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Witt You Buy j Tl , VOL. 13, NO. 2, SEMI-\ STRANGE WORLD THAT " GERMANS WILL ENTER" AFTER WAR ENDS THEY tlj WILL BE OUTCASTS. fl? vo 8a Rtedfield Points Out We No ? Longer Depend on Teutons m for Dyes and Potash. g| eh nr New York Oct. 18.?What a dif- * ferent world of trade this will be af- . SI ( or tho uror uroa nlotn en/1 tkn I ' ? **? ?? uo piviui ovi iu ill's Southern Commercial congress here *w tonight by Secretary Redfield in an ^ address telling of the cutting of the threads of Germany's foreign commerce by her own act, and of the ar awakening of America and her al- p lies to the danger of having their 8'' industries dependent upon foreign lo and possibly unfriendly sources of cl1 supply. "When peace shall come and her tr merchants take up the task of re- ( '' storing Germany's ruined commerce they will find that It is a 111 strange world which they seek to re- to enter," said the secretary. "There <a will be difficulties in the path of the 01 future peaceful penetration of which rr xney seem not to dream. Commercial frightfulness, like its mill-; In tary namesake, will have passed th away. ,or "It will hardly be said again to nx , any secretary of commerce of the 1? United States that the German dye- th stuff will not 'permit' the establish- w ment of an American dyestuff in- ^ y dustry. The monopolies on which ^ German foreign commerce in large fr part seemed to rest secure have fe passed away. Our friends beyond bt the sea and we ourselves have learn- sa ed the danger of having our indus- pi tries wholly dependent on foreign w sources of supply which may become w unfriendly. b? Germany's ljost Commerce. hi "It is pitiful to read extracts from cc the German press which seem to el show that they expect to take up T1 the task of rebuilding their com- w merce where they laid It down. They a reckon the world's demand for pot_ to ash as a purely German asset. It w was so, but it is no longer. Thev pi were the world's source of dyestuffs, m That opportunity has gone. It was they to whom the world looked for C< optical glass. We do not look there now. They were the source of supply of chemical porcelain. We make T1 il today as well as they. "I need not tell you of the commercial value of what we call 'good will' or point the ad-vantage of doing business as 'a going concern.' ta The great markets of the world have se # been and are to be fonnd among the th natldns who have parted company to with Germany in the present strug- st gle. Her past markets have been j fo found among them. The peoples of i rii these lands are not likely by one j til common Impulse to turn quickly to (ar , Germany for a renewal of the com- re mercial Intercourse which was bro- Pi ken by her act. It must be renewed under circumstances of peculiar er hardship. th "As it will be a strange world up- fo on which the German merchant will er look out when war shall close, so let pr me add It will be In a large measure ha a strange world upon which the ?]{ American merchant will look out at he the same time. When embargoes ti are over and trading with the enemy er acts slfall have ceased to trouble, an we also shall see things differently. The noveltv will not on our nart ? - ? - x,h arise from separation but the re- du yerse. We have gained and are gaining a better understanding of bu the world we live In. Scales of RO provincialism have fallen from our W| eyes. ftn We (Jet a New Vision. fn "When our sons have fought And ru died together with those of Great *<., Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and ?. our other honored friends, things rei cannot be as they were before that a i k happened. Each knows the other asi * better than he did. Old lines of sep- ,pr aration have gone. Our vision is en- thi larged. Applied to commerce this sh, means that we understand other peoples and their needs better and thi know better what we do to supply tut them. Our men with vision are lo< reaching out Into all the lands. sp "In the coming days when nor- frl 4 Liberty Bom HIE L VEEKLY. HIVATE BRUTALLY WHIPPED, STORY TOLD ABOUT OAMP1 vcHtigation of Alleged Brutal! Trout llll'lll <lf KnMlor II* Com.. Wads worth. Spartanburg, Oct. 18.?An inves?ation is in progress In the 106th sld artillery, the old Second, in. living an alleged brutal whipping id to have been administered to -ivate Otto Gottschalk, of Battery last Saturday by four non-comis8loned officers, said to be acting ider orders of Capt. Howard E. illivan. The nature of Gottsialk'8 offense is not revealed and > official comment is to be had on e matter further than the admisan than investigation is in progress id a report on the whole matter! ill be submitted to Brig. Gen.j liliips. According to the story going ound camp. Gottschalk was strip- j id and beaten by the non-commisoned officers while Capt. Sullivan oked on the performance. Gottsialk was confined to his tent this ternoon and showed signs of his eatment by bruises on his hands. ipt. Sullivan when asked for aj atement. declined to discuss the: atter and referred newspaper men | Capt. Freganiere, the regimen- j 1 adjutant, who also expressed the linion that the public was not conirned in the incident. Col. Geo. A. Wingate, who is actg commander of the brigade, said ie matter had been reported to him ? Sunday and as brigadier com-1 ander he had reported the affair Gen. Phillips. Col. Wingate said ie report of the matter, together ith recommendations, will go to ie commanding general. From some of Captain Sullivan's lends it was learned that his dense will be that Gottschalk had sen a repeated offender against the initary regulations of the commy, that he had been repeatedly arned. and that his last offense as of such a serious nature as to ? very provoking. Captain Sullivan, s friends say. ordered four nonimmissioned officers to give Gottslallc a bath, but did not witness it. here are enlisted men, however, ho insist that Gottschalk was given severe beating, after being made drink from a ditch full of dirty ater. and that Captain Sullivan was esent aJl the time and urged the en on. * DTTONSKEO PROIHTKRS CONSVI.TI\(i OFFICIAI.H heir Misapprehension as to Price Fixing Removed by Food Administration. "Washington, Oct. 18.?Representees of the producers of cottoned. the ginners, the crushers and le refiners, have been in Washmgn during the past two days cojvilting with members of the federal od administration regarding the lies to he put into effect whereby le glnners, crushers and refiners e to operate under the license alady issued by proclamation of the resident. There seems to haver been considable misapprehension regarding e question of price fixing. The od administration has not consided, nor does it Intend to, fixing ices of the products. Its activities; ive to do solely In this case with the! Imlnatlon of speculation and' tardlng of cottonseed products. | ?e license rules now beine consld ed hare to do with this problem d there la no consideration being ren any question of fixing prices ton cottonseed or any of the procts derived therefrom. The conference is still in progress, t It is expected that by tomorrow me constructive recommendations II be made that will be of asslsvce to the food administration in lining proper regulations ana les governing the sale of cottoned and Its products. itrlcted conditions we recognize as matter of course, that the nations toclated with us In this war are! eparing for their proper share of s world's business when the war nil close. "Believing as we do, however, at commerce is not war but mu. a) intercourse to mutual gain, we )k without fear and with strong proval upon every effort of our ends to renew commercial and in I And Draw Inte &NCAS . LANCASTER, S. C.. FF [SUMMED WAR COS! RUS 160 MILLIONS DAILY PL \ UNITED STATES BEARS A SUN rULKTM Ul4 TOTAL. Up to This This Cost to the Teut World Has Been Over . t< $100,000,000,000. New York, Oct. 18.?The war is' Th costing the belligerent nations of on th the world at the rate of $ 160,000,_i (; 000 a day?$6,500,000 an hour? burg, and the United States is paying at still least one-quarter of this staggering rious sum, according to estimates made by! as fa the Mechanics and Metals National, sers bank of New York. The estimated I phelb daily cost at the beginning of the Atter war was $50,000,000 and a year ter t ago it was $100,000,000. This1 jn tti country's rate of expenditure is1 Dago greater than any other nation. Great with Britain being second and Germany Russl next. naval uy* next August, according to the | the ( bank figures, the total cost to theitle a world will be $ 1 .in,000,000.000. Al- Huss ready expenditures have exceeded | As $100,000,000,000 of which all but made a fraction has been translated into landi permanent national indebtedness. Ilara Interest on public debt is now cal- sian culated to be more than 10 per cent fort 1 of the normal income of the Ger- or Fi man people, as compared with less heavi than one-half of one per cent in the tensi case of the people of this country. | hefor The developed national wealth of madf j the allies is placed at $000,000,- Keva I 000,000 by the bank, while that of In I the teutonic powers is given as.tions ' $130,000,000,000. I temp About 53,000,000 men are today engaged in the war. To what ex- p .tent the entente allies have gained , a,wa superiority over Germany is shown fnntr by the bank in striking fashion. have With no more than 2.000,000 of r?hls ] American manhood enlisted, the to-| wore tal military strength of the allies is priso 33,000,000, against a total for Ger- takei Imnnv Allatrio-IIninrni-.- T> .. 11 Af I .? ..uup,u J , IMII^UIIU land Turkey of 20,000,000. The hPnv population of fourteen entente al- sumc i Ilea, from which the ranks of their Gern armies may he replenished, is alto, pecla i pether 1,300,000,000, apainst a pop- "'11 ulatlon of less than 150,000,000 in 'kerf the central European nations. i tivitj * I Pr ] ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF mad< BONDS TO CORPORATIONS A,lat hip t Undistributed Funds May Br In- an<^ vrst?l in the Roods mid are I'^iw tiller of Tax While Money is Xou heav been The attractive feature of Liberty ters. Bonds to corporations as an invest- strori 1 nient is the fact that the povern- brok ment has recently issued a circular pun explaininp that "the new tax law offen provides for an additional tax of 10 to tli per cent upon the amount remaininp Th undistributed six months after the are 1 end of each calendar or fiscal vear.i tics of the total net income of every Teuti corporation, joint stock company, or heav; association, or insurance company or la received durinp the year. The law consi distinctly provides, however, that [ test this tax shall not apply to that por-1 been tion of such undistributed net ln-|who come which is actually invested or dos, employed in the business, or is re- prlso talneij for employment in the reas- Th onable requirements of the business, Chan; or is invested in oblipations of the sunk United States issued after Septera-!a los ber 1, 1917." I The It is this last sentence that should Repoi appeal strongly to corporations, as it to ha means that If a corporation has un-'crew distributed profits for the year of1 $10,000, It would be subject to a i 1 tax of $1,000 but If this $10,000 was; invested In the Second Liberty Loan Subm 4's. It would be free from such td*-| atlon. I I-oi ^ , mercl NO PROHIBITION IN IOWA. ' were the U State-Wide Amendment Killed, Ac- ment cording to latent Upturns night, Dea Moines, Iowa, Oct. 18.?Iowa Six citizens apparently have declined to one fl bind themselves to State.wlde prohibition. ^according to late returns < tonight received from all but three Chi counties in the State. The count of Jamei votes gives 197,279 against and busim 196,341 for the proposed constltu- Chlca tional prohibition amendment. Stat- Red < utory prohibition now prevails in whlct ? "wj i. * '! hi * ' . ?-- ? *-??fr" # rest Or Pay The ITER I MDAY, OCT. 19, 1917. 1SIAN SOLDIERS ARE MAV IRSUED BY GERMANS Concord IMARY OF ACTIVITIES varl-colon A TTHE FRONT. Means t{ relations rich worn ons Take Arenburg But At- f*rinp" ? to save ni empts to Enter Gulf of Th,s w todav bv Rega Frustrated. of two N< been reta to fight 1 e German forces which landed former h ie island of Oesel at the head of a]ieKod "s ?it or Riga have captured Aren- j%vo trunk capital of the island, and are man, corr pursuing the Russians at va- antj Oaste places. Aiding the operations testament r as possible are German crui- eurities," and torpedo boats, which have $3 20,000. ad coast batteries and towns, npts by the German fleet to en- Receiver he Gulf of Riga or to operate NfiW ^ le waters between Oesel and peter8f ar island, however, are meeting appoin'ted resistance respectively from the of (hp lan land batteries and Russian ^aude ^ I units. In the latter region. deRth U1 lermans declined to accept bat- sjances a nd retired in the face of the 29 jast, j ian warships. ton B yet no attempts have been jn jajl > by the Germans to effect a fh<> 0},arp ng on the coast of Esthonia and Thp ap ss the right flank of the Rub- w&g qn a army, and neither has any ef- Robtn8on, Imen made to penetrate the Gulf BouSehol< Inland, the waters of which are (|00 a|uJ ( IIy mined and will require in- {y vaults ve mine sweeping operations assets iTl e a naval demonstration can bo gp(s for(h t against the important port of ' GOV. Flanders no military operann n lari'O sralo Vinvo tioo" ? - ted. but the big guns are car. ^'"s ' ?ut reciprocal bombardments ' reat violence, like those which Vs precede the starting of an in- The Ce y offensive. The ttrltish troops nm,ee.- of carried out several successful ernors of . in which severe casualties ,(> ,be ,a inflicted on the Germans and . rtv *'oar ners and machine gnns were is the rer a. Carolina: ter the lapse of two days the II is e y artillery duels have been re- ?!'e 1 >d between the French and the ?ial RUPP( lans on the Verdun front, es- behintldly to the north of the famous ,)y bu '144. Also on the Aisne front jseoon<1 ol ! is considerable artillery ac- ?ur ba,r ' sufllcient eparntions apparently are helng H,,t' ,: ? along the Julian front of the h"'1 ,hat ro-ltalian theatre for another m<'nt bo' tattle. In the Rrestovlzza valley ''onon several other sectors the ar- <'ent> nn(' y of hoth sides is engaged in ,axat>?n, y fighting and there also have PXCP"ent sharp reeonnoitering encoun- anc' secu In the Rrestvovizza valley a tain'nP a ig attack by the Austrlans was Wi,h en up by the Italian machine |and flne 2 Are, as likewise were attempted ,nftrs and sives front the west of Flondar j more rafi ie head of the Adriatic sea. | foro- Th e entente allies in Macedonia w? show <eeplng up their harassing tac-J munity tl against positions held by the *avi,|K a> r>nlc allies, dally throwing! ,PI paj v bombardments against them |' 1111 unehing Infantry attacks of;W,l> for ' derable proportion. The la- ,*iat 11laV of these latter operations has sa'vin*; carried out by Scottish troops. 'or t^ein' raided the village of llonion-! ""'ir fufl near Seres, and captured 14* evfJ,yone ners and three machine guns. wiR l>e a e British mercantile cruiser 7fin" R w ipagne has been torpedoed and',,',est {n and an enemy submarine with ! ('eePf>r I)a s of five officers and 51 men. I Sur^ ai British mine sweeping sloop a*,rao,'vp nla is overdue and is believeo '?Yal an<* .ve been lost with her entire! ^i,"R jfield. | Yo IVKbVE VF.SSKLS SI NK. j RI( artne Take Another flood Toll of Ships During Week. idon. Oct. 18.?Twelve British , The fnl lant vessels of over 1,600 tons statement sunk by mine or submarine in an<^ uode ist week according to the state- aml Soi,th of the British Admiralty to-1 | Loans i vessels under 1.600 tons and 1917. shlng vessel were sunk. In North < ~ ^ In South < "hamplon Knitter Is Man. Loans i Icago. Oct. 18.?Frank N. ber 13. 1 ?, sixty-five years old. a retired in North ess man. Is champion knitter,of in South go. He has turned into the Loans -ross half a dozen pairs of sox 13, 1917. i are admittedly the most per in North I'S -f ' " r*T ' Amount In Tax tews $2.1 ZSXX^Sj PARI (t^nc<> Worth !fct2<i ?hm? it I - - it Down From New Aj I If York in Trunks. llLLIL ??? I. N. C., Oct. 18.?The Jd past of Gaston B. PROBABLE )gether with his business NOT 1 with Mrs. Maude King, an he is accused of muray be bared by the defense m from the electrict chair. Belie\ed Th; as believed indicated here ?h< the presence on the scene \v York lawyers, who had Name Ined in Mrs. King's behalf 'or added millions of her usband's estate under the Washington. second will." They brought tatives of the s of papers of the dead wo- participate in espondenoe between her lied conference in Means, the alleged later al authorities , and a safety box of "se- from conflrmin valued, it was said, at can participati ing, Vice-Adml sador William for Mrs. King's Estate. Paid to be the rork, Oct. 18.?Curtis a (,<'legate8, i attorney of this city, was j A report th temporary receiver today confidential ad lew York estate of Mrs. dent, will go t . King, who was shot to ference could nder mysterious circum-i Secretary of t Concord. N. C.. August asked whether ind for whose death Gas- resented, said: ?ans, her business agent, is "The matte: Concord awaiting trial on tion." e of murder. 0 Secret arv ol pointment of Mr. Peters . . ... to discuss pe pplication of Mrs. Anna L. , , question of wh Mrs. King's mother.:. , * .... branch of the 1 furniture valued at $25,- ., . it was general leposits in banks and safe- (lepartment th in this city constitute the wou,(, ,)p the , this State, the application ^+ participation \ MAXXINfi'S >IKSSA(iE. ,cial ?eQuaintec America wfl ., .... ... .... limited way. 1-armor* \\ liy I hey Should ? . i. . i, . the conference Buy Liberty Bonds. sented at all. ntral Liberty Loan com- CU8sions of m Richmond asked the gov- against An several States for messages f rmers bearing on the Lib_ n"' 1,1h',rt> i Bonds, and the following h* >,sar w>*h ( ly of the governor of South To Biscuss Mi ssential that our arm.ies in t'onsiderabh t>e given the complete finan- American dele >rt of the many who remain military and This can be done effective-. west. The r ying each his share of the American nav Bering of Liberty Bonds, by the know] iotism alone should be a lated of Eurc incentive. abroad and b tying patriotism aside, we partment hen an investment in govern- tion brought 1 ids is a good business ac- In the tradi wing interest at four per tions the Unil being practically free from commanding i government bonds are an the market pi investment. Their value is in a legal rit v o a /ir*llo4fkwnl ! ? 1 * ,.v ?lo in uu- wnere she cj loan is unquestioned. pleases with fair yield of money crops As far as th? yield of food crops, our far- their problem: people, generally will have dence upon J h available than ever be-, he dealt with le duty is compelling that than by any r th epeople of every com- conference, bt re wisdom and necessity of trnls probably id investing their surplus, ant chapter of ing their debt9, in safe se- nation natural ind to be prepared in this a large extent my necessity or emergency conference, confront them. The habit important p is a most important lesson !>nf,jVO nnd p; and if acquired, \sill mean American troc lire success. Hesides this. rU8Sjon> ] who holds a Liberty Ilond American dele better and more loyal citi- pjace before tl rill mean a more ardent in- ^.finite staten i the government, and a of (helr oxper trlotism. pect to be abl i investment is specially ? - way Dy April, to our farmers, always patriotic, and upon whom \jr\v PRAF1 burden of maintaining our May Conscript urs very truly, to p 'HARD I. MANNING, Washington. Governor. ment to the dl "?" * between the ai Farm ls?ans. jpct to conB(.r lowing is a comparative duced Jn cong of farm loans, both closed K h f Calif r consideration. In North i Carolina, up to trie pies- pongressmar ng Republican closed up to October affairs co tive in guiding "arolina. . . .$168,135.00 through congn Carolina. . . . 218.215.00 department off eady to close up to Octo- Ing the draft t 917. i "What we Carolina. . . $144.210.00' drop in the b Carolina. . . . 79,776.00 explaining the approved up to October ( draft ages. i must be furnl Carolina. . . f 1.5 1 6.991 ."0 >j>nd any real ? es-Which? 00 A YEAR fICIPATE IN ^CONFERENCE PERSONNEL IS DISCLOSED. at Pershing, Sims' irp Would Be d Delegates. Oct. 18.?RepresenUnited States may the forthcoming ali in Paris, but federcarefully refrained g the report of Amerion. General PershIral Sine; and Ambasi Graves Sharp were most likely American at Col. E. M. House, Iviser of the Presio Europe for the connot be confirmed. State Lansing, when America will be repr i.s under considera? f War Baker refusecf irsonalities when the 0 would represent that service came up, but lv believed around the at General Pershinp. nan. ig outline of Ameflca'g vas drawn by an offi1 with the situation: 1 participate in only a At certain sessions of she will not be repreFor instance, in dis? ilitarv schemes directstria. Bulgaria or Tur! representatives could as this country i.s not Germany's allies, litnry and Naval Plan* in West. p part will be taken by gates in discussions of naval plans in tho epresentative of the y will be guided both ledge he has accunm>pean conditions while y orders from the de; based upon informa>ack by Admiral Mayo- m ? and economic discusted States will have a. aart. This nation is lace of the world, and ly intrenched position in do any thing she her food and produce. ; allies are concerned,, s in relation to depentmerican supplies will? in Washington, rather esolutions of the Paris ut treatments of neuwill form an import' the sessions, and this ly would he guided to by the decisions of the. lans for the spring of_ artiripation therein of >ps will he under disbelieved here and the^ (gates will he able to he allied war chiefs a lent of what, in view ience so far, they exe to do in a military + r IjAW PKOPf**HitMen From Eight<vi? 'orty Years. Oct. 18.?An amend?aft law to make menr res of 18 and 40 sub iption will be intro:ress by fongressmai* ornia, when the eon_ December. i Kahn. who ia rankmember of the milimmlttee and waa acv the present draft bill psasa. will eonault war ictala before completrtf hla amendment, have done la only a ucket." Raid Kahn In need for changing the Men. money and food ehed by America belization of the people