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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

1 into confusion and fought them toward the east, after taking numerous prisoners and captured canon and machine guns. ITO the southward of the Mouse the German cavalry avoids contact with the French.
 News of the fight in the vicinity of Haelen confirms that the Germans were driven to the eastward and that there is
 now no German cavalry between Hasselt
 and Rammalies, in the province of Bra bant.
 "The Liege forts still hold out and have plenty of supplies. German cavalry patrols are now report ed to the north of Montmedy, which lies on the Franco Belgian border in the de- partment of the Meuse' The communication of the official press bureau concludes: Belgian cyclists and cavalry from Na- |nur yesterday surprised force of Ger
 man cavalry accompanied by artillery and machine guns and compelled them to re- tire. The Germans lost a field gun and several machine guns"
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"A copy says. An entire section, and not di- vision of the German troops, sur
 rendered with their machine guns" The Havas version adds:
 ''In the course of recent operations
 number of spies have been court
 martialed and shot, including the
 mayor and postmaster of Thann, in
 lower Alsace. 1.-Two French battalions which had seized the village of Lagarde in Ger man Lorraine above Avricourt were aislodged by superior force of Ger
 man troops, and driven back to Anres in the department of Meurthe-et- Me selle, on the road to Fortress of Luen- vile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
AMERICAN PARTY
 REACHES LONDON

London, August 15.--(2:o5 a. m)-An- other party of Americans has arrived from the German capital. The Amster- dam representative of the Central News Telegraphs concerning the party:
 Friday night 2s9 Americans arrived on special train from Berlin by way of Bentheim, Prussia, and Oldenzaal. .Hol- land. They had no trouble at the iron tier
 "One hundred and tirty-eight members of the party are going to the Hague; 72 to Rotterdam. 10 to the Hook of Holland and 69 stayed here. A member of the American embassy at Berlin was aboard the train.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

"The appeal to the patriotism of the press means that for sometime the people will be entirely without news The town is given over to rumors. An issue of La Soir, giving the news of an alleged German advance, was sup pressed by order of the authorities, and the offending paragraph was de- leted before further sale of the paper was allowed.
 "It must be remembered, on the other hand, that, owing to the small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
JAPAN READY ID
 BATTLE GERMANY

Paris, August 15.-(3:25 a. m.) The Petit Journal, the editor of which is Stephen Pichon, who was formerly minister of foreign affairs, says today that 1t learns on absolutely unim- peachable authority that Japan is re- 'solvcd to declare war on Germany, and that official action probably will be taken today, following the return of the Emperor to TOki0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

be made shortly before noon. The canal regulations provide speed limit of 10 knots in the wider and deeper channels of Gatun lake, but in the CuIebia cut not more than six knots an hour will be allowed. Every move which the ship makes will be recorded on plotting charts in the port captains offices at either end of the waterway. The ships location will be reported at every, turn by telegraph.
 In order that the Ancon's journey may be. wholly unimpeded, all other traffic in the canal will be suspended.
 Those on board will include Governor Goetha1s. the canal builder. and numerous other high officials. and Belisario Porras, President Of the Republic of Panama, and members of his cabinet. Most of them will be accompanied by their wives. During the voyage buffet luncheon will be served, but without wsne, as the canal zone is dry territory.
 The Ancon has a complement of 74 ofri- cers and men and ia commanded by Capt c. F. suksforth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
WIFE MUST CONSENT TO
 HUBBY GOING TO WAR

Montreal, August 14.-Every mar ried man volunteering Tor active service is compelled to bring the written consent of his wits hefcre he can be accepted, according to militia order made public today Thousands of consents have been received by the military authUri- ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

Nevertheless it is evident decisive
 events are imminent, and it is doubtful whether the official publication in Brussels papers of proclamation warning civilians to abstain from acts
 of hostility against the enemy, as
 these may entail terrible reprisals on the innocent population, and the de- cision of the government to cease the publication of official bulletins on the situation are likely to reassure the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

On board the steamship Ancoh off cers and men were busy setting ev- erything shipshape for her start early in the morning on the first voyage of a big oceangoing steamship through the new highway. The Ancon, 10000 tons register, owned by the United States war department, and leased to the Panama railroad for the New York to Colon trade, has not dis charged her cargo, as it is planned to have her make the journey fully loaded.
 On her trip from New York she re- ceived new coat of paint. and with tn, finishing touches given her tonight, vii look as though fresh from the builder, yard. The arst thing h tho motning slr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
GRAND JURY TO
 PROBE HIGH PRICES

San Francisco. August 4.-A special ses- sion of the federal grand jury was called for next Monday to inquire into the in creased cost of foodstuffs. Representatives of sugar companies and number of the largest jobbing houses dealing in food stuffs have been subpoenaed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
SUNDAYS AGE-HERALD

The Sunday Age-Herald begins tomorrow the publication of the greatest comic section published anywhere. It includes Mandy" by Blackmon; Doc Yak" 'Mama's Angel Child" "Katzenjamme Kids" Happy Holligan," Their only Child" Jimmy" and The Land of Wonderful Dreams."
 In addition to this. new magazine features will be introduced, all con tributing their part to the greatest Sunday newspaper published in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Marines Sail

Caimanera. Cuba. August 14.-The Fifth regiment. United States marines. sailed today on the United States transport Hancock for San Domingo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Furnace Suspends Work

Douglas, Ariz., August 14-Fires were drawn from shelter furnaces and all work of the Cananea Consolidated Copper company at Cananea was sus- pended tonight, mainly. it was said, be- cause of disturbed conditions brought about by the European war. Nineteen hundred men were thrown out of work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

show her colors on leaving Boston. An
 ensign was hastily displayed i'm re- spOnse to the shots after which the
 warship turned about and made off.
 Captain Hatch said the warship was too far away to distinguish her na-
 tionality.
 London, August 14.-u1:2S D. m.)-A
 Reuter- diSpatch from St. Petersburg says n message from Wilma states that a German aeroplnne making Observa-
 tiops of Russian military movements in the Polish government of SuwaIki was fired on and brought down. Its occupants. four German officers. were
 killed. according to the dispatch. Paris. August a4.-t5;4O p. m.)-In- teresflng documents and maps were found on the bodies of some of the German dead In Belgium. Letters and notes in diariesf told of suffering caused by terrible heat and the scarcity of food. A corporars letter taken from prisoner captured by peasants said : "At last the question Is settled. We
 have the war which has been so great fly desired"
 Washington. August 14-A young na- val officer applied today to Secretary Daniels for leave of absence to enter
 the service of one of the warning Flu ropean powers He suggested the ex- perience might be of value to the Uni
 ted States in future. The request was promptly denied
 Honolulu. August 14-The Union Steamship company's liner Marafa Australia for Vancouver. arrived today two days late. She had made a wide detour. By order of the British ad- miralty she will remain here until fur. ther notice. The Niagara of the same line also was held by the admiralty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Kaiser's Troops Are Push-
 ing Forward By Sheer Weight of Numbers To-
 ward the French Frontier.
SEVERE CHECKS
 ARE INFLICTED BY
 BELGIAN OUTPOSTS
Opposing Armies of Four
 Nations Must Clash In Short Time = Russians
 Swarm Toward Frontier.


 London, August 14.-(11:45 p. m.).-Pushing forward by mere weight of numbers, the German advance across Bel gium is slowly but steadily proceeding. Soon it must come in contact with the allied armies, which, according to an official communication from Brussels tonight, are in battle order, at some point unnamed.
 The Belgians in the outpost skir- mishing are said to have inflicted se- were checks on the German forces, but on the whole, the German wing has kept on its way, and has reached a line from north of Namur to Haelen, which suggests that the first big bat tie will be fought somewhere between Louvain and Diest, where the allies probably will try to block the roads to Brussels and Antwerp and prevent the German attempt to render north Bel. gium untenable.
 Farther south French troops have entered Belgium through -Charleroi, going to the relief of their neighbors and to aid in any attack directed to- ward Namur, while in the east the French are reported to have taken pos- session of ridges in the Vosges noun tains and to hold the passes of Le Bonhomme and Sainte Marie-au- Mines, through which important roads pass, and which, it is declared, gives them great strategical advan- tage.
 HAMMER AWAY
 AT FORTS OF LIEGE The Germans are hammering away at the Lege forts and according to their accounts, one of the forts. Pontisse, has fallen This Is denied by the Belgians, who tell of another slaughter of the in- vaders. who they say, attempted to rush the fortress
 Military strategists believe the Ger mans are meeting with delay which they did not expect and that every day the BelgIans keep them fighting means an increase of Russian forces on their east ern frontier. They express the belief that unless Germany soon dlsposes of Bel gium and France. she will have to choose between withdrawing a great part of her army from the west or leaving the road to Berlin open to the forces to the Emperor of Russia.
 Already hordes of Russians are reported marching toward Prussia on the one side (Continued on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

London August A. Q2I5 p The Havas nPasa at
 Meurhee given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

ness of the country and the pro, s$.$ of the great city to the actual oSs- field, the general staff is oF Q ' to exercise extreme caution to tain the secrecy necessary to the su> sss of its operations"
 Major Won BuelOw Killed
 London, August 15.-2:20 a. m.)--The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspond ent says Berlin newspaper has con firmed the report that Maj. Gen. Von Buelow brother of Prince yon Buelow, was killed in battle early this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Major Von Buelow Killed
ENTIRE SECTION OF GERMAN TROOPS
 SURRENDER TO FRENCH, SAYS REPORT

avas News Agency Battle In Vosges Mountain Confirms French of Spies ed and Sho-Begans Bat ties Around Lege Belgian Victory August Confirmed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
JAPAN INTENDS TO CARRY OUT IN FULL OBLIGATIONS
 UNDER ANGLO JAPANESE TREATY. SAYS LONDON REPORT
Japanese Navy Has Put To Sea and Will Co., Operate With British Fleet Against Ger many-Reported Advance of Ger
 many On Brussels Throws
 City Into Excitement


  |the Anglo  fleet effective
  London August 15 15 says Excitement prevailed here this Fday) afternoon when that
  denied officially and military nothing ndieh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
PANAMA CANAL IS SCENE OF ACTIVITY IN PREPARATION FOR FORMAL OPENING TODAY; ANCON TO BE FIRST THROUGH NEW HIGHWAY

Panama activity tonight preparat tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

Brussels, August 14.-(via London Bs4k D. m.)-In . sOrtie near Namur yesterday 200 military cycllstn, after .surrounding 400 Germans. killed . large Aumber, captured 5O and routed the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29
News and Views of Iisgah.

Pisgah, Aug. 24.-This section had
a fine rain Saturday which will help
the young crops. Fodder pulling is
over. Cotton picking has commenced.
The fields are white. The pickers
want so cents per hundred. SO you
see. IL we don't get something for it
we will be in the ditch
The county political meeting in
Camden Saturday was u rowdy one.
One of the candidates was howled
down.
Miss Pearl Hatfield Of Sheppard is
visiting here.
Mr.. Il. NJ. Rogers has gone to ST.
Matthews to visit his brother.
Misses Sadie and Madge Rogers
and Mr. Broadus DuPre spent Sunday
in Stateburg.
Miss Madgc Rogers is visiting her
sister i'm Stateburg this week.
Mrs. j. w. Kcnney. who has been
visiting her sister i'm Saluda return
ing home last week.
Miss Edna Ross of Rcmbert return
cd home last week after ,isit Ia friends
near and below sumter. She is one
OF the pretty young ladies Of this sec
tiou.
Mr.. John Mcleod of near Sumter
was here sunday. AS ne comes quite
| often IL is not hard to see what the
attraction Is.
| AS soon as the election is over will
have something to say about the cam
paign.
Mr.. j. r.. DuPrc is going on quite
an extensive mountain trip I'm a few
DAYS. Simply pleasure seeing.
While Mindcr Fletcher. colorcd
was returning homo from church ycs-
terday. someone waylaid and bca,
hcr She was stabbed i'm the back
near the shoulder and bled profuscly
br. Carson says she will recover il
the Knife was not poisoned She won't
tell who cut her.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29

terbalance this the Germans have
had to place very large force on the
Russian frontier to repcl the invas-
ION or the Russian army. Austria.
likewise. has had to meet the Rus
slams and Servians with large armies
ana has not been able to throw her
fIii strength to the support of the
German invasion of France. Thc
French being free to pit their entire
military strength against the Ger
man and Austrian invasion should be
able to muster a force as great as
the Germans can bring against them;
and fighting on their own soil, with
the advantage of the choice of po-
sion and IF strong fortiiications the
onward sweep of the invading host Of
Germans Is surprising. If the allies
can not check the Germans on the
fortified frontier, they will eventual
ly overrun France and again dictate
terms Of peace in Paris, unless the
Russian invasion should threaten
them from the rear and halt their
progress in France.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29
Why Not Have Mutual Insurance
Company?

We hope the reports Of mutual OIL
cooperative insurance given in The
Progressive Farmer two weeks age
have set lots Of our farmers thinking
tf you haven't mutual fire insur-
ance company in your county, you
ought to make haste to organize one
Just think of the farmers in your
community and imagine the trouble
half OF them would have in rebuild
ing II fire should destroy their homes
We ought to have mutual accident
insurance also and livestock insur-
ance. The writer only last week
made small contribution to a neigh
Dor farmer whose two mules were re-
Gently struck by lightning and killed.
Now 1t is good thing for neighbors
to help man in a case like this. but
1t Is uncertain and unbusiness-likc,
and the policy of asking for gifts is
not one 10 De encouraged. In fact,
thousands and thousands of farmers
had rather go into debt and work their
way out rather than ask any man for
a cent-and one cannot help but ad-
mire such independence. At the same
time, man ought not to have the risk
OF being thrown into want or debt by
accident of any kind--fire. storm,
lightning, or livestock disease. In
der present conditions such q loss fire.
quently means that the farmer must
struggle for years and years to get
back to where he was before. Every
farmer ought to carry insurance
against all these risks and 1t ought to
he mutual insurance.-The Progress
sive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29
No. SiX-SiXty-SiX

This 10 prescription prepared especially
tor MALARIA or CHiLLS d. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as q tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acta on the liver better than
Calomel and does not sripc or sickcn. Csc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29
a Clean Sweep.


featcd for the United States senate.
An anti-HlCaSc man will be the next
governor OF the State. In practically
every instance where Il man ran as a
Blease candidate he was defeated.
South CfOlina has definitely and de-
terminedly repudiated Bleaseism.
Senator Smith is renOminated by a
large majority on the first ballot, the
vote cast for Mcssrs. jennings and
Pollock being practically negligible. 1t
is probable that Smith will show
majority of twenty thousand votes. A
uOubtedly due to the farmers support
or Senator Smith and would have ap-
pearcd in any circumstances. but the
outstanding fact is that Blease has
been beaten with comparative ease.
1T is a complete and conclusive re-
Vulsion against the orgy of lawless-
ness and evil to which South Caro-
lima has been given for the past four
years, and from which many had
despaired of recovery. The body poll
tic, 1T has been shown, is sound at bot
tom and has within it recuperative
FORCES that those who had debauched
1T believed were not existent. Every
lover of his State must rejoice at the
result, and the friends Of Soutl. Caro-
lima abroad, who had almost lost faith
III her, will take courage.
There is heavy work ahead. The
standards that have been overthrown
must be reestAblished and the foun-
dations of society, so deeply under
mined, must be restored, upon which
we may build n strong and lasting
structure and found prosperity and
peace. The extent to which the COR
rupting effects of Bleaseism have gone
can hardly be realized, but a survey
VIII show the havoc that has been
wrought to the permanent institu-
uons of government and great res
toration must be begun. Every COM
munity in the State will feel the heart
ening influence of the victory that
has been achieved over evil influences.
ana the reaction from lawlessness and
license will bring a reign of reason
under which South Carolina and all
IT'S constituent parts will come into
good repute again. 1t is a time for
resolve, rather than for celebration.
Tor the result will have been worth
less of achievement if it is not taken
as opportunity for constructive work.
There is no call for reprisal nor will
there be any excuse for prescription.
Not all who have made the conditions
OF the past few years possible have
been Of evil purpose. Many have
been mislod and of these a large pro-
portion have discovered the error into
which they have come, and have
turned away from it, else there would
have been no such complete reversal
as yesterdays election has shown. 1t
will be enough to turn our backs upon
the dark period through which we
have come and look to the future and
work for the restoration Of the State.
charleston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29

was taken with diarI hoea and
Mr. h"rks. the merchant here, Der
Suaucd me 10 try u bottle Of Cham
ncrIains Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoca
iiemedN. After taking one dose of
~ ! was cured. u also cured others
,hat i CAV" IL to- writes NJ. t.. Gcb-
hart. briOlc, Pa. That is moi ,r nj,
unusual. An ordinary attack Of diar-
rhoea can almost invariably he cured
by one or two doses or this remedy
II is one OF tho most successful nren-
nratiOns that hos been diecovcrcd
Thousands have testified TO its vnluc
For sale by all dealers -Adyt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29

The second race for governor will
be between Richard I. Manning and
John G. Richards. The nomination of
Manning by n decisive majority will
wipe out Bleaseism and end partisan
and factional government in South
Carolina for four years at least. The
great majority of the voters have de-
ciared against the perpetuation of
partisan government and in favor of
= government for the benefit of all
the people. Manning has given his
word to administer the Office of gov
ernor impartially, to know neither
friends nor foes In the discharge OF
his official duties, to enforce the laws
and to give the State an efficient,
economical and progressive admins
tration. This Is what the people, by
their votes for Manning. Cooper
Clinkscalcs. NJ L. Smith. C. A. Smith
and Browning. have declared that they
want and are determined to have. But
the victory is not yet won. Those who
want good government. law and order
and strictly non partisan administra-
tion have an important duty to dis
charge. They must leave no stone un-
turned. they must spare no effort to
poll every possible vote for Manning
In the second primary and make the
victory of the forces of law and order
~ decisive as possible. This Is no time
% let up In the work. but on the con-
rary we should all work harder than
ever before for the complete re-
iemption OF South Carolina.
-
Prof. CIlnkscales shows the right
spirit. He accepts the verdict of the
primary with cheerful acquiescence
To the will OF the people and offers
nis services to carry on the good work
for law and order. Messrs. Cooper,
n. L.. c. "A. Smith and Browning. are
feel sure will fall In line with Prof.
Clinkscales and work to roll up big
majority for Manning.
The people Of Sumter are proud
and happy over the result of the pri-
mary. for II has demonstrated that r..
I. Manning, sumters choice for
governor. the strongest man In the
race and that he will be the next gov
ernor Of South Carolina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-29

Cotton prices do not trouble these
people as much as they do some other
sections. They live at home. The
crops in Lexington are better than l
have seen them in the several years
that l have been visiting the county
ABOUT TINS time OF year. l.. w. ID.