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Committee Reports Heard
Yesterday—Will Try and
Complete Business and
Adjourn Monday
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Sylacauga. November 5.—(Special.)
The conference got down to business
in good earnest and did a good day’s
work.
Seaborn Augustus Owen, recommend
ed by Talladega district conference,
was readmitted into the conference in
the class of the third year.
The class of the fourth year was
elected to elder’s orders.
The following were elected deacons
local preachers: William P. Camp
bell of Florence district, Joel W. Don
aldson of Jasper district, Ocie I* Peek
+1 Roanoke district, Samuel M. Mims
and Thomas E. Roberts of Talladega
district.
t The class of the second year was
called and the following passed ap
proved examinations before the com
mittee and were advanced to the third
year and admitted into full connection:
Robert L. Baker, Julius S. Blackburn,
Alford N. Burns. John W. Curl, Wril
lia^j* M. Harris. Willis J. Howard. Ros
coe M. Howell, Virgil S. Herndon,
• Washington L. Holdridge, ,S. O. Kim
bre’e-h John F. Sturdivant.
< The class of the first year, having
stoo.i approved examination, advanced
to class of second year, as follows:
John F. T. Brown, George W. Biekley,
Isaac T. Carlton, Isaac H. Ilorton, Osee
O. Hill, Thomas H. Johnson, Charles
H. Lane, Samuel U. Lem'mond, Janies
vV. McBrayer, Charles W. Reed, Jesse
E. Riddle, John W. Simmons, Crawford
A. Taum, James M. Wigley.
The class of the third year, being
passed by the committee of examina
tion, was advanced to the fourth year
■is follows: Nathan II. Abernathy, Lewis
' I). Atkins, Ernest M. Barnes, George
F. Cooper, Herbert O. Chambers, George
M. Davenport. Arthur M. Freeman, Val
cus M. Hamner, Wilber C. Hackaby,
William W. Levie. Forrest R. Mapes,
John S. Martin, Robert N. Moore, T.
B. Middlebrooks, Walker J. McCarty,
John T. Nolen.
J. B. Wadsworth read the report of the
Sunday school hoard. This report, in ef
fort to render more efficient the Sunday
school work, recommended the appoint
ment of J. B. Wadsworth and the Rev. C.
\ "Wolford as conference Sunday school field
1 workers, and such action was taken.
The committee on books and periodicals,
through its chairman. Dr. G. II. Means,
recommended the election of the follow
ing committee of publication of the Ala
bama Christian Advocate, the Rev. S. T.
Slaton, the Rev. F. W. Brandon, the Rev.
J. S. Robertson, F. B. Yeilding and G.
B. Tarrant.
T. C. Banks, conference treasurer, sub
; mitted a report, showing certain moneys
passing through his hands for causes, as
follows: Bishop's fund, $2771.06; conference
.claimants, $8908.69; foreign missions, $11,
747.83; home and conference missions, $12,
300.30; speeiul missions, $3410; church ex
tension, $7053.73; education, $13,941.45; the
American Bible society, $351; superannuate
endowment, $624.49.
An afternoon session was held, with
Dr. J. D. Simpson in the chair. The
session was occupied with matters of
routine largely, clearing the way for
winding up the work at a seasonable hour
Monday.
The churches in Sylacauga will be oc
cupied by conference members tomorrow.
PHOTOGRAPHERS GET
TO SEEMING
Have Been More Fortunate
Than the War Cor
respondents
Ostend, November 7.—(Special.)—The
newxiaper photographer has succeeded
in (%aping some of the restrictions
under %iich the enthusiastic war corres
pondent of the present campaigns now
end then chafes. One seldom fails to
look at his work, but he is never in the
limelight, and many kicks are his before
he and his camera cr4,i “make good."
One must marvel at the skill and the
intrepidity of the war artist, the hum
ble man with the camera, who is often
despised by the superior gentleman who
used to discuss the fighting with the
headquarters staff, but who now often
has to be content with picking up stories
from Tommies from the front.
The orthodox war correspondent has
been disposed either to stay in Ostend.
like Micawber, and wait for something
to turn up. or to recross the channel for
fear something altogether too warm
might happen.
What does the photographer do? Well,
one photographer who has been three
times to the actual battlefields this week
is still in the thick of the fighting, and
ir, a day or so will have a brilliant series
of pictures for his paper.
And there is the famous moving picture
pair known as Parker and Yates. No war
correspondent is better known than is
Mr. Yates. He has been in every big
“event” since the fighting began, and
when I saw him in Ostend, straight from
Antwerp and Ghent, he was armed with
films of the King of the Belgians, to
say nothing of certain other distinguished
personages in the Antwerp trenches. He
was under fire outside Ghent on Monday.
He was driving a stranded soldier in his
car when a German cyclist rode up and
ordered the car to stop. It stopped so
suddenly that Yates was thrown out.
”In we scrambled again, and off the
motor sped,” lie said. ”The cyclist fired
five useful shots; the first hit the aer<>
scope camera, the second wounded the
gi nner, the third hit a Belgian occupant,
the fourth damaged the tire, and the
fifth penetrated the back of the car.”
After many vicissitudes Yates arrived
with his wounded gunner in Bruges and
then the First regiment of Belgian
guides rescued them both.
Porte Confident, But Army
Is Believed Unprepared
for War
Rome. November 7.—(4:60 p. m.)—Dis
patches from Constantinople describe the
situation there as outwardly much as it
war during the Balkan war.
All foreigners except Germans are re
garded with suspicion. Germans may be
seen everywhere and German money is
so plentiful that it often is accepted as
though it were Turkish. In cafes and
places of amusement the German lan
guage constantly Is heard.
Governing classes appear solemnly con
fident, but the army is declared to bo
totally unprepared for war. Storehouses
arc said to^be empty and no commissariat
exists. Many soldiers still are wearing
11 *• • old uniforms used in the last previous
war, and army officers have not all been’
paid, it is asserted. There also is a scar- I
city of ammunition, continues the corre- *
spondent, though Germany lias poured into |
Turkey German officers, privates, sailors, |
arms and ammunition, and above all
money. It 1b also said they have sent a
submarine to Turkey.
Enver Pasha, minister of war. and Gen.
Liman von Sanders, German commander
of the Ottoman army, are the idols of the
moment, says ono correspondent, who
adds;
“They have promised the people military
j glory, and certain conquests followed by
| riches and prosperity through the spoils
I of war. ISnver Pasha already is depicted
as the Ottoman Napoleon, but meanwhile,
notwithstanding German assistance, finan
cial necessities are so pressing that a new
taxation has been imposed.”
SAW THE KAISER
WATCHING BATTLE
Boulogne. November 7.—(Special.)
A French artillery lieutenant who was
made a prisoner by the Germans at
the commencement of the battle of
Nancy was questioned as to tho French
position, and, refusing to give the
smallest piece of information, he was
threatened with death. He was given
time to reflect and told that should be
again refuse, he would be shot, fie was
placed in a tent, under guard, but the
soldiers were allowed to see him. He
was Insulted and even struck.
One officer, however, approached
him and, handing him a pair of field
glasses, said: "Look! I will show you
a grand sight. You shall be the flrst
Frenchman to see the Kaiser since the
opening of the war!"
The prisoner took the glasses and on
a hill in the distance he saw a force of
German cavalry, ranked as If on pa
rade. Many high officers were present.
"Now," said the German officer, "look
a little to the right." The Frenchman
obeyed and saw seated on a kind of
throne, quite isolated from the rest, a
man gazing intently ahead.
"That’s he," said the German officer.
“Now,” he continued, “you can, if you
wish, stay here and watch us enter
Nancy."
But the Germans did not enter Nancy.
Later on the prisoner was a free man,
and still a possessor of the German’s
glasses, saw a brilliant charge of the
French. Turning again to the right, he
eaw no solitary person seated on a
throne.
FRENCH LIEUTENANT
DIED HEROICALLY
Paris, November 7.—(Special.)—Like
Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Lieu
tenant de Fayolle, who fell at Charle
roi, fighting heroically at the head of
his men would not abate a feather of
his "panache.” His regiment entered
into action on August 22.
In accordance with the vow which,
with his young comrades, he had taken
on leaving the military school of St.
Cyr a few' months before, the young
lieutenant put on white gloves to re
ceive his baptism of fire. When his
section was given orders to charge with
the bayonet. De Fayolle drew out from
his haversack the white and blue plume
which he wore on his shako on parade
days at St. Cyr, thrust it into his cam
paigning cap, and crying "forward.”
advanced at the head of his men.
The white and blue plume made him,
of course, a mark Cor the enemy's
sharpshooters, and he fell with a bul
let through his forehead. His regiment
cherishes the plume and the memory
of a very gallant death. The name of
Lieutenant Alain de Fayolle has been
mentioned in dispatches.
Now Enjoying Perfect Health
Speculate as to Fate
of Empress Charlotte
Rome, November 7.—(Special.)
Much speculation Is rife here as to what
will be the probable fate of the Em
press Charlotte, aunt of King Albert
of Belgium, who has been living for
the past 40 years In the castle of Bou
chout, not very far from Brussels. It
will be remembered that after the
death of her husband, the Ill-fated Em
peror Maxlmlllam of Mexico, the unfor
tunate woman lost her reason, and re
turned to her native country to spend
the rest of her days.
Now that the Belgian court has been
removed from Brussels and Antwerp to
Havie, France, considerable uneasiness
is expressed as to her probable fu
ture. The ex-Empress married In 1867
at the age of 17 the Archduke Ferdi
nand Maximilian of Austria, who, seven
years later, accepted the Imperial
throne of Mexico. She returned to Eu
rope in a forlorn hope to save her hus
band’s life. He was shot, and her fail
ure to save him brought on incurable
insanity.
Kolb Delivers Address
Montgomery, November 7.—(Special.)
Capt. Reuben F. Kolb, commissioner of
agriculture and industries, delivered a
speech at a mass meeting of farmers at
Snowdoun, Montgomery county, last night
on the Importance of curtailing the cotton
production in the state next year. Bruce
Kennedy, secretary of the Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce, also spoke. Cap
tain Kolb and Mr. Kennedy both told the
farmers of Snowdoun that they had it In
their power to relieve the cotton situation.
Ho advised them to cut their crop to one
fourth next year and to plant corn, wheat,
eats and other farm products.
1119 case pronounced nopeiess
by a prominent Sanitarium,
this man found relief in Duf
fy’s Pure Malt Whiskey and
is today enjoying perfect
health.
“I was In 111 health for years and tried
numerous remedies. I was a patient at
- Sanitarium, --, Pa., for six
months and was pronounced incurable
by them. A friend advised me to take
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, which I did.
1 am now enjoying perfect health, gain
ing in weight every day. and it has
given me a very good appetito- I attri
bute my recovery to Duffy’s Pure Malt
Whiskey, as It helped to start me on the
road to good health. I took a table
spoonful of Duffy’s Malt In egg and
milk before each meal and on retiring
at night, I also spent my time in the
open and ate good food. I am still us
ing Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as
above.”—-Mr. John W. Raucher, 2028
Hazzard St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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EXPERIENCES OF AN |
ARTILLERY OFFICER
With One Companion Briton
Caught 40 Germans
DRIVEN FROM TRENCH j
Declares Germans Were Unable to
Stand Shrapnel Fire—Captured
Entire Maxim and Mechanism
and Belt of Another
London. November 7.—(Special. > —Th»
major of a British field artillery battsrv
in a letter gives the following account J
of the capture of 4n Germans and two
machine guns by nine men and a trump-’
eter:
"We got the order to go off and join
a battery under Colonel Carey's orders.
We came en route under heavy shrapnel
fire on the road. 1 gave the order to walk,
as the horses had hardly had any food
for a couple of days, and also 1 wanted to
steady the show. I can't say I quite en
joyed the 'swank* of walking along at the
head with old- behind me, especially
when six shrapnel burst right in front
of us. We got there just In time, rushed
into action, and opened fire on a German
counter attack short range, destroying
the lot as far da I could see. We then
moved slightly to another postion to take
on a valley, down which they were at
tacking, and were at it the whole day,
firing about 900 rounds into quantities of
German attacks and counter attacks.
They cannot stand the shrapnel, and the
moment I got one on them they turned
and bolted back to the wood, i got on to
their trenches, one shell dropped In.
Fired When He Could See
"X was lnfladinp them and they tore
out of the trenches, and so on. each
trench in turn, and fell in hundreds. Also
through the rangefinder Cox saw Id hit
a machine gun and they had abandoned
it and another. So it went on all day.
shell and bullets humming round, but
only one of my staff horses hit. Our in
fantry advancing and retiring-others ad
vancing and coming back—Germans doing
likewise, a hellish din of shell fire, and
me pouring in lire wherever 1 could see
them.
*At last I got six shrapnell Into a wood
j and cleared a heap of them out and got
into them with shrapnel. It was awful.
The sergeant-major put his hand up to
his head and said. “Oh, sir. it's terrible.’’
That seemed to settle them, and at last
we saw the infantry advancing to their
position without resistance. Now was my
I chance. I determined to get those machine
guns if I could as otherwise tne infantry
i would. So 1 let -to command and got
| the trumpeter, sergeant-major, and six
men with six rifles, and went forward
‘to reconnoiter,’ as I reported to the gen
eral, by -, after I had gone.
“It was a weird ride, through thick
black Whorls, holding my revolver ready,
going in front with the little trumpeter
behind and the others following some way
in the rear. We passed some very bad
sights, and knew the woods were full of
Germans, who w’ere afraid to get away
on acount of the dreaded shell tire. We
got in front of. our infantry, w ho were
going to fire at tis; but I shouted just in
time.
“At last we came to the edge of the
Wood, and in front of us. about 200 yards
away, was a Uttle cup-shaped copse, and
the enemy's trenches with machine guns
a little farther on. 1 felt sure this wood
was full of Germans, as I had seen them
go in earlier. 1 started to gallop for it and
the others followed. Suddenly about 50
Germans bolted out firing at us
Ran at Revolver Fire
“I loosed off my revolver us fast as I
could, and-loosed off his rifle from the
saddle. They must have thought we weue
a regiment of cavalry, for except a few
they suddenly yelled and bolted. I stopped
and dismounted my lot to fire at them to
make sure they didn't change their minds.
I held the horses, as I couldn’t shoot them
like that myself.
“1 then suddenly saw there were more in
the copse, so I mounted the party and
galloped at it, yelling, with my revolver
held out.
“As we came to it I saw' it was full of
Germans, so I yelled ‘hands up’ and point
ed the revolver at them. They all chucked
down their rifles and put their hands up.
Three officers and over 40 men to 10 of us,
with six rifles and a revolver. I herded
them away from their rifles and handed
them over to the Welsh regiment behind
us. I tore on with the trumpeter and the
sergeant-major to the machine guns.
“At that moment the enemy’s shrapnel,
the German Infantry who’d got away, and
our own howitzers, thinking we w'ere hos
tile cavalry, opened fire upon us. We
couldn't move the beastly things, and it
was too hot altogether, so we galloped
back to the cup wood and they hailed
shrapnel on us there. I waited for a lull,
and mounted all my lot behind the bushes
and made them sprint as I gave the w'ord
to gallop for cover to the woods whore
the Welsh company was.
“There I got-who understands them
and an infantryman who volunteered to
help and - and ran up to the maxims
and took out the breech mechanism of
both and one of the bolts and carried
away one whole maxim. We couldn’t
manage the other.
“The Welsh asked what cavalry wo
were. I told them we were the staff of
but said we were madcmfdl mrdl rdl
the - battery and they cheered us, but
said we were mad. We got back very
slowly on account of the gun and the
men wild with excitement, and we have
got the one gun complete and the mech
anism and belt of the other. [
“The funniest thing was the little
trumpeter, who swept a German's helmet
off his head and waved It in the air,
shouting: I’ve got it,’ wild with excite
ment. He is an extraordinary brave boy.”
Birth Rate Influenced War jj
From the New York Sun.
A bulletin Issued yesterday by the
health department states that “inter
esting vital statistics compiled recent
ly by the department of health ex
plain why the Kaiser Is able to put
so large an army of young fighters into
the field, and perhaps also Indicates
why Germany preferred fighting now
to postponing the conflict."
The figures prepared by the depart
ment show that In 1880 Berlin had the
highest birth rate of the large Euro
pean cities, being 40 births per 1000 pop
ulation. Germany's capital kept Its load
from 1880 to 1893. At the end of that
period London's birth rate passed the
Berlin mark, and the next year both
London and New York were ahead
of it.
“It Is clear," states the department,
“that the erormous birth rate between
1880 and 1893 still shows Its effect in
the present German army, for all of
these Individuals are now between 21
and 34 years old, and therefore con
stitute the flower of the fighting force.
With the decline In the birth rate and
especially since Berlin was passed b^
London In 1893. it must have been clear
to the Kaiser that the prospects for a
continuance of an overwhelmingly large
army were becoming dimmed."
The birth rates In 1913 of the cap
itals of nations now at war, compared
with that of New York, which leads,
with 26 per 1000 persons, are: Londoor
28; Berlin, 20; Paris, 17, and Brus- ■
•41s, 16. "
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As Our Space is Limited We Enumerate Only a Few of the Many Bargains That Will
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Piano urchasers, Don’t Delay
But Come and Come Early
THINK—THEN ACT
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a Piano in the next 10 years you cannot afford to pass up this opportunity. No difference if you want a
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