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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 THE GERMM BEGINS E WESTWAI Occupying Ghent in No Near Southern Beigh Have Begun W< RUSSIANS ARE REPOl HAVEWITI AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY WILI FIELD OF RUSSIA'S CH RIBING E London, Oct- 13.-Tho headquarters of the Belgian government were trans ferred today to Havre. With the ex ception of King Albert, who remains at the luau or the army, and the min ister of war, the members of the cab inet, with the other government offi cials and thc diplomatic corps, left Ostend by steamer for the French port where they will carry on the affairs of etan- and where hospitality has been offered them by the French gov. ernment. Thc American and Spanish minis ters, both of whom are still at Brus sels, are the only displomatlc repre sentatives accredited to Belgium re maining in that country. This is the third move of the Bel gian capital since the Germans silenc ed the forts of Liege. The govern ment moved from Brussels to Antwerp thence to Ostend and today across the' line to Havre. Vals final change followed quickly upon the German westward advance, which was begun immediately after the fall or Antwerp. Success In tak ing the chief port of Belgium opened, the wa>' for a new plan of campaign, j , Thia embraces j the? oysastloa ot tbs-] whole of Belgium, Including the co^st town:, and, if poseible, some of the northern French ports. Germans Captured Ghent. In accordance with this plan, the invaders have begun to sweep across northern Belgium Yesterday morn ing they occupied Ghent without op position and now are said to be well advanced toward Bruges on their way to Ostend. They probably will meet strong opposition before they reach Bruges, as the Belgian army is being reorganized and haS been reinforced. All dispatcher? from that region are being censored strictly so nothing has been Iv.:: o? fLc ?y?riiUuiis sines Ghent fell into the bands of the Ger mans. The people are fleeing before the Invaders and the steamers from Ostend today were crowded with refu gee's. Lille Occupied by Germans - The Germans are making a simulta neous western advance In southern Belgium. Across the border In France a whole ar)ray corps has occupied Lille. Cavalry has been seen as far west aa Hazebrouck* which is on the railway leading to both Calais and Dunkirk. French forces have been sent to cut off, if possible, this attempt to reach the coast and, according to a French official communication issued today, have taken the offensive. This movement, besides being a menace to the Allies' left wing, if suc cessful would arouse great enthusiasm promised serial attack against -Eng land is about to be carried out- Al ready bombt have been 'dropped on Ostend from aeroplanes which, once Germans reach the coast, will be within easy striking distance of tho British coast ports and even London. May End Battle ol Aisne. . - This new movement promises to bring th. battle of the Aisne, which has been in progress for a month, to a speedy conclusion.. The Germans al though they have brought heavy rein forcements from Germany and now can use at least a part of the troops which participated th the siege of Antwerp, are known to bave with drawn many troops from their front along the Aisne to reinforce the tight wing, where they have been striking hard at the Allies' left* These attacks apparently have met with little success, for the French els tm to have made marked progress between Arras sod Albert At the sams time the withdrawal from the center of the German troops engaged has enabled the Allies to make ad vances tn the Berry Au Bsc district, to the northwest of Rheims, and also to w?rd 8ouain, weet of the Argonne and north of Malancourt, between the Ar? gonne aud the Wens*. Nothing is said in the French offi cial report of tho . fighting around Apremoat ano St Mlblel, which has been very heavy3 for some tima Here the Germans have bean makio* deter minad efforts to maintain their posi tions on tbs Messe? However all this ls sow secondary ?rthern Belgium and Lille im-Germans Seem to esl ward Advance SITED TO 4DRAWN FOR BATTLE - HAVE TO FIGHT ON BATTLE OOSING- AFRICAN UP ?EPLORED to the battle in tho province of Pl cardy, which forms the Department of Somme and part of Oise, Pas de Calais and Alene. A ni we rp Forts ?i?i Fight? The Germans are in complete pos sesBicn of Antwerp, but it is said soms of the forts still are holding out and that General De Guise, Belgian commander, ia there directing the por tion of the Belgian garrison which oe cupies them. The big German siege guns used to reduce the Antwerp forts already have been moved. It is reported they are to be taken to the Vosges to re duce Belfort. Of fighting in Galicia, the official reports from Petrograd and Vienna are so directly at variance that there is no reconciling them. Vienna says the relief of Przemysl is complete. Petrograd declares the siege ia pro gressing and that the Russian artil lery is destroying all the fortress works. Kassian? llave Withdrawn. The general opinion is that the F.us. ?siana have wiUidrawn to a line.start I ing' from Samb?r," in Galicia, passing through Fizemysl, SanScmir and Ivaa gorod and thence to Dae west of War saw, roughly, along the San and Vis tula rivers, where they are waiting to meet the advancing Austro-Gsrman armies on ground of the Russian's own choosing. The Germans, seemingly, ore com- o I pletely out of the Suwalkl and Lomza o districts, but the Russians advance o into East Prussia is making little o any progress. Probably both are o willing to walt where they are until c the bigger battle to the south has o been decided. The Germans, it ls o said, have been Surprised by the early n win? jr and are suffering severely be- f cause not being provided with heavy clothing such a? the Russians have. Basnlan Cruiser jSJu'k. In the sinking of the cruiser Pal lada by a German submarine the Rus sian navy ha? suffered a somewhat heavy loss Russia has few ships as it is, and the loss of a cruiser of tho Pallada class is of serious conse quence. The Montenegrins claim another victory over the Austrians to the northeast of Sarajevo, capital ot Bos nia. African Uprising Deplored. While lt is known that Colonel Maritz, leader of the rebele in Sooth Africa has only a small following, the fact that his command has rebelled ls. 0 conbidered unfortunate at thia mo- L ment. Marita ls a Transvaaler who fought in the Boer Avar, but at 'its | conclusion was one of the irrecon ciliables who crossed over into Ger man territory, where be fought with] tho Germans against the natives. Later he returned to British South Africa, secured an appointment In th? police and worked hie way to the command of which he has just been ] relieved. ' The territory affected by the rebel lious movement is the southern end of the Kalahari desert, which is parallel with UM German frontier. There are about 12,000 white farmers in that dis trict. \ The action of Maritz has had the er- j feet ot clearing' the atmosphere ia] South Africa and will compel the j Dutch to choose sides it is believed here that a large ma jority of the people of the country will j follow Premier Botha who has taken over the command of the army and that Marita will he put down quickly, j - Turkey Driving Out Greeks. Turkey has commenced to expel ' Greeks from Heracles. (Eregll), Asia Minor. It ia reported also that emis saries have left Constantinople to preach a holy war against the French in Morocco. The Turkish fleet, lt ls rumored, is In the Black Sea off Var na, apt far from Ute point where the Ku?slan Biack sea tSeet waa era laing last week. The Weather. SOUTH CAROLINA: Cooler Wed nesday with occasional raina; Thura, day fair, raia near coast. I^II^BHBSSBWBSB BRITISH Photograph taken during one o enemy being concealed In the wood OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOii o < o WAR SUMMARY. ? ? - i o The operations in Belgium < o are now of first importance. (1er- c 9 mans, having captured Antwerp < 3 and occupied Ghent, are pushing c o forward to the coast- Although c all communication with Ghent is c reported to have been cut, news c luis come through that the Gf>r- c mans are being opposed vigorous- r ly and that in an engagement to c the south of Ghent about COO o German dead were left nn the i field. Other engagements have o occurred in that neighborhood, o where the Belgian army, which o retreated from Antwerp, has un- o dergone reorganization. c The French and British, ac- c cording to the latcBt French offl- o dal communication, aro holding o back the German right wing, o which recently has been heavily o reinforced. Indeed, the French o lay claim to notable progress o both on their left wing and on the o center. o The Belgian government has o been removed to Havre, the Bel- O gian officials already having o reached thc French port, whore o they were given a cordial wei- o come. King Albert, King of the o Belgians, who has spent the last o sly weeks or more In and around o tho trenches, remains w:th his o army, whose movements he is di- < recting in conjunction with thc o minister of _war. o i The Berlin official statement o announces thai 20,000 Belgian soi- c dler8 still are In Antwerp as pris- o oners- It odds that 40,000 RUB- O shins, have been killed or wound- o ed near Przemysl. the Austrian o stronghold In'Galicia, from which o the Russians have retreated. o While only recently tho Hus- o stan authorities admitted the Rus- o sian forces had been withdawn o from Przemyel, a late dispatch o from the Russian capital' says it o is offtclaly, announced that the o 3iege of that fortress is progress- o lng. o The statement from Berlin re- o garding the situation in the Wovre o district, in the northwest of o France, wuiradicls that givo out by the French war depart- o ment, claiming that all the French o attacks at . St Mlhlel have been o repulsed. Berlin declares also that here jj is heavy fighting in o the Argonnes, and reports vigor- o ous attacks by the Allies in the o neighborhood of Solnsons, which o have been repulsed. o A feature of the war of the na- o tiona which bas caused some con- o cern in Great Britain at least Is o the reported revolt in South Af- o rica. Some of the Boers under o General Marlu, a veteran of the o South 'African war, have Joined o forces wita- the Germans and. as a consequence, martial law has o been declared throughout the Un- o ion of South Africa, with the o promise of the South African gov- o eminent that the most stringent t measures will be applied to put o down the movement against the o empire. o oooooooooooooooooo Austrians Defeated. London, Oct 13.--According to ? Ispatch received in Rome from Cet nge, telegraphs the Rome eorre londent of the exchange Telegraph ompany, Montenegrin troops hate de ated 16,000 Austrians, supported by x batteries of artillery, at a point srtheast of Sarajevo. The Austrians ?t 2.600 mon in killed and wounded he Montenegrin losses amounted to >0 men. Sise of Turkish Army. Rome, via Paris, Oct lV--10:30 p, .-According to sd vices received sro the German officers at Consta nri 3ple estimate the Tm kink army nt tt.uOO men. Tho estimate mado here i figures from reliable sources places ie number at between 600?o sod ?0.000. American Tem?is Abrasa. Washington. Oct '3.-^Arrival of the -uiser Tennessee st Brindisi. Italy, id or the North Carolina at Moraine, Bia Minor, was reported today to tba avy Department. The situation in arkey is understood to have' im "ovsd. HIGHLANDERS ON THE FIRING LINE f the battles lu northern France, allowing Highlander* ou tho fring Hue, the 8. BERLIN SEES CAPTURED FRENCH GUNS Captured French gpns .being brought iuto Berlin through the famous Brandenburg "gate, to the 'delight of tho populace. EFFORTS TO PROSTRELIEFI?R COTTON GROWERS AROUSE DOUBT j AS TO ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS HOUSE LEADER UNDERWOOD THINKS ISSUE HAS MADE ADJOURNMENT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE BY SATURDAY NIGHT Washington, Oct. ir..-Efforts by Southern members of Cungross to pro cure legislative relief for tin- cotton State? arouse doubt today as to the time of adjournment. Democratic leaders would make no predictions. Representative Underwood, the House leader, said this issue practi cally bad made impossible adjourn ment by next Saturday night. Bead Issue Amendment? Senator Simmons, in charge of the war tax measure, instted a Vote would be reached by Saturday night. An amendment will bc proposed tomorrow by Southern Senators to provide for a $250,000,000 government bond issue, purchase of 5,000,000 bales of cotton, or one-third of the season's crop- No one would venture a prediction upon the fate of the amendment. Should it be defeated, Southern House members may delay final action on the measure pending - another effort to secure re lief. Tax Bill Amendments Approved. Considerable progress was made on the bill in the Senate which agreod without a roll call to the proposed in j creased tax of 75 cents a barrel orr beer, taxes of five cents a galton on rectified whiskeys, one dollar a thou sand on bank capital and surplus, and Die amendment eliminating taxes on ^gasoline and life insurance. Soino of the proposed stamp taxes also were approved, sections relating to pro prietary medicines, express and freight, tobacco manufacturers and dealers and winos being passed over for further consideration. Action on some of the administrativa features also was deferred, Senator; Simmons giving notice that he would ask for a night session tomorrow. giar?s a ec ted Argnstat. Senator Mfenin. chairman . of- tho appropriations committee, replying to the chargea ot extravagance which have chersccrtxed every Republican speech In opposition to the tax' bill, started a heated argument when he a? sorted th? large anproprlatlons were due to ' making right tho wrongs com mitted try the Republican party. Ile cited the proposed $25.000,00 indem nity to Columbia. I Senator Bristow declared- if Ute $25,000.000 was paid lt would bc paid to "a lot of blackmailers." Senator Thomas suggested thait in all probability, after the European war "if any indemnity is demanded by Belgium of Gcrinanq it will be de nounced by tiif German Reichstag as blackmail." "Tlie Senator from Colorado," re joined Senator Bristow hotly, "would imply by that remark that'the govern ment of the United States had treated Columbia as Germany has treated Belgium. There could be no greater slander pronounced agaiuBt the gov ernment of tho United States and nothing more unjust, and In my opin ion lt borders on treason." Srii.-.to. Martin said Democratic ap propriations for 1915 exceeded those for 1913, the last year of tho Republi can administration, by $96.496,066, but he classified aa "extraordinary ex penditurea" $10.1,000,000 of the Demo cratic appropriations which ho claim ed were Incident to the Mexican crisis and the war In Europe. Appropria tions . for routine governmental ex penditures, ho said, were In reality some $6,500,000 less than the last Re publican appropriations Jack Johnson Pined Again. Loudon, Oct. IS, 4:10, p. m.- "Von and your motor cars take altogether too much room; there are others In London besides you," a police magis trate told Jack Johnson today on Im posing another fine on the negro pug list for obstructing tho street. Johnson protested he could net pre vent people looking at htm but Ute magistrate fined the - negro $10 and suggested that he had better not re pout the offense. Sighting ta the Argons es Berlin, Oct- ! 3.- Heavy fighting con tinues in the Argannas, two chains of hills In No rt eastern France, accord ing to an official statement received here today from tho German general headquarters, under nate of October 1?. Violent attacks by the enemy east of Boissons have been repulsad, lt ls said. STATE BANKS MAY ENTER I WILL CONFER WITH FED ERAL RESERVE BOARD OFFICERS ELECTED! [.Trust Companies, Savings Banks) and Clearing Houses Have Representation. Richmond, Va., Oct. 13.-Savings hank:i and trust companies represent ed in the American Rankers Associa tion specifically outlined their atti- 4 tudo toward their entry into tho na tion's' now currency system today when they recommended that tho gen eral convention uppolnt a committee to confer with the Federal Reserve Hoard over changes in the law that would make membership moro attract ive. Several ppeakers at tho Joint meeting of the two sections urged that state banks be permitted to enter tho new system and continue their busi ness along the lines it now 1B conduct ed. Others contend that regulations of the reserve board should permit ex aminations by officials of regional banks who understood local condi tions. It alBo was asserted that unless there were changes in the law State banks entering the system might face a conflict betwoeu State and federal examiners. Tho appointment of a committee to confer with the Federul Reserve Board was proposed by So' Wexler, of New Orleans. Immediately lt was adopted by tbe Joint meeting, and tonight the savings banks section committee waa named for submission to the general convention, which will decide on Thursday wb?lhei lt will approve the plan. Several of the speakers who con tended that chances in the law would bo necessary ncreed, however, that their participation would be desirable to bring about a unified currency sys tem. The trust company section. which approved the Wexler plan In the Joint session referred lt to the executive committee to name a sub-commlBBlon which, It was said, would act In co-op eration with any committee the gener al convention might name or take up the proposed changes independently. Members of the savings bank section to be recommended for appointment on the committee are, W. E. nox, of Kow York, new president of the sec tion; R. C. Stevens, South Bend, and B. V. Saul, of Washington. Bankers of several cities sent let ters to the meeting of the two sections outlining their attitude toward the new. system. Tho association's sections practical ly completed their work tonight for tho beginning cf the general conven lion tomorrow. In the clearing house section exercise of the clearing func Lion by reserve banks and the clearing of exchange items among those insti tutions was discussed. Secretary 11 Wolfe, of the section, read from ten- | r tative rules of the reserve board the plan under consideration to effect the (dearing items among tho regional banks. That proposes that the clear ing be done in Washington by the board and that each reserve bank car ry there gold to cover balances. An other plan suggested was that one of the banks-Chicago cr St. Louis-do Lhe clearing. No conclusion had been reached by the board, it was said. Officers elected by tho various .sec Ions were: Trust company-Ralph W. Cutler, Hartford, Conn., president; John H. Mason, Philadelphia, vice president Savings banks-W. E. Knox. New fork, president; N. F. Hawley, Minne apolis, Vee president Clearing house-A. Orville Wilson, lt Louis, prescient; J. D. Ayers, Pl ttl Hirgb, vice president Siato Secretaries-W. W. Bowman, ror- na, president. Haynes McFadden, Vtlanta, first vice president; Oeorge >. Bartwell, Milwaukee, second vice ?resident; Oeorge H. Richards, Minne apolis, secretary-treasurer. 9 [IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOO I . ? NATIONAL COTTON LEGISLA, o > TION- 0 i Washington, Oct laV-Final de-.o Mail M of as amendment te the war a > revenue bill proposing federal leg* ? > (slution to relieve tho retten sit? a > nation In ?tt Southern States, e ? were agree*; apea tenlght at a ? > conference of ??gat Senators rep*'o ? res?uti?g cotton growing States, e > A provision restricting tho colton o i acreage of ISMS ls proposed. Sen I ator H?ke Smith wm introduce- o > the messers tsKnrrow and ft will o > probably be reached Thursday for o i consideration > o ? The amendment prov ides for ger. o . crament purchase of five million o > bales of cotton through SB Issue e i of l&ZQjmjm In 4 per cent bonds, o i The e?ttca in to sa stored ss til o i 1910-17 sad ?.old at 10 cents per o i pound.. If, however, the sale ?loas e not produce a sufficient amount o . ta fully refmaaroe tao g?rera* o tatest rv ls proposed ta levy aa o apportion^ tax apo? the State*** favor-ad to obtain the aiffereaas a oooocooaeo aa m 9 f* . m 9 . FEWER ACRES OR ELIMINATE THE HOUSE WILL POSSIBLY FAVOR NO COTTON LAW SCORES^ALL BILLS Senator Carlisle, ol Spartanburg, Arraigns All Cotton Billa and Doubts Constitutionality Special to Tho Intelligencer. Columbia, ' :t. 13.-Special: At ita morning scsson the House CA- ' braged in Jockeying preliminary to set tling dowt in the race which will de termine whether cotton is to be total ly eliminated aa a crop in 1915 or whether legislation ahall be directed solely to curtailment of the crop. Ob. servers regard the action of thc house this morning In passing a resolution that a vote on the question should not be taken before ono o'clock on next Thursday as significant. Thia was done for the purpose of allowing a full discussion* ot the select committees bhl reducing the acreage devoten to cotton to six acreB to the work ani mal, and the bill Introduced today to eliminate cotton as a crop- The ques tion of action by the House ls rapidly becoming narrowed to curtailment or elimination of cotton. Those who BXS In close touch with the sentiment In the House would not be surprised to see the House pass the bill providing Tor the total elimination of the cotton crop next year. A strong lobby of farmers was at work in the State House today all of whom were appar ently committed lrdevocahly to the . Idea of eliminating the cotton crop in 1316. Announcing that he did not bellera a jingle line of the emergency legis la ion proposed would put . a dollar into lie pockets of a single farmer, or any ither South Carolinian, Senator How ird D. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, rid lieft the cotton storage warehouse hilt sponsored by Senator Mc Lauris la a wo hours' speech la the Senate,*ta5a . - norning. The SpsrtanbUr*; sen**?* cave notice that he would not stand or total ?limination of the cotton crop md if necessary, would talk against t until the terms of the present mern >ors expired. He scouted all the meas treu now before the General Assem >ly for relief of the cotton cri?is sa >eing of no value and made it plain hat he might vote for a restriction if the acreage net year conditioned on ts being referred^to the people to vota m at the November election. Senator Carlisle drew a doleful plc* uro of A hat h? believe would follow otal elimination of the cotton eton. Extended to upper South Ciuo?uu H k'ould cause stagnation and induatrial um," ho exclaimed. He said hts peo. Ie did not want total e!!a!,,M,tton. The4' peaker also went into the constltu-e tonality of the proposed measures for educing the cotton acreage, seriously ouuting the constitutionality of a sla te one ot them. He wa a firmly of the pinion that total elimination was nn onstittlonal and discussing tbs pro osed acreage reduction bills doubted rhetber the police power of th* State ould be stretched by the mott elastic linds to make such measures eouoii utional. The cotton acreage reduction bill aported to the House by the select ommittee follows in full: Text of the BUL "Be it enacted by the General As embiy of th? State of South Carolina. "Section 1- That lt ahall hs unlawf ul for any person, by hitas*?!, his gents or employees tn plant K>t Fall? ate tn this State !a any year a great, r number of acr*s of land! IP. eetton isn one-ttbrd ot the total acreage ot ind planted and cultivated by such arson in said year: Provided, how? irer, that in no case shalt any pori ou lent or cultivate in cotton mora than x acres to each regular work animal sed in hia farming operations ia said sar. "Sec. 2. That any person violating ie provisions ot this act shall forfeit i a penalty a sum of lot less than IS nor more Utan 1100 for each sad re ry acre plantel or cultivated in tx* sss of the number herein a?'owed, to s recovered in say court nf com pe nt Jurisdiction In sn action or pro ?edtng brought in the nama of the tate; and said penalty when recov ?ed shall he paid over to tba county ensurer for tiie nae of the county bl hieb the asid offense was committed. ?id penalty and the eoeta^f the pre ceding tn which the same is recovera* tall be a Bea upon all of the prea? .ty of the person adjudged to pay ie same, subject only to Bens exist* ' g prior to th* passage of this ait id liens for taxes: Provided, that ie Judgment for said penalty abd >sts . ba entered and enro?ad in th? .fice of thc clerk ot court ot general tas lona and common pleas' ah other idgmeuts* aro now allowed ta he en red and enrolled where the recovery Md In snob court. And, prodlved, irtber. that where tba recovery ls (Cou tinned raaf J >? _^