FRANGE TO RISE FRESH ID FINE GREAT WAR WILL HAVE PUR IFYING EFFECT DOCTORS EXPRESS THE?R OPINIONS Agree That Trcrr.cr.deus Trial Has Found Country's True Mettle and Cut Away Weakness. F?1 IS. Feb. III.?(Correspondence I or flu; Associated Press.)?"Franco ] and the French utter the war" is the subjec t of much speculation hy phil- | OBOphers, scientists and loi tor-. Emile ' Houtroux, the Krauch philosopher, thinks France will come out of the trial better and greater hi iplte or all of the destruction of lire and prop erty. 'So mr.nv human tivi taker., so many masterpieces of the pnst reduc ed to oowder, so much artistic and ma terial'wealth annihilated, stupides us nnd leaves our soura In Incurable pains." ho says. "All these sacrifices however may in certain wuy< contrib ute directly to the betterment of life in our country. "Our cities and the country contain ) a great many unhealthy inhabitants," he declares, "that wo were unable to decide ourselves to demolish. We hes itated before the difficulties " and be fore the expenre. War has put us face to face with the accomplished fact. Unhealthy and in commodious build ings have disappeared nnd will be re placed by constructions conforming to hyglcnlnc laws and to the needs of modern lift. Many defective condi tions of our existence will thus be Im proved by the reconstruction that will he imposed upon us. "Death awakei.s life. After 1870 France pulled herself together and pushed out vigorously In every direc tion. What shall bo its power of de velopment after this terrible trial, above all If the Ixsu? Is favorable to us? A Splendid Prospect. "The cauBc of the low birthrate." Monsieur Boutrax flunks, "resides primarily to consider only the present or the immediate future. With confi dence in the future, with a vast dis tants perspective opened up, there is awakened a desire to glorify one's fclf In one's descendents. . . A vast ca reer will open up before science, be fore art, literature and before prac tical activity in nil its forms. "Measures that are most contrary to the. Indifference of yesterday areto duy accepted without objection, BVfch'J as the prohibition of the traffic In ab sinthe, civilization ha.) been loaded down with a thousand fictitious needs foroigh and harmful To nature;^a groat many of them are so many * chains upon nature and as many causes of fragility and weakness. Now, all of once. Jacking.I all-.those Biiperiiuities, we feel no sense of privation. We are con-clous, ou the contrary, of reonte; Ing upon full possession of our strength and of being better able to dispose of ii for the accomplishment of useful work." "War." he says, "not only liberates us from selfish pa?sionn, but teaehe? positive virtues; the value of decision, Intrepidity, sacrifices of life to honor i and to the fatherland; it requires of) us putlence, and this people who were thought incapable.of supporting in si lence long and painful trials, this peo ple of whom Us enemies ?nid that 'they would eome to their aid by In surrection' remained calm and reso lute.The French. It was Bald, wero not.apt to net collectively. Their incurable individualism : precluded vivacity or mind add talent except ?o ; combat one another, i^xamplos Uiey have given of Uhlty and the efficiency of collective;I ,effor,t,,f.JtMoni8leur Bou troux thlnke. "will have as Important an effect upon France.of tho future as any other of the lessons of the -war." . jkVj "... Future Seems Bright. From* the-' medical-standpoint,' Prof. Chauffard of . the Academy of M^dlr cine, before the Alliance of d'llyglenc . Sociale, speaking of,' the mobilafation order and cdroparlrig it to one of tho great Physical phenomena which con stantly trouble tho universe, like earthquakes, tidal waves, etc., sayu that "the mannet' in which i France suppaorter the shock 'augurs well for the health of the iraco after the war. "Adaptation," he says,-"is the great est law of biologv, for wo live and .preserve our physical und moral life by adaptation only. lie who la,inca pable of adapting himself auc cumba.. . .,. .Tht> French race adapts ed itself admirably to this unforeseen danger, and to rralls? this fiefs' only sufficient to remember what Paris and what Franca wero at the mdmeht tho mpbUlzation order was published. For the calm confidence with which each one went to his duty we ar? Ihdebt?d to a quality that we did not know wo | . possessed perhaps to that 'degree; ner vous stability, to t* e mast?ry of o?r s?l'438, to the control that we have \ not lost of our. nervous System.: "In o collectivity," he says, "fhero are always a certain number of ln . dWdualS' who suffice for their dally' - life, but . who are unable to accom plish f--more arduous task or to sup port an: unforeseen shock. When the hour of . the trial arrives those snc cthuh. They lose their" heads. Dur ing the'first days of rhe mobilization . a. number of such subjects profound ly troubled mentally, arrived at the; ho?pltals, but to reality their number In proportion to the number 'of healthy BUbjecta was very small and many of these troubles wcio ot very' eho;-t duration. The trial was severe, ; hut it was to Mit honor otousV?f j*; bears witness* tfehf "th^ V French trace . has not degenerated. Bst XttUe Slckaess. , "We knew-by. long experleq that every war Involves the outbreak of a | great many diseases, and wo were j very agreeably astonished during tho I tiret three months of this war that; r.lcknesB was very rare in all our sani tary stations'. Tho urmy in barracks I reflects the state ot health of the civil population with which it is as ; Boclated. If we wore not at war we i should low seo the diseases of the I season appear in all our garrlsous, but on the contrary, the army in ac tion I* remarkably free from them, and. fortunately, in proportion to the dead, the wounded and the sick there j will remain a far greater number who have escaped all the dangers. These j will come back hardened, more re sistant than they were before, en ' nobled. ripened and better tempered , physically as morally." This improved condition of the sur ! vivors, Dr. Chaulford thinks, will more than offset tbe decrease In the birth rate, due to the many deaths, and for that reason he considers that tho gen eral physical condition of tbe Kreuch ruce will be improved by'the ?rar. >'.'SS VA Y DKFXXAN DIED LAST NIGHT A Ilrfelif and I,omble Young Woman Hies ut Home of Aunt. (From Sunday Dally.) Miss Pay Drennan died last night at 7 o'clock at the home of her uniit. Miss Ann Drennan, on North Main street, j next to the library. Miss Drennan was thirty years old and for four year.; has been a patient suffer or from tuberculosis and every thing in human power was done to rc HevV* her. but without avail. Two years ago she went to Ashcvtlle, hoping tbe ClJ^'te would be benefic ial, but she g. steadily weaker and about five months ago she came home, and since then she has patiently and cheerfully awaited the end. For years she has been a faithful member of the First Daptist church, and by her earn o-t consecrated life has been a beau tiful example of tbe Chris tian life to her friends and compan ions. Several years ago. her Bister Dolly Drennan, died of the same dis ease, and she is survived by her father Mr. David Drennan, nn uncle and her aunt. Tho funeral service?, will take place this afternoon at the home at 4 o'clock, and will be conducted by her pastor. Dr. J. V. Vines, assisted by Rev. D. W. Dodge. The pallbearers will bo C. S. Sullivan. D. 1<\ Mauldin, Mac Beck, G. H. Balles, D. C. Brown and Furman Smith. Anti-Shipping Hill Pusses. RALEIGH, N. C. Feb. 19.?A bill prohibiting the delivery within the Stato of intoxicating liquor- for bev I erage purposes, was passed by the J lower houre of the North Carolina general assembly today. 100 to C. Tho measure now goes to tho senate. Un der the existing law one gallon of lu toxlcants may be imported by any one person in one month, ; M H 8. If ALL ENTERTAT 38 FOR MISS PARKER OF I\ A A very delightful party was given on Thursday afternoon by Mra. John Hall at her pretty country home, in honor of her guest. Miso Cecil Barker of Iva. A largo number of friends were present and .the time pleasantiy spent danciag. Lator a splendid supper was served. To make men'e collars wear longer and Inventor has patented one with an extra buttonhole so that it can be fitted to a shirt without strain. Granulated Lids Are treated by many with eye waters and Balves. Wo positively cure Buoh ! trou bles with glasses by ovcrcom ing< the cause. The cause la eye strain and nerve strain. Our glasses will give relief in the most stubborn canes. Prices $2.50 and Up. The SHUR-FIT OPTICAL CO. DR. I. M. ISRAELSON Optometrist, 810 8. Main 8L Anderson, S. f. GROUND FLOOR. Three Door Below Kress 10c 8tore. H. B. CLECKLE? Phone 071 O. M. HEARD] Phone 07 Bleckley & Heard UNDERTAKERS 117 Ei. Whitn?r St. Answer all calls day cr night. Phono f?At CORN .'Tte**.-?ttnd mice fcxtotpftiMnrmwH KiU?luu;ly k'.l uCUnUn\ Jlumrnltliv?ilin* [irnsrntloq tp; :-Satter"thjn sti tho tru.n* in tfc iwtKti>i3?t?toim VatriK ltATro?TI. 85o,S00, 91 at dealers of by suit, pac V BOTANICAL MFC. CO. < 4th * Ro**St,.. PhitoJ*L>M*. So \l '-..-. ' ONE OWN iD BY MR. MOORE AT ORR MILL?OTHER BY MRS. W. M. RILEY ON FRIDAY NIGHT Hour at Which Stores Were Bur glarized is Not Definitely Known At unknown hours Friday night two stores?that of -Mrs. W. M. Efiley, oh ? tho extension of West Market street, i and that of a Mr. Moore, near Orr Cotton Mills?were burglarized by a 1 partv or partier as yet unknown to the "officers of the law. The cash I iliuwer in the Rliey store was smashed and about 100 pennies stolen, while froni the .Moore cstahi3hmcnt a con s?derable quantity of general merchan dise was taken. An entrance to (he store of Mrs. Hilcy was effected by mean." of the door, while a window of the other place was broken through by the thief. The robberies were not discovered until Saturduy morning, when the pro prietors of the respective stores went to their establishments to begin the i day's work. Sheriff Ashley was notified of the robberies early Saturday morn- I ing, and at once put officers to work I upon the cases. Up until last night | the officers had not arrested any one In connection with the crimes. An examination of the Itiley store revealed that the burglar had torn the cash draw loose from its position underneath the counter, splitting it into pieces in doing so. About 100 pennies?thi3 being all the money in the drawer?was missing. From the Moore store about 2."> poui.dJ of coffee, one bushel meal, ap ples, oranges, pies, cakes, cigarettes, pickles, plug tobacco and a consid erable quantity of other stuff was tak en. While the hour the robberies were committed are not known, it is a fact that the etorc at Orr Mill? was broken Into after midnight Friday night and that the Hlley store was broken Into after 11 o'clock of the same night. GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS STEAMER WITHOUT WARNING -o (CONTINUED FROM TAGE ONE.) tlonn to Germanv If the facts are as stated by the British officials. Despite the attacks on these steam ers. the arrlvalr. at and sailings from British porta maintain their daily average. In the meantime the battles on tiie continent continue with ever Increas ing; intensity. The offensive which ' the Allies undertook early in the week has brought about activity all along the lines, and attack and count er attacks have become more num erous. Both the British and Fretie? seemingly made considerable pro gress1 ht the outset of the offensive operations and this made It necessary . for the Germans to deliver attacks to regain the ground they had.lost. In carrying there out the Germans have shown the same desperate spirit 1 which characterized their previous operations under similar clreum- < itances. .. I In n long report covering the. ] week's operations to February 27, a French "cyewltncsB" claims for tho French many minor successes and the repulse of German attacks. t [ Tho Germans, too, make similar claims; so that the public is left to : judge as to the outcome of the week's flare-up. , From the eastern front there I3 no news except tonight's unofficial dis- 1 patch from Petrograd, which says tho Germans have suffered defeat at 1 Ossowetz and have .been compelled to ' fall back'towards the frontier. Should 1 this prbyo to be correct, the Ger-1 man plans would be entirely ' upset, : as defeat at this point would endanger the whole of their line northward along the East Prussian frontier. . in the remainder of Poland and lu ! tbe Carpathians, where severe/fight-. ing continues, there has been no change in the relative positions of the ; opposing armies, while in Bukowina ; a battle is being fought1 along the . Prut h River. Retirement to this post tlcn ohbuld be ' an advantage to the 1 Russians, as It considerably shortons 1 their Une and enables reinforcements 1 tp reach them more easily. 11 The Serbians and Austrian s are! again facing each other across the 1 Danube' and havte in turn been bom- : bardlng Semlln and Belgrade, and the positions near thoso cities. This may mean the beginning of a new cam- 1 paign, or perhaps It Is an attempt by - tho'Serbians to help relieve the pr?s-1 cure on the Russians. Ccttlnjo again has been visited by . an Austrian aeroplane which dropped 1 bombs, and according .to Montenegrin '. reports, killed two women. j OOOOOOOOOOO 00 o o o 1 b o'. o IVA NOTES o ?e\ ' O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i . The regular monthly meeting of .tho ' missionary society of the First Baptist church was held with Mrs. S. E. Lev- j erette on last Frld?v afternoon, Tho j meettng was presided over by the pres ident, MrB. W. A. Wiles, Threo moat interesting papers were read by Mrs. ' E. B. "Willis.Mrs. G. M. Sehr Imp and. Mrs. S. M. Jones. After the business was over, a social hour was enjoyed, during which tho hostess served a sweet course. Mrs. D. A- Burrlss spent Friday In Anderson shopping. Dr* Jil D, Wilson waa in Lowndea yiJle A; few. hours Saturday on pro fessional basiness. ; Miss Virginia Wilson lias returned from a few days' stay in Lowndcsville.1 Mr. B. II. Horton of Anderson was! in town Friday on business. Mr. Oys Townscnd spent a few neuro In Anderada Saturday. 1 Dr. .J. K. Watson of Anderson was here Friday on professional business. I Mr. T.'?id Sherard of Helton Is visit- 1 ing his mother. Mrs. V. R. Sherard. ; Quite a number of young people from here attended the play "Down ' in Dixie" last Friday night at Starr. ( wlilcb was rendered by the pupils of the Iva high school. Dr. J. D. Wilson bas returned from a business trio to Anderson. Mrs. S. B. Anderson was shopping in Anderson Friday. Mrs. S. O. Jackson and daughter, j Miss M. i-j. Jackson of Btoreviie were visiting relatives In town Friday. The civic improvement association held a \| ry enthusiastic meeting Fri day afternoon in the school uudl torium. This meeting was presided over hy the vice president, .Miss Lucia Price. Prof. l'. D. Coleman made a very Interesting talk which was much enjoyed. Mr. Dud Wardlaw of Troy spent Friday here on business. Miss Maggie Thompson spent tho | week-end with her parents In Seneca. Mr. A. LI. Davis of the Jackson Mill has purchased a handsome live passen ger car from .Mr. A. L. Todd of Ander son. Mr. J. L. Jackson and son of Store ville were business visitors hero a short while Friday. Messrs. F. W. McC.co and W. T. A. Sherard have returned from Charlotte, N. C, where they attended the lay men's convention of the Presbyterian church. < Mr3. S M Jones war, shopping in Ander.son Saturday. Misses Ruth Grace and Ray Jones of Antrevllle visited at the home of Mr. J. C. Jones this week. The Timrod Literary Sgctety held its regular^meeting last Frittuy after noon and the following program was rendered : Debate, Resolved, That basket ball should be established in every high school. Afllrmatlve?Nita Adams, Columbus Durton and James Belcher. Negative?Bertha Barrls. Lula Bas kiu and Kenneth Baskin. Jokes?Florldo Burrlss. . Current Eveuts-^Hope Baker. Reading?Bessie \ilams. Misses Kate Ru^jpey, Nellie Wyatt and Cor rie Ho well were shoppers In Anderson Saturday. Mi8B Kittie Jones of Anderson spent a short while hero this week at the home of her cousin, Mrs. J. C. Jones. Mr. T. B. Godfrey, circuatlion mana ger of The Intelligencer, spent a few hours in town Saturday morning. Mr. Fca8ter Jones of Starr was a business visitor here Saturday. Mr. T. E. Stribllng Is spending a few days in Seneca with his parents. I Mr. und Mrs. Wi ll. Mullinlx nnd lit-' tie Frances left Saturday for Pelzer. where they go to spend a while with relatives. ,The Woman'u Missionary and Aid I Society of the Presbyterian church had quite an Interesting meeting Wed- j nesduy afternoon at the home of Mrs. ) S. M. McAdams. The subject wa? the "North Klnga Mission." Papers were read by Mrs J. C. Ligoo and Miss ; Nora McCullougb. After the business ( affairs wern over a nodal hour was : enjoyed, ourlng. which the hostess served delicious cuke and ambrosia | Mr. Sam McAdams was a bushies t visitor in Anderson Wednesday. ' j Messrs. T. B. Quarlcs and Thompson of Starr were In town a few hours ! Wednesday on business. | Miss Macia Buskin entertained the ( Prisoillas Wednesday afternoon. After . spending a pleasant time in handwork j tempting refreshments were served. Mr. Langdon S. Ligon, who has been | here for tho past six weeks, Installing some new machinery In the Jackson MMl, left Wednesday for Lancaster, where ho goes to do similar work. ' Mtsi Jinle Garlington of Anderson visited the Iva high school Tuesday aid mado a very interesting- talk. Miss Garlington is organizing tomato clubs in the schools in Anderson county and is meeting with much suc cess. Miss Annie Brown has returned from a short trip to Anderson. Mr. LuthoY Bailey and bride and Miss Ether Bailey of near Curswell Institute spent a short while in town Tuesday. Mr. C. Ql Smith an experienced piano tuner of Anderson is in town this week on business. Messrs. W. T. A. Sherard and W. Frank McGee left Tuesday for Chair lotte* N. C, where they go to attend the laymen's missionary convention of the Presbyterian church which Is In session this week. Mr. J. T.* C. Jones of Anderson spent Tuesday night at the home of Mr; J. A. MeAlister, The girls of the Iva high school are progressing nicely with basket bal! under the training of Miss. Nancy Pearson and Miss Maggie Thompson. Dr. J. D. Wilson was called to*. Lowndesville Thursday morning In ! professional business. ' \ i I Mr. W. D. Gaillard, who has been visiting elativcs for the past six weeks In Maiden, N. C, has returned dome. -Mr. J. R. Sjmpson of Anderson is i.business visitor here this week. \ Mr. T. C. Jackson spent Thursday In Anderson on business/ Mrs. W. P. Cook and daughter, Mrs. C. D. Evans, were shoppors in Anderson ' Thursday. Famous Paintings Sold. . NJ5W YORK. Feb. pO.?J. P. Mor gan hat, sold the famous Mme. Du Barry Fragoirard collection of paint ing?, now In tho Metropolitan Museum of Art, to Duveon Bros., who recently bought the-collection of Chinese nor-, celafns, alro in the Morgan collection In the .museum, and said ' to be worth >4,00O.0C0; It was announced tonight. The Fragohard ''pictures aro said to be - worth*, upwards of 81,000,000/ Theso pictures were obtained by the late J. P. Morgan about 1902 and. were exhibited by him in. London. GOVERNOR MANMMi IIFMOVKS I KOUII STATE ASYLUM HFGENT8 -o-? I (CONTINUED KilOSI PAGE ONE.) count Ich exempted' and returned to the lloUSO. I'lly For MiimiK?'!"* ot Election, Tho' Anderson county bond bill was rut tiled tonight when signed by the governor becomes ? lew- All other I ccunty legislation was disposed of before the end of serslon and nothing was carried over. The appropriation hill curries an Item for the payment of Hie managers of the special election ! held in the fall of 1913 to till a^vaciwi ev In the house of representatives, j Welfare Work in Collen Mill I on!' inimiti?s. The appropriation i)'":i. na agreed on by this free conference, provides for State supervision of welfare work In cotton mill communities. Tille wan strongly urged in a spec ial message from Governor Manning to the general nsoiuhly 11 few days ago. Following the introduction of a bill providing for Buch supervision by Senators Slicrord und Hughes and Kepreseutatives Dodgers and Nunn. Tho bill failed of passage mainly on account of Hie delay in getting it up for consideration ami because of cer tain opposition in senate. Hut the committee on free conference took care of the matter by including it in the generul npproprlntion bill. Tbe uc'j simply provides general supervision or all welfare or com munity work through competent add traim d ugent who i;i to he appointed on tho recommendation of tbe Stute I superintendent of education. A mill ! community is required to put up tho means for carrying on the work nnd tbe State undertaken to see that it is carried on systematically and effi ciently. Welfare work haa been done with fine results in Anderson, Greenville, SpurtnnburK and other textile centers', but It Is only in its beginning. This is the first time that the legislature ha:- provided a direct appropriation for work In mill communities and Hie State administration and those who fathered the measure expect it to ac compli!! much permunent good. BIG DAMAGE SUITS Two Personal Suits (or $1(10,000 Each H rang lit Against Korkefellcr In stitute far Med.'rnl Research. NEW YORK. Feb. 20.?Two person al dnmuge suits for $100.000 each were brought here today against the Rocke feller Institute for Medical Research and members of the hospital staff by .loKeph and Rentcdlos Garcia. The lat ter alleges that white sho was em ployed as charwoman In the institute "the defendant physicians and experi menters corruptly took advantage of her position and induced her to sub mit to and be inoculated with a scr um of toxin which caused her to bo Incurably and permanently inflct'ed with a malignant d?neuse." .Doth plainlifTK nllecc that later the de rendants prevailed upon them to leave the United States. Jerome D. Greene, nocretary of tho Rockefeller Foundation, who was manager or the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research at tho time of tho occurrence complained of lu the suits, said'tonight: "The plalntirfs in this suit were em ployed at the Institute at the time re ferred to, tho husband as a porter and the wife as charwoman.. They both complaihed of symptoms of a disease and the ordinary methods of diag nosis were applied to see If they had the disease. As the Institute did not at that time undertake to treat pa tients they were referred for treat mont to a competent physician in prf vi te practice to whom the drug was supplied. J'At no time was any material In jected by the institute. The drug ad ministered by the outside physician waa a familiar compound of a purely chemical nature. "Later when the husband desired to return to his native country some friends at the Institute contributed their own money to enable him to make the trip." Orders Investigation of Lawlessness JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 1?.? Lawlessness in New Madrid County from night riding resulted In an In vestigation being ordered today by Governor Major. Telegrams from the sheriff there asserted the situation wan beyond hie control and Adjutnat General O'Menra was ordered to the county at once. Negroes, it is said, Is the object of the night riders. Warnings, urging negroes to leave the district, have been posted throughout the county. A. G. Thompson of Starr spent yes terday In the city. LOVE AND A FELLOW-FEELING I am the man to fix your teeth so you can eat the pie that I put In the Piedmont Belt.. I mnke plates at $6.50 I make gold crowns at$4.00 - Silver fillings, 60c'and up. Gold nilmffs $1.00 and tip' Painless Extracting 40)c. '.I make a specially, of treating Pyorrhea, Alveolarlsof the gams and all crown and brldgo work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work gusranUyyt first-clans.. S: G. BRUCE DENTIST THQS. DQDD BEATEN 1 INTO INSENSIBILITY 8Y UNKNOWN CULPRIT FOUND LYING ON FLOOR OF HIS STORE ON HAMPTON ST. LATE SATURDAY ?ivj nyiNiQ state atthe"hospital Indications Are That the Merchant Had Been Attacked Hour and Half Before Crime Was Discovered (From Sunday's Dallv.l Apparently dead and with his skull rear fully heulen In hy a brick In the hands or sonic unknown person prob ably bent upon robbery, Mr. Thomas M. Dodd, who has Tor several years conducted littto grocery utrre al 120 Bast Hampton street, discov ered lying In the rioor of his shop Into yesterday afternoon; probably tin hour and a half after the dastardly uct was committed, by thro? negro glr?s who had gone Hiiro lo make so?iie purchases. In Dying- I'ond'tlon. The alarm was spread by the ne cro i iris nnd within a few seconds neighbors bad arriv?e* on the .cene. The l:i/?red man was rushed to the Andornen County Ho.o'.ln), \?heic sev eral physicians operated upon him in the hope of saving his life. At a lute hour last night one of the attend ing uurgsonr gave out a statement to ho effect that Mr. Dodd v/as in a dying condition, und that tho end was I a matter of hut a few hours. Baffling Mystery. Trill city and county authorities were notllled ot the crime and im mediately they went to work upon the case They had a few clues upon which to work, but What will he netted from them remains to bo seen, l'p until a late hour last night no arrest i had been*made. Sheriff Ashley. Depu ty Sheriff Sandera. Deputy Williams and r?verai officers of the c'.tv pollco department are leaving no stone un turned in their efforts to apprehend the person or persona guilty of thci assault. lleatcn With Brick. Sheriff Ashley stated last night that Mr. Dodd had been assaulted au hour or an hour und a ha',* before ho was discovered lying insensible In the floor. Upon arrivlng\at the scene of the crime Sheriff Aahiey found the brick which the culprit had used' in beating the proprietor of tho storo ovc; the head. The brick Iny upon a sugar barrel. In a corner of the store, and underneath it was butcher knife used In cutting monta. Blood and hairs had Btuck to the brick when Mr. Dodd woo beaten over the head with it Mel ire Prolmbiv Bobbery. Offhand belief is that tile motive of the person assault inc. Mr. Dodd was robbery, but that he was frightened away before he had had time to rifle th? man's pockets or the cash drawer In the Btore. Mr. Dodd had $28 in his pants pockets and the cash drawer had not been tampered with. There wan no evidence of anything having been- disturbed In the niore. Sheriff Aidiley received u telephone call at the courthouse at G:l."> o'clock notify ing him of the discovery of Mr. Dodd'a plight. Like liimo Vnse. There Is a Btrlklng similarity be tween this case and the death of Mr. David Hutto, another merchant, who wau killed by some unknown person In bio little store out on Greenville street roveral yean ago. It will, bo remembered that this old soldier was set upon one night in his shop and beaten to death. The sensational trial which followed when pa -ties suspect ed of being implicated in the crime wore brought up In the courts is too well remembered to need anything but pasting mention in this connec tion. On Heels of Another. That the assault upon Mr. Dodd oc cured so soon after Dr. E. H. Parks was attacked In his place of business on the square by a negro man is considered quite rtrango. Whether the same person committed both offense? is a puzzling question In the minds of the officers, and is one which they hope to unravel. Submarine Torpedoes French Steamer Vessel Did Not Sink and Was Towed Into Port?No Men tion Made of Crew. DIEPPE, Franco, Feb. 19.?(via Paris. .4 n. m.)?A German submarine torpedoed this morning without warn ing the French steamer Dinorah from Havre for Dunkirk, at a point 16 miles off Dieppe. - The Dinorah did not elnk but was towed into Dieppe. No mention is made of .the loss of any of her crew. A- plato on the port aide of the ateamcr below the water lino was stove in by the torpedo. She manag ed to. keep afloat by. hard pumping. Word of the occurrence was. taken into Dieppe by fishing boats and as sistance for the Dinorah was promptly sent out Her cargo will be discharg ed here. ' The presence of a German sub marine off Cape Ally was reported four days ago. The dally steam, traft flc service between Dieppe and Eng land has ; been suspended. W. It. Duckworth of Williamnton was In. the city yesterday/ . DR. E. H. PARKS VICTIM OF ASSAULT BY NEGRO IN HIS JEWELRY SHOP CULPRIT WAS IN ACT OF MAKING PURCHASES AND STRUCK JEWELER iM->n/Miin.?The recent appeal is sued to farmers by the minister of -Mficulture not to leave a single plot of ground anywhere uncultivated, was followed today by a peremptory de cree by the Austrian government or dering, land owners, to sow immed iately ew'ry available part of their ground with spring wheat. Whore necessary. local authorities are em powered by tbe decree to provfdo lab or for this work and fp recover from tho sale of crops the expenditures Incurred. Failure to comply with tho edict is punishable by heavy tinea or Imprisonment. ' The mlnlstor'of agriculture wan quoted as saying in his appeal Thnrs day: "Peace depends more than ever upon tho work. In tho fields . this spring. The power of the army and the security of the state are condi tional upon the productiveness of agriculture. The question for food supplies, in Austria-Hungary ia daily bee miln^ more acute, according to recent news dispatches and the government baa confiscated all stocks of grain. D. n. McPhull of Hopqwell /was in \tho city yesterday.' - '. p II. ft. McCIcllan' of Roberts "sres la , the city yesterday.