m ffTJMTEB WATCHMAN, Established April, 18*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Aima't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18*0.
SVJMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914.
Discouraged By Defeats People Make
Demonstration Against War Policy.
STATED THAT GREECE AND OTHER BALKAN STATES MAY UNITE
AGAINST TURKEY, WHILE BULGARIA REMAINS NEUTRAL?
fBENCH GAIN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS OF TRENCHES IN
FIERCE FIGHTING IN WEST?WARSHIPS BOMBARD GERMAN
LINES, SILENCING CANNON*?ALLIES' AVIATORS DROP BOMBS
ON ZEPPELIN SHEDS, WHILE GERMANS RETALATE BY DROP?
PING THEM ON DUNKIRK?RUSSIANS ASSUME OFFENSIVE,
DRIVING GERMANS BACK NE EAR WARSAW?HARD FIGHTING
IN GALICIA.
PLAN WAR ON TURKS.
Bultarm Will be Hands-off When
Oilier Balkan States? Attack Turkey.
London. Dec. 22.?Bulgaria has
given official assurances to the allies
to*.! shs will remain neutral If other
Balkan States attack Turkey. It is
said concerted action against Turkey
Is being planned by Ureece and sever?
al other Balkan States. This action
would add ne My a half million men
to the allies fighting strength.
Warship* Bombard Germans.
Rotterdam. Dec* 22.?The British
warshi|>s have been bombarding the
German positions along the Belgian
coast f >r thirty-six hours. The Ger?
man firs has now slackened and It is
believed that most of their batteries
have been silenced. Allies' aviators
bombarded the Zeppelin sheds at
fltter-Beek, a suburb of Brussels, do?
ing much damage. German airmen
raided Dunkirk, dropping twelve
bombe. A number are reported to
have been killed.
Rees Is us Move Forward Again.
Petroirrad. Dee. 22?The Russluns
ars agsln movtn,f forward, taking?
the uelasalve west of Warsaw. Tliey
drove the Germans back over the
Baute rtrer and once more straighten?
ed their line, despite hard counter
attacks by the ermans. There has
been terrific fighting along the Bzura.
from Kam I on southwest to Lowicz
and along the Utrura Bawaka, Plsla
and Sklemlewka rivers. The Rus?
sian army Is swinging back westward
like a mammoth pendulum, having
been strongly reinforced.
Dcapcratc Battle In Galicia.
Lemberg. Dec. 22.?Over eight
hundred thousand Russians and Aus
tr??-Qermana are tuttling over a front
one hundred and twenty-five miles
long in Galicia. forming an almost
ring angle from Blrosa. west Przem
ysl, southwest to Luplaow, thence
northwest to SenklJozyn on the
Dujac river. The fighting is desper?
ate.
Of man Submarine Sunk.
Paris. Dec. 22.?It Is reported that
a German suhmnrlno while attempt?
ing to attack a British transport off
Havre was sunk by a destroyer.
Austria iih Clamor for Peace.
Geneva. Dec. 22.?Anti-war dem?
onstrations are occurring daily in
Austria and Hungary. Tho Austrian
defeats have discouraged the people
who are working to effect separate
peace, leaving Germany alono in the
contest. Mobs aro gathering about
the royal palace clamoring for peaco.
lYcnch Make Gain*.
Paris. Dec. 12.?The offici al state?
ment this afternoon Nays near Per?
thes l*s Huri?? the French have cap?
tured hree German works, repre?
senting f?ft ?en hundred yards of
trenches. A lull has occurred In the
Infantry atuckn on Flanders, but the
artillery continues. In the Cham?
pagne district and around Souxaln in
the Arronnes there is fierce bayonet
fighting The statement admits that
the *.-r n \n* have made gains at some
points, out indicates that these sre of
no great Importance.
French Attack* Itcpulxed.
Berlin. Wireless. Dec. 22.?The offi?
cial statement thin afternoon says that
the French attack* near Albert, Com?
plete. Soulln, und Perthes and the
Pri'lsh attacks at Fcs'ul?'rt and
Owency have been repulsed. At the
east the gttaattea i ? unchanged,
A Fight to the Fin Kb.
Paris, Dec. 22.?At the opening of
lb* French BgSjetS and cbamOer of
deputl??a today Premier Ylvbitti. la
bis speech said: "The French gOVem*
ment bss tod one p Ibv. that I* the
ptosecutlou of tho war against Gei
many until absolute victory is won,
Europe liberated and peace guaran?
teed." Many members returning from
?he front attended the session in uni?
form. The seats of members who
:bad been killed in battle were cov
jcred with flowers.
COTTON" COMPRESS VICTORY.
Interstate Commerce Commission Or?
ders .btluntlc Coast Line to Discon?
tinue Allowance to Cotton Shippers.
Washington. Dec. 22.?The Inter?
state Commerce Commission today in
a decision ordered the Atlantic Coast
Line and other railroads to discon?
tinue granting an allowance to cotton
shippers for the compression of cot?
ton at the seaports. The decision
resulted from a complaint made by
cotton merchants who operate com?
presses at interior points.
IMMIGRATION BILL DELAYED.
Wilson's Opposition to Literacy Test
Section May Prevent Its Passage.
Washington, Dec. 21.?Postpone?
ment of action on the immigration
bill, pending In the senate, until after
the Christmas holidays was made vir
tually certain today when Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
after a conference with President
Wilson, gave notice that he would of?
fer an amendment to strike from the
measure the proposed literacy test for
aliens.
As soon as Senator Lewis had made
his announcement champions of the
bill sought to have further discussion
of the bill delayed until after the hol?
idays. Parliamentary tangles were
[encountered, however, and on motion
[of Senator Smith of South Carolina
the measure was temporarily laid
aside until tomorrow.
The fate of the bill is in doubt, it
I was declared by several Democratic
senators tonight, as a result of Pres?
ident Wilson's opposition to the liter?
acy test. In the opinion of its spon?
sors striking out of this provision
would mean defeat of the bill, be?
cause no subs+ittue method of re?
stricting has been agreed on.
XO PATRONAGE FIGHT.
President Wilson Rediscounts Reports
of Conflict With Senate.
Washington. Doc. 22.?President
Wilson today ridiculed the reports
that he is in a light with the senate
over patronage matters. He sum?
med up the situation by saying that
the senate has a perfect right to re?
ject any nominations It pleased.
GREECE BUYS MANY TENTS.
Greek Consul Says Tliey ore Not to
Re t'seil for War.
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 21.?Contracts
for one million dollars' worth of
trr.ts and poles were let to Toledo
eompanies and itgntd here today by
<\ Vassadarkls, Greek consul general
to the I'nited States, and a repre?
sentative of the Pamagoloupoluus
Company, of Athens, (ireeee, general
contractors for the Halkan States.
"These supplies are not to be used
for war." said Vassadnrkis. "We sim?
ply are Moving in this country supplies
that we would have difficulty in secur?
ing In Europe."
THE H ORSON REKOl.t'TIOX.
Hollge Adopt*. Rule Ma!.Ing it The
Sprclul Order.
Washington, !>!>c. 22. The house
today adopted a spec ial rule making
in order the Hobson prohibition reso?
lution. There was n<? roll rail,
I lohsnn Immediately addressed the
house in a fervent speech, favorlm?
I ...n-wldc prohibition. The speak
? r repeatedly cautioned the applaud
in: galleries. Ths vote bt expected
lete this evening.
PITCHED BATTLE IN QGQNEL
four white men wounded
and two negroes killed.
Allen Green and Green Gibson Meet
Death When Negroes Attack White
Men Said to Have Whipped Sus?
pected Barn Burner Near Fairplay.
Anderson, Dec. 21.?Two negroee
were killed and four white men
wounded in a battle between the four
white men and a party of negroes at
Fairplay, in Oconee county, last night.
News of the affair has just reached
surrounding towns, and, on account of
telephono lines being out of commis?
sion, full details have not been ob
.ained.
Allen Green and Green Gibson are
\he dead negroes.
The white men suffering wounds
are: Magistrate W. C. McClure, shot
in the wrist; John McDonald, shot in
the eye; Woodrow Campbell, suffer?
ing a wound on the hand; Paul
Marrett, sprinkled with shot.
It is said that a negro burned a
barn near Knox's bridge in Oconee
county Saturday afternoon and that
Magistrate McClure, Woodrow Camp
I boll, John McDonald and Paul Marrett
iwent to the suspected negro's house
and, carrying him to the place where
jtho barn was burned, gave him a
severe whipping.
Returning they are said to have
been attacked by a party of negroes
led by Allen Green. Green was killed
I in the fight which followed, and Green
[Gibson died later from wounds re?
ceived in the battle. None of the
white men is believed to be fatally
wounded.
This affair may be a sequel to the
wellnigh fatal stabbing of Julius
Marrett in this community a few days
ago. Marrett was seriously stabbed
while trying to arrest a negro who
had esccaped from a Georgia county
chaingang. The negro successfully
eluded pursuit in South Carolina, but
was later arrested and is now in jail
at Toccoa, Ga.
FIGHT AT FAIRPLAY. |
Sheriff at Walhalla Docs Not Receive
Tidings Until Late in the Afternoon.
Walhalla, Dec. 21.?News of the af?
fair at Fairplay only reached Wal?
halla this evening. An inquiry came
(from another county this afternoon,
and when tho sheriff was asked he
said he knew nothing. No report of
untoward incidents had come from
the lower section of the county. At
6 o'clock a citizen came in from the
country bringing a report of a battle
between negroes and white men.
Sheriff Davis left tonight for the
scene.
The information received here was
to the effect that the community
about Fairplay was much wrought up
Sunday night with many men under
arms.
darlinton flour mill.
Company With Capital of $5,000
Granted Commission by Secretary
ol State.
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Columbia, Dec. 21.?The movement
jfor crrain elevators and roller mills is
i gaining ground in this State.
I The secretary of State has issued
a commission to the Darlington
(Wheat and Roller Mills company of
'Darlington with a capital stock of
I $5,000. The petitioners are James It.
jDrigi?s, W. L. Ward and C M. Ward.
The BOmpeny will erect a flour mill.
Several days ago a roller mill and
wheat elevator company was formed
for BennettSVllle. in Marlboro county.
A 50 -barrel a day flour mill is soon to
be erected at Dentaville, in Richland
county. Companies are forming in
Andersen and Greenville and other
points In the State for the handling
of tho grain crop, which will be ma?
terial iy increased this year.
BURGLAR KILLS MILLIONAIRE.
Desperate Battle In Residence In I*>s
Angeles.
Ijos Angeles, Dec. 22.?W. M. Alex?
ander, a millionaire lawyer, was shot
ami killed by a burglar in his resi?
dence on Wilshlre Place early this
morning?. His son was wounded dur?
ing the revolver tight. The burglar
escaped.
A MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING.
Negro Thrown into Creek With Hook
Tied to Ills Nook.
Rulevllle, Miss., Dec. 12.?A mob
last night took Tom Smith, a negro,
from the jail, tied a rook around his
neck, drove him four miles t<? Deep
('reek. In Sunflower county, and throw
him in He bit t he < hin off .lohn
King, a planter?
ALBERT TOLBERT CHOKED WO?
MAN TO DEATH.
Two Hud Been Forced to Separate
Several Times?Man Summoned
Sheriff and Coroner After Horrible
Deed.
Greenwood, Dec. 21.?Albert Tol?
bert, a young white man working at
Pamola cotton mills here, choked his
wife to death yesterday afternoon
while in a room with her alone. 'Col?
bert seemed utterly indifferent to the
crime and asked that the sheriff be
sent for himself and the undertaker
for his wife's body.
The dead woman was Miss Nola
Hall from the Donalds section of Ab?
beville county. She and Tolber* had
been married several years but had
not been able to live together and had
separated several times. Lately they
had been living together and working
jin Pamola mill. They occupied two
I rooms of a house and M. D. Ellenberg
and family the other two rooms of
house. Yesterday Mr. Ellenberg
heard them quarreling and heard the
woman scream. He and his family
i thought they were lighting but did
jnot suspect the actual nature of the
(struggle. A little later Tolbert came
jto the door and asked Ellenberg's
jSon to go for the sheriff, saying he
had killed his wife. He had a knife
in his hand.
Mr. Ellenberg sent for Superinten?
dent McCuen. When Mr. McCuen ar
| rived he found the woman dead on
.the floor and Tolbert sitting by the
fire smoking a cigarette. Tolbert told
I him he had choked her to death. Said
|it had been done about 1 o'clock in
I the afternoon. It was then 2 o'clock.
I Sheriff McMillan and Dr. Lyon were
l soon on hand and the examiantlon
'showed the woman's neck broken.
The doctor observed that the woman
seemed to have been strangled and
Talbert replied that she was, that he
had choked her to death. He was
carried to Jail. There was consider
jable talk of lynching but cooler coun?
sel prevailed.
f ^TnV deacf womoiY ^aV~ aocfut 22
i years of age. Tolbert appears to be
I about 25. He is from the McCor
mick section.
j CENSORSHIP ON BIG SCALE.
I
British Censors Handle 50,000 Cable?
grams Each Day.
j Washington, Dec. 21.?Censorship
lot an unprecented scale is in opera?
tion now over the complicated system
j of cables connecting Europe with
I America. After some friction the
i machinery created by the British gov?
ernment is handling an average ol
HO,000 cablegrams each day, and
even this figure does not represent the
full volume of business, because many
cablegrams, from their private char?
acter, are not subject to censorship.
An official statement of the business
of the British censors here today
rrakes It appear that In this great
p.iass of business few cablegrams have
been delayed or stopped. It Is ex?
plained that when a properly ad
jdressed message destined for the
t. nited States is stopped the censor
invariably informs the American am?
bassador with an explanation of the
AITUCANS SUFFER FROM COLD.
Toes of Senegalese in Belgium Freeze
and Often Amputation is Necessary.
London, Dec. 20.?Troops from the
tropics are suffering intensely from
the cold in Belgium. This is especial?
ly true of the Senegalese. In many
cases their toes or feet have heen
frozen so badly that amputation has
been necessary, according to Mrs.
Harry Floyd, chief commissioner of
the French wounded emergency fund,
who has just returned from the hos?
pitals at Havre. Liaieux, Hayoux.
Deauvllle and other points. Mrs.
Floyd says many of the hospitals are
badly in need of anaesthetics, tetanus
serum, surgical instruments and sur?
geons.
THE ENTIRE POLISH LEGION.
Duke Nicholas Authorizes Organization
of Poles.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. 20.?
(Via Petrograd and London. 5.46 1\
M.)?By authority of Grand Duke
Nicholas, a Polish legion has been or?
ganised. The Russian army contains
many Polish volunteers, hut the legion
will be the first Polish contingent Hy?
ing a distinctive IIa?: to be accepted.
Pour thousand Poles how are en?
rolled in the legion and will be read>
to go lo tin.' front in six weeks.
Russians Defeat Germans on Bzura and Are
Driving Them Back Towards Lodz,
Repulsing Advance on Warsaw.
In West Allies Have Made Continued Gains, But Reinforce?
ments Arriving at Cerman Center, May Turn Advantage
at That Point to Their Opponents-Persia States That It
Will Remain Neutral?Conflicting Reports of Russian
and Turkish Gains?Attempt Made to Seize Suez Canal.
Suez Canal Threatened.
! Constantinople, Dec. 23.?Official?
I The Turks in Egypt begun their march
j upon the Suez canal Monday. The
'.Turks in Caucasus made a surprise
night attack on the Russians at Ela
gus Mirlri, east of Koprikoi, InfUct
1 log heavy loss.
Russians Shell Turks.
I Petrograd. Dec. 23.?Russian war?
dships in the Black sea shelled the
Turks advancing toward Batoum. The
Russians continue to press back the
Turks in the direction of Van. tOffi
icial.)
Airmen Attack Str.issburg.
Geneva, Dec. 23.?Flying at a
, height of four thousand feet French
aviators dropped three bombs on the
main station of the German aviation
station near Strassburg on Monday,
indicting heavy damage, leaving the
LlUktton in flames. Great activity prc
: vails at the Zeppelin factory in
Friedrichshafen.
Allies Move ForMard.
I Paris, Dec. 23.?Since i:he allies re
'sttmed the offensive all along the bat*
\ tie front in Belgium and in Alsace
: Lorraine they have made the follow?
ing gains. Four miles to point east
(of Lombartzyde on the Nieuport-St.
I George-Dixmude line; three miles at
j Vpres on the Blxschoote-^asschen
i dale-Cheluvelt-Holebecke line; five
; miles on the Arras-Labasse line, tak
i ing practically all of the German's
first line trenches; three and a-half
' miles between Argohne and Meuse,
I
! taking the trenches and strategic
; roadways ten miles toward Muelhaus
ien in Alsace; slight gains on the Bau
' peme-Albert-Roye-Moyon line; at
I Tracy Leval and on the heights of the
Miuse and in the Woevre district the
! Germans made some gains by count ?r
'attacks east of Rheims, between the
Jxcsle and Aisne rivers. Gen. Joffre,
, however, is not satisfied with the sit?
uation. He recently retired twenty
fcur French generals. Germans have
been reinforced in West Flanders and
may attempt to resume the offensive.
Warship Rei>ortcd Sunk.
Athens, Dec. 23.?An unidentified
i warship is reported to have been
sunk off the coast of Syria with all
on board. French and British war?
ships have been off the coast for
some time.
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Germans Claim Gains.
Berlin. Dec 23.?Official?At the
, west the allies' offensive movement
I which was begun December ISth has
I broken down before strong German
j counter attacks. The enemy are now
on the defensive. After repelling the
j attacks of the allies for five days the
Germans have advanced at several
points, particularly in the Argonne
region.
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Reinforcements for Germans.
1 Amsterdam, Dec. 23.?Private mes?
sages today confirm the reports that
: n any regiments from Poland are
passing through Aix-la-Cha.pelle to
v ard the battle front In northern
, France.
Persia Remains Neutral.
j Petrograd, Dec. 23.?The Persian
legation today denied reports that
Persia had decided to support Ger?
many ami Turkey in the war.
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j French Claim Continued Success.
I Paris. Dec. 23.?Official?This af?
ternoon the allies are maintaining
'their offensive with continued suc?
cess in Belgium and France. The
i i
i French have made progress on the
I I
.coast between the North sea and the
[road running from Xleuport to West
end. Allies hove recaptured the \ il
l?ge of Givenchyles near Labassee.
A heavy fog at Arras is Impeding the
operations. There is sharp lighting
at other points favorable to the allies.
(?real Battle in Poland.
Petrograd, Doe. 21.?A greal battle|
i:- raging today nlong ihe Pillen river,
between Lods and Opoczno, There j
ii a lull in the fighting along the
Bzura river. On the -vestern side the
Germans are await' ^ einforcements.
The German defe' ? ng the Bzura is
declared to be jf greater than at
first reported. - Germans sustain?
ed fearful loJ
y "
Itusf ffe< Driving Germans.
Petro'.^* Dec. 2'.?Official?The
Russia % \ading east Prussia from
the f ind south have driven the
Ger back across the Bzura, On
the x dca river we are repulsing the
Germans who are attempting to ad?
vance from Lodz. Warsaw is now
s-nfe. In eastern Galicia and south?
ern Poland, we have broken the Aus
tro-German offensive. The Germans
,are sacrificing tens of thousands of
jmcn for temporary gains while we are
[sacrificing none except for perma
! nent gains.
Kaiser Goes to Western Front.
Amsterdam, Dec. 23.?A dispatch
today states that the Kaiser arrived
at Cologne Tuesday with his entire
i staff en ruote to the western front.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE MAY COME UP.
Chairman John Gary Evans of tho
Advisory Board Call.? Meeting for
I January 7. '
Spartanburg, Dec. 2 2.?John Gary
Evans, chairman of the advisory
board of the South Carolina Equal
Suffrage League, will call a conference
! of the board to be held in Columbia
January 7 to discuss "he plans and
the policy of action to be adopted
pursuant to presenting the question of
I equal suffrage at the approaching ses?
sion of the general assembly. The
! matter will be in the shape of a joint
[resolution asking that the constitution
I be so amended as to allow women to
vote. The resolution must be adopted
by a two-thirds vote before an elec?
tion on the amendment is authorized.
If the advocates for equal suf?
frage win their battle tefore the as?
sembly the election would probably
he held in the general election in
1916.
Mr. Evans and other leading ex?
ponents for equal suffrage confident?
ly believe that the way is clear for
I presenting the matter la some defi
Inite shape and accordingly the ques?
tion of equal suffrage w 11 be one of
the leading features at the 1915 ses?
sion of the solons.
MOTHER KEEPS CHILDREN.
Dur Must See That They Divide Time
With the Father.
Columbia, Dec. 2 2.?Tie supremo
court this afternoon issued the fol?
lowing order finally disposing of the
Tillman children:
"After hearing return tc the rule is?
sued herein, and upon consideration
thereof, it is ordered: That it does not
yet appear that the respondent shall
he deprived of the custody of her
children.
"Ordered further. That no reason
has been shown why the cl ildren shall
not yet bo given into the custody of
the Tlllmans for the time heretofore
directed and that during the year
ltlS the father of the children shall
have their custody not only for tho
[time heretofore directed, but In ad?
dition thereto the time the children
[were directed to he put Into the cus?
tody of their grandparents.
"Ordered further. That the father
shall Indicate to the mother what par?
ticular season Im agreeable to him to
have such supplemented custody, up?
on which n-uice ti. children shall be
given to him.
"Ordered farther. hat refusal of
the infant children to comply with
the onler of the court is not a suffi
rinel excuse, but on the contrary, if
the mother can not enforce mch com?
pliance, then it will bo incumbent on
tlt?- cant to Und other agencies of
control.
?'Ordered further. That a ropy here?
of be served upon the father. B. R.
Tillman. Jr., and the mother, Mrs.
Lucy Dugae."