L EAST BECOMES CENTRE
? OF INTEREST IN WORLD WAR
With Lull ai Fighting in West Attention
/s Directed Anew to Other
Quarters, Where Are Go/n?
ou Events of It most Importance.
ft The east, for t..e moment at least,
r has taken the centre of the stage in
the war drama being enacted in EuL
\ rope, Asia and Africa and on the
k high seas. With a lessening in tae
* ; hostilities in northern Belgium and
in .France and with the situation
caused by Turkey's use of her war^
ships against ostensibly friendly na'
lions not yet clear enough to reveal
what its outcome will be, comes the
K announcement ti at t. e Japanese and
j British have begun a general attack
on Germany's fortified "base at Tsing
Tau.
The shelling d' Tsing Tau began
with the d'awn of the Japanese emperor's
birthday today and at last accounts
was proceeding vigorously.
Tsing Tau has been invested by land
and sea ever since the commencement
x hostilities in Europe.
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severe ngnung continues in ceirsgiurn,
'but there is no mention of a resumption
of the sanguinary encounters
off the early week. The British
war office says the British are gaining
ground on the western wing, but
that the German resistance is stubborn.
Of operations along the line in
northern France the French report a
recrudescence of the activity near
Rheims. along the heights of the
i Meuse and south of Fresnes on the
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Woevre.
Germany claims successful attacks
w in the region of Nieuport and Ypres
f and occupation of allied territory in
the Argonne forests. Of the situation
in the East Berlin offers no report.
iPotrograd claims continued successes
on the East Prussian front and
i freyond the Vistula.
m A news agency dispatch gives a re
[port Lr<_Mii v^unatauitiuupj.c iu<ch a. uavai
'battle between the Turks and -the RusR
sians is in progress off Odessa.
Another dispatch from the same
' source reported mani estations at Daartascus
in flavor of a war against
Christians and said Bedouins were being
massed along the Egyptian fron- j
tier. Turkish cavalry divisions are re- !
ported to be in the neighborhood of j
the Gulf of AKaJban on tne Kea sea. i
Fit is officially announced that In- i
dians troops are fighting both ;.n Eu- i
rope and Tsing Tau with the allies.!
TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN !
THAT WAS THE QUESTION
^ " Til ?. A C AM T)?*AAn?r "\TifiCi n A/*/V
Itvt, ftirasc ijeuus a dicci^ iucsjo^c.
* Begs Legislature >"ot to Force
H;m to Wall.
News and Courier.
Columbia, Oct. 30.?What is the govt
ernor going to with the cotton bond
act? Ait this writing, 9:30 o'clock it
is in his office awaiting deliberation. |
-During tne day ne nas written sevL
eral 'veto and breezy messages?one
B on' the general appropriation act, one
r on the Lide warehouse bill an afl
appeal; he has appointed Senator J.
D. Acfcerman sheriff of Colleton county,
and done sundry other things.
There have teen not 57, but a dozen
varieties of reports on what the governor
wouild do to the cotton bond
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Dill. DOlll aous? ctliu scu<iic uau caio
close to the ground, but heard nothing
audible. First, there was a report
of approval, but that soon faded
away, and tonight it is either a
veto or nothing. Mr. Fortner during
the day announced that the governor
would have nothing to say on. the bond
measure until Monday, and tonight it
r looked thus.
Yar/ous Reports.
l The governor has been closely con
g fined to his office all day. All the re7
ports that trickled badk to the legislative
ha'lls were that there would be
no cotton bond election on Tuesday.
Tt is the most overwhelming proposition
that has been enacted in a generation
and there is no surprise that
there should "be deliberation.
Tonight, after passing the Lide act
^ n:or ,-* a.T rooc /in TJJO rftTl CMI CP<3
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\ over the governor's veto, the house
adjourned until tomorrow. The members
had. a Cest in the spacious rotunda.
There was a full orchestra and
with their pay certificates in pocket
and adjournment in sight all .felt happy.
Should the governor elect to com
| munieate on the cotton bond bill, it
will first go to the senate, because the
act originated there, therefore, the
t house having passed all veto mes
sages over the protest of the governor,
simply marks time. There is
nothing more to do but wait unless
heed is to be given this little breezy
message from the governor:
A Breezy Xessage.
* c ^ rk tV+ 1 m nn r\f tV* rv r\r?r? 1 A cc^m'Klr
V4 11 li V ill V 11 \J i. CUL^T UtU CI Ui aoociliwij .
A "Excuse me for interfering with your
m delierations, bust please, please don't
A leave here until you do something for
K Blease. Pass me a law extending the
time for payment of taxes; pass me a
law to reduce the rate of interest to 6
per cent; pass me a law to stay the
foreclosure of any mortgage on personal
or rea'l property :or twe.-le.
months. You want me to do something
for you?at least the majority of both
of your houses do?now do something
for me; do something for the people;
* ' 1 ? * ^ r\ 1 1 r\ Tl* 1 1 L" O TV\ C*
ior ine poor mem, luv icnun nn.^ mv.,
that needs a jcb, and to tell you the
truth, after January I've got to have
it, so come on and let's get toget er.
! I have signed for you your cotton
j acreage bill; your warehouse bill, and
your bill abolishing the eight-box elec}
tion law. Xow do something for me.
(If vou ain't for me, you are agin' me
I *
'? A"ou cannot serve two masters. Are
! you with me or agin' me? If you are
| wit'i me extend the time for payment
! of taxes. If you are against me, orce
me to the wall?tihe English law and
the Aineircan law ooth say when I retreat
to the wall I can go no further,
so beware.
"Very respectfully,
"Cole. L. Blease,
"Governor."
The message was received as infor-mation
and ordered printed. All legislation
along the lines suggested will
tave to be started afresh if at all.
There is some talk tonight ovf ad!
{ftiimin.? tnmnrrow sine die and let
| ting the cotton bond bill work out its
| own fate, as it is felt it will not become
operative either because of veto
i or the lapse of time allowed under the
J constitution. On the senate side the
majority is pressing a resolution to
direct the secretary cf State to print
; and distribute the bond tickets.
COTTOX GINNED i
Keport of Census By Counties?dewberry
County 15,064 in 1914
Against 16,516 in 1913.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Won. J. Harris, Director
Washington
Cotton ginned prior to October 18,
crops of 1914 and 1913, in South Carolina.
Wm. J. Harrris, director of the census,
department of commerce, annonces
the preliminary report of cotton
ginned by counties in South Carolina
for the craps of 1914 and 1913. The
report was made public for the State
at 10 a. m. on Monday, October 26.
The amounts ':or the different counties
\
for the crops of 1914 and 1913 are
furnished for publication in the local
papers.
(Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Linters
are not included.)
County 1914 1913
Abbeville 14,850 13,526
Aikpn . 26.880 26.516
j Anders Jii 25,888 30,755
Bamberg il5,794 16,064
Barnwell 36,591 31,329
Beaufort 3,638 3,183
Berkeley \. 7,654 5,388
Calhoun 16,120 13,419
Charleston .. .. .. .. l5,251 4,366
Cherokee , 6,010 6,754
Chester 16,293 14,273
Chesterfield 15,738 16,784
Clarendon 28,082 20,495
'Colleton 12,470 9,443
| Darlington 19,0?30 14,887
Dillon 19,153 lo.UZS
Dorchester 10,083 8,533
Edgefield 16,286 16,254
Fairfield 10,058 11,304
i Florence 20,583 20,338
| Georgetown 2,090 1,283
! Greenville 18,390 15,297
! Greerjwood 14,484 12,749
Hampton 13,779 11,456
Horry . . 3,276 2,655
Jasper 3,923 3,336
! Kers&aw 14,165 12,314
Lancaster .. .. .. .. 8,391 8,627
Laurens 17,262 18,095
Lee 21,348 17,980
Lexington 11,315 12,139
Marion 6,962 88,005
j Marlboro .. . 31,120 21,046
j Newberry 15,064 16,516
Oconee '6,761 7,344
Orangelburg 45,662 41,265
Pickens 7,827 5,974
Richland 13,346 11,206
1 Saluda li.zys 1 i,m
I Spartanburg 29,650 26,861
Sumiter 28,971 20,121
Union 6,904 7,840
Williamslburg 17,623 10,508
York 17,146 16,417
Total 693,204 619,720
COLONEL DEMANDS
WARLIKE STEPS
Roosevelt Teils of Imag/ned Dunpers.
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Pnneton, N. J., Oct. 30.?Col.
Roosevelt told Princeton students in
an address today that he had seen
the plans of two empires now involved
in the European war to capture
great American seaports and hold
them for ransom.
"It is this country's duty," said
Col Roosevelt, "to put itself in such
shape that it will be able to defend
its rigfcts i? they are invaded. I my
self have seen the plans of at least
two empires now involved in war to
capture San Francisco and New York
and hold them for ransoms that woulci
cripple our country and give funds
to t)' e enemy for carrying on war."
Continuing the colonel said:
i
"I hone the time will come when
this country ^.vill provi-Je that every
man may have practice in marksmanship
and some military training.
It is also my hope that we shall finally
achieve international status by
whir.h tlioro cVinll hp a nn?<!P P.Omif.a
tus, "when we can combine to coerce
any recalcitrant power, bu't we have
seen the utter wort*: Jessness of scraps
of paper and other treaties that may
be swept aside like du9t in a windy
: street. A fight never was won by parking;
you've got to hit and not hit
soft. The American people owe it to
i themselves to make their hands safeguard
their head."
Col. Roosevelt after his speech declined
tc amplify his statement re
j garding il^e plans of European naiions
i to capture the seaports of this coun,
tny, which he said he had seen.
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DRCKK WEST IXTO
THE WRONG FLAT
I Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30.?'Half Atlan
ta clubdom is laughing today over the
une escapade last nighit off a young
society man who imbibed too freely
and fo.i;:ii 'i!s way into t;,,e vr.ng
flat. It came very near being a tragedy
instead of comedy, however,
j The young Clubman rneanered at
-midnight to an apartment of 'Cain
street which- closely resembled his
| own, found the front door unlocked,
i -vpnir in. discovered an ooen room,
i disrobed and went to sleep. Ten
' minutes afterward the woman who
occupied the apartments arrived on
the scene and sent in a 'burglar alarm.
The young man, aroused by the excitement
left without waiting to
i dress, while the son-in-law of the
' iratp Jflrlv ';ired five shots at the
clubman as he lefot the house.
The identity of the midnight visii
tor was discovered by documents left
| in the pockets of a handsome over1
coat and other garments, which are
being held until he calls for them.
WEEK OF PRAYiER
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Will Be Observed by the Missionary
Societies of Central Methodist
Church.
Weelt of prayer and selfdenial will
i De ODservoa Dy me missionary sucieties
or Central Methodist church
.next week, November 2 to 6 inclusive.
; The meetings will be held in the
church parlor each afternoon at 4
o'clock, and will 'be just one tour
Ion1?. All the ladies of1 the church,
and of all denominations are cordiall
, ly invited to these meetings, which
j will be instructive and interesting.
The following will have charge of
the meetings:
AJnnflctv WkVPmhPT 2 Mrs C. H.
iCannon.
Tuesday, November 3?Mrs. J. W.
White.
Wednesday, November 4?-Mrs W.
! H. Wallace.
Thursday, November 5?(Mrs. P. C
Gaillard.
Friday, NoKember 6?Miss Eugenia
Epps and Mrs. C. B. Martin, as leader
of the Young People's and Children's
societies.
Mrs. C. B. Martin,
Press Superintendent.
i IVlitr fho Vftnfh'c Pftmnpniati Sihft'jilri
ff Mh J t-lV JL. vum? V vmj'MutVH w-w
Be in Every Home.
"If I could take only one paper,"
said the late Mr. Justice Brewer of
fhe supreme court, "it would be The
Youth's Companion?a little of everything
in a nultshell, and unbiased."
j The Companion is a family paper in
f+Vi/a ivnmnliif oot conco Ttf .nfwidttc
j A'U 'yi, V?iUVW
I reading tic at, without failing to inter|
est the young, still interests the mature.
It unites younjg and old through
their common enjoyment of delightful
fiction, agreealble miscellany, and the
clear exposition of public questions.
(So carefully is it edited, so varied
are its contents, that it would easily
supply a ilaimily, with eentertaining ficI
tion, up-to-date information and
, wholesome fun, if no other periodical
' entered the house.
If you are not familiar "with The
Comp&nion as it is today, let us send
you .sample copies and the Forecast
ifor 1915.
-New subscribers w*to send $2.00
for the 52 issues of 1915 will receive
free all the remaining issues of 1914,
besides a copy of The Companion
Home Calendar for 1915.
The Youth's Companion,
144 Berkeley St., Boston, Mass.
P i+f T? 1 anf iat> P a m ? n r?
VilJ JLACUiUll I UllKIl^i
A meeting of the city Democracy is1
called ror the night of November 3rdi
I in t,ve council chambers to make preparations
for the city election, whicfll
takes place in December. This meeting
will arrange no doubt for the
usual primary. There will be no election
for mayor and aldermen this year,
as these officers were elected last Dec
emiber for two years. The term o.
M. L. Spearman as commissioner ol
public works expires this year and the
terms of L. ,T*V'. Fl'oyd, W. G. Mayes
and W. A. McSwain as school trustees,
and t ere will have to be an election
for these places.
\ mii?:l Arppt/ns? of Oakland M/lls.
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i > The annual mee'ting of the stockholders
of the Oakland Cotton mills
.was held r-hursday in the president's
' office, Dr. W. G. Mayes being chairman
of the meeting and Jas. X. McCaughrin
secretary. The proxy committee, composed
of W. A. McSwain, J. A. Burton
and Robert McC. Holmes, found a
majority of the stock represented.
President W. H. Hunt read his an
naul report, which showed a profit
made the past year and that everything
is running smoothly. The following
directors were reelected: Geo.
j Y. Hunter, C. E. Summer, J. A. Bur|
ton, Z. F. Wrigh-t, Geo. S. Mower, I.
H. Hunt, Jno. M. Kinard, F. X. Mar-?
; tin, W. H. Hunt. The directors electi
ed the following officers: W. H. Hunt,
.president and treasurer; Jno. M. Kinard,
vice president; Jas. N. McCaughrin,
secretary; T. J. Digtby, superintendent.
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IN ORDER ASSEMBLYMEN
MAY GET PAID AT ONCE
Senate Works a Miracle in Remedying
Error in Appropriation Bill.
jNews and Courier.
Columbia, Oat. 31.?To remedy Vhe
ihiirno-lin cr orr^r in thA a nnrfYn^'^itiHT)
bill, that it should not go into immediate
effect, the senate tonighit
! worked a miracle on house bill no
1,597, senate bill Xo. 1,201?Messrs.
Boyd, Brice and Haynsworth, "A bill
, to regulate the storage ok* cotton,"
which was pending on its calendar for
1
! third reading. Ti':e senate struck out
l
!all after the enacting words of Dans
hill u-hinh hart killed on motion
of Senator McLaurin. After it had
,'been resurrected tonight it was made
to read' thus:
"Section 1. That all acts passed at
the special session o?.' 1914 shall take
effect immediately upon their approval
by the governor, or on their final
passage oivier bis objection unless the
| act itselfj prescribes some other time
i at which the same jfcall become ef|
fecttive.
"Section 'Z. this act snail taKe eil.fect
immediately on its approval by
the governor."
; iHow different from a cotton storage
bill. The title of the bill was amended
to read: "A bill to prescribe the time
when acts passed at the special session
of the general assembly o>f 1914
shall become effective."
iThe hou.se heartily seconded the
miracle worked with tfce harmless bill
providing for tie storage of cotton.
Between the two bodies the measure
i was made into a vital and potent act,
' all to the end that the members of the
general assembly migiht get their pay
! certificates immediately cashed and
'that there would 'be money to pay the
other deJbts off the State before the
expiration of the creeping 20 day provision
in tfae statutes. The bill was
ratified as an act and' arrangements
'were made to send t?e act to the gov!
ernor at the mansion for bis approval.
NOTICE TO RADW J URIC;
'Notice is herefoy given that we, the
undersigned jury commissioners for
I Newberry County, $. C., will at the of+V10.
/^lorfa nf r>rmr+ for Nf>wTver
I ry county at nine o'clock a. m? November
6th, 1914, openly and publicly
draw the names of thrity-six (36)
men who shall serve as Petit Jurors
i at the count of general sessions, whic*b
| convenes at Newberry court house, November
23rd. 1914, and will continue
for one "week.
Jno. L. Epps,
Bug. S. Werts,
Jno. C. Goggans,
Jury Commissioners for Newberry
County, S. C.
October. 26th. 1914.
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
As executor of the lost "will and
testament of Robert H. Hall, deceased,
11 will sell at his late residence in
I Newberry county on Weklnesday, No|
vember 4, 1914, at 11 o'clock a. m.,
jthe following personal property:
One cow and calf, one mule, farmj
ing impleir.ents. Terms cash.
Robert Hall,
Exectuor.
10-20-3t.
voting for "everything in sight" in an
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NIEWBERRY,
Common Pleas Court.
British and American Mortgage
Company , Limited, Plaintiff,
against
Sallie Johnson, Lois Johnson, The
National Bank of Newberry, S. C., the
First National Bank of Clinton, S. C.,
Arr.nr* C!
i I ;vi orris r trruTi&er wuj]kiu'> , iuuvci
Bailey and William J. Bailey as partners
in business under the firm name
of M. S. Bailey & Son, Thomas L
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Some Things N
nrnvp rli a Sr
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1 Pictures,
Maps,
Globes,
Blackboard (
Stove Polish,
/m i n . _ 1
Coal Scuttle,
Coal Shovels
Enamel Wat
I Crayons,
Blackboard I
i ia
and everything
supplies.
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BETTER GOODS FOl
Mayes' lv?
I The House of a Ti
It is free?it tells
local and long distan
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vice in your Home at
Send for it today. W
phone Manager, or
FARMERS' LINE 1
SOUTHERN BELL TE1
AND TELEGRAPH C(
Johnson and Mattie Johnson. Defend- to
ants. an
In pursuance of the order of the t>e
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court herein, i win seu 10 me 'iiiguc&i. ^-r
bidder, at public auction, before the
court house at Newberry, S. C., within
go
the legal 'hours of sale on Monday,
the 2nd day of November, 1914, the fo'
Off
same being saleday.
wi
All that lot or tract of land lying j _0
in the county of Newberry, State of j.
South Carolina, in Township No. 4, | .
I WJ
contain ir g three hundred and seventy- eight
(378) acres, more or less, hound- .
ed on the north by lands of John ^
W. Scott, K H. Burton and S. P. Mc- ^ '
Crackin, on t?e east by lands o?? ^
James Baker and S. P. McCrackin, on ^
the south by a public road separating
it from lands of John W. Scott and J
! west by public road, lands of John W. sa
Scott and Flint Hill church. p)
Terms of sale: One-third oif the re
purchase money to he paid in cash
and the balance in twelve months
. fFom day of sale, the credit portion
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DEPARTMENT
LEPHONE
&MPANY SAB
be secured by bond of the purchaser
d mortgage of the premises and to
in+anoof frrvin thp rt&v of sale at
CLL VvJW M V-M ^
e rate of eight per cent per annua,
terest payable annually, and that
id bond and mortgage to provide
r ten per cent attorneys fee in case
collection or suit by an attorney,
th leave to the "purchaser to anticite
the payment of the credit portion
whole or in part. The purchasei
ill be required immediately upon
e acceptance of his (bid to deposit
th the Master, as evidence of good
ith, one hundred dollars, and wil5
rther be required to comply with
e terms of his bid within ten dday3
ter such sale, and if said purchase]'
Us to comply within ten days said
nds will be sold1 on the 'following
.ledav at the risk of the purchaser
jrchaser to pay for papers and for
cording same.
H. H. Rikard,
Master.
October 12, 1914.
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