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PLANS FOR PAGKINO PLANT AT ANDERSON ARE BEING DRAWN FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S INFORMATION MAY BUILD ONE Of Suffice it Live Stock U Pro duced Hereabout Plant May Be Established. (From Saturday's Daily ) The Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of a communication from Packers Architectural & Engineering company, engineers designing pack ing plants, abattoirs, cold storages and industrial plants, with offices in Chicago, stating that work is pro grssBlnv nicely on drawing for a $350, 000 packing plant for Anderson. This does not mean, however, that It is a cut and dried fact that such a pack ing plant is to be erected here right away. The Chamber of Commerce de sires these plans as information only, for the present. It is not improbable that if the rais ing of live stock In this section ot the country continues to increase during the next three of four years like the industry has within the past three or four years there will be suffi cient live stock within a radius of 150, miles of this city to warrant the erection here of a small packing plant. If this turns out to be tbi case it Is likely that the chamber o.' commerce will undertake the promo tion of such. an enterprise. S. A Jacobson of Wisconsin has written the chamber of commerce that lie will iikoiy be in this city during tbe month of March for the purpose of dis cussing with local people tbe pros, pects for .a packing pant at this place. For the past several months the chamber of commerce has been col lecting data with reference to the amount of live stock being raised within a radius of 160 miles of An derson, the prospects for the indus try being increased, freight rates from various points within' this radius, etc. This data, it is stated, will be of value to the chamber of commerce in the event the packing plant proposition Is over taken up. U. S. Army Chief and Mexican Leaders Meet I I . . . . i ' EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 8.?General Hugh L. Scott, General ..Francisco Villa and Governor Maytorena, of So nore, met in conference tonight, the .first of. a' series planned , to solve the problein of protecting American bor der town residents from the bulets of belligerents on the Mexican side. The United States army chief of staff and the Mexican leadevs met in the United States immigration station at the American end of one of the interna tional, bridges spanning the Rio Grande between El ' Paso and Juarez. No official statement was1 given out except that the first meeting was "cor dial" and that It would be continued tomorrow. First Step in th? Reurgunazation f lan GREENVILLE. S. C, Jan/8.?At a meeting of directors of the Parker Cotton Mills Company, held at Rich mond Wednesday, announced here to day, W. J. Thackston, of Grenville, was elected- secretary and assistant treasurer, succeeding M. M. Trotter, Jr., who resigned the titular position, but who will continue his services with the corporation. L. W. Parker re signed as a director, aa did B. W. Rob ertson, of Columbia. E. L. Marchant resigned -as vice president and was succeeded by W. E. Beattie. This was . a step in the reorganisation plan of the company, it was announced. ADELE BOTIN! Graduate of The Musical Comedy und Vaudeville Stage to Appear Here Soon, Aedele Rotini, who 1b to appear horo shortly in a new musical-drama by David Starr entitled, "Thto Sing er," is a graduate of the musical com edy and vaudeville stage, having' ap peared in many of the former class, and moire" recently over the big time ?Keith and Orph?om?circuits as a head-liner at an enormous salary. Her new play not. only affords her ample opportunity to display her natural dramatic ability, but also gives her many, chances,to exercise a magnifi cent Soprano voice of wonderful qpm '? nais and power. ' JH?EnS?N CBUHV7 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Insure' With ub and keep the money at homo. Every dollar' o? Ob? collec tions deposited in Anderson county, hanks and helping to improve Ander-. . son county conditions. V HATSSt $5.00 per $1,000 ? ItodUiiffs, . $9.60 8*8 per 81^00 an Other Property COME an B 8bb UB . VB j. j. Smith,pr?sident an?.Treaaurer. j. r.,Vaudiver?... .Vice Pr?sident j. ; Major, ? >.. .Seerete/T DIRECTORSi Rev. W.KW. Leathers. _ ' ^ipuJmS*. ff.-.*? Lee G. r?ollemanc j: j; smith, . .. r. *. f. L. Brown, ' ' ' ; ' ijUMTh 8. L. Shirley, j. r. Vandfver, j. j. Major, h. ,h. Gray. I Herbert Corey, Famous War Correapndent. Herbert Corey is perhaps the beBt known American correspondent in the great war. His daily letters from France, Holland, Germany. Belgium, and England have been a feature of many American newspapers and bave so well pictured the horrors of the war that he haB been described by authorities as the "literary find of the year." ; He went to Europe tho day Ger many declared war on Russia and since that tim-3 be has written more than 200,000 words which have been read by millions in the United States. Many c| his striking lt|l'ters wore. cabled to the London Timen, the lead ing newspaper of Europe, and created a sensation there. Despite threats made by the British censor, Mr. Corey went oh writing what he thought of the attempts to muzzle the British nrpuR and American newspapers through control of cable. URGE STATE-WIDE LAW BENNETTSVILLE, Jan. 7.? Tho State Senator, J. H. Evans, and the three representatives, F. B. P. Peg ueB, D. L. McLaurln and J. W. Le Grand, called a meeting yesterday ot citizens of Marlboro county for the purpose of hearing any suggestion that anyone might desire to make as to the action of the delegation in the general assembly soon to. convene. Several questions were presented and discussed. The delegation by resolutions was requested to support a State prohi bition act, and in the event that such an act could not be.paused, to support the measure looking towards a refer endum on tho prohibition question. This was unanimously passed. A resolution WSS,. .offered request ing th'o delegation 'to vote for the re peal of the cotton acreage law. After discussion tbls motion was laid on the table. Another r?solution was offered by Don McQueen requesting the delega tion to vote against any appropria tion for the enlargement and exten sion of any of the State's Institutions. This resolution wan also tabled. An additional resolution was unan imously passed, providing for an..ap pointment of two delegates from each township to confer with the represen tatives in regard to a road law.,. Wjatt-Boggs Wedding. Wednesday, January 6, 1916, a beautiful home wedding was solem. ?es? si the country home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Carpenter, when their daughter. Miss Vada Wyatt and Mr. Dewitt Boggs ot Pendleton were happily married at twelve o'clock. As Miss Zora Mer ritt at the piano struck the chords of the Wedding March, the bridal party descended tbo broad stairway. First .came Miss Mary Rogers with Mr. C. A. Slttoa. They were followed by MIbb Dessle Newton with Mr. L. L. Hendr!cks.v Then the bride and groom following marched to the centre ot tho spacious hall, and there uuder a white bell suspended from a white and green arch, standing on a reg. sent .from the Samoan Islands by the bride's uncle. Lieut. Comdr. L.. C. Richard son. Rev. D. W. Hiott in an Impres sive ceremony pronounced them hus band and wife. Immediately after the ceremony a. reception was given. In the dining room and parlors the same color scheme, green and white was used. .'Only the Immediate families and a few friends wero invited. . The bride and groom left for the g room 'ft fath er's, Mr. Charlie Boggs the follow ing day. SmlthcRaidwla,' " -X singularly beautiful ' and Impres sive marriage was solemnised Wed nesday, Dec. 30; at tho homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, when Miss Ruby An nett be came the bride of ' ftr. William Man ning Baldwin. Rev. Connolly, pastor of .the bride, performed' the ceremony. The parlor was beautifully decorated with all the flowers' of the holiday season. Mistletoe, holly and Christmas betls\ predominated.- The bride was Kaniifjfnily and becomingly dressed In a lovely dress of white messellne elab orately trimmed in face and satin rib bon/ : After congratulations a delicious nupper was served by Mrs. Fostar Harper and Mrs. Eugene Smith. Miss Smith was a charming young woman of tho Tony Creek' section, being, very actively associate4! in the cburhh en? society circles. : Mr. Baldwin la a prominent young b?iB!nc8P mar. of Simpsonv?ie, having e. hont of friends both in business and Social circles'; On Thursday following ? most bountifnl reception was given at the pa?*tat4 0? *bl? niym Mi? .Mfg.' J. W.v Baldwin, ai S?nfwmvllie. The many friends of Mr. and ?Mrs. Baldwin wish.for. them a happy Jour neytWgh.ll^ , ; JOHN G. MOBLEY FOUND DEAD EARLY YESTERDAY IN BED AT HIS HOME NEAR W1NNSBORO, IN FAIR FIELD WAS PROMINENT Former President of State Fair. Director of the South Caro lina State Prison. (Prom Saturday's Daily) A telegram announcing the death of Hon. John Q. Mobley, member of the board of directors of the penitentiary and former president of the South Carolina State Fair Association, was received here yesterday by Hon. W. H. Glenn, also a director of the State penitentiary. Found Dead In Bed. Mr. Mobley was found dead in bed at his home near Wlnnsboro, Fair field county. While the cause of his death was not stated in the tele gram received by Mr. Glenn, it 1b gen erally presumed that Mr. Mobley died of apoplexy. Prominent In Affairs. For the past twelve years Mr. Mobley had been a member of the board of directors of the State peni tentiary, and he was a candidate for re-election at the approaching session of the legislature. Mr. Mobley was formerly president of the State Fair and continued as one of its directors up to tbo time ot his death. NewsFromSeneca SENECA, Jan. 9.?Mr. Will Hol land, former citizen ot Seneca, and owner of the Seneca Bottlinc Works, but now located near Chattanooga. Tenn., was in Seneca for a short while Thursday. Willie Right and Lee Haley, two of Seneca's bright young men have leased the Success Theatre from Mr. 'Gilbert and are now in charge ot that popular amusement house. Their many friends wish them good success in this new venture. The death of Mr. James Rochester, a fanner, residing near Tabor, in this county, occurred Tuesday afternoon Of paralysis. Mr. R. M. Richardson is having ex tensive repairs made on the Palmet to Hotel old building. After February 1st, the Oconee Telephone Co., will have its Central Station in this build ing. Many people in this community will be interested in the announcement o' the marriage at Commerce, Ga., re cently of Miss Mae McDonald of that city and Mr. Henry Verner of the Retreat section of this county. Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Stribbling vis ited the lattera brother, Hon. E. E. Berner, at Richland last Sunday. Mr. Ryland Shelor, of Richland was a business visitor in Seneca Friday. Miss Cornelia Foster of Richland was shopping in Seneca Friday. Mr. W. R. Livingston, who is to be best man in the Hunter-Jones wed ding here net week tendered a stag supp?r to Mr. ' Jones on Thursday night; Dr. J. S. Stribbling, 8. A. Lowry Frank Hawkins, Dr. E. C. Dolye, Les are some ot those present. Mr. C. N. GlgnllllBt was in Green ville Wednesday on business, Mr. Edward Whltten, of Pendleton, was in Seneca for a few hours Wed nesday. . Some Recent Marriages. SENECA, Jan. 6.?Mr. George Adams and Miss Ethel Dean, both of this county, were married at Town, ville, by Rev. T. C. Logon, on Sunday, December the 27th. On the same day, at the homo of the brides .parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Comp ton, Miss Lola Compton was married to Mr. Charley Butts, ot Westminister. [i Many here ah out h are interested in the announcement of the marriage at Springfield. Mass., of . Miss LUelle Hill and Mr. Edward C. Sear le. Miss Hilt formerly lived'In this communi ty. Sho was a trained nurse and had been porsulng her profession in Mas s.*busetes. At. Mark Harbin, of Chattanooga, Tenn., came to Seneca Monday, to spend a few days visiting hlS sister, Mrs. Wood Whitmlre and other rela tives; Mr. J. H. 8. Hopkins has moved back to his farm near Oakway. - Tho Boat right Bros., have* moved their barbership from the. Richard son Hotel old building, to the store building recently vacated by Lowry and Bight. Mr. Eugene and Mss Lowe Abbott are visiting friends and relatives In Spsrtanbnrar and Woodruff. Miss Homoxelle Blackman, after spending several days as the guest of Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, has returned to her homo at Danburry, Ga. Mrs Lois Gignilllat GoUghtly, who has,been visiting at the home of Mr. G. W. Glgnlllist; baa returned to her borne at Falrburn, G a. Mr. and Mrs. A. 8- Robinson, after spending the holidays pl?astftly with Mrs. Mis.' Poblns' parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Perritt, has returned to their home-in Charleston. Mr.. and Mrs J. R.. Harrison have moved from Townville to the Bounty, land section of this county. Miss Laura Perritt has returned to her siudios ?t Winthrop College af ter- spending the holidays, with her parents, Mr. and . Mrs. D. A. Pcrrltt, nest hero. Germans Pulling Down 0 mmim This photograph Bhowa how the j Germans destroyed Lille in France. The wall left after the house was i M'LAURJN THINKS CAN FINANCE CROP Senator Telia Instance of Bank Taking Six Months Paper on Cotton For Re-Discount. Senator McLaurin, in the extra'ses sion of the legislature, said lu a speech to the Senate that under the new cur rency law agricultural paper, with State warehouse re?eipts as a collat eral, would be discounted by the fed eral reserve, bank In Richmond, for six montas, ami couid be renewed ror anothor six. months,. and that there was ample pawer, through this can nel, to provide funds,to finance the entire cotton cjrop. In* a public state ment made after a trip to Washington, for tho purpose of conferring with the federal reserve.(board. he made an analysis of this section of the act and said that it. was "up to the banks.'7 Kc cz'Acd upop the banks to egrce upon,a -definite, course in this respect, directing their attention to the fact that the. Cc?ifui-board at Washington,] if necessary, could accept such paper without the Indorsement of a member bank..It this were done, discounts of this character of paper would not be charged up against the capital stock of the bank. ' t Senator McLaurin. said yesterday that- there , were two distinct classes of paper having separate channels, one not exceeding four months, and limited to 10 per cent of the capital stock and surplus, this being, too terms of the act; the other is. not limited. lp - any way by the act itself, but under a regulation of the board, they limit it to z'o per cent of the capital stock, but say that, this limit will be Increased from time to time as conditions may demand.1' "I .do not know that any. of this six months paper has been presented except as hereinafter' stated," : said Senator McLaurin yesterday. "Every banker that I approached insisted that he could only handle'-the four months paper. , "Last'week I drafted a form of a notb which would show, ss provided by the terms of the currency law, that It was for agricultural pur pote s here tofore used In the production . >f the cotton enumerated in th? receipt," continued- Senator - McLaurin. ''The note , was .drawn for- $500 and there were 18 hales of low grade cotton enumerated in the State warehouse re ceipt,'.which we estimated meant 7 cents a pound, middling basis. Tho note Was given to the People's. Nat ional, bank in this-city, which-very kindly consented to make the transac tion? It was sent forward, In the ord inary course of business, without , ? word of explanation, and in the samo way 'tue.,money was plsced to tho credit O? the People's National bank, and by it transferred to the man wbo owned the State warehouse re ceipt "I am making this public to. show what we cab do by putting ourselves In a position to take advantage of the facilities afforded," said Senator Mc Laurin. "The Peoyle's National bank indorsed this noto, but if the general necessity were made apparent to tbo central'board II Washington tbere is no reason why the credits now looked up in the vast amount storage In South Carolina should, not be released. Of course one bank \>r two or, three banks, can. not reHeye the situation, .but if all act together'no onb need toll mo that it can cot be done. Such action would , enable the farmers to pay their debts', and con tinue to hold their cotton, so that the advance in price which Is now) on will be mamtaihed." . Th? Plaee For It NEW. YORK, Jan, 8.-Jack Johnson, and Jess Willard will meet in a 4&i round boot.for the, heavyweight cham pionship of the world ut Juarez, Mex I Ico. o'n Saturday. March ?. Final ar rangements for the match were made here todav after other vblds were" re*, celved from Havana, Cube, and Tla iuane, Mexico. . -^a^ya? burned wto pulled down and a photo grapher who was on hand took a pic turc as the great mass of' brick and mortar was crumbling to ruin. CONTRACT FOR LAMPS FOR THEATRE IS LET OVER 1,000 INCANDESCENT BULBS OF VARIOUS HUES AND SIZES WORK PROGRESSES AU Indications Point to New Pfcnyhouae Being Ready by February 18/ A contract for over 1,000 incandes cent lamps, of various sizes and col ors, was- negotiated yesterday between the directors .of the Anderson Devel opment Company and the Sou thorn Public Utilities Company. The lamps are to be used for lighting.and d?co rative purposes in the new theatre. The fact that the contract for the Incandescent lamps has'-been closed suggests how rapidly the new play bouse is Hearing completion., The con tract for doing the wiring lit' the new building was let some time ago to Frank Mauldin. The 1,000 or more lamps contracted for yesterday arc to be used in various parts of tho building and arc to be tor both lighting and decorative purposes. That is,.the former will be plain lamps and will be for the sole purpose of giving light. The latter typ? will hot be so much tor the purpose of giving light as they wl)l be used for.produc ing shaded effects. The opening date of tho theatre' has been set for Thurdaay evening. Feb ruary 18, when Adele Lotlnl will ap pear. In a new musical comedy, "Tho Singer." ' ' Painting work on the new building ta under way and all other kinds of work are being rushed to completion. The placing of tho plaster cast work about the stage, the boxes and the bal cony and other parts of the'interior is being carried on with a vim. and probably will bo completed within the next few days.' Awaiting Reports ROME, Jan. .?t-WJiUe hot conceal ing tho-gravity of the offenso to the Catholic church if Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of MaTlnes, han teen un justly arrested-by the.Qermahs, Pope Benedict Is awaiting official reports before passing Judgment, on what may ha?e occurred. y/Thls statement-1? made by those who have talked with tho Pope. The. Pope wishes to maintain the strictest neutrality, they say, ? .LAUBESiS PRISONER - SUFFERS FROM HURT John Will Smith's Wound Kay Prove Fatal?Declines to DIhcusb Iden A?v ;; .-iltty?' . LAUREN'S, Jan. 7.?It haa develop ed that the wound John . Will Smith received yesterday at the hands of a pos?e of citizens pursuing him as the alleged robber of * coiner* afore tin Dials township,' is snore serions than at flret indicated. HIB condition to jj?gbt 4*rcritical, and tats physicians state there is very lit tie chance -for his recovery. Tho prisoner , was taken to iKtlbp&ifeS last sight cxam! ... ' entered the lower part of the ,aplnhl column and punctured tho boweltt In s-w/eral pla?es,, Noth ing, further as to his identity, has de veloped, eVfaV declines ,jqow to,dis cuss the Subject. Dangers of Withdi Forces From the BERLIN. Jan. 8.?(Correspondence I or The Associated Press)?Dangers I attending the act of withdrawing fa- 1 tigucd forces from the German ] trenches and relieving them with ! fresh troops Is dramatically discUB- i sed by a correspondent of the Berlin- < er Tageblatt, who prefaced the story ! with exportent*** of himself and col leagues in getting into and out of the 1 firing line. "We could only reach the village Eessen," ho writes. "Here wo had to leave the automobile in the mud be hind a church whose walls showed tho marks of a desperate struggle. Every where on the ground, bandagesfl arms and parts of uniforms?everything covevcred with yellow mud. Boslde the church were fresh graves. "From Eossen to Dlxmude the road for throe kilometers runs parallel to the French trenches. . Every auto and every wagon seen on the road is tok en under fire from tho trenches which are only about 400 yards away. "So we left the automobile In cov er and continued our journey on foot, keeping about CO feet npnrt in order to be as Inconspicuous to tho enemy as poBelblo. But they had already aoen us. A rolling fusilade began to sweep tho road. We jumped from tree to tree, and made part of tho distance by running in stooped posi tion behind a hedge. . "The mud was several feot deep In places, and our way lay past trench es and dead horten. Many of the ani mals were chestnuts, deeply Imbedded In the mud, and their wide-open eyes stared into the leaden sky In most un canny fashion. "Of a sudden the man ahead of me shouted and jumped behind the wall of a building tbat had beeu laid low. He belloved he had been bit, but as] luck would havo it the bulet just miss ed him and had buried Itself with A tuud in a . nearby tree. "His experience Induced us to pro gress n little more rapidly and with greater caution?from cover to cover. "After a while we came to an ex posed railroad crossing some 900 feot from Retrenches of the enemy. First one man bolted across the open place, then the other, until we were nil over. The buliets from the French helped every ono to lose no time. "But now we had the prot/ctlon of the railroad embankment, and avallln* ourselves of this we soon reached the ruins of Dlxmude. Several streets and especially the market place He within tho fire zone of the enemy. "In this uncanny town dwells un speakable fear. Dlxmude baa been shot up as no other place in the heatre of war.. Irl th?' shell-furrowed streets the mud Is several feet deep, and there appears to be not a single house whloh has not been hit by a shell. But of this I am not sure. Dodging' from ono street Corner to another, to avoid the bullets which soem to. have a sor*, of fountain head at the end of each HireeL. ynij navn nn lima tn 1551,5 many, or close, observations.... M any rate the ruins from, little hills one bas difficulty getting over. "We finally came to the merket place, which ta constantly swept by a ball of bullets. In a rush .w? gsln the shelter of the wails of the city hail on the other side. To one side of this are tho. ruins of St Nicholas, recog nizable as a church today only by two walls and a .pillar which rear Into the sky like naked giants, p "The town Is empty and deserted. But you become aware of a'nolseloss. uncanny sort- of life In the houses. It comes from tho cellars where our sol diers are in quarters. ' "We finally met the commandant of the place. H? had been. decorated with the iron cross, first class, and showed that he was glad to see new faces in this place of desolation. "As be explained the situation to us, bullets hit the walls to th? left and right of us. We counted 45 In one minute on the wall of a building closo by. Zealously, by day and night, thin waste of ammunition goes on, "The only living creatureb our men found In Dlxmude were a dog and three cats. Three times?four times Dlxmude bos been the center of a bat tle. But now the large beap of ruins Is In our possession, and with it we have gained n'point directly on the Yser canal, which passes close to the last bouses of the town on tho west ''But we Intended to get into the trenches?tho firing line. 'The7-road to this lay through a 'trench approach' whose wild and bloody history is not likely to find an tiquai ?ven In this war. Off we go through shell-wrecked houses, tun nels, cellars, stables, upstairs through rows of 'rooms, then down again across a narrow street exposed to the fire of the enemy; through.houses aad rooms and across yards, and finally Into a long subterranean passage from whose celling tho water ran In streams. "In the distance we finally saw a light 'very much as one doss In com ing to the end of a railroad tunnel ?we were in the trench closent to ". "Wo are cautioned not to apeak. But a fcsnt 200.feet away from us is the trench of the French. You could, see everything' very plainly without the aid of field-glosses?among the other objects a number of careless French soldiers who moved about. As we looked through the loopholes in tho Iron SbteldS placed along the fire aid? of the treuch, we saw an almost pnln Utrupted'succession of flashes from the French trench. Bnt the fire seen* cd to, bb directed more upon the ruin ed houses thtfts upon ottr Held posi tions Now and the none 0f the bullets hit one of the shields, the ringing metal reminding us of where we were. "A careful survey of t the country without, through one of the loopholes, br^aght aoiwe eorpses into view. The bodies wore wrapped in blue coats and awing Fatigued German Trenches tho heads were covered with black :ialr. Our men would have gladly bur led the fallen enemies, but it was Im possible to leave tho trenches. One baa but to show the point of the hel met,, or attempt to stretch the cramp ed and stiff limbs to draw a hall of Iron.. "A yellow mud floated about in the trench and ran down tho Bides. And In this our soldiers stand day and night. They are heroes. No doubt this term has often been misapplied, but it certainly Is duo the men who in the cold and wet of the tresch and af ter long and dreary weeks of this know how to smile and crack a Joke. , "For eight hours the man leaned against the wet sides of the trench. Then the relief force creeps along to give the others a chance to live for 10 hours in a damp cellar. To guide the men at night white ribbons and pieces of paper arc fastened hero and thero. Like beings of another world theso men light no flros and speak no word. "As we roturned I notice! a number of broken chairs and other pieces of furniture and was told that these were danger signals marking points at walls where the enemy could see what passed beyond. Death lurked everywhere. . "So we went back through the tun nel, through tho houses and cellars and acroBB tho yards, and finally came to the narrow street' which had to be crossed at a i Jump. Evidently tho French had seen us slip across the slip across the open place, and bavinf> probably observed the automobile at Eessen, they must have concluded that some members of the staff were mak ing an inspection of t*to position .at Dlxmude. At 2 o'clock in the after noon they began to shell tho place. "One h he il arter another nit the ruins about the market place and re duced, the debris to still smaller di mensions. Standing in a doorway close to the scene I was Impressed by the terrific noise of the bombardment as a sort of sublime spectacle. "A shell fell t our street, and the major ordored us Into .his cellar. But Wo found It hard to leave tue' iron concert which .whistled - and sang, crashed and rolled through tho ruins In a thousand keys. "Of a sudden I was thrown against tho corporal who had been standing by my side and the two of Us flew to the ground. A shell had. struck the ground 36 feet away from us and the airwave of tho explosion had knock-, od ua over . ; "After that we followed the mayor willingly enough to his 'room' in tho cellar. It was very still there and tho dreary flickering flame of a . candlo seemed to make It more so. But above our heads the. detonations continued. Whenever, one of the shells hit close enough to the house to shake it to Us very foundation, the major would say; ' Now!' . 1 . "For -a while that vas tho sony sound tmnng thoan who fcSt about the home-made table In the colh r. Later somebody tried, to master; the peculiar excitement which held us all U> its grip by tolling funny stories. ' Bvt In spite of the stories and the cigarettes, the excitement, caused by th? uneir- I tsinty where the next shs?i "wosld strike, held on." Whon tho bombardment had sub sided the . correspondents ma&j -their way back to their automobiles, con tending on rests with two unfriendly elements?mud and more shells and Bbrapnel. S o o ooo o.o o 0 O 0 O 0 O 09? o PELZKB NEWS ?. . ! ' o o oooooooaoooooooc o Christinas is in the past, new leaves have been turned, and we now art. all busy .making the dream for 1915'come true.' Lot us hope for better thlpivs. Many visitors came and'went during the holidays: Miss Ruth Garrett of Knowltou's hospital has returned to Columbia, af ter a very delightful visit to hone folks and friends of this place. Mite Garrett is quite popular here and: she has many friends of this place who gi^e her a warm welcome in their midst. Prof, and Mrs. John.B. Bonner were the guests of Mrs. Bonner's sister, Mrs. George Sullivan, of Wllllamston- last week.- Prof. Bonner Is now. back in town at his "post," his school in old town reopened Monday, 4th. ; - Prof.'W. C. P?trie of Bpertanburg has returned here. Ho with bis assist ants, Misses Mar Jar io West of Green ville, Jessie Norrls of Grive and Miss Mary Brabham,of Ninety.Six,; reopen ed'ichooVat West P?lser Monday. Jan uary 4. Dr. .WV A Trip? of hear BSeley Bpont Sunday night in*, town wither,;, and Mrs. Cherlie Trlpp. Dr. Trlpp wob en route to Anderson to which place he went Monday. Mr. Ernest Murphy of the Mountain Springs section visited hero last Sun day afternoon. Mr. Murphy returned to Clemson Monday... , The Missss Lan?vr nave returned to their different schools. Miss'Esther to Clcto?on at which place she teaches to tho graded Bchool, Miss, Calhlcen to North Carolina. Mr. Adam Pelden of Fountain Inn has been in town visiting rotative?. Cadet Ralph Stewart : returned to Clemson Monday. Mr. Stewart 1b a senior and oxoccts to tfrarfoato in Juno. He has many friends who wish him great success- ., V Mr. and Mrs. J. .^:|aaWi5^r?;*?ve bad as their house, gr. ?sta two' of their Jaughtfern. ItoduiM Jot- Mnilisas end Roltfdsy of Greenville. Miss Annie Rohisson.and .brother, Msttor James, after a very pleasant visit hero ha^e returned to .their honr. at Hodges, Mr. Ed Smith made a business trip to' GreeovMf! last Monday. January 4.