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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. AUSiMGEI BULGARIA? WAR MACH?N* UNCHECKED! IN DEAD!': ADVANCE INTO SERBIA AMERICAN NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN On Subject of Interference With j Neutral ~ Shipping Over shadows AU Now. London, Nov. 8.-Tho American note to England regarding Interfer ence with neutral trado has for the moment overshadowed tho near east situation and Earl Kitchiner's depar ture for that theatre o? ?perat?ons. The foreign otllce haa studied the note hut it ls not yet before tho cabi net and probably it will be a fort night before it is answered. The AuBtro-Germans and Bulgarians continue to advanco in Serbia, tho latter having crossed Morava river and also occu* 'ed Krusevac, thirty miles northwest of Nish, capturing many prisoners and much war ma terial. London, Nov. 8.-The fall of Nlah has united solidly the mam Bulgarian ?nd Teutonic armies.^ltherto, com munications consisted morely of the tentativo reaching out of advance Eu anio. The Bulgarians and their alli?e now: ; hold constgaarably more than half of Serbia. The""command of tho Nish railway is one of tho chief objectives of their'cam pajgn. From Nish the Bulgarians line runs north io a blight curve encircling the, Morava river to Krivivlr whero It joins: tho Teutonic forces. From that point -the invaders line .turns at a right anglo and runs duo west across the broadest Cia vt of Serbia. The rough semicir cle made by thie lino la Still, contract-; - ins, and^cci?$n^^ la taking a heavy toll of Serbian pris ?ners. In southern'Serbia the Bul gtriaha apparently haye received a severe check from the Serbians as sisted by the Franca: and British.v ParlB reports nothing new on the western frost. The steamer. Woo .wich has boen Gunk. The ere ww?a Baved. Mo official confirmation has been received of the decisive defeat of tho Bulgarians, attempting to advance into Madenola through the Bahuua\Pas8. South of- Strom! I sa, tho French are fighting on Bulgarian soil. The Greek cabinet Crisis has been met tempora rily. If the chamber of deputies ac cepts SkOuloudis tho mlnlstey^ : present status may . bo continued In do lin It ely with m? change in ihe. an--j jounced Grefjk p?lrey. Gu the east* severe but in de elsi vu .fighting con tinues before Riga aud Dvinsk. vTbe Russian offensive in Galicia along the. S tr ina has been-halted, and tito long battle there ended. No im portant developments aro reported on ,.otii,or fronts. On the extreme' west ol tho Balkan front the Montenegrins cl sim to be holding the Austrians near GahavO, inflicting s?v?re .- losses. The intention of Rumania to Tftnaln neutral for the - present at lesat is emphasized, by Bucharest ^dis p at ches. All members of parliament '. with, whom Premier Bratlano con sulted, told ; him. ' they consider tho government's ^course correct, it ls de clared. Decidedly energetic action b? . ', the' allies, t?' open communications m tho Balkans \yill be necessary; to move Rumania in their favor advices indi cate. On tho Gallipoli peninsula, the Turks' claim . their .artillery success fully attacked on allied transport.and' torpedo boat sotting the transport atlro.' Willi its ital Mtffctiii nu ?BW Votes fog Inttease rn Captht' Sl??k to Esqpand. 'Mobile. Nov. 8i-?h? stockholders ?\ of the Pensacola, Mobile -abd Kew; Orleans Railroad, today voted uti : ta' cr^ stock to end BailUbn, onay hundred and fifty thous-* .'.; aiid dolj&raVahd to apply the funda iovvard cx>m\>leting ike tracks far as i;. Mobile. . . !,'., - Crniser Sunk. Berlin. Nov? 8.-lt Is official ? nnnounc"*d tm?t ;the small ; German cruiser Undine, .has been torpedoed and-.annk--'l^i*V^1>io?Tlne'!?ff', the . Swedish coaafc/' Arr^t .*a^'JK?reh??ts :'. :' ?''. ,Nar^j Arlar".','-Ney.' ; 'fc?~AU TurkJehs ..' merchants --to^?^a^Vfioto^l^ boen arrestod and fceM- for ransbm by ' illa anthbritt^Aaccerdtar:1 tb ad vices roceiv?a hete. FALLS FAR SHORT OF THE| AMOUNT GINNED TO DATE IN 1914 SOUTH CAROLINA 772,481 BALES I Cl Texas As Usual Leads AU Others in Amount of Bales, Show ing a Tola! pt 2,395,566. Washington, Nov. 8.-Tho fourth cotton ginning roport of tho season, j compiled from reports of Census Bu reau correspondents and agents | throughout tho cotton belt, and issued at 10 a. m., today announced that 7, 384,870 bales of cotton counting round as half bales, of the BTOV?'. hot 1915 has been ginned prior to November 1. That compares with 9,826,912 bales, or 61.8 per ceat of tho e ntire Orop. ginned prior to Novembor 1, last year, 8,830,396 bales or 63.2 per cent in 1913 and 8,869,222 bales, or 65.8 per cent in 1912. The average Quantity or cotton ginned prior to No vember 1 in the past ten years was 7,954,634." balea or 62.0 c. er c?nt of the crop. ' . Included h- hn gina inga' were 69, ?Qi.round! bcompared,-with -28,-1 182 last year, 61,577 in 1913 and 54,539 in 1912. GlnningB prior to November 1, by states, with comparisons for tho past three years ginned in those states pflor io that date in the same years, follow: Alabama. - Year. Bales 1915. 72*368 1914. ... ....1>068,771 1913. ... ... .1,015,788 1913. 869,662 Florida. 1915... ... ... ..; .... 40,389 1914...... 56,645 1913.... .... 47>315| 1912.. .... .^.j'v:;';,:-. .. .. 35,362 1915... . .... ,'?s-?''?'?- 272,379J 1914....... ..-.,. .. .. 297,356 !) 1913... .... .. .. 222,464 1912...... .. .. 261,701 North Carolina. 1915.. 408,056! 1914... ................ 427,949 1913.... ... .. 846,468 1912... ... .;. 730,690 Texas. 1915..... . ... ... . ..I.. 2,595,566 1914.....3,168,786 1913... ... .. ....2,050,444 1912. .3,709,725 Arkansas. 1?15.;... ... 444.908 L 1014..;, ... ..... 873,671 1913.... ... ... .... ..... 481,522| 1912..... ... .... .440,482] Georgia 1915... . . ...1,431.290 $914;.,. ... .. .. .... ..1,763,374 1913..,. ;:l,S00,50? 1912.. ... ..1,112,419 MlasisBippI. 1915.. . . .... 584,060 .1814. ..- ... .. .. ^669,143 1913.... 508,005 1913.. ..v .... 511,679 Oa?a?ym?. 1915..;... ... ... ..... ..... 171^29 1914;.;. 649,376 .1913...... ... ... 588,303 1312... ... ;. j ... ... .. 599,190 Tei^fap.3sea. 191f-$. . ... .- ...... .. 140,869 19K... ... . ... .... 17?.4?6 'IMS...... ..... 174,379 1912^.V-....... ;. .. . 118,485 - i . AM Oilier State?, , 1B?E.. ....40,26? 1914.. ......... . .... 58,907 1913... ;..r ..' >. .. 4?.942 1912 ...... ... ... ... .. 43.291 ^Ph? neit gi?ntng report ot the behr aus bureau will bo issued at 10 a. m. Monday, November, 32 and - will ebbw tlis quantity of cotton ginned prior to Noyembor 14. ;?-:[' '?APATA?? vAB?Blf U?m*&tri?i te M ?ishiiegra?nff terday an&;W?re gr&?ted amnesty. At "Wacov Texas, Nov. S.-H3ownnee | '*8 j- Baylor 3 . NEWEST VIEWS OF It ls believed In Washington, that Col. E. H. Houso, the .Texan,-who now Uvo8 In New'.-York City, will be the best mah when President Wilson ?_' .? ? . YIELDS OF PRINCIPAL FARM CROPS IS ENOR MOUS GREATEST IN OUR HISTORY Exceed By More Tba? Hajfl Billion Previous Banner * Crops. Washington, Nov. 8.-Tho nation's' principal. farm crops this year are ^orth about $5,500,000, exceeding by more than 5^00,000,000 their valuo Of last year, the previous banner year In the country's crop history. With tho large harvests, the prices aro kept' high .by tho war. demands. \:Tho department cf agriculture's lig ures today show corn with a produc tion of a.OllO.BOO.OOO bushols, worth', at November prices, nearly f 2,000,000, DOO; wheat '.with more than 1,000,000. 000 bushels, worth $900,000.000; bats with 1,600,000,000 bushels,- worth $400, 000)000 and barley, rye,; sweet potatoes, rice, hay ^record crops in . production, r?d rye and hay with record in valuo. Tobacco lias almost , etjballed it'a rec ord production, valued at $100,000,000. LOOKS LIKE STANLEY lias AftiAreht Safe' l<*a<i 0?rr Kegsb-' : 'i Ikan Opponent. Louisville, Nov. .?.-With return* from only ono county'yet to be'ofll fcialiy counted, A. Ov Stanley, tonight had ? majority of 227 over- his ??epubr iican opponent for governor, ?repub licana ard'preparing to .contost tho returns. ? "'' '.'.'" Ihusaians Hag Teutons. landon. Nev!. 8. -rA lieu 1er dlsMtMi hom Petrograd says: - "In tho region of. Cjartorysk: boutes or jtusstan cavalry, ffom r>00 U*li#00 atroUgv have been ver^^m tice in ata?kifig;Oerwan:iufentry do lachmonta in'v?rlon&'loeaiitle? east of Kov?li . these^^ hnvo rb*. Bulled recently in ^the capture of 2, DOO prisoners, Oeet(py;i?elglit3. . - '.. i Parla.:N?v..a.~.Freuch troops recopied Itc^j?k and Bah?na > Weights, which colmuand Plctrar pass, throu which rena tho PcrieperKa^a*-rua ?nd ?rf? expected to feffeet ?*junet witii t?i?:- ??rbf?n army occupying., northwestern Slope bf Bah?naRango says a-MoniBtir dispatch to",viatUx. IrwWffiHfflffgiff RP CSV WM AW ' A T DOCQSl COL. E= ?Lf HOUSE weds Mrs. Norm?MGalt in Washing ton In the latter, part of December. Col. House hali/ rfeen wary-of the photographers; Noe until ho had te ?> .-- . ?-^-3-: - $?<8H??0ir^^^ : Chicago. Nov!. 8.-The rail roads of tho United States have demonstrated their faith in newspaper advertising by spending SIO.000,000 for news paper advertising during the last' fiscal year, according to an address before the Chicago Advertising Agency today by Garrett Fort, general -passeng er agent ?Of-th? Union Pacific. I* * * ****++.+*?** nrwnr imn? IM ? fi 5 mm la? ?JJ;g_jj; s 5c^s:B SS; ?CONSPIRACY TO LIBERATE! 1 HER FROM THE BRIT ISH YO* - S |4? ARRESTED 25 EXECUTED Says Overseas Agency Dispatch -This, However, is a Ger man Bureau. Berlin. Nov. 8.-Overseas News Agency today announced the follow ing dispatch" from Constantino-p?o: i. /'Roports-from Cairo stnio a great conspiracy is discovered there, bead; ?ed by persons in entourage of tho ??S*V Saltan. '^conspirators aro planning to remove th? -ruler and his. minister end 1 iherato Egyipt from tho British broke. " Forty persons from the . court ;w?re la^rom?d : and 25 hsve already been ?kechi?d? ''?"..'?;"!'. Mil NOIE OF Received By? United. St?^?l?j||? Attjtro-Hungary Yesv Tarlta* ..abington, Nov. .6:- Altitro-llun . today-formally pollfl?d,'th? Unit ad^. States of the recttfl. ot Ur. Con-' stamin T. Dumba* whose, withdrawal WUK ' requested on account cf his. plans for fomenting strikes here. turned from his pea- . y :p Ito. Europe would ho pose for tue: ;?. Here ere j shown.two vlewfl for "which ho posed the other day. OF CHARGES PERTAINING TO ISSUING FALSE PASSPORTS TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN IN COURT! I? England By Two Men On j Trial As Spies-The ?; Explanation. . . : Washington. Nov. 8.-Germany, In a note whlcn was received by the state department today, denies flatly tho testimonies alleged to have bees given : in -'British courts that German officers" prepared false America'; passports . and handed them to agents..", Tho note le a reply to- the United States' letter directing :. the attention of .'Germany to stntotnents to have beep in a do by Rober Itoucu thal. and George L,. Broknow, when they were on trial- In England as spies. Germany auggeststhat the false -passports which wer? found on Breek now probably ware issued by one of "certain individuals in occupied ter ritory and also In 'neutral countries," who have endeavored to make a trade of ?oiling B?ch papers at a goodprice. the note said, that if Rosenthal &nd Brecfchb-v really accused tb,e German Officials of supplying- thom falso Amer ican';/, passports, it must be. assumed that ; they were induced to make, the statement by threats promises or oth er pressure.- ' ?^gV%ff?? "". ; - ? : %.-}= 3sra8s *+* *.?**.?******.?****?* ? MR. WATKINS SINKING ,4 ? A message-received In An- . ? derson tate last night by. Mr... 4. T. Prank Watkins from tho ? bedside -of his/hrbqi?r, . Mr. ? Ern?st M. Watkins, In a hos 4 pita! at: ?Rock Hill, whjo wa* ? shot . Saturday afternoon ~ at ??? lancaster hy a negro whom ho 4. had discharged from the cot <4 ?bott mill, stated: that tho ? wounirf-*. mah wo? ?lnkl?g rap* 4v idly. ^ 4>. ? In the forepart of 'the even 4'-' lb? Mr. Watkins was doing ? well, but within a short while ? a turn for rhV woree took jil NCO 4 - : and .he began to sink rapidly. This will be distreaslnirinew? .J?' to his many friends and th* 4 . friends of the Watklne* famity ? throughout .this section. enron i? pm OU Y RIVE, l/IVI CONDUC FOURTEEN SHIPS BURN SINCE THE WAR STARTED B II ii? FRENCH LINER ROCHAMBEAU ON FIRE IN THE ATLAN TIC OCEAN 1 NOT SN DANGER IS THE REPORT Six Hundred and Fifty Souls Aboard-Rochambeau May Be Enroute Halifax. Now York, Nov. 8.-Tho French liner Rochambeau, from Now York to Bordeaux, which today wa? reported on fire In her hold, ia believed tonight to be eu route to Halifax, '. The only wireless -message today says she is not In danger and that tho crew expected to extinguish tho fire. There are G50 persons aboard, in cluding 421 passengers. Rochambeau ls tho fourteenth ship from the Unit ed' States to Europe to catch fire since the war started. She carries war munitions. IEE? ?li Want a Revison of Sunday Clos ing Statutes. Chicago. Nov. 8.-The saloon in terests will appeal to Governor Dunne for a revision ot the Sunday closing law. Yesterday they hold a .parade downtown as a protest against Mayor, Thompson's order closing the Sunday saloons in Chicago. Governor Dunno will be asked to Include tlie home rule proposal'in the expected call for a LS pee lal l?gislature session. The de monstration yesterday was declared Mi ft ?,i> ?-.?;?; aim iii ?niii?y respect.? ???? most spectacular street parado here in many years. Over forty thou sand participated by actual count. Fewer violations ot the closing or der were reported by th? police than any other previous Sunday. .Only twenty-five ?.S compared with sixty, ?two weehs ago." Forty-six arrests ! were ma.ue for drunkenness. NEW HAVEN TRIAL IS PROBRESSiNG SLOWLY Government Reads Letter Frond Mellen to * Former President. Now York, Nov. 8.-^At the trial of the eleven former directors, of the New Haven Railroad company, the govorn m?nt introduced a letter from Charles H. Mellen to John M. Hell, then president of the New Haven, written ld nineteen hundred, when Mellen was vice president, lu tho l?tter Mellen used th? pk rn no, "maintenance of your monopoly" In- commenting on the New Haven's activities in the acquisi tion of competing properties. -Mellen also -wrote. that delay and lack of foresight in purchasing such' properties had cost the New Haven a tremendous price. CHOLERA BREAKS OPT geties AI?M?XIAX REFUGEES HF.AF, _ TfiUis and ?rnmiah. , i?ew York; Nov. S.-rChO?e?a has broken out among the: Armenian re fugees near Tabriz,, and also in Uii? mtah. a*SordIng to advices today to the Pr?Sbywrttp. ?odrd of Foreign Missions. London Paper Seized. London, Nor. ?.-^-Th? < Globe*. ,'whlch steed .by the police Sat urday, is still controlled by ihe author titles. When asked ?s ib the probable period of suspension, Charles Volm ern editor skid i ' '^?'re wrortr iblll 1 tary law calmly awaiting develop ?monis.?- .;/.-'...; HH^HT T?CISM OF r OF WAR IS HEARD IN DEBATE IN BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS CENSORSHIP IS ALSO ARRAIGNED Earle Informed Casualties of ft War Number 15,000,000 Government Defended. London, Nov. 8.-Debato on tho conduct of the war and tho censorship wa? resumed in tho House of Lords this aftornoon. Earl Lbroburn, form er high chancellor, spoke of what he termed the "misadventures" ot. tho Antwep expedition, .tho loss of Lour Admiral Craddock'? squadron, tub Dardanelles operation^ and the Bal* kan situation. He wanted to know If proper ar rangements had been made to mako : the Saloniki landing a' success, and criticised the delay in aiding Serbia J He decfared he bad been informed that fifteen million men hud boon hilled or id:--ubi al in this war, and If the con- , flict continued indefinitely a revolu tion or anarchy would ensue in Eu rope! Viscount Miller blamed the censors for doctoring news to make it appear optimistic. {'The Marquis of Lansdowne* de fending -tho government, declared that lt was not from any look of careful study that the government found lt? - self disappointed in . the Balkan sit uation. Tho Balkan policy was. founded upon hope that .thc Balken states weald ?ld enc-h other, but old Jealousies prevented this. . .- I Bari Carson, referring to censorship, said the government waa endeavoring to arrange te. create closer contact between tho press and tho fighting ^jgigl^vo .tho --.^;^ro London, Nov. 8.-Nothing baa been recently received regarding the fight ing, in southern Serbia, where : the British and French are said to. have joined Serbs 'and already fighting. Bul garians. Along the AustrcrMonteae- ' -grin border, there has boen hard figbting, each side claiming the ad vantage. It is said tho Austrians aro preparing i o seatf one hundred '. nnd t wenty thousand men again at Monten ego. . Momentarily the western rone of Franco and Belgium reporta only artillery duel:-., with here and there hand to hand encpuntors for trenches. > :The.Russians are on fha nh*An*i?a t? inc esst, but Iis ri ir. .-.i.-.tmE ?"nay ?-ere repulsed with heavy/ loases south bf Riga sad north cf Csarlcrysk. Vienna reports Austrians repulsed the Italiana on Bohordo plateau and that the: Italians captured tho summit of Goldi Lana only, tb be driven from it. Dispatches coming from B?rh> quote the Bulgarian - premier ballay ing tho Bulgarian flag wUI?Iy. forever, at Nish, 'Serbia. 34 ABE lilCIES In Pittsburg Grand jory Goes After . Violetera in Scnierabef ?^rimary. / Pittsburgh, Nov. d. -Tho urnttd jury investigating allegations of fraud an..', lcd lot box tampering nt tho Sep tember primary today ? returned ?4 Indictments charging misdemeanor and conspiracy* against election" offi cials and others. ii Pi Havana, Cuba, Nov, 8.:-Seasonable rains have raised high the expetcn? tiona ot the Cuban sugar planters and splendid reports or me growing cana are coming in from all past?of Vine island. If gentle l?^e?^bu?, fol lowed by<^ ie,""* ' . ' "~ - Special Agents Anderson, -'S. 'C; '?:^?Bffi Mr. and "Mn. Victor tc. nmear?NS&1 action.or ,the Texas courts heidie* them subject to ?' ?adltlort to Geor gia tb answer e^^ misappli cation or ??rtain fund?, was advanced by the supreme court fer hearts jr en January third. m