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meet* VOLUME 1, NO. 281. Weekly, Established I8G0: Dally, faa. 18, 1914, ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM ADVANCED AGE AND WORRY IS LARGELY THE CAUSE INABILITY TO AV?RT?THE WAR ?- V Great European Struggle Preyed Constant!; on Mint* of His Holiness Hastening Death (By Associated PrcsB.) Rome, Aug. 20.-Pope Pius X died at 1:20 this morning. He had been Hi for several days but alarming Symptoms did not develop until Wed nesday morning. Throughout the day Doctors Marchiafava and Amid, devoted their utmost energies to stim ulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals wero notified of the Pope's grave condition and some of them who entered the room describe the sceno as heart rending, especially when the pontiff arousing himself from time to time, spoke. Once he said: "In ancient times the Pope by a word might havo stayed the slaugh ter, but now ho Is impotent." Prayers were said by thousands and church bells sounded when the sac rament was exposed upon an the al tars. When'tho court learned of the! Pope's condition there was .the deep- ] est concern, King Victor Emmanuel personally informed Queen Helena and the news was communicated to the Queen Mother. , Extreme unction was administered by Monsignor Zsmplnl 'Sacristan to His, Holiness, amid a touching scene. The Pope's rioters and his niece were overcome with grief, Cardinal Merry del Val knelt beside his bcd, wher other cardinals Joined him, members' - of the houscht^lplotaifc' .pruflCtaVr Tho dying Pope in a moment of lu cidity- sald t1: - \ "Now X begin to think as the end is approaching that .the Almighty in ! his Inexhaustible goodness wishes to sparc mo tho horrors Europe is un dergoing." Without JVarnlng Wednesday was oho of tho most an xious days in tho history of tho pa pacy. The whole world knew that the Pope was indisposed, but it was supposed that he was suffering from his usual ailment, the gout. Up to noon oven the members of the house hold were unaware of tho seriousness of the developments. Almost without warning carno the word that the pon tiff was at death's door. Ali day his agony continued. At times he revived and was able to say a few words, but hope of saving him was Anally abandoned. Soveial times throughout tho city and at the'palace the rumor spread that the end had come, only to be denied later. Rome, Aug SO.-Grief over tho war in Europe caused theJPope much dt? pre?Blon from the first outbreak, and several days ago symptoms ot the old bronchial affection from which the pontiff bas suffered in times past. On Tuesday Dr. Marchiafava an nounced that th? Pope was. suffering from ? simple cold and that possibly complete rest. for a week would re store, him to his usual health. Tho ' bronchial condition -spread, however, and OB' Wednesday it^watr announced that the Pope's condition was serious. . ia one of the recent intervals of con sciousness he asked for Monsignor Rosa, recently appointed secretary of- the Consistorial Congregation. Monsignor Rosa had beeb an intimate iriond of tho Popo since tho pontiff was bl shop of Trev JBCO . As soon .as he was notified ho rushed to tho vat lean and was admitted immediately to the apartment'where the-Pope was lying; Monsignor; Rosa remained alone .with- th? Popfe. The. incident was coneidored significant, as owing to his. present position, Monsignor Ro sa' would bo secretary of the conclave cn the death,ot the Pope. It ls now thought that tho Pope confided in htm h 1B last wishes. ... Cardinal Merry dot Val, tho pa pal secretary, telegraphed to all the cardinals, notifying them of the grav? condition from which the Pope was suffering. ' ? ' Later the ringing of the church bells announced to the faithful the exposition .' of the' Holy Sacrament, and called them to prayer for the re storation of the pontiff !?. health. ? This gave rise to tho rumors ot the Pope's death, which tho vatican denied, ow ing to the many- inquiries * from all . quarters. Those closo to the Pope believe tho grief overvthe war/situation brought on the final crisis and rn overwhelm ed him that he was unnblo in hi* goth' year to withstand still another attack of his old-enemy, gouty, ca tarrh, v . Ill health has be^u tho pontiff*:^* for many years, and. intermittently the attacks have been so seri?os that the World was prepnred aove ral times (Contlnue? oh Page Seven.) -, '. ' " '? . IB?I?M3WIM NEWS FROM FRONT IS UNOBTAINABLE No Official Statements Concern ing War Have Been Received at Washington (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 19.-Officials of tho United States government are a: ignorant of what is happening on th< battlefields of Europe as tho genera public. Not a message-and Ameri can diplomats are in hourly commun ication from all European capitals hais come in ?he last Ave dayB hinting at the develo-.oient of military ope rations. In only one , dispatch was there any reference to pending hos - tilities. Mini!-' r Whitlock at Bel gium reported that although the seat of gpvcrnn.cnt had been moved to Antwerp, he saw no need of leaving Brussels for the present. It wes In ferred from thiB that tho German forces were not yet close to the Bel gian capital. Absence of infomatlon about thc movement of thc armies Is accounted for by the officials owing to the fact that thc American diplomatic officers ^re too busy caring for stranded Americans to call at the embassies or legations where news might be ob tained. Ambassador Herrick, In one mes sage, however, snoko of the fact that even diplomats -ere unable to learn what was happening in the war zone beyond what was given out by the official preBB bureau. From tho far East the government had no dispatches today. Baron Chinda, the Japanese minister, con ferred briefly with Secretary Bryan, but satd ho brought nothing ot impor tance. Kal Fu Shab, the . Chinese minuter, lat-- talked wtih Mr. Bry and, but de< med to discuss the objec ffi?ffi'C3?U|Jtv& fi- i*yjTtiii ?~~. Representatives of virtually all the ? peace societies in the United States formally expressed their appreciation to Secretary Bryan o? President Wil son's tender of good offices to the European powers. PBTCE DECLINES rylee of Sogar Declines From High Kee ?rd of Several Bays Ago. (By Associated Prese'.) New York, Augur! 19.-Tho first re action in sugar prices1 since the re cent excited advance of over 2 1-2 cents a. pound occurred today, whou Cuban centrifugal 98 test sold at R l-l cents, representing a decline of 1-4. cent from the high record price?. It was understood that Cuban holders were offering raw rugar at connon :v'ons as tho recent heavy d i:i*vnd had boon pretty well filled up. ooooooooooooooooeea o ?* COTTON CONGRESS o o Columbia, Aug 19.-Indica- o o tlons are tonight that there will o 0 be a large attendance at the o o South Carolina Cotton Congress o o which will meet In Columbia o o tomorrow morning at ll o'clock o o Commissioner Watson announc- . o .o ed today that a census ot the o o- state showed that 700,000 bales o o ' of cotton can be hpu3ed In the o o ware houses. o e e o o o o e o o o o o o o at o o o o o German Posi At "Me. (By Assoc lated Press.) I Peking, China, Aug: 19^-The gov-i ernor Klo-Chaw ot the German colony in. China today issued a proclamation saying that au attack waa Imminent, i The majority of the non-combatants j already have left and the American le- i gatton ls advising the State depart-1 ment to withdraw Willys R. Peck, the American consul, his4 presence hoing unnecessary because American inter ests; temporarily aro terminated. Mr. Peck, ho wo ve r, desires to re main. ' Although the garrison, of Kiao-Chow ls under 5,000 the for ti heat ions aro he llo ved to be formidable.' Since th? war bogan the harbor has b?es mined and the land defenses strengthened with wire entanglements, earth works'add mined sones. ' Mony Chinese coolies ..have been employ ed* besides the troops of the gar rison. The legation quarter , in Peking ls defty affected by the'prospect because ? many of the German and British offl-, eera who will participate ut the fight ing have been members of Peking so ciety during their terms of-service in i the legation guards. Young German business men bave gone as reservists baie many English friends in the various treaty ports. HHH^HHBia^B^HHft GENERAL JOFFRE OF THE FRENCH ARMY Photo by American Press Asociatlon. The commander lb chief Of France's land fighters ts bore shown at his u>io headquarters. * * GREAT RIDDLE IS UNANSWERED Vote in tnc Gubernatorial Race, 1912? Special to The ?ntellingcncer. Pickcna, .August 19.-A quio and undemonstrative audience of about GOO Pickons county voters attended the state campaign meeting here to day. There was little change In. the of the speeches. The last meeting of the campaign will be held Thursday at Greenville. "Anything that Fortner chooses to Bay against me I take as a compli ment If anything that he should say about me should defeat me I should deserve to be. defeated," Bald Frank w Sbealey, candidate for railroad commissioner In answer to the charge that Sbealey was playing both aides in the campaigns The plea of John O Clinks calen for the boys and girls of the. state was weir received .In reply to the local option compulsory education candi dates he said, that the counties that mo3t needed compulsory education would not vote in it . Robert A. Cooper said that If elect ed there would be ho strings tied to him. Richard I. Manning asked the vot ers why the governor has pardoned about 900 hundred negroes John p. Richards predicted that be would be In the second rsce. Ho did not tell for whom ho voted in 1912. ' ' '[ < ' "'. -. tessions are rey of Japan -? ? ? . . . . . nV . ?. -, : ;.' ..I There' being no German laborers In China, practically all the ' reservists are officers..' Their number is suffic ient to form several companies. Their fara II len are appealing to the German legation to urge Berlin to capitulate but the 'l?gation, has been, unable io communicate wit! i- Ber lip ' since the cables were cut. ANXIOUSLY WAITING Japan's Ultimatum Awslted Wtih Anx iety in Diplomatic Circles Washington, Aug. IS.--Germany's re ply to Japan's ultimatum ls awaited with anxiety in diplomatic quarters SS JlkMy to open hostilities in tho far east The reply possibly may pass through American channels of com munications as that was one of tho means bf forwarding Japan's note ow ing to the difficulties of cable commun ication.:/ If Germany withdrew from Kiao Chow for the pr?sent,1 while her ?per ales were centered in Europe, Klao Chow naturally would revert -to Chi na, Ko information of Oennaoy's pur VDse has yet; come through, although such intimation as oHlclalb receive in dicato that Germany will reject the demand to withdraw and realst o siego, j Flashes Brussels, August 19-An engage? ment ls reported.to- bare taken placo In Northern- 'Llmbonrg. Aa import* eal ri?nth ami Gem?an battle is ex pected. RUMOR UNCONFIRMED London, Aug. 19-An offlclal an nonncement this morning ears thc re tirement o? Belgian i.troeps towards Antwerp bj rumored? but is not con firmed. 1'ROBABLY BUFFS Brussels, Ang. 10.-Four German girls were arrested today on the chu rae of spying. Three spies, one a woman at Loa>ain, were shot. 1 Three persons excited by the war nows bare gone Insane Cailianx Is Promoted Paris, Aug. 19-Joseph Caillaux, tho former premier and - minister of finance, who had the rank bf sergeant in the reserves, has been promoted to subaltern lieutenant. He ls serving in the financial department bf thc ar my. A VICIOUS ATTACK London, Aug 19.-A dispatch from Rome to the Star says refugees from Mudgcbnrg, Germany, report that thc German soldiers fired ott 8,000 Ital ians confined In the barracks there, killing 7 and wounding 16 because of them shouting 'borrah for Italy." \ REQUISITION ISSUED ' Austin, Tex},- A*g. 19,--Governor 0 .B. Colo,ultt of Tews, today Issued a Tfeqoisltlon. on the governor* of Ore gon for the return to Texas of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ihne*, charged with murder, In connection with the dis appearance of Mrs. Jj3k>he Nelms Dennis and her sister, Miss Beatrice Nelms in San Antonio, last Julne. WAS GAME Brussels, via Paris, Aug 10.-A German monoplane was brought down hy riflemen today at 8 ierre beek; only few miles to the cast of Brussels. The , pilot and officer hud In als possession three revolvers, 'bombs and Interest, tug notes. .Ills legs were broken by the fan, hut notwithstanding his in Juries he endeavored to discharge Us weapons, HEAVY FIGHTING Paris, Aug. 10.-A dispatch te the Paris Midi fro? Brussels dated te* day says cannonading was distinctly heard in Brussels ut 6 fclock this morning. ! Tho correspondent addi that lt Is understood that a German amy is now marching on Brussels hy way of Hnj and Jodoignc. GERMANS DRTVEN BACK London, Ang. 19.-A).dispatch to Tho Sentir Telegraph Company from fl russels says, the German advance covering the r?gion between Gen* 1 Manx and Jodofgnc are : being grad nally pushed hack before the advance of the Belgian and French forces. The Belgian* and FfWre.aos In -cfc Junction; and tn contact *Uh the advance linea ef the German ar ?my., - - HOKE SMITH RE-ELECTED RETURNS INCOMPLETE BUT SHOW A BIG MAJORITY FOR SENATOR VERY HEAVY VOTE, Candidates For Other Offices Miake Close Race-Contest To Go Before Convention (Dy Associated Press.) Atlanta, August 19.-Complete and incomplete returns from a majority of the counties in Georgia nt a late hour last night indicated that United States Senator Hoke Smith had heen nominated for re-election by an over whelming majority in the state-wide democratic primary today. Nomina tion is equivalent to election. Smltl carried every county from which com plete returns had been made up to ll p. m. and lt waB claimed tonight that he would command thc electoral vote of more than 100 counties ?ot thc 148 In the State at the convention. Cobb county, the home of former Gov ernor Drown, gave Smith a majority of 050. Fulton county in which At lanta is located, waa carried by Smite by more than 6,000 majority. While tho race for the senior son a torsbip failed to provide the excite ment which had been expected of it, that for the nomination to the unex pired term of the late Senator A O. Dacon, proved thrilling. The figures at ll o'clock tonight showed Con gressman T. W. Hardwick in the load by a narrow margin, with Gov. J. M. Slaton second and Thomas M. Felder a close third. Neither John R. Cooper nor G. R. Hutchens, tho other candidates, had carried a county .at the hour named. The contest prob ably will ,bo taken to tho state con vention, ai; lt would b^iicessary. for lae . leader to poll more votes 7.t?an: the combined vote of bis opponents In order to be nominated. In the race for the guebrnatorlal nomination. Dr. L. C. Hardman, Judge N. E. Harris and J. Ran dolph Anderson were making a very close light. Harris led Hardman late tonight by only 16 convention votes, making it apparently certain that this contest will also go , to the conven tion. / A long ticket and a heavy vote de layed the count. It probably will be several days before tho final figures are available. MORE CURRENCY TO MOVE CROPS Has Been Decided Upon By the Sooth Carolina Currency Association Special to The Intelligencer Columbia, August 19.-The South Carolina Currency Association was organized here today, there being 60 National and State banks represented About $8,000,000 capital was repres ented. The association proposes to issue about $3,000,000 additional cur rency to move the crops. Applica tions for membership of the associa tion were tonight sent to secretary Mc Ad oo. head of the treasury depart ment Details of Sit\ British Cru (By Associated Press1.) I London, August 19.-The official in formation bureau has issued an ac-1 count of the sinking of the British cruiser Amphion by a mino tn the North ona, wh ich was fl rsc reported last week. After describing how the Amphion and the third destroyer flo tilla had proceeded to carry out a prearranged plan of search, the re port continued as. follows: "A trawler informed that she had seen a suspicious ship throwing things overboard. Shortly after tb? German minc layer Koenlgtn - Luiso was sighted steering east. Four de: rtroyerir gave chase and in about an hour's.time she was rounded up and! sunk. "After picking- up tho survivors Of the German ship- the plan of search was carried out without incident until 6:SO a. m., at whi.'h hour the Amphion struck a mine. "A sheet of flame Instantly engulfed the bridge. The captain was render ed Insensible .and he fell to the fore and aft bridge. As soon aa the cap tain recovered consciousness be rang the eugine- room to stop the engines which ware still goiug at revolutions for twenty knots. As all tn?.forwaro part or the Amphion was on fire it waa found impossible to reach the bridge or flood tho fore magasine. DESULTORY F NO BIG M TOURISTS HAVE NEW EXPERIENCES Americans In London Hotels Witness Many ' Peculiar Procedures (Hy Associated Press.) London. August 1!?.- -Thousands of American:' gather daily at tho Sa voy hotel where tho great ball room and a score of ten rooms and private dining rooms have been turned over to American citizens and American residents' committees, which ure pro viding fei residents of the United States Ht randed in Europe. Every morang when the doors of the relief headquarters* open an army cf American tourists rushes tn the various booths in search of informa tion concerning sailings of steamers, j Ten bankciT nnd their clerks' are kepi conBtcntly busy at work provkMntf I money for travelers with letters oil credit while committees of ronre-l sen tat i ve men aad women investir^ tu . credentials of pcr&cr.2 who hut* ox-1 haustcd their funds1 but hold tickets' on steamship lines which have dis continued sailinRB. A large postofflce force haudles mall for thc Americans. All letters and cablegram? Dent in care of the American embassy hore aro turned I over to the relief committees. I Men and women of all ages, mll I Uonalres, workmen, school teachers and society leaders, drorscd In elab orate Parisian gowns, move shoulder to shoulder in tho crowd seeking as sistance from the roliof workers. Tho war has levelled all social barriers and put all travelers on ono lovel. Americans who straggle into Lon don from Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Cherbourg aro equally helpless. Most of. them aro provided with traveler's cheques or letton? of credit,"whieh Wffe'?f IltUe ueo to thom in Berlin, Geneva and. Rome. Prom ' Austria, Switzerland, Gtt'many and France, Americans have ma?o their way ie England as best thoy could. Few could get sleeping car accommoda tions and- nearly all have lost their baggage. Many travellers who were touring on the continent in automo biles lost their cari* and thankfully received such huinblo accommoda tion*, as they could got on tho trip to London. The transportation committee head de by Joseph H. Day is thc center of greatest attraction In the ball room at thc Savoy. This committee gota tho first information concornlng the additional trailings of steamships anu supplies berths to Americans as rap idly as they are alloted by the steam ship companies. With the announce ment of the English linos that their sallinga soon would become virtually normal a cheerful air pervaded the relief headquarters. , In a single day as many as eight thousand Americans have been careo for on ships sailing from Glasgow and Liverpool. Eighteen steamers scheduled to sail within a elngle week have booked about twenty thousand American passengers, to the great satisfaction of tourists waiting their turn to sall for America. Every time a sailing ls arranged the fact 1B announced by a man who rap? for silence In the ball room filled with chattering Americans. ? Similar pro cedure is followed whenever a single berth ls to be sold. iking of the ?ser Amphion . "The ship's back appeared to be broken and she was already settling down by tho bows. All efforts, there fore, were directed to placing the wounded In places of safety In cace ot an explosion and tn getting the cruiser In tow by the stern. "By the time the destroyers bsd clorod |n lt was time to abanaon thu ship. All was* dono without hurry or contusion and twenty minutes ofter the cruiser struck the mine the mea, the officers and lastly the captain baa left the ship. "Three minutes after the captain had left another explosion occurred. This enveloped and blew up the eotli* torepart of the vessel. The effect ot this showed the Amphion must have .truck a second mine whicn exploded under tho fore magazine. Debris fall ing from a great height struck the rescue boats and the destroyers ano one of the Amph ion's shells burst on the deck of one of the destroyer*), killing two Englishmen and one-Ger man -prisoner:-. . "The afterpart of the Amphion then began to settle quickly until Its fore most section was on the bottom and the whole afterpart was Inclined at an angie of 4& degrees. In another quarter of an hour this also had dis appeared." ? Y* + . ' CONFLICTING RUMORS FROM THE BELLIGERENT FORCES DECISIVE BATTLE HOURLY EXPECTED Thousands Entrenched Over Stretch of Many Miles Await Command to Advance ? (By Asflocicted Press.) London, August. 19.--An American military export reviewing tho situa tion in Belgium tvald tonlpH "I left Brussels today. There was a good deal or agitation there as the people thought thc Germans very near and there lias been fighting et Tlrlc n?c!vt. A good many refugees had como , n from Ttrlemont and Louvain. ji orle kept quiet, though th?y r? . ''th suBpenBO owing to Uuiors. Tho impression wss that the Germane? after making - reebn nolrsunces In force and scouting the country to tho north of DrusBols with cavalry, were about to advance ?in force on Brussels. Tho population had boon told by tho burgomaster ' that, if tho Gcrmanu .como, they should remain indoors and go on as far as poaslhlo with their usual-voca tions. ... -i . ? . > VBrussoltv is an undefended city, . but within the last three, or four d?ya ovcry Important et root leading out of the town has been barricaded. Trenches have boen dug In the out skirts with barbed wire entangle ments In front of 'theta.. Th ea o do.; tensen', however, ere intended' only i for protection against a cavalry raid. They would be futile against any at tack in force." fi London, August' 19.-Dispatches x from Br assois 'announce that.'-Hie BrltiBh. French and Hus?la? mm?o-' tera, with their ?ir??2, vh"av^' list ?sV Antwerp. 7 ' Tho Brussels correspondent of . th? Exchange Telegraph company says, it hy becoming practically Impossible r te got news from Brussels as the censor - forbids information cdncornlng troop movements, being publtrhed. Howev er, lt ls certain thai ? tremendous battle ls in progrew wlthlr. the area stretching from Dlest and Tirl?mo?t, as far UH Glvet. ,'. "Tho general impresi?n. here lo that no effort will be made to con centrate for the d?tense of Brussels, as the attacking Gordians would not bo of HUlllclent strength to warrant ruck concentration." '.'..,'?' London, August ' 20.-The advance or German troops around and above Brussels, and ovon Into what virtu ally are the auburns* of Antwerp0a . indicated In .router dispatches from Antwerp, which report that German cavalry have been encountered near H eren thais, 15 mil?.', ccst of Antwerp, northeast of Antwerp,' and close to the Dutch frontier. London, August 20.^-A Brussels dispatch to the Havas agency says the German? again attacked Dlest Wednesday afternoon. They appear ed io have come back In force and bombarded the town, whose' Inhabi tants fled In terror. The German ar tillery alco ls reported to havo bom barded Tirlemont. Another Havas dispatch from Brus sels, sent In vague form, leads to -the belief that the Gen af ?ia made ? sur? . prise advance elora to tho Belgian positions defendi? - OniBsoIs*. They encamped for tbo tight, bat a Belgian aviator discovered their position and revealed it to headquarters in time. Cavalry was hurried f or ward and af ter some marching and countermarch ing the Germans retired. London, AugUBt 19.-Eighty Japan etse students who arrived in England today from Germany say some or their compatriots were, arrested, charged with espionage. Those ar riving here declared they experienced considerable dl?comfort had all lott their baggage. Before Great Britain declared .'war on Germany, the students tay. the Idea prevailed In Germany that Japan wouuld attack Russia and tho Jap anese .were well treated, but wheo lt became clear that Japan, es Great Britain's ally, would not do sb. the at titude of the people toward tho Jap anese underwent a marked chango. ' . . ' Paris, August 19.-The following . official Etalement waa given out to night: "Latest sdvices are to the effect . that the French anny kai reached Merchingen In AISAC* Lorraine, 1? miles southwest of Met?. Our ad vance wss very rapid In tho afternoon beyond the river Seil le. At the end of the day we reached Delma on on? . r olde, and Mor bango on the other. "Thero is IBUe ?hange l? th? situa-,, tlon in upper Alsace. Wo continue to advance tn Vosges? The Germane (Continued QB Page Sering V^\ -