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i ►L.37 WALTERBOEO, & C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1914. NO. 20.1 iDSTRSAKS LOSE HOLD ON ALL THE PASSES OF THE CARPATHIANS LAMAR GRANTS FRANK APPEAL NO SKA From Habeas (Wpo* Decision Federal Coart. (n Reversal of on The Part . Of Dual Empire’s w Annies MASHAWFILLE NEWS. Washington, Dec. 2*.—Justice La-* mar of the Supreme Court today granted an appeal from the decla- ,10a of the Georgia Federal Court, which refused to release Leo M. Frank, ea a habeas corpus proceed-, tnga Frank la under death sen tence far the murder of Mary Pha- gan. an Atlanta factory flit. FIGHT OFF COAST. CHILEAN GOVERNOR FREEH 44 CRIMINALS CannonaJir.{t Proved tr» bo Ouisec » , Saluting FUg. court la tho laad, for which Frank’s attorneys wen fighting for the weeks lick was oneo previously do- phase BRITISH LOSS ON YPSES TRENCHES MAY BE SERIOUS Position has Strategic Value-New Fear of Airship Raid Chlstmas has come and gone and, hsfsrs we are looking forward for a happy jo Seal and prosperous New Tear. jham < Mr. O. P. Price aa<J children spent, *nd w the Xmas holidays with Mr. C. A. hi Hill at Cottagevllla. of the Mr. Ira Remley of Savannah spent' tho present proesdings, Frank’s Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. H; C. sttornfy. argued to the Fedoarl Price of Sandy Dam. j court of Georgia that State courts Mias Gaynell Price apent the holl- ln wMrtl Frank had beea .convicted days at honie with her parents at murder, has lost jurisdiction over Sandy Dam. j their client because ho had not had Miss Mary Gahagan who has been ; a falr trtal “d *** **** convicted ^siting on Sandy Dam has returned }n a “ atmosphere of violence. They tckjier home at Hardeeville. i asked the Georgia Federal court to Miss Noel Hansford and brother, ^»®ase Frank on a habeas corpus Henry are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joel wr,t - J«dge Newman refused and Larisy of this place./ * d^lined to grant an appeal to the Mr. Roland HIM is spending some Su * ,rem# Conrt - ' ni ® •P** cal 10 Ju,, * time with Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Price. I 1 ’ 0 ® La “ ar - K™ 1 * 1 »®day. permits Miss Inez Price attended the Xmas th ® m to U P ,or hear * tree at CottagevlUe Friday night, ,n|f ,n Wartington. last. | Kseewthm SUyed. Mins Nell Crosby has returned to ' -LaGdon, Dee. 2t.—British obeerv- Wg •( the progress of the war point this taornlng to the admission In tho official announcements her home at Lodge aft^r /upending a few days with friends at\this place. Mr. Earl Hiott Is spending the holidays in Charleston. Mr. Milson Burden is at home for the holidays. "Brown Eyes.’’ How War Ruins Farming In the current issue of Farm and Fireside the national farm paper In th. Cnrpntklu mnon-! t ' ub " ,b * d ** 8prtn,*«.u. obia d.t- j .. .- u .ed Starr Jordan, president of Le st the troops along the •. . OA . > K land SUnford University, puhllehue Meanwhile Frank’s execution is stayed. COUNSEL NOTIFIED. . .7] New Yertc. Doe. 2S.—An appeal to the United Staten Sspreme Court ihas been granted by Justice Lamar j in the ease of Urn M. Frank. Louts j Marshall. Fmnhte ssunsaL aanouae- ed this -Valparaiso. Cbil^ Dec. ’ ; 2f.—Ni sea fight has oc^hrred off the Chlleen •east so far as can be aacerufited today at Valparaiso. Cannonading' reported last night IS miles off this port by ths Chilean torpedo gunboat Tome and which I was supposed to be an engagement between the British cruiser NsW- csstle and tho German cruiser Dres den and converted cruiser Print Bltol Frederick, is now believed to hnve been the Newcastle saluting the ling of Vice Admiral Sir Frede rick Sturdee, commander of the British SQuadron which sank the Gorman squadron off the Falkland Island. " v ^ The Australian battle erniser Aus tralia anchored fp the bay this morn ing. Vive Admiral Sir George Pat sy. commander of the Australia, came abhore and paid his resp^ts' to the Chilean authorities. II e said ho had not m^^^s cruiser Newcastle while on his way to Vlaparaiao, and he declared that he was unable te explain the origin of the firing re ported ,011 tho coa^t. The Australia has been cruising elong the Pacific coast of .South America for several weeks. ’ Twenty-three of Them Were In for Murder or Manslaughter. Columbia, Dec. 29.—The Governor yesterday granted .pardons and pa roles in 44 coses. Practically all of the prisoners were serving terms in the State penitentiary, on the State farms and the county chain gangs, j Nine of the prisoners released were confined In the State penitentiary. Pardona were granted in several cases to restore clttxenshtp. paroles having already been given. Since assuming office the Governor has extended clemency in 1.4SS cases. ggSISI UUkC Sflnodw narhm nahn Ths crimss of the prisoners re leased by the Governor may be clas sified as follows: Murder .. .... 12 Manslaughter .. .. . 1 Arson »• •. .. .. .. ..,2 ' Criminal assault 2 Safe cracking .. -T .,. 1 BANKERS MUST PAY ON CAPITAL COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL RE%« KNUE HO RULES. THE QUESTION RAISED By Large Bank of State of Sowttll Miscellaneous 16 Columbia, 8. C.. Dec. 21.— Th# collector of internal revenue at Co lumbia, D. C. Heyward, at the te- ■tance of one of the large hanks #f the state, has. presided to tho com missioner of Internal revenue a test question as to the liability of banka and bankers to return in their report lot capital, fuirplus 'and undiridod % ;1 •.v „ profits, borrowed money utilised as It ... H.t nlftht th»t 204 ,, ,, th<> trnMMM prisoners are left In the State penf- auch banks or bankers. The quss- tentiary, and on the State farms, __ . / __ „ ’ . , . A . . tion aros« as to whether or not Tho mimbor of porolod r«t«d.T. ^ iMl< ^ ^ *ho to .orrin, on tho SUto <umt (|irn only , h „ .nbrnh-l " no ' Oodurtod from tho above hum. , ' , d ln ca p, u l. „ r .hothT tkm / be: /’ MAYTORENA FOItrEN BEGIN RE- l TIREMKXT. Falfilment of KoUement Gen Hcott. to Brig- thnt he had re- Ipntlee Lamar to this effect. is ones mors .•o Of : •from the Biala * w# the a most Interesting article * entitled 'ZEnmfceek I'~ 7h9 Fann ® r •%* Wsr’’4n which shews how In the path of armies the producer becomes helpless. He i peace-loving and proe- perjbs. middle Western farming A marring# teat wfU come as a surprise, and still be pf Interest te their ssany friend# Os#»fhte of Miss Llssle Fender of Lodge, S. C., to Mr. Jas. T. Carter, of/Williams, 8. C.. which was solsmniasd at the Methodist parsonage at Ruffin, 8 C* 27. 1S14. The Hew. Bell officiating The bride wore a doth coat suit of mid-night, blue, with hat an4 means the ^ ^ _ til the forces whlcli swept setinFtee mountains to form the ex-/ trttet rifht In the concreted Austro- rn ,,. _ . aV m . , _ J _ attack on tho Ro-lan arm- . ^ h ”* t ^ iaa, aid It mark, another .orprlflna ^ hot which feroraal of form on th. part ol tho £ 1 "'* »"* aafortOMto- JLoatrlan aoldlore whoaa battle for.' . . . • k** 1 * * n * taaoa alac th. onthroak of bortlH- ’’T,, d ^ tta. bare two. con,plcno«lr ^.T,' Th * brt4 * ^ tb ' b, • , ■ U, ” , * ,, ' i ^ ^ | following extract taken from his ar- wi—tKdh dhadit nttle »han*e t,Cl * DoCt ° r Jotdaa • Plctn hte been recorded, while on hte west of MaP «<lonia /* | been a resident of Lodge, and comes «rn front the slow and tedious trench i “There were no houses standing from one of ths oldest and best warfare gees on uninterrupted, with along the road. Every body lived In families in this section ef the coun- o#jy slight gates oa either side. I the villages, even though the lands I try.. // , ''' The British praas eoncedee the 1m- were ten miles away. And the ril- j 8he la a most beautiful young of the trenches near Holla- lages were crow ar- co arc W mplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Fcndor. She has all her life • way. Ana i wded just as > stand closely lady and by her charming manner and winsome ways has won many friends, both yonng and old, who ^ beke, ssath of Ypree, which have as booses could bean taken by the Germans and! And the farming was not very V points out that ths strategic value good. The ground was barely I regret her departure. ol these positions has been empha- sctatclietl by the plow. Often in I Mr. Carter Is ths oldest son of steed recently in a dispatch from good tend one would see strips rov- Mrs. Sue Carter, of Williams. 8. C. Blr John French, commander In chief cred **ith black-berriefi 'and wild He is i very promising young man. Of the British forces on the conti- flower?!. Other tracts are overgrown.of sterling worth and character.* H*- nent. They command an important with yornbby oaks and sometimee Is quite popular, not only at hj.^ crossing of the river Lys to which with wild lilacs, although not a big home town, but throughout the the Germans have been holding te- tree was left sttanding to make a county. paciously. The taking of these forest. The Turks .once held Mace-.! Mr. and Mrs. Carter h%ve men - trendies gives them a stronger foot- donia, rrd it would seem that they Jrionds in this ra well an in otbo- Naco, Aria., , Dec. 26.—Governor Maytorena, with hte Villa forces, be gan retiring today out of range of ten guns of the Carransa garrsion at Naco. Ssnora. ' Official reports to Brigadier General Bite* showed ths Villa forces have removed their ma- teflne guns, abandoned their front trenches and are preparing to retire te the Hate Maytereat cams/ II kilometres from Naco. , This movement is in fulfilment of a statement by Maytorena to Briga dier General Scott, negotiating for a seeeatlon of Mexican warfare along the boundary. • At noon Maytorena's trenchea were all evacuated and the first train load of hia soldiers had departed for ths southwest. „ - Cql. P. Ellas Calles, of ths Car ransa garrison, reported Maytorena was^retlring to his main camp, hut that Gen. Hill, commanding at Naco, expected Maytorena to continue a hlarkade of Naco. The list of pardons and ptfroles wore sent to the Secretary of State yostef<lay by the Governor, and aftor the great seal of the State had been affixed, the papers were sent to the State penitentiary and the clerks of court In thc various counties, where the prisoners are confined. The Governor did not send a regular Christmas list to ths Secretary of SState'a office this year, only sight receiving clemency at that Urns. - hold. hated trm. The, Chinese have a counties and states who wish •hei Fear of a Zeppelin raid over Lon- proverb that ‘where armies quarter surer: s nr l bsp miners I -T Ansel is Being Considered fop U. 8. * ComniUHlon**. Washington. Dee. 28^—President WMson expert* to pend to the senate this week nominsMoiT* of the five federal trade comihlSsioners. It was said at tjie White House to- dry that whlle/he hud not finally ’-osen the enp^mission. he had nar rowed his li^t of eligible* down from throe hundred to a few men. \ony thee'tho pr^iident was utl- to be considering were Roadside HcbooL . Miaass LMHan and Edith 11a are at home for ths hoH/tays. Mias Lillian la n teacher In tin Academy at Mountain (Oconee Couhty). Mins' student of It 1s hoped that po^tidM make a healthy diet while ths/panle 1a on should be Included with this all borrowed money uaed In thg Inesa. The .commissioner of^tntOrnol revenue In response to tht* question rules that “money borrowed By banks, which actually as utllteod na capital, should be included te ths basis upon which the tax dns te puted. The amount of auch rowed capital entered Into tthe bnste should be only the average of the money so borrowed; that la (te ten case of the specific case for white the ruling was asked), whops th# hank borrowed 1610,666 for a led of four months, then tho aver age of this loan for ths year would he one-third of ^06.000, or $2t6,- 000. and tho bank akonld. therefore, add et Mt.sapital ISO^JOd.” , with the words that the Items the war broke oat. “Bat oh, you bills." .../ ' I think O^Rlley must have gone into buslnete In Europe. Curry combs have gone up te price since Blease got left. Peeples must feel lonesome. Roadside School Katertatnmewt. On Christmas Eve a large crowd enjoyed a vary pleasant evening at Roadside school house. Several out-door amusements were arranged for tho children and visitors. After about two hours of pleasure on the school grounds, the crowd was pleasantly entertained In side of the house. The first Indoor exercises were Christmas readings and songs specialty arranged for the evening. These exercises were ear nestly and successfully* carried out and were enjoyed by all. • The patrons of the school and also the Vlsiors had at heart the pleasure pf the little ones and for them as well as others a Christmas tree was beautifully decorated and brilliantIv lit np by Christmas . candies. The Whlfch r/ently has more or less thorny and thistles grow,’ and erm- led, has been replaced by the ics have quartered in Macedonia for ' w — Mltties of a raid by German twenty centuries. And for thte Djr.amlte i. The comparatively ease reason there can be no good farm* which English airmen reached The -cattle are dwarfish and give xyen has driven home the Idea but littleYni A. IT retaliatory visit would not tb® primitive European buffalo, asjff* 11 wrecked for.’- bii!. ; rc*»r. bu ly greater difficulty. AH the machinery to meet air tn- Frierd. It k.. Iw—'n .nld/thT BT.kT.t.; 1 ** tb « — > * t,t * B *** e* won’t oven kin r oti . .mil. .Inn ““O "■«* <» «» 7- ness shall be returned on Form 4*T. the form prescribed for returns of bunks and bunkers, us u portion of tho capital. >■ As u result of this ruling the coi- Iscttor culls the attention of all bantyi and bunkers of this state to tho fact that an examination, of their returns. In tho majority of Instances, ahowi that only the subscribed and paid-in capital has been returned for taxa tion. It. therefore, becomes neces sary for every bank, except those which may have returned their her- - rowed capital for taxatlos, to amend > their returns on Form 467, showing the amount of borrowed capital em- •' ployed In the buslnees during the It months of the fiscal year ended Jane 30, 1414, In addition to theHr sub scribed and paid-in capital. Up baste for computing amount of additional tax due for the period from Novem ber I. 1914, to June ,30, 1915. Num bers of the returns made by banks have been examined In the collector’* office and forwarded to Washington '.nd amendments have been made, and in the cnse 8 of theac hanks It ! Hx ,, l42-i.*i» V re* K.-i : • Buildings. * Hyra^re. Ind.', Doc. 23.—A d>r/ They are used, with roBe* explosion of ur dctrr-n'ncd/or; era has been e tightened. The Official warning aa-te the best steps cl re tun vent danger, heretofore is- >ed only 4n London. beasts of sheep, the Fame breed thay had/n ;Pl at « fflars windows in a dozen oih- Organization for Farmers told geod has been done for by chambers of commerce and sstemanlty-bulldlng bodies. 11 cities now having their central e Jam of cooperation and benefits accruing to the dtixens In even rensteg measure. The farmer * is cooperation more than the city needs dt. Organization can do more for the rurat community it dues for the ; urban. the ■ organize. fre y/r. i'nd forrher Prorrnpsive can- n d/ 1 for governor ef Missouri; _ . __ . - u' ilt i’ry J.»Waters. rr'’sid''nt of the burden. Horses are fe5/ be r® ®*rly today and dr^rtolhhex i . Z. . . , „ . h ’<T;'r/Si&tn Agricultural college: [Gforge F. Peabody, a New York h-y^Vcr and business man; Edward N\ Hurley, of ChloAgo, president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ associa- Pen rrid an expert Hfi foreign trade, in South America: Gov. Wr i of Oregan and Gov. Hodges of rCaccas.- ' , Davie’, t onir.itesi''ner of .... , .. ... . IU i„, T — — ro-tmns: /ormcr Attorney Gen-!, will be necessary for them to make a / ! T’ Fe’'iep'/^f Georgia, I / 'i • tner («oc. ^Anstl, *7/South Caro- j I ilra; Albert D. Norton!, a St. Louis the t Judea in U/ble times, are handsome era - Police are working on the u and active, ?ut carrying veyy little' 1 * 1 ® 0 ^ l^ut the blast was caused bv er'emies of Walker Wilson, w! •y / owned a saloon in one of the biuiri- ings that wag wrecked. wool; a couple of pounds a , year would be a big averivge. “There would be no -gm in Im proving the stock when thh soldier<i may come ajy. minute.. And be tween bands of soldiers come the hands of brtf.mds: A brigand in Macedonia, as in Mexieo, Korea, and China, Is a farmer who has quP If he can’t make a living on tb-» farm, or if someone hac seized i,|, farm he become' an,r. , * T TTed tfry'a. ^ “The farmer vho is r : cb .-u va r l ^ j- -'.c- _ porous t^ay tr^ haV* to loav.- -^the country tome few on two bwryr v* 1•- a V. a i * ^t. . i- 4 • « / U#'’Veterans AH persons. Confe slid their v-i.^owf^'who sre n^t r ceivtng r. n *op4 arc askdl to r:r - J. Rf. pc’-sfon comminciort— Wditcrl-o^N^. C. Mr. Mijsy »'• fn • *o rrf a 'o- .Vt’ H*t of ;l*r.' t are rc < \ i X" v- ’r j > .aid ■ 0 ( O the .i.s. yeur friervbt X • # *r.» r.f Tr>.STjk*«. To viy fri, ,•»** in Wa Per boro and rnV- * •’, .’oinpv: ' ' • ‘ j 1 • '*i:i’ ttimn' 1 to t'-ank enrlT one <k \ '< f».r the ’-m r.bio ass’s*.- ^ yois r: v«« r e in the 1'nn.a,') ! • v Co cir! T notice, by the l>'tiu j hou c e, with v. hat We: on hi.' I h'.- J /tn-g ■V j Presbyterian Chnr Regular servicer, at the Pyesbyle- " - _ irch next Sunday, at 11 A. M.. ; stock taking lu LO P. M. The quarterly com- [of the rlnv vtth ^ T lunlori will be celebrated„ at the local motchni^K. .t?., tervlce. A cordial Invita- mas rush, th!s» cuattt,: public. ' ,|,ir “ l A j ■ O. A f, • <1 ; the- s u:; Prow: -■et. i'i»t racently closed. f’C-jh! shake hands with f ' i and say “I thank t r. 0 » ,]o this, 1 •• cclumns of '! Standard. Wlfhout incomplete without dear old Santa and’'his presents for them. The little ones were agreeably surprised when Mr. and Mrs. Santa came in and gave them a very friendly greet ing. After thev had had a ‘"'good chat w^h the children they deliver ed to them the presents that had been hung on the tree'.for them. When Mr. and Mrs. Santa had finished giving the presents off the tree the exercise* were concluded by passing fruit and cake around to ail who were preeert. By the hearty cooperation of the patrons of the school and visitors the evening was a very pleasant one for all present. supplemental return on Form 457, showing yftfly the additional amount The Enferprlse Furniture Co., have been busily engaged In moving their stork of furniture to the store room Just above L. N. Glover’* fur niture store:. This is a much better location and the management de sires to see their friends and custo mers ttyere. - ' * I t^umie ustei-TT, who. was lodged in the county Jail lust week, charged I not hove wqn the ! with shooting and killing a negro vogue. balia, S. C. rt. % - I would thank Mr. too, for every courtesy shown ■ X X ■ ' ' ' *. \ J— . ^ has been released on $2,500 bond. on arrmrrit of borrowed’ capital boing used and employed in the business, for taxation. In tho case of al! other banks, the returns on file In the col lector’s office will be returned to them with the request that the asm# be amended In the respect indicated as necessary by thla decision. Thooo bapks. the return,, from which h*vo been forwarded to Washington, will be supplied with a new set of Forms f 57 upon which to make tho supple mental return. More Whiter Clemson College, Dec. ll t —Among the most encouraging reports that have corns to -the office .-#f W. W. Long, stats agent of demonatmll## and director of extension st Clem- son College, ere those from the coun ty and district agents to th# effort that more successful winter gardens are in evidence this year than ever before in South Carolina. The win ter garden 1a a blessing In every way. Ther« i 8 no piece of land on a South Carolina farm that can h# made to return larger yields than 19. 1914. Mr. Willie Glover baa returned to jthe land on which there te a properly ' South Part, N. C. f after a pleasant ' cultivated and properly ntlltaed win- Paschal Felder, 'vist to relatives hers. (ter vegetable (Arden,