Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i n roiu ?VICTiai WATCHMAN, Established April, 1840. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1844. Vol. XXXIX. No. 36. Discouraged By Defeats People Make Demonstration Against War Policy. STATED THAT GRJ_ECE AND OTHER BALKAN STATES MAY UNITE AGAINST TURKEY, WHILE BULGARIA REMAINS NEUTRAL? FRENCH GAIN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS OF TRENCHES IN :FIERCE FIGHTING IN WEST?WARSHIPS BOMBARD GERMAN )_INEB, SILENCING CANNON?AI-LI ES' AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ON ZEPPELIN SHEDS, WHILE GERMANS RETALATE BY DROP JPLNO THEM ON DUNKIRK?RUSSIANS ASSUME OFFENSIVE, DRIVING GERMANS BACK NEE AR WARSAW?HARD FIGHTING IK GALICIA. PLAN WAR ON TURKS. Bulgarin Will be Hands-on* When Other Balkan States? Attack Turkey. London. Dec. 22.?Bulgaria has given official assurances to the allies that 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 State?. This action Would add nearly a half million men to the allies fighting strength. Warships Bombard Germans. Rotterdam, Dec.* 22.?The British warships have been bombarding the German positions along the Belgian coast for 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 Btter-Heek. a suburb of Brussels, do? ing mueh damage. German airmen raided Dunkirk, dropping twelve bombe. A number are reported to have been killed. Hassle us Move Forward Again. Petrograd, Dee 22.?The Russians are again moving forward, taking; lfcv? o?enerve west of Warsaw. They drove the Germans back over the ftfera river and once more straighten? ed their line, despite hard counter attacks by the Germans. There has be n terrific fighting along the Bzura, from Kamlon southwest to Lowlcz and along the Utrura Bawaka, Plsla and Sklemiewka rivers. The Rus? sian army Is swinging bade westward like a mammoth pendulum, having been strongly reinforced. Desperate Battle In (i allein. Lemberg, Dec. 22.?Over eight hundred thousand Russians and Aus tro-Germans are battling over a front one hundred and twenty-five miles long In Gallcia, forming an almost ring angle from Blroxa, west Przem ysl, southwest to Luplaow, thence northwest to SeaklJozyn on the Dujac river. The fighting is desper? ate. Gorman Submarine Sunk. Paris, Dec. 22.?It is reported that a German submarine while attempt? ing to attack a British transport off Havre was sunk by a destroyer. Austria nx Clamor for Peace. Geneva, Dec. 22?Anti-war dem? onstrations are occurring daily in Austrir. and Hungary. Tho Austrian defeat* have discouraged the people who are working to effect separate peace, leavInK Oerrnany alono in tho contest. Mobs are gathering about the royal palace clamoring for peace French Make Gains, rarls. Dec. 22.?The official state? ment this afternoon says near Per? thes Lsg HurloH the French havo cap? tured throe German works, repre? senting fifteen hcudrcd yards of trenches. A lull has occurred In the Infantr . uu^ks on Flanders, hut the artillery coi tlnues. In the Cham? pagne listrlct and uround Sousuin in the Argonnc* there is fierce bayonet fighting. The statement admits that the Germans have made gains at some points, but indicates that Ugggg are of no great Importance. French Attacks Repulsed. Berlin. Wireless. Dec. 22.?The offi? cial statement this afternoon savs that ' the French attacks near Albert, Com? plegne. Soulln, end Perthes and the ? British attacks at FejCubert and Oweney have been repulsed. At the eaat the situation la gachangod. A Fight to the ITnMi. Paris, Dee, 22.?At the opening of the French senate and chamber of doputle* today Premier Vp/lag*. in his speech said "The French go etr\ ment has but SSM polb v, that Is the prosecution of tho war against Ger-, many until absolute victory is won, Europe liberated and peace guaran? teed." Many members returning from the front attended the session in uni? form. The seats of members who had been killed in battle were cov? ered with flowers. COTTON COMPRESS VICTORY. Interstate Commerce Commission Or? ders .-Atlantic Coast Line to Discon? tinue Allowance to Cotton Shippers. Washington, Dec. 22.?The Inter? state Commerce Commission today in a dech.on ordered the Atlantic Coast Line and other railroads to discon? tinue granting an allowanco 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 DILL DELAYED. Wilson's Opposition to Literacy Test Section May Prevent its Passage. Washington, Dec. 21.?Postpone? ment of action on the immigration j bllt, pending in the senate, until after I the Christmas holidays was made vir? tually certain today when Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, after a conference with President I 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 j 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 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 substitute method of re? stricting has been agreed on. NO PATRONAGE FIGHT. President Wilson Rediscounts Reports of Conflict With Senate. Washington, Doc. 22.?President Wilson today ridiculed the reports that ho is in a tight 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 HEYS MANY TENTS. Greek Consul Says They are Not to Re I'sed for War. Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 21.?Contracts for one million dollars' worth of tents and roles were let to Toledo companies and signed here today by <\ Vassadarkis, Greek consul general to the Unftid States, and a repre? sentative of the Pamagoloupolous Company, of Athens, Greece, general contractors for the Balkan States. "Theso supplies are not to be used for war." said Vassadarkis. ' We sim? ply are buying in this country supplies that wo would have difficulty in secur? ing in Europe." THE IIORSON RESOLUTION. Ilsnst Adopts Rule Mol ing it The Special Order. Washington. Dee. 22. The house today adopted a special rule making in order the Hobaon prohibition reso? lution. There was no roll call, HobaOffl immediately addressed the house In a fervent speech, favoring nation-wide prohibition, The speak? er repeatedly cautioned the npplaud Ins. galleries, The vote Is expected lat" this evening. PITCHED BATTLE IN OCONEE. 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 Darn Burner Near Fairplay. ? Anderson, Dec. 21.?Two negroes were hilled 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 telephone lines being out of commis? sion, full details have not been ob? tained. Allen Green and Green Gibson are the dead negroes. The white men suffering wounds are: Magistrate W. C. McClure, shot in the wrist; John McDonald, shot in I the eye; Woodrow Campbell, suffer jlng 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 1 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 jthe 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 .he fight which followed, and Green [ Git son 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 slabbing of Julius Marrett in this community a few days age. Marrett was seriously stabbed j while trying to arrest a negro who had esccaped from a Georgia county chaingang. The negro successfully eluded pursuit in South Carolina, but jwai later arrested and Is now In jail I at Toccoa, Ga. FIGHT AT FATRPLAY. i I Sheriff at Walhalla Docs Not Receive I Tidings Until Late in the Afternoon. Walhalla, Dec. 21.?News of the af 'falr at Fairplay only reached Wal? halla this evening. An inquiry came j from another county this afternoon, and when the 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 J between negroes and white men. t Sheriff Davis left tonight for the .scene. I The information received here was j to .he effect that tho community about Fairplay was much wrought up ; Sun lay night with many men under j arm s. - DARLINTON FLOUR MULL. Company With Capital of $3,000 G ranted Commission by Secretary of State. Columbia, Dec. 21.?The movement jfor ^rain elevators and roller mills is gaining ground in this State, j The secretary of State has issued a commission to the Darlington ' Wheat and Roller Mills company of [ Darlington with a capital stock of $5,000. The petitioners are James It. Driggs. W. L. Ward rid C, M. Ward. I The company will erect a flour mill. Several days ago a roller mill and j wheat elevator company was formed for Bennettsville, in Marlboro county. A 50-barrel a day flour mill is soon to Ibe erected at Dentsville, in Kichland I county. Companies are forming in Anderson and Greenville and other [points in the State for the handling , of the grain crop, which will he ma? terially Increased this year. BURGLAR KILLS MILLIONAIRE. Desperate Battle In Residence In Ivos Angeles. Los Angeles, Dec. 22.?W. M. Alex? ander, a millionaire lawyer, was shot and killed by a burglar in his resi? dence on Wilshlre Place early this morning. His son was wounded dur? ing the revolver light. The burglar escaped. A MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING. Negro Thrown into Creek With Rook Tied to His Nook. Rulevllle, Miss., inc. 22.?A mob last i Ight took Tom Smith, n negro, from tho jail, tied a rook around his neck, drove him four miles to Deep Creek, in Suntlower county, and threw him in. Ho bit tho chin off .lohn King, a planter. WIFE KILLED BY HUSBAND. 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. Tol? bert seemed utterly indifferent to the crime and asked that the sheriff be sent for himself and the undertaker [for his wife's body. I The dead woman was Miss Nola I Hall from the Donalds section of Ab |beville county. She and Tolbert had ? been married several years but had not been able to live together and had ^separated several times. Lately they jhad been living together and working jin Pamola mill. They occupied two j 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 thought they were fighting 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 McCucn. When Mr. McCuen ar j 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 jit had been done about 1 o'clock in I the afternoon. It was then 2 o'clock. I Sheriff McMillan and Dr. Lyon were soon on hand and the examiantion ,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 considcr jable talk of lynching but cooler coun? sel prevailed. I T^e~~3eacf woman' c1waT*"* abo*ut 22 I years of age. Tolbert appears to be I about 25. He is from the McCor imick section. J CENSORSHIP ON BIG SCALE, t ????? British Censors Handle 50,000 Cable? grams Each Day. } Washington, Dec. 21.?Censorship of an unprecented scale is in opcra ; 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 jemment is handling an average of u0,000 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 hero today I makes it appear that in this great mass of business few cablegrams have been delayed or stopped. It is ex? plained that when a properly ad? dressed message destined for the United States is stopped the censor invariably informs the American am? bassador with an explanation of the 1 reason. AFRICANS SUFFER FROM COLD. Toes of Senegalese In Belgium Freeze and Often Amputation is Necessary. i London, Dec. 20.?Troops from the J 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 been 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? pital! at Havre. Listeux, Bayoux, Deauvllle and other points. Mrs. Floyd sa.\s many of the hospitals are badly In need of anaesthetics, tetanus serum, surgical instruments and sur? geons. -. THE ENTIRE POLISH LEGION. Duke Nicholas Authorises Organisation of Poles. _ Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. 20.? (Via Petrograd and London, 5.45 P. M.)?By authority of Grand Duke Nicholas, n Polish legion has been or? ganised. The Kassian .army contains many Polish volunteers, but the legion will be the first Polish contingent tlx - in*; a distinctive Hag to be accepted. Four thousand Poles now are en? rolled in the legion and will he read) to go to the, 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?j The Turks in Egypt begun their march upon the Suez canal Monday. The Turks in Caucasus made a surprise night attack on the Russians at Ela gug Mirlri, east of Koprikoi, inllict ing heavy loss. Russians Shell Turks. Petrograd. Dec. 23.?itussian war? ships in the Black sea shelled the Turks advancing toward Batoum. The Russians continue to press hack the Turks in the direction of Van. tOlfi cial.j Airmen Attack Strassburg. Geneva, Dec. 23.?Flying at a I height of four thousand feet French j aviators dropped three bombs on the i main station of the German aviation station near Strassburg on Monday, inflicting heavy damage, leaving the Lltatton in flames. Great activity pre? vails at the Zeppelin factory In : Friedrichshafen. Allies Move Forward. j Paris, Dec. 23.?Since the; allies re? sumed 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 cast (Of Lombartzyde on the Nieuport-St. I George-Dixmude line; three miles at I Vpres on the Bixsehoot.e-Passchen : dale-Cheluvelt-Holebecke line; five j miles on the Arras-Labasse line, tak i Ing practically all of the German's j 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 1 peme-Albert-Roye-Moyon line; at Tracy Leval and on the heights of the MCUM and in the Woevre district the 'Germans made some gain*; by count ?r 'attacks east of Rheims, between the 'xcsle and Aisne rivers. Gen. Joffre, however, is not satisfied with the sit? uation. He recently retired twenty four French generals. Germans have been reinforced in West Flanders and may attempt to resume the offensive. Warship Rci>ortcd Sunk. Athens, Dec. 23.?An unidentified 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 jwhich was begun December ISth has i broken down before strong German j counter attacks. The enemy .are now on the def sive. After repelling the !attacks of e allies for five days the Germans h. e advanced at several points, par. ularly in the Argonne region. Rclnforcx >ents for Germans. Amsterdam, Dec. 23.?Private mes? sages today confirm the reports that : n.any regiments from Poland are , passing through Aix-la-Chapelte to? ward the battle front In northern France. Persia Remains Neutral. Petrograd. Dec. 23.?The Persian legation today denied reports that Persia had decided to support Ger? many and Turkey in the war. French Claim Continued Success. Paris. Dec. 23.?Official?This af? ternoon the allies are maintaining their offensive with continued suc? cess in Belgium and France. The French have made progress on the coast between the North sea and the road running from Nleuport to West end. Alli?s have recaptured the vil lage of Glvenchyles near Labassee. A heavy fog nt Arras is Impeding the operations. There is sharp fighting at other points favorable to the allies. Great Battle in Poland. Petrograd, Dee. 271.?A greal bottle is raging today along the lMli? :\ riv er, between Lodz and Opoczno, There '3 a lull in the fighting along the ]1zi.ra rive*-. On the western side the Germans are await'a einforcements. The German defc ? rg the Bzura i3 declared to be ,f greater than at first reported. 4. Germans sustain cd fearful lo^y y Rnsf H Driving ?.cnnans. Petro'.^' Dec. 23.?Official?The Russia v fading east Prussia from the f Ma south have driven the Ger back across the Bzura, On the i .ica river we are repulsing the Germans who are attempting to ad? vance from Lodz. Warsaw is now s-nfe. In eastern Galicia and south Jem Poland, we have broken the Aus jtro-German offensive. The Germans are sacrificing tens of thousands of j men 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 i at Cologne Tuesday with his entire !staff en ruote to the western front. EQUAL SUFFRAGE MAY COME UP. Chairman John Gary Evans of tho Advisory Board Calls Meeting for j January 7. Spartanburg, Dec. 22.?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 J January 7 to discuss the plans and the policy of action to be adopted pursuant to presenting the question of I equal suffrage at the approaching ses Jsion of the general assembly. The matter will be in the shape of a joint [resolution asking that the constitution 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 before the as? sembly the election wculd probably be 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 1 presenting the matter in some defi inite shape and accordingly the ques? tion of equal suffrage will be one of the leading features at T.he 1915 ses? sion of the solons. MOTHER KEEPS CHILDREN. But Must See That They Divide Time With the Father. Columbia, Dec. 2 2.?The supremo court this afternoon issued the fol? lowing order finally disposing of the Tillman children: "After hearing return to the rule is? sued herein, and upon consideration thereof, it is ordered: That it docs not yet appear that the respondent shall be deprived of the custody of her children. "Ordered further. That no reason has been shown why the children shall not yet bo given into the custody of the Tillmans for the time heretofore directed and that during the year 1915 the father of the children shall have their custody not only for tho [time heretofore directed, but In ad? dition thereto the tim;* the children [were directed to he put Into the cus? tody of their grandparents, j "Ordered further. That the father shall indicate to the mother what par? ticular season is agreeable to him to have such supplemented custody, up? on which notice the children shall bo given to him. "Ordered further. That refusal of the infant children to comply with ih.> order of the court is not a sttffi elnel excuse, but on the contrary, if tht> mother can not enforce such com pliance, then it will be incumbent on Hie court t<? Und other agencies of control. "Ordered further. That a copy here? of be served upon the fa her. B. R. Tillman, Jr.. sod the mother, Mrs. Lucy Duga*\"