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f VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM SEEM SATISFIED Official Reports from All Sources Seem to Indi cate That Neither Side is Making Much Head way - in Big Battle. LONDON, Oct. $.-G?n?ral von Kliick, reinforced'with troops from the German center, continues to make a determined stand against the attempt of the allies to outflank him. The French, who yesterday officially reported that all German attacks In this region have been repulsed and that the allies had re sumed the offensive, announced today that the battle to the north of the Oise, . hich commenced seriously about September 25, continues with grea* violence with no decisive result, and that at certain poln the.Fren:h troops have had to yield ground. The.Germans, iii their report issued last night say the battle is p-.oceer'?ng successfully for them. Tioth in London and in Paris there is the greatest cpnfidence, although some surprise is* displayed at the success of the Germans in preventing the outflanking movement. There is a feeling, however, that the Germans cannot extend their line, much farther north with out weakening it at some point. Along the resUof the line the French communication says there has been no change, therefore, the progress in the region of Soissons and in "VVoevre, reported Sunday night, either has sattsfac fied them for the moment or they have been checked by the Ger mans. Of the fighting here as on their right, the German report says it is proceeding favorably for the German arms Progress by either side must be extremely stow, for after every advance, no matter how slight, the troops making it must entrench themselves for protection against the shells from the enemy's guns, posted in serong positions from onel?tid of the line to the other. ' Russians Defeat German Army. ) T The defeat of the German army which invaded Russia from East Prussia appears from Russian accounts to have been even more decisive than previously stated.; According to the Russian ambassador at Rome, the Germans were routed completely with a.loss of 70,000 men ar.d have beer, forced to almimon everything. ^113 The Russians now are moving forward with the object of again invading East Prussia. This victory ,- if it is as complete as reported; is of the greatest importance to the Russians., as ?Uwill prevent the Geri nuns from undertaking from land and. sea operations which would have compelled Russia to turn at least a psrt of its attention in this direction. General Rennenknopff apparently, drove a wedge between Ute lwa> German forces which were advancing upqn the Druskerjiki and" Ossqweti and brought abr^i the battle-of ??gustowo wii?ch requited in ^ Rv lt the 0?rtn?fi> have Hoi rrtired vVom the T?ffL ban* 'bf f fi?Werften river,, at Dru&emki, .'their ?defeat at^Augustowo || must?c?fr?p?V them W'do/sdi Tjie,moral effectofran?ther Inviision of E?sT'Prtfssla-tri?l ?K? be of importance. Big Battle hominent in fMan Poland. No n'?ws has been received today froin the Silesian and Galician battle fields and. probably the main 'armies.-have not come together there. A big battle cannot be delayed much longer, however, as on th the Silesian frontier both armies are moving forward ?aid will meet in Russian Poland. . . Before the Russian advance in Galicia, the peasants are fleeing the country and it is reported that 20.000 of them have readied Bc^ nciT'.?a. i ne sanitary department of Vienna reports that four cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred among the troops returning from Galicia, but that all have been isolated. g At Antwerp, the official report says, the situation in the fortified position remains unchanged." Fighting Continues ia. Austria. Fighting continues also in the near E^ist and the Anglo-Frenchl fleet 1 >ying Lustica, an outer defense of Trie >us-j iiiurr seaport bf Cattafo. '' ' While the Servians and Montenegrins are, attacking ?ie fortiii cati^^f^rhj^i^Belgeed^ whhih toten-'Uhder fT?3?^r?H has noi^^bombaniadtfo? serrai da^'prara^ of re occupation Qf^Semiin, blithe-'Servians. . >^'i:,rr' Skirmishes'have occurred on the. Angio-German fronter In East Africa was,t^e result,ot,German raids into British i?rrito; , ?? , purptwbMT8j??^,Ja'aniis railway: Aft these' raids, ?nffif?Jp the'BNmn^oti'. ort, ha,ve. been repulsed. ''Awhile the routine?,,l|fe in-?Engl?nd ts not. seriously upset war, tile regulations in many respects are becoming more strhwnt In order to keep the army provided with warm clothing the authori ties have commandered large quantities of woolens in Leicester, a step H'hich is likely to ne followed>elsewherev A SPLENDID BMX AT THE PAUvi&TiO "-^axaaacrifrx-y reces soo&aotoetx I vnooeviflo AttraffqQBs for ths We# Said to Be the Bett LE VER WAREHOUSE BILL IS KILLED Provided for Nat?o? Wido fivefem Under Feder?! Sah ' uscvisiou. Vjouselng . ?ll to| for eottOtt,- ?ratnl I products, waa re-1 >usa today by a'witta I ":tef'tho aecesiaryj i.lnauer itsm of WOMAN SHOT A MAN ON Jr AHM NEAR STARR. BLE?) TO DEATH Harry Boston Was Killed On the ] Plantation of J. C. Pruitt Short ly After 7 Sunday. .Some remarkable happen inga would [certainly como about lt Anderson [county should ever go through one cn I tire Sunday without a homicide. Short .ifter 7 ociock Sunday ?vening, Har ry Boston, a negro. WBJ? ?hot and kill ed-hy Jessie Cleveland, also black. The shooting took place on the plan tation of J, C. Pruitt' a few nula* to tho right , of Starr and word was at once sent to town for Coroner Hardin and ' ?berl/f Ashley,-The sherie went at ?once,to Starr and arrested the woman and she ls now In Jail. Coroner Hardin went to. the scene yesterday morning j and empaneled the following jory of inquest: Walter Layton, G. W. Dick son, W. L. Duncan. Jesse Davis pud W., L. Davis. The testimony went to show that Booton accused Bessie Cleveland of having hie pocket knife ?and when she denied that she bad the ; knife, Boston grew infuriated and started for hie home, saying th?t he j was getting ready to leave South Caro lina and go to Georgia but before he went he was going to kill a woman. He went to the house and got a shot gun and when lin returned he advanced to ward the hou'-e V-ttb the gun? la his bands. The Cleveland woman had meanwhile secured a knot gun tor her-: self and when She saw Boston coming ?k? 5re4, the shct tsiSss ?S?6t ? Via legs. The main 4*tery m one leg wan cut and the negra bled to death before help could.be secured for hln>. Tne following verdict wee rendered I by the coroner's Jury; "Harry Boston ? to hi* death from jsun-abot ids Indicted by the band of Bessie >T??waV .. ; . STRAY SHOT STRIKES AT NECO? ARIZ: BO* IC AI T*/f\ tarn CSVUUH a w VT ii^ivn Protection Asked From Battle] Between Mexican Factisss. \ Bullets Do Dansage, .Governor May day, to be un taa confinad .40 ^flem?n,. irr?tlc, that res Amelan town s?htd to' Presl l?riean Nsco, Sopora, Mexico, Oct . 5.--Ne goCiatk>na for a cessation of hostilities J between tho Carranca garrison of Na under General Benjamin Hill, and ? trese?tfnarree, ol na ipevjp I ortes s? n^tin?:; today" WWrr^gga '.'by,'*. ,_fk?m&b?hlp wan So ider.is of- thtt|n?}njiju of NGCO, Arlteooa, JIP deat Wilson '?.-f? American boy- nhw sta today and two portea were,?round? . Casualt??i^^Blsfl^ were confined ip tho execution of Yaqui Indiana captured last night ha a ! sortie. Atter Colonel Guilfoyle, of the LSijaSp-" b?>rdfc? |.citT>y, warixec tne Viagers and the besieged . against shooting ocrosa the international tine, Naco, Arrona? citizen* 8ent the fol lowing telesqu? VJ r.'^idOTt Wuson: "Tbs American citirens of the hafrsj dev .town earnestly appeal to you Tari Sftunediate and adequate protection 1 frons the battle between tho^&crtcan factions. Thousands of bulletb are careSessly or jaaifclou*ty fired into streets 'and-bandings, compel! i og abandon ??... i-. suffer "grs uo$aay.} IttcVlayi ANDEREN WILL W?JL RUSH ?LAN TO EARLY| COMPLET??^ FOR START ING THB WORK. WIX GR?V GRAIN Business Me? ?M Farmers Havel Definitely ?i|tt.i to Build Big I Gram Elevator Thc special ?I#K elevator commit-l I tee, appointed gifle last meat lug uti the Anderson CajKty Livestock As-I sociation, helg'gHt important meet-1 lng at tho ChomVar of Cnumiereel rooms Monday rn ?rpi nj;, being r.ttcnd.l ed, by Commute* i*n \V". A. Watson,! J. S.- Fowler, '8 'sk. Hums, Marton H Smith, J. W. Ho ?rock, Wade Drakol and many others pot nn tho special! committee- MT. orns presided and the" report of th ^committee rorom meuded that S Sppany capitalized at "425,000.00 be t $tted. sach Block tn! be payable 25 | ?cent in cash obi or before Nov. 1? BF19U, and bah-- >! payable in grain 1 sr ' i . I ai tb.- <?}<? tator of the oo^Hr. A commission-! for the co'.Dorawff will will soon I The comnUttSnKs 'so well pleas-l lei with the data ii hand and reports| ? subuUfctad thaf .r|w' decided t ogol ahead'at once oHKlb plans to build I tho elevator, >o|o have thc samel ? r?ady Cor opera?^ oy thc time thc I 1914*15 crop is jWBy for harvesting,! and all farmeiw'!HgderBon and other I ? j^eflmont couiitt*|ffihay feel assurcd| that they will hsfinshc facniM.es cf ?I nrsi CISSB gruln^&ator, and whole-1 HsfXle grain comoeajKor the crop now! being planted; : ft| that all grain I will be bdugbt ?3L-p.'Md for at mark et prices, based flKuotations of the I ?Chicago Hoard owKain and Minne-1 .Judge FowlerJ^Bg^lt best that I surplus In ad-1 Brffitih^Vyr- QurnalflSvor?*d teasing bM ??o^jutoxi for ?.- pei HI of not leas than I l^kJfeera; lt wa jjnowever, decided I I to ?, that rn: v, together w ft ti I other details to tl Hjkard of direotorsfl later 'to bs elect? j by the stockhold-1 ers of th? colane jy,.;tho propositions! Iftr .land as : tees *?, both on pur-"! ?base rind lease Jive ? wi ii br recoiv ?laay Ari ** Ju drain. M J. W. Rothrock {(Minty Agricultur-I al Deusonstratci' iirfthe Chamber of ^o?unerce, etrtic?! ?it he estimated I that not less thai 15? 00 acres would I be plss??d in g|a!? in Anderson county for tho ci tofear 1914-lg andi that the total i lg* reach 100,0001 seres. He. ?Iso t ?ted that tho aver l?ge acre yield in BUM county is about I 21 bushels, JU? tmri Anderson County I should harvest i jt less than 1,000,. I 000 bushels of gi lu|next year at the! alculatlc i ftnd probably as ? gigch aa 2.000,00 bushels. The low er?gare would ?P esent if sold at *?J?5 per bushel, >vh ch is lOc under fr,. t M st in. money of oat^ar $1 )M>00.00 more than iahe up for anv loss mer ?? Anderson Coun uatfrin bi ii) ie of selling cot ton at an average ft ce of 7 1-2 cent? id;^W#?r laithe latter figure a, =t al of $2.500.000.00, abd jt ilialf dollars more li., ? tbeplsSBwould be shs o^Stlon County If her entiro. present ?olen crop were sold au average ol 7 U2 cents per pound- f. , Wilt &et Again. Au?ia?r raeet?iR of the special Orala Elevator i?m it tee will be he'?d on October. Hr, at which time and to whlcS^BflHr ?ll grain farm ers amt oiherM ir&rested are invited CnpiiklCity Nm>s ?Aembew|?Uie General As 4 kJ?Hmbla tonight for rJHleneral Assembly .'! ms are that the : mW?Q- la session for weeks', L!?y|a8 consideration ot g'- ?S||O relieve the cot %Sk situs,tiwi 1J!H*?<3Pu he many local -lor tLtsy appointed D. 1). rr;;-..y ?. me^&S8f tho state board - nJagih? place of D. M. p^^BeaftiBfc^aaM' ?a ' a seven year .iharHpu for burglary, Tho Oenlral ~3Hric Company of ftjSM^eaed tts capital ^^H^B^BH^Ha??ternoon issued IfiBMlpcttelcht, Wallie ! ?a alel Hu?nlght sud Liston .Ivcight. who Wfafcoavtoted ?n Fk>r - oEaEos the charge or -htcraB^^atenced to two WAS SN SESSION FOR ONLY ONE-HALF HOUR. ONE' CASE CALLED Will Begin Work in Earnest Tba Morning On Case Again*t the G. S. & A. R. R. Co. Tho Fall term of the Court of ('ommon Pleas for Anderson county convened yesterday morning at ,"10 o'clock with Judge Memmlnger and Stenographer Smith in their, respec tive places but was In session for on ly 30 minot,>H. Adournmcnt was had because of tho tact.that yesterday was tho Artt Monday tn Gctdber and there fore the regular saleeday. The only case called yesterday was that of Caiudbell,versus the G.,S- & A. Railway and Rogers versus the G. S. and ;A. Railway, both o? which are be ing tried together. Not h -witness was. . worn in that case and. therefore lt ! ?ill be tfca Srst action heirs thiB morning. This case was tried once before in Anderson county but on ah appeal to thc Supremo Cort lt was repersed and remanded to tho circuit court for a second trial. Court will convene this morning and work'on thc long list of cases on tho roster will be resumed. Special Service. The evening service was a special ./myer service, in accord With the pro clamation of Pressent Wilson. This service wan v?ry appropriate al iain particular time. The European war. which*has demoralized the whole bull' ness world and caused the death of so many Innocent people who are being plunged Into war by those In power. Pray or services were general all over the United States yesterday for the poor unfortunates In battle tn the Eu ropean country. !HE C0MM?0H ! FOR GRAIN FESTIVAL] SELECTED YESTERDAY ATI A BUSINESS MEETING WORK ON DETAILS Event To Be Held Nent Year Will Far Surpass the Festival HeH Here This Year. A meeting of Anderson County grain growers was held at the quar ters of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning,' at which time the details''for (be 19,1 C drain Festiva? were -considered, lt waa decided to appoint. Commission ers for the different townships in An derson'County, ?nd call for a meet ing of Buch Commissioners later, the same to map out details and select dates for the Festival. The following Commissioners were appointed ; Garvin-Marion Smith, Jn?. T. Long, ,Tom Wbkeveld. Fork-R. A. Sullivan, J. M. Broy les, Alex Stevenson* Pendleton-B. M. Aull, T. R'- Mc Crary and J. f> Mc El roy. Garvin. Brushy Creek-Henry Coley, Na thaniel Elrod. J- T. Mauldin. Wllllaniston-Joe Duckworth, Arth ur Allen, D. P. Gray, Jno Franklin Hopewell-Dr. Guyton, W. W. Thompson. . Centerville-Foster Brown. B. J. Smith, Jno McClure. N Rock Milla-A- Burns, 0. E. Cbamblee, tr. R. Tilley. . Savannah-Paul Earlo, Ciando Jon es, Jim McGee. Varennea-Jno. Masters. - Wade Drake, Jule Anderson. Broada*ray~U. E. Sebyt, Jas. R. Anderson Belton-Jas. A. Cox, ino, T. West, T. C. Poore. YJone? Path-Bowman, Foster Har. per. Martin-To be named later. 1 rall-?am, - , Bowen ' ? * Corner-W- TP-' " A. SheVard City of Anderson-J. 8. Fowled. W. A. Watson, WI W. Smoak, J. If.- God frey. Later on there will be a committee appointed for , each township In -the state of South Carolina, And part of Georgia -t.r .. . S*rt Ices at Presayterlaa^Charf h. Rev. I.- P. Junkin, the pastor of Bel ton Presbyterian Church preached two able sermons yesterday. Preaching at the Presbyterian Church in Belton yesterday, moraine and evening by tba pastor. Rev. D. P. Junkin. The attendaneo was largo and the'servlceu instructive ! BEGGED PERMISSION TO STAY AND FIGHT Exhausted by Thrae Days in Trenches French Sol diers Beg Commander to Let Them Stay and Take German Position Which They Did. FROM THE BATTLE FRONT, VIA FARiS, Oct. 5.-The al lied armies, after having permitted their adversaries, as they thought, exhaust themselves by continued attacks, today took a most vigorous offensive. The British and French encountered such a strorfg resist* . ance, however, that their most advanced detachments on the western wing, were compelled to tall hack. ; ^' Only at this part of the, long battle line did the opposing troops actually come in close contact. Many picturesque villages; around which hundreds pf thousands of men occupy positions, have suffered severely in the recent fighting and probably still more before the struggle is over. Thc country where the fighting is going on is flat and under cultivation. In many places it is Doggy and there are scattered coal mines. The allied armies are extending continually ^toward the north and bending eastward toward the Belgian frontier, thus compelling the Germans, in order to prevent the crumbling up of th?(f rqain army, to move large forces from the center and id'jkeep^raCe with the allies, whose*rms*tion menaces the invaders along" wi whole line. Thc allies* plan, "it is thought, may compel the" Germans Vd release the pressure on the Belgians. The rapidity with which the French change position is consld- ? ered remarkable. Two entire divisions of infantry marchedI'ri??~*v ? thirty miles Saturday and twenty-eight miles Sunday. The Gertru. however, by means of their aviators who are flitting continually ovdr Hie lines ???spite numerous casualties, discovered th&,m?veja)r#ts and brought up reinforcements to meet them. As the GeTa^ansl?E^by the inside of the circle, they are able to reach an a?j^njl^^M with much shorter-marches. It was this that enabled them to force the guards of the allies to cede a small amount of ground until further assistance came. . At one point on the allies' front, a French regiment, after three d?ys in the arenches, on being ordered to the rear for rest, sent a-pe tition to remain until the German position facing them was taken. This was granted and the men advanced. Although they met with such a terrific fire, from the machine guns that an advance of 800' yards took eight hours, they captured the position and a number of positions. They themselves s?ffered severely. French cavalry executed a daring raid back of the German "mes where they blew w a railroad tunnel and eseaped^i?Sy?^^?*, If" "British .lancers . ttndP French troops y er? y wed ? BnthfH expiait at another point-Getting between the Imperial guard and their artil lery ammunition train by a long, dashing ride/they cut off the sup plies, destroying them so that the guards' big guns were rendered temporarily useless. ^Generalbie?niRoussea?,' of the-PrencrT ca valry, died today of wounds. ' . Audacious espionage carried on by the Germans has caused the staff of the allies to deal severely with all strangers found within the lines. When two Irishmen, arrested yesterday, had proved their. Iden tity to-the satisfaction of the officers, they were asked to go'to the headquarters building where an automobile was drawn up with two officerSj apparently French, occupying the front seat. Behind them were two supposed gendarmes with a manacled Civilian between them; The staff officer said: "This is the reason for our'severity. These five men are German* officers who were captured today near the firing line." PRIZE LIST IS FAST GROWING Those Interested in Poultry Show Met Ye? tc rday and Found Pl ans , All Maturing Nicely. I j . I I " '.I U??'. i '? . An interesting meeting of thc of ffleers and executive committee of <he Anderson County Poultry Asso ciation was held at 1:3a p. m. yes terday at th? rooms of the Chamber of Commerz.-?:- Vice President Newt Campbell . resided. Report of conimitte to secure pric es was received and ordered flled Report of committee on coops was received and the committee recom mended that ?ho association require all exhibitors at the November Poul try Show, which the association plans to hold on November 17th, to show poultry in special coops, and the coops as mode by the NV. Lr. Brlssey Lumber Co. of Anderson were adopted is the kind required. - A sample of such coops waa placed on display by a representative of the Brlssey Lum bar. Co. Bach exhibitor Will be re quired to ?se such coops or similar nes when exhibiting officially at the snow Report of committees on Prem iums showed that a total ot mort . - $125.00 in price-* had so fair beau secured. '/w't v . Cotta? Loan Fand. . Si. Lou?, Mo., Oct 6.-A plan for raising a cotton Iona fond of $160, 000.000, proposed by a conference of St Louis bankers, was ratified here to day by a delegation of bankers from the cotton growing states and now awaits only the approval of Secretary of the Treasury McAdco and the Fed eral reserve board before lt goes into effect Among Southern bankers who at tended the conference were: B. W. Robertson, president National * Loan and Exchange Bank, Columbia, 8. C; and John M. Miller, Jr., vice presrlse and John M. Miller, Jr., vice pres! dent First National Bank, Richmond, Va. FLAT ROCK HELD PEACE SERVICE F. M. Burnett and Mr. Unger As sisted at Interesting Marth < . -,-u_ Special hervites rrerc ?-,??6 at Fiat Rock at the Presbyterian Church there yesterday, being conducted by Mf. Unger. Though the roads in that section and throughout that vicinity were In very bad sb ape,making trav eling more or less d^aijittfrblki, a large congregation, fllHfi? the church, were present Mr. Unger opeaed the services by callington Secretary Bar nett of the Anderson Young alena Christian Association to deliver the Invocation, which he did. Familiar songs were then sung, after when Mr. Burnett delivered a splendid lecture on the European war situation and the prospects for peace. Mr. Burnett stat ed that all should ba thankful that and that of all people in the world the conditions were as well aa they Are? and that of all the people hi the world the Americans bsd the most to ba thankful for, and that it was therefore especially fitting that, the President of the United States had called poa tba' churches of all creeds and denomin ations to pray for peace ia M rope. Mr, Burnett .used several touching , illus trations In the corse ot his ?marke, which were very appropriate i?r ta* occasion. He referred to the great awakening nour going ott tn China? and stated that we should also pray for tbs elevation ot that great nation, now, thanks to the will ot Oed and the mUslonarb?, gotas; through a wonder ful pre-efvillxtng period. A short talk waa also delivered by Secretary Whaley of the Andersen Chamber of Commerce oh prospects tor sale of cotton and effect ot war on American business, which he stat ed was overestimated, as great aa lt was, he also, stated that tba vast re sources ami wealth of America would be sufficient to offset any temporary shortage lu business in Piropean ex porta.