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VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,' NOVEMBER 4, 1914. NUMBER 15 TURKEY NOW [NT[RS [UROP[AN WAR. ARENA May Draw in Still Other Countries. ALLIES PREPARED - FOR NEW TURN The Problenm, both in Engiland and Russia, is as to the Attitude of their Moslem Subjects. Allies Claim their Position is Satisfactory. -London, Nov. I.--Turkey has dell nite)y thrown her lot with Austria and Germany, and if Portugal is counted there now are 11 powers at war with the prospects of three more --Greece, Bulgaria and Roumania being drawn in. Tihe note which Great Britain pre sented to Turkey on Friday last de manding an explanation of .the ac tions of the Turkish fleet in the Black sea and the dismantling of the former German cruisers, the Goeben and the Breslau was really an ultimatum to which Turkey was requested to make a -reply Saturday Evening. So far as ia known here, telegraphic communi cation with Turkey being interrupted no answer was made and the ambas sadors of the Triple Entente at the Otteman capital. it is understood, de manded and received their passports. Turkish troops, which had been on the Egyptian border for some time, already are reported to have crossed the frontier while the Turkish fleet continues to menace Russian towns and shipping in the Black Sea. Neith'c) Russia ner Great Britain was tinprepared for this move by Tur key and the allied powers have forces on hand to oppose a Turkish inva slon. When the regular forces were with drawn from Egypt to take part In the war in Europe they immediately were replacoh by troops from home much greater in number at least. Tho problem both to E1ngland and Russia, however, is the att'itude of their Moslem subjects who, under or dinary circumstances, would prefer not to fight against Turkey. In this war. however, they have ratlied to their flag al have all other raes under British or Russian rule And Urb is being taken to explain'to them that In this case, Turkey, under the .dUrection of Gernany has been the ua ssor. Another problotn relates to the at ttudo of Roumania, Bulgaria and Oreece. Bulgaria, owing her exist once to Russia and being under many obligations to Great Britain, besides %eing desirous of securing Thrace as 'far east as the Enos-Midia line, which she was awarded by th londei con ference after the ilrht Balkan war. but which Tnrkey. retook wheni Bulgaria was attacked by Gireece and Servia, \6mbuld naturally side~ with the entente. But she objects, p6litic'al observers, ,point, out to tl'hting aide by side with Greece and Servia. Russia, howvever, is expectedl to ask Bulgarian definitely on which tride she is ra'nged, as heri mere neutrality u'ni der the c ircumistances appears inbuffil cient. Should she join the Ais'frians andl Germans, Roumnania is almost certain to declare for the hllies. and Greece, even before this, inay dlecide to 'take her revenge in Turkey. In fact, It is believed her treaty with Servia would compel her to take action should the latter be attacked byjiklgaria or T1urkoy. italy, too, Is brought nearer to war by the entrance of Turkey, for she has large Meliterraneanm possessions to protect. Tror Egh1ting in the last few days in Filanders and France has been -but a 'repetition of 'what has 'been going on for days past. The Germans have con tinued'to push their attack. aimed ul timately at French coast ports, but, as 'heforse, it has been a ding-dong affair, one side making progress only to lose the ground gained the next night or day. Firoim the point of view of the allies their position is satisfactory, as the Genmans are no nearer their goal than a week ago. There have been tremfendIous losses. While the cap ture of a fow prisonern and guns froma one side cor the otheri is a matter of' daily occurrence. fighting has become more severe along the river Aisne, in ROCKEFELLER TO AIDBELGIANS Vockefeller Foundation to Send Thous. ands di Dollars Worth of Food to War Stricken Country. New York, Nov. R.-The Rocke feller Foundation has determined to employ its Immense resources for re lief of noncombatants in the coun tries affieted by tho war. It stands ready to give "millions of dollars" if necesary. This was onnounced to night by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., pres ident or the foundation. /'he foundation will send a com tnAssion to lEurope in a few days to report as to how, when and where aid can be rendered most effectively. At a cost of $275,000 it already has chartered a ship and loaded it with 4,000 tons of provisions for Belgian relief. The ship is the Massapequa, the largest neutral vessel now in New York harbor. It will sail Tuesday morning direct for Rotterdam with a certiflcation from the British consul here that its cargo is destined for use of Belgian non-combatants only. The supplies will be distributed by the Belgian relief commission. Mr. Rockefeller has been in com munication with Ambassador Page at London and made public a cablegram in which the ambassador describes the dire need of the Belgians and says "it will require a million dollars a month for seven or eight months to prevent starvation." "In fact," the Amabassador added, "many will starve now before food enn reach them." Mr. Rockefeller made it clear in his announcement that steps taken by the foundation "will be absolutely neutral." The commission of inves t!gntion will be headed by Wickliffe Rose, a director general of the inter national health commission. "This action will but suipplement the public spirited efforts of the lel glan relief committee," said Mr. Rlocke feller in announcing tihe foinda (til's plan, "Immediately upon receiving An bassadlor Page's message the ltocke feller foundation enlisted the co-oper ation of 4ihe shipping department of the Standard Oil Company of New York in securing the vessel and at the same time gladly availed itself of the voluntary services of Mr. Lionel Hagenaers, a Belgian, now resident in New York and member of the Belgian reliet committee, in purchasing the cargo. The cargo will consist of: 28,500 barrels of flour. 14,000 packets (100 pounds each) of rice. 3,000 bags (200 pounds each) of beans, 1,000 boxso (100 pounds each) of babon, "The British consul haA ktindly tgreed to certify that these supplies are absolutely for the 'aid of:noncom bat ants andh sh1IIht not be delayed in Sales Last. 3onday. Lnst Mlonday being salesday several I ihcts of land were ult u p for saile. All of the tracts sold were parts of P'aul Moore's estate. One of these was 'i sheriff's sale, this being in tihe case of D). 1,0.1Tribble against Manmle Moore as~ administratrix of tihe estate of Paul Moore, tFiis prolperty consistedi of a coule of lots in tihe town of Clinton, both1 lots being b~oughlt by 1). l'0. Triibble for $3100.00. The judge of probate had one sale in the same estate, This was in the case of Mamio Moore as adtministratrix of the estate of Paul Moore against. Lois Mocore, et al. The property consistedl of five lots in tihe town of Clinton and one farm just outside of Clinton con taining 60 acres. The whole was bought in by Mamie Moore at $1700.00. the Argonne forest and along the rivet' Meuse, between Verdun and Toul, but so far without making any appreciable change in the fronts of the two armies. Theil Gernman armies are said 1)3 the Russians to hlave been defeated be fore War'saw and lnvangorod., They continue to fall back uand the new Russian front now extends in a semi.. circle from liock, ntortlthwest of War saw, through Lodz and Plotrhow and O.mowieo, soulthiwest of Radonm. In (lalacla the Russians are having monre dlil1cul ty in dislodging the Ausi trianis from their posittions on -the San., BOND ISSUE BILL KILLED BY BLEASE fly Withlolding Action on Measure He Makes It Impossible for Election on Question. Columbia, Nov. 2.-The cotton bond Issue bill is dead. The governor sent the general assembly a message to night in which he said that he intend ed to Withhold executive action onl the bill and would not return it to the general assombly. The house adopted a report fromn the judiciary committee to the effect that the timae limit within which the governor could hold the bill without his signature, the general aasembly being in session, would not expire un til tonight at midnight. In conse quence of the election under the bond issue act being Net for Tuesday, it will be impossible for the people to pass on it. There can, therefore, be no valid elcetion held on the question of Issu mng $241,000,000 in state bonds to be loaned on part of the cotton crop raised in South Carolina, since the act has not become a law. The message from Governor liloase in which he said he would take no action on the bond issue bill was re ceived by the house a little after 9 o'clock last night. When the house met today at 2 o'clock the governor returned the "miracle act" with his veto. This act was passed by the house and sen ate Saturday night to validate the general appropriation act in order the state might borrow money upon it immediately, -without waiting the stat utory 20 days, which was necessitated by the oiission of the provision from the act that it should become effect ive immediately. The "miracle act" provided that all acts passed at the special session should become etec. tive immediately after their final passage over the governor's veto. The governor said 111n the Illessage that. the act was unconstitutional and set. a ('angerous precedent. The house deferred Consideration of the veto until it Imet at 4 o'clock, when it was overriddejn. Speaker Smith denounced as un worthy and unwarranted the state ient by a correspondent of The State that he participated in a filibuster on the cotton hond issu act. lie ex pressed his willingness to resign if the houso agreed with the view ex pressed by the correspondent to The tate. The house gave the speaker a unanimous rising vote of confldence, WOULD BURN GRAY 00Ut'l Tnsigned Letter Ntthe of Great Alarm Among tte fitesdents. Grh$ 6t3ri, Nov. 2.--tonalderable exhitement was caused today when an inl signed letter threatening to burn the town was received here. The handwriting was evidently that of an Illiterate person or else skillful ly disguised and was addressed to "Mierchants of Gtray Court." The let ter bore thle post mark of' Owings. Th'e 1etter was turn5I~led ove'r to tile local po liee and it is not1 knlownl whethter or not, the postal aut horities will be enl led upon01 to Iiet igateC. SPE('iAL Ti'UAINS FOlt FAl. Extra TIrninis From Spartanbunrg for the0 Sparlanburg C'ounty~ FaIr. Announcenment has1 been mradec that the Ciharileston andl Western Carollina Raillroad will run one extra tr'ain eachl dlr.3. from Spartanburg to Laurens on Wed'(nesdlay, 'lTursd1ay and( F'ridlay of t~is week on accounit (If tile ig Spar tanlburg County Fair to be held on those0 three days. This (extr'a traini w!ll leave Spartanburg at 6 : ;0 P. M. and will arrive at L~aurens at '7:17 T. M., mlaking all local stops between the two places. There will be no chlange in the regular schedule of tr'ainls going to Spartanburmg. , Barnar at (linton. The annual bazaar given by thle L.a dies Aid society of thle Presbyterian churcl'h of ClInton 'will be hleld In Copoland Hail on the 11th and 12th or this month. The ladles have all flounced that they will hlave the uIsual turlkey .dinners and supper)sI' as in tile r~ast, but1. thlat tile dhinnerls will he five cents cheaper tils year', a chlarg(e (of 3t0 cents per' plat be ig made. A r'ticles or fancy work wvill also lbe for sale. Tile public1 Is invltedl to assIst thle la-~ dies In their tn eieta ln. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND SESSIONS 'ounty Teachers Association to 1old institute iiere ''itirsday, Friday and Saturday. Complete arrangements have been mnade for the entertainment of the vounty teachers here Thursday night, i'riday and Saturday. An unusually attractive program has been arranged1 of interest to both the teachers and the public and a large attendance is expiected. Of particular interest to the publie S ill be the evening meetings, which will be called to order at 8 o'clock. 'I hursday evening lectures will be giv en by Supt. .1. M,. Swearingen and Dr. I I tenry llanms. Friday evening lec .tIres will be delivered by Prof. Liueco Gunter and Mr. W. 1-. Hand. . The importance of this meeting to Ihe teachers of the county has been very forcibly expressed by a citizen of Laurens not connected with pure ly educational work but one who is greatly interested in the progress of the city and rural schools. Writing to Trhe Advertiser on the subject he says this: "The teachers' institute that is to he held at the graded school auditorium this week, November 5th to 7th, will afford the wide-awake, progressive teachers of this county a rare oppor tInity for self-improvement, and ul timately for the improvement of the schools over which they preside. Some of the very best. talent engaged in the profession of teaching will be here. The fact that such practical, life-long .dueators as W. II. Hand, J. 14. Swear ingen, Dr. J. 1lenry Harms, A. C. Dan iel, Lucco Gunter, Miss lava lite, and Mrs. lietty Brown insures both the interest and the success of the Instf tute, so far as the program is concern ed. It rests with the teachers and the trustees of the county to mak!e it, a !iceess so far as its beneven rei1 Ic suits to thie, schools, the boys and girls of obl( 1,:mre!ens are c(1cerne. lead again he program offered; no tioe the variety and the ranigeof the toiles offered; notice their applica lion to the practical every--day prob lem.! o(f .chool IiIe; aid after having considered1 this prozgran seriously, ask yulf the (iletion; Tan I, as a progressive. teacher, miss it?' "'ihe teacher who does not read oc easionally a good book on pedagogy, who does nlot. take at least one good school Journal, and who does not make good use of every opportunity to at tend upon teachers' institutes and as sociations has no right whatsoever in the school room. Were we a trustee, a teacher who neglected o)portunities of this kind would not hold a position in our school for more than one term. The teacher who neglects opportuni ties of this kind rusts out, and soon sinks to that level that is fa oelow mediocrity. They can not make a just return in result for the money that they receive as salary; they can not give their schools the same advantages In tealchlinlg that I the mlore' up1-to-dat11e, more prog ressive teach ers give t heiris. The ' teachler tiha t at tends inislituiites of thlis kind, andl that dIoes r'eading su1ch as5 inienct-ed above will be a live, grow Intg teacher. onle working for some1 higher' end4 ihanl tile mere si aary sihe rec('eivyes. "'The trullstees should1( attendi thlis in stitutIe, anld t hey should ceril ily see to it that theC teachers ilt ruisted w ithI the intellectual wvel fare of their chil direnl should attend. Auithorize y'our teachers, Mr. Trustee, to susp1end( school neCxt Fridaly and1( spend~ the time in prparinlg thlemlselves to teach more oficiently for the romainder of tile session. it will ho t ine well Spenlt for the teacher, for the commullnity I. whlich she teachues, andl for tile boys and girls wholl have bleenl comitted to1 hlor care. Not all of an eduention is *got ten out of books; some of tihe most valuable lessons, some of tile best ways for quickening the intellect is to bring it inu conltact wvith othlers, in tile broader relationship~s of life as tihey aire to be found outsidie of the 5schoo1 room. Tile most last ing, tile most ulseful lessonls that go to make tile educated man or woman are those thuat are learned from the toncih of life with life and no0t fronb school1 text hbooks. Thle tinme spent inl carrying school1 childhreni anid teachers to coun l ly fairs anud to 5schoo1 paradeis, ahd1( of allowving teachlers to) attd1 sutchl in stituiten as tile one4 to conivene in o1ur mid1(st so soon1 Is not tulle wa'.vdd. P is tim114 51ppnt in ai way that wi'l btring the larest retiturns to 11h0 04onneln1 SOUTH CAROLINA GIRL IS HEROINE Soplia Thomis, of Nei ry, i liem arded by ('rnegie ('oinmission flr Res. %uIng OJrl from Dio(g. Pitt sburgh, l'a., Oct 30.--Oh i has a fine rcord as a mother of heroes, as well as presidents. accordi g to the awards of medals made by tie car negic hero fund commission here to lay. In all 69 acts of heroism are recognized; 19 to ItIe credit of Ohio men and boys. its is more than twice as many as appear for .t y oti er state, Michigan having nine, and the others scattered among 19 states. March 25 and 26, 1913, were the great hero-making days, 21 of the he role acts in the list. given out today having been recalled from those days of flood along the Ohio and its tribu tarles. In all, 15 silver medals and ;) bronze 'nedals are awarldd. ifhir teen of the heroes lost their lives. and to the dependants of ten of these ien sions or suis of [money to be applied subject to the discretion of the com mtission are granted. in 50 Cases siis aggregating over $60,000 are appro prilated for education, purchase of homes, or other worthy purposos that may be approved by the conmission. Accllepts in the water called forth by far the largest number of heroic acts-51 in all; and students figure most prominently in the rescett work, but the occupations given :n tho 1b,4s show there are heroes in every walk of life, from clergymen to laborers. There are six heroines: Margaret Guy, aged 10, of South Boston, Mlass., who saved a lad three years her se nior fro:n drowning; Mary Allen. of lig Rapids, Mlich., who 'rescued two girls from drowning in Rose Lake, Leroy, Mich.; Sophia Thomas. of New. ry. S. C., who roseled a girl from a rvbid dog; Wiebe Briggs. a \'assr college girl, who saved three college alates from di ro willng; Mirs. 111.1ian M. Oghurin, who saved two I-- fro huirning af Sunisiianville, C'al. anad Frantees Spainke. a 1- -Yea.-old girl. of hatitmani. Ark., Who lost her own tiFe lit aving another girl from being kill d by a train. With todlay's awairds there is a list W' close to t.oo "ieroes of peace h ho have been awardled Ca regip medals since the fund was establi ed ton years ago. 1he Rev. J. King Gibson, South Clarleston, S. C., saved Charlotte M. Jarksdale front drowning at Virginia Peach, Va., August 17, 1911. Leo Hamilton and Andrew M. Chapman, Chappells, S, C.; saved George Kneece from drowning at Chappells, March 16, 1912. Sophia E. Thomas, Newry, .'. C.; soved Eva Gregory from a rabid log at Newry, June 19, 1912. Lanrens ('ounly ( tton Oinning11 s, According to the report issued by fhe director of the census, there were .17,262 hales of cot ton gin ned in Laau r-ens counitty tip to October 2thI. 1 8.(195 tales. had been ginn led to the samtte datfo last yearii, stiowinig a slight de.* crease. The tita tot the enltiri' statte showed an incrii e of aboutttt 75,nie, 1:ales. thle First Ita iti1st chiu reh. is v isitinrg fihends In the (-it y and1( will prteachi at thre Bapt1 ist chutircht toitightt at 7::; c 'clock. Mir. Thtayer has been in ('tes ter for' thte pas1 several y ears, but ha s teen iecentfly enl ledl to the~ jast orate of tie F'irst hapi st chutrchi of Sumtt ter, one of the largest anld miost intflu en tin alat ist chuirches in thetd state. GEranted NtutlraI7lition Palhers. in thre circuit court yeste-day na lural izat ion pa pers weer' granted b~y .fudge SeasC to Iliabeeb Sahadti, a na tive of TPyre, Syria. According to hIs statemtent, he( hiad been in this coun.. try fourteen years andI ini Laitrents c9tht years. ie is a mnembter of the Syrian colony that has its headqtuar. ters 1 i the little fruit stantd ottn lie :-orth-west corner of the public square tius teachter. andt thusu to thie s(cool over whlleht shte presides. 'Teachtr, (!omfe to the inrt itute! Trustee cc.:ie w ithi youri t eaiclier! If you e~t in nt comei you rselfI, go tot your itIeachler aid tell hter to adjourii fir thte dtu- andl go to thle Inst ituate. It will hie worthI iiore to yoiur s(1hool thi:im anyr ote daye of Ihre sessioni.'' MAT [XTRA 8[SSION HA8 ACCOMPL8S[E Reduction of Acreage of Primary Importance. COTTON BOND ISSUE AT FIRST A "JOKE" Goivernor illease chanicterized it as a "lige ,Ioke", but Late.r DelelopedI into it Problem.. signature With held unt1- Time Exiredl. Coliibia, Noveiber I.- In less thati a dozen lines of a iewspapeir cilui Is condensed ninety-five per cent of the legislation that. will find Its way, on the statute books of the state, as a result of the extraordinary sesilon, of the General Assetnbly now draw Ing to a close. l ite is the crux of the legislation: "It shall be utan iawil for ally p)e' son, by hi mself, his agents or eim ployees, to plant or cultivate inl this State in any year a greater nuiber of acres of land in cotton than one third of the total acreage of land I:!anted and cultivated in all vropsi by; such person in said year, including grain and fall sown crops, pit ated the preceding fall or winter." There is not mluch to the law in verbage, but if it Is enforced it will wean the agricultural revolution of the State. The enforcement is itl the ihiands of the farmers thimselves; t '0S who Wanted total elimiinatioI aid limitations as to how many bates of cotton might ho raised to the ani nal. The State has lianply said that for every ten acres of cotton the farm e- plants that he must plant t wentv :-e res in grain, or cattle food or truck. It. matters not. what the crop is. but two acres of' somet.hing Os( itu-.t b) planted to every acre of cotton. It ti- :ixw is enforced, and the 'nforce 1.t4e Is ill tle ha nds of the eollintn -i., 'Mies, it will iilneai a neiw vra inl eit il raising for' li l ling. Many % think ill colistitlitionality or ): Act is dub111)11tu. Gover 111nr laso pitt this foot note on lthe .At. at er' hi. hadI approved iW To(nstilin~onl1 orl no0t, we( will try it." That is Ihe sen.. timent of many and 4 is regar.lh i as b-eing justiflilv in the agrieuIdurat crisis of the State. It is to be noted that. the \ct--. i [rough the -suggestion of Mr. H:lscr' Is quite plain that only cultivated land I- to be counted. The Act Is now of effect and if tho Farmers' Union and other agricultural organizations want to put their hand to something effectivo here is a. chanceo This acreago reduction Act is what %il live In the history of the S:ato, asj the overshadowing work of the extra ordinary action of the special soesioni. The State Wa rehouse plan Is .not so cilullislastically popular. It : relV "'skldded"' through the legis'at ivo i-l lind and1 it it htad It' s l cou si I go 'egain wioul not he( amolnig thei .\ts of~ theI stiecial sesshi 'i. I tis alt y a ly. to lbe held in aL (ouicn 01 - 'but this Is (d0ubtfula. lr Co1:mm Ynoe .\!''I: ia i itn ;Ct helii s:.stiln I wI fre at he~ wvill deseiicnt mch crJ' t'4od( inl the (ot toil turd i.,sule It iV a potlitlea Ipuzze. c.It has beeni saidh Ib::0 I.toliicalI history as we'll av a I.'un hmtory of a wnir slhuld n1o1 he Vai ittn 1111ti the Ia psi' of' fifty ye(ars It woulmd liitldo ile so soonh aflli, : -:lg of the now~i famot ilchS(oft. tohn t. toIi write what. Is heard andi~ what ien or01 n'at3 not be the real hkttoi'y or tIs log. i'iat ion. Thelre are manyi~ repo).-. n r'imors ats to why this or t h..: was (tone and all the mnore reason v t':o real history of the liogislation ih heta ter hbe wr'itten when real patl. 't mi can be separated from nelflsh me 'er - when "playing pollitic5" enn ' di v.orced fromi Iuli dutyI and~ svt'n the mellowing effect o' f.mre w' Iha had its way; then someioneO ouj it it. wriite0 the r'eal it 1ory (of this iiio:( re. nit rkable lilece otf Iegisla l'ioi ha - 01ame ais a shoulk andi ma pnrisec t >I~b Goviernior 111(nse1 calIleid 1 at at 'a Ihugi' .oki."' Nowii ho' in al:: . tha: wvhatiever iay hav e beien' is i ai: ihn it is htt'ontd that t!aj''. fI1. a'