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T7EEKL Y UEX73P APUR PUBLI
VOL. XX. NO. 18.
SALUDA, POLK POUNTY, N; C.,r FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
M CRITICAL CLASH
ON ROADS TO PARIS
WAR CRISIS IS REACHED. IN THE
BATTLES ON THE ROADS'
TO PARIS.
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FRENCH MEET WITH SUCCESS
Russia Is Making Efforts to Subdut
Austria at OnceAustria Loses
4fl00 Men France ' Take
30,000 Prisoners. '
London The British and French
forces, North and East of Paris have
had further successes against the Ger
man invaders, according to the official-bulletins
issued while in Galicia
the Russians continue with consider
able success their attempt to envelop
and defeat the Austrian army of 400,
000 men under General Auffenberg.
For the moment, at least interest
centers in the campaign in France,
for it is felt that the battle proceed
ms there is the first real crisis of. the
"war and will have a vjial effect on
the outcome. .. . ' . ' .
The Allies, according to bulletin is
sued by the French. War "'Office, have
successiunv itfpuieu auuiiier uennan
attempt to penetrate their left center
between Fer-Champnoise and Vitry-Le-Francois
where the roads and rail
ways are more suited to the French
movements than they would have been
further north. ;
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Report Great Losses.
Petrograd. Refugees and deserters
from the armies of Austria in Galicia,
according to information obtained in
official quarters have told the Russian
military authorities that . their losses
1 . i ' a 1 l .
nave neeu enormous, a numoer or
Austrian regiments were decimated.
The Austrians .according to 'these ref
ugees, are tearful of an uprising in the
French Are Successful.
Paris An oflT.cial communication
issued by the French War" Office says:
"The left wing of the German forces,
in their movement of retreat, having
crossed the Uetit Morin River, with a
view to protecting their communica
tions, have made violent but unsuc
cessful attacks against that part of
our forces occupying the right bank
of tfie River Ourcq." '
"Our English Allies are continuing
their offensive tactics in the direction
of the Marne on the heights to the
North of Sezanne. '
"Our troops are progressing favor
ably though laboriously. "
"On our right wing the situation Is
good before Nancy and in the Vosges.
"A severe engagement . has been
fought in the center with-an' alterna
tive advancing and falling back."" "
Germans Suffer.
London. An official statement says:
"naming has been in progress fur
U'er to the right along the' line which
includes Montmirail and Sompuis,
neither side gaining advantage. ;
"Farther to the right again, from
v itry-Le-Francois to Sermaize :Les
Bains, the enemy has been . pressed
back in the direction pf Rheims.
"At Luneville an attempt by the
Germans to advance his been re
Pulsed, - . . '
"Pressure against the enemy con
t:nue i all along the Allied fronts: The
JBritisli force has been engaged all
day but the enemy opposed to it after
subborn resistance, retired and is now
crossing to the North of the .Marne.
"The Fifth French- Army has ad
vanced with equal success and reports
many captures.
"The 'Sixth French Army on the
"url has" been heavily engaged, but
ere also the enemy has been driven
back. ...
hf German Army-has suffered
merely along the whole line, the ad
homee having been resolutely ; pushed
The British force again has sus
aied some casulties, but the num.'
Jr is small in relation-to the nature
or the fighting.
The-rpjnii- p j .
tions u
P to the present is very satis-
Drive Enemy Back. -
undon. The British official press
itionf11 lssued the following announce-
4
unues
c general position con
satisfactory. The Allies are
- r-"uu uu tneir :en. x
Pa Fear Revo,utOn-
Hava rA Petrograd dispatch to the
'nforn says that according to
Capita
-"i received at the Russian
T 1 . ry K i. i. ..
lutinn usirians rear that a revo:
CroWrm break out in Bukowina a
re-ion . of Austria-Hungary in the
Ul ie Carpathian Mountains.
GERMANS DRIVEN
BACK FROM PARIS
The Allied Armies Engage In Battle
The Germans And Force
Their Retreat
NEARLY A JILLIOIl HEN
Fought In This Great Battle Which
Extended 120 MJJes in Length.
Casualties Unknown
' A decisive battle has been fought
between the armies of the allies and
the Germans before Paris; The Ger
mans .were forced to retreat in ' a
northeast direction. The armies of the
allies advanced over a front extend
ing from ; Nantouil-Le-Haudouin, 25
miles northeast of Paris, to the great
fortress of Verdun, v in the depart
ment of the Meuse, and 20 miles west
of the German frontier. ; ;
Almost simultanouesly with, the
news of this great victory word was
received of the .defeat of .the Germans
at Precy-Sur-Oise by the allied troops
under Sir John French the British
commander During this engagement,
according to a telegram sent by Gen
eral Pau, the French leader, the Ger
man imperial guard, under the com
mand of the crown prince, was almost
annihilated.
Two Great Wars in One
After a month's fighting the Euro
pean war has been centered in two
great arenas. The' one is the position
of the allies and the German armies
in France between the northern bor
der and Paris, ' whe're , the Germans
are straining every, muscle to get into
Paris. The other is in Galicia, where
the Russians are sweeping all before
them in their jrush to Berlin. The ar
mies of the czar have taken Lem
berg, the, capital of Galicia, and an
important stronghold, from the Austri
ans. This has given them a command
ing position in Austrian territory and
only Przemsyl stands between them
andthe German border. ; T
. Germans Tear Russian jnvasionij
The kaiser " has been aware for some'
time that a great danger lies in this
direction and when he learned Of the
continuous victories of the Russians
over , the - Austrians in Galicia more
than two hundred thousand German
soldiers were moved from northern (
France and Belgium to protect the
Austrian and German borders against
Russian invasion.
'While the operations of the Russian
armies in East Prussia against the Ger
man forces have been on the verge of
a disaster and the Russian military au
thorities admit a demoralizing defeat,
the news brought from the Russian
army fighting its way through Austrian
Galicia has been that of great victo
ries. So overwhelming has been, the
defeat administered to the Austrian ar
mies in Galicia by the Russians that
it is not thought possible the Austri
ans will be able to interfere but very
little with Russian progress.
Peace Agreement by Allies
The entire world was startled by
an agreement reached by the allied
powers of France, England and Rus
sia that neither would make peace
without the agreement of all three
nations. When information of the
agreement was received in Washing
ton, the United States officials ex
pressed the belief, that this peace
agreement of the allies indicated a
long, drawn-out war.
Cossacks Reinforce Allies in France
The entire continent of Europe was
surprised when Great Britain landed
80,000 Russian Cossacks in France to
reinforce the . allies on French soil.
This was thought impossible because
of the presence of the German war
ships and the fact that the North sea
is heavily mined. Word has also been
received that the Japanese have a
number of transports rady. with their
destination unknown. It is generally
believed, however, that the Japanese
are preparing to look after the Brit
ish interests in India. '
The British war office has made the
announcement that the casualties of
the British army in France up to Sep
tember first was 15,000. This, however,
it was stated by the British officials,
is hardly one-third of the losses of the
Germans. Another call has been made
by both Great Britain and France for
more soldiers and while France called
for a quarter of a million Great Brit
ain placed no limit on the number of
recruits : wanted. ' ' .
Germans Hurry to Galicia
Rotterdam, Holland. Americans ar
riving here from Germany report that
large forces are going to the assist
ance of the Austrians in Galicia. -,
The Germans compriee, infantry for
the most part because this arm of the
Austrian service has not proved as
efficient as had been expected.
Levy on Lille Placed by Germans ,
' London. A dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram company from Ostend quotes
reservists from Lille as saying that a
war levy of $40,000,000 has been im
posed on that district by the Germans,
READY F0R VAIN iDEFENSEOF tOUVAIN
Mr 1Kb) ji&Tvv iN I
Iff : v v Un K
ill il & l LMimMwh r twi
Belgians guarding the approach to
sbich the Germans captured and utterly
Germans Defeated Before Paris ;
Paris. From official communications
given out in Paris, it is learned that
the engagements to the east and north
east of the French capital developed,
into one of the most important battles,
of the campaign. ' . '
The armies of the allies are oppos
ing the German advance ov.er a front
extending for. about one hundred and
twenty .miles. rom Nantouil:Le-Haud-;
ouin,. twenty-five "miles northeast of
Paris, to the great fortress of Verdun,
m tne; department or. Meuse, and twen
ty miles west of "the German . fron
tier. ' '
The French troops were strongly
supported by the British soldiers who
passed through Paris several - days
ago. i
In some Quarters it is estimated that
nearly a million troops are engaged in
this fighting. Nearly all. the railroads
in every direction around the city were
reserved for the use of the military au
thorities, while large -numbers of pri
vate automobiles and taxicabs hve
been employe, in conveying provisions
to the scene of operations.
The position chosen by the allied
forces to give Rattle to the advancing
invaders is declared to be most favorable,-
having near its center the
strongly entrenched camp at Chalons-Sur-Narne.
The allies conducted their operations
so successfully that a portion of the
German forces were, forced to retire.
The Germans had reached the region
around Goulommiers v and La Ferte
Gaucher, respectively, thirty and forty
miles to the east of Paris, when -the
detachments covering the flanks of the
main German army encountered ad
vanced detachments of the allies, who
drove , them back.
The nearness of this fighting to Par
is was responsible for the reports cur
rent that the'sound of firing could b
heard from the city itself. The day
was beautifully clear and a strong
wind from the east would tend to sup
port the contention of those who de
clare they heard the sound of artil
lery . '"" ; v
The inhabitants of Paris gathered in
great crowds ..near the gates of the
city to watch the passage of military
dispatch bearers . ' j
Germans Met Second Allied Army
London The news contained in the
French official communication that the
Germans had fallen back before the
vigorous advance by the"" allied troops
on the line from Nanteuil-Le-Haudouin
to Verdun indicates that the Anglo
French forces have got on the flank of
the German right wing, which passed
by Paris to the north and was march
ing eastward to join with the crown
prince's army coming south. r
It has been suggested' by military
experts that Gen. Von kluck's move
ment to the south was taken as a
matter of precaution before the move
ment by the allies from the coast. It
Italy and' Spain Ma Declare War
London. A" dispatch io the Chroni
cle from Bordeaux says: .
"Much attention is being paid here
to the 'possible inclusion of Italy and
Spain in the- number of countries at
waK ' . '
"The strained relationsbetween Ita
ly and her former . allies have been
greatly aggravated in the past three
days, while in spirit, it rs said, public
opinion is becoming most! insistent' for
a declaration in support of Great Brt
ain and France." - . ,
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a. bridge at LouVata; the. beautiful city
destroyed.
ispossible , this new; army has reach
edaneuil-Le-Iiwdouin thus ' getting
4njfen ;Voh- Kluck's flanks ;
f Last Galician Stronghold Besieged
;j4Lphd6 reports from
Russial siate thatt Russian troops are
gradaally: surrounding Praemsyl, which
wjl-dpn 4ther surrender or. be taken
IJrensyl is a ;strong fortress fifty
milest west" of : liemberg and its fall
woiildmean the fpss by the Austrians
of vthe slast stronehold in Galicia. It
iwduid-Kjlear; th.e.s"ay to an advance of
iiie.ussi2uiH-: wstwaro.. .- wwara -jtne
junction of their forces on the East
Prussian frontier;!'
Melie Occupied by Germans
London. A djgjjpatch to the Reuter
Telegram company from Ostend says:
"Violent lighting, lasting five hours,
has taken placefebetween Melle ' and
Quatreclit, near Ihent, between Belgi
an volunteers ana superior corps of
Germans. After etermined resistance
the Belgians retir&d in gdod order. The
Germans occupied Melle and 'are -now
marching on Ghent." "
Triple Entente Will Stand Together
London. Russia; France, and Great
Britain have' signed an agreement that
none of the thre- would make peace
without the consent of aAl three na
tions. J . ." I - -
Following is the, text of the protocol
signed by representatives of Great
Britain, France aid Russia:
"The undersigned, duly authorized
thereto by their respective , govern
ments, hereby -declare as follows:
"The British, frrench and Russian
governments mujltially engage not to
conclude peace separately during the
present war. Tlfje three governments
agree that when the terms of peace
come to be discussed, no tne of the
allies will demand conditions of peace
without the previous agreement of
each of the othe allies.
"In faith whereof the undersigned
have signed this Jdeclaration and have
affixed ..thereto tfeir. seals. .; . ".
"Done at Loncfon, in triplicate, this
fifth day of September, nineteen hun
dred and fourteefi:
(Signed) ,
"E. Grey, British sSecretary for For
eign Affairs, i -. . .
"PAUL C'AMBON, French Ambassa
dor to Great Britain.
"BENCKENDORFF, Russian Amfias
sador to Great jfitain.
Agreement Means a Long War
Washington. (pfflcials and diplomats
here believe thefagreement just sign
ed by Great Brifjain, France and Rus
sia not to makepeace except by mu
tual consent, ment the war would be
fought to a decisive end. "
Austrians: Fee to Mountains
Geneva. Reports . reaching here
from Italy declare the entire Austrian
army has been 4jiing back on the Car
pathians, Their, retreat, the reports
say, is becomingja rout, with Cossacks
pursuing the Austrians. i
Rheims Tapcen by Germans
Berlin. Rheink has fallen into Ger
man hands without resistance. The
army of Buelow'. has captured 12,000
men, 260 heavy 150 light, gun's; six
colors... "W' .": ' V :
German" official dispatches admit
that yie fortress still remains in the
hands of the Fijehch. : - j -
French Reinforced at Maubeuge
London. Acccfrding to reports cur
rent in military.uarters. In London, a
portion of : the tfBritish expeditionary
force is at Maubeuge, a Frenchv fort
ress of the first: class & the depart
ment du Noto, llassistmg the French
: " V"'.;:-. "-i:-v: h . ;W ' '
HON IS CALLED
TO PEACE PRAYER
PRESIDENT WILSON PROCLAIMS
SUNDAY, OCT. 4, DAY OF NA
TIONAL SUPPLICATION.
GATHER IN THE CHURCHES
Peace For All the World, Mercy for
the Warrjng Nations, Are the -Objects
of the Prayer;
Washington. President Wilson has
signed a proclamation calling on the
people of the United - States to pray
for peace In Europe. The p reclama
tion sets aside October '4 as a day of
piayer. ' -"
The President's proclamation fol
lows: V Whereas great Nations X: pf the
world have taken up arms against
one another and war now draws mil
lions of men into battle when the
counsel of statesmen have not been
able, to save from the terrible sacri
fice; ' ' ' ; v
. "And, whereas, in this, as in all j
things, it is our privilege and-duty;
to seek counsel and succor of Al
mighty God, humbling ourselves be
fore Him, confessing our weakness
and our lack of any wisdom equal
to these things;- . ; -
"And, whereas, it is the especial
wish and longing of the people of
the United tates in prayer and coun
sel and all friendliness, to serve the
cause of peace; -; "
"Therefore," I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, do designate Sunday, the
fourth day of October next, a day of
prayer and supplication and do request
alt. God-fearing persons to repair on
that , day to their places of worship,
there . to unite their petitions to Al
mighty God, that overruling the coun-
L sel 'of men, setting straight the things
they cannot govern or alter taking
pity on the Nations now in the throes
of conflict, in His mercy and goodness
showing a way where men can see
none He vouchsafe His children
peace again and restore once more
that concord among men and Nations
without which there can be neither
happiness nor true friendship, nor any
wholesome fruit or toil or thought in
the world : praying also to this end
that He forgive us our sins, our ignor
ance of His Holy will, our willingness
and many errors, and lead us in the
paths of obedience to places of vision
and to thoughts and counsels that
purge and make wise.
"In witness whereof, I have" here
unto set my hand and authorized the
seal of the United States to be7 af
fixed. . "
"Done at the city of Washington,
this eighth day of .September in the
year of our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and fourteen andof the in
dependence of; the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty
ninth. -
(Signed) "WOODROW WJLSON,
"By the President; i
"WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, ,
"Secretary of State."
MANNING DEFEATS RICHARDS.
South Carolina Voters Give Manning,
Bethea, Shealey and Aiken A
Majority. " . '
Columbia, S. C. Richard' L Man
ning a planter and banker, was nomi
nated for governor in the "second
South Carolina Democratic primary
defeating John G. Richards- by a ma
jority : estimated at 25,000. A. J. Be
thea,' for lieutenant ' governor, and
Frank W. Shealey for railroad commissioner,-
were 'nominated ' by sub
stantially the same majorities. The
three nominees were recognized as
opponents of the .state administration.
Returns from the , Third Congres
sional district indicate that Represen
tative Wyatt. Aiken was renominated
over Fred H. Dominick by a majority
of about 4,000 votesr x v
Manning v.11 succeed Gov. Cole L.
Blease in January, action by th pri
mary being equivalent to "election.
Governor Blease was defeated for the
United States senate by Senator E. D.
Smith,' incumbent, in the . first pri
mary two weeks ago v
Cotton Trade More. Cheerful.
New York. Rather a more cheer
ful feeling appeared to .be developing
In the cotton trade here. Possibly this
was partly due to a more optimistic
view of the European situation and
increasing hope of an early settlement
of the war, but beyond such consider
ations2 the small ginning returns to
September 1 suggested r determined
hoding-in the seed, as well as bad
weather during August, and there were
also reports of an improving, spot de
mand. Local; spot people said that
"ome export demand had developed.
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70 FARM PRODUCTS
SOMETHING OF WHAT ONE MAN
' IS DOING IN WESTERN NORTH
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' CAROLINA.
FIELDS ARE PHEN0MINAL
Mr. J,,C- Hartley and His Farm at
Llnvllle Ons of the Most Intereet
Ing .In Tar Heel State. ;
Charlottsy7Tb wonderful produot
ireness' of the Western North Carolina
mountain 6untry hs been referred
to frequently; - The apples to be found
In and - about the Brushy. Mountains
near Taylorsville, Blowing Rock, Lin-Tille-
and rAlta- Pass, Waynesville and
BrevardJarenot to be surpassed any
where in the country, the Hood River
valley not being V excepted. V In all
forms of garden truck, strawberries,
etc., the valleys pf the Western North
Carolina region excels Very little fer
tilizer is ' required, and the yields 'are
not only .abundant but the qualfty is
super fine? i - -
Mr. L. D. Lowe of Banner Elk, in,
writing about, Mr. J. L. Hartley's farm
at LinvilleV'has many interesting facts
to record which indicate something
of the' amazing fertility of this soil.
North jCarqijna people have had abun
dant occasion to test the quality of
Mr. Hartley's; truck .for he has sup
plied the hotels in Linville for a long
time. Mr Lowe is quoted as follows
in a recent issue of The Avery Vim: '
."It may be pf interest to your read
ers to be. informed what can be pro
duced through this section, so I will
give you the -result ' of what one man
is dping by yray Pf farming and gar
dening Mr J. L.: Hartley has a 260
acre 'fairm at Linville, which has an
elevatib;ptapmething like 4,200 feet,
and : also has 'a sroail garden at his
house near LinyilleVrRiyer, He told
me. that-he ;1iadgrown this year 70
his mpuntaif
Ing. He C)&s pmething il t acreat
IhtrawerrllVid
keting his strawberries on ' the 28th
of May, and finished on July 3. He
began marketing raspberries on July
1 and finished on August 5. His first
peaches, were ripe on the 5th of July;
and he has a success of this luscious
fruit and b will have this crop ripen
ing continually-until the last of No
vember. Hejsays he has a process of
spraying which will retard the peach
buds in"- the springN and keep them
back for three weeks, and by spray
ing under this method he can avoid
the effect of -the late frost and insure
a good cropr:f peaches for that sea
son; but he says heis not yet ready
to give this little secret to the public."
-Gke;Asheville A Boost
r AsheviHe.:jFollo win g the publica
tion of a signed editorial in the Hearst
newspapers calling the attention of
the American "tourists to various re
sort sections' of this country which
could be visited to advantage .during
the European war, in which no mcni
tion was made of Western North Car
olina, the secretary of the local board
of trade yesterday wrote to the editor
inviting "htm to come to the Land of
the Sky as the guest of the local civic
organizations -for an extended stay in
the, mountains, of Nortbr'Carblin'a. .
Calling attention to the fact that
there are 20 mountains, within a half
day's drive of 'Asheville higher than
.Mount Washington,, and pointing out
that the government has bought the
Vanderbilt tract o"f 88,000,000 acres
for its" eastern park, tie..- secretary,
urges Mr. Hearst to consider The invi
tation seriously and to advise him
when he may be expected to come t'
this city, to see the attractions of
which Asheville is. the center.
- Gunmen Get Sentence.
Charlotte. , Convicted of : having
.committe,d a secret assault upon As
sistant Chief Neal' Elliott and Patrol
man A. Bun Moore of the local police
force with intent, to kill, the. four young
white men,-Jfm Knotts, Hiram Sykes,
Jesse Helms and Will Stamey, receiv
ed sentences recently at the hands of
Judge Shaw .aggregating 48 years in
the penitentiary. Knotts was sentenc
ed to serve 15 years; Sykes and Helms
12 years each" and Will Stamey four
years. Notice of appeal was filed by
the defendants. . - ' . : ;
Fayetteville. The problem" of pro
viding adequate storage, facilities f dr
holding this year's cotton crop is not
worrying tlie : cotton men of Fayette
ville .and the country the town serve3.
There are already in .this city brjck
cottdn warehouses" offering a capacity
of approximately '25,000 bales. These
warehouses were built according to
specifications laid down by insurance
companies ..and: generally command
law insurance rates. In addition prac
tically all the cotton mills have large
warehouses. "
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