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VOL. <), NO. 104, SKMI-V WAN! SENTIMENT FOR LESS ACREAGE State Legislation Ultimate Aim of New Orleans Resolution. TO MEET THE .SITUATION No Cotton or Not More Than Half of Present Crop in 1015. New Orleans, Sept. :i0. Creation of effectlcve public sentiment for a greatly reduced acreage or total elimination of cotton planting next r ( year, with the elimination aim of having State Legislatures enact law? regulating planting, was decided on today by the Southern Cotton Convention here as the best method of meeting the lack of demand for cot ton resulting from the Eurpean war. The plan is to have county organizations of the National Farmers' Nnion and the Southern Cotton Asso elation obtain pledges from planters that they will reduce acreage at least nnp-ll:>lf !?11lt "lu.ri. nnooll-l" 1 ? the pledge not to plant any cotton , in 1915. The county organizations ( also are requested to petition the j Governor of the State to call a spe- j cial session of the Legislature to , enact laws either prohibiting or , providing for an acreage reduction | of at least 50 per cent. , The rfesolution follows: 1 TKXT OF1 RESOLUTION. "He it resolved, That it is the ( sense of this Convention that it would he greutly to the interest of the cotton growers as well as of ^ every commercial, industrial l ; and agricultural interest not only of the South, but of the whole t country, that the planting of cotton | be entirely eliminated or reduced to ( the minimum during the year 1915. , "lie it further resolved. That for ? this purpose the growers of cotton ( bankers, merchants and other allied j interests in each county, including I t the Farmers' Union and the South- t ern Cotton Congress, he requested t to meet and organize at once (if no . such organization exists) in order ( to give immediate consideration to , ? h? 1 - - in.- uirKuinK resolution, and es- ( peeially for the" purpose of signing binding pledges to reduce their res- , peetive planting of cotton 50 (fifty? ( per cent or more, or to pledge tliein- , selves to omit the planting thereof j entirely for the year 1915. r FOR BIG REDUCTION. . j ^ "Be It further resolved, In order | to insure that no cotton he planted. [ or not more than 50 (fifty) per j cent during the year 1915, the said i associations and organizations re- j quest the Governors of the various % cotton States to convene the Regis- ( latures for the purposes of passing ( uniform laws prohibiting the plant- \ ing of cotton, or or reducing the ( acreage to such a point as to eliminate all future damage from boll we- i evils and other cotton pests as well v ar to accomplish the many deal.- j able results above enumerated. v "lie it further resolved, That this j Contention recommend and advise'? t all cotton producers, bankers and i men hunts to co-operate in with- t held nr from sale as much cotton a as | essible until it can be sel l at a s price that will give u ru.- return to t I' c |"f?rtuoer." I . !i FIFTY WOKKMKN KXTOMIIKI). v r V ' h At UhsI Twelve Relieve*I to he -\ l>ea?l in Missouri Mine. c Web City. Mo., Ort. 1.?At least twelve men .tre believed to have bee nkilled as the result of eave-lns 0 in the American Pavey zinc mines it here tonight. Some reports place f., the death list at over twenty. S Fifty workmen were imprisoned r temporarily when timbering gup- p porting the roofg of three of the n naven connected mines gave way. Mor? of them escaped by finding II their way to air tdiaftH. The ore bodies In the mines, w where the roofs collapsed, were not tl being worked, but tons of falling e< earth and rock sent a rush of air d through the drifts of the other mines e which picked men up and hnffetted 11 them against rocks and the jagged ends of mine timbers. Many of the si g| Injuries and deaths. It is believed, g were caused In this way. r< ' -T*" WEEKLY. SH<K>TI\?; XKAIt MIIXINS. Two Young Men Are Seriously Wounded as Itesult. Mullins Special to Charleston News and Courier Sept. 30.?A shooting participated in late this evening by four men occurred late this evening on the Henry Coleman place, about three and )tie half miles from town. As a result Coy Rogers is dangerously wounded and George Waller is in i critical condition, not expected to live through the night. From reports received here.it is claimed that the trouble was started by Ad Waller, when he meet Coy and Dunran Rogers on the public road. 3eorge Waller, noti of Ad Waller, is! mind to have appeared on the scene ater. coming up through a field, and Ired with an automatic pistol upon Joy Rogers. It is said that after he shot Coy Rogers to the ground he turned on Ducan Rogers and began tiring at hmi but the shots went | istray, Duncan Rogers, is claimed reached for his shotgun, a singlebarrelled weapon, which lay in the inggy, and fired upon yonng Walter, '.lie load entering the stomach. It is reported here t might that I'oung Waller is dead, but this report cannot be confirmed. George Waller Is 22 years old. Dune: 11 and Joy Rogers came to town and irivo hemselves up and are in the county lail, the latter suffering from a se.ous wound under the right should r. The Rogers hoys are said to be ?erv peaceable citizens and are lighly respected. Just what the rouble grew out of has not been earned, as the greatest excitement jrevails in the neighborhood wlier" he shooting occurred. 11 YORK COt NTY FAIR. Many Inducements Offered to Visitors. Rock Hill, Oct. 1.?Despite the act that the business of the counry is somewhat depressed, it is Hitting no damper on the York ounty fair, which will be held Ictober 14. 15 and 16. The interest ' n this event is growing daily and he indications are that it will be 1 he biggest county fair ever held in his state. While the State Fair has innounced that premiums will he iffered only in the field crops depart- 1 nent, the management of the York ounty fair will give all premiums is advertised. The list includes ireniiums on all live stoc'; field rops, boys' corn cliibs. gins' can- 1 ling clubs, poultry, educational ex i -- ? i.u.<n .urn an ux 111 oils in the wo- ' non's department, the latter coverng every thing made in the homo. 10th oulinary and art,. The total iremlums will aggregate and n addition several hundred dollars n purses will he offered on the race rack. The indieations are that the 'urious buildings will he tilled with xhibits, while horsemen from York. 'Iiester, Fairfield and ham-aster i vill enter horses both on the race , ourse and in the liorse show. As for the amusements it is he- ( ieved these will compare favorably , litli any eountv fair, regardless of ts location. Two aeroplane flights kin up Riven daily, the aviator drop ing miniature bombs, giving the peetators a fair idea as to tin* naneuvers of aeroplanes over hosile armies. As airships are playing ' n important part In the European truggle this feat will lie of interest n all. In addition another free at- i Taction in tlie form of a lib foot 1 dgh dive info a tour foot tank of t inter has been secured, two per- i ormaiVces to lie given daily. Two l nndi will furnisli music each lay. t 'en high class shows have be>?n si- 1 ured and nothing objectionable ai 11 t (> iwrniit toil 1 r mr ftilMIIIU*. Special trains will lie operated j verVthe Southern from Blackxburp c nd from Kershaw each day. ex- j optionally low rates hemp effective, u pedal coaches will be provided on ORular trains to accommodate peole from -Chester and points on the tain line. C p lussia Improves Coder Proliohition. b Petrograd, Sept. 30.?Ap order tl 'as issued today that the prohibi- e !on of the sale of vodka shall be ii ontinued was based on the tremen- c ously improved ebperor issued the ti dirt prohibiting trafHc in tliis It <|iior. ' ii Travelers from southern Kuxsdv If iy there is such change In that re- g ion that the country is hardly > congnizable. p ??? WWMl..I. its LANCASTj'"R, S. 0. I FRENCH EXACTED r\i nnnw nniriiAi KLUUUY KtVtNlil Germans Suffered Worst Defea of Present Invasion. WERE LEI) INTO A TRAP < <*1111111 Kni'ics Suffered Giea Ucl'cat on the Field of Sedan. Loudon. Oct. 1.?During the state gical retreat of the allies southwar the troops exacted from the German bloody revenge for the French di feat at Sedan, 4 4 years before. On Oiis :: i:i .) ! ;iefielu, aeco* 1 i to the Mail's i'aiis correspond *ni the Germans suffered one of th worst defeats of their present inva sion. They were led into a tra which cost them thousands of met he says. The French could hav held their position indefinitely bo strategy required them to continu nas aeon rumor'<1 sce-r; I tim from Trenton and Ivl. efleld th; '! 1 little girls would not visit the grandparents, and the order issut by tlie supreme court this mornii ' will revive public <nterest in tl ease. t An Alkgwl Order. London, Oct. 1. The Times tods I says that in an order issued on Ai .1 gust lfttb Emperor William charge , his soldiers to exterminate first tli ? I treacherous English and to wal M over Cleneral French's contemptibl . little army. * limit l-'loill* Order St. Louis. Oct. 1. -A rush ord< i for 11 0,00(1 barrels of flour has bee given a local milling company h one of the warring European n< > tlona, the identity of which was nt i disclosed. It iR the largest singl sale ever made here. irn.v ? Haiti Action in Iteginn of linyc Fa vorahle to French. Paris, Oct. 1.?The following oltl rial announcement was made tc light: "This evening there is nothing o particular importance to describe e> ept in the region of Hoye on th French left wing), where a vlolen iction has turned successfully in on favor, and in the Argonne, wher ive have made progress at severa new points. "The general situation remain satisfactory." si;\in\(. MORE TKooi's. erinaiiy Pushing Men to Faster; Theatre. Home, via Paris, Oct. 1.?Ac wording to dispatches reaching her iohemian and Moravian railroad ire congested with German troop ind war material on their way ti lie Hussian frontier. ' Germany i naking a supreme effort to face tin Russian advances and all eiviliai ransport has bee* forbidden. i * k ....(imi-iirn iruur viennt say till Austrian staff is dependent on tha if Germany, which lias assumed gu >reme command in the campaigt gainst Russia. ( arran/n to llesi|(ii Soou. Washington, Oct. 1.?Genera 'arrnnza's resignation, generally ex ectcd today as a step in healing tin reech with Villa, may not occur ui> il after conclusion of the Zaeateca* onference of military chiefs, seek' ng to compose the differences. Thai onference is expected to assemble oday. Its sole purpose is said tc e to satisfy Villa's demands, which iiclude Cafranza's resignation. it ? said Carranza will follow the oriinal plan of not resigning until the lexlco City convention chooses n rovisional president. iii liin ones wit ntne remainder o tlie allies along the line. Here is tli story of the second battle of Seda told by the correspondent: "The French general ordered hi troops to fall back across the rive and take up positions on the oppc site heights. The bridges were mine but were left standing in order t deceive the Germans Into thinkin that the French were retreatin hastily. The ruse succeeded. Tli Germans advanced across the bridg in close formation. When several i in close formation. When severa German regiments had crossed th French artillery started firing a a hundred German columns whicl retreated hastily to the river, onl to find the bridges gone. "The French regilments then ad vanced with quick flrers and th merciless slaying continued untl dusk. Many Germans threw dowi their arms unit uUonmiui ...... Uhvt III J/IV U O W III the river and a large nuni hers were'drowned. Wren nightfnl came the French brought up search lights and "continued the work o carnage. "The artillery threw shells at th rate of a dozen rounds a mi nut into the forest where part of th (iernuin force had taken rei'u The burning woods lit up t whole front of 1 r> miles. "In the morning an armistice o two hours was granted to allo\ the ( ermc.UR to bury their dead The French had su tiered the los 5f only a handful.'* VIOI.HNT KltillTINd. ^mi>AY, ()(TOTSKU 2 191 TILLMAN CHILDREN E TO FIGURE IN COUF t Mrs. Du^us to Show Cause YVt She Should Not (Jive Them l.T AN ORDER HY Jl'DUE (JAR it Children Were to Have Spe July ami August With Grandparents. !- Columbia Special to Chariest* (l News and Courier, Oct. 1.?T s two little granddaughters of Unit States Senator 11. It. Tillman a , agaiy to figure in the supreme coui i An order was issued this mornii by Chief Justice Gary directing M l" * Lucy Dugas, the mother of the lit) l> . . girts and the divorced wife of K. ^ Tillman. Jr. to produce Douschl Pickens Tillman and I.ucy Franc Tillman, the two little girls, befo die Supreme Court in Columbia < November 25 and show cause, it' s can, "why the custody of t said children should not be taki from her and wliv tliev should n s r be placed in the custody of tlio who may bo more successful I training them and teaching them t duty of obedience to lawful a ^ thorit.v." The following is the order in par ( "It having been tnaoe to appear the Court that its order herein dsi 0 ed and filed the dav of. . . . u j 1914, requiring the children, Don chka and Lucv Frances Tillman. e , t spend the months of July and A 1 gust with their grandparents, ? and Mrs B. It. Tillman, has not be< obeyed, and that, notwithstandii , the warning given by the Chief Jti tire bv letter addressed to counts e j for Mrs Lucy L)upis, the moth |( and custodian of said children, th the Court would not permit its ord to be set at naught by said childre I they have persisted in their disohet ence thereto and have failed and r , fused to do as herein required, at their mother having confessed i inability to compel obedience ? their part to the order of the Court OltDKR TO HK SKItVKD e Acopy of the order will be servi on Senator Tillman, who will ha e the right to introduce evidence ai . examine witnesses who may testi v on behalf of Mrs. Dugas. I The two little Tillman childri have been before the Court on ni s erous occasions in the vario lights which have been staged li t ween Senator Tillman and 1 daughter-in-law. Mrs. Lucy Dug' i- ;ht? mother of the 1 i111?> girls. f their custody. In tlic last contest the childn i-' were declared to he mi the custod'tfie supreme court. ' .1 the time w it divided hot wee- ilieir father i.i mother. IT y were-to spentl t e months of July and August wi t their father. It. it. Tillman, dr.. pa r of the <'hristp-.j.s holitiays and oi e week u the prii.tr lie was to liu il the light to see them every otli Saturday when they were with tin s motl er. Tli11 rest of the tini" t little girls were to lie with tin motl >r, Mrs. Du s. \V!>en young Mr Tillman seeuri a pot tion as secret iry to a gover 11 nient man! in MasUa the time the liti'e children, wliiih was have liet1,' spent with him. ?vns ?i ' spoilt with his fat nor nr.d mot hi s their grandparents rten'tor at Mrs Tillman. An order t this < " feet was Issued by the court Init s , 4. MAY KSCAI'K DKATH. Mutinous 'I'urks Ma> .he Sent t<? i I < harlestoii lor Trial There. New York, Oct. 1.?The federal government may be called upon to IV decide the status of three Turkish sailors. charged with being ring leaders in an alleged mutiny aboard the British tank steamer. Isle of ^ Mull, which arrived here from South American waters Tuesday with three nt Turks in chains ana under guard of a detective of the Charleston (S. C.) police force. A police magistrate. informed yesterday that lite reported mutiny "e took place on the high seas, decided ed the case was not within bis jurisdicre tion and turned it over to the rt British consul general here. The prisoners were surrendered at the , consulate today and were turned r" back to the police on the ground le that the trouble on the Isle of Mull B. occurred while the ship was in ka Charleston harbor, est The Isle of Mull put in at Charre leston. her captain said, after the an Turks among his crew tnutined when lie informed that Turkey and (Jreat. Ih> Britain were at war. [>n It the federal court disposes of the ot Turks by placing them In the care se ?t the Charleston police, it was in pointed out tonight, they probably lie will he saved from trial on a British u- warship, on which the penalty, upon conviction for mutiny, is declared t: to he death by hanging, to CAN'S ItK MKItltY NOW. . . I New Vork Chamber ("alls Off Itanuiin. U,fr ' New York, (Jet. 1.?The Newen York Chamber of Commerce decidig ed today to abandon Its annual banis tjuet because of the war. It was the ,el ! tirst time such a step has been er agreed upon since the financial dent pression of 18711. President Setli er Low in an explanatory statement. n, nam ii nan oeen suggested that' li- manv members might be glad to e. semi to tlie lied Cross checks for i?i i $-0. the usual price or tickets. n_ In liis statement Mr. Iiow said: in "'The chamber bears to the utmost its share of the world's burden, but it can not make merry when so gd many are sad." ve )(l Prohibition Fight Opens ,-v Peoria, 111., Oct. 1. A campaign for national prohibition will be opened here today, with a squad of speakers ready to present their arguments to the public. From this city they will proceed to California I for a tour of the Pacific coast. Among those who are expecting to make the trip are ,1. Frank llnnly. ex-governor of Indiana: Kugetie \V. Cba|>in of Arizona, and I?r. Charles (i) N. Sheldon, of Kansas. < 'upturn < 'cell Killetl. I.on Ion, Oct. 1 Captain lion. William Vtnber t Cecil of ti. pre: adier guards, son and heir of Marrt oness \mner t of Hackney. has been ' * killed in ncti n. His name is the onl> one appearing in the list of ??r casualties issued tonight, under the 11 heading of ki 11? '. Otherwise the re port records one oflicer died of " wounds and 01 !ier otlicers. pre\ j iou-Iy reported as missing, now are known to lie prisoners of \\ar. n Bryan's \nniversary. Washing? n, Oct. 1 Secretary and Mrs. 11ryan today celebrated the >r- thirtieh anniversary of their mar 1 ! riagc Mrs Bryan called at the state department and took the secre'* ary to lunch and for a trip through the national museum. RLGIX. Special to The Mown Elgin. Sept. 28.- Miss Annie Ma< ,0 (Mount/. of Bock Hill spent Sunday with Miss Kstelle Bnskins. Mr. James Duron spent Sunday at liis father's. ' Mr. Stanley Truesdale of Itock iv Hill visited his mother, Mrs. Mattie i- Truesdale, Sunday. ,,1 Miss Eva Mae Duren's school at '"nion has closed for the summer term and she is now at home. k Miss Iva Dee Hammond and Mr. Ie Clyburn Williams of Stoneboro visited at Mr Jack Bfis'*'^?' n't"". Miss Carrie Jones returned last Wednesday to her nonie in Sumter. ? after spending a while with Misses Maud and Eva Mae Duren. Mr. Ira Harper of Lancaster spent 1 n Sunday at his father's i V Mrs. A. J. Bailey, who has been < i- visiting her son. Mr. J. T. Bailey, at t Springdell has returned home. t Miss Onibel Duren of Lancaster ( <pent 8unday with her sisters. ; Miisses Maud-and Eva Mae Duren. > f.?Jfc- i .? t_y*i' - $1.50 A Yl'AH. CALLS FOR INQUIRY ABOUT COTTON SEEO Department of Justice Directs Invest ijjat ion. CHARGES THERE IS TRUST Claimed That Tlicrt' is a Trust in Southern Stat?s, South farolina Included. Washington Special to The State, Oct. 1.? As a result of letters which went out today from the attorney general to the district attorneys of all the cotton producing states, steps will at once be taken to investigate whether or not a cottonseed trust exists exists in those states. In South Carolina District Attorney P .11. Weston has been advised to take any steps that may he necessary to get all existing facts which will throw any light on this matter and he and his assistants will at ai once confer regarding ttie situation. While the letter and instructions to the various district attorneys leaves the details of securing this information very largely in their hands, it is understood that there may be unity of action on the part of those otlicials front the different cotton producing states in order that the work may not be duplicated. It is quite probable, therefore, that a meeting or conference of some kind v.ill Lk held immediately by them to define what line of action shall bo pursued. Senator Smith of South Carolina and Representative Lever, who were appointed members on a suitcommittee at the meeting of governors and congressmen held here this week, have this matter up now with the attorney general. Thev have also conferred with the President and Secretary McAdoo regarding the general situation. Closely allied with the production and lliindlina ? ?- " " " IS HIP S?"eH question and thp work of the district attorneys ntay develop some interesting facts. Neither of the South Carolinians just named would venture a statement today as to what might be shown by the proposed investigation. \IKlOt UNMKNT NKAR. Congress I'lans to Take ltecess by >1 iiblle ol < tctober. Washington. Sept. M". Continued conferences among the democrats in both houses today gave strong indication of the success of the plan for adjournment of congress by the midle of October. Nearly all nia.iotitv members of the house are all signed with the movement undertaken by Deinocr.ttie Leader Cnderwood. with the morovnl ..< l> : 1 , ....... ... i r^lllt'lll W 1 ISi.il . r<. ;> it oil the administration ship nmrhase hill until alter the November elections. The Droposal t that the home shall heeia re. essoin three days at a time next weel:. so mo.t of Ms nvmbers may mi to <!: r home districts imnvdlntely an-' .'lie . o.iyress shall adjourn ah !. to'i-M i Representative l'n<!? : ? oil sc i that lie probnldv wosld be ; hie in a lew days to enter into a p t with Repuhliean Leader Mann, >ii! the necessary uunnlnious con-no t tor recesses hy the hon e. Senator Kern, the ma iovitv i r, said the senate would ho read'/ to take ;> recess- or i<> adjourn withIn two weeks it' quorum vero kept to expedite business. Important \ntiee to the Farmer* of Ijinejister County. Mr. ('. 1.. McMamts, farm demonstration agent, Laneaster eounty, tie sires to announce to the farmers, stockmen and others interested, that hereafter, beginning October 1st. Saturday of each week he will be found in the rthce of the Chamber of Commerce, up stairs in Springs idock, where he will he glad to con>' r with anyone pertaining to agricultural conditions in Lancaster ounty. The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce is more than delighted to lave Mr. McManua make otTice room n their building, and extend a most 'ordial invitation to all to make heir rooms headquarters while in he city. The farmers are urged to all at the Chamber of Commerce ooms every Saturday at any hour, vhlfh will null their . r . i ilTTllUM