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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-24
STATE CONFERENCE
OF FARMERS UNION
Fifty Delegates Represent 20
Counties at Anderson.
UNION IN GOOD CONDITION
Delegates Visit Clemson College
Wednesday as Guests of
President Riggs.


Anderson Special to Charleston
News and Courier, July 22-Fifty
delegates were present tonight when
President Dabbs called to order the
convention of the State Farmers
Union, all of the twenty county
unions being represented. President
Dabbs' annual report was in the ma
ture of resume of what he had
done during the year to encourage
the members of the union, a report
OF his attendance upon the national
a report of his work as chairman of
convention at Salina, Kansas, and
the committee from the National
Union to visit President Wilson and
Secretaries McAdoo and Houston.
about the treasury deposits for NOV
ing the crops and the market bu-
reau of the department of agricul-
ture. President Dabbs commends
the educational institutions of the
state, mentioning Clemson and Win
throp in particular. He urged the
members of the Union to support
and cooperate with the rural and
high schools in their districts. point
ing out that education is the main
plant i'm the foundation for making
a good and successful farmer.
MAKES RECOMMENDATI
Presidet Oabbs recommends the
appointment of a committee TO CO.
operate with committees OF other
organizations in preparing for the
invasion of the boil weevil in South
Carolina He commended and ex
tended thanks TO the press OF tn.
state for able and courteous assis
tance in furthering the work Of the
Union, both editorialiy and in the
news columns. He advocates anC
urges that every city and town hav.
it's board of trade and every rura
district have its union, so that they
might work together harmoniousl,
for the good of thier counties
= The reports of the executive com
mittee and Secretary-Tr Treasurer j
. Whitner Reid show that the financia
: condition of the Union today is bet
ter than it was one year ago, also
small increase in membership. Tn
: failure TO increase the membership
, materially is said to be due to tn
t inability to secure enough suitabl
[ men to serve as organizers. Fror
= now on efforts will be made to OIL
r ganize unions in every county. TIL
reports declare that good bushes
+ propositions over the state are work
T. ing so successfully that the member
I feel that the Union has grown strong
er instead of weaker PresideT
l. Dabbs declares the Union is stronge
q today in the determination of thos
+ who are sticking by the Union an
who are coming in than 1t was on
e year ago.
II Hhe delegates will be the guests
President Riggs at Clemson Collee
: tomorrow, going up early in IL
s morning and returning late tomo
? row afternoon. A night session wi
e be held tomorrow
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Bethlehem Bible society.

The annual meeting OF bethlehem
Bible Society will be Saturday
August l. \ most elaborate program
has been arranged for the children
also, good speakers have been select
ed, among them, Rev b. F.. Carson
and S. Stewart, Esq. An enjoy
able part will be an excellent picnic
dinner and geor time for the
crowd that will be present All are
cordially invited TO De present.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-24

Mendel L. Smith again announced
that heAwas for local option on the
compulsory education question.
John G.NClinkscale and his propa-
ganda of compulsory education we're
well received by the croWed. His
good humored reference to the other
candidates kept the crowd in a
continual chuckle.
r. A. Cooper. the last SPEAK er
made his usual spirited speech.
BY mutual agreement among the
candidates the time limit OF each
speaker was shortened in order TO
catch an early train TO Walterboro
where the campaingn party so for n
meeting tomorrow.
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New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
1000 Wounded Germans
Reach Liege from West Front

Amsterdam, Nov. 1l.-Nesrly 1000
Austrian artillery, with eight l2-ineh
guns, passed through Liege yesterday
for Cracow, having been withdrawn
from the Belgian battlefield 20
strengthen the endeavor 10 stem the
Russian avalanche.
Four thousand Germans arrived yes
terday, all severely wounded in the
fighting in Flanders. while three 1914
inch guns which had been smashed bv
the British artillery FIRE are in town
on their way to Germany for repairs.
Preparations for the swift transport OF
troops from the west are proceeding.
The road from Alost to Brussels is
marked with red poles. and on the road
from Brussels 10 Liege all the trees
are whitewashed. the quickest route 20
Germany being thus plainly indicated.
Residents Of Liege are allowed only
half pound Of bread daily. FOOD
also is scarce at Antwerp, where forty
truckloals Of provisions and stores ac-
cidentally were burned on Sunday.
English prisoners words struck out
b. CENSOR were conveyed in closed
good trucks inscribed. This load OF
cattle may not be fed"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
WAR DECRlED BY WILSON
president Speaks a. dwelling
of Kearny Statue.

washington, Nov. II. President
wilson spoke to-day at the unveiling
OF statue TO General Philip Kearny
az Arlington National Cemetery and
said: GIL"
mere is nothing noble or admirable
IN war itself, but there is somethirg
very noble and admirable occasionally
IN the causes for which war is under
'aken, and there is something verv
NOBLE and admirable in some Of the
characters which war develops.
IF mans character can GO throurh
the IRE and come out rcsplendent, then
YOU know that it is Of the true quality
OF The best human stuff"
The President said General Kearnv
'ypihed the best kind Of leader pro-
duced by the United States. addinr
that many another man had stood
alongside Of him with the same ouali-
ties and the same distinction of ser
vice.
The government Of great people"
ne continued, "can always count on
great services and the beauty of our
government, the pride that we all feel
IN II, Is that II is government of a
great people, prodigal in their gift Of
service and always ready to provide
those things which constitute the stuff
Of heroism and elevate a nation in the
annals o. mankind"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
King Asks Parliament for
Means to Finish War

London. ov. With tn British
Empire in the throes of the greatest
struggle in its history, King George,
in his speech from the throne, called
on Parliament at its opening to-day TO
enact measures that might enable the
government 20 carry the war 70 sue
cessful conclusion.
The grimness of the war hung heavy
over the royal procession to the
Houses of Parliament this afternoon.
but IL did not dim the Briton's love OF
kingiy splendor, and all along the
route from Buckingham Palace 90
Wcgtminster their majc sites met a
continuous acciamation. As az the
Lord Mayors show two days ago, the
prevalence of khaki uniforms was the
most striking indication Of war. The
dull monotone of the troops lining the
Mall. the Horse Guards Parade and
Whitehall nevertheless seemed lar
more appropriate than the scarlet and
gold Of the Life Guards, Who formed
an escort for the King.
The spectators evidently considered
the colorful grandeur OF these out Of
place. for the cheering was carefully
withheld until the royal coach itself
appeared. Then the outburst Of en-
thusiasm became simply tremendous.
coming as i did from the greatest
multitude which has assembled 20
witness this spectacle within the mem
ory of the constables who have been
on duty At the palace since the Dia-
mond jubilee Of Queen Victoria.
Another sign OF the times was the
absence of the eight cream-colored
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New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
"SLAVERS' r" BOMBS
IMPERIL JUDGE
Explosions Caused by
Hunted Gangs Near
Bronx Courthouse.

Vengeance sought by friends Of
white slavers' whose lot north of the
Harlem has been made hard by Judge
Louis D. Gibbs. of Bronx County, is
believed to have inspired the explosion
Of bomb in the Brook sv plaza at the
main entrance 70 the courthouse short
ly before II o'clock last night.
Judge Gibbs shares this belief with
the police, but declared stoutly that
he would not be intimidated into leni-
ency. He had been conducting a
forgery trial in his chambers during
the evening, and had gone down the
stairs and out into the plaza when the
explosion occurred. lie said at the
time he felt that he was being fol-
lowed, and believes the bomb was
hurled by some person or persons who
sought his Ike.
One Of the bronze pillars on one side
Of the twenty entrance to the
courthouse was almost completely
shattered by the force Of the bomb, and
It's AtlEnUOI OH klt OLutl sue was
damaged. Glass all over the building
was broken. and Under sheriff Michael
J. Garvin, who was the architect of the
building, estimated the damage at S15.-
600. Much of the interior woodwork
and decoration vas damaged.
It is believed that the loss to prop
erty in the neighborhood will reach a
similar figure. The detonation could be
heard for blocks. and the shocl was SO
great that Mrs. Mary Frat. of 567
Eagle av., who was crossing the plaza
at the time and saw the flash, was
knocked down.
Windows on a southbound Third av.
elevated train passing at the time were
broken. and q few passengers were
slightly cut.
Hardly q few seconds after the
courthouse bomb another internal ma
chine was exploded directly across the
street in front Of the Office OF John
c. Hoefling. a city marshal He had
just locked up a prisoner and was not
I'm his office, so that he escaped injury
when the plate glass windows were
blown IN.
The county jail is in the courthouse
building, which occupies the triangle
made bv Third and Brook avs, from
1COth 10 161st SITS. There were ninety
EIGHT prisoners there, among them
twelve women. All became excited,
AVID the services Of ambulance sur
ccons. summoned at the first alarm,
we're required to calm some OF the
women.
Detectives picked up a piece OF
three-inch pipe in the debris around
me buildinF This is thought to have
beep part Of the bomb.
Judge Gibbs told reporters ne had
veceived twenty-five threatening letters
since the white slavery trials began.
Inspector owen Eagan, Of the Bureau
of Combustibles, said the bomb had
been of "anarchistic" make. 1t was
composed. he said, of antimony and
chloride of potash. ,,
Thousands of sightseers gathered at
the courthouse. and the reserves were
busv keeping the crowd in check until
long after midnight.
Jobn Connolly. a watchman, was
thrown to the floor of the courthouse
bv the force Of the explosion, and mar
rowly escaped death.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Kaiser's Troops Massed
on Line to French Port
of Dunkirk.
FRENCH CLAIM TO
HOLD REST OF 'FRONT.'
Most Furious Battle of the
War Rages Between Dix
nude and YpreS.

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE Germans have
resumed their attack on the allied lirs
between the coast and the Lys River-
and, while the French claim generally
to have held their positions, tbe Ger
mans have succeeded in capturing ths
town Of Dixmude. which has been tho
centre Of some Of the iercest and most.
ssnguinary fighting OF the war.
The country between Dixmude snd
Ypres, where the belligerents have been
engaged in violent attacks and counte :
attacks for weeks past, and where the
losses have been heavier even than
those in the battles OF the User, is
again the scene OF battle, which for
fury has seldom Il ever been equslled
Behind Dixmude is the direct road
70 Dunkirk, one Of the French ports
on which the Germans have set their
hearts, and, II they can break through
here. the Allies will be compelled to-
fall back TO new positions.
Concentrate at Dixmuds.
The invaders, therefore. have been
concentrating their forces 81 this
point and their success in taking Dix
nude, where they claim to have capt
ured 500 prisoners, and positions
across the canal 10 the west of
Langemarck, where, according 20 the
Berlin report, 1000 prisoners FELL into
their hands, shows that the s-aie-
ments so freely made that they have.
been sending troops from the west ~
Poland are without foundation.
As a matter Of fact, military mon
believe that the Germans, as soon 81
they saw it was impossible 10 carry
out their design OF capturing War
saw, dispatched troops from that re
gicn to the west, not imagining thai
the Russian pursuit could be carried
out with the rapidity with which ID
has been.
At other points along the battio
front in France the French Official
communication claims some successes
for the Allies, but the German head
quarters staff declares that all attacks
have been repulsed
Il is considered quite certain that,
with the enormous forces required for'i
the effort to get through TO the coast
and to protect their own country from
Russian invasion, the Germans will not
be able to throw any additional troops
into the lines which stretch through
Northern France and along the Franco
German border.
On the other hand, the French, whose
army is growing daily, might attempt
an offensive against Lorraine or A.
SAGE as a diversion. which would re-
lieve the pressure IN the west.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
HIS "WEALTH" Is DROSS
Sleuths End Porter's Vision
of Luxury.

From one hotel as a porter went
James Green to another as star guest,
and nothing in the house was too good
for him. when detectives interrupted
his dream of wealth and arrested him
on Il charge Of grand larceny. Bellboys
stopped running and the managemeiht .i.I
al The Hotel York began to figure the
amount of the bill that never Will be
collected. At the same time couple
~ the Hotel Hargrave, in West 12d ST.:
sre looking forward to the return OF
tbeir trunks. which disappeared the d"y
NOV arrived from the West.
James went up to the Hargraye Mon Mon
6ay from his home at 35S West 4otn
ST. and got a JOB as porter: me me heN1 ..',.
dsv a man and his wife registered, saw
hat their trunks had arrived and or,
Jered them sent up. The trunks failed
TO TO appear. and investigation revealed Lee
that they had been sent to the 1ork'
arc of James Wilson.
That was where Detectives Mulilfah
ond Leonard found James last night
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
NORTH CAROLINA
STILL 4 MYSTERY
Navy Department Unable to Get Any News Of the
American Cruiser Reported to Have Met with
Mishap in Turkish Waters
From The Tribune Bureau. |

Washington Nov 1Whe Navy Department officials that
they safety the
which umore have been blown by mine in the hrbo
Beirut elsewhere Turkish waters dgent efforts made though
without result, get of the vessel.
Efforts made ascertain the whereabouts the vessel by cable
dispatches London Athens Rome Naples Alexandria points
with Beirut Endeavo
by wireless also unayalng. There possibility
British Admiralty will be asked the search
Der of British warshps in Turkish
Morgnthau COnantnop relative the North Carolina
that the Ambassador fully alive the
situation.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
GBy Cable to The Tribune

Deal, England Nov 1.-THE realities Of brought
inhabitants Of Deal and Wame this afternoon loud
pon accompanied volumes smoke heard
torpedo guboat Niger then lying off the Deal pier When the smoke
the Niger observed to be settling down forward Men,
and children rushed the shouting that the vessel
had been orpedoed mined
1t realized that the vessel doomed The Deal and
Kngdown feboa we'll boats from other of the beach,
the
prevailed the hundreds who stood watching the
Fortunately the North Deal galley Hope commanded by John Budd
anchor the waiting to land pilot from London
going the Channel.
When the boamen realized the Niger had been hit by submarine
COnn on pag eoInm
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
The Coming Toqver
Sporting Note.

Sir: Now that the Braves have
cracked under the strain-or haven't
they and the tennis season is over
or isn't il? Never mind. Won't
you come with me, anyway. to see a
game of mother-baiting The next
one will be played at the Hall of
the Board of Education, 500 Park
Avenue, on Wednesday, at four
o'clock. The majority OF the mem
bers Of the Board of Education are
expected to play on one side, and
on the other. two women, each with
q baby q few days old. The object
of the game is 70 Kick the mothers
out of their positions IN the public
schools. 1t viii be played according
20 the rules Of the Board of Educa-
tion.
Mother-baiting is popular with
the majority Of the Board. The
game is rather rough, but, like wife
beating, which used to be so popu-
lar, it is always played for the good
Of the women. Some people who are
as Indifferent to the pleasures OF
others as is Anthony Comstock ap-
pealed TO the Mayor to stop the
game on the ground that it is in
furious TO the morals of the COM
munity, but the Mayor replied that
he does not care to interfere with
the self-expression Of the Board of
Education.
We should like to have your opin-
ion Of mo.her-baiting.
HENRIETTA RODMAN.
Mother-baiting as Miss Rodman
describes it, sounds like n jolly
sport. The object seems to keep the
losers out in the open air.
As to mother-teachers, did Expert
ence, we wonder, have any children?
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
BULGARIA MAY BE
4 SECOND BELGIUM
Censored Dispatch Quotes Premier Declaring Neu
traity, but Adding That Nation Isn't Obliged
to Assist Porte Against Allies.
/ BY Cable 10 The Tribune.l

London Nov 1.-THE Athens correspondent OF The Morning
sends the following dispatch the Bulgarian
plains that his has been heavily censored
According teegms from Sofia NJ Radoslayof the Bulgarian
received the leaders OF the opposition
explained 10 them the policy OF Bulgaria.
he said enjoyed the ympathes OF all the powers and
take the either side Her relations with
Turkey friendly but she under obligations the Porte
Triple Bulgaria hoped Tor special powers for the
Balkan such lasting
peace in ;ie Balkans
In with correspondent the Berner Tageba NJ
reported have made OF honeyed language
he said Bulgaria had been able neutrality iowa
neghbors As regarded the however one could tell
might happen
The VOLTA leading article Greece emphasizes the diplo.
gained under the u guidance NJ who
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
SIX HEROES DIE
TO SAVE CRUISER
fBy Gable to The Tribune. ]

Petrograd, Nov. 1l.-Correspondents
of Finnish newspapers report the
heroic sacrifice of the crew OF picket
boat. in order to save Russian
cruiser which was unwittingly ap-
preaching a mine in the Gulf OF Fin-
land.
Realizing that it was too late to sig
nal TO the cruiser OF the danger, the
picket boat deliberately rushed at the
mine at full speed. In the terrinc
explosion which followed six OF the
crew of seven perished. The survivor
who was severely wounded, was award
ed the decoration of 81. George.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
GUNBOAT SUNK IN DOWNS;
GERMANS RECAPTURE DIXMUDE;
CAR AGAIN WINS in PRUSSIA
Cafe and Concert Hall
for French Trenches


tby 'shie IN The Jnbhnc.
Paris. Nov. 1.-The French have
learned to outdo the enemy in the
art of trench making. An officer
writes that not only have his men
fitted cooking range in their
trenches. but they have half dozen
bathrooms, properly tiled, screened
of and fitted with hot and cold
water spray shower.
Better still, regular system %
drainage Is To be installed next To
the baths in the shaving saloon, and
the soldiers are now at work on
cafe and concert hall, all under
ground, to be warmed and lighted
and something less than half a mile
from the German lines.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
SHOTS FOR PET TEASER
American Woman Arrested IN
Hayre, France.

uavra Nov. 11.-Mrs. SeteIIe, an
-.or;ron a"Sro, woman living in Paris, VINO
AM An.'i nc, nassenger on The Chicago from
Vas V..',. vi was arrested here to-day
~ new tbe charge preferred by the police
of attempted murder. -, ..or., ,ss-
after Aiter wbo leased her dog, Mrs.
Sa9eiie sf9egf' became furious at what she
Seteig '.iSoroS I'm" mistreatment of her pet.
SGnS Son - u's sccused Of iring twice from an
I. one rs aC'TSe .;c n;etoi ON man whom she
auIonlei'' s,I;n,e5 70 be the instigator Of the
trdnHle' 3el,GEed b Both bullets aew yild I3 and
tLouUle, .Lo ,~emaD was Immediately disarmed;;
'"T r. court Mrs. Setelle said she hr'u
g, ,be air 10 frighten the man.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
VANCOUVER WATERS
CLOSED TO SHIPPING

Ottawa. Nov. lit was announced
to-day that the western portion OF
Broughton Strait. near Vancouver lsl-
and rad been closed 20 navigation FOR
purposes of defence. Vessels between
Johnston Strait and Queen Charlotte
sound must take the Weynton passage
and Black Fish Sound. Vessels gong
by way OF Ella Point Channel are IN
danger OF being fred upon.
The reason for this action is believed
70 be fear Of attack from the German
feet. which defeated British warSnip5
recently of the coast or chm.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12

Two more women were added yester-
Gay to the list of victims of the anti
teachcr-mother campaign Of the Board
OF Education.
One was Mrs. Lora VI. Wagner, who
was suspended because of her two
weeks absence to bear a child. and the
other was Miss Henrietta Rodman.
teacher and vice-president of the
League for Ciyic Service Of Women,
who was informed that she was to be
suspended because Of the letter she
wrote to F. p A.. and which was
printed in The Tribune last Tuesday.
In it Miss Rodman referred to the
"mother-baiting" tendencies Of the
board.
Superintendent Of Schools Maxwell
sprang the news of her suspension on
Miss Rodman just as she was leaving
the building. where the board had
voted to discipline Mrs. Wagner
Are you Miss Rodman?" ne in
quired, stopping her at the elevator.
Then he said:
81 am sorry you wrote that letter to
The Tribune. / shall have to bring
charges against you and ask for your
SUSPENSION
"Nav I ask what section Of the by
laws have violated" Miss Rodman
asked.
Lack of Courtesy Alleged.
you have been guilty of gross mis-
conduct by failing IN courtesy toward
the Board Of Education was his re-
ply. IN -,
then. and Miss Rodman appealed to
"In all the ten years of my service
in the public schools | have met with
little but punishment" she said. $50
am not surprised, but / consider your
action unjust.
"In nv work ! consider that | have
been bulled. insulted and robbed OF
money and credit by the Board of Edu-
cation and it's subordlnates. I'm all this
time | have never fought the board on
a personal issue, or one in which my
personal interests were at stake
81 am sorry if in writing that letter
oyerstepped the bounds Of what IS
proper in fair fight
Salary Claim Revived.
Mr.. Churchill demanded what Miss
Rodman meant by the accusation
arainst the board but she refused to
answer without the advice OF her law
YER. The matter Of robbery it was
Understood. however, was connected
with q salary claim.
"Have you called my attention to
tbase things ?" Mr. Churchill asked.
"Yes. and have your letters IN
reply." she retorted. They were not
satisfactory.
Mir. Churchill was white with rage By
this time. and Miss Rodman was fight
mo hack the tears, so they parted with
- curt Good night" Atterward Miss
Rodn,an repeated her conversation with
the superintendent ,.,
~ reminded him. she said, that ]
had worked for ten years for reforms
in the school system. and IN all that
time he had never sent for me or
written TO praise me for my efforts
but now. because I make mistake III
Inc technicalitios OF fight ne sus-
In ordering Mrs. Wagner's suspen,
sion the Board Of Education ignored
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