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PICKENS, S. C., SEPTEMBER 3, 1914 NUMBER 17
RPetablihe 1871-Volume 44
A Farmers' Meeting
Held I1ere Tuesday
Ursuant to a call a numbei
of rmers and business men met
at the court house last Tuesday.
The hijpect of the meeting was
to consider the fina'tiial and
business situation as- brought
about by the European war.
Mr. Joel H. Miller gave an ex
planation of the condition now
upon the people ani offered the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
"We, the citizens of Pickens
county. in mass meetiag assem
bled, hereby request the gover
nor to consult the seYeral dele
gations of the state legisla;ure,
and if found advisable call them
4P together to pass such laws as
will give such relief as will be to
the best interest of the state."
On motion of Mr. John P.
Smith it was voted to hold an
other meeting on Wednesday,
th'e 9th inst. at the court house
at 11 a. m.
Every -farmer and business
man of Pickens county is asked
and to attend this meeting.
s Strike at Pickens Mill
rhe first strike ever k-nown in
Pickens occurred at the Pickens
Cotton Mill Friday morning,
when the Industrial Workers of
the World, recently organized
here, quit work. Members of
the organization say that 125
operatives quit work, b-it some
have since gone back fo work,
tho none of those ring back
were members of the organiza
tion.
Ftom the facts gathered it
seems that two or three mem
bers of the organization werE
"fired" Thursday for some
reason. A committee was sent
to the mill authorities and asked
that the men be taken back
by the mill. The superintend
ent "fired" the committee and
another committee was sent, tc
the authorities demanding that
all be taken back. When thek
request was refused the strikE
was ordered.
About one-third of the mil
machinery was idle Friday anc
Sat day. but the mill authori
ties ate that only about one
fourth was .idle Monday aTid
that a full force of operatives
- will be at work as oon as houses
can be provided for them.
Monday morning notices werE
served on twenty-three families,
members of which struck, tc
vacate the houses they were ni'
within t -n days. The, mill au
thorities state that there are
forty-nine mnembers of the I. WV
W., wvho were employed at th<
miill and now 'out on the strike
t ho the I. W. W, leaders clani
more.
The I. W. WV. was only rec
ce-ntly organized here.
The Pickens Association
The next session of the Pick
ens Association will be held witi
the Cr-oss Roads church, begin
ning Wednesday, September 16
1914.
The following program anc
order of business has been ar
ranged by the executive comn
mittee, as per resolution at thE
- ' last session, and each of the sub
jects and interests to be consid
ered will be upon a report to be
submitted by those named be
low, who arE- expected to be
present with their reports at thE
time herein stated:
WEDNEsDAY MORNING '
10.00. Devotional services.
10.30. Introductory sermon
by Rev. J. E. Foster or Rev. - B.
E. Grandy
After this the delegates will
be enrolled and the body organ
ited.
ArrERNOON
1 30. State of Religion, by A.
A. Jones.
2.0)0. Sunday Schools, by J.
* E. Medlin.
2.30. Six Mile Academy. by
T. H. Stewart.
'3 15. Appointment of comn
mittees, miscellaneous, adjourn
ment.
THURSDAY MORNING
9.30. Devotional services.
10.00. Aged Ministers, by J.
* B. Findley.
10.30. State Missions, by WV.
E. Nelson.
. 11.30. Orphanage, by C. C.
Boroughs.
AFTERNOON
1.30. Laymen's M issionary
Movement, by J. T. Taylor.
2.15. Foieign Missions,by D.
. A. Allgood.
3.15. W om an's Missionary
Union. by Miss Pearla Hester,
superintendent. Miscellaneous,
adjournment..
FRID)AY MORNING
9.30. Devotional services.
10 00. Christian Education.
, .lby C. E. Robinson.
11.00. Hom<. Missions, by G.
F. Norris. Miscellaneous.
AFTERNOON
"nerance, by R. T.
1s literature and
sof com
this meet
- place and
'es, resolu
dbusiness.
Manning and Rich
ards in Second Race
According to the Columbia
State, with the complete returns
from every county, and all of
ficial except f'rur counties, the
vote for U. S. Sen:tor and state
offices is as follows:
John G. Richards, of Ker
shaw, 26,801; Richard I. Man
ning, of Sumter, 25,397; Robert
A. Cooper, of Laurens, 25,053;
John G. Clinkscales of Spartan
burg, 17.126; William C. Irby,
Jr., of Laurens, 14,652; Mendel
L. Smith, of Camden, 9,905:
Charles A. Smith. of Timmons
ville, 5,842; Charles Carroll
Simms, of Barnwell, 2,773;
Lowndes J. Browning, of Se
dalia, 1.513: John T. Duncan, of
Richland county, 793: John B.
Adger Mullally, of Pendleton,
.665.
Richards and Manning will
run a second race.
For the United States senate
Ellison D. Smith has 72,266;
Cole L. Blease. 56,913; L. D.
Jennings. 2,258; W. P. Pollock,
1,364. Mr. Smith now has a
majority over his three compet
itors of 11,731.
In the race for lieutenant
governor Andrew J. Bethea of
Richland leads with 50,560. He
is followed by B. Frank Kelley
of Lee with 46,152, J. A. Hunter
of Bamberg with 20,645, and W.
M. Hamer of Dillon with 14,552.
Mr. Bethea and Mr. Kelley will
be in the second primary. -
A. W. Jones, comptroller
general, now has a majority
over James A. Sumrnersett of
33,633. The vote now stands,
for Jones. 79,831, for Summer
sett, 46,198.
In the race for adjutant gen
eral W. W. Moore, incumbent,
now has 80,551 and M. C.
Willis 51,618. or a clear majori
ty of 28.933.
Thomas H. Peeples, attorney
general, has a majority of 5,671
over A. G. Brice. Mr. Peeples
has a vote of 68,094, and Mr.
Brice has 62,423.
Frank W. Shealy leads in the
race for railroad commissioner
with 32,305. He is followed by
C. D. Fortner with 28,141:
James Cansler, 22,734; J. H.
Wharton, 20,804; W. I. Wither
spoon, 16,554, and George W.
Fairey. 10,863. Mr. Shealy and
Mr. Fortner will run in the
second primary for nomination.
The State Democratic execu
tive committee meets Tuesday
at noon in the State library at
the State house on call of the
chairman, John Gary Evans, to
consider any protests which may
be filed, to declare the result of
the election andl to make prep
arations for the second primary
to be held September 8.
Manning Speaks at Court House
Richard I. Manning, candi-.
date for governor, spoke in the
court house at Pickens Tuesday
morning. His coming here had
not b)een adv rtised, but there
were a good many farmers in
town at the time and these with
the town people made up a good
audience. Mr. Manning made
a mighty nice sre.ch and it
captivated the audience, especi
ally the farmers, of whom Mr.
Manning is a true friend. 'We
wish more farmers had been
here to hear him speak. He,
takdmore about the situation
here caused by the European
war than he did about politics
and his speech had a ring of sin
cerity -about it that did his hear
ers good. Mr. Manning is the
-man whom the democrats of
this state can unite upon for
governor and blot out factional
ism, He is anxious to see more
constructive legislation enacted
in this state and is in favor of
better educational facilities in
the rural districts. At the close
of his speech he was enthusias
tically applauded. Yes, Man
ning is the man.
Pickens Union Meeting
The union meeting of the
Picken's Association was held
with Secona church last Satur
day andl Sundlay. Although the
attendance on Saturday was not
as large as was expected, yet the
interest was fine.Sunday brought
a larger crowd and the services
of the day were inspiring and
thoroughly enjoyed. Rev. B.
HolderI coniducted the opening
exerCises andl his earnest exhor
tation on the subject of heaven
got everybody in a good frame
to enjoy the services which fol
lowed.
A new feature was added to
the meeting in the special peace
services which followed the de
votional. For several minutes
the whole congregation was on
their knees pleading with God
silently and earnestly to bring
peace to the people of this coun
try and to all the world.
At 11 o'clock Dr. D. M. Ram-i
say preached a sermon full of]
spiritual power fiom the text,
"Go ye -into all the world and
prach the Gospel to every crea
ture.
In the afternoon some splen
'did singing was had.
There will be an examination
for teachers at Pickens Court
House Friday October 2.
By order of the State Board of
Euanon. R. T, HiLUM
GERMANS DROPPING
BOMBS IN PARII
"GERMAN ARMY AT GATES 0
PARIS; CAN DO NOTHING BUl
SURRENbER."
FRANCE STILL HAS HOPE
Her Faith Rests In Army Opposir
*the Advance of the Cohorts.-Foui
DaVE' Fiht.
London.-Paris dispatch to the E
change Telegrdph Company says:
"A German aviato- flew o,,,r Par
and dFopped five bombs, which fell J
the mos popular quarter of the cit:
In one case two women were woun(e
"One bomb fell in front of the shc
of a baker and wine merchant at Rt
Albuy and Rue des Vinaigraiers; ti
on Qual de Valmy, one of which di
not explode, while the other struc
the wails of the Night Refuge, behin
St. Martin's Hospital. Two othe
dropped in the Rue des Recollets an
Rue Marcin, neither of which exploi
ed.
"The aviator, who signed himse
Lieutenant Van Heissen dropped ma
ifestos on which was written: 'TI
German army is at the gates of Paris
you can do nothing but surrender.'"
Paris.-A German aeroplane flyin
at the height of 6,000 feet over Parl
dropped a, bomb into the city at 1:2
o'eto6k in the afternooMr
The bomb struck near L'Est Rai
way station, not far from the militar
hospital but did no damage. Thoug
startled by this threatening occu
.rence Parisians remained tranquil.
The official communication issue
by the military governor ordering th
houses within the zone of action'<
the Paris'forts be evacuated and raze
has befn the subject of much discu
slog and'various rumors have sprea
throughout the city.
General Levroix, .military editor <
The Temps, takes a hopeful view (
the situation, saying:
"The Germans continue their tur
ing movement on their right. N
have replied by assuming the offei
sive at Novion Horcien and at Guis
The results is indecisive in the firs
PARIS PREPARES TO FIGHT.
Allies Made Ready For a Long Seis
by the Enemy.
Paris.-The decree issued by tl
miltary governor ordering all res
dents of the district within action (
the city's defending forts to avacual
and destroy their houses within foi
days was a formal notice to inhat
tants of the military zone, althouI
many army engineers recently mad
a tour of the environs of the forts an
explained that tenants might be caill
on to destroy property that was deen
ed an obstruction. Many houses in ti
line of fire are ~cupied by poor p'e
pe.. Many of t se families ladB r
sources and will be without refugi
withoi complaint. to~testai
Prepa'rations for an entrenche
camp aso took goter form. Eno
mous stocks of foof were placed
the state warehouses for provisionin
Paris.
The Bois de Boulogne has beE
transformed into a vast pasture, fille
with cows and sheep. The animal
are guarded by reserves. The heal
tiful surroundings of the Chateau<
Bagatjle have been given over ei
trey to sheep. The nutnber of sheE
pa'uredl in the parks, exceeds 10,00
Very Little Change.
Londo.-An official statement 1:
sued on Paris and telegraphed to th
Router Telegram Company says:
"The situaon in th'e main ren ain
the lame. After aperiod of calm th
battle has been ,resumed. A reg
met of the enemy's infantry, essa:
ing to cross the Meuse, was almo:
annihilated."
JapanoSe Landing.
London.-*A dispatch to The Dalil
Mail fr~m Tien-Tsin say's Japanes
troops have' been landed at sever:
points on the coast near Kiao- Chov
Brought 1,700.
Boston.-The Cunard- liner Fra:
conia, with 1,709 Amer ;an refugee
from Europe has arrived. Seve
t'imes during the voyage the liner wa
hailed by warships-4ive times by Eni
lish and .twice by French cruisers.
Many Toprists Arrive.
New York.-Upward of 1,600 Ame:
ican refugees arrived here from E'
rope. They came on the steamshi
St. Paul, of the American Line. fro:
Liverpool, and the Espagne of th
French Line, from Havre.
Clive Ia Wounded.
Cardiff, WVales-via London-It is ri
ported that the 'Hon. Areher Windsc
Clive, second son of the Earl of P13
moth, a lieutegant in the Coldstrear
Guards, was s'eriously woundeda
Mons. He is 24 years of age.
Only 330 Saved.
London.-Aa official statement if
sued says that of 1,200 men compris
ing the crews of the five German wai
ships sunif off Heligoland only 33
were saved.
Bethlehem Ridge
Miss Carrie .Hutchins of Lii
ert visited relatiyes in this sec
tion)ast week.
Quite a nutnber from thi
community attnded camn meel
ing at Central b: .day.
Misses Sadie anl Clovie Looj
er and brother Er et visited a
the home of W. T.' ates Satu
day night.
NEW TYPE OF BOMB G
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EXPECT RUSSIANS
I TO PIERCEGERMANY~
iSHOULD TUETONS FORCE WAY
I- TO PARIS, THE CZAR SHOULD
- REACH BERLIN.
Is BIG WAR NEWS SCARE ALLIES
y French Change Tactics From Brilliant:
h Offensive to Better Protection of
r- the Frontier.
d London.-A closer veil than ever
Lt seems to be drawn over the progress
f of the war. Little news has come to
d hand concerning the operations on
5- either front. The Russians, however,
d appear to be continuing their advance
in East Prussia towards Posen, with
f the Germans in retreat.
f The only news from the French
side is that French troops were at
tacked along the Alsace-Lorraine line,
e but repulsed all attacks successfully.
1- There is no indication that the Ger
e. man attack was in any great force
t but, if it was, the French success
shows that they now are in a strong
position along this frontier from
which they were driven only by great
sacrifice on the part of the Ger
le mans.
A more hopeful feeling prevails in
te England as to the strength of the
i- French defensive position. The re
>f pulse the French suffered at Char
:e leroi has been partly due to the de
tr sire of the French army to achieve
i- a brilliant incursion into Alsace and
h Lorraine which led them -to weaken
e their forces on the Belgian frontier.
.d Having recognized the danger of this
~d course they now have reverted to
a- what appears to experts to be a more
e legitimate strategy, abandoning their
e- invasion of the lost provinces and
e- concentrating theii strength In the
e. defence of the northern frontier.
n While it cannot be said that the
British people regard -the absence of
news and the withholding of the list
r- of Bribish casualties with compla
Scence,. they display a large store of
gpatience and confidence in Kitchener
and the war office and the feeling of
Sdepression evident on the first news
of the reverse suffered by the Allies
d to some ext'ent has disappeared now.
tthat it Is known the Germans must
make tremendous sacrifices.
Much is also hoped from the unex
pected progress of the Russian armies
.Iin Prussia and the fact that the Aus
trians have beeri compelled to aban
don their campaign against Servia.
The belief is held here that even
s should the Germans succeed In reach
e ing Paris, the Russians will almost
certainly reach Berlin.
eVessels Sinks; Eleven Perish.
i- Seattle, Wash.-Eleven lives were
- lost when the steel passenger steam
t ship Admiral Sampson of the Pacific
Alaskk Navigation Company was ram
med and sunk by the Canadian Pacific
passenger steamer, Princess Victoria
off Point-No-Point, 20 miles north of
Seattle, during a fog and thick smoke!
from forest fires. The Princess Vic-.
l toria brought the servivors to Seattle.
Ships' Sailing Dates.
Washington. - Secretary Garrison
1- was advisted that the steamer Patricia
of the Fabre Line, with accommoda
n tions~ for 2,100 passengers will sail
sfrom Marseilles September 4. The
SSant 'Ana of the same line with ac
comodationls for 1,900 passengers.
will clear Southern Europen ports on
these dates: Marseilles. September
r-; 10; Xaples September 14; Palermo.
1- Septei ber 15; Almeria, September 17.
p h 'ezia and other vessels of the
n 'bre Line are booked for sailings in
e e near future.
Germans Captured Here.
Newport News, Va.- Captured by
the German cruiser Dresden when twc
r d s out of Barbadoes, en route to
wotNews for orders, but later re
leased after an agreement was made
tnot to assist the British fleet in any
way, the British steamer Lynton
Grange ar-rived here and is awaiting
instructions from her owners. Cap-~
ain Simpson of the Lynton Grange.
, said that two days, after leaving Bar
- badoes the German cruiser over
7hauled him and after orde-ria; him
0 to stop sent an oflicers on board.
- The farmers are btusy just1
no0W pulling fodder. Cotton
picking is at hand also, as it is
opening very fast.
Mrs. W. 0. Nalley has r-eturn
s Ied home after spend ing some
-time with her father, J.L.Haw
thorne, of Anderson county.
SThe Bethlehem school closed
tlast Friday after a very success
ful term, taught by Profs. J.W.
UN OF BRITISH ARMY
FRANCE DEPENDS
ON PRESENT BATTLE
IF FRANCE LOSES IN PRESENT
BATTLE MACHINE. WILL BE
CRUSH ED.
RECALL ARMY FROM ALSACE
A French Statement Says It Will Be
Necessary to Use Them Elsewhere
to Check the German Advance.
Paris.-The war office has issued
the following official announcement:
The commander-in-chief, requiring
all available forces on the Meuse,
has ordered the progressive abandon
ment of the occupied territory. Muel
hausen again has been evacuatd.
A new battle Is in progress be
tween Maubeuge (Department of the
Nord) and Donon, in Central Vosges.
On it hangs the fate of France. Oper
ations in Alsace along the Rhine
would take away troops on which
might depend victory. It is necessary
that they all withdraw from Alsace
temporarily to assure its final deliver
ance. It is a matter of hard neces
sity.
West of the Meuse as a result of
orders issued recently by the com
manding chief, the troops which are
to remain on the covering line to take
up the defensive, are massed as fol
lows:
The French and British troops oc
cupy a front near Givet, which they
gained by hard fighting. They are
olding their adversaries and sharp
ly checking their attacks.
East of the Meuse our troops have
gained their original positions com
manding the roads out o4g great for
est Adrennes.
To the right, we assumed the of
fensive, driving back the enemy by a
vigorous onslaught, but General Joffre
stopped pursuit to re-establish his
front along the line already decided
on. In this attack our troops showed
admirable dash. The sixth corps no
tably inflicted punishment on the
enemy close to Virton.
In Lorraine the two armies have
begun a combined attack, one start
ing from Grand Couronne de Nancy,
and the other from south of Luneville.
The engagement which began a few
days ago continues at the time of
writing. The sound of cannonading
is not heard at Nancy as it was.
The fifteenth corps, which suffered
heavily in the last fight, had the gaps
in its ranks filled and formed part of
one of the two armies. It executed a
brilliant counter-attack In the Valley
of Vezouze. The attitude of the troops
was splendid, effacing all memories
of their conduct on August 20.
Austria Gives Japan Passports.
London.-A dispatch from Vienna
to the Reuter Telegraph Company, by
way of Amsterdam, gives the official
announcement that the Austrian Gov
ernment handed his passports to the
Japanese Ambassador.
Englah Troops Well Provided For.
London.-Telegraphing from Paris
the correspondent of the Reuter Tel
egraph Company says: "A special
envoy of The Temps who has return
ed from the front, had an opportunity
of seeing the English troops. He was
impressed by the excellent commis
sary arrangements. Huge cases of
sugar, tea, cocoa, meats and vege
tables and enormous pots of jam had
been provided for the men. Every
thing has been done, he said, in the
ninutet detail.
British Are Satisfied.
London.-The British official news
bureau issued the following announce
ment: "There has been no further
eneral engagement. The condition
f the British troops is in every way
aatisfactory."
30,000 Germans Attack Mallnes.
London.-A dispatch to The Times
rrom Ostend says that 30,000 Germans
re attacking Malines, a Belgian city
13 miles southeast of Antewerp. Skir
mishing is general in Northwest Flan
Miss Orpha Rochester, who
las been visiting relatives and
riends in this community, has
returned to her home in Green
Rev. J. T. MacFarlane closed
a sucessful meeting at Bethle
em Friday night. He was as
isted by Rev. L. E. Wiggins of
Pickens. EXPLORATOR.
The Sentinel for Job Printing
BRITISH SINK FOUR
GERMAN _ESSELS
BATTLE ON SEAS FOUGHT OFF
HELIGOLAND, BRITISH CLAIM
VICTORY.
WILL USE THE EAST INDIANS
Natives of India to Help England.
Germar's Burn Historic Louvain
and Threaten Brussels.
London.-Fleets of Great Britain
and Germany- at last have come to
grips, and, according to reports from
London, victory lay with the British.
In a battle with British warships
off the Island of Heligoland, in the
North Sea, the Germans are reported
to have lost two cruisers and many of
their destroyers were badly battered.
The British claimed not to. have
suffered the loss of a vessel and de
clared there were few fatalities on
board the vessels of their fleet. - The
Cerman casualties were not stated.
The Island of Heligoland, which lies
45 miles off the mouths of the Rivers
Elbe and Weser, always has been re
garded a point of great strategic value
for the protection of the Kaiser Wil
helm Canal and otherwise in the
naval defence of Germany. Recent
reports had it that a large part of the
flower of the German Navy lay in the
waters adjacent to the mouths of the
Elbe and Weser and in the Kaiser
Wilhelm Csnal.
The French War Office in a state
ment said laconically that the situa
tion along its lines showed no change,
adding that the Germans "apparently
have slackened their march." That
was all.
One of the most important an
nouncements was made by Marquis of
Crewe in the House of Lords. It was
that Great Britain would draw on the
native forces in British India to rein
force her armies in Europe.
The German forts at Tsing-Tau fired
on two Japanese cruisers reconnoiter
ing off the fortress. One of the cruis.
ers was said to have been damaged.
Louvain, a Belgian town of 50,000
inhabitants and with many historic
buildings, is reported to have been
burned by the Germans as an act of
reprisal for alleged firing on German
soldiers by Belgian citizens. The Bel
gians claim, however, that the people
of Louvain did not commit the hostile
act charged. but that it was the Ger
mans themselves who fired on their
fellow countrymen.
Because of the non-payment of a
war levy of $40,000'000 the Germans,
it is said, threaten to seize the famous
pictures and objects of art in the
Brussels museums.
LONDON FEARS GERMANS.
AfraId the Tueton Army Will Force
Way Into Paris.
London.-News of the gravest char
acter came from France, where in a
single week the aspects of the opera
tions have changed entirely.
Last'- week the allied armies were
pursuing an offensive campaign on all
the frontiers. Now according to offi
cial news received from Berlin Em
peror William is congratulating his
people on the success of the German
arms in the task of putting the "irop
ring" around the allied armies from
Cambral, Department of Du Nord,
France, to the Vosges, while Lord
Kitchener, the British War Minister,
came into Parliament with the an
nouncement that troops from India
were being called to help the British
Army in France and that the British
Army is to be i-einforced immediately.
The only consolation offered the
British public was the statement
from Field Marshal sir John French
that in the heavy fighting against tre
mendous odds the British troops, who
suffered severely, bore themselves
with conspicuous bravery.
It already is realized that the ter
rible struggle Is only at its begin
ning and that the German plan of
campaign, openly revealed to Sir Wil
liam Edward Goschen, then British
Ambassador to Germany, by Gottlieb
von Jagow, the German Foreign Sec
retary, as shown by the official paper
published a few days ago.
Burned Lovain.
London.-The Belgian Foreign Min
ister reports that the Belgian city of
Lovain, in the province of Brabant, has
been burned by the Germans.
' Fire From Safe PoInt.
Pekng.-Military men here -say that
the warships of the Allies, including
the Australian dreadnought expected
in China waters soon, will be able to
bombard Tsing-Tau with safety, owing
to the range of their large guns, which
is greater than that of the guns within
the German fortifications.
Great Loss Sustained.
London.-Premier Asquith announc
ed in the House of Commons that the
British troops in Wednesday's fighting
were -exposed to' the attack of five
German army corps. The losses on
both sides, he said, were great.
Bombard Malines.
London.-The Germans continued to
bombard Malines, destroying or dam
Ia~ging most of the monuments, accord
ing to a dispatch from the Ostend cor
respondent of the Reuter company.
They have not entered the town.
Co-operating Churches
The annual meeting of the
o-operating churches that do
rission work on the direct plan
as practiced by the e a r 1 y
churches will meet with the
olenoy Baptist church the first
Sunday in September and Fri
day and Saturday before, All
Baptists are coraially invited to
meet with us.- A MEMBER.
nBrief
Y OF THE
AN WAR
EAD AT A GLANCE
Au 4t27, wing official
bulewag foK Sty e war ofice:
"In the- vosg 4strict the French
troops todar T 9d the offensive
and drove laok the dermans who yes
terday had forced them to retire on
the Saint Die side. The Germans yes
terday bombarded Saint Die, an un
fortified town.
In the region between the Vosges
and Nancy French offensive movement
has continued uninterruptedly for five
days. The German losses have been
considerable, 2,500 bodies were found
on a front of three kilometres south
east of Nancy, and 4,500 bodies on a
front of four kilometres in the region
of Yitrimont.
Longwy, an old fortress, the garri
son of which consisted of only one
battalion, which had been bombarded
August 3d, capitulated, today after
holding out for more than twenty-four
days. More than half the garrison
was killed or wounded. Lieutenant
Colonel Darche, governor of Longwy,
was nominated an officer of the Legion
of Honor for 'Heroic conduct in the
defense of Longwy.
It is officially announced that the
Russians have captured Tilsit, a town
sixty miles northeast of Koenigsberg,
East Prussia.
A dispatch received here from Os
tend, said the Germans have occupied
Lille, Roubaix, and Valencienes, all in
France.
It is stated that British marines
have occupied Ostend to prev
Germans from getting a f o old on
the English Channel.
August 28.-The British torpedo
boat destroyer Welland has engaged
ard sunk the German torpedo boat
destroyer S-90.
It is announced that the British
fleet has sunk two German cruisers
and two German torpedo destroyers
off Heligoland. A third German cruis
er was set afire and was left sinking.
No British ships were lost in the bat
tle, it was added, and the British loss
'of life was not heavy. In addition to
the two torpedo boat destroyers and
three, cruisers many others from the
German torpedo boat destroyers were
damaged.
An official communication issued by
the War Department tonight said:
The situation on our front from the
Department of Zomme, (Northwest
France) to the Vosges remains thse
same today as yesterday. TheGer
man forces appear to have slackened
their march.
Antoine De Zwan, the Polish author,
has sent this telegram to the Spec
tator: The mobilization was carried
out in Warsaw with Indescribable ene
thusiasm. For the first time since the
partationt of Poland our peasants took
an active part in a national movement.
There are more than 400,000 Poles In
the Russian army.
*Military men at Pekin said that the
warships of the allies, Including the
Austraillan ,dreadnaught expected In _
China waters soon, will be able to
bombard Tslng Tau with safety, owing
to the range of their large guns, which -
is greater than that of the guns with
in the German fortifications.
The Belgian Foreign Minister re
ports that the Belgian city of Louvain.
In the province of Brabant, has been
burned by the Germans. Louvain,
which lies in the famous province of
Brabant, of which It was the capital
in the fourteenth century, was the
seat of the Duke of Brabant In the
eleventh century. The University was
founded by Duke John IV of Branbant
in 1423. Experts called the church of
St. Palerre "the richest and most or
nate example of pointed gothic archi
tecture in the country.
IAugust 29-This has been a long
and anxious day In Paris. As far as
can be learned the French massed
troops appear to be intact, except for
those losses which were inevitable in
a week's heavy fighting over a vast
front.
One hundred and sixty trains load
ed with German troops passed through
Belgium from the Southwest towaj.
the Northwest, according to an Ant
werp dispatch to the Renter T*a
graph Company. This, It is added,in -
dicates that the Germans are senag~
troops back on account of the Rhuils
advance. The Gerrman force at Bru
sels has been reduced to i minimum.
A dispatch to the Echange Tel-9
graph Company from Antwerp said
that the Belgian government declares
officially that several of the forts 'at
Liege are still resisting.
News othe defeat of five Russiant ""
army corps to the South of Allen
stein Is made public here today. it
Iis regarded as encouraging and as
greatly relieving the situation in Eas
Prussia. It is said to insure the flanat~
of the German position.
Router dispatch from St. Petersbarl
says -a Zeppelin dirigible which.,Co N
barded the railway station at MISs.
ust oveg te border of Russian
land, wa brought. down by RusianU
fire. The qar carried eight soldiers
and quick $rers and explQsives.
*August 30.-~A. aviator
appeared over Paris
today In dropping bombs in da~gioua
part of the city. Several bomdislDed
to explode, according to the ao~
and the only two persons Injured a'
women. -
Miss Sloan, of iev e&
visiting Norma .GrId nIj -
tens.
Every man vote ID
the dictates of his
we will still all be
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The Wai
SUMMAR
EtJROPE
FOR ONE WEEK R
August 23-The emperor of Japan
deolared war on Germany. This act
ion was taken at the expiration of the
time limit of Japan's ultimatum to
Germany demanding the surrender of
Kiao-Chow. The Japan government
has ordered the beginning of opera
tions on land and sea.
Coincidentally with Japan's decla
ration of war against Germany, the
British official news bureau announc
ed that the Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment ordered the Austrian cruiser
Kaiserin Elizabeth now at Tsing-Tau,
to disarm and instructed the crew to
proceed to Tien-Tsin.
While the Liege forts are said to be
holding out, an official statement from
the French Government told of the
blowing up of Fort Chaudefontaine by
the Belgian commander after it had
bieen razed by German guns.
Official Russian dispatches claim
victory for the Russian forces, over
three German corps. Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
Russian army describes Russian vic
tories in East Prussia.
August 34-This day of waiting has
brought home the realities of war to
the British people. Not before has
the whole nation been so deeply mov
ed.. Englishmen know that most of
-the best regiments of their army are
fighting a battle on which the futfire
of the empire may depend.
* Official announcement was made
fiere that the German army,. com
manded by Grand Duke Albrecht, of
Wuertemberg, has defeated a French
airmy at Neufchatelau.- It captured
many guns, flags and prisoners, in
cluding several generals. German
armies under Prince Rupprecht, of
Bavaria, Crown Prince Frederick Wil
lelm and Grand Duke Albrecht are
vigorously pushing the French.
: The Japanese charge d'affaires who
was handed his passports by the Ger
man government yesterday left Ber
lin today. His departure was accom
panied by no untoward incident. He
is proceeding to the Dutch frontier.
- The Montenegrin troops, with a
bayonet charge, repulsed a fresh Aus
trian attack at Rahovo, taking 150
prisoners and killing 300 Austrians,
according to a Cettinje dispatch to the
Exchange Telegriph Co.
August 25.--Earl Kitchner, secretary
of state for war, announced that the
1'O0,000 men asked for in the first
instance' have Joined the colors, and
declare that reinforcements to the
British army will steadily and surely
lcrease, until there will be a British
army in the field, which "in numbers
will not be less. than in quality and
numbers unworthy of the power and
responsibility of the British empire."
An official announcement made pub
lfe here said that the city of Namur
and five of its forts have been cap
tured by the Germans. The bom
bardment of the four other forts con
tinues and their fall seems immient.
An Antwerp dispatch to the Reuter
.Telegraph Comuany said that early
today 2,000 Germans bombarded Ma
lines, 14 mIles southeast of Antwerp.
Two hundred houses were partly de
stroyed. - The Belgians made an ener
getic countet' attack and drove the
Germans back as far as Vilvorde.
Losses on both sides were large.
*President Wilson Issued a proclama
tion declaring the United States neu
tral in the war between Germany and
Japan.
August 26.-Central News dispatches
from Paris positively confirms that
Autstria has declared war on Japan.
.A dispatch from Bucharest said the
Russian columns Invading Galacia
haye occupied Tarnopol,. an Important
city eighty miles southeast of Lem
berg, capital of Galacia. Three Aus
trian army corps are said to be oppos
ing'them.
With th~e reoccoupation of Shabats
by the Servians said a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Cettinje,
Montenegro, the 4,000 Austrian pris
oners have been doubled, 4,000 addi
tional men having been captured be
tween Losauza and Shabats during thd
Servlan march to occupy the latter
town.
The ministers of the foreign pow
ers at Antwerp have protested against
the bombartdment. of Antwe~p by a
Zeppelin. A building owned by an
American citaizen was destroyed. All
lights at Antwerp are oat at 8 o'clock
at night. The only communication
with the outside world is through
Ostend.
The military correspondent of the
Neuwe Courant declared he can state
on trustworthy authority that the Ger
mans plan to abandon temporarily
East and West Prussia and Pomeranla
to the Russians and withdraw slowly
to the river Oder, where the main de
fenses of Berlin lie.
One hundred Belgian refugees
reached Paris Monday, 1,000 yesterday
and 2,500 today. Ten-thousand others
crossed the French frontier. The
French people are giving the refugees
a warm welcome, supplying them with
food and clothes and lodging them in~
public buildings.
The Japanese attack on Tsing Tao,
the fortfied port of the territory of
Klao Chow, failed and the Japanese
are preparing for a siege, according tc
a cable message received here today
by Count Von Bernstorff, German Am.
bassador to the United States, from
the German Embassy at Peking.
Marvin Hutchings, Who has
had charge of the Ivy Water,
Power and Light Co. for several
months, has resigned his posi
tion and will enter Clemson (Col
lege next week. Mr. Barrett,
who has been electrician at the
Ali Mill for several inonths,
will ceed Marvin -here.
F. H. minick, candidate~ for
congress a Pickens visitor
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