VOLUME XXX. .LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1914. NUMBER 18 KUS3AS C[AIM A GREAT VICTORY DispachesOVER GERMANS IN POL4AD1 Dispatches from Petrogad Say Forces of the Emperor And then Cut to IPleces by Russians. Retreat In I t Progress All Along Line. (Spartanburg Journal.) London, Nov. 24.--T'he official communication issued at Petrograd t according to 'an Exchange Telegraph dispatch announces the German retreat in Poland. The line from which the Germans retreated runs from northeast Lodz down past that town ar'id to the northwest between the Vistula v and Wartar rivers. REPORTS CONFIRMIED. London, Nov. 24.-The Times Petrograd correspondent declares pri- 0 vate advices confirm reports of the Russian victory over thel Germans in Poland and says that according to-unofficial information the German army of 400,000 between the Vistula and Warta rivers has been broken into several parts. t The Russians apparently got behind these dispointed corps inflicting a great losses. It was impossible to even approximate the the figures. t MAY BE ANOTHER BATTLE. London, Nov. 24.-eneral Von Hindenburg's army which this week f was sweeping toward Warsaw in its second advance through Russian Poland today is reported from Petrograd in retreat after being literal 0 ly out to pieces by the Russians who made a stand behind the Vistula c and Warta rivers. The fact that Von -Hindenberg has been completely checked is the V biggest feature of today's war news. The same dispatches telling of ' these reverses say German reinforcements are being brought up so an (ther big battle is likely to develop on a line near the Posen frontier. v In th western arear the present battle lines seem to be froz4n into t position as if in conformity with the winter weather conditions. Rhehns e .Roissons and Ypres continue to suffer from the Ger'man's cannonading, 0 There has been no renewal of German efforts to break through to the d coast although signs indicate they may undertake this novenent any moment. Still more troops are beging brought up now and the Gcer- ti mans are said to plan to reach the French coast by December 10. The French war office statement this afternoon says there are no ,C1 important changes in the westernarena. The Germans show few signs e of being staggered by their enormous losses in Flanders, Berlin dis- s, patebes saying they were better able to stand exposure to the cold than 1 allies. C The sinking of a German submarine off Scotland's coast reminds a England once more that she imist expect these raiders to bob up any where. W (W ARMED MOTOR BOATS. T fil London, Nov. 24.-A Flanders dispatch says Germans are placing 10 in shape a large nunber of armed motorboats for use on the Belgian t *ana. ti T London, Nov. 24.-Turkey, as usual, reports victories over Russians N in the Caucasus and the British in Egypt, but these lack confirmation. a The English issued an account of the successful, British operation in the Persian Gulf territory. di British naval airmen including Lieutenant Sippe, one of those who ta destroyed a Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf before the Germans took Ant- f in werp, have made a still more daring raid on French territory over Friedrichshafen. According to aviators' account they dropped bombs C( which damaged the Zeplielin factor at that place. One aeroplane was tai brougit down by Glernuins but the others escapeed damage. V (lERMAN SUBIMARINIC LOST. c<~ Londonm, Nov. 24.- -Thle sec retamry ol' the admi ralty annmonnmees~ that the w (ler'man smnmarinle boat 11.118 reported (ifY t he north coast oV Scot landl til ihis mnorning, was ram iredl by a llrit iai pat rolli ig vessel and fttn~ldered, t Meetlng of Plmemtto Lodge. Oray Court Masons Elect Officers. b< Palmetto Lodge, No. 19, A. TF. M., A i eetana lcino r wfll hold a regular communication fcr h Ia or aoi og F'riday night wlchm is exp~ected to elcethfoownofcrsorhei provo an unusually enjoyable one.notaoncyr:Jo .Wls Li Thirdl degreo work will be (lone in M:A .Sel .I. I .Wlae which thme local officers or the lodge 3 . .B hlTes;W will be assisted by Rev. W. P. Smith, fakdlSc'. .I.WliS.o of ~Spartanburg, past master and past D;W .Mcs r );'' .M~n i high priest. b n fl wns t~ad;w l fichenersohe Gryer. Maonc log Cartedth fllo.n ohacrskorth We w~l' o Unk achandever Maohnc year: Jnmpo Wn. Wots W oneJ.hW.;AC.kindlyeaidedreas.n t.eHre cetitbazaa. $13.50 ws reaiaedsnd le, r ect'y. of . JHn Wiltts, who tc so muh ifit ha otbeen or tey oruate shfo otingseva Stees aW. R. red ftCrclf. Thanks.a o erntath i ted WewihKi hng' eahtdeery JonWatimproving. iio eleog i onewo__kndlyade usnaytotan thiveaoud hrciy coltczaar $13.5 as realizean Te baliend whic was nohn loatd, whoe ss anchie i hlaro enrte oforscitnatoy afterting sooting waes agomt-i has been elected secretary of thme 0(1 and 'extracted Friday affording South Carolina State Nurses Associa- nmch relief,.C tion-. Miss Iloulwaro was elected last - ----~---_ week to 1111 time unexpired term of th' Sale er ('bmristmins No melt lts' ill association's secretary. The now of- -Th lIa~litn of t'he Fl l.copa I l cu rchm to fleer is consieredt among~ the imn I will ('onduci ~t a salc of a rtirles imi table dIt profient tr-ained nuhros a the son for Ci.'tt,na' Pr''-~''n i ( t Powi and this teat imonial altt the h i' iigh 1irug (Com pany next M~ondamy. A monig to regardi in wvhe tel o' is hi amvong tihe othier tings con disapla y will be a spe-- cie smombers o0 tho socira l'n- I linot of pottery. ti FILLMAN CHILDREN EXPLAIN PETULANCE rs. Lucy Dugas TiIn, Appears lie fore Supreime, Court in Defentse o; Li~e Girls. Columbia; Nov. 23.-Mrs. Lucy Du-. as Tillman and her two little daugh ors, Misses Douschka Pickens Till lan and Sarah Starke Tillman, testi d Monday at an extra ordinary sit-! ing of the supreme corut in response. o the court's order for the mother to how cause why the custody of her aughters should not be given to an ther. At the close of the hearing, c rhich continued two hours, the court nnounced that decision would be re erved. Attorneys for B. I. Tillman, Jr., ather of the young girls, and a son f Senator Tillman, offered a request f the father that the court award im custody of his daughters. In this4 etition, the father expressed his will-. igness to assume full expense of leir proper support and education ud to afford "every reasonable oppor- r inity for the mother to see and be 'ith them." At the conclusion of the hearing, lenry C. Tillman, for the little girls'. ither, asked the court for a tempor ry order, giving the father custody f them pending decision of the court' e pon- the showing of Mrs. Dugas. The] 3urt took this petition under advise tent, and Chief Justice Gary gave erbal permission to B. R. 'Tlllman, r., to be with, his daughters for a hile in the library of the court. In addition to the mother, five other itnesses testified to the obedience of ie children to requests of their eld rs. The little girls, their mother and ther witnesses testified that the chil ren refused to obey the court's order ) spend July and August, 1914, at the ome of Senator Tillman, because icir father was absent in Alaska. The order of Chief Justice Gary, cit ig Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman to-show tuse why the custody of her daugh rs should not be taken from her is lid to have resulted from the three ,fusals of the little girls to obey the >urt's order that they spend July andt ugust, 1914, with Senator Tillman's mily. Testimony adduced at the hearing as to the effect that the caildren ere sent thrice by their mother to renton to make this visit, and, on the -at two occasions they refused to ave the train. Upon the third trip o testimony offered was to the effect at the little girls went to Senator Illman's home, but left next morning S fore breakfasting and returned on eoarly tvain to E0dgefleld and their other. O The mother, with her two little p, mughters, sat at one end of the long c ble across the court room and the T ther with his brother, 11. C. Till- w an, and another attorney, sat at the o her end. The mother showed mark- bl l interest in the procedings, while A e father scarcely ever removed his fl, tze from the table before him. w Mrs. Lucy Duagas illman 'xliained, el a typewritten statemnent, to the Id art that she had not beeni served al ith a copy of the order; and that e failuare of the1 cot ton amarket , w i e restultant injury to her finiance d( ciused her to feel unable to re- r' ni attorneys. She was represenited g 'fore the court by a friend, . T. acydon, of Columbia. i in her statement, Mmrs Dugan, as e signs her name, alleged that those rt Senator Tillman's home "allowed" 01 oebildlren to return to E'dgefield, id declare: "1 (10 not see how I can hold responsible for the failure Senator and Mrs. Tillman, and fc oso representing them, to control 0 ese small children after I lhad placed et em in their custody." li Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillmian, mother tl1 the llttle girls, took the stand andt stifled for about flye minutes. She lited she was present last spring at e h~earing before the suprweme cour it hten the court dereed her chIldren ould spend the nmoniths or Juily amdt igust, 191-1, withI Siea0or Ill Inan . Ia 1e testified that. Senator and Mrs.. Iliman were ''shardclyve at'nI hl ome" bi :ten the little girls visited their faini- m there every seconid Hatiurday, as -the ur'~ilt's rviouIs orde(r ret', IaIrrl. Par t 1 her testimony was hitendcmd d.o show w at Senator and1( Mrts. Tillmann worn~ tc an ox tent, stran mgers to ber iIt tie ( .ughters. ''1 was prepar'ed to go to Wa: Ma ii aj for a much nteedled rest wb'li a t/ lldren canme back (for the ' th1 1 un). I kent them whimm the cn~n ZONDENSED NEWS FROM CLINTON oeveral Delightful Social Events, Per. sona? and Other Items of Interest, Clinton, Nov. 24.-Monday evening 4rs. John Griffith entertained a nuni icr of friends in honor of Miss Sarah &hite. Mr. G. C. Young entertained a nun icr of friends at an elaborate stag upper on Tuesday evening. This was celebration for Mr. Young's 6th irthday. Mrs. R. Z. Wright and Miss Sallie Vright entertained about 100 friends, n Tuesday afternoon at a very pretty oception. On Wednesday Mrs. C. M. Bailey eautifully entertained the Acteon look club and a number of out-side riends at her lovely home. Mrs. Joel Aiken of Greenwood, is ere getting up a very attractive and riteresting play for the benefit of the tiblic library here. The play will be Iven on Tuesday night In the graded chool auditorium at 8:30 o'clock. The lay is entitled "A Suffragette Con-, ention," and is to be given by local alent. The city council at their last meet ig made an appropriation of one hun red dollars to the public library andI Ir. J. F. Jacobs gave one of the larg at rooms in his new building for the brary for a year. This building has .1st bgen completed and is one of the tost modern and up-to-date buildings I the state. Miss Corrie Saddler, of Rock 11111, visiting Miss Jessie Dillard this reek. Mr. Will Fewell of Rock 11111 spent 'ridhy and Saturday with his sister, irs. I. J. Winn. Mr. J. P. Little of Pohenix, Arizona, I visiting his brother Mr. Tom Little. Mr. Boo is spending two weeks rith friends in Clinton. Mr. Booe Cached the base ball team at the col 3ge and made many friends during his tay here who are enjoying his visit ) them. Mr. D. 'L. Hoeustess of Bennettsville, as accepted a position in the graded ,hool as the successor to Aliss lIar )m who resigned two weeks ago. Miss Leonora Ilook spent Sunday Ith her parents at Irmo, S. C. Rev. and Mrs. N.. At. Lightfoot re irned last week from a two weeks' isit to friends.in Agusta, Ga. Mrs. James Keith of Columbia is siting Mrs. Frank Boland this week. OFFIOEIL4 OAPTUlE STILL. heriff Nabs Joy-Juice Outht in Ipper Part of Tls County. Laat Thursday afternoon, Sheriff wings, accompanied by several de ities, captured and brought to the ty a sixty-gallon distillery oustfit. his old-fashioned "grain elevator" as found near a creek on the farm ' Mr. John Gray, in Youngs towpship, it the owner has not been located. long with the outfit was found about 1o hundred gallons of "mash," which as destroyed. No one was found in arigo of thle plan1 t, thle pr'oprietor ev en tly bel ievinig that he wh li uns~~ v'ay will live to runa another still. lHeldl Up and14 11)ilobed. According to unconfirmed~ r'eports aching the sheriff's oflice, Jiim I ud mns, color'ed, was held up by striange en near tihe old Badger trestle, on e WVaterloo road, Friday night and lieved of about $16.00 in money. No p~ort was mnade to the sheriff's ofilee tile allebedl robbery and nothing1 rflnite can be learned of it. itev. A. 0. Wardlaw to Pr'each., Rev. A. GI. Wardlaw, D. D)., who was r a number or years pastor of the ret Presbyter'ian church, wvill oc ipy his old pulpit Sunday at both the' orning and evening servicos. Al ough somec of the present, congrega n were not members ' When Dr. ardllaw pr'eachedl here then, they re cmbei with pleasure 'his sermon be re tho graduating, class of thbe high hool last year. *A wvelcome is ex ndeld to the public to hear Dr. D ard it I *was niot (expettting thema. I dId >t make the trip to WVash i ngton. Answering the qiuestion of Attorntey r'aydon, the~ mothert testified she did )t send( the' cildrent the fourtha timle 'i'Trenton hieem I. the leotter of' die'r ituo (nuy't; to her', in v.blh as countnd a b'tier by M1rs,. lit. ilmn r.,at ing~ that slht '"founad GRAIN CIMPMG tAMS [OR W !"different Interes! Mhown In Campaign FARMERS PASSIVE SAYS WATSON Afer a Week (of Caimpaigning In the Pliedilont. Section, Corin issionoc WaltSon an11d his Party of U4rain Ex, ports ViIve UIp Campaign for Pres. ent. The grain catipaign party, lead by Commisioner I". J. Watson, which was in Laurei last Vdnesday evening, has discontinied its tours for the present but will take then up again in the imimiediate future. After tho week's work, Mr. Watson gave out an interview in Columbia as to the iin pressions he had gained in the tour. Among other things, he stated that Laurens county seems to have more grain actually sown than any other county. The grain party arrived in Laurens about five o'clock Wednesday after noon, too late for a meeting of farm ers. However, an informal meeting of business men was held in the di -%etor., r --un if the Lad, ens Natiu Il Bank where different members of t e paty made short talks. Mr. A. G. 3rnith, farm demonstrator for the U. S. Deparitment of Agriculture, spoke first 3n the possibilities of raising grain in this section, stating that farmers nieed have no misgivings about a mar ket after the grain is grown. .\Market facilities will 1e provided, he as sured them. Mr. Stratton. of Chicago, an elevator e, xpert, went into a (iseassioni of the elevator phase of the (iestkion, giving in interesting anad insitIIctive leeture )n tho nethod of haniadinmg grair. Col Wa tson Urged that eve y acre )f land prohibited from being p1i.nt. 'd iII colton next yea- he plapted In rrain, pointing out. the folly of plant ng a hu age crop of cotton costin g in nany cases I I cents a pound wielh voild possibly iot bring over four r five. lie advoeated the "living at tome" idea with much force. Mr. Barton, assistant to W. W. 0mg, briefly discussod soil building, ointing out the economy and value 1 cover crops during the winter nonths. The meeting here was attended by bout a score of business men who videnced considerablo interest in the peeches. The meeting was presided ver by Mr. J. D. W. Watts, who in roduced the strangers to the L.au ens auditors. The interview given out by Mr. Vatson on his return to Columbia vas as follows: "Having passed wholly or hi part brough 13 counttes in the Stat in he first week undecr the abhnormal heather conditions, the whig :rain campiaign party, after the m i t ag in S pairtanhur1 g, cn Satuiird re irnedl to ('olumbia. lPor severa~Il as hie party skirtedl the snow,~~-Cl;-l Bluio tidge c'haini in sweeping throup's tho iPuer tier of counties, with the 'an era tureo ranging fromi hI to X, de-. rees. "'rof. Barton left t'he par'r va:er ho Greenville meeting. Prof'. A. G. mith, Mr. Stratton and Commission r Watson came into Columbit Sat rdlay night, iprett y well wormn out 'i t h the hard, week 'a worek. When. he part~y resumiies -1this im) ,->r.it uioneeor work, W. WV. Long, A'ixo gent of the Uniteud Silatrr farm aem. instratlon work, will rolheve .\r r.. on, his assistant. "Speakinig of thle (am)paign ar jomislsioner Wat son so d: "I am more t han plea seid wtb th esults (if ouri effort-s to do q .e made, ie wIll give a short talk to 'our busiess men on thme best metihodI if community advert ising. "Yours truly, "W. J. Craig, "P~asenger Traffe Manager." Sfiore's (lose.'l~ml Thankidnug. As is the eisbom here and every vhere, all of the stores in Luens1 '0i vill be elosed( for Tlhanaksgliving D~ay. l'e hulg store5 will keep (hi' usunl ua'd.v hfoe'r:-. TChose who littend to 10 rnyi !.hoini'g '' T h s'k iv i i had uld I I he dav.i~ befere. In ordelcr to kec' abrei. o1' ordin 'ereived by I le ill. VA N :i ofl14 time.