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VAE VOLUME XXX.. * *. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WIEDNESDAV, DECEMBER 30* 1914.NUBR2 AMERICA D[MANDS FAIR TR[ATM[NT The Searching of American Ships Must Stop WARNING INTENDED FOR TRIPLE ENTENTE Note has beeni iII Source of Preparn. 'lonl for over if lonth and was De. livIered after Carefull 'ons ideratfin by ihe 'resident aind ('11binet Ofii. cerls. Washington, Dec. 28.-The United States government today dispatched a long note to Great Britain insisting on an early improvement in the treat ment of American commerce by Dlrit ish fleets. It warned England ' that much feeling had been aroused in this country and that public criticism was general over unwarranted inter ference with the legitimate foreign trade of the United States. The docu ment, constituting the strongest rep resentation on the subje(t made by the United States to any of the bel ligerents, was cabled to Ambassador Page to be formally presented to Sir Edward Grey, the ilritish foreign see reary. Its preparation was begun a month ago by Solicitor Cone Johnson, Counselor Robert Lansing and Sec retary Ilryan, an( during the last two weeks had the personal attention of President Wilson himself, who re vised its phaseology with minute care. As tile detailed point of view of the United States in the numerous speciflc cases of detentions and seizures of cargoes had been set forth in a series of emphatic protests, most of which have gone unheeded, today's com munication was couched in general terms covering the entire subject of tile relations between the United States and Great Britain as affected by the latter's naval policy, considered highly objectionable to this govern ment. The note declares at the 6utset that the representations are made in a friendly spirit, but that the United States considers it best to speak in terms of frankness lest silence be con strued as an acquiesence to a policy off.reat Britain which infringes the rigliG of American citizens under, the laws of the nations. Since France has adopted virtually the same decrees on contraband as )has Great Britain, today's note is a timent intended for all meibers of tie Triple Entente. The document points out that com plaint5 on every side and public criti cism in the United States hold the British policy as directly responsible for the depression in many Ameri can industries. Reimbursement alone for cargoes unlawfully detained or seized, it states, does not remedy the evil, as the chief difficulty is .the moral effect of British piractice on American exporters w~ho are rest ralin ed frnom taking risks or hazar'ds which in no case ought to sur'round legiti mnate traf,1e between the U~nited StatesI and other' neut'ral coitrien, feeling hiat bieen atrOused on theC subject tb stich an~ extent, the com - hbunioAtioh addls, that the American j iov'ernment feels Compelled to ask for definite information as to Great Brit ain's attitudle in order that it may take such measures as wvould protect American citizens in their rights. Thie United Stateab it poilts out, - was pattent at first, reai'ng thiat hios tilitles had heaped a~ mass of bur tlenis 'o the lmiitish government and thinkin* hSu early clearing of the air \o come. Five months have thpsed, it 4sser'tu, \vith n0 htiprovea ZOne in the situ~tlon. in the menn time, Amoinan 5hipilvs have availed themselves of ^Wrl'ous suggestIons from, the Britishi kevorhmehh huchi as shipping oargoes to definit'ely namedl consigneos in neutral 'c'ountries anid the ,t~a~ng out of Ceftificates from Ci%Els -in this coutAry which follow i bromisell NI the Britisly foreigA * fflee that the ellied fleets consequient ly 'woulal Wase detentions oif. tNfese cargoeb. ~iho situation, hog'4%r, is dleserie4, as having hardly *bproved -a'fter' 'those concessions. fotreie~ is made in 'the. note to ~ife high principles of bequity which ~have actuated Great britain in her championship in the past in the free (Continued Oh paragae THREATENED UPRISING IN THE PHILIPPINES Members of Secret Societies Disclosed Plans for Alleged General Uprising which was Easily Quelled. .lanilla, December 26.-Eiht Filip pinos have been arrested oin the charge of sedition as a result of an abortive hinIig in Manilla and its environs 'Iluiraday night. Further arrests are probable. Froi army sources it is learned that a geneal warning was sent to all of licors Ih Irisday afternoon stating that fl ly ten thousand Filippinos in Mani la alonie were ready for a Conieerted atNack on Fort Santiago, tlie Cuart el Espaaul, the uartel Infaiteia and thle Iedicleal depot. The0 military ilits Were iimlliediatel preplaredi and ia treet patrol was started at dusk. Constabulary agents who are mem hers of the secret societies, disclosed. the plans for an uprising, thus enab ing a force of constabulary and po bon., At Calooosan a squad of Amer lice to disperse gatherings at lBagum bavan, Paco and Navetas, near Mala ion sailors seized chairs When a force of Filipinos approached a dance hall in which tihey wcer gathered, and, us Ing the chairs as weapons routed the Filipinos, of whom quite a number were injured. The rising was evidently poorly or ganized and lackedf leaders.' It W'as composed for the most part of per sonls imulicitly trusting the word of Artenio Ri( carte, a revolutionary, who conducts a continual propaganda froni Hong Kong, to which place lie was banished by the American authorities some time ago. Ricarte, it is stated, advised that the Anti-American at tempt be made on Chrilstnas'Eve, when' the Amciican offlcers would be expected to celebrate the holiday. Reports from the provinces tell of minor risings and occasional violence, but details from the sections are lack ing. -'le situation today, from all ap pearances, and acocrding to official statements, is well under control of the military authorities. Governor Gen Francis Burton lar risoni is away on official business and Winifred T. Denison, secretary of the interior, is in charge of affaims, pend ing Mr. Harrison's return. The foreign Chamber of Commerce, sulpported by -the Filipine body, has issued a public protest against the legislature's adoption of amendments to tho internal revepue law imposing additional taxes. The measure was in troduced on the eve of the Christmas recess and was passed without dis cussion and With ut, -it is said, giving the merchants aniopportunity to ex press their opinions regaring it. Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce regarding the new law, it is announced, are to go today to See r*etary of War Garrison asking him to secure President Wilson's interven tion in the matter. Reports from Navotas, six miles north of the capijtal, say that, simul taneously with the outbreak at Manilla Christmas Eve, thirty men enteredl the municipal building, seized three po liceme1n on duty there and triedl to open the safe. Latei' the ilipipios seized attend ants Conducting miidnighit Mass and captu red the FilipInos Governor, Mel dres, Wyhen police reinforcements ar ived the revolutionaries fired t9. vol ley atnd then retreated. Later th('y Oschahged slhots with another force, had in this engagement the constabui lary siucceededc in arresting ten men. In all twventy-one Filipinos weree taken prisoners at Navotas. The au thiorities todlay are in full control of the situation and consider~the incident NEfGhl( WOMAN Nu11) Humsband. Chbarged wit!, N 'Deed and Ledgeged in thte eonidW Jail. Eugene Va'ne, 'colore'd, has 'been lodgedi ij)the 'county jail chiarged with the muird'or of his wvife near 'Clinton seb'eral days ago. Vance denies the radelsation, but the evidonco against him is very strong. At the coroner's inquiest It developed that. the woman's throat had been slashed almost from ear to ear and then another gash cut perpendicular to the first one. -Not content with this manch carving, the alleged murderer eut a large piece of the flesh frorn.the region of the wind pipe and three it on the -flooi' besIde the body. lIn s'pit of the fearful ents, the woman sottWed severa1 days.' WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE UNITED STATES? (By IHerbert N. Casson inl Associated-1 Advertising for De ,cemlber.) "What is the matter with the V-'nited States' As I have bteen 'esiding inill Lonldon sincre tIhe biinning of the war, I have been hetring this qiuestion asked on all sides. I hav n'etvert' heardi I anyiv sais1'-tory answer. No ote seeims to knlow. Why I re thlt Aloerieani factories not rin nighti and day Why a'e the railroIds not epelling tp ie'.) terrvitiil-j and getltig ready for' the millions of' innnigrants who have already mltade up 1 their minds to leav e Erope it soil as tihe war is over ? y are there not Ifity Amertiell dr'utiutmmers ill Lodot right now, trying to sell $200,000,000 worth of Amtiericani gtoods inl plate or tihe goods that were bolight last year Irim (ermany and Austria ? Why have advertisers heeome quitterts, .just at the tile when their advertisements wer most, needed and most effee tive itn c'heering ott the business forces of the l'tiied States! 1ro-mi the I-:uroupeant point of view, the United States is a 'havoln of penee and secur-ity and prosperity. It has no troul blos thlat it, dare mlenitionl t') 1vtll)u or Aulstria or Francve or GermanittvY or servia or Great liritain or Iusia. .Eeytenth Britonl ha's enllisted. E'very tenth Fren-h man is at the 'ront. Every tenth 13Ielian is dead. What does the United States kni(ow of trouble! If I couhl a tfort it, I wolid eliu-ter the Mauiretatia a nld Lusitaniia and convey ii party or 5,000 Amierivan Advertisers to Europe for a trip of education. I would give thet a week inl london, a veek itn Paris, and a week in Antwerp. I would let them look at the United States from the scene of w%-at. I would give them a look at REA L TIOUlBLE. I would let them see trains, ten at a timew, five minutes apart, paelted with the maimed and dying. I would let them hear, from fragmentary survivors, the incredible story of battlefields 150 miles wide, and armies that are greater than the entire population of Texas. I would let theim see graves }00 yat long and full, and Belgium, the country that was, nothing . v but 12,000 scI'uiare miles of wreckage. Then, when they begai to understand, to solie slight ex tent, the magn itide an1d awfulniess of this war, I tould say to thei: 'Now go baek and appreeiate the IUniited States. Realize youir opportuntll ities. I)on 't start digging trenches when n0 body is firing at you. l)on't fall down when you have not been hit. Don't be blind to the most glorious chance you have ever had inl yotr life. "Go baek and advertise. Get ready for the most. tremieun dous business boom that any nation ever had. Build your factories bigger. Train more salesmen. Borrow more money. Go ahead, and thank God that you are alive and that your family is alive, and that you are living in a land that is at peace, at a time when nearly the whole world is at war." AMERICAN RED CROS 1 9 list ~~ eW IIED) ('ROSS SEALS FORt NEW YEAR Rlemnember. that the Red Cross~ Seals areo appritoptiate for' New Year' Greeotings as well as Christmas. Y'ou yet hatve an oppotrtunity to aid in atl leviating 'the sutffer'ings of huminanity by purchaintg your shat'e of the Red Cross Xealsu. A fewv pentnies inivested by eh one will men muichi to the hio&ts; of suftotrers in America.. U. of P. Meeting Next Mondtay. '''omio ('idh O)rgani'iAer itesignis. A regnular meeting of Laurens Announcement has been imadle or Lodge, Knights of Pythias will bo held "the reaigniation of Miss Jayne Conway next Monday night, at 7:30 b'clock. Glarlinigton, -tomato club sorgatzer' for There will bo Installation of ofilter's. tis counity. Miss Garlington has During the evening the member8 lires- been iun charige of the tomato club ont will, be serred refreshtherits. All wvork for several'yeai's and showed a mmnbers are urged 'to be p~esent -And deep interest in it. Hebr resignation join In the bleasb'res of :tlet etening. Is deeply i'dkiotted'in many duarters. AMERICAN CRUISER THREATEN TURKS Ieentuse of Attack by 'T'urks on crewi of tin A mericanl Mpehanitimanl. London01, D~ec. 2.imbrnntby an Aterican cruiser of tihe Turiit Port, of Tri)oli, Syria, was sail at At!ens to ha\:e been O trteneil Cause 0f an attack by Tuk on II. (rIw( of all lt ria ni inbrhnlitt11i" bItl which li'ritish an1d I" reach (.liions <h 1iuide to depart. lu(ompl repbrm fl'om .thlni t:etl ti etretie the warship's co n,11111der ill l by a I nor.k. .\s elul.\ter i tite rh ( \tn as it was/the 'nit: States briser Nor: C:-rollnn which trevatened to ulse it uns at Tr Syria. Te .oith CarvolIina vconIIvo y1ing t ho . \meI III I-Ican!I tae Virginli, haid prooieedd to Tripol and the commander relquestedt ite T urkish authorit4s to permit it the Paritish and French conlsuils to depart with their nationals resident in Tri I -,11. Tis rerpilest was refused. S'everal French residents, boarde-d tEi \irgini, but wore attaked by a tuob, who wonded teli captain and first ofliter. When the North Carolina t Itl to lirfE th mOob ld. Tho Virliniateorted by the North Carolina. leftt for. 1)oemeagluitch ando te iset N or ln: late'd proceeded for A\Iany Prenlel refu l(s the ispatch ads have, aeasdy rrivied at Pirwes. Tie United stats itriser No th Car Hin. according to .1 Washingaton dis patch of Decembe)r it;. roceeed from the Island or Svtos, oiln the coast of Asa linor, for Alexandria o take gold to J1affa for the relief of Jews Iin .lerus ffa eif .1aff is about IS miles 'orith of Tripoli. Il EATE NS TO SHOOT. ofAmerlea Wrt, ships Stops 1fet on-y Whenl adun Is Amed, Washington, December 26.-Secre trvy Danwiels today called Oi Capt. O ant'titeoamider of thle arml ored ruilser North CaIrolIIin, to report whether threapts of Violence had beenl made by Turks at Tripoli against American sailors. Athens dis ces pTublished today oid ay American warship had threat 01ed i ombardment as a resuilt. The North Carolina and tte T'ilies see both are iat eirut today, the Ten ncssee having gone' to ihait port fromg .hliffa afte-r depositing gold. Beirult is forty Im iles sOIIthl of Tripol , where tIwh disorders were saild to have occurred. One report was that Turkish author ities t'u .gh t to prevent thle departure of American, British and French con suls, and that the attack otl the Amer ian rew of a commercial si and tie threatened bombardment of Tri poll by the American man-of-war fol lowed. Death of P1. 11. 31nddenl. Cross Hill1, Dec. 28.-The Christmias holidays were saddened by the death grsingay oning th Mr. Pat H. xl fdoen.h Mrie\ddn hid bienf erly andtywhitle yieath wa1s no(itt hnexie to it ws a reainltshioik ao hfsmany relatives ago, haes er cuth and els twhee. Thie chnra gang, buial ~itesii Suredngt polc offwic in huta aonI bteoen tomer the flees aowf, twho cwant MosVnaMilradyn.sn Mr.Joh A. .\aden, of addns monhsbfforen was anotineyrter (lay tMatrth Maddie ofeladdnent ad Mr.nillad etwoe tee confed athere near he fosbea of con-ar Et apdaonct.Cugt [CONOMY wiL [ JI WETCHORD Eyes of State Now on In coming Legislature PROHIBITION BI.LL IS'COMING UP t e'\roi'nllp ,i 11114.11,11 , I '. li' (l'im : Child (Ii. %1r, jId i i p i du.. l ' 1 n a i . Il . : I 't.r o 1 . 27. 14 r~ C. iiII: I I !p 1511m 1.s now :u-im P-. ,*-!(:- Ill to av I it~ v 110 . 11.t't t. 11 .lilt Ih he loi .tis out, l h id . c(n elect a 111 illg J':: 1 r1 . e*l .ti, t i o enes .atuiI : y.i I!il, in fr::n5'! pr''I a ' :'Ia m of leW st t .n while tho F ateom l!. vho were, not re-vl'lt i ar't! p l ! to r Hotn I ish their oili: . thlosev '1tened Ifor anoth1-. er Ite'-i ar closi'. th e mva l a . plan l g their activitisi u ntd r ie t ew administration, anl the ealet ol' lth blNtw adl ilillstrationll making prepara liols fo (O . (l 'i n hlan! itiolis .heie try The Imost important ieent oli this seio n-ie otfill o li ldurew %il ll Ithle illughlliVRon o(f the e adminsltura tion. iTheoy w il, a 1(1.ur .laullly , v 19 efor. a oeit pisonf ote tonera Asswinibiy and Inl daysv litter thle in aligurated offll0 i ll 1 sO will their executtive duatios. f .uggstlee Eu gouel 1. Gary will administer the orth of oillee of Rlicha d I. lanning gov ernor-clect, and to Andrew o. rethea, lieultenanit governlor-elect. G1overnlor Blease's annual messago wIll bo dliverei to thle legislature When it convenies, and probably will be short. Some i&rsonls close to !1ho governor have expressed their opin ion that Govorid lilease will not ottline any plogram of suggested legislation. Effett o sustich action w be no'cr telieullivified by the re cotime ion 1)dat tos oflianning, wich wIll be presented to both bodies when. hll assumlls oficee 2-7 days before tho adjournment. It wm Is m tiade known by bothat their legislative onsslo will cnded by thls State were almost I every instanye directly opposed. While Governor-elrct .Manning has tcn silent regardinge tie details of the programl of legislationl h,, is said to be prepar-ing, it seems generally accepted that these s mggstioas Will be for comprehensive and construc tive actiol by the law-making body. It is admitted by members of the fac tion he leads that there is a; possi bility that thc legislative sessiIm will continue longer than the usual 40 (days that the wishes of the n, ex ecutive may be mtt. By numerous leaders under Man ning Is talked tte necessity of com missionsi to linvestigate some state Iin stitutions anid varios conditions that have developed during the four year oftl lC(( E(tIo Goerorlieaesaministrautin Intomel source the apointnt of '10 s'everlt' such omisions eis(i~ toscri let' any "prat'ica lly cetin." oa il artst''il at -Wy of teeislature itt extied lto llintr rounn blse gulatng Ctililgbor, trie com-l iil pulot'ry5 leention te :10rganizatin tlndte rvon the ste of i';i.S t 1ox ftion. aSuch mfeasures, it the ex-iiil e1'lepton o 0 th ie'pectledi('bi pritli ngas a osn, mee thte fapprval 01 the newOY grent. hieptisenti iele, e ted t'o-' air any thios ppos~iitti, lto atld hit autoizin a1( stte-wide11 il lefedm oni(i th e ttr thnestin.looiatit 'In te Ct' aming'of atheo sl.V illva foi o95 he wayis ad mean tl lis wom mito f t'ithel iose tof riepStlt nitives a resltn of tile atue othTeasotton rtee wil torv able stotintis r$t3ues0s neede Deoratembe by the va (CnitonoftineO Ptae htTrurer