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TIIK VOTK OWV<"l.\Al<V GOUNTKD shown 11,7*5 Vote?) ior Prohibition OMI ni Total of 58,512. Columbia, Sept. 110. Official re- , turns from all the counties in the State show thal State-wide prohibi tion rallied by a majority of 24,942 j in Hi?- referendum election on this, subject on the l illi of September. Thc total vole wan 58.542, Of which 4 1,7:15 were for prohibition and 16,-| 5 Oil for local option. Only two conn lies voled "wot," Charleston and Dor chester. Marlboro is the banner pro hibition county. 828 votes for prohi bition to only :ts against, lt is in teresting to note that Marlboro is one of the two counties in South Carolina which never had a dispensary. The largest number of votes for prohibition was in CS reen ville, where 4,090 ballots were cast for prohibi tion to 1,028 against. The returns have been compiled by Secretary of "State lt. M. McCown and all that is necessary now is for the ? formal declaration of the result, en der the law if there is not a quorum of the board of canvassers present the Lieutenant Governor is called In, and the law says the board "as then or ganized" shall declare the result. Lieutenant Governor Dothen was call ed in by the Secretary of Slate and the board thus organized recessed, waiting on the returns from Marion and Clarendon. These ?ame in this morning and Secretary McCown tele phoned to the Lieutenant Governor, hut he is out of the State. The Sec retary of Slate then asked ibo Attor ney General to rule whether he would have to await the return of Mr. Be thell or whether a majority of the board of canvassers could declare '.he result. The State board of canvass ers bas been called to meet October .Mil Following is the vote by counties: Counties Orv. Wet. Abbeville. 7 2 3 246 Aiken . 1,126 ?15 Anderson . 1,985 SIT Bamberg. tis 232 Barnwell. 543 488 Beaufort. 203 164 Berkeley. 248 186 Calhoun. 346 185 Charleston . :!7<> i* .007 Cherokee. 1.2 up 259 Chester. ?s ii r> 234 Chesterfield. SST 196 Clarendon. ."..">?? 157 Collelon. 801 226 Darlington . 1,152 149 Dillon . 494 162 Dorchester. 154 197 ridgefield. 7 10 Tn Fairfield. 153 I3S Florence. 1,514 362 Georgetown . :> 19 151 Greenville. 4,090 1,028 ( ! reen wood. I. I T 2 234 Hampton. 5 4 5 L' 2 T I lorry . . St! I 727 .Lisper. 152 10 Kershaw. 020 335 Lancaster . 989 202 Laurens. 1,416 370 Lee. 473 23 ti Lexington.1 . 105 ">7l! Marion. 604 lit Marlboro. S 2 s ;!S Newberry. 1.1 To l?'.iS Oconee. I. io? KCJ Orangeburg. 1,4 15 493 Pickens. 1,028 315 Richland. 1,257 784 Saluda. TS7 136 Spartanburg. :'.,::::s 1,251 Sumter. t. li i'll Cn ion . 1.281 127 Williamsburg. 565 I 32 York. 813 161 Totals . 41 .Tl'.." ? C.809 One of the new farm tractors is featured by a gasoline motor run ning inside a large wheel, which, it moves over the ground. KAT Bl<; M HA LS ! NO sot lt. ACID STOMACH, INDIGESTION nit GAS. '.Rain's Dinpcpsin" is Quickest, Sur est Stomach lt? lief Known. Try lt ! Time it! Rape's Dinpepsin will digest anything you eat and over come a sour, gussy or out-of-order stomach surely within five minutes. If your meals don't tit comfortably. <>:. what you eat lies like a lump of ?ead in your stomach, or If you have heartburn, that ls a sign of indiges I ion. Get from your pharmacist a 50 cent case of Rape's Diapepsin and lake a dose just as soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heart burn, fullness or heavy feeling in tho stomach, nausea, debilitating head aches, dizziness or Intestinal griping. This will all go, and. besides, lhere will be no sour food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with : auseous odors. Rape's Diapepsin is a certain cure ?or out-of-order stomachs, because it takes hold of your food and digests :t just the same as if your stomach wasn't there. Relief in (Ive minutes from all stomach misory is waiting for you at any drug store. These large 50-cenl cases contain enough Rapes Dla peppin to keep the entire family free from stomach dis orders and indigestion for many months, lt belongs in your home. - Adv. The European \? I'renell 4 la i ins Denied. London, Sept. 2!?. The allies' great offensive in Artois und Cham pagne, according to French accounts, has brought further gains in both areas, but this is denied by the (?er ma us. lu Artois the French claim to have reallied Hill 1 IO, which is directly east ul Vimy and is the culminating paint ol' the crests named after tba*, town. The importance af the hill lies in the fad that it commands the plains to ?he east, the network of roads and the railway which inns from Lons southward. So far as Champagne is concerned the French appear to be making their chief effort towards the railway junc tion north of Massignes, which ac counts for the desperate ?'(Torts of i he Hermans lo stem the tide, and for the (Town Prince's counterstroke in the Argonne, as this railway con nects the Herman army in the Ar gonne willi it* base at Vou/.iers. Heaviest of Drive. Perhaps the heaviest lighting since i he battles began is now going on. for the British ure attacking thc (?orinan third line of defense south of La Bassee Canal ami the Her mans have brought np reinforce ments against both the British and French and are making every effort ?o retrieve lost ground. Dispatches from Holland say Belgium ha? been denuded of troops, while Herman de tachments are being rushed from the east to meet what is now known lo be I lie greatest effort made in thc west since the armies took U| their present position from Belgium to Switzerland. The Hermans are trying to divert ibo allies by a great artillery bom bardment north and south of Cue Aisne, inn Hie French are striving wirb all the forces at their command at * be points selected. Emperor in Charge. lt is reported that the Herman Em peror has arrived at the western front and that la- has already dis missed some of his generals for al lowing their lines to be pressed back almost to the breaking point. Despite the transfer of some troops to the west, the (lennans con tinue to strike hard at the Russians. Von Hindenburg is delivering heavy strokes against Dvinsk, while his col league on his right is pushing for ward to the east of Vlleika and Mo- ', lodechno in an attempt io turn t he Russian position, and has reached a J point north ol' Minsk, while another! army is advancing from the south-1 west. Von Mackensen and Crime Leo pold apparently are inactive, owing doubtless to she* marshes which are now i inpassable, bm von Linsingen still is pressing hard on the Russians in Vol hy nia. Allies Mainltiin Hains. Paris, Sept. 21?. Continuous fight- , illg has been in progress all day on , : he heights between Souciiez and ; Vimy, where Hie allie.l forres have! maintained all their positions, ac cording to to-night's French war of- : tice statement The statement also : reports further gains north of Mas signes. The Statement reads: 'In Champagne the struggle isl still violent before the positions to which the enemy bas fallen back, as well as for the reduction of a salient north ol' Mesnil, where parties of Hermans still hold out. "We have made progress on the slopes ol thc Talune Hill and in the neighborhood of the village, and also north of Massignes. "A bombardment intense on both sides has occurred in the forest of Le detre and in the forest of A pro meut." A list linns Dress Hard. Rom?'. Sept. 2??.- The war o til ce communication to-day says: "In the Tokiuo sector the enemy has pressed harder and harder on the santa Mai'a height. He attempt ed during the night of the 27th-28th and that ol tia- 28th-2iUh two sur prise attacks on our positions, but was repulsed on each occasion. "Last night our mountain detach ments attacked enemy positions on i he spurs of Monte Nero, descending toward Tolmilio, and succeeded in forcing him back nt .several points, indicting heavy losses ann taking (?fi prisoners a id two machine guns." Italian Ship Wrecked. Rome. Sept. 29.- The Italian bat tleship Benedetto Brin, on board which yesterday there w .s a violent explosion after a fire, is badly wreck ed but still afloat, according to The Messager:). lt is rumored that the accident was duo to the short circuit ing of ! n elei trie wire. Work of 'baring away the wreckage is pro ceeding actively. Several guns have laen taken out and preparations are being made to lift out the bigger ones. French Heneral ll urti. Barls, Sept. He ?. Cr?mor was seriously wounded at the Sa to ry . amp while watching experiments with explosives. He and his staff J ar Day by Day. officers were hurled .some distance . when a mine was exploded acciden- j tally. One of (Jen. Crenier's thighs , was broken and he was badly burned, j while his companions suffered less serious injuries. Mulgaria lo linter 15th. Paris, Sept. L".?. "Mulgaria and the central powers have concluded a precise agreement, according to au- . thorilative Information," says the corresponden I at Saloniki, (?reece, of The Temps "I nder this agreement ! Bulgaria wlli enter the war on Octo ber 15th." '.Closing In," Says Officer. Athens, Sept. 29.- "I believe we ; are on thc ove uf the most important operations of the war, namely, the landing of troops in Macedonia to begin the march not so much on Con stantinople ns on Merlin," said an officer attached to the general staff of the British army on the Gallipoli Peninsula who has come to Athens from the Dardanell front. "The two offensivi i o rees are grad ually closing In," he added Mohammedan engineer's Treachcdy? Merlin, Sept. 29.-The sinking of a British transport with the loss of all except a few members of the crew is reported in a dispatch from Con stantinople to the Overseas News Agency. "A special dispatch from Constan tinople gives reports about Moham medan troubles in India," says the news agency. "lt says that a British transport was sunk by a Mohamme dan engineer, who died with th? troops. Only a few members of the crew escaped." Austrians Report Activity. Vienna, Sept. To-night's offi cial coinmunicatioi reads: 'The situation in east Galicia and along the Ikwa river js unchanged Our fire dispersed an enemy detach ment which attempted an attack against, out entanglement west ol Tarnopol. "In the \'olhynian foi tress district our troops dislodged the enemy from all his rearguard oositions organized wost of Putilowka. Moro to the north they stormed the stubbornly defended village of Moguslaw. In Lithunin the day was quiet. "In Italian war theater: In the Stilfser .loch region our artillery lire destroyed several enemy guns. An Italian attack against tin- plateau of Vielgereuth, north of Monte Cost?n, . idlapsed after a short fire. "In the afternoon a very violent gun fire started against Mo/.livrh and To i mino bridgehead. In de evening an attack followed against th'" mountain and Dolje. Moth attacks were repulsed before our entangle ments. Near Dolje our troops imme diately ejected the enemy who had penetrated the entanglements al spots which they had destroyed by their ti!* Wo (Irmly hold all our po sitions there." Pie liing Duck the Turks. Condon, Sept. 29. Tho British have won an important success in Mesopoi a mia. The Turks are in full retreat toward Magdad, and British troops are pursuing the retreating Turks. Announcement to this effect was made In the House of Commons to day by Austen Chamberlain, Secre tary of State for India. Mr. Chamberlain read telegrams from Gen. Nixon, commanding the forces in Mesopotamia, relating the outcome of the recent lighting. Cen. Nixon reported that one position carried by the British constituted a long line of defenses astride the Ti gris Uiver. At a point seven miles east of Kut-Kl-Amara two brigades crossed the river from the right Ha it k. and by a forced march reached the left wing of the Turkish position, carrying il by assault. My nightfall the whole position had been carried. The Turkish losses in dead are de scribed as very se\ere The Turks clung to their trenches with the greatest tenacity and dey wore tilled with corpses when the British finally carried I hem. A num ber of guns, many rides, several hun dred prisoners and a quantity of am munition were captured. Cen Nixon gives tho British casualties "as un der 600." Two British (?ener?is hilled. Condon, Sept. 30.- - The Bril ish casualties in the recent offensive ac tion on the western from included Lieut. Cen. Sir Thompson Capper ind Major Gen. <;. H. Thesiger, , ?th killed. Hen. Cappel, who was born in 1808, commanded the Thirteenth In fantry Brigade from 1911 lo IHI4, and then was appointed an inspector of Infantry. Ile had been given the distinguished service order and 've rn 1 other medals for his gallantry. Hen. Thesiger had been promoted several times since the war Ingall. Ile was born in 1868 and was tho son of Lieut. Hon. C. W. Thesiger. Ile served in Ibo Nile expedition ()f I89S, and in tho South African war. Ho was inspector general of tho King's African Rifles from 1909 to 1913. j Russian Repulses and Gains. Petrograd, Sept. 29.-The officiai communication from headquarters is- 1 sued to-night reads as follows: "111 the Argonne, northwest of I Friedrichstadt, ineffectual German attacks were delivered at Liqger and j Tehouksh, northwest of Birshaien. | Tho attacks were repulsed by artil lery tire. I "At Dvinsk there has been a con tinuous cannonade. The German at tacks on the front comprising G he te ll ie, Swenton Lake and Medmoussi Lake were repulsed hy our lire. The lighting continues. Minor actions have been fought in the region of Kozhianj. "In the region north of Krewo and southeast of Osmiana the enemy at tacked energetically and drove back tho Russians somewhat. South of the Pripet the enemy attacked several times at Ciartorisk. At first all at tacks were repulsed, but with the aid of reinforcements the enemy con trived to repulse the Russians on the right bank of the Styr. The village of Novo Alexiniee was thrice attacked by the enemy on Tuesday under j cover of a hurricane of artillery fire. ? The enemy was repulsed on every oc casion by the Russians' concentrated artillery and rifle fire. "In the region of Koa pen ?nt zo on tho SI riiia wost of Tarnopol, there was progressive artillery fire. In the course of terrible lighting the Rus sians occupied the enemy's trenches and also one of his fortified positions west of Chodachkow. In continuation of a further offensive the Russians, after strong artillery preparation, rushed to the attack, and, (loaring the entanglements, captured the en- ? cray's trenches east of Koupchintze." ? (?orinan Second Lines Pierced. Paris, Sept. 30.---In continuation of the general offensive movement on the western front the French have captured an important defensive tvork of the (iermans south of Ripont, it was officially announced to-day. ? In the Champagne French troops have gained a footing at various points on the (?crinan second line of ' defense. The text of the statement follows: [ "The only resistance of ;he enemy in Hie Arto s district has been a very ; violent bombardment of our new po sitions to the east of Souciiez. "in the Champagne district we have secured a footing at several points in the trenches of tho German second line of defense to the west of Hutte de Talune and to the west of the Navarin farm. At this latter point certain detachments of our troops made their way through and resolutely advanced beyond the Ger man lilies, bu it was impossible for them to maintain this advance be cause of a curtain of lire maintained hy tho German artillery, ?ts well ;is a very violent Hanking rille fire. Our men. however, held (irmly the points conquered by them on the second lino of tho enemy. "To the south of Ripon! we have enlarged and completed our conquest of the first line of German positions hy taking possession of a portion of the important supporting works known locally as tho 'Ouvrage de la | D?faite.' (The defeat earthworks.) "In spite of most unfavorable at-! mospheric conditions our air squad- ' rons yesterday bombarded tin.' lines I of communication behind the German ' front. Shells were thrown down on the railroad stations in the valley of La Suippe at. Baseancourt, W.niier ville, Pout Paverger and st. Illlaire Le-Petit, as well as upon a German column marching near Somme-Py." Admits Success for Allies. Berlin, Sept. 20.-Loss of another position in France to the allies, as a result of the great battle now in pro gress. is announced in the official statement from the war office to-day. The Germans lost Hill I 9 I. Hill No. 19 1 is a position in the Champagne region north of the town of Massiges. "Western theater ol' war: Yester day the enemy continued his attempts to break through our lines only in the Champagne region. "South ol' the Menln-Ypres road a position occupied hy two Knglish companies was blown up. "North of Loos our counter attach progressed slowly. "Southeast of Souche/, tho French succeeded in penetrating our linos in two small sections. Righting con tinues. "A French attack south of Arras easily was repulsed. "Patties between Rheims and tho Argonne were very hitter. South of St. Marie-Py an enemy brigade broke through our outer lines of trenches and came in touch with our reserves, which during tho counter attack cap tured SOO prisoners and destroyed the ot hors. "All French attacks between Ihe Somme Py-Souain high road and the Challerange-St. Menehould railway were repulsed partly yesterday after bitter hand-to-hand fighting, in which tho enemy suffered heavy losses. Karly to-day a strong enemy attack < on Hu; trout northeast of Massiges broke down. North ot Massiges. Hill No. 191, which was very much ex posed to the enemy's flanking fire, was lost. "On the other front artillery duels and mining engagements ot varying ? intensity took place. "Eastern theater ol' war: South of Dvinsk we torced the enemy back ' into the marshes and lakes to the ' east of Wessulowo. Cavalry engage- j monts between Cake Dristiata and j the region of I'ostaway were success ful for us. 'Cast of Smorgon we broke through the enemy positions by storm. One thousand prisoners, in j eluding seven officers, were taken j ?ind six cannon and lour machine guns were captured. South of Smor gon the battle continues. "Enemy attacks against immy sec tions of the front were repulsed with sanguinary losses. "On Ibo Upper Kunnin the Rus sians were driven back in an easterly direction. About SOO prisoners were taken. Two Russian aeroplanes were sn< ? down." New Progress by thc French. Paris, Oct. I.- New progress for the allied troops in Hie Civenchy wood, the capture ^t additional Cer n?an machine gillis ?md prisoners in the Champagne region and the stop ping of ?i German bombardment in the Argonne by a French counter of fensive are recorded in to-night's French official communication. Tho statement says: "Some new progress has been real ized in the southern part of the Ci venchy wood (Artois). "To the east of Souche/, we have made prisoners of Ol members ol' the Prussian Guard ?uni set free some French prisoners, who had been in the hands of the Germans since September 29. "In Champagne a sudden attack between Auberive and Lepire de Ve- j degrange has enabled us to take from the enemy more machine guns and , about 30 prisoners. "The Germans have directed on some of our new positions an inter mittent bombardment, in which they used shells which caused irritation of the eyes and made them run water. Our batteries have efficaciously re sponded. "A violent bombardment of our 1 trenches in the Argonne north of La ; Hullette has been stopped by our ef ficacious fire from bomb-throwers on the German trenches. "Some shells have been thrown, from a longe range, on Verdun and Nonieny by the enemy batteries, which were immediately counter-at-1 tacked by ou r tin illerj . "We have, on our part, cannonad ed at long range some trains in the station at Vigneulles les llattonacha tel and caused two violent explosions. "Two Cern?an counter attacks have been delivered, one against a fort, which we conquered yesterday in the forest of Civenchy; the other against the trenches to the south of Hill I IP, where French troops had installed themselves. Fach one of these attacks was conclusively re pulsed. "in Hu- Champagne district our fire put a definite check to a Cern?an counter-attack in the vicinity of Mai sons de Champagne. "The number of prisoners made yesterday evening during our ad vance to the north ol' Massiges is 280, including six officers." Germans Cain Near Coos. Herlin. Oct. 1. The British have ceased their attacks and the Ger mans have made further progress north of Coos, the war office an nounced to-day. All French attacks easi of Soucbez. north ol' Neuville, ami in Champagne failed. The following statement was is sued at army headquarters to-day: "Western theater: Monitors of tlu> enemy bombarded the environs of Lombnertzyde and Middelkerke ( Belgium ) wil bout result. . The British did not attempt to make a fresh attack yesterday. Our counter attack north of Coos made further progress, in spite of the ene my's fierce resistance. A few prison ers, two machine guns, and one mine thrower fell into our hands. "Attempts of the French to gain ground east ol' Souciiez and north of Neuville failed. In Champagne the enemy undertook an attack with strong forces east ol' Auderive. but failed. "All French attacks in the region northwest ol' Massiges, in which tic tac li men ls of troops belonging to seven different divisions participat ed, were equally unsuccessful. Tho number of prisoners taken Hms far during the .attacks in Champagne has been increased to Hil officers and 7. 019 men. "Successful mine explosions dam aged (he French positions at Vau quois. "French aviators dropped bombs on llenin-Lletard (Pas de Calala) If. mili-; southeast of Bethune, killing .dglit French citizens. Wo suffered ?O losses. '.Eus ter ii theater: West of Dvinsk, near (?rendson, another position of tho enemy was stor/ned. "During the battles east of Madzi lol and on the front between Smor iron and Wlsehnew, Russian attacks broke down with heavy losses. Field Marsha] von Hindenburg's army group took 1,360 prisoners yester day. . Army group of Prince leopold: The enemy repeated his fruitless at tacks. All his advances wore re pused and six officers, 494 men and si/, machine guns fell Into our hands. "Gen. von Linsingen's attack is progressing. . The number of prisoners taken hy Cern?an troops in tho east during September and the amount of booty captured were Ci! officers, 95,464 men. 37 cannon, 2!?X machine guns and ono aeroplane." Anil's Mowed Doun. The Hague, Oct. I.-The Cologne Gazette declares that the Hermans on the western front are opposed by forces between four and live times as strong as their own. ?Herman machine guns and can non.'' says this newspaper, "mowed down thc enemy, hut despite the mountains of bodies the French col umns continued to advance. Enemy troops appeared provided with ra tions for from eight to ten days, and apparently counted on inarching through Luxemberg and Belgium Im mediately. The offensive on this front has so far resulted in i com plete defeat for the enemy. "Despite the fate of those mowed down by Herman machine guns at barbed wire entanglements, the Brit ish repeatedly sent further troops to the attack." Fight in Ice and Snow. Kome, Oct. 1.-A general head quarters statement Issued to-night covering the operations of September 30, reads: "In the zone from Stelvio to Cleve dale our troops continue an active offensive In the midst of Ice and snow, and are gradually clearing small enemy deachments from the re gion and quelling the interference of distant artillery. "On tho upper Cordevole section the artillery on either side has be couiv. moro active in the past few days. Our artillery yesterday shell ed an enemy column near Sief, which scattered, abandoning a large part of its convoys." Every Home Needs a Faithful Cough and Cold Remedy. When seasons chango and colds ap pear-when you first detect a cold af ter sitting next to one who has sneez ed, then ii ls that a tried and tested remedy should bo faithfully used. "I never wrote a testimonial before, but I know postively that for myself ami family Dr. King's Now Discovery is the best cough remedy we ever used, and we have tried them all." 50c and $ 1.-Adv. I. Kuropntkin Made Chief. Condon. Oct. I.- (Jen. Alexei Ku ropntkin has been appointed chief of tho Russian Grenadier corps, accord ing to a dispatch from Petrograd. If the repon is fue, it means somewhat remarkable reversal of public opinion in Russia regarding a military leader who was disgraced because of the failure of Russian anns in the war with Japan. His poor -success as commander of Rus sia's great Manchurian army is be lieved to have been largely at t rib y ta ble to his subjection to the superior command of Admiral A lexel v, Rus sian viceroy in the Far East, and in ternal friction among tho generals. In his history of the war he frankly admitted his own mistakes. Containing 60 to 500-candlepower electric lights, the chandelier of a Condon music house hall is one of the most brilliant in the world. MOTHER ! YOI R CHILD IS CROSS, FEVERISH, FROM CONSTIPA PION. If Tongue ls Coated, Breath lind, Stomach Sour, Clean I,iver and Dowels. Hive "California Syrup of Figs" at once- a teaspoonful to-day often saves a sick child to-morrow. If your little OIK' is out-of-sorts, half sick, lan*I resting, ealing and acting naturally look, mother! Seo if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged willi waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "Cali fornia Syrup of Fins," and in a few hours till the constipated poison, un digested food and sour bile gently nones out of ils little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative," be cause it nofer fails to cleanse the lit tle ont's liver and bowels nnd sweeten tho stomach, and they dear l> love its pleasant taste. Full di rections for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a f.O-oont bot tle of "California Syrup of Figs;" then see thai il is made by the "Cal ifornia Fig Syrup Company."--Adv.