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Yonkr Home Paper Gves County News THE PICKENS SENIE PUBIASHEI) WEEKLY Entaered Apni 2s. 1903 at Plexens, s.C. as secoaCl4li1a antbt. under s t of CoreU 14PIKENS, S. C., JANUARY 14, 1915 1871 ... VoluNUMB PIt+ &CftAGREEMEN S -MAKE STAND ON FRON-! R AND Fil.RCELY'ATTACKIC THE RUSSIANS. YE SUPERIOR ARTILLERY af Offidaif Historian Claims Al e&Are Usiing'Al~i Their Big Guns and Effectively.T ngon.-The Britsh reply to the rican ndte occupies the attention e -British press and-public insthe ce of any important news from pean battlefields. Thie Ger and French official reports of 'recent fighting in the western are almost a repetitionn of those on preceding days. .tish eye-witness who has been .ificial-historian of events at the lay -stress o~n the important )Iayed by the artillery and high yes in modern warfare and Superiority for the allies in ar *hicb Is being 'used lo its full the 'costi to the River Aise, the country is under water and vers are flooded, the big guns been engaged continuously, but ater and mud prevent the infan m coming Into action. Along Aisne Vafley however, and h' the, Champagne district as far esterm Argonne the French are their offebslvQ and organizng und gained. These gains hare made at heavy cost estern Argonne teGermans to have 'made gains and to repulsed a French attempt to their tr-enches in the Woevre 'Alsace. only news from the East is the: -report that the Russian offen-1 ward Mlawa has failed, their1 having been driven back. the Caucasus the Turks have a stand on the frontier near -Urgan and are fiercely attack .e Russian lines. mningly the Russians believe the that the Turkish cruiser Goeben n damaged, 'for their Black t which-Is superior to the h fleet- -with the Goeben, has . attackine 'Durkish ports de-1 ng their shiping. re is no development in'the near yond the report fromn Sonia that nadioff, former Bulgarian min f foreign affairs, is leaving for3 on a semi-official mission, the ect of which Is to ascertain the at- 3~ de of Italy towards the possible ure co-ordination of Italo-Bulgarian erests in the war. OTTON GINNINGS LARGEST. ] to January FIrst, Total -14,447,623 Bales. ashington.--Cotton ginning In the t two weeks of December surpass the same period of every other ar except the records production of year of 1911 and brought the total ton ginned from the 1'914 crop up 14,447,623 bales, a quantity greater n' ever ginned In any other year .January 1, and 130,000 bales more in 1911. Cotton ginned during e last three years after January 1 5 'varied from 1,236,071- bales in to 635,090 bales in-1913. Innings for the two weeks'- period unted to 470,914 bales, or 95,000 s less than the record for the pe-| made In 1911. The period's out brought the total cotton in Ala-| a and Oklahoma to a greater 1 tity than ever, produced in thosell ed In the ginningrs were 44,-| round bales( compared with 94,-< ast year, 77,999 in 1912 and 96,227 11. 1 Island cotton includes number ,8886 bales, compared with 74,320 - last year, 67,257 bales in 1912 i 105,988 bales in 1911. German Ship Sunk. enos Aires.-La Prenza publishes| eroptr that an engagement has n place off Rio Grande del Norte, ',between the British battle , ser Von de Taun, adding that the der Tann has been sunk. Villa Licks Carranza Forces. o, Tex.--Carranza,:troops nri General Antonio Villareal and clovio Herrera have been decisive-] defeated by the forces of General 4 at Saltillo, Mexico, and are re ting toward Monterey with the1 forces in close pursuit. Another< ement Is expected at Monterey. i defeat of the Carranza army Is to have resulted from a misun ding of orders the troops of al and Herrera becoming de- I rlized after positions of advantage 1 been gained. Will Receive Commission.' asigo.--rsdn Wilson wHil I elve the Alaskan engineering com- 1 Ion who have been Investigating I ous proposed routes for gov- E ent railroad to connect the Alas- 1 coal fields with the coast, au-1a Congress last year. Un-C the President will decide2 determine if railroad a structed should be part of the system. Dractically has co SIR HENERY HOWARD Mr Henry Howard was recently ap pointed envoy from England to the Holy See at Rome. He was former ly minister to The Hague and is well known in the United States. BLUUAmK[TS. 1WNREo ECRETARY OF NAVY, DANIELS PRSENTS THE BADGES OF HEROISM TO MEN. 3oys Are Honored Who Bore Them selves With Distinction Under Fire in Mexican Port. New York.-Medals of honor were resented by Secretary- Daniels to 13 nlisted men of the United States .avy who won special mention for listinguished conduct at the occupa Ion of Vera Cruz in April last. The rmal ceremony took place on the teck of the battleship Florida at the rooklyn Navy Yard and Rear Admir l Fletcher, now commander-in-chief f the Atlantic fleet, who commanded he American naval forces at Vera Sz7Mi odier nitj? f of the avy participated. The medal wn ers were: Tenry N. Nicherson, boatswain's ate, first class; Abraham de Somer, hief turret captain; Joseph G. Har er, boatswain's mate, first class; eorge Cregan, boatswain's mate, first .lass; Lawrence Cregan, boatswain's ate, first class; Lawrence C. Sinnett, amner's mate, third class; Percy A. )ecker, chief boatswain's mate; Shar es F. Bishop, quartermaster, first lass; James A. Walsh, quartermaster, hird class;- Charles L. Nordslek, sea an; Fred J. Schnelpel, seaman; erre H. Jerritt, gunner's mate; third ~lass; William Zuiderveld, hospital teward; Harry C. Beasley, coxswain; ~dward A. Gisburne, electrician, sec nd class, was- not present to receive s medal;l4nt it had been sent to him. Secretary Daniels also read a long ist carrying names of officers, head 4d by Rear Admiral Fletcher, and luejackets and marines, who had re ~eved special mention for heroism .d bravery at Vera Cruz. Before presenting the medals, Sec etary Daniels declared that the out tanding naval event of the past year as the courage, eacrifice and self estrain~t displayed by the officers and en of the Navy and marine corps t the battle of Vera Cruz. 'On answering the call of their ~ountry," said the Secretary "nine en men, sailors and marines, won he distinction and glory of death on he field of battle. America then, ourning her loss, was like Niobi all tears.' " The Secretary spoke of the honors aid these heroes at the time their odies were brought to the United tates, when President Wilson him elf in an address at Brooklyn, voic d the Nation's appreciation of their ~alor. itchener Addresses English House. London.-The House of Lords met month earlier than the House of ~ommons chiefly to hear from Lord itchener a review of the military perations for the six weeks since ~arliament was prorogued. While he speech of the Secretary for War ~ontained little not already known, was listened to with rapt attention. he peers, as usual, were In their obe of office, but beyond this the cene was lacking in the usual color, or of the long rows of peeresses vir ally every one was in mourning. Panic in New York Subway. New York.-The worst accident in years' history of New York's sub ~y occurred during the morning rush ours when 700 passengers in two ailed trains were stricken with panic the darkened tubes, by dense smoke d acrid fumes from a short circuited able. In the struggle to escape some 0 persons were injured, one a wo Ian, fatally. Others, overcome, b Clemson Creamery BI Reaches 1500 Mark Reports for December show ( that the co-operative creamery bai at Clemson College is continu- liti ing to grow both in its output Co and in popularity withthe farm- Uj, ers who liye near enough to err wairant them in sbipping cream pai to the college. During Decem-: zal ber, notwithstanding the fact trc that the use of cream in the, farm home is generally very a large during the holiday season, dh the receipts of butterfat at the ser college creamery reached the of 1,500 pound mark, and checks . sent out to fa.rmers in payment fu amounted to between five hun dred and six hundred dollars. ME During December shipments th th4 of cream were received from farmers living in Greenville, 19 Anderson, Pickens, Spartan- cel burg, Laurens counties. The th receipts of 1,500 pounds of but- hi terfat for the month may be ac compared with 1,300 pounds for November and 850 pounds for Sic October. Some new routes are t now being planned, three dairy experts are giving their time to the work in .the field, and indi cations are that dairying is go ing to become a very important sideline on many farms i A stateek . o reauy mar- Lu - afforded through the co- n operative creamery at Clemson. p The plan on which the cream- A ery is operated is the same as that of the co-operative cream- sq eries of the North and West, ex- t cept that, because of the equip- da ment already possessed by Clem son College, no original invest ment is required ot creamery th patrons for buildings, machin ery, etc. For a farmer to begin ha shipping his'cream to the college h it is only necessary for him to pr invest in the cows and a cream H separator. One of the things about the creamery that appeal so strongly fo to farmers is that the returns pe arelmade once a month and a ] fev cows can in this way be otl make to afford a regular and op! co Jinous cash income through- c r Ou the year. Much butter that an W previously said -on a poor ag arket at 15 to 25 cents per be, pound has been marketed for through the creamery in the lin A an1 ENDING FEB. 1st.L Our "JANUI SPECIAL BARGJ There will als tities not quite s~u very big for cleat I When the public is ecc Dry Good Dress Ginghamvs reduced to 8c y Amoskeag Chambray 8e yd. Rosalie Percale, 36 inches wide, duced to 8c yd. Unbleached sheeting, 40 inches 'y Ladies' Stock 306. Tan button, $3.00 redu< Stock 307. Tan polish. 3.00 SStock 107. Tan blucher 2.50 . Stock 108. Tan " 2.50 Stock 106. Pat. Colt, 2.50 Stock 91. Vici kid, 2.25 One pound e o get the fi early and stay la ease Disbands the Militia of This State iovernor Blease Monday dis aded the South Carolina mi a. Thirty - one companes, nprising approximately 2,000 cers and men, are affected. sagreement between thegv tor and militia and wai de etment officials on the organi ;ion and equipment of the ops was giyen as the reason the action. Vlilitia officers at once began novement to prevent complete organization. Telegrams were it to South Carolina members congress at )Washington re esting that fthey use their in ence to have the war depart mt delay asking the return of )0,000 worth of supplies loaned 3troops. ov.Blease will retire January and Gov. Manning, his suc sor, will be asked to reinstate a soldiers. While Mr. Man ig has not yet indicated what ion he will take, it was eon lered certain by military-offi s that he will rescind the ac h of Blease. 125 Convicts Left Less than 125, '. rs are . prison in Co iibiaas a result of the large mber recently pardoned or roled by Governor Blease. )proximately 7,000 men re iin in the county convict ads while there are 155 in a State reformatory. The governor's action Satur y in granting full pardons to out 1,000 paroled convicts is for the purpose of restoring air citizenship. Available re ds indicate that the governor s granted~ clemency to 1,674 isoners since he was inaugu Led iearly four years ago. 1 will retire on Jan. 19. 7m of cream for about 30 cents r nound. qanN persons, patrons and lers, have exuressed the inion that in operating thi e a m e i y. Clemson College d the U. S. department- of ricultuie are doing one of the )t things that have been done the farmers of South Carb ary IALE N RY SALE' 'is yoi VINS in hundreds o be hundreds of ficient to advert ance. nomical, that is the time wh< Two boxes S. Regara5cent d. ________ was 12 1-2c, re. Velvet neel 25c value, for ride, reduced to 8c. while they lest, Shoes ce o.. -.-------$2.45 --------------2.45 1.95 --------------1.95 S1.80' an of eeCu ill benefit of these be. All goods are B. F.PA -PicHaEm Pleasant Grove Sec tion News Letter Well, Mr. Editor, as my last writing did not appear in youi columns I will try and writE again. Well, the old year has bid uE farewell and the new one hac been ushered in; so let us al hope for it to be the brightest w( have ever seen. G. B. Fortner has a child thai is very sick at this writing. The little son of Mr. and Mrs J. D. Cisson was very badl) burned Christmas morning b3 turning over a pot of hot coffei on himself. The little fellov was properly treated for the burr and is now getting along nicely It is said that Mr. Will Cappx will gather from his farm 120( bushels of corn made last year .Mr. Capps is living on a farm ir this section known as the Martir place, which he bought abou two years ago. At that time h< lived in Greenville. Last sprinj he moved on his farm and trie< farming, and he is well please( with the harvest he gathered th< first year.. I Quince Burgess, a young mai of this section, was Iery ib ised up some time durins ristmas by a gun bursting. P. B. Rigdon, who has beei liviig near Cleveland, has move< on S .muel Looper's farm on Sa luda rI er. Arisson of Dalton, Va. spent Chi- tmas with homefolk in this counity. Avery sai< when he left ima on Decem her 18 snow was ten inches deel I and that it was so e aro old sandlapper from So ro lina could hardly stand it hope Avery will find it mor pleasant when he gets back. A FARMER. All convicts paroled "during good behavior" by the presen chief executive were grante< full pardons by a blanket pardoi issued by Governor Blease Sat urday afternoon through a pro clamation filed in the office o: IR.. M.. McCown, secretary o I State. 'It is estimated that ove 1,000 .were affected -by thi action, citizenship rights be ing restored to fully that man, by Goy. Blease with one strok of the pen. (1W ON r opportunity. 11 of staple items. items in seasonable se, on which red' n BETTER VALUES shine o atches for 5c.Me value. _________Stock 530. Tan, calf Stock 892. Box calf, tie fr mn.Stock 889. Custom n tiesfor en.Dr. Author's Health| a few days, made, $3.50, now All for wear work sh< only 10c each. Good values..... School tablets. Smooti size, six for 25c. Enameled Ware. Your cho ffee wa s35c, redu great bargains yc reduced. RSONS 9398 Children Attend School in Pickens Co. Pickens county has 9,398 children between the ages of 6 and 20 years and 4,919 or 52.3 per cent of them attend' school, according to a recent census bulletin. The data contained in the report relates to the. year 1910 and has only recently been made public. The distribution, by age group-, and the number; attending school is as follows: Total number, age 6 to 9 years, 2,850; number attending school, 1,620. Total number, ae-e 10 to 14 years, 3,160; number attending school, 2,169. Total number, age 15 to 17 years, 1,750; number attending school, 796. Total number, age 18 to 20 years, 1,638; number attending school, 334. Want to Sign Petition at Pleasant Grove Our Pleasant Grove correspon dent writes as follo.ws: "Well, I Mr. Editor, the writer.yould be j glad to see some one circulate a petition in this section for the benefit of prohibition in South Carolina. I think it would b one of the. best things the st I - could do for its citizens if it ep_ stop the sale of liquor. SoS ate resEntatives, let the oal 3 have the election." want If the prohibition le twt the people to sign the Peryb shoul see verv body they should see thae- Where has a chance to sie-n are the petitions ar, W., near Olive Camp. e a basket Cross Roads, will anuary 14, picnic Thursday;30 o'clock. I .Lind E. P. mc.c Y com men m-4 Re. D and to make Cravev will uiUlc will be fur-I i addresses aial string band. nihdbare mnvited t3 at- t .nished by:aii I(c V All W. 09fg your wife, moth tend angsweetheart and enjoy n i erg of pleasure with us. r s and bring a well-filled o an 4 t. OVsters'wlf be -served e 'ring the afternoon. bask ' . C. CHAPMAN ic free ds For Conmittee. ti ENDING FEB. 1st ~re you will find lines, in quan ictions will be t most conspicuouslyI i's Shoes button, $4.00, now...... $350 $3.50, now ............... ... 2.85 ad,$3.50, now...-------.- 2.85 3hoe, heavy made, cushion -------------.2.85 -..........--...----2.85 paper, perforated, large Sof Blue and White ice for 2[c. ed to 19c. u should come PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT INDIAIAR OLk BLOOD OF THE MEXICANS IS THEIR OWN -TO SPILL, SAYS WILSON. WORK OUT OWN SALVATION Presiddnt Intimates That He is Head of Democratic Party and Almost Announces For 1916. Indianapolis, Ind.-President Wilso in a Jackson Day speech bere v cea what his hearers interpreted alhint that he might be a te for the presidency agai " 1916. The audience of mope than 4^0 pespie rose to th.- feet and cheered until the Pr ent called for quiet. Th mrident had been discussing the rxican question. Referring tw his beli -that he knew the tempera ment an Principles of thre American people, h added that he' wouId not be fit to s where he; Was-if he'did not under ad them. - - "There .y come a timR,":be said, 'when r people -have to JA 0ether I know what .I am about or not." There was a slight pause and then the crowd began cheering. Realizing the construction which had been put on his words, the President held up his hand for silence and. said: "I did not mean to stir up anything That was merely .reparatory to say ing that for at least two more years I am free to think I know the Ameri can people." Previously jthe President had at tacked tJe Republican party, defended the-r C of his Administration on the ~ pocy, the tariff and cur -eny and d ared~ that a careful ex- t Lmination of the returns from the t .lections last November showed that A f it had been a Presidential year a )emocrat would have had a majority C if about 80 in the electoral college. Mr. Wilson gravely spoke warning b o Democrats not to break up- the G olidarity of the party. He declared U hose who did would gain. an unen. P iable position- for themselves. P1 "If a man won't play on a team he iC lust get off the team," he said and tb ter spoke of himself as. the "captain the Democratic team the The President spoke brieflyAf Mex. o. He Said the Peorle thera are en tled to liborty, "no mattef how long. ey take in determining it." Speak- sit g slowly and carefully, he declared bir at "so far as my influence goes, ovi hlle I am President, no body shall the terfere with them." ha "Have not European Nations- taken 1al long as they wa!ted, and spilled as' 'odas thel' pleased to settle Tu mu ^% ":he continued~, "and-h their ow - ' ht tLo Mex- T shall we deny the sa tra ico? No, I say.'' ' E. BRITAINS SATISFIED WITH R. J House of Lords Adjourns After H ing Government Statements. London.-After a two days' session1 in which Parliament. heard speeche~ from Lord Kitchener, Viscount H'al dane, Lord High Chancellor; the Mar quis. of Crewe, Governmient leader in the -House, and Baron Lucas, on be half of the Government ,ona the pro gres4fthe war and Great Britain's preparations to carry it on the House of Lords adjourned until February 2, when Parliament will reassemble. The opposition failed to learn from the Government the growth of the Army or the operations of the Navy, regarding which its members persis tently questioned the Ministers, but, generally speaking, the Government expressed satisfaction at the rate at which recruiting was proceeding and Viscount Haldane declared the neces sity for compulsory service had not arisen. Made Farewell Speech. Washington.-Goveror-e5lect Frank B. Willis of Ohio made his farewell speech In the House, resigned from Congress and left for Columbus, where he was inaugurated. He gave a part ing against what he called a tendency to believe that legislation must be guided by a political dictator. Assemble Off Virginia. Washington. - Virginia Senators notified Secretary Daniels that they would insist upon execution of the law requiring the assembling of the inter national fleet in Hampton Roads next month preparatory to the cruise through the Panama Canal to the Pa cific Coast. Naval officers have been considering the feasibility of supply ing the threatened defictency in Euro pean representation in the .interns, tional fleet by making special efforts for the participation of Latin-American navies. Favgrs Chamberlain Bill. WashIigton.-Unqualified endorse ment of the Chamberlain bill to in crease the strength of the coast ar tillery corps was given by Secretary Garrison in a report asked for by the Senate Military Committee. The measure would add to the corps 12 colonels. 12 lieutenant colonels, 40 majors, 175 captains, 187'first lIeuten ants, 187 second lieutenants, a corres ponding quota of non-commissioned I officers and 7,672 prIvates, making the i total authorized limit of 30,309.| Three hundred and thirty-two men applied for enlistment- in the United States armV at Greenville during 1914. Of this a abers:1O9 were iaetM 14eaidgtrt, M N COMMEMORATE AT' NEW LEANS ThE CENTURY F LOWING BIG BATT.E EKGN PLAYEWl Special Envoy -of- tfi a Felicitated Represen Qerfnt of U . New Orleans.-A thiee.d tion of the one-hundr of Veace ao E People was held on armed eenie-twe t States nd Great BrItarNT monies opqned- w"ith thef ag salute of 2 guns so timedih t gun boomed at 8:20 o'clocke a 100 years to the minute, accogin hlstorias, that..Generalaka a nihed~over-the feld of thaimette nar Peace:'aa'iocat frem~m nofteif? StateEAied nesed tir ex6clzns~o 6ten - 1 fe:netv Ident-of tholinited pecially appointed envoy -fOl. of England, waich the ' monument to General the iianenvers of teeyed States Infantry andether. diers transported fron. exas3 Texas, for the celebration enth Infantry composed a partI. Tackson's commad106 yea Ihe soldiers were in charge len. J. Franklin Bil, command Icer of the Second Divisio 'ere with 72- other ,000 men. Sailors toolp he Chalmette cerem and -a Rry parade was. ~eb Admiral McLean, who' . e e le battleship RhIod era Cruz. . Preliminary to opening .ation recelftion for Mr erry Slide, president ge nited Daugh~rs W ace at a 'ominent a me etChe )Ugi. er .VL" arisk Dee TraC-casaa e a loss of so mn' , Lned officers and here, will compel - S up any eenemy'st rce thlem to cencentrate 'e fense of -their own country. men however are, talring evenif interest in the Russian invtasico Hungary through Uzsok Pass n Carpathians, andstheir: rapid .advan on Transylvanla ithrough .BakowMa~ simultaneously with their movende2t toward Cracow. These corn -o erations are the most tic uh taking in the war. In the meantime the Russians held by the Austro-Ger nnW 9 ern Galicia. Field Marshal-vo denburg, the German coa Northern Poland, can moviMf ly in his offensive oeain? Warsaw because of the md~ Thirty-Day Richmond.,-The board.~'of of the Richmond Federal bank authorized a reductli half of'o'neper):ent in the b rate on thirty-day paper rate, 4-2 percent s e' -'; The other rates, 5'p~~ 90 day paper d than 90 t --- - duction was'~ - general reduction Z~r--~~ throughout the country. ' Tennessee Liquor Laws. / Nashville, Tenn.-Governor HcP er's recommendations regarding -- ther legislation which went to the islature include the following pron~ ed laws: For removal of derellct.' cials; prohibiting all clubs from' ing liquor or operating lockers a and seizure law; strict regulation ~ liquor sales by druggists; nterdag - of judges; amendments to the ant shipmenV law. The so-called "n ance" law, he says, bf ed in -sevreral particulars.. . estruction of her -itues " Villa f El Pa moving sons of posite ,I. 8,000 Co./ Carranza' towns lem of beca comm er: St. ne::