon, when she ran ashore in a fog, went all to pieces. Her bow, which hung over the reef and bad been twisted to a right angle, slid into the water and drifted to within 100 yards of the beach. The quintet who first came ashore swap from this wreckage. A few more hours would have sav ed every soul aboard. An _ hour wouId'Tiave saved many. Aftev. ill hope had been gfi'en up ashore and on board the wreck, the sixth line fired by the Golden Gate park life saving crew, under Captain Norman Nelson, went over the vessel. A breeches buoy was rigged and then the line parted amid cries which rose above tho thunder of the surf. Efforts to take off the Hanalei's passengers and crew from shore, be gan late Monday after a dozen .ves sels had tried to reach her and vVpre prevented by fog and surf. ' The Fort Point life saving station from the beach fired lines, which fell short, until in desperation they double changed their mortar and it burst. An effort to launch a boat from the Hanaiei failed, and a passenger was drowned. A sailor tried to swim shore with a line and the men on the beach could see his arm swing above the waves, but at the line of breakers he sank and his body went out to sea A passenger took a line and - got ashore, but the line became unfas tened as he swam. One other man, it was reported, also reached shore. A life saving crew which went out toward the wreck was upset. The captain reached shore and the ge- mainlng five men got aboard thp Hanaiei. Two later were-jvashed off and drowned and there seemed no hope for any rescue. At two o'clock in the morning the Golden Gate life saving crew with a larger mortar ap peared. It began to shoot lines to ward the wreck as the tide rose. After the third shot the water was waist deep on the schooner and the wireless operator, who was sending with an improvised outfit held in one hand, reported that the passen ger* were desperate. "We will get ashore as best we Can,” he reported. "We can not stay here.’* But they dared not trust the waves. “Try once more. Hurry, Hurry,” called the operation a little later. The steamer went to pieces after a night spent in heroic but l|itile efforts by persons on shore to fit up a line to the vessel by which the passen gers and crew could be removed from danger. Those on board kept their courage to the last and it waa not until the hull p>rted across the rock where she had balanced since Mon day morning that they leaped into the water and fought toward the sig nal fires which burned on the beach. A large portion Of the hull with a spar projecting from it, wallowed to ward shore on the combers, carrying many persons who clung desperately. A searchlight had been rigged up on the top of a bluff and with its rays swimmers were aided in avoiding the heavy timbers adrift and in heading toward shore. ' _ When the hulk was within 300 feet of shore it struck a submerged rock and keeled over. All those who had been hanging to the spar or the bits of rigging were washed off. A few still clung to the hulk, however, as It was wrenched free frofn the rock and continued to drift shore ward. Finally a wave threw It so high upon the sand that life-savers were able to assist the few half drowned men. The vessel was a small coaster ql 660 tons, plying on a local run, and all the dead are Californians. Among them was the infant son of Mrs. Val entine Franz, to San Francisco, who was saved herself. She held her baby by its dresses in hpr clenched teeth, clutching a timber with her ' hands until exhaustion loosened her jaws. Sidney Ashton, chief steward, pick ed up a floating baby, lashed it to his hack anti swam with it five hours be fore a sea wrenched loose. Most of the dead brought in by the McCul loch had swallowed crude petroleum, smeared on the waves from the ship’s fuel tanks when she broke up and although many showed signs of life when first picked up it was impos sible to resuscitate them. VICTi OF MEN NEW YORK MURDERERS LEAP INTO AUTO AND ESCAPE. RECEIVED MANY THREATS TWO KILLED IN THE NIGHT. Florida Lawyer and Daughter Found in Remains of Home. . . Zeebrugee Bombarded. The British announce that *two British battleships bombarded Zee- brugge Tuesday and that the Ger- •mans replied feebly. 'Secretary of War Garrison has re fused to sell the disesrded war rifles through fear that some of the bel ligerent powers may use them-, f Two persons, were killed with an axe in a costly country residence near Miami, Fla., early Thursday, and the. house then destroyed by fire, with the evident intention of conceal ing the crime. The dead are Ad;.m A. Boggs, a widely known Florida .lawyer, and Marjorie Boggs, his daughter. The attorney was 45 and the young wo man 18 years old. ___ bodies i» -a ECMMMnRKKiuiB MffflCm ilift i'aliis of 'Ui.> ieMd«uc«T 11 111 • '• Yutns'o The skulls of both had been crush ed and the flames had so charred the bodies as to make them almosf un recognizable. Poultry Dealer Who Fought Huge i •.* Trust Becaxn* Marked Man—Store Dynamited, Son Blackjacked, Of fice Robbed and Finally Barnet Ball is Shot in Back. ^ ». : ’ • -< -'i wj . - . • V; •/' ' .- ..'I V V Baornet Baff, the largest independ ent poultry dealer in the East, and probably in this country, was shot to death on the street of New York Tuesday evening, and, in the opinion of the police, he undoubtedly was murdered by agent of the Poultry Trust, an organization against which he had been waging war tor five years. Many times since he took up the cudgels against the trust, Baff’s life and extensive business interests have been threatened. In February, 1910, Baff, having been told he wjts to die, got a permit from police headquar ters to carry a revolver. Baff was the proprietor of four poultry markets, which hue cotn« into bitter conflict with the trust. He had apparently forgotten" the threats' against his life, for shortly after 5:30 Tuesday afternoon a young man came in with a message. Baff followed him out. < After walking some distance twe men slipped from a doorway and came up behind Baff. Both had re^ volvers, and they pressed the wea pons against Baff's back and fired simultaneously. One bullet entered the left shoul der, passed through the body and came out the piouth. The other also entered the left shoulder just below thd , neck, ranged downward and went through the heart. Baff died instantly. So close were the revolv ers against his body that his coat and shirt were burned. The murderers leaped over the body of their victim and ran south. The streets were crowded, but the two men, with drawn' revolvers, made persons on the sidewalk fall back. ■ Twenty feet away was a brownish touring car with its hood up, its en gine chugging and chauffeur at the wheel. Into this car the two men leaped and one of them cried to the chauffeur: “Now; go like hell!” No one could be found who could give a description of the murderers, although many persons had seen them creep up behind Baff, with their re volvers pointed, and run away after the shots, but every one apparently was too excited to note their descrip tion. Several persons also had watched the car as it stood close to the corner, and had seen the men leap into it and drive off, but no one would admit having seen the license number. The New York World exposed the methods and operations of the Piul- try Trust, which controlled a trade amounting to $12,000,000 yearly, wholesale prices, in New York city alone. The trust -then had planned to shut out Baff, the independent dealer, and he apealed to the courts to protect him from the combination. The first death threat that came to him was a postal card that had a space for correspondence on the left side of the address. The other side of the card bore the picture of a man bidding farewell to his family. In the correspondence space was only a cryptic design of two equilateral tri angles, making a six-pointed star. In the center of the figure was what looked like a capital "K.” “It is the Hebrew sign for death,” said Baff. “I have been warned.” and he hurried away and got the per mit to carry a revolver. Then came many other threats, but Baff told the grand jury all he knew about the vicious combination, and as a result eight-seven men were in dicted. Finally thirteen of them were con victed August 16, 1911, and sentenc ed to pay a fine of. $500 each. After these prosecutions the bitterness against the independent dealer was most intense. - —. • At 7 p. m. March 11 last, five Ital ians entered Baff’s Harlem market at 417 East One Hundred and Ninth St., and, with drawn revolvers, started to rob the place. In the safe, which was open/ was several thousand dollars. Morris Newmark, the manager, slam med the safe door before the men could get to it and the ca'Shiier, Miss Cecelia Robinowitz, locked the cash drawer. ( The men took what- money they could get from the employees and left. Later the five were arrested and all were sent to prison. •• On September 19 last a bomb was placed under the front door of the Harlem market and exploded. The place was badly damaged. Further inYestigatlon developed that recently Baff’s son, Harry, while -on his way home from business, was held up and blackjacked by two men, whose apparent object was only to inflict injury. The motive was not robbery. WIFE SLAYER IS FREED BLEA8E BEFRIENDS UNION'S HEARTLESS MURDERER. Rider Killed in Savannah. In full view of 1,000 people Gray Sloop, was killed at Savannah, Ga , Thursday as he was leading in a motorcycle race. He lost con,t Jjl of the machine.- ^ Making Goods for Soldiers. Wisconsin mills afe working over time to fill an order for 1,296,000 pair of socks and" 400.090 sweaters for the armies of England and Jones, •-Wealthy Planter, Poisoned His Wife and Was Sent to Pen by ' Jury of His Peers. W,. T. Jones, the wealthy- Union county farmer, who was serving a life term for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Marion Jones, will not serve the re mainder of his days, in prison. The governor Wednesday granted him a parole on the condition of good be havior. The prisoner is confined on the Union county chain gang, having been sent there several months ago from the State penitentiary, and will be released when the parole is re ceived from Columbia. Jones was tried at the spring term of court of Union county in 1909. The indictment charged him with murder on two 1 counts. T'he first count charged him with "administer ing and causing to be administered to the said Marion Jones a certain dead ly poison, commonly called strych nine,” on account of which she died. The second count charged hitn with inflicting on and creating in the said Marion Jones certain mortal injuries and a mortal sickness, a further de scription whereof is to the jurors aforesaid unknown, from which she died.” In the supreem court the verdict *>L4he lower court was affirmed un animously. The decision, filed Feb ruary 26, 1910, was written by the late Chas. C. Dantzler, acting asso ciate justice. It was concurred by Ira B. Jones, chief justice,-and Eu gene B. Gary and C. A. Woods', ci£te justices; The case came before the supreme court on several occa sions after the verdict bad been af firmed. One ground of appeal was after-discovered evidence. Jones made a long fight to procure bis re lease on bail but failed. The governor attached the follow ing statement to the official paper: "Parole the said W. T. Jones during good behavior; and upon the further condition that should he ever take another drink of wine, whiskey or other intoxicating liquors or bever ages, he shall be required to serve the remainder of the above mention ed sentence and upon the further condition should be hereafter marry and be convicted of abusing or mis treating his wife he shall be arrested and committed to the State peniten tiary to serve the remainder of the sentence above referred to.” The trial of W. T. Jones was be gun February 3, 1909, in the Union county court of general sessions. It attracted a great deal of attention be cause of the shocking details. He was one of the best known and most successful farmers in Union county. He owned a large estate near Santuc and was also engaged in the cotton business. Boyden Nims, chemist of Columbia, made an examination of the contests of the stomach of the dead woman. At the trial he testified that he found strychnine in the viscera. CLASSIFIED COLUMN KILLED TWO OYER SOUP. Rowdy Entered Restaurant Where He Shot Proprietor and Visitant. Ernest F. Grimsley, who was among the prisoners paroled Wednes day by the governor, was convicted in the Richland county court in June, 1911, of killing Mrs. Rosa Bessinger and Walter Sandifer. He was found guilty of murder with recommenda tion to mercy and sentenced to a life term in the State penitentiary. Grimsley entered a restaurant op erated by Mrs. Bessinger at 1219 Tay lor street and ordered a bowl of soup. He then called for an additional roll, which was refused. He left the res taurant in an angry mood and re turning a few minutes later killed Sandifer, who was standing behind the counter. Mrs. Bessinger came to the door leading from the kitchen to the lUncji room and he fired upon her. Sandi fer was instantly killed. Mrs. Bes singer died in a hospital several hours later. Grimsley was then 22 or 23 years old and bad been employed as a chain gang guard. At the trial the plea of insanity was offered. Big Type Davors Pigs tor each. Furnish pedigree. Frank Mountain Cave Apples, direct front grower to the consumer for cash or exchange. Satisfaction guaranteed, T. C. Bryson, Sylva, N. C. Cabbage Plants—$1 per M. All va rieties. Cash with order. Faritt Science Institute. 253 E. Russell St., Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted—Colored agents to sell Magic Shaving Powder. It shaves without a razor. Write Shaving Powder company. Savannah, Ga. For Sale—One brand new Rodgers Scroll Saw, complete. First $5 gets it. Karl LeserfAkn, 32 Broad St., Charleston, S. C. "Wanted to Exchange”—Well train ed coon and possum hound for well trained pointer or setter. Write me. M. L. Crawford, Tiger, Ga. Agents Wanted—Colored agents send 25c stamps for half-pound l>ox pow der that shaves clean without razor. Quick seller. Southern Specialty Co., Savannah, Ga. Am selling beautiful White Runners $1 each. Black Minorcas, black and white Orpingtons, $5 trio. Extra fine birds. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs. J. M. Underwood. Lafayette. Ga. V* Marry—Large list of wealthy mem bers wishing early marriage. Con fidential description free. Reliable club. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oak land, Cal. ' For Sals—Juniper fence posts, any length or size, Juniper telephone telegraph poles from 20 foot, fourIbsh. tops, to 50 foot, eight inch tops. H. C>apd T- W Reeder. Ed mund, S. C. Ladies, earn Xmas money addressing circulars and envelops. Earn „ _ to $10 per week. Send stamped en velope for reply. Webb & Thorn burgh Co., Atlanta. Ga. Best grade Georgia Cane Syrup, new ‘ crop, direct from producer. $ 10.50 per barrel of 3 4 gallons f. o. b. Cairo. Ga. Sample furnished on re ceipt of 6c. C F Walker, Caifo. Ga. SHOT VICTIM’S FATHER. Blease Turned Out of Pen Emerson, Who Escaped and Returned. Allen Emerson, pardoned Wednes day by the governor, shot and killed Thomas Drake, a farmer, when sur prised by Drake late one night in company with Drake’s daughter in her bed room. He was tried in Feb ruary, 1907, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. While serving his sentence he escaped from the peni tentiary. Afterward he returned of his own accord. Emerson la closely related to sev* eral important families ■ and the Drakes also are a large and respec table connection. Emerson had been a deputy sheriff. He was paroled in August, 1.913, on the tpnditlon that he leave the State. Cossacks Capture Aeroplane. A party of Cossacks captured an aeroplane and two aviators Plock Wednesday. 1 near Savannah Doesn’t Join. The Savannah banks have decided not to participate in the $135,000,000 cotton loan, , School Trustees—We can supply you at any season with the best teachers available upon request. Write or wire at once. Carolina Teachers Agency, F. K. Graham, Manager, Klngstree, S. C. Four Cycle Gasoline and Kerosene Stationary Engines Quaraateed for life. Pumping, ginning, sawing, etc. Sizee from 1 1-2 up. Pumping enginee. $35 delivered. W. H. P!ep- er, 91 yost Bay Street, Cbarleeton, 8. C. Georgia Cane Syrup—New crop, new 35-gal. barrels. $15 per barrel, freight prepaid to your nearest rail road statioii. Prompt shipment. First class goods. James L. Maul din, Cairo, Ga. Fall Cabbage PlantM, ail leading vari eties. Including Flat Dutch and Ear ly Jersey Wakefield. 90c per 1,000. Leaps' Prolific Wheat. $1.75: Ful- ghum Oats. $ .25 per bushel. W. Y. McNeil, Walterloo. S. C. For Sale One 20 horsepower Mc- Vicker gasoline engine; has been used a little in saw mill and gin work; guaranteed first class condi tion; cheap, on easy terms. Ad dress R. F. Anderoon, Sycamore. C. We Have Farms in Houston County, Ga., of from 40 to 2,000 acres that we can sell on terms of 1-4 cash, balance in 1 to 5 years. Price from $25 to $60 per acre. Southern In surance & Realty Co., 314 Georgia Casualty Building, Macon, Ga. A New Protective Undergarment for particular women. No woman should be without same. Send for cata logue. Agents wanted. Territory allowed. Jesselyn I. Dunn, State Agent, 1116 Taylor St., Columbia. S. C. For Sale—Magnificent black fur set, latest model, never used, of excel- ■ tent quality, good workmanship and refined taste; $14.50, cost $45. Will be sent at my expense to any ad dress for full examination. Mrs. A. . S., Apt. 8, The Astoria, Washing ton, D. C. BOTANICAL MANUFACn&lNG COMPANY _ PlisnMccatlcal Cbtatoto 315 Rocs Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Artillery Sent North. - • Gen. Obregon has sent train loads of artillery north wand from Mexico City in order to stop the advance of Gen. Villa. Denies Using Neutral Boats. Germany has denied using neutr boats to lay mines in.th’e North Se » Cotton Being Exported. A dispatch from New Orleans says 97,2626 bales of cotton were export- : ed to foreign countries last week. ROOFING-ROOFING-ROOFING, -gS.UU'l'LK UQUAKE - - —- First-class Galvanized Corrugated and V-Crimped Roofing in fi. 7, 8 and 10 loot lengths. . • - ' SGcks 10 cents per square extra. Only required with Y-Crimp6d Roofing. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, «23 Cot* St, Coluetio, S. C. TT"