The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-03-15
RUSSIAN ARMY
in FULL RETREAT
Ten Days Battle Around
Mukden Ended
LOSSES 10000.
KurOpatkin Master of Retreat.
Peace not yet In
Sight.

Friday in the overwhelming defeat Of
the Russians
For ten days the noise of battle never
ceased and the carnage was terrible.
Never before since modern means of war.
fare have been devised has battle Of
such magnitude been fought. When the
first news came that Kuropatkin's line
had been broken it was thought that the
forces of Oyama had surrounded the
Russians and that their whole army would
be captured. But Kuropatkin has shown
himself a master of retreat and has sue
ceeded III extricating the main body OF
his army from most difficult position.
In this he was greatly aided by the tenn
perament of the rank and file of the
Russian army who showed no signs of
panic.
The losses of men on both sides for
the entire battle is reckoned at 14O, 600.
In addition to this the Russians have
lost GO, 600 prisoners of war and an inn
mense amount of stores.
There is some talk of peace but not
from either of the warning nations.
A member of the Imperial family of
Russia in reply to the question of what
would be Russians action in reference
to the defeat of Gen. Kuropatkin said
Send Another Army"
The japanese Minister at Washington
IN reply to question stated that the
initiative toward peace could scarcely be
looked for from Toxic.
Viewing the temper of the two Nations
from those remarks, peace is scarcely to
be looked for at this time.
Field Marshal Oyama's report to the
Toxic Government says:
Prisoners, spoils and the enemy's es-
umated casualties against all our forces
IN the Shakhe direction follow, but the
prisoners, guns and spoils are increasing
momentarily. The prisoners number
over 10000, including Gen. Nachmoss.
The killed and wounded are estimated at
30 600. The enemy's dead left on the
field number 26, 500. The spoils include
two flags, about sixtyguns, 10000 rifles
100 ammunition wagons, 1000 carts,
200, 600 shells, $4,000, 900 rounds of small
arms ammunition; rs, 900 bushels of GER
eals; 215, 900 bushels Of fodder; As miles
of light railway outfit, 1000 horses; %
carloads of maps, 1000 carloads of
clothing and accourrements; 1000, 900
rations of bread; $4,000 tons of fuel and
80 tons of hay, besides tools, tents bull
locks, telegraph wire and poles, timber.
beds, stoves and numerous other prop
erty.
mo report from the Singing direc-
ton has been received"
The battle has been officially named the
battle of Mukden.
Made by Drummer.
EDITOR ADVERTISER: My business
brings me frenquently to Laurens and
the passing years have made many friends
for me among your business and prof
essional men. Many of these have no
superiors in the State. Some of YOUR
retail Stores would be credit to much
larger places and in excellence of equip
ment and management are not surpassed
by any in their respective lines in nv
territory, but have often thought that
the location of your city pointed to
the possibility of larger things for
Laurens than she has yet achieved.
Your town should not rest content
with only local growth, trade and in.
fluence.
A stranger looking at the map of S. C.
would be struck with your location at
the intersection ofrailroads going out at
the four points of the compass. Another
look at the map and it is apparent that
Laurens is the Hub of wheel around
the rim of which lie such splendid spread
ing substantial towns as Greenville.
Spartanburg, Union, Newberry, Green
wood and Anderson. Scattered along
the spokes are the smaller places like
Gray Court, Fountain Inn, Enorce, Wood
ruff, Pelzer, Piedmont, Bolton, Cross
1ill, Clinton and Cross Anchor.
Laurens is nearer to all of these than
any given one of them is to the rest of
the group.
What does this mean?
1t means that the prosperity and pro-
gross of your ncighbors could be made
tributary to your own. Keep your self
and draw from them to your own adj
vantage.
How?
Briefly by having, getting, making,
keeping here the things these other
communities can not find at home and
would come to you for if you could supply
their needs. AS an initial step Laurens
needs to take note of what her pro-
gressive neighbors have done and are
doing and then ''go and do likewise"
What has helped them will help you. In
the past 1t seems TO me your people have
been too modest, too slow, too conserva.
tive, too Indifferent to results making
for municipal progress, to well satisfied
with themselves, some or all of these
thing. am not going into particulars
One reason is haven't the facts. An
other reason is that wouldn't "set down
aught in malice"
Criticism while kindly meant is some.
times misconstrued. Laurens has the
men and the means for making largo,
live GROWING nlace