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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 MOTHER DA WITHOUT NI MARRI Except That Fighting Continues Briskly in Poland There Is a Paucity of News. The British Naval Bombardment fina Been Renewed in the WesternTheatre. (By ASaoCitUM Tre*?.)' . ' LONDON. Nov. 30.-Another day of battle between the Russians and the Germanic allies fn' Poland has pass ed without nowa of a decisive result The Berlin official statement tonight ssys there ls nothing bf Importance to report from Poland, while the Rus sian government rests on ita warning agu?"st over-optimism. The facts, as gleaned from corres pondents dispatches, appear to be that three semi-independent engage ments are progressins; between Thorn on the north and Cracow on the south, in which both combatants bsve achiev ed local sucoases, without a distinct victory for either. Some British military experts be-' lleve Field Marchai von Hindenburg's forces have been split into three units, one of which ls almost enveloped, while the Russians have driven al wedge between the German army and Its Austrian'ally In the region of Cra cow. They declare the Germans have consistently under-estimated the qual ities of their Muscovite opponents and have opposed them with a body com posed almost' wholly of second line troops, hut now aro rushing heavy reinforcements from the western line to avert a Polish Sedan. They express the opinion that the issue depends on whether these arrive in time. Berlin reports tho failure of the Prussian attack on the fortifications east of Darkehmen, in East Prussia, with heavy losses, while unofficial tajairagna from Petrograd describe an important Russian gain and the cap tore of ten miles of trenches north east of lodi. Advices from Holland report that railway traffic, newspaper sud posts in the Brussels region are entirely suspended, it ie presumed for the pur pose of suppressing news of a move ment of Gsrmin troops io ibo east ward. The only development of the day tn the western theatre waa the renewal of the British naval bombardment o? the German base at Zeebrugge. England wac aurnrised at the an nouncement that King George , had left last night on a visit to the Brit ish headquarters in France, where he is certain of aa enthusiastic reception from the soldiers. this wad the fortieth birthday an niversary of Winston Spencer Church ill, first lord ot tho admiralty, and the papers, except a few antagonistic tr? him. pay a tribute to his remarkable career. The seventieth birthday an niversary of the Quean Moth Alexan dra will be celebrated tomorrow. Dutch papera say the German* have imposed an indemnity t?f $?.OaO,8<n monthly on Belgium *or tho filtration of the war for the maintenanca of the troops, and, tn addition. $7i?.(?oo Ot?o as a war levy for neutrality violations. Luxemburg reporta that the Ger mans have paid a substantial sum for damages resulting from their occupa tion of the Grand Duchy. Home of Confederate Leader to Be Sold (By AModfttod Prow.) ATLANTA. Ge., Nev. 30.-An order directing that the Gainesville, Ga, home Of Genersl Longstreet, the fam ous 'Confederate leader, be advertised for sale was signed here today hy raserai Judge W, T. Newman. The property ls now owend. by Ure. Halen D. Longstreet, tfee s*ner?l's widow. Thp court, however, directed tho sheriff of Han County, Georgia, to await further orders before selling the home, which ts involved in litiga tion resulting from a bankruptcy pe tition filed by Mrs. Longstreet Kessiae Parcel Pest Service. WASHINGTON, Not'. 30.-ResunVfr ttoo of percol neat service between the United 8tatee and Germany and Austria-Hungary was announced by Postmaster General Bari ?sop tonight An order sent to sall postmaster* di rected thom until further nonce to accept for mailing to the countries named all parcel which conform to the prescribed conditions of the in ternational parcel jost service, John Bottles of Level Land, Abbe ville county, wah in the city yeater dar lor. e short while. Y PASSES ?WS OF ANY ED SUCCESSES COTTON DEMAND INVnTION WORLD'S NEED AT PRESENT AND ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR ASKED FOR FOR BENEFIT OF COTTON RAISERS 1 Secretary Bryan Asked to Secure All Possible Information on This Sob jed. -' , (By Ajaoriated Pm.) I WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-The world's need for cotton at the present time and the estimated demand for next year is to foe the subject of an Investigation by state department offi cials. The treasury department to night announced that Secretary Mc Adoo had requested Secretary Bryan to secure all possible informntim on this subject. United States consuls have been In structed to make careful investi ga lon. The reports from the. consuls will bo compiled here each month and probably will oe made public for the use of cotton producers. The treas ury ?tateme*/ says: "Secretary McAdoo has . requested Secretary Pryan to mike an Inquiry, through Araerican conpulB In. all parts of tho world, regarding the actual de mand tor cotton at this time and the calculated demand for 1916. "Accurate Information regarding cotton consumption will be valuable aa lt will give an*'Intelligent idea as to the demand and will permit the in formation of correct judgment as to the economic value of cotton. The secretary of state and the secretary of commerce are cooperating with the lecrctr.ry Ox the treasury to get re liable Information of this character, and the figures when revolved will be published. Reports by the consuls will be made beginning the first of De cember and on the first of each month following. "In1 prosecuting ?his.Inquiry, Secre tary Bryan has instructed alt consuls by cable to make a careful Investiga tion and report, beginning tho first ot December, and monthly thereafter, ot statistics relating to Die stocks nf raw cotton and cotton *?ooda in mills and warehouses compared with tho same 'period last year; me present min of cotton manufacture per month, together with the number ot spindles engaged, and the number of persons employed; and Information showing the comparative stocks of cotton goods and comparative estimate ot cotton goods for delivery during 1915. Tho consols in Egypt, India, China and Russia have been instructed to report the most reliable estimates of the cotton yield for 1914." Will Drep BIL CBj- Awociatad Pm.) WASHINGTON. Nov. SO.- AB a re sult of ? conference today between the federal reserve board and Chair* man Glass, of the house currency committee, administration leaders. In Congress will drop the bill to amend the Aldrich-Veerjand law so ns to per mit national hanks to use 100 per cent ot cnmmercia? Paper' instead of 80 per'cent aa a basis In the Issue of emergency currency. Ju?u^s tVscReynoid* Delivers First Opinion (By AianeUted Pr??? ) WAHK'.NGTOX. Nfl*. SO.-JnsV.** MeKtyrjoia* today delivered hit first opinion, ta the Supreme Court. The case bedded aroa? over tho ?tie Iii eertala land along the Tesutesaoe North Carolipa boundary lino. Al though the court be'.d recently that the tine was i.ong Slick ROCK Creek as claimed by North Carolina, which would place the land In that State, Justice McReynolds today held that title granted %y Tennessee to land nqw held by the Smoky Mountain Laad Company '*ad adjudicated aa valid, should regain undisturbed be cause of the rights of innocent pan lea accruing during yeera peat R. P. Clinkacales. Jr. of Starr was among those spending yesterday fa tS? e|ty? .' >-y.*f ? -V.' i .. .2 ?4 . British Battleship Was Blown Up Right in Mouth of the Thames. If the suspicion nf the British .peo ple that a German submarine Wow up the battleship Bulwark proves cor rect it was the most daring exploit of the war. For the ship was supposed to be safe tn a British harbor only 35 miles below London. The mouth ? of the Thames ia said to hare* been min ed at th? beginning of the war, and the channels left wero said to be known only to the admiralty. A submarine would have found it necessary to travel only . 400 - miles from. her base at Heligoland or: Cux haven to have reached the month ot tho Thames. Some of thom have been found in the English Channel, which. ta-fartlm^-tMU^rjien the ettapS&ma?ir Audacious at/'the north of Ireland proved how far they could go from their base. Th? Germans have been more ana* moro daring in handling of submarines .as the .war has ? ?<-owft Captaln wfeadlgen, who sank the Hogue, Cressy, and Aboukir, had to travel 200 miles from his base, which up to that time waa considered an im possible teat for a submarine. Since no British is more safely mined than that at the mouth of the Thames, in order to protect Lon don, the proof that a German subma rine uiti?; tba Bulwark a WI prove a great shock to. the people of England. The admiralty insisted that tho ex plosion waa la the magasine of the ahlp, but the public suspected that a German submarine had reached across i BritUh harbor. from Cuxhaven or Heligoland and The Bulwark was one of the older sent ft. torpedo into the vessel' In the battleships of tho navy,' but was' pow j o?i?? enough to liavo met any vessel of the German fleet had she boen given a chance. (By.. Associated Pn- ) NEW YORK. Nov. 30.-A minc with five contact points extending from it la afloat six miles west of Fire . le land Light, according to Captain Davies, of tho steamship Etonian, In I today from London. Captain ' Darlos said that he passed the mine about ten o'clock this morning while his ship was bound in. i Thc spot where tho mine ts said to be sirlft Hes In the pathway traveled by all trans-?tlantic vessels leaving l?u?d entering New York harbor. . How the mine happened to be, there, or by what agencies lt was set adrift, whether Ita presence, was. accidental The Ceater of Smpi Transferred tG Ei < -7 (By Amo?tXt? Prwa.) BERLIN. Nov. SO.-via The H aguo to London, Nov. SO. 10.65 p. m.)-The oast gradually ls coming into its own. Those familiar whit conditions have recognised to* three weeks that the center of Importance has been transferred to th? eastern war theatre. The departure of Emperor William to the eastern front. General von Hindenburg's appointment as a field marshal and tho publication of appreciative telegrams ?0 the eastern n<aamottler.! have directed attention to the fact that ?vent? In Poland are nf far. greater importance 'of those tn Fielders and along the Ahme. lea ursoeoce of Emperor William at Field Usrahai von Hindenburg's headQ?amrs ts interpreted her? aa tadicattng that everything ls thought to be gola?; well. The emperor baa confer rv a the Order ot Merit on Ge* athway Of All I NewYork Harbor or by design wore problems to bo cleared leter. The possibility ?hat it had been placed adrift in tho belief that it might eventually find lodgment against the aide of a warship caused some speculation. The only warships seen recently near New York harbor hare flown the British flag. For sorao time British warships patrolled tho doorway to the harbor, passing and re-passing the spot where Captain Davies said the mino was adrift. A recent report that a mine had been'lost by, or had been missing from the Brooklyn navy yard was denied this afternoon- at the com saandant's o Wee._^ artance Has Bees ito War Theatre eral Mackensen for his victory at IJDW?CS In the ff,! low lng telegram: ''The Ninth acmy corps, nader your safe and tested. ieadorsutp, again baa fought with .inri val I od brllliKSOy In a bard bat successful: battle. Your achievements, in the past days will stand In history ss shining examples of fortitude, endurance and valor. "Communicate this to oar splendid troops with my Imperial, thanks, . to which I wish to give tangible, form by conferring on you the Order Of Merit Ged be with you and oar standards In the future." General Mackemen in an order ot the day teased when he had received tan emperor's telegram said: "I am rejoiced to announce to my heroic troops thu. sign ot apprecia tion, which belongs to the whole ninth army." J Germa? Fleet In Powerful Bril . .;.\ " .f.. . CBy Anooialed Qneaa.) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay. Nor. 80.- | Tao recont reporta that the German fleet ia now in the South Atlantic appear to have been confirmed here today. It la also rumored that a pow erful British fleet is.nearby. Interruption of British shipping and the i outfitting -of German marchant ? ships with supplies were accepted | here as'confirmatory of reports ot ' .z ? approach of the German fleet, whio'a ia now believed to be off the mor.cn Of the River Plata. w The German steamer * Patagonia . i>, I being loaded here with provisions. Uie1 Between New (By AMo?nUd Prem) NEJW? YORK. Nov. 30.-At least ?21 British warships are now patrolling tho Atlantic between New York and j the Panama Canal, sweeping tho seas with their wireless, crowding ordinary commercial radios from the air, and keeping close check on all forms ot j shipping, according to wt relesa o> er ato re on the steamship Anton that ar rived hera today from Cristobal. The wireless,activity o? these war vessels, the operators said, is causing great Inconvenience to the commercial work ot American vessels, as the high-powered waves of the cten-ot* war are heard continently io otter disregard of commercial business. The An con brought from the ennui soae ten member* ot the congressional oommlttee on appropriation? who have been making an official ins lion of the great waterway. Cordoba with coal and ?ho Mern with coal' and water. , Bailing of British steamers from Montevideo and the Brazilian port of Santos has been suspended. Marine records show that the Sierra Cordoba was at Montevideo on November The Mers reached that port on September 8, since which tizne there has been no report from her. The latest record of tho Patogenia ts her arrival on October 22 at Teneriffe, Canary Islands. I The Atlantic York and Panama The Aacon had as steerage passeng ers a party of 24 United Stivtes sol diers, prison .-vs who were brought to the United Utates to serve various terms for violation of military regula tions. ??i? ... Believed to be Wireless Tower. (By Aairctrtied Frew.) BOSTON. Nov. 30.-A tower they believed to be part of a wireless plant ?ct' up by one of thc belligerents was sighted on Toro Cay, an Isolated spot in tho Carrlbbeaa ees,? by officers of the steamer San Joe, they reported.1 on the arrival of their vessel today. Captain McKinncn, ot the steamer, said the structure waa a near ino, : Mrs. Jack Sadler and < little daugh ter,Mary, har? retornad from a visit to Washington, Ga, , . . . _ WOULD OPPOSE INVESTIGATION PRESIDENT WILL NOT SEEK TO MOLD OPINION OF CON GRESS ON RESOLUTIONS rHE PRESIDENT'S POSITION CLEAR Th? b no lune to Agitate Ques tion of Preparedness ol Unit ed States for War. (Br Awociated- 'rtta) WASHINGTON, Noti *?.- While President wilson ls hot expected to mould the position cf Congress OB Representative Gardner's .' resolution Tor sn investigation of the . military strength of t?io United States, offi cials close to the White House said tonight he would oppose the Investi gation if asked for an' opinion. The president ia understood to think that such an inquiry ls untimely and would not disclose any information not al ready in hand. The President's position was made clear tonight by administration offi cials after lt became known he had written Mr. Gardner a letter saying he was ready to discuss the .question ' with him at any time. Mr. Gardner will be at the White House tomorrow to moko sn engagement for an inter view within the next few days. The position of the administration toward the Gardner r?solution, ont-' lined tonight, is that thia no time to egltate the question of preparedness of the United States for war. The President hopes the nation may play an important part la bringing the present European war to a close, sud his advisers believe suggestions foe'' peace would como with hau grace, from a country in tho throes of a die* cusslon ot possible war. Another reason administration lead ers give for opposing tho Qerdne. resolution is tbst in his speech in the House supporting the movement, Hr. Gardner attacked Germany, and they t?unk. ,the adaption'<*2 sic foliation would make lt appear that the action was divocted principally against thar nation. When the resolution waa first in troduced the President characterised the proposed investigation as "pleas ant mental exercise" and said the . re sults achieved would depend entire ly on the character ot the commission making it Administration ?sadsrs seid tonight tho President realizes the Importance of military lessons taught by the present war and takes the position that everything possible should ba learned by the United StateB. though he does not regard the. present as a time for military discussion in Con gress. Need More Men For American Wi WASHINGTON, Nov. 80.-The need of 240 additional officers and about 4,600 men to equip American warships wss explained today by the house naval affairs committee by Sear Ad miral Blue, chief ot the navigation bureau of tho navy department Reform; to thc face that the de- . partmeut still was purchasing hydro graphic cl srttj from 'he British gov ernment, tho admiral said the United States was Issuing, more . and more charts each year, and that ultimately charting by, the United States would be ss complete es that ot any other nation. Increase In Appropriations. .WASHINGTON, Nov. 80.- -Appro priations of ?104,124,611 to carry th*, army through tho coming year ara proposed in estimates the war de partment has just completed tor sup? mission to Congress. This is sn in* ?crease of $8,105,300 over.the current year's appropriations. . , g-ru?ero Against tne - \ German Bombardment AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. 80. -(7:16 p. m.)-Tho Tljd says tho chamber of commerce of Armen tfareei has sent to the American consul at Dunkirk, with a request thus he for ward lt to Washington, a protest against the Oe mian bombardment ot that place. The protest dinars* sev eral women sud children have bee? killed, that houses have been set on fire and tbit the city ts net being used for military purposes by tho Al lies, not a single soldier being there, Stanton-Crawford. Mr. Haskell- Crawford and Mies* Alica Stanton of near Belton wera happily married Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, slr. Crawford ta a ver> handsome young man. about IO years ot aga. which leaves hin bride only IS years of aga We wish young couple much Joy sud sucre? ia Ute,