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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
To Supervise War.

London, Sept 27.-Premier AS
quith. il is announced. has appoint
ed special committee OF the cabinet
TO be charged with general oversight,
of the war.
The committee which is composed
or tho premier. Lord Kitchener.
David Lloyd-George, Arthur j. Bal
-FOUR. SIR Edward Grey. Lord Lans-
downe, Andrew Bonar Law and Win
ston Spencer Churchill, will act as
sort of executive committee. ab-
sorbing the functions of the cabinets
pardanelles committee.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
COTTON PRICES co Up
ALMOST SION THE BALE
Market Shows Increase of Sew
eral Points Over
Saturday.
OTHER STOCKS SOAR ALSO.
Bullish Sentiment Takes Cotton Mar
ket by Storms and Prices Reach
New High Level for Season.

New Orleans, Sept. 27.-Bullish
sentiment took the cotton market
by storm on the opening today and
January, the strongest month on the
future list. advanced almost 81 a
bale. Other months rose 32 to 33
points.
Trading opened with great excite
ment and the tone was officially call
ed strong on the first call. The vic
tory by the allies, continued strength
of interior spot markets and the re-
port by a Southern newspaper that
the crop was half picked, were the
main reasons for the buying. Today's
bulge made new high price levels for
the season.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
WORLDS GREATEST LAYER.
Lady Byzantine Gives 2S7 Eggs in
33O Days.

Philadelphia, Sept. ga new
worlds record for egg laying COM
petitions was established today,
when Lady Byzantine, a White Leg
horn, laid her 2S7th egg in $50 days
at the Delaware College Agricultural
Experiment Station, Newark, Del.
The best previous record was 2S6
eggs in 365 days, made last year by
Plymouth Rock hen.
The new champion is an American
hen, bred from an English strain
Five hens of this strain have laid
l,l3S eggs in At weeks. The average
hen lays about 70 eggs o. year.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
BOTH SIDES SDENYBLAME
FOR FRONTIER FIGHTING
Situation Proves Puzzlinr
Proposition to Wash
ingtOn.
NO CHANGE IN POLICY NOW
Funston and Nafarettc File Dis
cla,mers of Responsibility for
Border Clash.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Maj. Gen.
Funston, commanding United States
troops on the border, and Gen. Ma
farratte, the Carranza commander.
both disclaim for their men respon-
sibility for the lighting yesterday
near Progreso. Texas, in which one
American trooper was killed and an
officer wounded, while the casualties
of the Mexican raiders are not
known
General Funston reported to TIL.
war department today that his men
had repelled the raiding party which
fed across the border under the pro-
lection of soldiers "in uniform" en-
trenched on the other side. The Car
ranza agency gave out telegram
| from General Nafaratte asserting
that there were no Carranza troops
in the vicinity.
A full report on recent fighting
along the border was made to the
state department today by the war
department. 1t states that in no case
have American soldiers begun the fir
ing but it is admitted that civilians
and deputy sheriffs in Texas have
provoked some attacks.
Officials here are frankly puzzled
over the border situation. General
/ Carranza has directed General Jacin-
! TraVinn fn nj
| tigation and clearer understand
ing is expected. Until authentic in
formation is obtained as to the cause
OF the raids the policy of the Ameri-
can government will be unchanged.
Explaining the visit of Gen. Felipe
Angeles TO Washington the Villa
agency issued this statement tonight:
Gen. Felipo Angeles wishes to
state that he has arrived in Wash
ington as member of the delegation
appointed by the military chiefs Of
| the provisional government to rep-
resent them in the peace conferences
planned in accordance with the in
Vitation OF the Pan-American confer
ence August ..
Published reports that General
Angeles has deserted from the con-
vention army are false These re-
ports appear to have been inspired
in Carranzista sources in FL Paso.
Gen. Raoul Madero, another
member of the delegation, will pro-
ceed to Washington as soon as he is
liberated by the American military
authorities who detained him on the
border while he was en- route to dis.
charge his commission"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
Clemson Defeats Furman. O0 to O

Greenville SpeciaI to The State.
Sept. 20 In one-sided game of
Football Celmson defeated Furman
here this afternoon by the score of
80 too. Furman did not at any time
during the game have the ball in
Clemson's territory. Neither did the
local team ever made the ten yards
on four downs. Clemson never lost
the ball on downs during the game,
although the Tigers punted several
times. The contest was void of
special features and of interest The
Furman tenn PLAYED ragged and
d'sinteresting game from the start
TO finish. On Clemsons part there
was no particularly brilliant playing
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
VILLA FORCES RETREAT
tarranzistas Enter Torreon After
Foes Leave the Town.

Laredo, Texas, Sept. 25.-Car-
rama advices tonight reported the
withdrawal of the Villa garrison
from Torreon and the occupation of
the city by Carranza troops. The
villa forces were reported retreating
to the north, after destroying the
railroad to prevent pursuit. M
other details were given.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
LOOKS BRIGHTER FOR
HALF BILLION LOAN
AnglO-French Agents and East
ern Bankers Seem to Have
Agreed on Details.
COMMISSION TO CHICAGO
The Approval of Western Capitnl;sts
VIII Assure Success of the
Big Deal.

New York, Sept. 26.-The Anglo
French financial commission and
Eastern bankers have reached a yir-
tual agreement on details of the pro-
posed half-billion dollar credit loan
to Great Britain and France. -Four
members of the commission viii,
leave here tomorrow for Chicago to
confer with Western bankers over
the tentative terms.
Details of the loan on which the
commission and Eastern bankers are
in virtual accord are:
The amount-approxima $500
100000.
The securities Anglo
French notes.
NOTES BELOW PAR.
The interest rate, 3 per cent, to
yield the investor about . II per cent
by the notes being offered at slightly
below par.
"A conversion privilege at maturity
Of the notes.-the holder to receive
cash or joint Anglo French fifteen to
twenty-year bonds hearing AZ per
cent interest.
1t became known tonight that the
entire tentative program had beap
submitted to London and Paris and
that the attitude of the home govern
ments so far as disclosed is one OF
approval. 1t is assumed that the
Parliaments OF both Great Britain
and France would have to authorize
the issuance OF the loan
WOULD MEET WESTERNERS.
The commissions forthcoming trim
to Chicago was announced in a for
NAL statement, which said they were
now desirous "of meeting some of
the leading men of affairs from other
great centres" If the Western bank
ers are in accordance with the tenta-
tive agreement on which the Eastern
hnanciers and the commission have
reached an understanding, the pro-
gram will stand, barring unforeseen
developments, and its final adontior
is as good as assured This asser-
ton was made tonight by an Ameri-
can hnancier who has been of the
inner circle throughout the period of
negotiations
FOUR MEMBERS TO GO.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
Davidson Loses to Washington and

Lexington, Va, Sept. 25.-One of
the scrappiest games ever witnessed
on Wilson field was played this af
ternoon between Davidson and Wash
ington and Lee, the North Carolina
boys losing by score of IA to 0.
Davidson was strong on defense but
was unable to dent the Washington
and Lee lines. The touchdowns for
washington and Lee were made by
Young, halfback, and Sorrells. full,
back. The only down for Davidson
was made in the last quarter by Hill.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
Fifty villa Soldiers Killed.

Laredo, Texas, Sept. 27.-Fifty
villa soldiers were killed in battle
Saturday at Palmillas, between Car
rama troops and Villa soldiers mn
der General Torreas, according to ~
formation received here today. The
fight lasted three hours, 1t is said.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
Bulgaria Stands just as Before

Sofia, via London, Sept .26.-It is
semi-0ihc!ai!y stated that Bulgaria
has merely declared an armed neu-
trality, as did Holland and Switzer-
land, at the beginning OF the war,
end will continue conversation with
the two belligerent groups.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-09-28
Gold for Great Britain RANT

London. Sept. 27.-The Bank Of
England today bought 1000 pounds
in bar gold.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
ALL MUST BEAR THE BURDEN
Children, II They Are to Be strono
and seIf.ReIiant, Have to Learn
That Fact.

On the lower deck of one Of orr
river packets little pile Of pig iron
was carried on the trip up the river.
and when the cargo was unloaded the
pig iron was not removed, but was car.
ried again on the trip down the river
When the reason was asked, the an
swer was given, "She travels steadier
when she carries weight" And this
is true of men and women. The world
has little use for the young man or
woman who has no furrow of thought,
and no wrinkle Of responsibility. And
we are not kind to our own children
when we seek continually to shield
them from the hard things Of life. We
may wish to spare them some of our
own hard experiences, but II they are
to be strong and self-reliant they must
reach 1t by putting themselves under
the burden, and feeling the pressure OF
some son Of the difticyyiitt things in life. You
want your boy to be strong and man.
y; you must push him off the plank,
mat he may learn of himself to swim.
Every man shall bear his own tgH
den."-Pittsburgh Christian Advocite |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
Leave II to the Small aov

Leave it to the small boy to mt Il
oVer-even on the Thoroughly Goa.
soned and experienced circn, "t;uk.
err The Hippodrome circus voc 10.
rading along upper Broadway. New
YORK, when one Of the clowns was
seized with a thirst. Clamherinp
down from his lofty perch he darted
into a corner saloon for a little red
eye" When he emerged tie the cav val
eaoe mad vanished. Some eide street
had had swallowed it up, leaving the the
Go clown 1lu marooned. Which vay did
the oally-hoo go, son% he demanded a d
o. ono a small boy. "1'll, show YOU" re-.
81 sponded the lad. For thres ~ blocks
the the. clown l',.I ran psntirs after he Young.
s stsr with vi an ever.increasins sr YoD Of
Kids at his heels. "where !, d - ." Do u.
mar. the exhausted clown "Hs
ha!" laughed the youth. : rave r na'
a,a run i ,'s: your money. didn't -" The
clown s.s might have spanked l.. vou aa.
U Uus ne couldn't catch him. He com.
TO 70 convey convey him back to the Hipuodrome
TO escape the mob of snsIl pb bows.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
Pleasing Husband.

In the Woman's Home Companioa q
woman living in Wyoming wrote IN
part as follows her comment on how
a woman can continue to please her
husband:
"The wise woman is she who keeps
neat and trim in dress, dainty ii per
son and alert and poised in mind. that
In so doing she may favorably stand
comparison with the business women
with whom her husband comes IN con.
tact.
Most men, even those well past
middle age, place high value upon ex.
ternals, and the woman who assumes
that she can hold a mans love indefi
nitely, regardless of her personal an
pearance, is, to my mind, making a
grave mistake.
More than one wife, serene In the
knowledge of her husbands loyalty
fails to realize tAat that same LOYALTY
is due more to the mans sense Of duty
and conscientious self-control than to
the fact that his wife possesses the
qualities which actually hold him true
to her in spirit as well as in deed {"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16

AN entire night on trains, or waiting
LOT them at stations, brought me, long
oeiore daylight, to the nearest point
oy rail-. when two government officials
LOOK charge of me and l was conveyed
10 the site, where l was to camp in
government tents until / could see
something Of the reservation.
Set In the Foothills.
hight miles over good roads led to
'he foothills that form a setting for
the new city. The valley is backed by
inc more distant range of mountains,
which change their garb of color be.
tween daylight and darkness, so fire.
quehtiy as to throw almost spell of
"ltcnery over the landscape. From
this area Of 900 square miles -
square miles have been surveyed as
inc actual site Of the city. The spot
VIII certainly become of intense inter.
est to those who watch the daily build.
ing OF new and modern city, spring
ing from the very mountains of this
Oldest Of old lands.
IN i've days we drove 100 miles over
the reservation. Viewed from every
point, beauty increased and possible.
Ties enlarged with each hour of driv.
ing. The secretary of the department
chanced to be on the spot, also the
surveyorin-chief of the common.
wealth Maps, books, designs, litera.
ture, explanations and details were
all on such a large scale as to almost
oewilder the mind of mere woman.
An immense gorge in the mountains
Will form water supply of such vast
extent and capacity that the water
question of the city, should the popu.
latlon reach unheard.of numbers. ia
settled at the very outset. This is the
great advantage Of the whole situation
the certainty Of water supply will
strike a note Of security. The district
will be governed something after the
methods Of the District Of Columbia.
The people who dwell within the boun.
daries will, practically, be disfran.
chised. No land will be sold and the
government will manufacture all ma.
terial to be used in building the city
at various places under the supervi.
sion Of that body.
Two hundred miles Of splendidly
built roads are now completed, and
work will progress probably slowly,
.or lack Of funds, but the completion
u the city is an assured fact. The
present generation Of builders will not
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
ChiId's Allowance,

Should boys and girls have their
own allowance, in proportion to the
means OF the parents, as soon as they
are old enough to know the value Of
money? This is what many a parent
has said in substance:
Certainly. An allowance is the
best safeguard against the habit of ex.
travagance, If the child is taught to
spend the money judiciously and To
keep a strict account Of all expendi.
lures. 1t is absurd to think that a bow
is not capable Of buying his own neck.
ties or a girl her handkerchiefs What
II they do make mistakes? They can
be taught to profit by them and thew
must learn to rely upon themselves
sooner or later. Children like r. no
trusted and will seldom betray conf.
dence."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
HAD CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE
California Newsboy Lost Nothing BY
Trusting to the Honesty Of
His Customers.

Most people are honest; so, at least,
reasons a newsboy in a California
town, and he has clear Justification for
MS confidence. The reporter of the
Following incident was in a downtown
drug store when a stranger came in
with copy Of newspaper, and asked
cnange for q dime. He said that he
wanted to pay for his newspaper.
Someone remarked that for his part
ne let the newsboys find their own
change.
This newsboy cannot do it," said
the man with the newspaper. Come
out here and look at him" Two or
three bystanders stepped to the door,
expecting to see crippled boy with q
pile OF newspapers to sell. Instead
they saw tin can with a hole in the
top large enough to admit a nickel:
pile Of newspapers lying upon the
walk, and a card fastened to the can,
reading:
Gone to Sunday school for one
nour. II you want paper, take one,
and put your nickel in the cam"
The can and pile of newspapers
stood unprotected on. the walk for
more than an hour, while their little
owner was at Sunday school. Men who
passed by and were attracted by the
rather odd little news stand would
stop, read the sign. pick up a paper
and put a nickel-and sometimes a
1lme-into the little tin can. When the
BOY returned from Sunday school he
found all his newspapers gone, and
more nickels In the tin can than there
we're papers when he left.-Youth's
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
"ofn,r

-. me nj professor who, IN il. .aaress
lish, said l'1 sa pronunciation of Eng.
often" i is a. ne :, preferred "of'n" to
"Uro au rs on tn, the winning side. No
Ut to lose ever soma sltn a a rep y,
lne middle Of such wos ssus tn e,l,a ~
nut. cooS aostler. Often, or chest.
is to s sns,,. actors, whose d duty it
Tong can cite autSs.'. on tn. the
port port their pronunciation a. to $, sup Up
knows his vsu y s sa Andno one who
airy field ua wy ABOUT n he elocution.
ing Of such CIV vo ANY resardto the spell.
London Chronicle sa''aordinarT'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16

ual, one of the members who most
bitterly denounced the situation Of the
site by exclaiming, THE wastes are sc
bleak, the spot so barren and dry, that
a crow never flies across the place
without carrying a water bottle be.
came head Of the department under
which the city will be built.
The report Of the commission ap-
pointed to visit various sites, says this
Of Yass.C anbarra: 1T forms a per-
feet amphitheater in which the city
would be surrounded by glorious hills
It was decided the world should
have a chance to compete in a plan
to lay out the city. Descriptions Of
the area were worked out to the most
minute detail. They were drawn by
the surveyor general to the common.
wealth and sent to the British consuls
Of the world, with the result that hun
dreds Of plans from many countries
noured into the department before the
time limit expired. These were stud
led and sorted out by committee,
which reduced the real competing
number to about half dozen. There
were three prizes offered. The first
was carried of by an enterprising
Young architect from Chicago, Walter
Rurley Griffin, who is under three
Years engagement to the Australian
government to put his plans into exc
cution.
In order to see something of this
greatly discussed place, l decided to
nov a visit to the territory and look
over the very beginning OF things lor
myself. 80 ..,
the most speedy communications by
travel; but when the railway connects
the Mace with other lines, it will form
Tho trunk between Sydney and Mel
t shortening the present dis
tance by some eighty miles, 1
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
GENERAL View OF THE NEW CITY

live to see the city in any sense com.
pleted. It must be the labor Of many
years, but it is the hope of Australia
that gradually there will appear upon
those hills one master-stroke of archi.
lecture after another until a world.tri.
umph will stand in the form of a mod.
ern city. suited to the climate. of
which the oncoming generations will
be proud.
Prosperity 10 Astounding.
Australia is great land, a country
OF sunshine, fruit and flowers; an
island so rich in natural resources as
to astound the world with its recent
years Of unprecedented prosperity.
Wealth abounds. It is the natural
home Of the working man, the field of
opportunity for women, reeking in a
spirit OF undirected democracy, ex.
perimenting in impossible and wild
legislation, for which the people must
pay in one way or another.
The intention Is to make it a work
ing mans paradise; not bad idea at
all. No reason why the toiler should
not have his just share OF production
he should; but unframed, inexperi.
enced men cannot hop from unsuc-
cessful ventures Of his own into
skillful management Of the business OF
the nation. There is a great lack of
leaders. There are plenty of clever man |
in the country, but politics has a BID
reputation. Able, capable men decline
to become mixed up in It.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
GOT HOLD OF WRONG HOSE
Colored Man Intended to Make Paste'
But Instead He Landed in the
Police Court.

Covered with white from head to
foot, the prisoner looked like a snow
man.
with what is this man charged!"
asked the court
Il saw white cloud" replied ON.
Ger 666, "and thought he was trying
to blow up a building"
What have you to say for your.
self"
For answer the prisoner pulled out
a little white cloud and coughed up
enough -four to make batch Of bis.
cults.
Cant you speak,"
A negative shake Of the mans head
sent flour into the atmosphere like
hair from woolly dog.
Are you baker?"
This time the man managed to num-
BILE a half-smothered "No."
Then what on earth are your"
hAtCl oCSCI al ldIbC 6LdIlo lu6 pIloOus
er finally blurted:
bill poster"
Did you fall into a flour bin?"
Rubbing his face until dusky skin
began to show through it's white coat.
ing, the prisoner explained:
mo, sab. Wen l run out oh paste
dis mawnin', / filled a bucket wifi
fiouah an went across de street, where
saw big hose by de side OBJ build.
ing. put de nozzle OBJ de hose into
de bucket, but at first de handle
wouldn't turn. l gabe one big twist,
den it happened!'
What happened?"
Dat hose wasn't foah film pals
at all; 1t was foah film automobile
tiahs! "-Judge.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16
Woman Can Keep Secret.

Gan a woman keep a secret? A bish.
op says she cant. And he ought to
know: But he doesn't, say the WON.
en-. Don't tell church secrets to your
wlle' the bishop advised a bunch ~
laymen, because they will be no Ions.
er secrets" And the women come
rlsnt back just like this: "The worst
eossips and betrayers of confidence
are OF masculine gender. How do
most women who spread secrets Nh.
tam possession Of them in the f,rst
pace! from their husbands, of course
a noesnt the fact that a woman USUALLY
eoneeals any truth damaging to her.
So there. " 'ecret!
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-04-16

iu'uie CITY anQ supervisor OF
Its erection is an American. Jessie
Ackermann, F. R. G. S., thus tells
OF the great project and her visit r.
the chosen site, in the Pittsburgh Dis
patch:
When the colonies of Australia fed
Grated and the country established a
commonwealth government, thew nat
urally bethought themselves as to
what they should do with it. From
the day OF federation, for almost ten
years. the matter of the locality of
the capital was a vexed question.
which hinged entirely upon sectional
jealousy and ambition. The bitter
fight waxed fierce between the states
OF Victoria and New South Wales az
to whether Sydney or Melbourne
should have the honor and advantage
In order to bring harmony out of
chaos, 1t was determined to found a
city In some new place where Aus.
tralian building ideas and characters.
tics could be nodded and fashioned in.
to a monument Of local coloring. The
country in general aspect, fairly pul.
stated with possibilities of originality.
The great soul Of Australia breathes
an atmosphere all its own. Still there
Is nothing whatever purely Australian
in type or character which the people
have produced-neither In art, litera-
ture, architecture or poetry. OF course.
the country is young, but, even so,
there are no evidences of originality,
with the exception Of the idea of build.
ing great city in waste places.
Yass.Canbara Valley Chosen.
The question Of national capital
somewhere at sometime having been
settled, the struggle of where" he
came positively bitter. AS New South
Wales was the oldest colony, a sense
Of fitness led the government to agree
that the Mother State was Justly en-
titled to the city, provided the state
donated the territory on which It was
10 stand. specifying that sovereign
rights should be vested in the federal
government.
AT last a majority vote selected the
valley Of Yass-Canbarra district. as
he spot where the unborn city should |
70 built. BY strange irony which |
'ften weaves itself about the individ- |