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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
another BRITISH
BATTLEsR|P SUNK
ENGLAND MoURNs LOSS OF LIVES
OF CREW MORE THAN SHIP,
WHICH WAS IS YEARS OLD.
WAS WORTH FIVE MILLION
Part Of Crew Picked Up and Rrouhgt
Ashore. Statement In Theatre
Of War.

London-The destruction Of the
British battleship Formidable in the
British Channel by a mine or a sab.
marine boat, although one of those
events Englishmen now realize must
be expected so long as the British
Navy Is compelled to keep the seas,
has caused widespread grief.
This is due not so much to the loss
Of the ship, which was IL years old
and cost about $4,000, 900, as It Is for
the men-about 500 in nnmber-who
went down with her. So far as known
only 141 Of the Formidable's crew of
$50 were rescued. The British ad-
miraIty has not: given the locality
where the disaster occurred and de.
clares 1t is unable to say whether the
ship struck mine or was torpedoed
but as the British fleet again has been
active In Smelling German positions on
the Belgian coast and as German
submarines have been more and more
using Zeebrugge as a base, the incli.
nation here is to believe that a sub.
marine again has been successful in
an attack.
Fighting In Flanders and Northern
France has been confined largely to
artillery engagements, except Be
thune, where therGermans claim they
have taken a British trench. They ad:
NIT, however, the loss Of s.; Georges,
near the Belgian coast, which the Der.
lin official report says 1t was decided
not to attempt to retake owing to
high water. 4
In the Argonne region where the
battle has been almost continuous for
weeks past, the Germans have made
a little progress as an offset to which,
however, the French declare they
have continued their advance In Upper
Alsace. Z
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To Push PhiIippine Bill

Neutrality-suspicious. President Will
son nor congressional leaders consider
recent disturbances in the Philippines
Of sufficient Importance to influence
action on the pending Jones bill ex-
tending the Filipinos a greater meas.
ure of self-government and hearings
on the measure to be resumed by the
senate Philippine committee will be
fastened with a view to a favorable
report by the middle of January. It
is stated that the disorders will not be
permitted to impede progress of the
Jones bill. -
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FACTORY BEGUN
Piedmont Hardwood Manufacturing
Company Latest Of New Indus:
81 triesain GreenxiIIe. J

Observation-Disclosures factory OF tex
tile supplies has located in Greenville.
This latest addition Is the Piedmont
Hardwood Manufacturing company,
located on Hudson street in West
End. This firm will make picker
sticks, loom lays, all wooden parts OF
q loom, and q patented wooden lug
strap. Some Is or rs persons will be
employed by this firm, which hopes
to begin operations within a lew
weeks. h officers are:
Broadena1, president, who comes ere
from Hill; Wv. carter sec
rotary and treasurer Of = cdty; L.
l. Mckenzie VINO q been traYeling
Tor textile hardwood supplies FOL eight
years, ana mas made GreenYile mis-
neaoquarter Is genera manager. Ine
nrm occupies the 2puipding formerly
occupied ,Dy the Hadlman LumDer
company.
Within recent months three other
manufacturing plants OF kindred ma
ture have been located here. The
Norris }BrcthersS plant was moyed ere
recently. It makes shutters, q
Acme LOOM 41n Harness and Reed com
pany, opened about Two mouths ago,
rs now running fuI time making loom,
harness. J. Richardson, g. w.
duncan M associates Will open IN the
near fnture . plant TOT the manufae.
tufe OF reeds. ane commission ZOE
TINS nm mas peen anu now
ens macnlnery Y aWaIeeo.
ms ehusncy on :the Par o. mann.
g teAIlle SUPPLIES ., losass
49, ~ rsooastsaa 90 asn.rai
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Wilson Pushes His PROGRAM

Washington.-President Wilson ex.
poets his Legislative program, the ship
ping, Philippine, conservation and ap.
preparation bills to be passed at the
present session Of congress, and with
out an extra session. He has told call
ers that other proposed legislation had
been met with predictions that it
would be impossible to pass. The
president said he expected the income
Of the government to exceed the ex.
penditures during the fiscal year. He
said he was taking 10 personal part
in the fight over the immigration bill.
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Create Tariff Commission

Washington.-Bills to create a tar.
if board were introduced by Repre-.
sentative Mann Of Illinois (Rep.) and
Moss Of Indiana (Dem.). They are
practically alike. Norman E. Mack,
former chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee and now member for
his state, commenting on the plan of
Representative Mann, minority leader
in the house, for a congressional tar.
if commission, made the statement
that "the Democrats should 60 even
further and name a tariff commission
to take the tariff out of politics."
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Fire Destroys Is Automobiles.

Darlington--Fire IN Jackson's gar.
age on Gargan street caused the de-
struction Of is automobiles and dam
aged the building. BY prompt and ell
Client work the fire was soon exttn-
g,uished by the department. The main
damage is confined 10 the building
and the machines stored In It.
Mr.. Jackson, the proprietor OF the
garage, was trying to start his 9
and the gasoline from his carbuetor
leaked ON the floor. When his car
started this gasoline was ignited and
the whole building burst In flames.
The building was fully insured, but
none Of the s16 cars which were de-
;stroyed had any insurance whatso-
ever,
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Da11 Eg0NVcIa
From T1t PRlsgl
GOVERNOR ANTS EXECUTIVE
cLEMENcA q CASES VEG.
mAl hcLuDED.
MANY MAfLAYERs FREE
EIGHT pardons 4 80 PsrroIe. issued
-Twenty:Th of Those Freed !
Had fksn LIE. 4

columbia-W governor has just.
granted pardon and paroles lii "A
cases. Practice all the prisoners
were serving tsls in. the statelpeni-
Tertiary, on thstate farms and the;
county chaingan. Nine Of the pris1
,oners released i confined In the
State penetentiE. Pardons were
granted III seysl cases TO restore;
citizenship, paris already having
been given. sinsFssuming office the
governor has ended clemency IN
1883 cases.
The crimes ote prisoners releas-
ed BY the govern may be classified
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Uncle Sans Newspaper

Washington.-To promote the for
eign commerce of the United States
the government will go into the news
paper business, when the first num-
Der of the Daily Commercial Report
will be issued by the department of
commerce. In it will be carried all
important commercial cablegrams re-
ceived from the attaches at the vari-
Gus embassies abroad and from con-
sular offices throughout the world. 1t
also will contain brief abstracts Of the
findings of investigators of the de.
partment in American enterprise.
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Moral DECAY Bred in oisrespeet.

Albany, NJ. Warning Of moral
decadence If the spirit Of lawless in
all the American communities goes
unchecked was a striking utterance in
Gov, Charles s. Whitman's address re-
Gently. Increases of crime, he said,
deserved the thoughtful attention OF
the legislature. Disregard of law,
impatience with legal and moral 're-
straints, contempt for the judicial and
executive ministers of justice are
phenomena observable in all Amer'
can communities and all classes, he
added.
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President Wilson Celebrates Birthday

President Wilson Celebrates Birthday
Washington.-President Wilson eel
ebrated mis- ffty-eighth birthday De.
cember %. Congratulatory messages
poured in from all parts Of the Unit
ed States and from foreign countries.
No special observance Of the anniver.
sary was planned, and the president
spent the day quietly with his family.
President Wilson, 1t became known,
plans to make several addresses on his
return trip from the San Francisco
exposition next spring, and his friends
expect him to reply to attacks on his
Mexican and other policies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Grants FlftY-Fiye Pardons

Columbia, s. Governor Blease
granted csemency to ffty-five state
sprfsoners. sTwenty-eight were serving
terms for homicide, seventeen having
Been Sentenced originally to life i'm
sprisonment. Sixteen full ~pardons,
Stwenty.four paroles and fifteen com.
LIMITATIONS are included in the list. The
release OF the forty men pardoned or
paroled reduces the number of pris-
Soners In the state penitentiary here,
at the state farms, and in the county
REonyict camps to 149. Governor Blease
R6e@ has exercised clemency to 1,544.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
FRANK GAINS POINT
Justice Lamar Has Certified To Writ
Of Leo Frank Placing Case On
.L.-.- Calendar \

Atlanta.-1f the Supreme court
grants the appeal Of Leo M. Frank
from the denial of the writ Of habeas
corpus submitted to Judge Newman,
which was certified by Justice Lamar
of the Supreme bench, a long and to-
dious fight will again be launched for
the life of the doomed man-this tinle
In the federal courts.
Justice Lamar has given his certili-
cate to the appeal. The case has now
become a part Of the calendar of the
nations highest tribunal and 1t Is an.
.ticlpated will be argued within two
months OF less. This action of the
Supreme court justice has created
widespread speculation and interest
among the thousands who have fol-
lowed the legal ~ramifcations of the
Frank case.
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Few War CHANCES Noted

London. The battle lines In the
east and west have undergone few
changes in the past few days. French
and German reports agree that the
Germans have captured a section Of
trenches near Hollebreke. soutl Of
Ypres. The French assert that the
Germans gave up trenches on the first
line to the extent Of about 800 or 900
yards in'the Lens region, farther east,
while unsuccessful demonstrations
have been made from both sides at
various points along the extended
lines,
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DESTROYER Hits Rocks

st. Andrews, Scotland.-A British
torpedo boat destroyer went ashore on
the coast Of Kingsbarns, six miles
southeast Of st. Andrews. Her crew
was saved by lifeboats. The destroy.
er, steaming south from Aberdeen, to
the Firth of Forth, in the darkness,
and without shore lights, lost her bear.
ings. After the rescue Of a portion OF
her crew one Of the lifeboats was
stove in by the heavy sea and the re.
mainder of the crew were saved by a
second lifeboat only after considera.
BILE difficulty.
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Miss Genevieve Clark To Wed

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Champ Clark
and Mrs. Clark announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Gene
We've, to James M. Thompson, editor
Of the New Orleans Item. The we'd
ding will take place in the spring or
early summer at the Clark home in
Bowling Green. Miss Clark met Mr..
Thomson in Baltimore during the 1912
Democratic convention, in which he
was one of the leaders Of the fight
to nominate the speaker for presi-
dent. a. -
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Mexican Political Situation

Observation-Disclosures from the
Brazilian minister in Mexico City, de-
scribed the political situation as full
of uncertainties. The minister refer
red to the lack of harmony between
the several chiefs, but indicated that
nothing alarming had developed and
that good order was being preserved.
From its own agents also the state
department wasf advised that friction
existed between the Zapata and the
Gutierrez.Villa factions, chiefly over
Zapata's desire to execute many Off
GERS who had served with5the federals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
eELelANs FILE PROTEST
lSllSanS Minister AZ Washington Files
Protest With United. States
Against Germany

Washington.--The Belgian minister
filed with the state department a pro
testlagainst the requisitionng by. Ger
nann military authorities In Belgium
Merchandise worth about $1,000
Q08Sfrancs. He asserted that the Ger
mar policy means t"the ruin Of In
{3k}St&y In Belgium"
4 protest setgforth that the goods
not taken for use Of Germany,
That consequently the seizure was
collation. Of the fourth Hague con.
zion; The Belgian minister issued
statement: THE German authori.
tfee6ESShaye put into requisition against
e single receipt and without mention
Ing the value of the same, the follow
Ing merchandise, to be awarded to
Germany, and which belongs to pr.
yats parties: In Antwerp, cotton for
the value Of 13.0O0,000 francs; rubber,
{, 5Qa,0 WOODEN, 6,0o0.0 600, and leath-
er 100000 900 francs. In Client, cotton
EnsEs, FAX and other raw materials, g..
$4,000 francs. In Charleroi, copper,
I,5O0,900; tool machine, 10000 900
francs. In Duffel, nickel, 10000
Iars&. In Malines, canned goods, 81
sese measners are In opposition
We articles As and So of the
vention of The Hague, in ac-
HseIyith which private property
So he respected and ~reuuiSition cam
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<srst American cotton Shipment

The Eague.-The American steamer
Al. Raven, which arrived at Rotter-
lam from Wilmington, N. c., with g.
560 bales of cotton, was the first yes.
To reach a Dutch port since the
kfbreaksof the war with a cotton con.
snment for Germany. The steamer
held up twenty-four hours in the
{aglfst channel by British warships
Examination Of her papers. The
Essrht charges for the Ravens cargo
IAys $40 q bale, which is five times
normal rate. This increase is due
he great war risks.
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Knits Socks For Beigians.

Salem, Black RiVer,-some cash
and corn have been contributed for
the Belgian relief ship, and the South
Carolina ship. One woman Of 50 years
has knitted several pairs Of socks
and will contribute q pair that was
knitted by her mother at 8S, some ~
years ago. ~
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sFranee,s Nav Aerial FIeet

New York:-France Is building two
great fleets OF aircraft armed with
cannon, darts and bombs. with which
10 Invade Germany in the spring, &C,
cerding to Pedro Chapa, a Mexican
ayiatoT, who arrived here from Eu.
sIope on the Cunard liner Carpathia.
seNiundreds OF armored biplanes, each
Marrying a small cannon and bombs,
and numerous monoplanes, equipped
MIN bombs and steel darts, will be
ready to sweep across the German
frontier when winter is past, Chapa
said.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Wants COAT Guard Bill Enacted.

Wants Coast Guard BIZ Enacted.
Washington. - President Wilson
WRITE to Democratic Leader Under
wood and Chairman Adamson of the
house commerce committee urging
prompt enactment of the pending
coast guard bill. 81 hope you will not
think I am unduly burdening you," he
wrote, "if I write to express my very
great interest in the bill passed by
the senate and pending in the house
for consolidation of the revenue cut
ter and life-saving services.
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New Charters a


~Everybody's Fur
Lancaster has beel
secretary OF state,
$4,000. The omcei
derburk, pre- ldent,
Manus, secretary a
Other new enterp|
commissioner were
Chartered: Arlin!
pany Of Charleston,
$1,000, the officers !
beck. president; M.
rotary and treasurer
Chartered: McIv
lumbia, with a CAPT
officers being: w.
dent; T. ]. McIye1
troo u,,rar
Chartered: Mel
Columbia, with a
the officers being:
dent and treasurer
Chartered: TIL
company Of Union
$4,000, the officers
Lane, president AMI
McLane Jr., vice
E. McLane, secrets
Chartered: j. T.
Newberry, with a
the officers being:
dent; G. L. Sunni
treasurer.
Commissioned
ing company Of Un
of $4,000, the PETITE
Edgar, A. B. BTal
send.
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For the

Spartan "a
ence between the
pulsory education
urging a revision
laws of the s.ate|
recently SPARTAN
ented by Frank
ent of the city 4
Snyder, president
Mrs. ]. W. Allen
State Federation
and Mrs. John Ga
of the advisory
Carolina Equal ST
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WILSON APPEAL
President Urges Honest Shipments, So
,contraband Problem VIII Not
i.. Be Complioated -

Be Complicated
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson has
appealed to American shippers Of non
contraband not to permit contraband
articles to, be mixed with their car
goes. He said the United States could
deal confidently with the problem of
British detention Of American ships
only If supported by honest manifests.
The presidents statement followed a
discussion with his cabinet Of the gen.
eral shipping situation and Of the pro.
test sent to Great Britain against pro.
lopged detention Of American cargoes
and other interference with American
trade.
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~penitsntiary He VI
Der IS, 1912, and
granted to restore
Berry Hall, con
county in octobeE
battery with intent
OF IL months and
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T. w. .Wiliamss Eonvicted In MARI
boro couRfps 0tober, 1914, muir
der, given a IifestsS1 In the peniteann'
tiaTy.
Robert Chestnut convicted in Or
anrlgeburg county September 1911.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
FRENCH FL|ERS ACTIVE
IN MANY WAR ZONES
Achieve Success Against Enemies IN
Various Parts Of Europe,
Is Claim.

PARIS. September 4.-The French
ministry of marine has given out
note outlining the operations of the
naval aeroplene squadron since lhe
opening of hostilities.
The marine aviation service has
made continual progress. showing
marked development from day to day,
the note says. ut has operated not
only in France but in Egypt, where it
assisted in the defense of the Suez
canal; on the Syrian coast, where IL
aided effectively the blockade opera
lions, and in the Adriatic, taking ac-
tive part in the actions in the Gulf OF
Triest
I'm the north of France our aero
planes keep watch over the shores ana
sea. Their particular objective mas
been destruction of the enemy's SUB
marines; also bombardment of the en-
emy's commissary bases at Bruges'
Zeebrugge and Ostend. and apprehen-
sion or destructf on of Zeppelns.
Drop Three Hundred Bombs.
Last week. notwithstanding heavy
artillery fire and the glare Of rockets,
our aviators dropped during the night
more than three hundred ninety-mllll-
meter bombs on the German naval
bases along the Belgian coast, be-
sides taking an effective part in the
bombardment of Honthulst forest on
August %. All the machines returned,
although several of them were dam
aged severely.
'In Egype and Syria and at Venice
our hydroaeroplanes have shown great
activity. Engagements occurred re-
Gently with Austrian hydroaeroplanes.
which were put to flight. One of them
was pursued as far as Pola by a
French machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
TURKS FEAR GERMANY
WILL LOSE PRESENT WAR
Constantinople Inclines to Pessi-
mism and Weighs Consequences
of Defeat, Is Claim.

PARIS, September A dispatch to
the Havas Agency from Bucharest dat
ed September / says:
"Constantinople kilograms say that
the committee of union and progress Is
beginning to have doubts as to the final
victory of Germany and is considering
the consequences of defeat. 1t has
given orders that Greeks and Bulga-
Rams be treated with all consideration.
Other foreigners. including beiilger-
ents, are closely watched, but are not
being molested.
mo more German artillery engineer
officers are arriving and attempts are
being made to train Turkish officers to
renIace them. These attempts are
meeting with only little success.
"The great fear in Turkish ofhc,al
circles is that Bulgaria will refuse the
agreement proposed. and that Germany
will fail in her negotiations with Ru-
mania for the transit of munitions: The
opinion in Constantinople generally in
clines to pessimlsm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
SAYS BRITISH BLOCKADE
PROVES NO H|NDRANCE
German Declares England Now Suf-
fers Most From Her Own
Action.

LONDON, september AT an extra
ordinary meeting Of the German Cen
eral Electric Company. in Berlin, Fri
day, DR.. Walter Rathenau, president of
the company, delivered a highly opti-
mistic speech regarding Germany,s
industrial and economic conditions Ac-
cordins to the Amsterdam correspond
ent of Reuters Telegram Company. DR.
Rathenau is quoted as follows:
Our anxiety concerning raw mater
ial has vanished. The blockade no
longer aflicts us. On the contrary
England. who hoped to destroy us in.
dustrially and economically, now suf-
fcrs the heaviest from her own h1ocL
AIDE, while we. despite the blockade
are able to continue our immense work
of producing unprecedented ouantttiss
Of war materials. We see that Eng
land works hard to raise the means r.
meet bills for thousands of miIjjons
while we. depending on home produc,
ton, have escaped economic embarrass
ment and once more foster the hon.
that brilliant subscriptions to the var
loan will confirm our independence
abroad"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Expects Ultimate Victory.

IAN understanding, which naturally
will involve no vital German interest,
will be made much easier for Germany
by the great victories of her arms. 1t Is
certain that ultimate victory cannot be
does not need to display the spirit of
infleXibility which in the French COM
munfties, for example, is used as
cover for weakness. but can gracefully
participate in a compromise which is
the more advisable because it has been
shown that Germany, too. has a big
body of friends in America-those of
German descent who are opposed to the
present trade in munitions"
The Germania points out that Count
Won BernstJrff's instructions were real
ly in accord with the spirit of the ear
lier German admiralty announcements.
which emphasized the desire not to
harm neutrals or uon-combatants