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camp OF THAnKa

p iflffha und araualngsnaes "a.
este Hp iheif fu'iesf sfmpsthf dlfin4
ihe foffnl iiinrss ~ ouf dsaghisr
aHd ssf.f ah1 her Faaseaaen dsafh
80 Asoifs ID safend opr hrsrfeii
itanst TIE manf hfsuiifuf floral ~,
fwinEs feoeitrd nom mauf ffsiudf
Hert deepiy appf aisa
fAMEn tEEiF ANp FAMILY.
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rHs state an1 Counts fasss fof feai
ifle ere nar dps ana psYab9s 81 nis
ainre Penalty e. 40 rsr cant all b.
addsf afieT Januafy aist. 1854
81 % OLIVIER Collector.
NUeaes County
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Thomas huohanoh fefmsiy wsn
shoNp as q sfii'f ~ American Hsht
fop'fif. hRs 500 wfiifsn pist. Tho
Lad ~ lonE AEo ahifh NHl.am a
l'fa1S has secsDisd for earis fHoaos
diam
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THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY

"The Million Dollar Mystery" will
run for twenty-five consecutive weeks
in this paper. BY an arrangement
with the Thanhouser Film Company 1t
has been made possible not only to
read the story in this paper but also
to see 1t each week I'm the various
moving picture theatres. For the So
luton OF this mystery story $4,000
will be given.
Conditions Governing the Contest
The prize of $4,000 Will be won by
the man. woman or ch.l who writes
the most acceptable GoIution of the
mystery, from which the last two
reels of the motion picture drama will
be made and the last two chapters Of
the story written by H Nd Mac
Grath.
Solutions may be scnt TO ,he Than
houser Film. corporation. either at
Chicago or New York. any timo up to
midnight, Dec. ID. They must bear
postoflice marks not later than thai
tate. This allows four weeks after
The FIRST appearance OF the last film
:elcitMs I; Gree weeks after the
lat cha! -. IL published In the paper
n which TO submit the solutions.
A board or three Judges will deter
mine which CT the many solutions re-
ceiyed is the most acceptable. The
Judgment of ihis board will be abso-
Lutte and final. Nothing OF literary
nature VIII be considered In the de-
ci5ion. nor given any preference in
the selection OF the winner OF the S10,-
600 prize. The last two reels, which
will give the most acceptable solution
to the mystery, will be presented in
the theatres having thia foature no
soon as IL Is possible to produce the
same. The story corresponding to
these motion pictures Will appear in
the newspapers coincidentally, or as
soon after the appearance OF the pic
lures as practicable. With the last
two reels will be shown the picture
OF the, winner, his or her home, and
other Interesting features. II Is un-,
derstood that the newspapers, SO far
as practicable. In printing the last two
chapters OF the story by Harold Mac
Grath, VIII also show picture of the
successful contestant.
Solutions to- the mystery must not
be more sen 1nn wc-As Iona. Here
arc some questions TO be kept in mind
in connection with the mystery as On
aid to a. soiution:
No. What becomes of the mil
lionaire?
80. What becomes of the 81 .oOO.-
600? .ss
No. 81 Whom does Florence marry?
No. 4-@What does becomes of tho
Russian countoss3 3s55s ~ I. .i.
Nobody connected either directly or
Indirectly with ''The Million Dollar
Mystery will be considered as con-
testant.
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o FLAT ROCK NEWS. :,
o
o o o 90 90 90 o o o 5000

Anderson. Sept 16.-ReY. w. D.,
Hammett preached very interesting
sermon Saturday afternoon after
noon after which the members of the
church went into an election for II
pastor for another year and elected
Mr.. Hammett. Sunday morning he
preached again to large crowd.
The farmers are getting along fine
gathering cotton. sat
Miss lola Stuart dined witlA Miss
Minnie Webb Sunday.
Miss Howard spent Saturday night
and Sunday WITH Win her pranGparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Keys.
Mr.. Clarence Morrow from near
Hebron was in our neighborhood Sun
day afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. w, G.. Tate and chill
dren dined with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Elrod Sunday.
Misses Della Elrod, Enla .W,lborn
and Mr.. Herman Opp, Of Whiteiield
section. spent Sunday with Misses
Iona, Mystic and Lessie Elrod.
Mrs Lizzie Eirod and daughter,
Mis1 Lille, from near Belton. spent
The week end with iier son, Mr.. Till
man Eirod.
9irs.sc. C. Watt ana Children spent
Saturday with her ,daughter, Mrs. TIL
mRn Eiroi. sG -
Mr.. and ms. VIM McJurry spent
the weekend With Mrs MccuFfss
brother and sisscr near Beton.
The boys OF the reighboriiood nave
baen having sport Catching 'possums
OF late. They cangnts Twelve IN two
nights.
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enough. Had the misfortune happened
20 him and had Blossom been the ag-
gressor, he would want his life. He
understood. Like the valet II "Oii.-
vette," it was the time for disappear
ing.
"An' keep out O. my way. I'll git y
yet" growled Blossom.
Keep your mouth shut" said the
mate. "or I'll have you put in irons,
you pie!"
"All right, sir. I've said all I'm goin'
; say t'day"; and Blossom strobe off.
What was the box like?" asked the
:aptain OF Dunkers.
Chinese contraption. sir; leastwise
1t looked that way to me. Didn't lock
as il it'd been in tn water long, sir.
Somethin' lost overheard by some pri-
vate yacht, t. my thinkin'. I'll keep out
o. Steve's way. I'll lay low on shore
sir"
And though Steve mhde perfect
range of the spot. he never came back
to find the mysterious bax never saw
the Gibson house back home, nor did
he ever see Dunkers again. On the
voyage home he brooded continually:
and one night ne skipped his watch
and went to Davy Jones' locker.
Dunkers had not told about the
name he had seen on the box; ard
Blossom had not thought to. The name
HargreaYe had instantly brought back
to Dunkers' mind the newspaper Sto-
ries he had recently read. There was
no doubt in the world that this box
belonged to the missing millionaire,
who had drawn million from his
banks and vanished, and, moreover,
there was no doubt in Dankers. mind
that this million lay In. she Bahaman
aatessss. &c iiad b5sn drawn up from
the uottoai % tsiT ss.s...a tiee
path or the balloon. He proceeded.
then. TO take a most minute range.
ItEwouId require money and partners |;
but half loaf would be far better
than no loaf at ALL and he was deter
mined to return to- New York 20 find
backing. Finding is keeping. on land
or sea- .ss,s q 81 ss Sc q.
Nov i1tshappenea that ;his fayorite
grog shop was q cheap :eaioon across
the way from the headqnarters of The
Black HHfdred,: and vroon occasion,
ally drnnnE.i tn &c e. =. =
/ up a valuable DSt of maritime newe
Dunkers was mn old Friend of the bar
keeper, and he proceeded to pour and
| kpzzle down his thsoat 8 very poo:
substitute for whisky He teeone com
Inlunicatiyes Hes Dragged. He knew
where there was q millfon.+alid all he
needed was a first class diving boil. A
year from now he would not be drfea-
fAes. cheap iN'sTslses; ke,a he steering q
icoerse a5 afid down, 81 oedway and
Ituying wine when. he was thirsty He
was no miser. Rat he Ind to have a
diving bell ard wheye the siiIse devil
could he could get one with Sf2 ant
Ian. Ingersoll watch IN ais, pooket ss.S,.
From his table yroon made a sign
which the bartender uhaefstoOd. TheI
be rose and approached ,Iehnkers
- own q pretty good diving apps.
ratusse ne sisgSsiif you'Fe got tIIf
goods, I III take d change on "a fiffy
fitts basis. Nfpon did not haliey,
there was anything back OF this talk;
Ihnt 10 always paid 10 slIg deep enoual
! 10 find ont. ~Eiaye d drink: and, BiIi
give pa 3 real whisky and none ol
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your soap-lye. Now, let's hear you,

your soap-lye. Now. let's hear your
yarn"
81 don't know yuh," said Dunkars.
with drunken caution. ''How is 1t,
Biil?" turning to the bartender.
Hes the goods, Jim. You've heard
Of Wyant G Coz" K. /;
Sure I've heard o them. Best didin'
apparatus they is"
well, this gent here is Mr.. Brooks,
general manager FOR Wyant G. Co. /
can o. X. him.
Vroon threw an appreciative glance
at the bartender He was not affiliated
with The Black Hundred, but he had
often aided Vroon In minor affairs.
"All right, IL yuh say so. Bill. Well.
here's tn yarn
And when ne had done, Vroon
smoked quietly without speaking.
Don't yuh believe ~" demanded
nunkers, truculently
"Bet 600 feet or water, in coral
bottom. and no way OF telling just
where It fell overheard. That's tough,
proposition"
80, st is. is 1t? I'm sailor. can
lay my hand right over, tn spot. DO
yuh think I'd be fool enough T. hunt
for IL without perfect range?" Dun
kers tapped his coat pocket suggest
lively. sssl
And Vroon knew that the one thing
he wanted was there, a plan or a
drawing of the range So there was
another man shanghaied that night,
and his destination was Cape Town.
twenty-five; days, voyage by the calen-
dar.
Vroon carried his Information to the
Organization that same night. They
would start the expedition at once.
and till this was accomplished, Har-
! IIis-csve's Lsnghter u,ss 70 Ne ir.lnigna
from attacks. Besides. 1t would give
Hargreave (wherever he was) and the
iothers the idea .hat The Black Hum
dred had concluded to give up 4 the
lchase. ~ ,ey.s { ssS ,.;s.slt t.S,s 4 & x
Above. with mis- ear to q small hole,
Iskilfully bored through the ceiling
without permitting the pIester to fail,
Ikneltsa man with a bapdaged arm. He
Ifcculd never gee any faces: no one ever
took off mask in this sinister cham
Iber. But there were voices, and 6 he
/ s.sss, never sVins tos iorget some OF
them After sha meeting nnn,e tn an
Tend. he waited an hour after. and then
stole down into the street by the aid
OF the, fire eseaoe. Later. be entered
IA teisnhone booth and called up Jones.
TiIen. one leattierfi and steel box.
dotted with bits OF ivory and mother
lof-pearl. became two: and the sec
end was soaked Ia mud and salt
Iwater for two weeks til ynl, cnniii
inot mave told IL from the ORIGINAL And
lfhnt. Is why Jones was abfe.t sofDe,
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Synopsis Of Previous C::laptcrs.

Stanley Hargreare. millionaire. nfter
2 miraculous GsSaI6 from Giie den of
the gang oe brilliant thieves known "a
the Binck Hundred. lives the life of n
fecluHe for eighteen years. Hargreave
one night enters Broadway restau-
rant and there comes face to face with
the gangs leader, Braine.
After the meeting, during which
neither man apparently recognizes the
I other, Hargreave hufries to his mag
niiicent Riverdale home and lays
plans for making his escape from the
country. He writes letter to. the
girls school In New Jersey where Is
years before he had mystcriously left
on the doorstep his baby daughter.
Florence Gray. He also pays q visit
j 10 the hangar OF q daredevil aviator.
Braine and members OF his band
-; 81: :-;;iiaa reaves home at night,
but as they enter the house the watch
era. outside see q, balloon leave the
roof. The safe Is found empty-the
million which Hargreave was known
10; have drawn thai DE- was gone. Then
como one announced the balloon had
been punctured and dropped into the
sea. ! ~, a,,;s 4. it,,,,.o ~. .v.,.s,.
Florence arrives from the girls
school, Princess Olga. Braine's COM
papion, visits, her and claims to be a
relative. Two bogus detectives call
but their plot, is. foilsd by Norton. a
. neTspaper man. s,,,.,,,. ,.
by bribing the captain of>the Orient
Norton Jays e trap for B7aine and his
gang. Princess Olga also visits the
: Orient's captain and she easily falls
into the reporters snare, The plan
proves abortiye through Braine's good
luck and Gnly hirelirgs fall into the
: hands OF the police.
= s;;.sssa si;.sssa fsssiii HON;
. .hy tho band, but succeeds In fTeeinI
: iiesseif nom their clutches. The mex
9 day loNes removes q box from It's hla
Ing plnss aud, pursued by Braine',
nseii,S rnshes 60 the water front. a
.risegs In motor beats ensues. ,.one,
& drops the box Into the sea and will
his automatic sets fiis 20 tIie pursuing
$ boat, -
Florenee goes horseback riding ani
Us captured by one OF BraIne's niel
along the roadside. Norton rescuel
8 Islx. They are pursued, h0wcYer, an,
tltf EeirS make their eemnlatAa aecnn.
only nfIer Norton has expIadea n 2ir.
On the fast approaching machine viii
q ballet.
After failing In their. first attenapt
the Black Hundred trap Florence
They ask her Tor, money, but she es,
capes again fosing them
0Eiltess eelgss schemipg Ia; braal
tie engagement now existing ,he1 Meei
fl6fehte Hargrearc s1ni Norton, In
yites fhRFfa bpth to iirE npEimeut an,
pfetends 90 tiliRf in The reporter
s aspass ln<enee anptlrg "a ihc door
why Just az the pianhsi hi0pient, iiiii
1 aS ii result gives n ost8n back his RIM
tecpniplsees nf BFaines sueeeed Il
klaHanlag Flefepees While She, II shop
plRS and hurry her of TO kea. N0rs0l
sreeeiyeeila wireless later ini0Eniinj
hin that lhe Sill had ielipea Into t,l,
sea and been drowned. ssas
i0rellee y picked tp In d da4el
eSfaitlan, by d lSafty of fiefIetmen. Gh
/ lsEa6k EInisAfed locale .et aud Elrilile
sllxgnieea 4 Sas i,aF ssasshar, succeeds 8,
tahins Ser back 10 sea Ni.h AEnl
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Norton and Florence, safely ashore
and with no longer any misInderstand-
ing between them, take the train for
home. The train IL wrecked and
whiting members of the Black Hun
dred carry the injured Florence to n
deserted hut. Norton, who tries TO
rescue her, is tied TO the railroad
tracks. Florence saves him and finally
Jones comes TO the reseue Of both.
Copyright, 1914; BY Harold Mac
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By Harold MacGrath

Florence sets fire to the boat md Is
rescued by ship on which Norton has
been shanghaled.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23
WITHOUT SERIOUS CHECK
GERMAN FORCES ADVANCE
Troops OF Emperor William Continue
Their Way Rapidly to North
and West.
CLOSER TO FRENCH FRONTIER
Ostend and BruGes Occupied, and
People Are in Panic-Contact
With Main Allied Forces Soon
Probable.

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch
LONDON. August c2.-The Germans
have occupied Ostend and Brugcs.
Ghcnt was captured yesterday.
The Chronicle prints n dispatch from
Folkestone saying passengers arriving
there from Ostend report that German
patrols were in that Belgian seaport
last Friday
"Tt is hard to believe" one passenger
said, that the Germans are really oc-
cupying position on the straits OF
Dover, across from the English coast
When we left Ostend the Germans were
already in the outskirts. 1t was cx-
pcctcd that they would occupy tho city
by the time our steamer reached Eng
land.
"All foreigners were ordered to leave
Ostcnd yesterday. All government Of
fees were closed. The people were In
a panic"
Apparently without serious check the
German advance is sweeping through
belgium. Following the capture OF
Brussels, the troops OF Emperor will
liam are forcing their way steadily
and rapidly 10 the north and west.
The plan appears to be to ovcrrun the
whole OF northern and western Bel
GUM.
~ the same time the Germans appear
TO be drawing closer to the French
frontier. Southeast OF Brussels they
are investing Namur. on the Meuse.
SOON MUST RE IN CONTACT
WITH ALLIED FORCES
With large bodies OF German troops
pouring toward the west, a contact
must soon be Joined with the main
allied forces, whose movements are
shrouded i'll mystery
The German army will then find it
self facing its chief opponents. and a
haf 10 l., lob, -,
mendous effect on the future of the
war will probably ebb and flow for
several days before decision is
reached
Details or The lighting now going on
dribbles in slowly. German artillery
of hre At the Namur forts, where al
the |errible scenes of the assault on
Licge are being re-enacted.
simultaneously n big force OF Ger
man troops probably the main German
army in Belgium, Is said to be driving
through the gap between Mons and
Charleroi
Tho German plan is now said 10
strike into France by way Of Iabeuge
on the Sambre River. Tho movement
between Mons and Charlerot would in
dicate that such a plan was under way
Meanwhile ii is to he noted German
troops are said to have already crossed
tiic Il IcuCh DOEueT near Lille. Wncre
they are feeling out the positions OF
the French preparatory to an attack
In torce to open the roadway to Paris
Something akin to panic is begin
ming to spread among the English
along the channel coast towns owing
to tho unopposed advance OF the Ger
man troops. The fall OF Ostend has
brought them TO sudden realiyation
OF the seriousness of the situation. For
the first timo since the war began,
England faces n real menace.
BASE FOR OPERATIONS
WITH GERMAN AIR CRAFT
The British. navy Will he able to
prevent a landing OF troops In Eng
land But in possession OF the Belgian
coast. the Germans now have a splen
CONTINUED on Second Pago.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23
BATTLE OF GIANTS
NOW IN PROGRESS
NEAR CHARLERO|.
French and Germans Meet
After Weeks of Mob
ilizing.
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
MERE RECONNOISANCES
Official announcements From
Both Sides Very Candid
So Far.
ENGLlsH PAPERS WARN PEOPLE
Colonies Expected to Contribute
Much More In Men and
Money.
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
MERE REC0NNOlSANCES
PAPERS WARN PEOPLE
Much More In Men and
Money.
LONDON. August 2S G:t5 A. Ny
After nearly three weeks OF InohiliznR.

LONDON. August aS u:t5 A Ny
After nearly three weeks OF mohilizing.
the battle OF giants has begun
Roughly speaking tho Germans arc
trying 10 work around the allies aanh
ia Belgium. while the French are at
tempting 10 apply the same process TO
the Germans In Alsace.
Almost all the encounters that have
gone before have been mere recon
nolsan nces. The defeat OF regiment
e great victory. hut in this srapplc Of
hundreds OF thousands most OF these
affairs have had no signincance
official announcements from both
Nid.s have been extremely candid go
far. From the standpoint OF the allics.
The important feature in Saturdays de-
Telopmeuts is the great battle which
began in the morning on the Samur-
churleroi line. This is being fought
on the position chosen by the allies
German official statement Says
tina, troops under command Of the
crown prince Of Bavaria hghtinG be
tween Metz and Nosges, took 10000
prisoners and nifty guns. II adds that
the French troops opposing the Ger
mans comprised eight army corps.
PEOPLE ARE WARNED
AGAINST Optimism
An official British statement explains
calmly that nothing resembling great
D3tlie itis DCcN louBnt as yHt, ana
warns tho people against optimism
Reports from The Austrian -Scrvtan
boundary says the ServIans have won
- battle on tho Drina. which military
experts consider highly probable. as
although the Scrvans have com
paratively small army. II hae passed
through two years actual war. and
therefore. has the advantage o: vet
Grams fightinE against amateurs
From the Russian boundary conflict
ing reports come, both sides claiming
successes
The English papers are warning the
people that the war is only beginning.
and that they must be prepared for q
long struggle. which Will tax the re-
sources and manhood of the nation to
the utmost limit.
While apprcciating all that tho col
onies have done they expect colonies
with the population OF Canada and
Australia TO contribute much more in
men and money TO the empire thar
they have done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23
MOBILIZATION IN ITALY
IS SOON TO BE PROCLAIMED

pARIS. August 90 G:35 +. MIA
general mobilization in Italy has been
decided upon, and Will be proclaimed
In three or four days. according TO
message which the Rome correspondent
nt F.clair succeeded In smuggling
through to his paper.
The correspondent asserts that King
Victor Emmanuel until recently felt
obliged to renounce all idea of Italian
Intervention in the conflict, but was
won over by the arguments OF his min
listers. Minister OF Foreign Affairs
Marquis Antonio di San Guiliano alone
OF the Cabinet held to contrary opin-
ion.