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*VOL. XXXVII .MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917. WA' DEATH SUMMONS COMES TO fORMER CHAMPION BOB FITZSIMMONS Former Champion Heavyweight Pug ilist of the World Succumbs to Pneumonia. WAS'ILL ONLY ONE WEEK Fought ' for Life. as He Had Fought for Victory in the Ring. Chicago, Oct. 22.-Robert Fitzsim mons, former champion heavyweight pugilist of- the world, died at a hos pital here early today, after an ill ness of five days of pneumonia. Funeral services for the dead fight er will be held at the Moody Taber nacle Wednesday. Burial will be at Gracelanl Cemetery. The former champion became ill last Tuesday while appearing in a vaudeville theater, and his ailment was at first diagnosed at -'ptomaine poisoning. Later it was discovered that he was suffering from lobar pneumonia and plysicians declared that he could not live. His remark able vitality sustained him until Sat urday, when he lapsed into uncon sciouspess from which he (lid not rally except at rare intervals. Received Many Messages. During the five clays of his illness Fitzsimmons was the recipient of many messages from men whom he had formerly met in the ring, includ ing James J. Corbett, from whom he '.won the championship, and James J. Jeffries, who took the title from him. Other pugilists and followers of the sport sent telegrams to the fighter and his wife, expressing hope of a speedy recovery. Fitzsimmons, until he sank into his final stupor, fought for his life as he had fought for victory in the ring. Physicians declared life was pro longed several days by the grim de termination of the man. "Fighting Bob" lived up to his nick-name and ring reputation al most to the end. He refused to admit defeat even 'after physicians had given up hope. Fitzsimmons always was' referred to as an Australian be cause it was there that he started his ring career, but he was born in Hel sten, Cornwall, England, June 4, 1862. His parents, however, soon moved to New Zealand. Fitzsimmons started work in his father's blacksmith shop, and at the age of 18 gained fame for his dex terity in swinging a heavy hammer and fashioning of horseshoes. It was said he could shape two while others made one. Splendid Athlete. Naturally athletic, Fitzsimmons en gaged in all kinds of sports. Before taking up boxing he was a hammer thrower, and long distance runner. His speeil and endurance were so marvelous that he was given to hunt ing kangaroos afoot. The - former champion's career began as the win ner of lightweight competition pro moted by James Mace, of New Zea land, in 1880. HeI defeated four men, knocking out three of them, and thus became the amateur champion of the country. The next year he defended his honors, defeating five opponents in one night. Always Ready to Fight. F'itzsimnmons continued at the 'forge for the next six or seven years, but was always ready to fight. After fighting Lhree battles wvith Jim Hall, then regarded as the m idd lewveight champion of Australia, Fitzsimmons came to A merica in41890. He was one of the lightest men to wvin the heavy weight championship, lie rarely wveighed more than' 165 p)ounds wvhen In condlition ands.gave awvay as nmch as fifty poundls to some opponents, Fitzsi mmons won the world's heavy weight title on March 17, 1897, when lhe defeated James .'Corb~ett in thc fourteenth round of their memorable battle at Carson City, Nevada. H[e stopped Corbett with his famous solai plexus punch, of which he wvas th< originator. For two years Fitzsimmons clung to the honor~, losing it to James J. Jeffries when he was knocked out ir the .eleventh round, June 8, 1899, at Concy Island, New York. In 1902 hc met Jeffries again, hoping to regair the crown, but after having the bettei of the California giant on Foints Fltzsimmons went down to defeat ir the eighth round. ' Old-timers of the ring say the lasi HEAVY TOLL TAKEN BY RUSSIANS Geraany Lost Sixteen Warships and One Transport in Riga Bay Battle. London, Oct. 23.-Despite its over whelming preponderance in artillery and number of ships, the German fleet that seized control of the Gulf of Riga and its islands, during the last two weeks, suffered a loss eight times as heavy as did the Russians. Al together sixteen German ships-fif teen of ,them warships and one a transport-were put out of action. This is the detailed toll: The German Lost: Two dreadnoughts. One cruiser. Twelve torpedoboats (six definitely known sunk). One transport. Numerous mine-sweepers. The Russians Lose: One battleship (the S!ava, sunk). One large- torpedoboat destroyer, 1,100 tons. Today's official review given out by the Russian admiralty at Petro grad explains that except for the six torpedoboats, v:hiich are definitely known to have been sent to the bot tom, the fate of the German vessels put out of action is not known. There has been a let-up in naval activity in Baltic waters but new en counters are looked for momentarily. Teuton submarines continue to cruise in the approaches of the Gulf of Fin land. In the Moon Sound, where for four days, twenty Russian warships were bottled up, the Germans are now removing the obstacles laid by the Russians before leaving. Another landing on the Esthonian mainland was attempted/by the Ger mans yesterday, but failed eight miles north of Werder, Petrograd re ports. The transports were driven away by the Russian land defence. Russians Alert. On the front, north of Riga the Germans, evidently in a manoeuver to lull the Russians into security where they are most gravely menac ed, abandoned some positions around Hindenberg, on the southern bank of the Aa river and to the eastward therefrom. The Russians followed and occupied the trenches but the Petrograd war office is known to be fully aware of all the possibilities presented by the Gernian control of the Riga Gulf, and to be taking all necessary precautionary measures. Watch the British. , Fearing that the British fleet may try to spoil their' Baltic victory and place the German naval forces "be tween tow fires," the Germans are keeping a vigilant eye upon the three "gates" from the North Sea to the Baltic, the small and great belts, and the sound. These waters are swarm ing with German scouting forces while overhead strong squadrons of Zeppelins and seaplanes are ever on the lookout for the slightest sign of a British approach. Unconfirmed reports have it that British submarines co-operated with the Russian fleet in the Moon Island Sound and surroundling wvaters (luring the last two weeks naval activities there. SOLD)IER KILLS HIMSELF D~illon Man Commnits Suicide at - Camp Sevier. Greenville, Oct. 22.-Rufus Kear sey, Company 1", 119th infantry, wvhose home is in Dillon, S. C., comn miittedi suicido this morning at Camp) Sevier by cutting his throat with a razor. Kearsey appeared at roll call this morning and also at mess, though he statedi that he was' sick and did not eat anything. He. was found about t jminutos after mess in a (dying condition, Hie enlisted in the National Guard Juily 29, this year, his age at that time being given as twenty-eight. His nearest living rel ative is his mother, Mrs. Sarah G. Kearsey, whose home is in Dillon. Mental derangement . is given as the cause of the act Kearsey having bepin undler observation on this account for sonmc time. His body will be shipped at government expense as soon as his mother is heard fronm. knockout at the hands of Jeffries started Fitzsimmons on the dowvn gradle path. Fltzsimmons madle a fortune in the ring, his earnings soon vanishing, lie had a varied matrimonial career, hav ing been nmarried four times. TEN THOUSAND PRISONERS WHEN FRENCH ARIA LINE With the French Armies in France, Oct. 23.-The French troops this morning fought one of the most cleverly conceived and most valiantly executed actions of the war. More that' 10,000 prisoners belonging to the famous Fifth Prussian Guards were taken and the French still continue their" victorious progress. The battle began before dawn along a nine-kilometre front, from the northeast of Laffaux, about the neigh borhood of Vauxaillon, to Larovere farm. Amid inky darkness the French troops left their trenches and with a terrific barrage fire from the most powerful concentration of French guns ever gathered on such a front preceding them, they made their way forward to and over the first German positions, sweeping all resistance aside. Altogether six German infantry di visions were aligned, facing the French attacking forces, but none of them were able to withstand the on slaught, the advance continuing like clockwork. The correspondent ob served the battle from a point whence he could see the entire line and was able to watch the precision with which the artillery p:.epared the Ger man front for the advance of the in fantry, and methodical manner of the infantry's progress. Allied Line Holds. British Front in France and Bei gium, Oct. 23.-The new Allied line established in yesterday's limited astride the Ypres-Staden Railway was intact this morning with the ex ception of the loss in the southern fringe of Houtholst wood of one for tificd, farm from which the British were forced to fall back last evening when the Germans delivered a heavy local counter attack. Yesterday's operations may be re corded as a success, ana while only limited objectives were sought their attainment has greatly improved the Allied position. It was hard fighting at numerous points and the Germans lost heavily, especially in the region of Poelca pelle. Large numbers of enemy dead were reported this morning lying in front of the British advanced posts. The fighting was especially severe near the point of junction of the British and French forces. The Ger man defenses on the outskirts of the wood were strong and the enemy fell back battling determinedly with ma chine guns and rifles. At one point north of the Ypres-Staden Railway, at the edge of the wood, the British l advanced posts were unable to main tain the most forward positions reached because ;,f the violent artil lery fire. The main Allied line, how ever, was today well north of the strong line of German positions. More rain fell last night and this morning, (doing much to offset the ef fects of the recent few (lays of sun shine. Swift and D~ashng Blows. Paris, Oct. 23.-In one of the swvift est andl most (lashing blows of the wvar the French troops todlay smashed through the German lines north of the A isne to a depth of more 'than two mnies at oneQ pomnt, inflict ing heavy losses on the~ enemy and caip turing more than 7,500 pr'isoners and twenty-five heavy guns and field guns. Several important villages fell into the hands of the F'reiech, ac SOUTH (ARBOLINA TOH)ACCO Bigger Sales and More Money for September. C'olumbia, pet. 23.-The State De partment of Agriculture, in a com p)ilation showving thie condition of the tobacco market for last month, states that 294,126 more poundls wvas sold than in September, 1917., and an in crease of $96,083.24 was paid. Only five markets andl nine wvarehouses re portedl, the other markets and ware houses having completed their sales dluring the preeding months. 0 EXP'ECTl PEACE IN MONTHi WVashington, Oct. 23.-An Italian workman intern d .n Germany since the beginning of the war has escaped APTURED SMASHES GERMAN S ON RIVER AINSE FRONT ording to the war office announce ment tonight. War Reports Summarized. While the Allied troops were busily mngaged in consolidating positions von Monday in Flanders, the French orces of Gen. Petain struck a mighty nd unexpected blow against the Ger nan line northeast of Soissons Tues lay morning and made some of the most important gains of terrain since hey threw back the army of the Ger man Crown Prince, which was be 3eiging Verdun. TIhe stroke war made over a front of about six miles, from the east of Vauxaillon to Pargony-Filian. Under rainy and generally unfavorable weather conditions the Fr'ench pushed forward all along the line aided by [laring aviators, who flew over the German positions at an altitude of about 150 feet using their machine guns and penetrated the German lines at one point to a depth of two and a fifth miles. Many Prisoners. Numerous important positions fell one by on.-into the hands of Gen. Petain's men and in addition more than' 7,500 Germans, an enormous amount of war material and twenty five heavy field guns were captured. The greatest depth of the drive was in the center of the line, where the village of Chavignon was captur ed, after a violent struggle, which re sulted in the enemy fleeing pellmell. Some of the best troops in the army of the German Crown Prince were en egaged in endeavoring to hold back the onslaught, but their efforts were unavailing under the enthusiasm of the French to win positions which would place them more advantageous ly to press on later toward Laon. Preparing for Drive. For about a week the French ar tillery had been hurling tons of steel into the German line in front of them in preparation for the drive, and when it was started sad havoc already had been wrought by the guns. In addition to the prisoners taken by the French, the Germans suffered heavy casualties. In Flanders both the British and French trops are holding all the gains made in Monday's drive northeast of Ypres, except at one place on the southern fringe of the Houtholst wood, where the Germans in a furious counter-attack forced a slight retire ment by the British. Germans Heaviest Losers. The latest advices concerning the naval activity in the Gulf of Riga, be tween the Germans and Russians, show that although the Russians lost the battleship Slava and a large tor pedo boat destroyer, the Germans were the heaviest losers. Two of their dreadnaughts, one cruiser, twelve torpedo boats, one transport andl numerous mine sweepers were put out of action by the Rusr~ian fleet. The Petrograd government an nouncedl that at least six of the Ger man dlestroye rs were sunk. Further German atimpts to land forces on the IEsthonian coast to the northeast of Werder have bleen re pulsed by Russian dletachments. On the other fronts no important engagements are in progress, excep~t in the nature of bombardmients. On the Julian frone of the Austro-It alian the artillery activity again has be come inte*nse. An Austrian attack with infantry in the Cadore region was repulsed by the Itaians w ith heav'y lomsses. through the Alps to his, country vwith a r~siort that the German people want peace andl expect it to come in No v'ember. Official dispatches received here todlay tell the man's story, ae cording to which the Germans have abandoned hope of victory at arms. Laborers are threatening to leave the factories if the war continues an other winter andl the civilian populai tion generally is living under terrible tondlitions. Hie said 800 soldiers at. tending a circus at Essen wvere killed at one time by bombs of Allied aviators. 0 There will be an oyster supper at the Foreston school house Friday night, October 26, for the benefit of the school builing. 38,000,000 UNDER ARMS Of These 27,500,000 Arrayed Against Central Powers. Washington, Oct. 22.-At least 38, 000,000 men are bearing arms in the war-27,500,000 on the side of the world Allies and 10,600,000 on the side of the Central Powers, accord ing to latest War Department com pilations from published reports on various countries. These figures do not include naval personnel strength, which would raise the total several millions. Against Germany's 7,000,000, Aus tria's 3,000,000, Turkey's 300,000 and Bulgaria's 300,000, are arrayed the following armed forces: Russia, 9,000,000; France, 6,000,000; Great Britain, 5,000,000; Italy, 3,000,000; Japan, *1,400,000; United States, more 'han 1,000,000; China, 541,000; Rumania, 320,000; Serbia, 300,000; Belgium, 300,000; Greece, 300,000; Portugal, 200,000; Montenegro, 40, 000; Siam, 36,000; Cuba, 11,000, and Liberia, 400. San Marino and Pana ma also have small forces under arms. Military experts do not regard these figures as entirely accurate, but believe they represent in round numbers the comparative strengths of the contending armies as published recently. The War Department has many confidential reports on the forces of the Allies, and considerable <lata concerning enemy armies, but this information is not made public for military reasons. PAXVILLE NEWS 'ITEMS. Privates Hampton McLeod and Waldo Reynolds of Camp Jackson came home on Saturday in response to telegrams conveying the intelli gence of serious illness in their families. Mrs. Atler Bradham of Manning is spending awhile at the home of Mr. R. B. Bradham. Rev. A. S. Lesley will begin a series of services here on next Wed nesday evening, at 7 o'clock. lie will only hold services at night, continu ing until next Sunday morning, when the meeting will be concluded. Mr. L. M. Curtis has recently dis posed of his stock of general mer chan:ise and has accepted a position as traveling salesman for Armour & Co. iHe spent the week-end with his folks here. Mr. G. C. Beatson and family, of Wilson Mills, spent the past week-end at the home of Mr. M. B. Corbett near town. Mr. Dewey Reynolds, of the Car lisle Fitting School, came last Friday for a short visit to his relatives. The 1917-1918 session of the Pax ville graded school opened Monday morning, the 15th. On accom.t of the repairs being made on the school building, which are not yep complete, the opening exercises were held in the Baptist church, and the Sunday school rooms of same will be used for the daily sessions of the school. The trustees hope to be ready for occupancy by the 1st. They have been greatly inconvcniencedl on ac count of not being able to receive the mat(erial wvith wvhich to continue the wvork. Thel indictat ions are that thIiis will he one of the most success ful yeafs in the history of the school. Ii ad dition to the studtent body, whitch wa. larger than is usually en:-ol led on the opening doy, there w~ie a nutm her of ft iends andt pttrons p resent. The Rev. J1. 1). Howen, of t he [Hapt ist church opened thle meetinug with scrip~turec reading and prmay' r. Shotrt talks were made by \l ess rs. WV. 1I. Keels, M. Ii. orbet t, the pirinicipal Miss Leamthe lEdwards, andl leer. trcustees, nudite a short Italk explatin ing the finaincialI condition of the school. 11 e hopes soon to present to hi public anto it em ized stat(eent of till expenditures of the school up to date. The t eachers arte the same th is year as last, with the excepition of Miss Earle P'erritt of the primary The trustees feel fortunate in se curing the return of Miss Edwards for tl. .ir pirinciptal for another term. The absence of our Superintendt nt (of Education E. ,J. Browne was notedl and his presceCC was preatly misseid at the Opening exercise. Plans were generally discussed for the community fair to be hel ont Thanksgiving Day. The (late here tofore set was necessary to he (hang ed on account of the condition of the scghool builing. DISCOVER NEW PLOT TO LAND ARMS IN IRISH TERRITORY Lloyd George Says Bernstoff Is Aiding in Attempt to Incite Rebellion. URGES GOVERNMENT ACT Declares Young Men Are Being Drilled in Preparation for Succession Revolt. London, Oct. 23.-In the course of a speech 'in the. House of Commons today Premier Lloyd George declare the government was aware that ar rangements were again being m ade, partly by Count von Bernstorfi', to land arms in Ireland. The premier said that the govern ment could not possibly forget what had happened only eighteen months ago. These speeches could not be treated as excited speeches delivered by persons of no consequence, which would end in nothing. Firm Action. "In order to save those poor peo ple, who honestly believed they were doing their best for their country, from being persuaded by others," continued the premier, "I thought it essential that the government should take fction, not provocate action, but firm action. "There are three things the gov ernment ought to make clear in the interest of Ireland: First, incitement to rebellion cannot be permitted; the Germans nearly landed arms for that purpose eighteen months ago; we know that arrangements are being made for arms to be landed again, and we know that it is partly done by von Bernstorff. Second, a thing no government can per~iit is organi zation for rebellion." Drilling Soldiers. After referring to the drilling and the marching going on in Ireland and the exportation of Devalera, the pre mier declared that what was going on in Ireland was a substantial at tempt to enroll and drill thousands of young men--who in England would have been compulsorily enlisted-in preparation for rebellion. The third point was that there was a deal of talk in Ireland among the Sinn Fiener leader, which, said the premier, did not mean home rule or self-government, but separation or secession. There was a demand for sovereign independence for Ireland, declared the premier. "We had better say at once that under no condition will Great Britain permit anything of thft kind." Prisoners Deported. In the House of Commons today Henry E. Luke, chief secretary for Ireland, said that last February the llrit ish Government had deported prisoners froma Ireland because Ger many Was oifering a helping hainl to the Sinn Feiners. Mr. Luke dleclaredl that the recent troubles in Ireland hadI a risen be cause the convention was dloing well and the S inn Fein leaders wish' it to fail. Ilie said the government intend 0(0 to dlo its utmost to preven('It crIimi. naol acts with such intent ion. Camnp W~heeler (Calls on 'al aon for iielp. :uore 1in::2) e'u'n. ielp was aske from Macon. aotloru th div ision has its own tire Iight ig app'araituh. 'l'here' are F?5 buiblino's in t he hms. hospital svs tem : ' at a.I' Wheee. 'They are' arrang~ed in a row, a consid. erable dist anlce from the cam nP prloper1. IThree' hond red Patients were in t h' hospital buildings when the fire broke out. The fire was first discovered iM the medlical otlicers' quarters. Telephone replorts to this cit y seven miles away say that the patients were r~emov'ed from all dlanger. TIhe white teachers have been called to meet in the court house here next Saturday at 11 o'clock. -All teachers should attend. They owe it to their profession and the communities they serve to keepI fully abreast of t h time in keeping in touch with all the educational movements in th:> comty.