Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE N U I ODY HE NOT A POP! NOT A DOPE! NOT ARTIFICIAL! ? SUPERIOR Made from Wheat, Oats, Grapes, Cherries, Lc:::on, Mint FREEE! Tiekets with each Crate to the dealer, calling for HANDSOME PRIZES. FREE! TO YOU!! One crown in each crate good for 5c. LOOK FOR IT ! ! PHONE 240 BOTTLING WORKS PHONE . 240 WAGED A DESPERATE BATTLE IN GREENVILLE USUAL OUTCOME OF EXTRA INNINGS IT WENT 13 FRAMES Hough Pitched a Beautiful Game For Anderson and Hard Luck Responsible for Defeat Special to The Intelligencer. Gaffney, August 6.-The Game Cock?: defeated the Spartanburg Tip Tops this afternoon ..by a score of 10 to 7. The contest -was listless and very uninteresting and was only kept alive by tho vira of the visiting team. Hord for Gaffney, secured a home run in the seventh with one mah on. Score by Innings: Spartanburg .. 010 014 001- 7 12 3 Gaffaey . .. ,v220 20Q 40x-10 10 3 > .'Goble- and ,Dc?n; -Dagerhnrdt- and -Vasey/'. / \ ..!. .At Buffalo'4-4: Indianapolis 1-3. At Brooklyn 2; Kansas City 0. At Pittsburgh 6; St. Louis- 5. At Baltimore. 6; Chicago 2. Bluejacket Won Game. Brooklyn, August 6.-Bluejacket, on Indian pitcher, who Jumped from the New Yorkf Nationals,- and "Chief" Johnson, another Indian jumper from organized, baseball, oposed each other here today and the former won 2 to 0. The game went 7 Innings by agree ment. Score Kansas City . : . .000 OOO 0-0 6 1 Brooklyn...200 000 0-2 6 1 Johnson and Brown; Bluejacket and Land. Back to First Place. 1 Baltimore, August ' 6.-Baltimore agata woat into first place by win ning today's game from Chicago, 6 to - 2. Chicago's two tullios wero on home runs by A. Walsh and McGuire. Mey er scored Baltimore's first run by hit ting over the'.fence.'; Score Baltimore. .... .100 103 OOx-5 10 0 Chicago.. .. ..000 101 OOO_2 6 2 Suggs. and Jacklitsch; McGuire. Fisk hud Clemo?B. ??i. 'Refalar Swatfest. Pittsburgh, August 6-.Pittsbdrgh defeated St. Louis today. 6 to 6. The . game was featured by. heavy hitting. Score-*' - . ' St. Louis ' ... 102 0?0 101-5 10 2 Pittsburgh ...002 100 201-6 12 3 Dave'np?rt/?rown and Simon; Knet sor and Berry. Won Double?ender. Buifalo, August 6.-Buffalo closed the prosent series at home today* by winding both games bf a doublehead: er from Indianapolis. Score first game: Buffalo .. .. . .OOtj 022 00r-4 0> 1 Indianapolis . . "001 000 000-rl 4 2 Krapp and Blair; McConnaugheyi Mullin,; Warren sd .Rarlden. Seor o second gamer . BUffalO .. ;. . .100 001 20x-4 8 1 Indianapolis ;. 000 021 000-3 7 3 Moore and Blair; Kaiserling and Rariden. VIRGINIA LEAGUE At Portsmouth ii Roanoke 7. At Newport News 1; Norfolk 4. 1st ?amo. At Newport New? 0; Norfolk lp. Second gamo. : - . . ? , At Petersburg 6j Richmond 0. First game. > At Petersburg 2; Richmond 2. Sec ond-game, fj 'y ' ? . ':.'.-, South Atlantic ? At Augusta. 7; Jackson ville 0. At Charleston 3;:* Columbus 2. At Columbia 1: Albany 0. At Savahnah 6; Macon 2. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Fiedmont League. Won Lost Pct. Spart?nburg. 22 16 5791 Greenville.19 18 514 Gaffney. 18 19 4861 ANDERSON. 15 20 429! North Carolina League. Won Lost Pct. Durham. 63 35 602 Charlotte. 53 37 590 Winston. 49 38 663 Raleigh. 40 50 .444 Asheville. 37 63 411 Greensboro . 34 63 3911 South Atlantic League. Won I ./oat Pct. Albany ....... 27 16 643 Charleston. 25 15 626 Columbus. 23 18 561 Augusta. 21. 19 625 Savannah ........ 20 21 488 Columbia S. 19 23 462 Macon . 16 25 376 Southern League. Won Lost ~Pct ! Mobile . 63 46 ^677 New Orleans. 60 . 46 666 Atlanta.... .. 52- 60 M 510H Birmingham--.. .<&p. 62 ***6?^*; 654 Chattanooga .65 64 605 Memphis'.. ...... 48 56 462 j Montgomery. 40 60 600 American League. Won Lost Pct. Philadelphia..63 34 660 Boston. .. 66 . ' 44 560 Washington..' .. ...64' 4 4 651 Detroit.. ... 62 49 615 St. Lo lu B.. 48 60. ,490 Chicago .... .. .. 48 52 480 New York .. .. ..44 60 423 Cleveland. 33 89 324 J National Lca?ae. Won Lost Pct j New York .. .. .. .. 55 38 691 Chicago. 53 46 641 St. Louis. .. 63 47 630 Boston ... . . .. .'. . . 49 .45 621 Cincinnati :. 47 51 480 Philadelphia .... .. 45 ,60 474 Brooklyn. 40 62 . 435 Pittsburgh ... 40 64 426, Federal League. . Won Lost Pct. Baltimore .. .. .. ;. 63 40 670 Chicago. 66 43 666 Brooklyn .. _ .. 49 40 561 Indianapolis .. .. .. 50 45 626 Buffalo .. .'. .'. .... 47 63 470 Kansas City. 43 49 467 Pittsburgh .._. 41 62 441 St, Lou!*. .. .. .. 40 66 417 Bunts Dr. H. H. Harris, who has returned, from tho Union series, gives out the following "dppo:" Stover at third base ls one of , the futcii infielders eyer seen.. in th?se parts... He goes ,after, fast oner and slow ' ones < alike.- ' . ! Thompson, a union product, now j playing in the outfield for- Anderson, ^ a good hltter^and^o foiit flcWdr. 1 Rip Major was very popular with the rooters In Union, especially when he ruined a''perfectly good uniform ulitllng tb third base. Childers . got his bsual home run j ?luring the Union series. Robinson led the batting rally in j 'every instance during tho Union se-1 'rick. v . . -''1 '. .. Wrenn mada(only ono error dsHUf the 1)nion gamea, and has more pep than any man on tho team. "Spider" was popular with the ians. -<~ ? ' . i s Union fans said tlio y had never seen a better fielding game rhati that I played by Mccoll. American Association ' At MinneapbllB 8; Indianapolis^-. At Kansas City >3.1; Columbus 4^4, At BU Pant'.4-1; LoulsvlUe At Milwaukee 1; Cleveland 3. . 10 fobing*. ?? " . ' .. . - GAMECOCKS WON I? A LISTLESS GAME SPARTANS MET DEFEAT AT HANDS OF GAFFNEYITES A POOR EXHIBITION No En thus iain Shown Except By Visiting Team-Hord Got a Homer in Seventh Special to The Intelligencer. Greenville, August G.-After the 9th Inning come and went today with the score 0 and 0, Anderson had little hope of winning the game, since McColl and his crew have never won aa extra in ning game. The features of the game might be Bummed up in the pitching1 -of both Plyler and Hough and the fast fielding., of Allen, a recruit to the Greenville team. He accepted 14 chances,' figured ir two double plays ?md did,not. make an error. Green ville- scored her one run in the 13th inning on two scratch hits. ; Batteries?ar Greenville: Plyler aud McDaniel; for Anderson, Hough and Mobley. NATIONAL At New York 3; Chicago 4. At Boston 6; Pittsburgh 4. 10 in nings. . At Brooklyn 2; St. Louis 7. At Philadelphia 2; Cincinnati 4. Homer. In the Tenta. Boston, August G.--Muran vi Hue's home run in the tenth inning of to day's game gave* Boston a 5 to 4 vic tory over Pittsburgh. It wah the, ninth" consecutive game won by the home team. Scorer Boston1 .. ... 200 OOO 200 1-5 8 1 Pittsburgh 003 010 000 0-4 . 9 3 - Tyler, Crutcher, Strand and Whal ing, Gowdy, Adams and Gibson. Matty Lost Ont New York, August 6.-After hold ing Chicago to one hit in sevn innings today, M ahenswto63.'. ;Netaordluuuu today. Mathewson weakened and the Cubs batted in four runs, whining 4 to 3. Derrick's double In ninth sent lu the ticing and receding runs. . Score Chicago .... . .000 000 022r-4 7 1 New York .. . .100 000 011-3 10 1 Humphries and Bresnahan, Archer; Mat howson and McLean. Marshs!! Hit Hard. Philadc' .hlf, lUgUBt 6.-Cincinnati knocked M.) ^11 off the rubber today in five lal y and won from Phila delphia 4 t 2. Score Cincinnati .. .'.001 200 001-4 10 . 3 Philadelphia ... 100 000 001-2 4 1 ? Benton and Ciarkeffi Marshall, Rlx cy, Matti son, Baun gardner and K|1U ' _ An Easy Victory. " Brooklyn, August C.-St. Louis easi ly defeated Brooklyn today 7 to 2. Pour hits and a wild throw by the pitcher gave tho visitors a first in ning advantage of five runs.. Score St Louis,. .. ..600 002 OOO-7 10 . 0 Brooklyn..... .001 000 001-2 8 1 Perdue and Snyder; SchmuU, Allen and Fischer. NORTH CARCM-INA At Winston 4; Durham 0. At Raleigh 4; AehevJUo 0. At Charlotte 9; Greensboro 8. S?UTHEl^l^GUE At Chattanooga 1 ; Atlanta 4. At Birmingham 0; N;*w Orleans 4. \ At Montgomery 8; Mobile 8. At Nashville 2 ; Memphis 3. International League At Montreal 2; Jersey City 4. 12 ?n nings. " At Rochester .1 ; Newark 7. * .At Buffalo 4; Baltimore St 10 In 'nings. Only throe scheduled. MAURETANIA MADE DRAMATIC VOYAGE Crossed Atlantic In Four Days and Ten Hours-Passengers Are Alarmed at Her Speed (By Associated Press.) Halifax, NV Si, August 6.-Com ploting in four days and ten hours her fastest and most dramatic voyage across the Atlantic, the mammoth Cunard liner Mauretania, from Liver pool for New York, arrived at Halifax today with 2,400 passengers, mostly Americans, fleeing from war-ravaged .Europe. Passengers and malls will he landed hero. --' 1 At 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night while off Sable Island the Mauretania waa warned by the British cruiser Es sex tot change ber course without de lay and head for Halifax. The helm was shifted so quickly many passen gers, jolted by the shock as the ship heeled, believed Inff'Steamer was turn ing turtle. . Under the highesL pressure of her turbine engines, ww all .'ports blank eted? and) not- a H?hl Chowing, the ves sel sped over the .140 miles that lay between her and safety from German cruisers. Behind her canis the Essex, whose searchlights, at night .could he Been flashing across -rae horizon as she scanned the waters for the enemy. The Mauretania pasrengers were not officially informed bf what had oc curred. They-had received no Intima tion of the declaration flf war. (. The Mauretania'sailed from.Liver pool at 4:5f> p. m. -August i, aima great excitement. Prom the moment the big liner left the officers wer? on the alert, and Halifax, was held .in mind as an' alternative port When in the midst bf a thick fog off Sable Island Island a wireless mes sage from. the Essex gave urgent warning ta make full speed for Hali fax, the Cunarder was 380 miles from New York and '140 from this port. Lurking somewhere lb the fog ?was a German cruiser, but guarding the lanes of steamship travel were British warships. The Mauretania made the' marvel ous run of 27 1-2 knots during th* early hours of this morning. Her av erage speed was 26.06 knots. When the purpose of the change of course was learned there was wild ex citement among the pasengors. Among the. 500 first cabin passengers many are prominent in business, profession-' al. and church life of this continent. . A report went tho rounds of the ship that late last .bight:a flash of light waa seen over the Btem of a cruiser, followed by the report of a gun. Many belleye .some warship had fired on the liner,' Officers could not substantiate this report'but several believed lt wah true". . . Neither, officers of the ship nor of ficials bf the company would say what would bb done with the Mauretania, but lt was believed by tba" former that she would be taken to Now York un der . escort .and. thence to Liverpool where she, would be used fdr transport service, within thc lines. Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., who waa elected .Prerylcnt bi the congress this year said there waa tremendous excitement all through the Voyag?/ The MaUr?tania was es corted out of Queenstown by a British cruiser, and them had been nothing but rumors of Impendln|f' ' character over since Commissioner Lamb;; head of the Salvation Army Immigration Service, a pasenger. said that when the liner headed around last night and started racing for Halifax, the vibration of tho ship ' convinced those' on board that something unusual was taking piaba.' 'V Nearly exhausted from three days Spent nearly continuously on dary in Se engine room, Chief Engineer Jas. irruthers Of the Mauretania, declar ed tho ship could bare done several knots , better than she/did had there been any real urgency,; Captain Charles kept constant vigil i during, almost the entire night. For three days ho stuck to the bridge of his vessel, getting not a wink of sleep in the 72 hours. Twenty three pas-, sengers w?l be held In Halifax as prisoners of war. They are Gormans and Austrians who could-not. furnish sufficient proof Ot their hoing.Ameri can citizens. . TREASURE SHIP IS MADE OF CRUISER Millions in Gold Is Sent To Tour is ts-South Carolina Boy Is Paymaster (By Associated Press.) New York, August G.-The armored cruiser Tennessee, converted for the time into a treaaure ship, left pert av 9:45 o'clock tonight to carry miltons in gold to tho manyi thousand Ameri cans who are In want in European countries. When the Tennessee nosec". out to ward sea in darkness Bhe had on board $0,000,000 In gold, 33,000,000 from the Bankers Trust Company, $2,750,000 appropriated by congress and about $300,000 entrusted to the paymaster's care by personal friends of individuals abroad. More private funds are expected to be placed with the treasury authori ties here and lt ls likely that a second shipment of gold will be sent, prob ably on the crluser North Carolina. The Tennessee's gold goes as a bulk lot ot government money. The indi vidual depositors' names are not men tioned, but the delivery of the money to individual drawees who have orders frem ib?ir American shippers will be made. This pla"., directed by the war .department, lt waa believed, in finan cial circles here, ls to prevent any question of American neutrality. The gold was insured against marble risks. The rate was not announced. (Tho paymaster of the Tennessee Is Richard C. Reed, of Columbia, son of Rev. Dr. R. C. R??d. of tho Columbia Theological Seminary. The paymast er general of the navy is Samuel Mc Oown af Laurens. oooooooooooooooooooo o o o AT THE DOCKS o o - o oooOoooooo oooooooo Wilmington. Ni C., Aug. 6.-Fearing capture by Ure British war vessels, the Hamburg-Amer icon line steamer .NU caria from Santos to New York with a cargo' of coffee put into Southport today and anchored ia the Cape eFar river. Nothing definite is known as to the disposition of the cargo. Thc Nica ra carried mail between South American ports and New York. No foreign war voBselB wore sighted, but tho wireless operator on the Ni carn picked up several code messages that were thought to have been from ono cruiser to another. Halifax; N. S.. August 6-The Brit ish cruiser. Essex escorted tho White 8tar line steamer Cedric into the harr bor here late . today. Warship and liner anchored in the inner harbor alongside the ?unarder Mauretania. (London, August 6.-The Hamburg American liners Kronprinzessin Ceci lio and the Prinz Adalbert, lying at the seaport of Falmouth, England, have been seized by the government. The British cv J teer Diana today brought the German schooner Else from TAo Grande into Falmouth. Queenstown, August G.-The Cun ard liae steamer Germania and the British steamer Kumeric, the latter with a cargo of wheat fnun Gal ves' t>?* for. Germany, arrived l.jre today ?JS-> corted by a cruiser. London/ August 6.-The Leyland Lina steamer Caledonian, which was to hate sailed for New York Saturday, today cancelled her 'sailing. The .American Lice steamer Phila delphia sailed from Queenstown late today for- New York. BIRD'S, PA B APISE* Island Designated as Breeding Place For Native Birds Washington, Aug. 6.-Blackboard Island, on the coast of Georgia, at the entrance to Sspelo Sound, has been set aj/irt hy executive order for the use of the department of agriculture a preserve and > breeding place tor native birds. It Is declared unlawful for any person to disturb the birds or their eggs on. the Island. Simplicity is always elegant. Milk is the best thing tor babies ? , . CONTRABANDS OF WAR SPECIFIED Great Britain Issues Proclamation Naming the Articles Classed As Contraband (By Associated Press) Washington, August 6.-Great Bri tain's contraband of war proclama tion was cabled to the state depart ment today by Ambassador Page. It placed' arms, ammunition and all dis tinctly military Supplies on the llBt of "absolute" contraband; and desig nated food, grain, money, horses and general supplies aa "conditions" con traband, subject to seizure and to thc contraband laws when Intended for use of a power with which Great Bri tain 1B at war. , The proclamation follows tho usual lines, and those issued by other pow ers involved in war probably will be virtually Identical. It names the following 'absolutely contraband : 1. Anns of all kinds and their com ponent parts. Two. Projectiles, charges and car tridges of all kinds and their.distinc tive component parts. Three. Powder and explosives es pecially prepared tor uso In war. ' Flour. Gun mountings, limber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges and their distinctive component parts. Five. . Clothing, and equipment of a distinctly military character. Six. All kinds of barnes of a dis tinctively military character. Seven. Saddle, draught and pack animals BUItable for use In war. ' Eight Articles of camp equipment and their distinct ve component, parts. Nine. Armor plateB. , Ten. Warships, including boats and their distinctive component parts, of such a nature, that they can only be used on a vessel of war. Eleven. Aeroplanes, airships, bal loons and air craft of all kinds and The following will be treated os con accessories and articles recognisable for use In connection with ballons and air craft. Twelve. Implements and apparatus designated exclusively for the manu facture of munitions of war, for man ufacture or repair of arms or war ma terial for use on land and sea. The following WU bo treated as con ditional contraband: li Food stuffs. 2. Forage' and grain suitable for feed for animals. ; 3. Clothing, fabrics fer clothing and boot and shoes suitable for use In war. 4. Gold and silver In coin or bul lion oaper money. 5. Vehicles of all kinds available for use in war and their component parts. 6. Vessels, craft and boats of all kind, floating docks, parts of docks and their component parts. 7. Raliway material, both fixed and rolling stock, and material for. tele graphs, wireless telegraphs and tele phones. 8. Fuel Inb'icants. . 9. Powder and explosives not spe cially prepared for use In war. 10. Barbed wire and Implements for fixing and cutting same. 11. Horse shoes and shoeing mater ials. 12. Harness and saddlery. 13. Field glasses telescopes chrono meters and all kinds of nautical In struments. BOY SCOUTS ASSIST Are Taking.Active Part la Great Eu ropean War. Now*?York, Aug. , G.-Dispatches Prom abroad mentioning the activity M? the part of the boy scouts tn con fection with, the military operations In the European conflict have led to the belief here that the scouts will play Important roles In the general .var, although .their activities will be Incidental rather than an active part n tho campaign. Already dispatches :ave told ot the capture by tho boy iconts of spies in Belgium, their gnar ling of British bridges and the plan rf the scouts to assist In harvesting he crops. ... There aro approximately 350,000 x>y scouts In Europe. Essentially an organizativa working or peace, .there Is nothing in its ?achinga that would discourage the eking up of arms in self defense. NEW YORK HARBOR CLOSELY GUARDED ..... .. ' i Dreadnaught Florida Is To Inspect Cargoes of AU the Seagoing Vessels New York, Aug. G.-The ehnnnoln leading out of New York harbor wore gunrded tonight hy the United States dreadnought, Florida. No vcasel headed for non can pass until un of ficer of thc battleship has inspected the cargo. Tho Washington government has taken thl3 step to provent foreign reg istered vessels from involving tho ' United States in possible neutral. on tang.einont'with tho warring Euro po on nations. The reason for tho sudden; coal Injg of the "Florida in the H rook lyn navy yard yesterday and her depart?rj this morning with destination unannoun ced, became public tonight .when the announcement of the government's plan to preservo neutrality in this harbor. Acting under instruct lona from Sec.- , retaries McAdoo and Redfield, the caf*, lector of' the port toduy organized *a . flying squadron of customs gua vdu . and doubled tho number . "bf these guards on tho city's piers and o?_ tho ships lying -in beruiB h?re Every endeavor will be made, Collector Malone said, to prevent any ship sail ing with cargoes of a contraband character. The collector passed on to Washington the decision there", the' question of allowing vessels to carry reserv" *a away from' New York. Guards will supervise the loading of all outgoing ships. The idle fleet . of pine Gerraty -.' shlpB in port was augmented tonight When tho Friedrich dor Grosso tied up and did not attempt to complete her., voyage begun from Baltimore on July 28. She had been recalled by wire less while In mid-ocean. German . reservists had registered by the thousands at the German ced-, sulate. No .plans- have been made for getting them to the Fatherland, according to thc German cosul hero. ? tonight.? . V ' fm The American liner St Paul will sall from -Liverpool tomorrow with ono of the.largest eastbound consigrt> monts of mall over carried from thia! port. Tho 8t. -Paul will .carry.. 40nv passengers including soma well-to-do ' reservists who hope? to be able to reach their native land. ^American newspaper correspondents . hound for the theatre of war, consular. repre sentatives, army officers and others. Among the prominent passengers booked aro the Duchess of Marlbor ough; Mrs. Horaye Lee Washington; wiie of the American ' consular at Liverpool J. H. Grand, American con sul at Odessa; Kenneth Patton. Am erican consul at ?ogna?; Alox Preyojr, Netherlands, consul to Cairo; and Gen. C. I. Mills, Captain' W. H. Ky Hamilton end > Col. Reber, U. S. A CHINA DECLARES. NEUTRALITY WAI Not Mix lu European Wut^e?, mu n's Fortifying Esing Tau. (Dy Associated Press) Peking, China, August G.-China to? day proclaimed' her. neutrality in con^ nection with the Earopean conflict. . The work ot fortifying the German . position of Taing Tau continued ana the authorities there added to their accumulation' of provisions.... J* Foreign enterprise - In- China being?, paralyzed many Chlaese have been ai-, fected already and are withdrawing Uiolr money from tho banks controlled by financiers representing Russin, France, England, Germany and Japan, which hitherto had commanded every confidence. European and" American tourists are experiencing great difficulties owin^. to the closing of the . trans-Siberian railroad and the restriction of tho steamship service for which some ot them held tickets, while, some or tho banks,refuse to recognize certain Eu ropean letters hf credit. A NEW RECORD Altitude of ?MOO Feet Reached lu American BuiltAeroplane., Thompson, of Chicago^-tn-'an Amer., lean built aeroplane, broke tho Amer-: lean altitude' record. today, .ty. rlslnii to the height or 15,600 1cet,-.The.pto* vioos'record was 11,280 feet, madoh*. Lincoln Bncbey ut Chicago In 1913. . . .- ..