Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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. - 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. _ 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. - 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. I _______ 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."