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**************************** ELECTRIC CITY SPARKLETS Items of Interest and Personal Mention Caught Over the Wireless on the Streets of Anderson **************************** (From Sunday's Dully, i Justice Has I Murin* Hu?? i Mini) THek*. | Been Deepened, The courts of Anderson see nome of j The North Anderson Development 1 lie most uniuslng Incidents ever heard Com pun y yesterday completed some or. A few days ugua man whh urraign- (work on one of Its prettiest Hprlngs. i'd before a muglKlrote on u charge of I wlilrli makes the place far more at-1 iteoling a eoat and demanded a trial tractive thun it was before. Tiiey by a Jury and when he wus convicted found that they had built the rock by a Jury and sentenced to puy a line | work around the spring too high, so of $1.00 lie did not have the money. | they have hud the rock lowered, and The Jury then iniule up the dollar and j us a result the spring now bus u splen puid his line. YcHtenluy the came mun uid flow? The water Is exceptionally had a wrangle with his son, during Mine and cold water und hundreds of wliieh the soli struck him and the boy ! people stop there every day. was then lodged In Jull on a charge of i -o assault and battery. Late In the af- i |>fcnlc l'a riles t 'moon the man succeeded In finding Enjoying Life. P. bondsman for his son and got him , , |(fg mukIng cxcur. out of jail. All ?f which show that " PAnderH0U to near.by Justice moves In n mysterious way.! f, d e evening tier wonders to perforai. Was Much Ado About Nothing, A ntury was going the rounds in Anderson yesterday to the effect that n mun kidnapped 'wo children In this city Friday night. Later it de veloped that Sheriff Ashley had been able to straighten the matter out within a few minutes after it took place. It BOems that a man was to take two small children out into the country for a visit to their grandpa rents and after he took some several drinks of a mixture culled liquor, but really made of cylinder oil, he went to ure certainly enjoying life. A large party of Anderson people went to Wll liamston Friday night for a picnic at beautiful Wtlllamston Mineral Springs and they hud one of the most delightful evenings of the ?usinier, according to j the stories they., told yesterday. A number of similar events ure planned for next week. -o Candidates Mint File Their Accounts. Every candidate running for any j county office should not neglect the very Important matter of filing his expense account. Jumes N .Peurman a house and secured two children and j will receive these statements Monday started for the country. He managed and it is Important that every candi to get tho wrong children and was didate bear this important duty In mighty glad to offer an apology and mind, because if it is not done the can didate will not be-allowed to take the I office, even though he should be elec ted. 'Governor Had Wurm Welcome. get away wt'u that. Townvllle Is To Lose Pastor, The people of Townvllle, and es pecially the Baptist* of that place are much pained over the fact that Rev. ' Governor Blesse was given a warm W. B. Hawkins, tho pastor of the welcome when he arrived in the < city Townvllle Baptist church, has tender- ia8t night. Several hundred of his I ed his resignation to take offect the supporters from the country and from latter par. jf tho year. During Mr. the milis paraded the streets of the) Hawkins' jtay In Townvllle he has cjty and managed to make constder beep ub?o to accomplish a great deal, able noise durlnir thp couyse of their A r^?tr?Ct?? meeting is now going on progress down Main street A num at this church, in which Rev. J. _ber of the plantera, in tho city yea W. Nelson of Rock Hill I* assisting terday for tho county campaign, re the pastor and large crowds are at- raalned last night for the appearance 1 tending tho sorvlceB. of the Governor. Only One Question Before the Publie. Only one question was before the public of Anderson county yesterday and that was politics. If a man did not want to talk politics he either hsd to - toy at home or keep his mouth a hut while out on the streets because someono was continually near wait ing to pounce upon the first one daring to open his mouth to mention the po litical altuatlon. Interest ran. high yesterday and the county candidates and state candidates had things their way here. ??sk Frcs "? ,' A Camping Trip. One of the moat congenial camping parties that Anderson has ever sent out Into the foothills to rough it for a week returned to the city on yeBterday. Th? party was coposed of Mr. and Mrs. Bond Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Raysor and Mr. and Mrs. James N. Pear man and they have been spending a week on the Tugaloo river. They say that the fishing was fine and they had si great time from the first day they landed at the camp- until they broke up the par ty yesterday. Weekly Coneert Is Given Today. The regular Sunday afternoon band concert will'be heard this afternoon at North Anderson park,and it la ex pected that there will bo a large at tendance. Las t Sunday afterncon over 1,000 people went to North An derson and this Is sufficient assurance that the concerts are proving popular. Director Hembreo of the Second Reg iment band said yesterday that he had ! arranged an especially pleasing pro- | 'grom for thin efternoon. 'Mil' Old ^Persuader* To Say ^flood-Bye." It is understood that a movement is on, foot in Anderson to have the can non removed from its position in the middle bf Main street to some other lo cutlnn, it !r. pointed oui that the can non interferes seriously with traffic along Main street and that it would bo a great convenience to the traveling public ft It. were moved. Porter A. Whaloy has taken the matter up with the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and has secured their consent, and Is now fig uring with tho city or Anderson on se curing another location. New Cafe To He Opened. L. S. Stamps has rented the store room Just next to Manon' fruit stand, and is preparing to open a cafe In the building. ThB establishment will be known as the "Luncheonette" and Mr. stamps Kays that he intends giving the public the very best that the mar ket affords and.to conduct a first class and up-to-date place at all times Try Small Farm Plan. The, Anderson Real Estate and In vestment company has purchased 170 acres of fine farming land about five miles west of tho city and has announ ced that they will cht this farm up into ! 15. 20, 25 and* acre tracts and of-! fer them to the ?public In an effort to ] encourage th?' binants in tho owning of their own homes- and plantations. Owing to the plans' which the company j will pursue in selling these lands. It! Is believed that they will find a ready, sale for every one of the farms. o Miss Bell Is in The Hospital. Dr. J. A. Anderson of Antrevllle, brought Miss Pearl Bell, daughter of Magistrate W. P. Bell or Iva, to An derson Friday and placed her In the Anderson county hospital. Dr. Har ris operated on her for appendicitis, and it was said yesterday that she was doing nicely. Miss , bell has many friends in various, sections ot the county that will be glad, to learn that she is getting along so well . Tote for Trtpp for County Treasurer. | ACTION CO.W*I ENDED Deputy Clerk .4S>; r To Leave Today, - - Clarence eBaty, the well known and popular deputy clerk of court, will be. . gin ut* TKCbtion today. Mr. Beaty plans to go to Mtlwood, popular camp on tho Savannah river, and to spend several d>y? there, following which he will return to Anderson and will probably Bpend a considerable part.of his vacation with friends in and* near the city., ,. Candidates W?wT^ "Up Against It" , Political intereit ran hfgh around Anderson yesterday, In fact more in terest was ovlnced than has yet been seen here;. One candidate walked up to a party and told them that he would like to show them why he should be elected to a certain office and all the i people In'the party were so stirred .up that they replied, "We don't need any cno to tell.ua how to vote, go on about v yo?r business and, leave as alone." 'Th?w'i? .??r??ly rough stun to oven try out pn a candidate. England's Stand In ?Pr?tent - War I Praised by Paris Paper. London. August ,23.?The Paris car respondent of the Reuter Telegram | company in a dispatch says: t"A more than favorable ImpreBaion has been produced here by tho decis ion of the British government to ad. vance ?60,0Q0,0OO to Belgium. The Tumps ..ays: ' "'England has replied nobly to Germany's brutal action in exacting a levy on the city, of Brussels and the province of Liege. One more bond thus unites-in close collaboration the armies arrajred again bi uermsn pir acy. Belgium. France ' and England are shedding their blood for the'wel fare of all. England adds her gold."! v' . Connie Witte In Italy. London, Aug. 22.?A dispatch to The Evening Neva from Rome'Says It was announced today in the Italian capital that Th?ophile Delcasse. former for eign minister of France, and Count Witte, ex-premler . of Russia,. are in "Slaly. - , :r.v;-, y. : F**-the Stranded. Paris,;. Auguat\ii.?a.T-T'he United States cruiser Noxth Carolina which brought >funda fcrpuMba United States to Amer<4sn s> fa Europe, will leave Cherbourg tomorrow. ? The cruiser wll stop at.Valuiouth and may go to Norway. Offl?era? In charge of relief money wiii ioave /or ucpoa and riomo Monday. ' WILL TRY NiX ON A VERY SERIOUS GRIME HE IS WANTED IN THIS COUNTY IS IN GREENVILLE Will Be Arraigned There At Next Term of Court and Fate Will Hang In Balance Jefferson I). NIx. the man who la now in Greenville awultlng trlul on a very serious charge, is well remem bered by some people living in An derson county There is a sealed sen tence In this county for Nix, he hav ing been convicted here in 1892 of assault und battery but skipped the country before his trial. I Nix is Indeed in u predicament in Greenville, Judging from the newspa per stories which have been Bent out from that city. The following is from the Greenville News of yesterday and tells of his preliminary hearing: . i Jeff D. Nix wuh given a preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Samuel Stradley and bound over to court without bond undor the charge of murder. Ho was charged with having killed the Infant of Ida Hill, a girl who was raised in his own home and who was a niece it la Bald. He Is about 69 years of age I According to the testimony brought out yesterday, which testimony was given by Deputies Kelley and Hunt singer, the baby was born near the first of August and v/as buried by Nix near the home. Ho left the homo but was tracked and later captured by the sheriff's officers and placed in' Jail. I Tho deputies went to the home for. an investigation, carrying a physic ian who bad to use his best skill to save the girl's life. It developed that' none but Uie defendant, whom the! girl claimed was the father of the' Child, and herself, were present ntj the birth of tre lofant. According to the testimcrty of the deputies, the| mother of the Infant stated that it' wan aliva when born. It teems that Nix took tho child! and wrapped It In a cloth, carrying it! out in a nearby field where he burled it The officers had some trouble In arriving at the facts; but tho girl, believing that she was to die, con fessed and told them all. She stated that her uncle was the father of the child. She stated that he forced her to comply to his will when be came home drunk one night and that she had been living In this condition for some five years. Owing to illness, ehe could not be present at the trial yestorday but the mother of the defendant and other .??lative? .were.. present,.. : .The., a???* mother, 82 years old. sat in a corner with bowed bead and* heard the testi mony of the officers which did not seem at--all favorable to the defend ant. Ho was? represented yesterday by Mr. Price, ot tho firm of Townes, Harle & Price, and later this term will join in the defense with Cothran, Dean & Cothran. Solicitor Proctor Donham will represent the state SWITZERLAND IS FULLY PREPARED Mobilisation Is Completed and Situation Well In Hand, Coun try in Excellent Condition Washington, Aug. 22.?At tho Swiss delegation here the following state ment was made public today: "Tho Swiss Fedeal council has too ulH??u frOiii iim beginning iu? OTii?lc military force of Switzerland, the Elite and part of the Landstrum, num bering together about 300,000 men. The mobilisation Is not a result of a menace to Switzerland, but merely 'a precautionary military measure. Tne efficient training of the army and care ful preparations for'war enable Swit zerland to maintain the inviolability of its territory. " "As. commandor-ln-chlof of the army Colonel Ulrich Wille, was elected, ris ing to the rank of general. Colonel Spreechor von Berneck Is chief of the staff. Both names are popular and Inspire the troops with highest confidence. "The mobllsatlon was completed Quietly and speedily, the frontier, the Alpine pass as well as the Gotthard and St. Maurice fortifications are strongly guarded. The German rail way station at Basel Is barred. Rail road traffic between Germany and .Ba sel has ceased, as al) trams are stop ped in the German stations outside of Basel. The Swiss-German boundary ????f? io sharply guarded on both aides. Some German patrols which crossed the boundary line were immediately disarmed and- interned. "The financial situation la entirely satisfactory, panic and withdrawals of money from fcinks and savings In stitutions having ceased.. New bank notes of twenty and of five francs were' Issued to preserve tho met?l reserves. ? "All foreigners who escaped. Into Switzerland are well cared for there. The authorities are assisting the 15. 000 stranded Americans by organizing special trains to ports of embarkment. Th? supplies of foodstuffs, principally grain and meat, are satisfactory. In milk and cheese Switzerland possesses a formidable food reserve. The city population and non-mobilised stu dents are helping the farmers to har veta the crops." T?te far Tripp for Coanty Treasurer. MAY USE CODE ON GERMAN WIRELESS Plan Will Be Submitted To Ger man Ambassador For Approval ?Messages To Be Censored Washington. August 21.?President Wilson and Secretary Bryan virtually huve dnc?Jed to what extent the Unit ed States government shall endeavor to enforce neutrality at cable offices und wireleg BHtations in, the jurisdic tion of this cojntry No cen.- ip on eabler und modi fication of the present strict super vision of wireless fj contemplated In a plan that will be Hubmitled tomor row by Secretary Bryun to iiuniei von Haimhausen, German charge d' affaires. Should the German gov ernment approve the new t-uggestou It will be promptly put into effect 1 The plan would permit the sending of code messages at the Hay ville, L. 1., wireless station by the German gov ernment or any other government but I an American naval officer would be retained In charge to prohil-lt uiineu tral message^. Has Keen Isolated Since the order prohibiting code m?juges of oil kinds from leaving , the coast wireless stations, the Ger man government has lost its cable to the rutted Stules It has found it self Isolated from the World and pro tected against the embargo. In wrest ling with the question, officiais an? International lawyers huve been try ing to fin a solution that would give Germany a means of communication on a parity with England, which ban had uninterrupted cable commuuica-, tion from the' United States. At first it was" " contended and vir tually decided that the American gov- ' eminent should -apply equal cenror-' L'lilp on cables and wireless. The point was debated In cabinet council, | however, and the 1 conclusion was ' reached was reached that the cable: did not stand In the same relation to | the wireless. It -was irjji*???dl! bbw-, evor, that to censor c?bler would j mean n stupendous undertakiuc an-, could sot interfere w?th Euglaud's j cable communication through Cahii^. England protested also against a pos sible censoring of the cable, claiming that! Germany could cut the cuDieo zz uea. It finally was determined that the United States ' protect itselt afiuiutsi ihe.unnoutrai use of wireless! stations 88 there was no physical! means for belligerents to interfere] with wireless messages when once' sent from a neutral station. Con lined' to One Station. It was learned tonight that the new plan would affect only the Sayvlite station, which is German owned. The other powerful ?tattori at Tuckerten. N. J., Is no operating'becuuto It'was discovered that it had no license from this government in accordance with commercial r?gulations:'1 AMERICAS.-ARE*- - Tj?> ^ ASSISTED Re!WF for Strands Cnea In For eign Countries Has Now . Been Provided K-uf . ; Arrangements ivlrtually were com pleted today by I the national board ol relief to transfer to. Americans In England all funds deposited to their credit at the state and treasury de partment!.'.' Negotiations by cable, led to an an nouncement tonight that the Bank ot England will make payments in gold to Americana With proper credentials.. The payments will be ' drawn against deposits made with th? branch bank' In Canada.' The . board, will deposit gold to cover th?'payments to be made in the Ottawa branch. To date about $1.1100,000 boa been deposited In the. government depart ments horo for Americans abroad. The French government has noti fied the state department that it will arrange to move all 'Americans now in Switzerland ''to* French seaports. It is estimated there are 10,000 Ameri cans in Switzerland and it was said their transfer to'seaporta' has light ened one of the board's burdens, Secretary MeAdoo today decided to dopoBlt $5,000' %|Uh"; the assistant United States treasurer at New York! to aid destitute'Americans who reach.' that port from Europe. 'J. L. Wllmetb chief clerk of the' treasury and its represntattve ! abroad - in ' the. rel'er work, has cabled-that the situation Is well in hand. Mr. Wllmetb, prepar ing to leave for Holland,,' pieced 1300,000 at the disposal of the Ameri can ambassador In London and'$100, 000 with army paymasters la the te net work. Reports reaching tho boa ruf -indi cate there are about two tnouaanfl Americans In Italy- < but that ' ' the Italic-American ? -traue-Atlantic ser vice probably will be resumed Imme- , d Intel v. Ameiff*?Uf<> lfrT*!erm*nr *aw are able to get "into Holland - ana thence to England The American consul at Herne/ Switzerland, cabled the state department today as fol lows: - : > r.?vf..;.v' ''!--.. .; --?: '.< '. Financial sit uation ^easier f^ cash- - Ing travelers cheques, and leters ?af J credit. Owing to continuous change of residence of Americana and many departures for Italy and France ana England, great -difficulty ! Is -experi enced in finding ihe person aboui whom inquiry has been made/' v * The American contml , at Coburg, Germany, cabled that it Is impossible to find many Americans about whom . inquiry has be*n' made *?' moat of them have left forNortia> 0?maay. The American' : consul < general' at Dresden reported that many -Arlcans about whom: inqulry has- been made have never reached there;. lie {add ed:' "All Americans In-jTMrmanj; pbat Uvely are safe."''.'"" i .- ?-. >v I 's;-',*.?' -. t 'x*)h&wvv->) THRILLING SCENES ARE RECOUNTED! Tourists Tell of Harrowing Sights | Witnessed Before Leaving Europe (By Aesoclated Prees.) New York, \ug. 22?The White Star liner Bailie arrived today from Liver pool and Queenstown with 2,120 pas sengers and nearly 6,000 sacks of mail. The passengers Included more than 11,500 American refugees, who reached either Queenstown or Liverpool from the continent after suffering many .hardships. Seven hundred of the 1,100 steerage pasengers were Americans, unable to get accomodations in the first and .second cabins. One of the passengers was Miss Florence Ralph, of Buffalo, I who at the outbreak of hostilities wan .studying music at Berlin. She heard the emperor deliver . the speech In which he said his sword had been forced into his hands by Ms enemies. As he said it, Miss Ralph declares, j he patted the hilt of a heavy sabre hanging at his side and tears came in to his eyes. The Germans cheered the emperor's speech until he told them to go to the churches and pray. "The day before I left Berlin, the authorities issued orders," said Miss Ralph, "that no parades should be al , lowed and that any persons found singing patriotic uong.- would be ar rested. The idea, I understood, was that the government wanted to im press upon the people that it was time ! to be solemn and not to bo over-confi dent." I Samuel Untcmyer, the lawyer, said j that American women, who were forc ed to take passage in the steerage, sat at table- sandwiched among the for eigners of the kind usually found in the steamship steerages. In the steer age were 15 Americansawho had boen arrested in Germany and Russia aa spies. I Dr. B. Pollock, of San Antonio, Te\o - , was a steerage passenger. He was In Liege August 1 and 2 and said tic streets were filled with wounded u. were Bitting with their bac&B p .mist the sides of houses, , nnrnlTiB their wounds. He said there oeemed to be few physicians iu the. town. He himself dressed the wounds of several of them. .{ The Baltic was convoyed by the British cruiser Essex from the middle of the Atlantic to a short distance out Bide the three mile limit. All the passengers praised the British gov ernment for its efforts to ease hard ships of stranded Americans. AN ITALIAN POPE Chun ces Are That Successor to Pins X will be a Native of Italy. New York, August 21.?The next pope will be an Italian, in the opinion of Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, who Balled tonight on the White Star liner Canopic with Cardinal. O'Cou Ueil of Boston, to participate in the ^onciaVe-itr'li??ae ' which ym name the successor to Pope Pius 3f,'.\3 - Cardinal Gibbons Bald he based his opinion on the fact that there was i predominance of Italian representa tion In the sacred college. He thought the time had not yet arrlvea for the election to papacy of a car dinal of any other nationality. Some time in the future, however, ' ho thought a cardinal of American birth might be elevated to the Vatican. Dispatches from Switzerland today announced '-hat the third American cardinal. J-dm Farley, of this city, ex. pected to leave soon for Rome. I:& has been abroad some time. ACTION PRAISED Refusal to Float L?nn to French Government Commended. - ' London. August 21.?The Econom-, iat. -referring to the opposition of the American government. to allowing New York bankers' to float a Frencnj loan says: . , :?\ . - ? '-. "The United States government has dons honor to- itself and a service to the world by maintaining neutrality in Its strictest.senso and .refusing to allow, it?. bankers to take profit by prolonging the'carnage In Europe." The newspaper points out that it a] French loan had been permitted. a] German loan also must have been permitted; and .that, the effect would] have been to prolong war. . ' VAGUE -RUMORS UntWwn ns Yet Whether Liege Has Fallt u- Many Kumars Afloat London . August 21.?Victor Duras American " .ice consul at Liege, Bel. glum, reacted London today. He left Liege last Friday to make ? report at Brussels, to Brand Whilock. Amen can minister .to -Belgium. After cot eluding his mission at Brussels, the vice consul was Unable to re-enter Liege. : Mr. Duras said today he did not. know whether Lieg? h?d capitulated.' He said all sorts of rumors were in circulation In Holland but that there wnn tin Haflnlto Infnrms?lr;? am Vc ? ditions In Liege. / - , ., ?1 ...,.., ..,1 ,X -T-- $ |?f Renews Declaration <*'. Paris, Aug. 22 ?Id visif oi: Ujs pearance of German* on-her So?thorn j frontier, Holland has renewed her de- j deration of neutrality to Paria and to London, according to the Petit Paris ien; The, newspapers add that impor tant conversations are proceeding at The Hague between the Netherlands foreign minister, the \ French minister and a special enVoy from the French foreign office. Want Cessation of Hostilities .' Savannah, Ga., Aug. 21.?South At lantic' Naval stores factors -, meeting here today, decided it.at immodlato cessation of hostilities is necessary to protect industry, as the result .of ihe European war conditions. Producers throughout the southeast Will be noti fied of this decision with' a requect in? ?hvr CIMiw" oyeiSiwns. \ ?WH ANXIETY Germany's Keply to Jans l'lMi r.i Awaited With Interest. Washington. August 21.?Ow' to f o belief in official circles ' ut tho v !i .nan government will aval itself o. he last minute before repl/lng to t Japanese ullitmatum, demmding V.u evacuutlon of Kia-Cliow and witli .rawal of the German fleet from the Orient, the exact moment when thm ultimatum expires hau become a mat ter of special Interest. Ir. the Japanese note, Germany was given until noon August 23 to an swer. But noon in Tokio and noon lu Berlin of August 23 are separated by many houro*. If this answer Is made through the German embassy at Tokio then the Berlin government must address It r,elf to Japan by the devious method of cable communication pas'slng through the hands of its enemies, the British, and must start the message from Berlin tomorrow if it Is to reach Tokio by noon Sunday. On the other hand If Germany takes the ground that the tennis of the ulti matum may be met by a response de livered to the Japanese embassy In Merlin, the reply may be delayed un til a few moments before noon Sun day, Berlln"time. SUPPLYING THE "NEEDFUL* Honey Now Helng Paid to Americans I By Order of stufe Department London, August 21.?Acting under orders from American ambassador, I Page. Major Daniel W. Ketchum and ! others in charge of the distribution of funds deposited In Washington for Americans in Europe began payment today. Descriptions -of persons to whom money is sent is cabled to Europe from the state department at Wash ington. Applicants are required to furnish cablegrams and letters show ing that money has been sent to them and these persons are questioned and scrutinized carefully. Descriptions of persons ail over Europe are being forwarded to the American embassy and arrangements will be Diude on the continent for all banks to pay tourists stranded in various cities. Americans were much relieved by the announcement that Ambassador Page bad cut the red tape and ordered money paid to them, us many needed cash to purchase pas- ! y age on steamers sailing home. RULES FIXED Bankers May Protest to Federal Re serve Boards Over Selections Washington, Aug. 21.?Rules were laid down by the Federal reserve board for appeals from reserve bank organization committee's decision in selecting twelve cities for - reserve banks. Baltimore, New Orleans, Pittsburgh ahd Omaha' bankers have expressed dissatisfaction with . the ' committee selections and formal appeals are expected from bankers in these cities. Under the rules there will be no tes tlmony taken. Petitions may be filed when* signed by proper- Officers of a majority of member banks in the city asking for a hearing. These petitions rnmt be followed by briefs. All the member banks in tbe city < coueerned are to be notified of such action and opportunity to file briefs, in answer.' given,- and arguments by counsel will be allowed. , Whtre banks seek a change in the geographical-limits or the reserve dis tricts, petitions must be signed by of ficers of at least two thirds of the member banks in tbe territory the pe tition asks to take out of one-district and have annexed to another; BAD OATS AT GREENWOOD These People Should Have- Bought Their Oats In Anderson Columbia,' Aug 21.?The 160 sacks of oats which were recently held up by the government-authorities from a -Greenwood company because they were not labelled and branded as to . show what they contained have been' ordered released by District Attorney Wester. -The act of the company was a vio lation of the "Foods and Drug Act" of June- 30, 1906. and it was required ' to give bond for $200 and* pay all the costs and expenses of the action of the government. Tote for Trlpp for bounty Treasurer, MUST OBSERVE NEUTRALITY Qreat Britain Will Not Sanction Coal ing of German Vessels. (By Associated Press*.) Washington, August 22.?The Brit ish government 'Will consider It a dl- , rect violation of American neutrality Itthe tramp steamer MazatIan. d?- ; nie* clearance at San Francisco,? l? permitted to sail with -coal' for the German cruiser Leipzig. Colvllie Barclay, charged'affalres of the Brh> , loh embassy here, took the matter Up today with the state department) He . was Informed that .the question was , already ?n??m c?n^dirs?ic: , t-c j department and some phases of it ! before tbe department of justice \ Mr. Barclay raid' h<v felt tt bnneces- ! sary. in view/of this. tvV lodge ? format , protest' - The J B riti s i i \ embassy be \ ueves' the Leipzig ur.^ng San Fran cisco,' a neutral port, ?ji a coaling sta- - tien through the medium of such ; fhipB as the Mozattan and claims It in as direct violation of neutrality as though tho Leipzig put into port' her- ' self for coal The Leipzig has coal eu once at San Francisco and under ; neutrality laws, may not coal again a* . an American, port for three months. Wanted?B;ds on two thousand dol- 1 'lore .worth of school bonds to run a period of twenty, ytara. These bonds are of-Fairvlew ahd- Cherry school districts. State rate of In- i tereat lu bld. J R. O. BROCK, : I w. a.mnmnAK. Pcndlatoa, B. C.- | ooooooooooooooo o SIX AND TWENTY o o c OO0O0 70000OO0 WllliamBton, R. 1.. Aug. 22.?Crops in this section are at present looking very promiBlag and If we have the good luck to have a late frost we will make an average crop. Our farmers-are already beginning to lay plans for the sowing of the biggest Huiull grain crop that has ever been sown in this section. J. B. Stone and W C Barnett have been building a barn for A. M. Mar tin. George Martin bac begun the erec. tlon of a very large barn on his place just arrosa Three and Twenty This barn will be 60x60 feet, with a drive, way into the upper story. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nance, who have been visiting the tatter's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. G. B Cobb, have returned to their home at Wbttmlre, S. C. Walter Morris and wife, of Florida, have been visiting relatives .here and in other places for the past several days. Miss Nessle Boles, of Greenwood, who taught the last session of Melton school, has been visiting friends here for the last week Frank Mullikin is also ready to begin the erection of a six-stall barn B. F. Whittaker and W. H Elrod, our candidate' for commissioner from this district, >.-de a trip to Town vllle laBt Friday. Owing to the many campaign meetings and other gath erings Mr. Eirod has not ..been able to visit some sections that, he would have like to have visited, but we can assure every voter In the county that they will make no mistake by casting their ballots for him and such, would meet with the approval of seventy five per cent of the' voters of this sec tion The singing school here is being well attended and Prof ?. O. Milford is one of the best teachers that has ever been employed here. Several of .pur young people have recently made-a. very pleasant tri? to the mountains. The recent series of meetings at this place resulted in seven additions to the church. Rev/ O'Kelly, the nas tor, was assisted by Rev. Crlm, of Liberty and it is hoped that much good was accomplished. The protracted meeting will begin at Friendship on the fifth Sunday. The pastor, Rev. N. G. Wright, wilt be assisted by Rev. D J. i Spenrman. Here's hoping that on Ueat Tuesday August 25. 1914, that every man who Is entitled to vote in the primary will go to the polls and cast his ballot for the men of their choice for each of the several offices. The man who, does not do that, has no right to vote, and should not be allowed to vote. We venture the assertion that there will be votes cast in South Carolina .next Tuesday by men who cannot tell Immediately after voting whom they; voted'for. Every man who cannot read and write should have his ticket ex amined by two or three other voters before placing It la the ballot bos. "Be sure you are right then go ahead " There's Jennings and Pollock and - Smith and Blease Go to polis and vote for' who you please As for me I'll vote for Cole L. Blease. W. C. B. Vote for Tiipp for County Treasurer. CENSORSHIP LIGHTER Information for the UnPed States Mar M?re Readily. (By Associated Prosa.) . Washington. August 22.?Although final decision cannot be announced until word has been received from the German government., the adminis tration today prepared to put Into of fset a more lib?rai censorship on wirelecd messages, and abandon the. Idea of censoring cabJ?B. -Hantel von Haimhausen, German charge d' affaires, has communicated details of the new "plan to h&) govern ment. Embassies and consulates1, or all belligerents would be permitted to use the wireless to eend code mes sages provided they s'atlafle?' the pav ai offlcr in charge "at' th?" receiving? station or the neutral nature of dis patches, v ' The British government, it Is under* stood, favors .the plan bo long aH it preventer agents of any. belligerent countries from, sending Information direct from the shores of the United States to ships at sea.' " " OO??QGO &? o OO O6 o BLOODY BATTLE o O QOO oooo?oooriA x ~? . K?rne, via Paris, August 1,25 a. m.?The newspapers print the fallowing" dispatch dated at Nish, Servia, August 21 : ; "The general staff announces the, complete victor y ?f the Serbs in a four da^s* battl? hear tosh.it-' zat Austrian* to th? number of 15otooo fought an equal number of Serbs. The losses on botlr sides were enormous. The vic tors captured great booty and sev eral thousand prisoners, Cossacks Giving PJght Amsterdam* Holland. Aug. 22.?An jfncial dispatch from Vienna says the tranguard of a Cossack division, rein forced by the Infantry, was attached ?esis?ds?as Austria T*nguara. Vo locations are given. ' -