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Vv Wfye lunvustcr Sfrtos. VOL. 10, NO. 11, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10,1914. $1.50 A YEAR. GERMANS ASSAULT THE ALLIED ARMY Reinforcements Sent to Rattle Line in the West. ALLIES REPULSE ATTACKS. Itiissinns on Soil of (ionium I*'111j?i. Berlin lteports Yi? t'-i\\ \n--i Troops ?>(' ''/.nr. London. Nov. The Germans have renewed their offensive in the vicinity oi Y pres and I):xtnude, where several utleiupts to breakthrough the allied lines to the coast of France were repulsed after the most severe fighting of the war. Despite the Austro-German armies have suffered in the east, where the Russians have set their feet ou German territory, the Germans are said to be still sending reinforcements to the west in an endeavor to break down the resistance of the French, British and Belgians. There has been no decisive action along the whole front, but each side is making gains which may count when the crisis is at hand. With the tremendous forces opposing each other, and progress necessarily must be slow, but both the allies and tin Germans express satisfaction wit', the way in which the battle has gi thun far. In the east tl Re sinn advene guards arc fight im on n>t!i tlu I. l'russi: n and Po e n borders : ml I; is believed that tlu* (o rnms hav given up their flt plat >' re i tin the Ru' .iians' ad\ n? on tin* |n> lions which thev had prop: roil n! in the Wartho river. According to a Gorman report, th * Russians h^vo suffered a reverse on the East Prussian frontier, where tliey lost 4.000 men tmd some machine gun^ but of tin* fighting else w h%re In litis region Berlin says nothltyr** There have been no developments in the Near East, the engagement fought being between Russian and Turkish frontier guards in the Can casus or the bombardment of post The slackness of recruiting it Engl4')cl> has been given a fillip by I the lUfrhcs of some of the crack territorial regiments and today's ' procession through the streets of London in connection with the inauguration of the Lord Mayor, in which Canadian and other troops took part. From till sections of the ennui come reports of an iieronMiu- number of young men offering themsolves for ; rviro GERMANS PREPARE FOR ANOTHER MOVE i Many Beliete it 'flicy i'ail The Time it Will In- Their Last Effort. Paris, Nov. b Tli?> lull in P< I ? fighting 'n the environ* of Dixniude ' and Ypres, in tl o he t opii ion lure 1 is only the prelude of a furthe r effort ' to which all the forces that the Gey- ' mans can raise will be coneentr-ited 1 Tiie last attack, made v. lib t op ' array corps, failed. The next, it is 1 1 expected will be made l>y /-von mrrt ' advances from the front. I All the military writers agree < that the effort will he of the first i in - < porlattce to the Germans. If unsuccessful. it is contended In re, it w 11 \ he the last the Germans \. i 11 he a hie 1 to make, as they will thou rocognl: e < the necessity of falling hack on ; a lino a little more to the rear, which t will, as is their custom, have heen ( fortllled In advance with the* great- r est possible care. They will, there- | a fore, strain every nerve and anew f in this battle of Ypres and the fight 1 ing is likely to he of a character 1 even more Intense than anything ii that has gone before. If the allies ! 1 successfully resist the new onslaught .e in the opinion of military writers.!. the day when France will be freed of j the '.nvaders will be brought Hens!-1 b bly nearer. d The fortunes of the war In the I west are becoming more and more bound up with the progress of the Hussions, according to the general opinion here. If the latter succeed h in making a serious threat in h Silesia within a short time the (ler- j fj mans, It la anticipated, will have toL, withdraw troops from their western ! front, and this will enable the allies ^^ to advance more quickly. There Is T ** apparently ro abatement of tho feel- j u tng of optimism reigning in both the < g French army and among the French o people. & COTTON GINNING IS VERY ACTIVE Amounted to 2,207,114 Bales During liiwt Period?Total to Date O.X28,G9r> Bales. Washington, Nov. 9.?Ginning of rotton continues active despite the low price Southern farmers are re-' reiving and the depression in the industry caused by the war, according to the census bureau announce niont today. During the period from October is to November 1 the ginning no tried to 2.207,1 14 bales, making il"> aggregate for the season S?.82X.?!?5 Itales. The period's ginning was only f.,17 0 bales less than ginned during the same period in the record production year of 1911, and the aggregate for the season is only 14 2,210 bales less. Compared with last year the ginning to November J 1 was 855.177 bales more. In Arkansas. Florida. Lousiana and Oklahoma the ginnings to No- j vember 1 exceeded those for uny of the past eight years. The fourth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents throughout ?iu< cotton belt and issued at T ' a m. today, aunoumcd that ?,X28.< . a.iles ot cottt i' counlir.r round as ' If of the erowth ol 1 !> 1 4 h I mi cin tied prim* to X "tilxT I T" s com pared \ itb s s::i?.:i' ?; bales, >r 6:1.2 per cell' ol ! <> entire crop ipnne,: prior t November I 1; t n ir, s, S6P.2 2 2 ln.lcs. or 65.8 per cent in 1912 and 9,'?70.905 boles, or 6 4.1 per cent io IP 11. The tivornpie punniitv of rotfop ginned prior to November 1 in the j : ? scion yotirs was S ball s or 6:1.1 per rent oi the crop. included in the Kinninps were 22.P76 round bales, compared with 61,677 last year. 54,."HP ill 1912. and 68.:11 :i in IP Hi. Sea island cotton Included numbered 11 bales, compared with 12,804 bales last year, 28 SS7 bales in 1912 aid ~>ft..'>t'.:: bales in 1 ' 1 1. TilK ''IIIlls I'M \S SI'.AI.S. ( rent Interest in the iled Cross \ssociat ion, Columbia, Nov. P. In spito of unusual business conditions tin work of tbe Ked Cross Seal Cotnmis kIoii In Smith Carolina Is prn^ve^slna huc? e: si ull> . The magnitude of the undertaking may be seen from the size of the order for seals and advertising material which the Ameri can lit ii t to Assoclation lias ren inly sli11>pod to the commission's i<Mi|.,u.irt i*8 I C duiiibisi. The < r!? r i??n.->is'> of ?r?o,rtho -.I'.tls, 20,000 n\o!epp ...una envelope hps and j.onii ? id*. The active selling season for i} ' . . ' from Thanks giving to Christm a*. Du in" \n1 finl" r ii.:.great iirrw of material i\:ll be ili tribute.| tu -he many ;n: 1> ic piriled la ti an I women through jut (lie ->lt?. win ha ,e cm it ?1 to wt as agents. Am evid' nee of the ion-tv spirit of co-operation met a i t' i on ail I lie. ma- lie fit eel the act '! t >lie Soi h?'i i 1'\nr< ("on? ny lias generously agreed to linnlle the commission s shipments free )f charge A I'od Cross Christmas Se ! booth vim conducted tit the state fair week lefore last in Columbia. I'lens are in foot to maintain similar booths it the county fairs, notably in Sparnnhurg and Orangeburg. The whole movement takes on tew interest from the fact that a ipecial anti-tuberculosis conference or the South In to he held In Atnnta the last week in November. . 'rominent South Carolinians In var- | [mis sections of the state are being nvited to attend. Heed Smith, xecutive secretary of the Refl Cross 'hristmas Soal Comm sslon, has ' een appointed one of the vice presl- 1 ents of this conference. / 1 CaIImImI by Bushel. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. !>. "-A 1 ushel and a half of money was col- ' scted by the Red Cross for the bene-11 t of European war sufferers be- 1 w^en the halves of the Harvard- , , >pinOO*An I/?A4W-II " iuuiuuii kuiiip naiuruay.!' 'he count, which wan not completed ' y ntll today, ahowed a total of 13,-1 83." including one $20 bill And f ,300 peunieo. i ' GERMANS FLEE BEFORE! i ADVANCE OF RUSSIANS1 Merlin Admits Russians Are Well Beyond River Wart he INVASION IS DEFERRED. May \\ nil ('mil .M'tor I lit* Kiiltjcr i no latest J'.i :"i- !' ,"iri' en < i i..' ration ''.itos ?tliat the !. . ! ' rotuci!rating tlmir a :;vi?\ ais.'ii V{. I'i's v. ithott4 yet >< ,. . . i'" ult. Tlir lii- are report d is holding thcin own everywlo te on tho Ai no nv11 ift to tho nm < Solfsons t hoy '"l in VP r< k In 1 u- v. position on lit? Vre-;ny pteten \n O!!'H-(; ! < t\. oi la ' o it .a Purlin declares 11>; * ath^fices linvo boon tnadii in tho .\r''n:o'f' t ot llioro is noihlnje now along u. ro. hi i r 'or of tl 1 ill lo front. Holland, determined to p.cser tlio neutrality ol lie -i', ,- i. haa annoiinctvl thai tho i inshii-r forts will (ire on uy v< - I not recognized as'u mail boat or otiioi regular hnrb<rt* craft. Private reports reaching Heme Switzerland. <from Constantinople indicate that Turkey has entered the war with ah empty treasury. She has exhausted the German loan and! used tip the money derived from tlio; tax on imports. llritish Successful in the West l.ine Against the t.'nemy. Washington, Nov. 9.?Dispatches < from the French foreign office to the < pmbassy here today comment on the < luccessful work of the British troopR in the west and the deRtruction of a i railway by the Russians in the east. < "At Gheluveldt, the British troop? j t repulsed the enemy in a notable at-1 tack made upon them and forced I .hem back at the pu nt of the bayo- I let," nay the dispatches. "In the t A'oevre district we have retaken Rev- t >ral trenches which had been pre-; riouRly taken from us by the enemy, t "In Russia, the Russians have do- ? itroyed the railway leading from ' "Meschen, northeast of C&lisch." t noil <>i .\iistro>itiinmirv to Invadc Germany. Loudon, Nov Russia dominates tho military situation tod. v. I'lio speed with which in ha; dear (I tlio invaders from Russian Poland must necessarily have a great effect, on the campaign in the other | war theatre. Already the inhabitants r.re reported fleeing from their prosperous Silesian homes despite the fact that 1 General Von Hindenberg's strong! army is between them and the ad- j vancing Russians. Rut something besides tho might of the German 1 arms may enable them to remain some time in security, for a signifi-j cant rasesage from Petrograd announces that Russia may defer the invasion of Germany until her historic mission toward the ilospho'accompli hod. Tt ini mi iuti do tin !?! e s objection of A o:-t ?-l! . 1 well ?!in invar or o Ttnl-'-y ft' this is tlio actual j lan <w C id t? ' < Nicholas, the K . < (.>111 til: uder-in-ehiel', the lC.n ..>11 in;, he content to hold t1i ir present positions along I ho Certtian hot\l r while making an nggrosstvi war to-, w: rd the south and oast. Persistent reports coiuiui:?> o reach London that the (lermt.i - are sending heavy reinforcements i:. their western lines. News of a contra r>' nature, to the effect thai the (1< rinans are preparing to tetre. t through Relgium, also is rite, hut the experts teem to plaee more -re t once in the reports of -d , nients and the coming week i look od forward to as one ot ti - tn >si crucial of the war. Cossack raids across the (lei i border continue and Berlin now admit* the Russians are well In .nd the river Warthe. The Uussi n a.lvance has boon made over bad roads at the atna/.ing rate <?f it nhle daily ami the CJerm it retrofit h t: : Jir.st.ed t'/erns;.edjow an i Kalis/. Another Potrograd reportthat i ; ornsU?chowa si". is hehl a the last derma n position in Hits la hut tli.it this is regarded .. nni. iablo. DOES NOT EXPECT PE PRIMARY LAW 10 PASS Wilson's Views on Presidential , C riii Primary. Coni (lie PRESIDENT FAVORS LAW. t]w Vnil Wilson Think* \c\i Session of . rein t 'enure** Will Vol Have "l"iii??? to Ktinel tilt WashingtonNov. . I*r> -=i?l*??t part Wilson does not < xpoel ; president8PCO in! prim*.?ry ' <w to ! * y who next session of Congress, and some the weiuocraiie leaders do not believe oil \ one can bo enacted to be effective in tion lit 16. It In his message to Congress last cons December the President urged that can such a law be passed immediately encc and expressed hope that there would pun be a general agreement to it He is j tuti< known to still favor a primary law. has but investigation has impressed on neve him the difficulties of the technical A fron details. ?raI The chief difficulty encountered sjou by the President lias; been that of .out living a date for the president al ?.|e? prim rie:- Primarie. now vie in p.-,. >i itTer< nt d .i in tl st t , . n<l t iiic tm lion has boon whether tin pjv< leg latures e:.n change the st;>t-- 1,1. rim. ry dates iiefore l'alt . n t t te and nation i| pri. .uric , he k ?n told, would pro . verv e. sive. . . Tiio tVeMdc 'It he v >, yet 1 ork on lii > next no t . <? i 'on ; ress, loll it is cotisii! red doiilitful Intu whether he will mention the pros! donlial primary question. lie i- 3T)j! ported t<? dwell on the necessity for economy in npproprrations and t-> urge the passage of tie PhiMpnim ..-t hill, the Alexander slilp pirelwix Ii'il and several remaining c?ns"r\ tion measures. \\ Presidential primari s, rural c r I tion; i's. railway securities and oilier ouo> ihii lions are e.\;.i< -d to be left lie- he cause ol the brief durarton or tin "tni si ssion. The President now ha- no l?> t intention oi calling an extra sess. \ ofter March 4. valu The general expectation of Demo- p. iicratic leaders is that presidenti..: - .? . .. i. m.ii nrr.. win'uiiy provineu lor in .1 ipp ntwnlier <<l s' lift' -..ill p .iy an in:- lipm portunt part in Hip I'M"! campaign. ' l?nt that the final olioiee o flu- p it\ nm nominees will In- made again at *<<n p- < ventions. spin The administration was endorsed pons m i 1 Pemoeratie state rouven t 11 i< ns | ri??r to t.lte eoitRressional whi< i> anil lite friend- of ; 11 t*:? to i?!el?t are already at vv . ... 1 .1 t einination in 1 : i. \ a re- II It s t 1 e | a aI| IIIi oaiis n nie I l weei; polii.'i ns 'ien linii i.re (lis i? ing the nat' of n . . ' >ott e at 1 a dor- . pi .i ' c p; ni; dent! ' undid ! The 1 ri n; pur< pr ma* mi *t: 1 > n 1: 1 m e Iiv i pa 11 11 s 11? 1 (Ii 1 ii n .? IM \ i:s|; ( OS ' KII ! 11. . The I..1.11 1 1 SeinK V> :e\ to ( 11. it n . 11 : Ii'>s? if il. >. n( c. 11 1-,'nip* r > ,p Yo .lull > has ghon .'*),'Mi0 J t << .i.tMtc) toward the ' mm let ion < St. la'ko lntornr.tl".i I II la. I Tokio v hici w ill lie conducted ur ( ^ dor tlic amp '-ok of the Kpbcopc . , , church mission represented '>\ 1> Rudolph Teuslor. luv The announceinent of the impelial gift to a Christian institution m|/ which is without precedent here was made by Count Okumn. the Japanese Cum premier, at a luncheon today attend ed by 50 of ^he most prominent per-l At sons in Tokro. Tlie British arabas- plant sudor, Sir William Conynghain row IJreen, sent a letter and the Ameri "Kilt an ambassador, George W. Guthrie, tian Jelivered a speech. were The substantial imperial support,' inter ,t Is stated here, assures the success JTesI >f the undertaking, which will cost move ibout a half million dollars. Th It is planned to make the estab-! wide ishment the most elaborate in the j the c <"ar Cast and it will mark a distinct ial h idv&nce in medical research work home lere. hyter Count Okuma in making tlie an- Mr touncement of the emperor's gift Georj uild that the emperor was personally ed ni lesirous of solidifying the interna- Ing c ional understanding. ' mouu :titioned in i to evacuate lll i < ruz Merchants Ask That Army l>eave??Some Itefuse to Si^n. era Cruz, Nov. 8.?Many Vera r. merchants at the behest ot the ^ ^ stitut ionalists, have petitioned ^ Amerienn authorities to leave city. The petition says 11 ? fHl od States is mistaken as to i! tan. e o( the people to pay d" ^ 1 end lit v s a i. .,i 11< i i" the \tneri( an for. < > i I de W t hey v illiti ly V. ill m !;e t 111! p 'Villi It . \ I'l'V I ! II intel W 11 i 111?'i < 1 t llt'i r r I' 111! I il I I . .1.111 \\ lis petition are said to be threatenmen villi reprisals when the Cons', i timer ulists finally recover the port. disci umors that the Mexieans werr i fron tillering attacking the AineriWas troops are not given much cred- | ! at the headquarters of Oeneral I stou. Candido Aguilar, Consti-! malist leader in the vicinlctv.! Masi i strengthened his forces. He has i I'eni ral pieces of artillery. i ^|an n American arriving tonight jnW. l Mexico City declared that flenOhregon, one of the coniniisers setit by the Aguas (ialient.es cm.Inn to inform Cavnn/. of tin the lion of I ilalie (In item-/ tin toni idency. r id occupied th m.iol , lie capital. He said ?>lm o at rent- cl car <>f aiumttitit >n inini ' (II i i'Min stationed Iii fore i . M 1 e citadel, v\ hi h w ..., In If h , j(,' \ ! >i.r, when in started the t > UH'.I ?u Yl;n!or>. , STENSARY LAW IN FFDIIHAL COURT diua (.! ?> >. ' 'oinpany < use <l*ie <>t sueli >c\??ral to I to I'm-. : on l>\ useli I iiglicst < 'oio t. ] liingt'.n, Nov Cons :ti Il>(j ; * *v () ' tour -fair laws and llo cess it ion of v hetlier i nor-on nia> in cotnpellcd to j> \ . d"ht to t dred t" will he considered this v eek r, lie upreine court. nisil r ' intents are to I?? heard ? 11 the ],r? .. lity of tin- South ?' rolina clih .r\ Ict'i station, the Maryland l"ni! mobile license law, the Missis- only i ten-hour law and the low.i ease ?r injur -lion law In the South , >iina ease the f'cro'iua < ' ,e<t? t .my, v hielt was held hv dls (| ry conimis ion to have <? n- herd d w ith member:- of the state din- , i , ,a r\ board t< overeharpt tie > or bottles, i at aehlnr the lnw u h authorized the date to t lie herd ? ion ol money o red the < om ( , by < o-di. n< te arit-s. ;->ni he 11 as" problem .iri si- . i o suit of the Corn f'roduc lie in tl u Compui \ t.i ' 1 t 1. i p >h I the ! f w ' \t II' Tift II - , I oinp toy. of Atliitdii f> . a - io< base pro > " uoods - >id 11 ' to ' he hitt The ? > x that the f'< ''tl I'roduc ''om was ati a ' iv fill "em i' ,o ae - hi n . it ai t i-1 t la i, , ' oia.'! i < i i rt ol ppe.''- held me ,'i t:o I a et e and t lie i > op", i:' led. Ho n It > . rt ill also hear . . . o i 1 . enforci a hi v .1 eon' mIhr "surrendet "i ii f< of the leasii j; < out >!> " "ST ill?) of In >> tar ' 1 ' ; > in ili !} d :-jt riha ' i< <. < > , . : p: i ? .' st ..r .... >-< ' * . i, -u iij- iii) r. i ' > ' < m? Mofiixr to >itt**. wilsov Nc I for Christian education of j, (jg Mountain X ontlis. prom Ianto, On., Nov. 7.- Definite ; p,,un ; for a memorial for Mrs. Wood- owno Wilson, to bo known as the { poll n Wilson Fund for the Chris-1 syndi Kducation of Mountain Youths" j New laid today at a mooting hero of dccid rated women. A letter from jng. dent Wilson approving the ment was read. C. S. e plan contemplates n nationappeal for funds to carry out , \V; KiuoationAl work. The memor cmba as the support of the board of from missions of the Southern I'rcs- Score ian church. bnssa s. Wilson was a native of i ople ?ia. During her life she devot-iSir L ueh of her time to the t norms to Tn ?f educational opportunities of from itnin chilren in the South. inten EVEN STATES ARE UNDER QUARANTINE ess Cattle Disease Epidemic n he Cotton Under Control. IIE \TENS I NTO! I) LOSS. I ?it IOxuikm t inii < <iinii;.n >lov? i . I in-vjiii! K i|iiil!\?I'liiidt' I li'iii! Vilili'il (i? I ist. -!l i: t ill'. Nov S. A11 oi"t|p'* *:i nt i ii i 111; Rhode 1 mi against rsliltl' shipment ; ot live Slock prnpurnri tonipht by tin depurti ot a tricultarc for i-sutinee torow. Cases of foot ami mouth repuru'ii miring me day 1 tli vicinity of Johnson and hlngton. hod? Island will make the enth state to be quarantined saetausetts, New York, Ohio, isylvania. Indiana, Iillinois, viand. Michigan, Wisconsin and i compose the area already afid. MiT'tary Houston tonight said epiih uic of "one of the most ugiou discus-of iattic, swim. 1 < l e-. ceded in are a fleeted o the five prevlou- ..a; breaks hi - ountry." T'nle an he ediutt i> 'i call.' : a h ci reiicat te a id, it threaten: ntohi losses III it Vl t-)( u. ~o t n ugioi.. it o: 11 . > tary . "Hi i n i) ;st <.ot k' ' i rr ten on.' .11. I i i ? li< ! inl"> u .1, ill- I'll* it.- Ini*il. llllOsI . :1 I ..Sf , i.iltT COllt IMCtO.I ill Willi : III' I .ircilitv Ilk ' lit* ?*!!'" " >'' I ' li~ ; ISO i> ininiaIs 11.. i i. ncr are s in iiiaki- ili.'in >i ictically ?ss. ' i.s possible to < *"' 1114' . \torsynipU'ins. but ii :i the proel at 11 nipt iv t .it one sick i.i 1. Liu chain a re that hunot i Miers may l> intected The i.i i killiny ut .. inph nniin .. icrd, w a t i n 'I in an out !. and did not prove i :i'ecii\e. tcrinui \ nuthoritii of the ed it.es are .ijrri i d thai tie method oi comb tliio tie- disi to siop a. me.omen of stock nu'tf' itll Wllicll ||. \ been subid to any dauber ot infe lion, t > Mil i.ii v. it lioni . a v all s iti v lie h tie disi - ..ain Iiy foot hold. n some ease:. In , human can i... ry tin <li > i.> her . . i lie st ate a tIn ' i* . have c ited children of in'e.ied latins I t. It (Ii; ; hoc.- . \i prisi-nt llH1 i lil? i it.<It ' " li'-ii : ?' it\ >f tiitTf i?. iiik Oonm'ecton. Kvorv i v ii. .h bj i . . : i. n l .l-il onlj to l?\u e ,!)i. ill! to i)ll a* i to hi' hi ' hi in n i .tit (I' :" i . ' UllllOl ii-ii. I ?)< ; t ivi)i* i ; < ; ill < II ) ?! i N'm. Tin- dis\'| i; < I I eve:* t ' . was ib .i'ed t t\i> j.y the oii (i rt in favor ol N>>r ( ire nl OimiciI hj 1'e'l lit id Mu> l>< ns?1i! at t> Cents. ?w York, Nov. 7 Federal o Mnyer signed an order toda> Itting tho sale at nino cents a (1 of 80,000 bales of cotton (1 by tho suspended tlmi of S H \ Co., to a cotton corporation irate. This dosrislon left tinYork Cotton Exchange free to e upon an early date of reopen Ambassador is CompliinPDtMl For Aiding Englishman irhirgtnn, Nov. 7. -The Hritiali say (otlay made public a letter Ambassador Spring-Kiee to tarv Hrvau expressing apdor Morgenthau in Constantlnin assist ng in the departure of . Mallet, the British ambassador irKey. Sir Mallet was prevented lea\ing until Mr. Morgenthan rened.