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r!MM?9ocif|i?*r *s? f? #|M TOR SVMTtii W ATI'I PI AN, l-MM.Ushcd Anrtl. 18WI. Consolidated Au*. 3,1831. ?Be Jutit and Fear ?oi?Lei ul! the ends Thon Aime't at be thy Country's, 'i*hy God's arid Truth's." SUMTE R, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1914. _\._ TILL: TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnne, 18S4L Vol. XXXIX. No. 31. ill 1H1 HE Russian Aeroplane Scouts Endeavor to Drop Bombs on German Emperor and His Retinue, While at Breslau. French Claim Advantages in West, Which Germans Deny German Casualty List Over Half Million?Au strains Over running Servia and Turks Invading Russia?Siege of Cra cow Continuei and all Sorties Repulsed. HIiNMly Battle at Koluvxkl. I<omlon, Dec. 6.?A dispatch from Petrograd states that tDirty thous? and licrmans woro killed, wounded or captured In tho buttle of Kolu i lost week. <.? i-man Trcm-hcw Cupturtst. Parts, Dec. :? (Official. Ii P. M.)?Ap preci lb!.? I e-e, !. l - Im cm Iliad against the Germans north of the rher Lys. Tho French infantry charged at dawn, capturing two lines of (Jerman trenches and g liniir.; five hundred metres. The lighting is be? coming; terrific, tho allies taking the offensive. Tho allies now hold part of tho village of Wcldendrft. north? west of I^ingemarcy. The lighting Is heasy in tho Argonne region. Airmen Hunt Kaiser with ll'Mmbs. Petrograd. Dec. 5.?It is reported that Russian aviators dropped I <> on the forts of Breslau while Kaiser William was conferring with members of the German and Austrian general staffs there. German Casualty List. Copenhagen, Dec. 6.?Tho ninety first o^lclal German casualty list br<r.?s t'.e total of killed, wounded and missing to *58.i85, with lists from three ovrpa j^nj ??ly*,e.^ . Am-nc the ^ dead are Oens. ffennlng. Vor Or urn - know and Von Oswald, who were i killed In battle. Airmen ^'orry (it rninns. Berlin. Dec. 5.?Furclvu airmen are active over the southwestern I order of Germany. Aeroplanes, bOSV rod to be French, sailed over Freiburg and Itrelxgau. Abace and dropped boibs upon those cities. \ustrinn? errun Sorvln. Vienna. l>oc. C.?Tie? Austrinni af? ter cupturiie: i'el.:ra?! t ? n? ?>. pu>h Ina southward, meeting with no re? sistance. ?\v '. and southwest of the Arandjelo plain the s< r11 in.* ure. mak ir |o r ? ?Miles \v udk Offensive. Paris. Dec. ?.?Tin- rre.it SOHeS of j Pal lb it v. lie i ;>? of I i ,i I? >e, though fighiim? continues between the .\t? n .. ii nd i .hp The illtes I ? re \ orously assuun sj as ssYensive and ar< iMiahing the tighting Into Belgium and i; hu i lerr lory. The British have g>ii.?d foi.r miles norCnast of Yp:v. Tho Qorasaos have sees Unrows bach from Helf>rt and the French are pre* paring to SttaSM Altk.r. h and Muel hausen \ bPr battle || dOVetOpini fi ..mi i ? mnisfffi Iteh i m hs ni d through s< i 11be;n. The dentine foree n? s,a?s4".r? arc prepiring to meet Um i i p. b advanee. Call Voung >I? n to Arm-.. Cerlln. Don, .".. ? It Is o?ielallv de? nied that the Fnn'h have rn ide any Hppre. nthle KaliiM in the lower VoSgeS, AH number* of the l.aiabturm ftged from ilU to II.* have been railed to the colors. SjgnjS of < "raeow . Petrogiad, bf * '.ribs last nluht by Au.rtro-f Jc rmar.s at CrnOOVI IfPSft noilsrd by the RUSStUnS who nrr now w.thln Iwo miles of I he ?. #e#enoa Civilians ere Hoeing In* ion I VtSSsftsV All north? rn Ifttngarj I-, p-inbi v at the reappearance of Russian f?.r?os on the Hungarian plain. It I? saUgMteel today that the Germans b>*t two-thlrC of their army In Pil uid. In On V|a( 1 i war the.ili the fighting hol bSSS unparalleled In tho bitter' ?'f the world. Mewl file patches claim th?t the Germans lost a hundred Ihemsaad men In fighting their way out ??f the Russian Imp i I.odz alone. Gcrmitln* t lalm Cain-. Berlin, Dec. I.?Tho oUclal stab fSjMffSl t?>d.iv at 1.81 *i\m ihsl the Trench Sttnetm In West Plunders and s?oith M ?' have been repulsed, Tho Herman?, have made progress near l4i!m**o. Dm Aruonnes, end south weal of AHkifet* II IS denied lit i Aeroplanes dropped DO Ol hl on Krupp factories. Turks Invade Russia* Constantinople. Doe, ">.?The Turk lah army has crossed the holder into Ituasia cast of Ikiioum. The Kussinns aro retreating. Turks ?tafjpJMje In Holy War. Washington, Dee. I.?tMlicitl notice has beOfl received that ? holy war has been proclaimed by the Turks ugainst Servia, and the aides. Scrvia has declared all treaties with Turkey can? celled. Awful Slaughter tu Poland. Paris, Dec. o.?News dispatch from Po and states that the fighting there is the bloodiest in the history of the world. Attacks and cour.'.r attacks are leaving the trenches piled high with dead. When upon the very brink of disaster the Germans with ah Mel unthinkable losses escaped the bet t hug of the Mberftftn troops around IxkIz and are now furiously fighting the Kusian advances. In the hand to hand lighting the soldiers are Im? ps id on bayonets or their skulls crtished with the butts of rifles. To LAY DOUBLE TRACK. ?Uth?rn Hallway 'Has Lot Control for Work to Hock Hill Concern. Atlanta. On., Dec. I,?The first con? tract f<;r work north of QelllSYllle, Ga. in connection with th" plan of re? building and double .tracking the Charlotie-Altanta line, has just been lei by the Southern Railway Com? pony. Tb- work to b? done consists of the 00 Ml ruction Of ?'? 1-1 miles of entirely mw line, laying in two stretches, four PJ?lff te ar lit Airy and L' 1-2 miles B er White Sulphur. The construc? tion Will be very expensive and will give smployinont to ? large force of men as the country through which the new line Will be built is very rough and heavy grading Will be 00? ? I Hary. Great improve.m nt in both grades and curvature will be secured by the construction of the lew Uno, I swart and Jones, < I Rock Ulli, B, C, have Ihe contract and will begin n 01 M Immedl tel). l n addition to providing better facilities for hand? ling traffic In the future, Ihe under? ! ising- of this work will nv un the lm? medlate distribution of large sums for labor and material. ILLINOIS UltATFTOItN INDICTED. I _ Metals of Legbdatare Accused of i aehWssI Salary List, Indianapolis, Dee, l.??Thirteen of fleers, members and employes of the Indiana l [islature of 1 !:; have been indict..; by Ihe grand jury oharged with prssoatlag, signing and passing fall ? claims against the State fund.-. aggregating ever $19,000, Among those Indicted ere uteni nt? rovt rnor ? ?'.\t ii. it Is declared that padding the legislative salary list and other Irregularities have been going on for enty years. och an ii vre* on ctvrrox, freight lo Mvcrpmd Jump* to 7", Cent- IH?r Hundred, New Nor!.. Doc. l,??The ocean freight rate on cotton to Liverpool Jumped lo 7 *? cents per hundred pounds today, This is the highest rate riuoted since ihe civil e/nr und an ad? vance of abot.t t?Q o lit4 Since the be? ginning of Hie r I? Rurope, KILLS OTIIFJtM, KIIOOTH si I I'. .1. L. BdWawH and 11. W. Light, Die at Hand- of .lohn It .an. VlekebursTi Dec? ?"? Edwards end h. Wt l?tghl wore shot and killed i y John Ityan this morning. It)n?i tio n mortally wounded him "if. Ityan nnd Kriwardi boarded it Light** bouse ,j. iiott ly Is given ns i he reason for the (lime. iecsmem mm mi !UIM)IX(. IS PRACTICALLY |>r s'lKoYCD BY iCXPLOSIONSJ Monev Torn Into Bhreds and Purtfc <d SaJf Hurled Through Cciltnal bf> Discharges <>f Nltroglyecrluc. \ Mulllns, Dec, o.?Throe cxpldBbna from charges of nitroglycerine (poe? tically destroyed the hank lmlldnm of Nichols, live mile:; from here, eAeie the safe was blown open by yeggpien at 2.30 o'clock this morning. /fV'i - tions <?f the heavy sale dour vere hurled into the c? hing, teeu'in-' through the roof. All windows ?fhc lank were shattered and tho buAiv. ; a*as generally demolished. Just how much money was tgleu can not yet be determined. The I'm a! charge, which was to open an I liner Chest containing the money, wt i t>; powerful that 1.S00 $1 hills vero^ torn Into sheds. Of the $1,854 in cur reney In the safe, $3(1.0-1 was p ;ke ' up in the debris this morning. Three men have been arfSSCcd. Two coming from the direction of Nichols aero arrested early this lag by Policeman Byrd. Anota , ine. his name as Tom Reynold" his horns as Richmond, V i . rested at Pee Dee by Officer! and Davis. Reynolds is apparently about oU years of age. His lefjfarm is off just below the shoulders Ho has blue syes, light hair, and;? 1'hIi* complexion. Reynolds vigorously! pro? tects his innocence. ' Several shots were exchanged** with tho robbers when the bank w as toeing robbed, Later when the yArtginon were leaving, Ilarl Griffln catnO fb the porch and lmiuircd what the ^trou? ble was. The answer was mo or t*vo shots lired at him by the escaping safe blowers. fx A telephone message from Nichols told of the robbery soon after hf oc? curred. Rural Policeman Hunter with sev eral deputies left by dayllgjlt fo * Nichols, Sheriff Dozier with &nr.crs Berry and Davis going to Pee Dee, beilleving.that the.yesi^^mjj^s 'sibfj^hffe-met to* Junction* shortly after daylight, Offl cer Byrd arrested two SUSPICIOUS characters, who were lodged in the Mvlllns jail. These were coming down th< railroad fr< m Nlchol3, A few min? utes later a message was received, telling of the arrest of Reynolds at Pee Dec. The si me train that bore the Pee Dee prisoner to Nichols also brought Guard Robblns from the state penitentiary with his blood? hounds, who had been called over the long distance telephone in time to es eh the early morning train. As a matti r of precaution, the ban'.; building had been roped off, in con sequi nee the trail was readily picked up by the dogs, and the trail followed several hundred yard;; down the rail? road, thence Into the public road to the new bridge. Her.- the trail was |i t. and the conclusion drawn was thai the robber.; had entered n vehicle he'd in walling. Uobblns then took the dorrs ba< k p> Nichols, where 500 ?>; 100 persons had gathered. Instructions were then given to htlVO tho SUSpCCl taken to the wo? ds rind made to climb a tree. Beveral ?cople wer? made to follow close b> t< guard the movements of Reynolds. The dogs were then turned loose over the yard traversed by the crowd. They .: once picked up the trail of Rey? nolds, which was followed to tho Iree, Others were made to strikt trails, but the dogs repeatedly refused to follow these. Reynolds was placed in the jail at Marion to await de? velopments In the case. in the adjoining building on the second story is the telephone ?*><? change. Here the operator was asleep nnd In an adjoining room almost over Iho batd; a negro barber. The Impact from tho explosion almost threw these ?".it of bed. They rushed to the win? dows to nee what the noise was and i ls< >vered three men directly under? neath them. By Ihls lime many per? rons living nearby were up and were running through ihc darkness toward tin- lank when the second charge was touched ?'t'f. 1 >r. Avers, wh ? lives directly across tho street, venture?! out with his shot? gun and llred three cartridges In the direction of the bank, One struck Ihc end of n freight car nnd two u'oro said tri have gone through tho bank win lows, The shots were answered U Ith pi <tol sholS by the robb? rs and >?> far a" cot el oe learned no one else attempted In Intercept the looters. By some il |fi claimed Ihn! there were set many as :. > minute* between In* ' i rs I ntnl tin- last report. While nil Ihls was Loin:: on. lh< operator and barber remained In lb' building, panic stricken. Thej wer? afraid to lenvc on account of 11 i ut:l. und ? ?ihm led. ? . i v momeiil LEWEMT ABOOT M TAX. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE is -NOT ARBITRARY. No Obligation Hosts on I'ostofllccs or Bonks to llantllo Emergent*} Stamps. Columbia, inc. D.?Duncan <\ He> ward, collector of internal revenue for South Carolina, said yest< rday thai, an erroneous Impression had gone abroad that ho had requested post-i m?sten] and hanks in the btato to un? dertake Iho sale of stamps required under the war revenue act and the request had mol with no response. The! I collector raid that the report was' at solutely untrue. "i have made no request cither of I postmasters or bankers for aid in the si lo of stamps,1 said ivir. Ueyward , yesterday. "The law does not make lt{ obligatory upon postmasters to sell stamps, but it permits them to act as agents for the sale of stamps after they give the proper bond. Knowing nothinj N>ut the ofllce facilities of [postmasters in the Btate, l could not well ask them to sell revenue stamps, especially at this season, when the usual amount of mail matter is trebled and quadrupled with thecom i ig of Christmas, The emergency ! revenue act lays further that banks Which are United States depositaries May sell revenue stamps alter giving 'bond or paying for them In advance." The Collector la following instruc? tions from Washington in regard to the enforcement of the emergency revenue law. The treasury depart? ment is inclined to be very lenient toward citizens who have made an ef? fort to buy the revenue stamps but have been unable to do so on account Of the rush. When parties have been unable to obtain the stamps and affix them to the articles taxed, they are required to keep a list of articles sold i without the stamps, such as cosmetics, etc., and*to send the list to the col? lector when they received the stamps, I canceling BUCh stand's as should have ibeen affixed to the taxable articles. ggSJSJI bj'iUkq ja UjU3 State have been Unable to got the stamps to affix* 7"o negotiable Instruments, such as notes, etc. The collector has Instructed these hanks to keep a list of the taxable negotiable instruments, collect the stamp tax at the time they are ne? gotiated and forward the list to the collector with the proper amount of I slam pa Cor cancellation. "The treasury department does not want business t:> be hampered by the stamp t;:>." Bald Mr. Ueyward. "All it asks Is that full protection be given the government In tho matter of lh< collect.ion of the revenue, it Is not the purpose of the department to be arbitrary ii the enforcement of the [emergency svnr rovenue act and where the people have showed a willingness ito comply the department will be lenient." STEAMSHIP l < )?*, CIIAItLESTON. Rcrwhid Detained at New York Cu? ller Suspicion of Neutrality Viola? tion neiettsctl, Washington, I u c. 3.?Assistant Sec? retary of the Treasury Peters tonight Instructed Collector of Customs Ml llone, at Now York, to grant clearance papers to the American steamship Uerwind, recently detained by cus? toms authorities there pending nn In? vestigation to determine whether she had violated the neutrality laws. The Uerwind was charged with furnishing contraband articles to a Germsn warship outside ih<- thrct - mile limit. Upon Investigation, how? ever, the treasury department found it had no grounds upon which to hold her. The vessel, P. was s:iid here, Is clearing for Charleston to take aboard ;i cargo of rotton for Bremen. that the building would he blown up. Tiny called to those In the houses 'nearby to romc and carry them away but ?,'-uid not gel any one out. Short? ly lifter the third explosion ihe men 'came oul and nil went up the rail? road. Harl Grlilln lives jus! beyond the depot nud ns they passed his house ho wns standing on Ihe fronl porch and asked wlinl Ihe trouble was. They fired one or two slots at him and proceeded on down the road. A ne uro living near Nichols *-:>i<l thai h< passed live white nun on the railroad iihoiit 12 o'clock and thai two hour: Inter I s:i\\ then; coming bnck from Nichols. Knt ranee was effected by the break? ing of heavy bolts with n Fledge ham Hier, II is believed thai little mop. ?vas secure I. I*. Hlvlngton sax Ihnl the hank Is covered ftillj h> in Htiranee. \V. ? ?I I hick of ihe Hans of Hull ins i: president of the Nb'hol! bank. After the Capture of Lodz Successes Continue and Russians Are Driven Back. FRENCH HAVE DRIVEN GERMANS BACK IN WEST BY HEAVY \H TILLERY EIRE VXD PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER FOR ALL? KS? TURKS DEFEAT BRITISH FORCE ON TIGRIS RIVER?NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED BETWEEN GERMAN AND BRITISH l-'LEETS OFF EASTERN OAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED. British and Genna us Bald to i!a\c Met in South Atlantic, Montevideo, Dec. 7.?Jt is reported that ?t naval battle has been fough*. in the Atlantic off the Uruguay ^ coast between British and Gcr<'<*r fleets. Jt is possible that Jaj- V warships were also engager* le German steamship Patagonlts (dry? ing supplies to the German llefctc has been sunk by the British cruiser Glas? gow off tlie river Plate. Mines sink Two ships. Stockholm, Dec. 7.?The Swcedlsh steamships Luna and the Finnish ESverilda were sunk by mines off Bjorenborg, In the Gulf of Bothnia to? day. The crew of the D?na were saved, while the Everilda's crew were lost. Rnsslnns on Defensive. Petrograd, Dec. 7.?The sanguinary conflict In Poland continues night and day. The city Lodz is burning, but there have been no decisive results in Poland. All the German attacks haw boon repulsed. The Germans who had been heavily reinforced attacked With great violence, compelling the Russians to assume the defensive. Lodz has been practically ruined by the withering artillery lire. f ?-?1 ? , German Victory in Poland. Berlin, Dec. 7.-? -Following the eel - ture of Lodz, the Get mans are press? ing their advantage against the Rus? sians who are in full retreat. The enemy lost heavily. It is admitted that Gen. Mackenz? n's army was once surrounded and its situation critical, but the Germans cut their was out. Gens. Von Hindenburg and Mucken zun are the heroes of Germany today Turks Repulse British. Constantinople, Dec. 7.?The British who were landing an expeditionary f< reo between Tigris and Suvaga were repulsed 1 y the Tu 1*1(8 with heavy loss. (Otliclal.) Prcinii Gain Ground. Paris, Dee. 7.?The heavy French artillery is gaining the advantage over the Germans, according to tho otliclal statement this afternoon. The offensive along tho Veer by the allies continues, but the allies claim no greal progress. The Germans are re? sisting the advance stubbornly. Some progress has been mude alone, the Yss r canal south of Dlxmude, where the Germans were driven from their advanced positions by heavy cannon? ading. Also north of Cambrin, where the French artillery caused great havoc in the German trenches. The I Germans abandoned their position here, leaving many dead and wound? ed. Northwest of Verdun tho Ger? man artillery was sib need. Near Dammerktrch, in ihe southern Vosges, the French are moving forward, large reinforcements. There Is hard light? ing around Aspach. The French ex? perts claim that the situation Is more favorable to lay than at any time since Ihe battle, which has now lasted ninety-six days, started. Important German Success. Berlin, Dec. 7.-- In addition to tak? ing Lodz. Ihc Germans gained lm portant successes In Northern Poland. Though the details arc unknown It is certain the Russians lost enormously. The Austro-Germnn forces southwest of Plctokrow prevented Dm Russians coming to the assistance of the threat? ened Russinns In Northern Roland. \o special reports have been received from the west. M AY STEAMER WRECKED. Blown from H'nys al Cramp-. Philadel? phia Shipyard. Phllndelphl i, Dee. 5, The steam* r Greal Northern which a'as under construction at Cramps shipyards was .?'own off ihe ways this morning. She \h I'm w nuround off Fort Vliilii Tu are trying lo float id" vessel which \ iiPk ,1 ;,t i ' smi ami. ES AHMV INQUIRY. *t* fJf X Wilson Informs Congress 4. Gardner that llc Objecto to ? UlOUtf Proposed. Washington, Dec. 7.?Pr?sident tVifoon t?>.i:i> placed himself in for? mal opposition to Inquiries into army and navy unpreparedness proposed by Congressman Gardner of Massa? chusetts. He told Mr. Gardner he r.*as opposed to the method of the proposed inquiry. He believed it un? wise as it might create unfavorable International Impressions. CAMDEN CARNEGIE LIBRARY. C:\:c League at Last to Hcalizc Its Drcasn, ConncJI Ha> lag Agreed. Camden, Dec. ?.?On Tuesday last an enthusiastic meeting of the Civic league took place In the assembly r< >m or the graded school. The most inure sting feature was the announce? ment that Mr. Carnegie, through his secretaryi Mrs. James Betrem of New York, had given a library building, funds for which will be available as soon as the city council has signed the papers sent down guaranteeing the upkeep and site of the building. Tentative plans were furnished by a Columbia architect and these plans . kitye,, U/. ii :vu u, Mr% Carnegie, who plan which incorporate the simplicity which .Mr. Carnegie demands and the colonial style of architecture, so suit able t< Camden ami the site chosen. The league has been trying for the library since last February, having 1'laced the scheme before two coun? cils, and after a struggle their dream has been realized. The present library will be incorporated in the new public library of Camden, and Miss Nettles will continue in charge. To Mrs. E. C. von Trescow, president of the Civic league, is due much of the cred? it for the success of the enterprise. TRAGIC DEATH AT ALCOLU. Section * 'oivman at Lumber Camp Perishes in l iana s. AlcolU, Dec <:.? Mr. Charles W. i Atkinson, a section foreman at one of the logging camps of the D. W. Alder? man & Solas Company, was burned t> death about li o'clock his', night, when the house in which no was sleeping was destroyed by fro. The purticulurs of the tragedy are not known at this time, but it is i-upposed I that tile building caught from the heater and was completely enveloped in llames before Mr. Atkinson was aroused from sleep. Mr. Atkinson was about 1<? years old aial unmarried, lie has i no brother. ' Mr. Henry A. Atkinson, who lives at , this place. MAltSHALI NOT A JIX<.o. Vice President Announces !!i> oppo? sition to Ulg Arm} and Na\y. Washington, Dec. 7.?'"The great tn crease i.i the army and navy which \\e hear advocated will not be re? quired by the l'niicd Statt s today or :? morrow, nor can it be supplied right away." Wild this statement Vice President Marshall announces his op? position to a Hosier armv and. navy. PACES KERIOUS CHARGE. Man Im Alleged to Have Tried to Spartanhurg. !?<<?. r?.?Floyd Walker of Landrum was arrested at spartan 'hurg junction tonight charged with attempting to wreck the Carolina Spe? cial jusi as the train left the yard this nftcrn on. As the train approached Walk i he la said to have thrown a switch which would have derailed the whole train had i' not Peon that an t in ploy oe of tin- Southern. William Densmore, Kaw a hat the man had \Y:?lkcr Is In jail here. He Is said to have be-n Intoxicated. Wreck Train. ran nulckl> u close it.