North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XX. NO. 17. SALUDA, POLK COUNTYN. CFEIDAY, ' SEPTEMBER 4, 1914 ESTABLISHED MAY,. 1394. huh BEGOM THE FRENCH FRONTIER ES A SERIES OF GREAT SEIGES IN THE EAST AS WELL AS l WEST .- 1 i 3attle Rages Now for the First Time Along Front of the German Avalanche- Fight Centered Near Meuse-FrenchMay Move Capital. . Paris. The following official state ment was issuea -uy iue n eucu war iffice: . ... . - "The situation in general is actuai- a3 follows: - "First, in the Vosges andy In Lor- )TC63i Willi U uau luivcu iuo wu.c;u.oivc t the beginning of the operations nd driven the enemy outside of our antlers, afterwards underwent ser jus. checks. Before Sarreburg : and i the region of Morhajne, where they ncountered solid defensive works, forces were obliged to fall back nd to reform, one part on Couronne 8 Nancy and the other on the French osges. "The Germans then assumed the Seasive, but our troops, after hav- kg thrown them back upon their posi es, resumed the offensive two days mi ' . 1 4. 1 A 1 kgress, although- slowly. It is a rentable war of sieges, as each posi- L . M .' ! - Jl 2 . II - i 1 Ion eccupiea is loruueu liuiueuiaieiy. This .explains the slowness of our dvance, which is nevertheless, char- Icterized each day by fresh local suc- 'Second, the region of Nancy and jouthern Woevre since the beginning If the campaign in this section, be- iween Metz on the German- side rand oul and Verdum on - the - French tortant operations. "Third, in the direction of the Jeuse, between Verdun and Mezier- k it will be remembered the French orces took the offensive in the be- Inning toward Longwy near Neuf- hateau and Paliseul. The troops operating in the region of Splncourt ind Loguyon have been able to check Ihe enemy's army under command pf the Crown Prince. In the regions of Paliseul and Mifchatean on the other hand cer- ain of our troops have received par- ial checks, which- obliged them to retire upon the Meuse without hav- ng their organization broken up. This retiring movement has com )elled the forces operating in the wighborhooi of Splncourt to with tow also towards the Meuse. ' "During the last few days the toemy has endeavored to spread out the Muese with --considerable pees, but by a vigorous - counter pensive they were repelled with very m losses. In the meantime, fresh rces of Germans advanced to the district of Rocrcoy in Ardennes) parching in the direction of Rethel. GERMAN AIRMEN DROP BOMBS IN THE CITY OF PARIS. Paris. -A German aeroplane flying at the height of 6,000 feet over Paris dropped a bomb into the city at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The bomb struck near L'Est Rail way station, not far from the military hospital but did no damage. Though startled by this threatening occur rence Parisians remained tranquil. .The official communication issued by the military governor ordering that houses within the zone of action of the Paris forts be evacuated and razed has been the subject of much discus sion and various rumors have spread throughout the city. General Levroix, military editor of The Temps, takes a hopeful view of the. situation, saying: "The Germans continue their turn ing movement .on their right. We have replied by assuming' the offen sive at Novion Horcien and at Guise. The results is Indecisive in the first; London. Paris dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company says: ; "A German aviator flew oyer Paris and dropped five bombs, whlcblfall in the most popular; quarter of the city. In'pne case two women, were wounded. "One bomb fell in front of the shop of a tbaker and wine 'merchant at.; Rue FRENCHMEN RALLYING TO THE; COLORS f A ' vSS3?55!&. - -' - iff." fi-V-rs: ' - " "It- !v .ill-"- -. . . , t ,. ' Ml'' ' . O v i' 'j . Polk County In the Land of the Sky Charming and Captivating Scenery Life . Giving Ozone. v French reservists from the country J flocking into Paris to Join their regi ments. '; - . PARIS PREPARES TO FIGHT. on Quai.de Valmy, one of which did not explode, . while the other struck the walls of the Night: Refuge, behind St. Martin's Hospital. Two others dropped in the Rue des Recollets and Rue Marcin, neither' of which exploded- ' "The aviator, who signed himself Lieutenant Van Heissen dropped man ifestos on which was written: 'The German army is at the gates of Paris; you can do nothing" but surrender.' RUSSIANS KILL 3,000 MEN. a general action is taking place petween the Iuese and Rethel and it m is impossible to see definitely the S8ue of this. -: "Fourth. Re French anrl RHMoli fnrpoa riHc. fnally took uu Dositions in the" Dinant M Charleroi and at Mons. They n- pared several repulses and the forc- -utuse oy ine uermans. Tile Germans sepk r.nnHnnallv to jjve toward the West. It was under mese conrtitmnc v. tt i v i lies, stacked by the enemy in greatly fuperior numb Cote, aU and Cambrai havA withdrawn Ward til south nt tho mnmont that r forces were operating in. the dis- 1 Ct Of Avesncsj anH Phlmov Tins f'u xro a riiAln trail 1 11 r4n or several day3 yiace in tha ran a r., v,j .r "" 111 Ob. iucuim v tlie ervins an at the same time In e.-ronnes, district. This marked by an important thrn . ir ngnt wnere we nave ers, in the region of Le 'In the meantime a general battle the to ti Prussian guara ana Uins tn L m ttnita; Ul? our adversaries have taarv 3L orps ana we naa 10 a"l now y-t; ... 7 icurement." London. Desperate fighting con tinues along Austrian frontier says an official statement issued at St. Pet ersburg and telegraphed by the corre spondent of the Reuter Telegraph Company. - "In East Prussia," says the Russian war office, "the garrisons and .fort resses of Thorn and Graudenz East of the Vistula) are taking part with a large number of siege guns. We have taken 3,000 prisoners in the .operations east of Lemberg (capital of Galicia.) "Near Podgerz (just south of the Vistula) the enemy lost "3,000 men and we captured four guns, a number of caissons of ammunitions and nine guns abandoned by Austrians when they crossed the Zolokia. ivortn Tomaclief! vc took 1,000 prisoner and surrounded and defeated the Hungarian Fifteenth Division east of Tomacheff, entire regiments surren dering. . ' "The enemy is making his principal efforts in the region of Lubin (in Poland. 95 miles southeast of Warsaw) where the fighting fierce." is bditicu ARMV HARASSED BY oni i iwn - GERMAN CAVALRY. Ger "man Loss Great. IS. A demerit paris that Aa officer wounded in the n the North, declares ca3Ualu exaggeration German - compared with those iSu,r, Dear a ratio of 20 to 1. uts did ' lme3- The three-inch Enable exe('utin heretofore unlm- other11 the ranks that succeeded itSl deai UatU the field was covered aad wounded. . Sae a... . a lallu Ul ' mtrv 0 the charge of massed endeavor to break Tendon. After four days of despen ate fiehtinK. the BrIUsh army in France is rested, fitted and reinforc ed for the near great battle, accora i an -onnnnn cement by Lord wfthener. Secretary of State for War Tr o jitatement based on reports from Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary, forces, the secretary sas that the British, after struggling against tremenaous - oaus, Awi tn a new line of defense where they - have Hot been molested since Thursday. Their casualties are between 5,000 and 6,000. Since this Vhtin o ceased i the French on the right and left have brought the Ger a -standstill, it is de- Ulan ouova w ----- clared. , Sends Code - Messages. WnBhinzton. Both Germany, and Greaf Britain have accepted the pro posal of the United States tna tu wireless stations at Tuckerton, N. J., and Sayville. LI I. be permitted to t cnnA messages to belligeren -- atihiAct i to censorship" by American naval officers.- Paris. The decree issued , by the military governor ordering all real- ucuts ol ine aistrict witnin actlonof the city's - defending .forts to ayacuate and destroy their; houses a within four days was a formal notice to inhabi tants of the military zone," although many, army engineers recently made a tour of the environs of the forts and explained that tenants might.be called on to destroy property that, was deem- 4 RUSSIANS CHECK ENEMY r . . ' APPARENTLY THE ADVANCE TO 1? LUBIN DISTRICT PAS BEEN V CHECKER.' ' 'A pie. Many of these families lack re sources and will be without refuge. Nevertheless they took the situation without complaint. I Preparations for an entrenched camp also took anothen form. Enor mous stocks of food were placed in the state warehouses for provisioning Paris. The Bois de Boulogne has been transformed into a vast pasture, rilled with cows and sheep. The animals are guarded by reserves. The j beau tiful surroundings of the Chateau of Bagatelle have been given over en tirely to sheep. The number of sheep pastured in the parks exceeds 10,000. LONDON FEARS GERMANS. Allies Made Ready For a Long Selge by the Enemy London. News of the gravest char acter came from France, where In a single week the aspects of the opera tions have changed entirely. Last week the allied armies were pursuing an offensive campaign on all the frontiers. , Now according to offi cial news received from Berlin Em peror William is congratulating his people on the success of the German arms in the task of putting the "Iron ring" around the allied armies from Cambrai, Department of Du Nord, France, to the "Vosges, while Lord Kitchener, the British War Minister, came into Parliament with the an nouncement' that troops from India were being called to help the tBritish Army in France and that the British Army is to be reinforced immediately. The only consolation v offered the British public was the statement from Field Marshal Sir John French that in the heavy fighting against tre mendous odds the 'British troops, who suffered severely, bore themselves with conspicuous bravery. It already is realized that the ter rible struggle is only- at its begin ning and that the German plan of campaign, openly revealed to Sir Wil liam Edward Goschen, then British Ambassador to Germany, by Gottlieb von Jagow the German Foreign Sec retary, as shown by the official paper "published a few days ago. : " British Seem to Have Left Unmolest ed Some Time Securing Re- "'.-' Inforcemeniis. v-i v H Ion3-Taklng the French official anhouhcemeri; which, ilentions i tha IthrogresB of theGerftaatf right wing ground," would seem to indicate that Germans, notwithstanding repulses, are making steady advances toward Paris. , ..; . ' : V The Austrian invaslqi of Russia in the Lubin district, whieh .aroused the apprehension of the alljs, has, if Rus sian dispatches ace to jje relied upon, been blocked and thjs Muscovites claim to have turned tjie Russian de fensive into an offensive action. There is no confirmation of he report that the Russians are In Kenigsberg.. . If silence means tha there is noth ing doing, Sir John French's- state ment Sunday that the British had not been molested since Wednesday still holds good. Nothing i known by the public in London of J new fighting either in northern or!estern France. From Canada, Indla'Australia and South Africa the British army front will son receive large Reinforcements. Some of these men arB said to have already landed in Frajice. In England the recruiting fever has not abated. At Liverpool today a bat talllon of 100 busfnes men was fill--ed wtihin an hour and; there was such an overflow that it wa decided to en roll a second battalio$. The British government has started .negotiations through tjie American consul at Berlin for aij exchange with Germany and Austria? of noncombat- ant prisoners. 4r BRITISH SING 4 GERMAN VESSELS. OPPOSE GERMAN ADVANCE. London. The conflict of millions at last is in progress. j Even the sinking, of the German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse pales ' besides news of the titanic battle and the realization that the Allies are fighting to block the road to Paris, with the , Germans " hardly farther away than New York is from Philadelphia. Meanwhile the Russian host is drawing nearer to Berlin. Not even during the first great struggle be tween "Europe and Asia on s the far Marichurian Plains was the enormous - battle fought . in such impenetrable silence' as far as .concerns ; the outer world. " London. Fleets Of. Great Britain and Germany at last ly have come to grips, and, according, lo reports from London, . victory lay w;th the British. In a' battle with : Bjitish warships off the Island of Helgoland, in the North Sea, the'Gerndis are reported to have lost two 'cruisers and many of their destroyers , were badly battered. The British claimed not to have suffered the loss of a vessel and de clared there were : few' fatalities on hoard the vessels of their fleet. The German casualties wei-p not stated, -The Island of Heligoland, which lies 45 miles off the mouths of the Rivers Elbe and We ser, "always has been re garded a poIntfof great strategic value for the protection of the Kaiser Wil helm Canal and othiirwise in the naval defence of, Gefmany. Recent reports had it that a large part of the flower of the German fNavy lay In the waters adjacent to the mouths of the Elbe - and " Weser and? in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. . Jj , ":-:' . Louvaln, a BelgianSiiown of 50,000 inhabitants and with! many historic buildings, is reported to have been burned by the Germaiis as an act of reprisal for alleged firing. On German soldiers by Belgian citizens. The- Bel gians claim, howe ver,that the people of Louvaln did not commit the hostile act charged, but tharlt was the Ger mans themselves who fired on their Perched on the edge of the SALUDA Appalachian plateau, with V ' altitude of 2,250 feet, and approached, from the south, by a steep grade that calls for double locomotive service from Melrose, a few miles dis tant, is Saluda, the second point of in terest on the southern approach of Th'e Land of the Sky' The ascent It made amid scenes of absorbing inter est, ; dark and- repelling forest, being ; replaced in . quick succes sion s by sunlit openings where passing glimpses can be caught of the flora of. this most exquisite section. Rocks rise suddenly to alarming heights above the railroad bed, almost within reach of the startled traveler, to give place with just as startling ra pidity to gorges through which dash some bOld mountain stream on its way to join the silvery Pacolet River wind ing its way along the valley below. Here and there can be caught glimpses of the recenuy constructed and splendid automobile road connect ing the South through a 'scenic land scape of wonderful loveliness with the older thor5ughfare3 through Flat Rock, 'Hendersonville and Asheville, to tne Tennessee line,' and tnere is not one inch of wis -steep ascent that is not filled with promise of beauty, amply fulfilled when the traveler reaches his destination on the sum mit , - The accomplisnment of tne ascent brings not only fulfillment of promise of yearnings after the beautiful, but with it comes a sense of relief from the depression brought on by the heated spell in the lowlands. The rarlfied air from the surrounding heights plays in constant currents, la den with a , wealth of life-giving ozone, and the incense of flowers, and there never occurs a night during the hottest season of any year when warm covering can be dispensed with. The scenery is replete with never-failing charm and variety, and the visitor , to Saluda . need never, be at -a loss , for points of , deitghttujk ietswtiUspaeft of which to utilize the rapidly stored energies evolved from existence In this bower of joy and health. Saluda is an up-to-date and pro gressive town, with possibilities that are apparent at a glance to one who cares to look. It is making . rapid strides, and keeping , pace with the startling . development apparent throughout this entire beautiful " and favored section, but to the thousands Who visit , its hospitable hotels ' and boarding houses ) with unfalllrig con stancy year after year, its quaint and quiet allurements grow with e&ch re turning season. . v "There is" more ozone in the atmos phere in and around Saluda than at other points in the range of the Blue Ridge Mountains owing to the condi tions created by the currents of 'air from the higher altitudes in passing into the Tryon Valley below Saluda. From Engineers' reports to U. -S. Geological "Tep't : - Tucked away among the TRYON foothills of the Southern Appalachians, 1,350 feet above sea level, on a gently undulat ing plateau of exceptional beauty and fertility, is the charming village of Tryqn one of the most delightful all-year-round resorts in America. " The plateau is pierced by the gorge of the Pacolet River, the waters of whichturbulent at times as they turn ble down the mountains in their tortu rous course to the valley, shimmer in the brilliant sunlight like a giant rope of silver. , This lovely hamlet, which looks for all the world as if it were a bit of English landscape transferred to the heart' of heroic American mountains, forms the lower gateway to the "Land of the Sky" and the "Sapphire Coun try. . It is the first station in North Carolina on the Spartanburg Division of the Southern' Railway, twenty-eight miles northwest from Spartanburg, S. G., and fory-two miles southeast from Asheville, N. C, the route' of which follows almost without devia tion from Charleston, S. C.,1 to Ashe ville, N. C, the historic Wilderness Trail over which the pierieer. of early days trekked from the sea to the val ley of the Ohio. ' V Times, not alone, but methods,' have changed since those days of the early pioneers. . Now a ecore of wonderful railroad trains speed every day along the old Wilderness Trail, bearing eag er ana Dusy passengers ana tne. pro ducts of rich mines and fertile lands. Through that great gorge of the Paco let Rivert in Tryon Township, the en teriirising citizens of Polk County have constructed an automobile boul evard of great scenic beauty, connect ingthe great Southeast with Hender sonville;;: Asheville, and "the 'upper mountain section. " VL V ' The Tryon plateau r Is situated within a great topographical horse shoe, f oVmed by the mountains which nearly a urround it The opening of the shoe is toward the Southeast Hotel Directory You will make no mistake In selecting one of thess excellent places to . sped your vacation, In Thi Land of the Sky." The Carolina Home Mrs. W. C. Robertson, Proprietress. Central location. Baths. Comme cial rate 2 per day. Weekly, rate $T to $3. SALUDA, N. C The Charles MRS. J. W. LaMOTT Rates: Commercial S2 , per "day. Weekly $7 to ?10. Special Family Rates. No consumptives taken. SALUDA, N. C. Melrose Inn A quiet and delightful family hottL- Modern. Rates upon application.- SALUDA, N. C. Poplar Glenn J. L. RENTZ, Proprietor. SALUDA, N. C. Large outside rooms. Hot and cold baths. Delightful breeze. Mountain spring water. Rates: 1 to $2. Spe cial to families.- - - - The Esseola MRS. J. K. CAMPBELL. Fintvyiew. Lithla Water. Conv lently located. Rates: 3.60 to flf per week. SALUDA, N. C. 5 . Pace House MRS. H. H. FUDGE, Proprietress. ' Rates: $8 per week and upward Beautiful grounds. Tennis courts. SALUDA, N. a Iona Lodge M RS. S. 8. OEHLER, Proprietress. Located in Saluda, near Plney Moun Fine water and scenery. Modern house. Rates: S7 and np. Special rates to families-- M R8. M. E. LEONARD, Proprietress. Hot and cold bath. Central, locs tion. Rates: $7 and - up. Special rates by the month and to familial. SALUDA N. C. Fairview Houce toe MRS. H. LOCKE, SALUDA, NC. Modern conveniences. Fine iion. Good table, fine water. postoffice , and lfbrary. - No tubercn lar patieata recelvad. . Terms: $8 to 110 per veeki Special rates to parties. The Mimosa TRYON N. C. ' y A Most Delightful Summer Resort In The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina y,. - - Where you can get the very best fare : with all the comforts and convenl- ' ences of a . 'MODERN HOTEL , At '. Reasonable Rates ; ' An Jdea? Place to Spend the Summer JOHN A. MACRAE . - -. i " M: 1 v. . v. .- . - -v. .-'7 X s - f