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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA STILL EXISTS No Conclusive News From the Polish Bat tle Field. PORTUGUESE TO ASSIST ALLIES Th? Minister of War Will Issue a Decree For Partis! Mobiliza tion. .'.^ ;?i^!?!';;!m???*m:'.-,r" (By AMociAted Pms.) LONDON. Nor. 24.-Up to iste to night thors was no conclusive news from the Polish tattle field, whero a decisive victory tor either Russia or Germany would vitally affect the course of the winter campaign both in the east and in the west/ . Petrograd ?declares . the Russisns have Inflicted at least a temporary reverse on the Germans between the Vistula and Warta rivers but does not claim that the fortunes of war have, been permanently settle?:?. A Paris Matin correspondent describes the Germans as fleeing. Berlin an nounces officially, that the issue has not yet been decided. On the snow-covered fields of Bel gium and Prance quiet continues, the only unusual Incident being the bom bardment of Zeebrugge anl Heyst by British warships. A few stelle struck hotels where the German staff waa quartered and other buildings. The German shore batteries vcve unable to reach the warships in reply. The riegue retort th?. railway communications with Antwerp has been suspended 'add that no travel ers will be admitted to Belgium dur ing the nest few days. 'The Germans are believed to be preparing for an* other assault on the Allies' defenses, but for the time being there is a near er approach to rest for the armies spread out'"from Ostend to Vi. rd un than et any timo In the past two months. The Portugese, congress today de cided that .country should cooperate with the ^mes when it? considers the step necessary. The. tninistes,e?-.war will issue.?.decree for partial;mo.bl?fc satlon.. The greatest loan ia England.'? bia tory, $1,750,000,000 has been success fully floated by the Bank of England, both large and small investors 'being among the buyers. The country, awaits announcement by the ' chancellor of the exchequer aa to the amount of the subscription, with the belief that they will exceed considerably the amount of the loan, and that tho collossul transaction will have an impressive effect upon Great Britain's enemies. Berlin r?ports that the Bunderat has passed laws to prevent ' and to punish speculation in gold, to fix the prices or potatoes, to llO'iti;consump tion of bread In Berlin and to extend the moratorium applying to hills of exchange In Alsace-Lorraine, East Prussia and parts of West Prussia another thirty ;days? making ?Ita extent 160 days. It 4s expected the price , of wool will be Axed this week. The Brit ish government has taken up all the. al-ocks of leather., . The hunger-striken Belgians on the border of Hplla'ud are Pictured as re sorting to brigandage.., Reports say a state of anarchy is approaching. . Queen Mary has sent to Mrs. Wal ter H. Page, wife ot the American ambassador, a lotter^^mM? fer tte mission ot the Santa [Claus jship ,, Ja son, whlcW ffls".LbrmgUa^^?^*ti*W gifts from American children to child ren in England and on the continent. The Jason will arrive at Davenport tomorrow. She will be given an offi ciel reception ty ?he municipality .of Plymouth and bf representatives of the government. THE DA?'S NEWS Uncertainty still exists es to tho situation In that part of Russian Po land between the Vistula and Warta rivers where Russian and German for ces are fighting. Official statements are contradic tory. Petrograd: claims the Germans are retreating: Berlin announces of ficiai?..' that tho forces of Emperor William merely have halted irt the, face of unexpected hordes or Russian reinforcement*.. and are awaiting strengthening cdlfiffiiii K=osi G?JL man front. Unofficial reports from Russian sources declare . the- Raceiana ?ave achieved a great, -??tcry, while like statements fr?nt the German side coincide witb^ttaJWtta^^ port They add that fresh troops ./al* ready are on theft way from fortified positions sl?ng the Vistula to a?d General von Hindenburg. To the south the Russians say they bsd successes along the Cxenetocho wa front and have captured ?.OOO pris oners. Of the situation hera the Ger? mens maintain that northeast of Cra cow their attack is professing. Only Intermittent artillery duels and a few Infantry attacks were-re ported from' Prance and Belgium. Paris said all the attacks bad been repulsed. . British wsrshina have bombarded \CvpiilN"v*v V*' ?Auis ?JUC) ; ...j TRENCHES ONLY 300 FEET APART Face to Face Men Are Shooting Each Other Down Point Blank. NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FRONT [Every Ridge ?nd Mound Is Cov ered With Four Inches of Snow? (By AasodftUd Pre?.) PARIS, Nov. 24,-The trenches of the opposing armies bet wen the oise sod Somme ere st some points , only 300 fet 'i:part, according to liaras dispatches from the front. The corres pondent, says a French officer, acting as guide "or fifteen newspapermen, told them? when they approached the firing line they must be silent, for "the enemy can hear us." "The crashing voice of the three inch guns which we had left behind us as we advanced," continued the dispatch, "now -was almost obliterat ed by the nearer and quicker stac cato reports of the machine guns and the Mausers. At a distance of 100 yards was a gray, winding ridge of earth, the advance line of the enemy's trenches. 'Here face to face, and within rangs of each others forces, men were shot log each other point . blank, while from every . ridge. and every mound, covered '.with four inches of snow, unseen batteries completed the turmoil ot war. "Here and there a head rises cau tiously shove a white crested .trench There are six quick shots and then the head hieappears. as though swal lowed by a sea .of snow. Thia* is 'all spectators seo of the thousands of men in tho burrows; ?"The" vast chambers roofed ove> with branches of trees and with,stout wooden pillars In front supporting sacks ot eej-th, protect men inside alike from shells and the tempests. These .are underground forts for rodd-, e/n warfare, with'sanitary ditches,' i kitchens f*jt lh?: nicks ind bunks ?o:~ the riflemen awaiting their tum on [the firing line. ! 'Tb f.-ont rlBCB an ancient windmill, neutralised without the form of an armistice whence provisions sro brought to the trenches of both the combatants. Further on the. trenches are ta near each other that the Ger mans and French exchange newspap ers. 'Complicated barbed wire defenses I protect the trenches here from sur prise. At a converging point on one I spot stand's a building at the walls of which the eut .nies arrived at thc umc time, and a German rifleman, break ing a hole through the wall, thrust a bayonet-under the nose of a French sentinel. ''This is the spot where the situa tion waa critical for the French ten days Ugo and where a brigadier gen eral, saved the day and gained the stripes of a general commanding an army. "To the right and left bia?k clouds from bursting Gorman shells are in terspersed by chimney stacks, from which the'smoke of industry curls up as In days of 'peace. Further down appear .'the crumbling ruins Of 'Arras, where th? -war baa- been more piti less and Where no industry remains standing. . . . "From .Arras, where German shells ?still rage to. the Bassee Canal, a lng of war continues across the asme dead-line as during the last three months. Over this Une bullets whis tle and. shells screv h unceasingly, i Dark clouds that mark the targets of the Germen heavy artillery, stand out in gruesome relief against a hack ground of snow." LJVNCH NEGRO NEAR SHILOH Escaped Convict Lynched For Alleged Murder of a White Woman. 1 (Br Aaaodsted hm) &UMTKR, 6. C., Nov. ?A^Dtilard Wilson, aa escaped -ejro convict, aras lynched this afternoon near Shiloh.] in the extreme eastern part of thu county, for the alleged murder of Mrs, Baekiel Truiuck, a white woman. Tries to Blew Vp Saab sat. LONDON. Nov. 24,-A German mis ?unary recently tried to blow np the ri tish gunboat Dwarf with an Inter nal machine in a West African har bor, according to a report to the co lonial office. "When asked how he found tba ac tion compatible with his profession,'* says the report, "he replied he wee a soldier first arni ?* "?J*e!?5?*ry ?ftcr^.. Ancient Towers to Defe nd Constantinople. Tho Turks think these "ancient towers will be strong enough to keep allied forces from Constantinople. The tower on the left known as Mohammed II. and that on the right known as Mohammed-1, are very old and probably would aot last long before modern artillery. They are built of masonry instead of concrete, and the modern concrete forte In Prance and Belgium i failed to. with btand the German guns . THREE AMERICANS | WERE EXECUTED j Executions Took Place in Public Square of Cotaro, Dalmatia, ?jw f^aUDCllWla' 3 IvMlW . .. L . ' (By As-joriat?! Press.) }..< OAKLAND, Cel.. Nov.: 24.-Three American citizens have been executed | hy Austrian officials at Cattaro. Dal matia, according to' a letter ' received I here today from l? Magvd? a priest. One of the victims was the 14-year-old ? s.m of Milo B. Magud, of Oakland. The execution's took place in the public I spuare 'of Cattaro. The Medlin boy went to Dalmatia ' { two year? ?BV> to i'mii hs? graudaicti^ ' er. The others executed were'Lolita.!1 VocotlBh and John* Ragc-novich, who, \ Medlin asserts, ware naturalised r American citizens and, residents ot t San Francisco. |i Tho priest declares he witnessed, < the 'execution ot a large number of j;1 other prisoners* suspected of being t enemies of Austria. He says he.per- .? sonally knew the three he mentions f and conversed with them In English. 1 Mr. Moulin said, today he had brought the execution of his son tc c the attention' of Secrete-ry Bryan and s had been assured.a rlgd investigation % would be made. Shortage of Ships For Carrying Cotton] -, i i,;.. - ? ' .' '.:-?i?t?'.-i?.-i;o? ti?iij y' " (By AssocUW Pw-) WASr?INOTON. Nov.. . 24.-Reports to President Wilson show that orders | for cotton in the United States great ly exceed the number of ships avail able for carrying the cotton.; ,11 o ;said that everything possible was being done by the government to remedy the cotton situation. President Wilson does not consider that sufficient ships have taken out Amerlcau registry since the beginning of the war to interfere with his plan. t for the passage by congress of the ' Alexander government ship purchase 7 bill. Ho told callers today that as far as he has been'Informed there 1B'still a shortage of ships to.care for Amerl- L can irada. IJ Uncertain as to Their Next Step li . ? ? . it ' . c (By Associated PBM.) 1 . WASifsNTONG, Nov. 24.-Attorneys 1 tor Leo M. Frank, of Atlanta. Ga.. I> convicted of f-s murder of Mary Ph*- j r gan, said tonlaht thev ?tin u.-.??rA certain as to their next step In the light to sk vs -the condemned rasa's t life. Henry Peeples, one of counsel. % returned to Atlanta today leaving c Henry Alexander to handle the case ? here. Mr. Alexander asm yesterday ? he would apply to other. Justice? of < the supreme court tor the writ of er ror refused by Justice Lamar, but de- ? dared today that course might not be < followed. He may make application 1 for the WTU to the entire court Mon- 1 day. 1 '_ . , . t Fight fe She Bitter Ead. ? BOSTON, lita 24.-Matthew Hale, * chairman of- the Massachusetts Pro? ^ greestve party, Issued a statement to- 1 R'ght urging protrrcseive leaders who ? are to meet in Chicago December 2 to ."maintain an Organisation ' and con ?isse ths ?gtt .iii to tte presidential election to 1916," I STONEWALL JACKSON INSTITUTE TOTALLY DESTROYED BY Dver One Hundred Girl Students Were Taken Out Without Accident. ' Martha Washington College, Another Large Female Insti tWTIwrafaVii d-Aa the Students of Martha Wash ?&iinj '?agton Have Been Taken to Place of Safety. (By AOOC?BUMI Pre?.) whole east end of the city waa BRISTOL, : Va, Tenn.. Nov. 25.^ thraat?ned. & " " - . At 3:20 a: m. the main building and ?tonewall Jackeon Inetitute, a ?arge fo-fa** ^lJlIly destro)(?d and Presbyterian school at Abingdon, Va, the fire had spread to the Presbyterian vaa i practically.' destroyed by fire to- Church. As the wind had changed to light at 3.8? o'clock and nt that hour a . northwesterly direction it waa be fire was, spreading to other build- thought that other buildings would n OB. Over a hundred .girls were tak- be saved. The water supply ls said to .r -emf without accident. Martha be very low and If the wind should Vashlugton .College, another large again take an easterly course the emale institute adjoins the destroyed whole east end lt ls feared would gb ichool and aar there is a high wind, up In flames. ears are expressed for this and other All the students of Martha Wash luildlngs. ir. gt ten Col lese have been - taken out Mayor Crabtree, of that city, has rc- to- a place of safety. Martha Wash luested the Bristol fire tracks-and a Ingtton ia on the wost side of the ipeclal train is be* g made up ?nd will burning district and unless sparks ?tart Immediately tor that place. should happen to fly In that direction, At 2:50 it was reported that the that institution is safe. FOB THE BENEFIT OF SOUTHERN FARMERS department of Agriculture Has Is sued Special Bulletin ot? 'Growing Winter Grain. '(By Anoeialrd Preta.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-To assist Southern planters the department of agriculture has Issued special bulle 1ns on the growing of winter wheat ind winter .oats in the cotton belt. C. W. Warburton, agronomist in the rureau of plant industry, saja the alua of a winter grain crop in the kmth waa never more apparent than low.' "With cotton low In price." says dr. Warburton, "farmers are looking or crops that can be sold for cash ?r which will lessen their expenses >y supplying feed for work stock. Vheat, oats, and'barley ere all resdl i* salable h??ujy ?nd in ncrihsm narkets, while at present there is al ic ? ces-id?rah?c demand for export. "The oat crop succeeds rath ur bet er taba ?Uber of the other'grains in he South Atlantic and Gulf States, ex cept perhaps on the heavy clay soils >f the Piedmont area (western North ind South Carolina and northern leorgla and Alabarle ) "While lt ls now too late to sew ?ats to supply pasture this falk tito ?rep may be-sown safely for grain n November ia eastern or southern forth and South Carolina. Georgi*, Corida, Alabama, Mississippi. Louis - aaa and southern Texas. Many ex ?erlments have shown that October or November seeding will produce fer ?teer yields of oats in the South At ant'c and Galt States than sowing luring the winter or early spring." SiOfe Horses Fer War. NBWPORiT* NEWS, a., Nov. 14. )estined for use In the European.war, 2,000 horses arrived here today. Some of the animals are being' loaded on the British steamer Raeburn, and the others will be put on another steam er exepcted to reach this port later j In the week. No persons other than employees are allowed near the j horses on the piers, in the stock yards | or In the cattle pens. LACK OF CHRISTIANITY CAUSE OP THU WA Bl (By AMociited Pron.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Lack of j Christianity in Europe was ref err. j to by speakers at tonight's session cf the World's Bible Conference ss one) cause of the war. br. Frank Gunsau lus, of Chicago, ssid: "Europe Is soaked in blood because, 'church Christianity' there ' ls not 'Christ Christianity.' " He declared the misconception of Bible teachings I led to war and said a knowledge of j the Bible wss necessary to remedy j evils not only in Europe but every where. Conscience Contribution to War Sufferers \ ax jr ASSOOHliw ' KfTSS. J - WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-! -Dca'.-.tuto widows sud orphans of Ru rope today were adjudged beneficarles of a con science contribution to tho postoffice j department from an tinier own Min nestian, who confessed naring roboecl the malls of $35 moro than fifty years ago. Department officials found lt impossible to determine the ?rightful owner, and, at the writer's t?<m?st, the letter, conUinlng two $100 bills, was tura?! Into a fund fat war suf ferers. WAI Ce-dperate With Allies. LONDON, Nov. M.-(10*60 p.m.)-. A dispatch from London says that the Portuguese congress today d?cid?e} that Portugal should co-operate with tho Allies when lt considers the stop necessary. The minister ot war will Issue a decies for partial mobilisa tion, . DETAINED FOR NINETEEN DAYS Suspected ol Carrying War Fonda from America to Ger many. (By ftworhtei Trim) *?* * NEW YORK, ?or. 24i--p?t<m?on for 19 days by the British authorities, who suspected him. of beings German rseelnrlst, carrying 'war funds'' from America lo Germany, was the exper ience of George W. Steneck, connected with a trust* company In Hoboken, N. J., according to' his story today on his arrival on ' the liner. Fiotterdam. He was released, h? said, on his'promise m.i tu go into Germany. The British light cruiser Isis stop ped the steamship' Nleuw Amsterdam, on which Steneck was sailing to Eu rope. October 7, he said, and marines boarded the steamer, where a British officer immediately asked for 8teneck. j Steneck showed his passport and letters of introduction from a New Jersey. member. of congress to the American ambassadors in Rotterdam und Benin, he said, and explained he was carrying German and Austrian currency to the firm's German and Dutch correspondents to facilitate tho honoring of letters ot credit issued by the firm. The British authorities had been Informed, however, thc. ibi' money had been' subscribed in mo United States for German wat funds and that Steneck himself was a Ger man reservist' so/ according to Stc neck's story,' be was subjected to a thorough search. -When the steamer reached. Plyr mouth, he said,.the military authori ties decided the money should be seal ed and thai be should be detained. He was taken to Devonport, he said, and kept under such strict . surveillance that he was not permitted to. see the American consul and all bis letters were censored before being malled On October 26 ho was allowed to go with his funds td Rotterdam, .where he transacted his German business by wiro. England Produces Leta Foodstuffs Investigation Shows England Grows Leas Than Other Na? tiona at War. .?In ... (By A?wci?t?i Prem.) *?? A ainvnninti _ A. - _" nouiiiimiuii, HU,. ?.1.-\JL mo uv ilona at war England prod-ces le?? of her foodstuffs thea any other . A department of agriculture Investiga tion made public today indicates that England produces about 53 per cent, of her food requirements; Belslvm 07 per cent; Germany '38 "pet? Cent; France 92 per cent, and Austria-Hun gary 98 per cent. Russia produces 110 per cent exporting about 10 per cent. Canada produces. 21 per cent more than shs consumes; Argua tina' produces 48'per cent more than she consumes and the United States ex ports and Imports almost balance. "The United Kingdom," says the re port, "produces only 27 -per cent of her requirements of edible grains, but 62 per cent ot her meats. 42 per cent Of her dairy products, 68 per cent of her poa'try, more than'90 per cento? her vegetables and 21 per cent of her fruits. She is si exporter of fish pro due's.*' ; BABY IN TEETH Clutched a Timber With Hands Until Exhaus tion Loosened Jaws. MOTHER SAVED; INFANT DROWNED Forty-Three Survivor* Rescued , From Steamer Hanalei That iii Sank Tuesday. (By AmcUted Itaet-V SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24.-PortyM three survivor? had been rescued to night (rom, the steamer Hanalel which went ashore yesterday ia a dense fog on Duxbury Reef, nine rolles aorta or tho Golden Gate, and wes shivered into splinters early today by the pounding surf. Eighteen dead either have been washed ashore at Bolinas, east ot the dreaded reef, or brought to port hy the United State s revenue cutter Mc culloch and the navy tug Iroquois. How many sro missing never will be known, for the company's best avail able passenger list gives 28 passeng ers and 28 crew, a total of'54 souls, whereas the known dead and saved number 81. These figures do not i In clude two life' savers washed ashore alive, and three missing. Their boat was swamped. The vessels was a email .coaster,of 880 tons, plying on a local ran and all ?ho dead sra Californians. Among, them was tbs infant son of Mrs. Val entine Frans of San Francisco, Who was saved herself. She held, her baby by its dresses in her clenched teeth, clutching a timber with her hands, until exhaustion loosened her jaws, v i, Sidney Ashton, chief steward, pick ed op a .floating baby, lashed lt to his back and .swam, Tiih lt flvo bohr? be? tWVTt tts wrenches n.MtsTj. , Mest, of the dead brought in hy tho Mcculloch had swallowed crude pe troleum, emeared on tho waves from I the ship's fuel tanks wnea abe broke I up, and although many showed higos of life when first picked up it. was jBhBosm??* to rercs^ltste vjgssL Thanksgiving ia WasMngton (By ft woriitnd Pr*aj.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Secretary Bryan, who returned from a week's stay In Florida, today.. will spend Thanksgiving in wa.ningtton and on the morning of that day will attend the annual Pan-American mats at- St. Patrick's Church, later attending, a Thanksgiving service a tone ot the Protestant churches , Secretary . Garrison . will v spend Thanksgiving lu Atlantic City. Mr. Garrison will not return until after the Army-Navy football game itt Phila delphia Saturday. Secretary Daniela will ?at, - his y Thanksgiving turkey in Richmond, Va, and incidentally will wi th ess the v football game there that day between the University ot Virginia and the University .if Ncrth Carolina. Appeal to Colleges And School Pupils . .(By Aaaodatal Prosa.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-An appeal to American college and school pa pila for aid in aller latin g suffering la Europe, was issued . tonight by the Red Cross. "Frequently operations have to he performed without anaesthetics," the appeal says. "The lack of gs us* band ages and absorbent cotton produces infection, ending often in death from gangrene or tetanus. The armies sn* gaged are couposed of young mea of yonr own age and tor this reason lt seems particularly fitting that their stuTering should appeal to you.** President Ready 3 - Or l ?MaoxsuSBlVUlg Oar JU iodated .WASHINGTON, Not. Wilson left here just tonight for Wllliamsto ?pend Thanksgiving Day daughter. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, Tbs president worked at th* anica* tlve offices until late tonight frepar atcry to his departure. - The president virtually Has earn* pleted the message he wDl read to ' congress next month end tonight he. discussed it with Attorney General Gregory and Postmaster General Bur lasen. . Lured Prem Hesse ead Killed. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-A false mes sage lured Barnet Barf, a rich poultry dealer, to a spot In Thirteenth ave ana tonight whirs he was chet and allied hr two unidentified men who