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VOLUME 1, NO. 187 Weekly, Established I860; Dftllj, lu. lt, lflf. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM THE SECOND RAGE IS DETERMINED Richards, 26,954; Manning, 25,289; Cooper, 24,983 COLUMBIA, Aug. 27.-Richard I. Manning of Somier and John G. Richards of Liberty Hill Will Make the Second Race for Governor of South Carolina. The Second Primary Will Be Held September 8th. The Complete Report Follows: Richards, 26,954; Manning, 25,289; Cooper, 24,983. This Is Not the Officia! Report From Al! Counties, But Is Complete and Is Accepted As the Result of the First Primary. The Figures Will Not Be Changed Materially, and the Relative Standing Will Remain. GERMAN ATM AR? t BELGIAN COMMISSION EN j ROUTE TO UNITED STATES TO MAKE CHARGES ATTITUDE OF BELGIUM DEFIANT King Albert Announces To World That Belgians WU1 Never Give Up Fight For Honor (By Associated Press.). London, Sept. 1.-The Belgian com. mission on its way to the United Status to protest against alleged Ger man 'atrocities in the war ?one read an address to King George at Buck ingham Palace today setting forth some of tho happenings In the present campaign. The addresr) also thank ed tiie king for England's aid against tho Germane. The address In part roads: "Slr: Belgium having had to choose between the sacrifice of her honor and tho peril of war, did not hesitate. She opposed the brutal ag grc:?j!on committed by a power, which was one of the guarantors of her neu trality. In 'thig critical situation it ls for our country an estifable tower of strength to nee coming resolute and immediate intervention by groat and, powerful England. "Commissioned by hlu majesty, the? king of the Belgians, with a mission! to tho president ^t the United States we considered lt our duty to. make a stay In the capital of the British em pire to convey to your niajoatpy a re spectful and ardent expression of the gratitude of the, Balglan nation." Tho uddrer.s referred to Klngi George 9 message to "King Albert and the co-operation of tho British land . and sea forces ."Th'-*," cc ntlriued tho . address, "brought rei iewed gratitude - abd strengthened -till further tho deter-1 urination of. tho Belgian nation, forc ed to'-go to War" for thc, protection of hor.'lnstltutlono, and her - hearths. In this respect .she was desirous* of bringing to bear the care which ia; imposed on each nation by internat ional convention and conscience. Barbu rions Treatment? "Our adversary, after Invading bur territory, hah decimated the civil population, macjacred women and cMidtRn. carried lalo capUvity in offensive peasants, put to deatb the wounded, destroyed undefended towus and burned churches,'historical mon uments and the famous library of the University of Louvain. All theae facto have been established by authenticat ed.,documents which we shall submit to the government of your majesty. WM Not ?Ive Up. "DespiU, all this suffering in Bel gium, which .haig been made the perr Bonification of outraged right, the country i? r?soi?t? In fulfilling to the u{moyt our duties toward Europe Whatever may happen, she must de fend her existence, h?r honor and her liberty.*.' " T King George replied that Great Britain would support Belgium and th ut he was grateful for the gallant Belgian resistance. He added that he was shocked at the reports of Ger man brutalities "King Albert bade us tell all the ? Wornt that- Belgium ia not crushed and never will be crushed. Such a npirU as we have never can be down ed. Wo will fight on and on, and cuc cesB finaliy will crown the efforts*of tho,allies." Such was the message that Carton de Wiart, Belgian minister of Justice and head of the Belgian mission, de livered to representatives of the press following'the visit of the mission, tb King George and Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister. M. de Wiart reviewed charges against- Germany in detail, laying great stress on the fact that the Germans had violated the lieut. ;iity cf Belgium te canting that coar.v.-y. He recited alleged ?fpcelflc mitrases on tho part of the Germans, giving dates ana y?nces and tho name? ?t persons said io have' been killed. B"iaier? were ?si-iic?ic^?. "i have a Btatenent," said M de Wiart, "from a rev Able man who vlatfj Red Louvain August 80, which aa? i!:rtt tho Girmsns W??? burni?* i-u?!n Inga that day and scattering straw so that' every house standing would be destroyed. ..'Drunken German soldiers j were reeling through the streets and. ofiiccrs were drinking .a tables esVM*, tho Btreets. - ^'A "l/yuv'aln looks.dike a socond Pora-j poil. Only the town hall and the city elution ?re standing. The cathedral ana Gie theatre have collapsed., also tb?; library with its rare old tnanu ii.% The university, which badi 2.SOO students, ls a total ruin. ! -Aerschot with 8,000 inhabitant?, and mort and many other unfortified^ vi?! apes suffered the same fate asl Louvain. At LMest a another and her daughter ot twelvo were, shot to death, a young, mao waa bound to a tree and burned elive and., two mon ! were buried alive with their heads] downward." NAVAL FIGHT ON THE PACIFIC Commander of German Croiser Saya He Will Go Down With Hie Boat Honolulu. Sept. 1.-The ?ermau cruiser N?rnberg will leave thia pori tomorrow, cleared for action, to meet the -Australian warships Australia and1 Warrego. The British men of war today ac companied the British collier Strath dale to the three mile limit here and aro reported walting outside. Captain Schoenberg, of the N?rnberg caid today that the N?rnberg would ' not surrender and that he expected the 'ship to be the coffin for himself and his crew. Honolulu, T. H.. Sept. 1.-The German cruiser N?rnberg, which ar rived here today was permitted to ^coaj i hurriedly and made ready to depart to night, cleaed for action, i Captain Schoenberg asked for 1,200 tons of coal Rear Admiral B. T. I Moore, commander of the naval sta I tion, refused to cay bow much he al lowed tn be taken aboard. Stevedores* loading the cruiser said that they were putting 750 tons in ber bunkers. Tho German cruiser has been 3f> dayfa out from port. Her-commander) says shi. hus touched no where else in the meauttme. . The N?rnberg'? nearest home port ls ay point for the international law I yers to decide. The' British ha'vfe seized German Samoa and th* , Ji i nose are blocking Germany's na' base at Kiao-Chow. ! San Francisco, 8ept 1.-Steam! I slowly southward a throe funnel warship resembling the Japanese 'cruiser idzumo was Bighted at 5:80 I yesterday morning, 14 miles due 'sjaet of. CIlM Bay, Oregon' by tho steam ship Rose City, which arrived 'fia^b^Sfcs day. Tho German cruiser Leipzig also has three tunnels, but the Tdzumo ls a larger vessel of different lines, and passengers familiar with both wore" positive no mistake in identlfiactoin bad been made. M TELEGRAPHIC TICKS P.. Norris Williams-II, 3*fa&te? Mer Laughlin for tho lawn tennis cham pionship of the country;. Charley Evans waa defeated by By ers of Pittsburgh in the national ama ..cur golf championship ?contest. Representativo Bartholdt has pre tested to congress against the ship ment of armored automoTiMo^ to Bin gland and Prance, via Can-.da. Weather Bureau at Washington y?? terday reported rapid progress in hnr vet-ng of the south's bumper cotton crop. The extension of the British mora torium yesterday caused depression in I Now York financial centers. --- SM^up THE CHIMNEY ---- ?o fc Iee? lon of Pope Yet-Two Bal lots Taken Tuesday. (By Associated Press1.) Parir, Sept. 1.-According to a Rome dispatch to the Havas agency several thousand persone assembled this morning to watch the chimney of the Sistine chapel. Presently smoko arose. Then tba people anew a pope bsd not been elected on the first bal lot. Toward noon smoke again ap. Lpeered, indicating that a cecond ballot had* been taken without result The [smoke was from the burning ballots. PURE CUSSEDNESS (By Associated Press.) London, cpt. i.-Travelers arriv ing at Parir, from Florence, according ito a Renter dispatch. Bays that the ! Kuglttti, French and Rus'-'.an p? v>! <onr> at the printing exhibition at i Leipzig, bad been barned. The navil tioue. Leipzig is in Germany, a seat I of, learning. lt ni Ki??:?ly Betels ercd. ! M. de Wlart charged the Germans . Ith theft tn the taking of tunda from in National Bank* bf Louvain, an In ion in ao way connected with rS???u?, and Said vu? uOSW jent of Aiitwerp without giving 24 notice was a ilolatlon of internat ional law. "I personally saw," said Emile Vandervelde, Belgian minister oj ?tate, who ls a member ot* tho mission i "the bodies of a .father .?nd son, non I combatants, out to pteo?s, by German .bayonet thrusts. This was near th? river Meuse. I At Mallee the Germans continued ! to storm tbe tow?; after the idhabi ! tauts had gone, trying to terrolce the [entlra neighborhood and drive avant possible Into Antwerp so that rood supply would be exhausted itbete and the siege shortened." BUILD! .s-?? . -, . . J. **? " ;? . i'-. Sills picture shows French POOR BELGIUM i ParlB, Sept. 1-Mrs. Harman H. Harjes, wife of a Paris banker, who with other American women bas buen deeply interested In the relief work, [today tvisited the North Railroad sta tut ap d was shocked at the sights she iw''among thc Belgian refugees. "The station," said Mrc. Harjes, ''presented an aspect of a shambles. I It was the saddest sight Lover saw. tf \t impossible *o bellevo the tortures iand'th? cruelties the poor unfortunates .1had. undergone. J'. "! saw many boys with both their ia'-'cut off sc that li was impossible ffor 'theta to cdrry a gun. Everywhere was. filth and utter desolation. Helpless.babies, lying on the cold, wet temeht floor and crying for proper nourishment, would bring hot tears to J>ny. moper's oycB. '.fMothers' were vainly besieging the authorities, begging for milk or roup. A mother with 12 children said,"What is to become of us. I seems in;posui ble to suffer more. I saw my bus band bound to a lamp post. He was gagged and being tortured by bayon ets. When I tried to intercede in his behalf I was knocked senseless with a rifle. ! never saw bim again. BERLIN 18 ITV NO BANGER ts the Helle! of the Austrian Ambassa'. .1er te fhe United States .Kaw York. Sept. 1.-Dr. K. T. Dum ba; ambassador from Austria-Hungary to the United States, who is in Man , N. H., received today from Vienna war office a report of the move ment of the Austrain troops' against rhe report, made public hy I Charles Winter?, Austro-Hungarian consul general here futiown: "Mobilization in' Austria-Hungary was accomplished successfully and. with a great deal of enthusiasm among the troops. All races and all parties rallied to the colors." The report then claims a succession of victories. Dr. Wintor said that the supposition that the Russian troops were sweeping on toward Berlin in overwhelming forces and without cessation or check. >'We expect that in ten days the stan dards of Germany and Austro-Hunga ry will be. raised in Warsaw,". Dr. Winter Added. AUSTRIA 18 DESPERATE Louds*, Sept. L-A dispatch from Bucharest, which reached the Central ( Nows at London by way of R??ne, sara ?thc Roumanian general staff co ns ld L 1k. Ut?l. *. . .-?-?- . . ..... nw -I TT~T jW frontier will be decisive. They be. Mete n defeat ef the Austrians will bc followed hy a general Insurrection, ana that, therefore,, whatever nsay be tte ?arrifiee, the Austrians will not fall beck: Thbjr are new nuking a strong effort and are recalling even the troop* against Prance and Servia. eve a eeeoeooooaooo aa o MEXICO TO SOBER UP e iW* ? . 'rr-' ,?, , . Jo '. Wa?hIn|rtoa,'KepL l-WITse aale o .o of I^lqae, theaaiionaVdrink of o e Mexico, and atioiher Intoxl lo cants have been forbidden Ia Ie Mexico City bcf*n?e cf the re clash between Coagulation* e foldler* and the police, ac- o lag to the advices received e today. . o ? e l*>o?$eoeoooeeeo?e*eee NO I PONTOON B ?ie?, ay Wir News While-the whole world is awaiting definite news from the battle line, the French war office [contents itself with the simple [statement that, as a result of the turning movement of the Ger man army and in order not to ac cept battle under unfavorable conditions, the French troops [again haV4 retired. From thc British capital no word is forthcoming regarding what are considered the most mo mentous. Operations of the war While^rlin claims a Germar? .vit^ryrw^tae-Russians in East] "russia in '.he capture of 70,000 men, the Russians claim an im portant victory over the Austrians on the Galician side, with 30,000 prisoners. / Another German aeroplane has been dropping bombs into Paris,1 andi according to the French of-. tidal statement the American am bassador has organized a.commit-, tee'and has seht a protest against J this method of warfare to the , Washington government. . The Belgian special c mrnittee? on its way io the United Staies" to protest against alleged German atrocities has been received Ly King George and has presented some of thc happenings in Bel gium during the present campaign and has warmly thanked Great Britain for if? intervention. London, Sept 1-The Antwerp correspondent of an Amsterdam newspaper says a French biplane appeared over Brussels Saturday and in a hail of German bullets twice c'rcled the town, dropping pamphlets containing the mes sar.?: "Take courage; deliverance soon." Tlie aviator then made off after giving the spectators a daring performance of the loop [the loop. The correspondent adds thai, [saloons and csfts in Brussels close y at 9 o'clock in the evening. Ger-1 man soldiers tfiere are behaving!, properly but ihe'r cheers arc ac-?! icused of arrogance. the Germana have ordered a Brussels firm io make a German flag, which they sav they intend}] to hoist over^he Eifel tower in Paris. General Jakowski, who has [succeeded Genera! Count von Arnim as commander at Brussels, is living in the national palace. The Grand Duke of Mecklenberg is residing in the city with his midi tary staff. The headquarters of the Bel-, gian ministers of state, the royal palace and the palace of justice ?now are hospitals filled with Qtr-, man and Belgian wounded. Machine guns fe in place at street corners and in the squares. - American Presa Association. CAN BUY SHIPS SAYS M'ADOO RIGHT TO BUY GERMAN SHIPS CANNOT BE DISPUTED ? CHANT MARINE If Bul It Passed, German Vessels May Be Bought Without In . fringement Neutrality Laws - (By Associated Press.) Washington. Sept 1.-The right of the United States to buy merchant ships of any nationality-for neutral uses cannot be disputed by any na tion, declared Secretary MeAdoo of the treasury departments today ,before the "bouse merchant marine ?obetmit tee, supporting the administration merchant marine bill. Mr. MeAdoo refused, however, to discuss the dip lomatic phases of the situation, when, asked if protesta had been received from Great rBltain or France against the possible government purchase of German vessels. .' Hearings on tho hill were concluded today and it will bo taken up tomor row for Immediate committee action. An early report to the house is ex pected.) V Alexander's p**n Endorsed. Secretary MeAdoo heartily endorsed the Alexander bill, which provides for the organization of a $10,000,000 cor poration with power to buy, build and operate ships in the' foreign trade with the government as majority stock bolder. T/Uh reference to the objections' ad-, vanead by *l.^ pews*0 that this ?roul?l ? be a violation of neutrality and would j be furnishing gold to Germany, Mr. ijjAdoo replied that there ls nothing in the contention. .The ships are not owned by Germany, but Individuals There is, he said, no person more punctilious with- reference to the re lations with other powers than is President Wilson, GOOD BILL SIGNED BECOMES A LAW I Governor Has Signed the Measure | Providing for Registry of Births and Deaths ' V Special to The Intelligencer Columbia. Sept. 1 ^~The Uawson Harpcr-McCravoy bill, providing for the registration of all birchs and ierths in the ?tate, was signed by ibo rovernor today and filed with the sec retary of state. The . bill was one of Cose which was presented to the ' governor in three dava of adjourning nf tho ?e? sral assembly and would" Uot have""be sprae law without his signature. ' Thc bill provides that the secretary >t the state board of health shall be state registrar of tba births and loath* and that the ' state board cf health shall establish a burran of rita! statistics. It further provides that-the state regk-trar divido the stale into regis tration . districts and appoint local registrars. -Upon request the stato registrar shall furnish a record of ? birth or a death god th hy record shall be prima .fade evidsnce In all courts. / 0000000 o ooo ?doona o-o ? PARIS IS DAGGER o ?H -' _ . 9 Pari?, Sept. 1?--A Geraaa a ? monoplane today dropped tw? o ? nore bomas la th* street* of o a Paris shoat 6:80 *. ?. jj o t* . cooooooooooooo 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.- ? PRESIDENT ENDS HIS VACATION HM Gained Strength After Short Peit-Refuse? to Discus? Hit? Candidacy In ?916 - A (By Associated Press.) Springfield. Mass, Sept 1.-Presi dent Wilson today ended his first va cation of thc summer and started back to Washington where he will arrive at 9 ocio k tomorrow morning., The President's health is better than it has eben for months. Apparently he has regained the vigor he Ipst during Mrs. Wilson's last illness. He had nothing to say with regard to publish ed reports that he would offer for the presidency agabtf. HARDWICK GAINS IN CONVENTION The Georgia Senatorial Race ls Quite a Mix-Up on the Last Reports (By Associated Press.) Macon, Ga., Sept. 1.-The Georgia stile democratic convention, after taking se\en ballots without {being able to ni m?nate a candidate for the United Slates s?mate to r.ucceed the late Sen; tor A. O Bacon, defeated'at midnight a motion for a brief recesa The seventh ballot rosultel: Congressmau Thomau W. Hardwick, 144; Governor .rohn M. Hinton, 12?; Thomas S. Felder, 91; G. Fi Hutchens ll. , Hardwick on the seventh gained 20 votes from the the first ballot. One hundred and eight votes are requirel hundred and eighty -eight votes are required to nominate, pelion by the conventlop r/slng bQulvalent to elec tion, The renomination of United States Senator Hoke Smith and the nomina tion of Judge N. E. Harris, a* goverf nor; were formally ratified by, the.con vention. '^4 gidtsf "YIDDISH GOLD? Thousand Subscribed for Relief of Jew a Abroad Who Are ta Dire heed. Now ? Yofk, Sept. 1.-Th?' executive committee of the American. Jewish committee, after considering Commun ications from various parts of thc world regarding thc condition of ?ip Jews abroad announced today it had appropriated f27,1500 for the relief of the Jewish sufferers. *> The reports to the committee in cluded one from Henry' Morgen th un. American ambassador to Turkey, in di recting that ? tbs Jews in Pa?est?se are confronting a serious crisis as the re sult of the discontinuance of contribu tions from Jews In the belligerent Eu ropean countries. To help these suf ferers 125,000 'vis appropriated. Ja cob H. Schiff g?ve 112,600. For the benefit of Jewish children at Sofia, Bulgaria, who lost their parents du ring the Balkan war, the committee set aside $2,500. ' A 'sub-commitleo was formed to en deavor Jo cope with the problema which the Jaws face in Russia, Ger many, Austria and olde where. ' A GREAT VlCTOBY if the Vanning People Will Keep On Working Hard Editor The Intelligencer: I feel mnch gratified-after a close review of the political situation in South Carolina to write you, with con fidence {hat that sterling citizen, Richard I. Manning, will go in on the 8th by at loast 20.000 majority. I am a sslesmsn and have gone over moat of tbe sute and feel that my convic tions ?f-ij icundc?. Aside from the large vote which he will get out or Cooper, Cllnkscales, and others, the Bleaae people are ac tually talking "Manning." If the Sumter man's fr lends heep hard at work, e great victory will be ours. j J. M. LAWTON, 1 Bpartanburg, S. C., Sept 1. I -j-;-!-? ooooooooooooooooo o' ' o TITANIC VICT or - o London, Sept 1.-2.40 o correspondent reports there tl o saying the German general si o that 70,000 Russian prisonei o were captured at the battle of o tillery h also reported to ha* O' Gilgenburg is In East Pru! o nigsberg. O iv .0 o O O O OOOOOOOOOOOt D 70,000 [ANY'S M rim ate A RUSSIAN ARMY TA&?N ALONG WITH ALL OF ITS GUNS TURKEY WISHES TO GET INTO IT The English Government Seem? To Expect This-Italy Would Then Join With England Washington, Sept. i-Official patches received through diplomatic channels today reported two of the most Important dnvolopmr::.ts ot, the present war. The German embassy gavo out ..a niviesage from Berlin, received J, ,by wireless claiming that the Gewfian forces near Allenateln had captured 70,000 Russian prisoners, including two commanding generala, 800 officers and the entire equipment of Russian artill?ry. Great Britain asked the Units* States to be prepared to care for the British diplomatic interests in Turgey. indicating that the allies,bad lost hope of persuading the O i. ?oman empire to remain neutral. Dispatches received at the British embassy referred to 'the , incbrporU.lon.ln the Turkish army nf i several German officers, which '/Waa regarded as the forerunner of Turkish intervention in behalf of Germany: Turkey HIHIgenent Diplomats here believe that Turks's entry Into the conflict wquld mesA'the | immediate alignment of. Italy, aa welt as Greece on the side ot Great Britain, France, Russia, Servia and Montene gro. Just what the attitude of Bniga rla will be la a matter Of uncertainty, though the .Turklsh. ambassador ber? gate out the statement today sneaklnK of the community interest of Bulgaria and Turkey. The Turkish situation was watched I with deepest concern by the diplomata because of the imminence of ageac-ral war in the Balkans and extension of the war drama to all of Eastern, Eu rope. The official statement of the big Ger ? man victory ogainsi the ztusaians at tracted wide attention. , , Report Seews Questioned Military- observers pointed out that I if tho humber ot Russians taken prisr om rs bsd been correctly estimated, ! at 70,000. the?*' must have been gretvt casualties, no mention of which, la I made. The statement conflict!* to some ex ten t with tho one issued by the French embassy earlier ! In the' day which speaks of the progress of the Russian offensive army.- The official claim of. /I_._,_ . .- A rn* ?MU ??*..??.?.??.-,, HU^C.X;! , WU Ml , IU.VW Russians were captured exceeds in magnitude and predictions ,tbus fa* pa* I corded. | Official dispatches to the American ?government mada no mention of the hostilities today behg confined to relef measures for the Am?ricains. AT8TR?AN8 LOSE HEAVILY Many Killed andi wounded and Prisoners Take? By Russians . . * Paris, via London, Sept. 1.-A Rome di ?nat ch to The Tempy says the Rus sian victory over the Ausrratns otrifee Galctan side was brilliant the right wing cf the Australn army having been decisively turned -add .out to pi?ces, leaving 30,000 priioners^ln the hands of victors. ? On the Vistula front, when tho Po stans encountered the Austrian ?a|t Wing, the resi. it was somewhat uncer tain, but the arrivai of reinforcements enabled the Russians to shke vigofr?a offensive and repule the enemy. TJjey : captured many pieces of artillery. The Russians, th? di*??8t*>h' "dd?, executed many bayonet c'harges which bad a large share in deciding the bea tle. Elsewhere the Germans ondea'T orlng to effect a pudctlon with the ??s? traine, sought to mifct the Russian's attack with a counter attack vbut ware repulsed with losses. -_-.-aw ooooooooooo OO 0 0 ORY CLAIMED * ?Qt* o _ -0 pl m.-Renter's - Copenhagerf ' ? te receipt of a Berlin dispatch^"? taff has published a statement oi ?s, among them 300 officers, ? Gilgenburg. The Russian ar e been desrroy^d. "Fr isia, 32 miles northeast of Koe . * )0 o o o o o o o 0 0 o o o o o orjfj