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HUCHAitKST FALLS TO TEUTONS. I Clim Jt II tit II Capital Wrested IIOIII IR> foiulora After Pierce Fighting. Merlin, Dec. 5.-- Bucharest, capital of I cn in a n i a, lia? been captured, ii waa ollli'lnlly announced to-day. Ploochll, tln> important railway junction town, :'.i? ni I lc? north weat of llucharost, also has hoon taken. Line of I tel rent Cut. Tho capture of I'loechtl, on the main rail\va> line running norlh from Bucharest, cuts the main railway lino of ret real for tim Rumanian armies operating in the Bucharest region. Thc olliclal statement does not In dicate whither I ho entry ol the Teu tonic forces Into Bucharest and Plo exrhtl before that ol lin' captial would be far morn serious for UK* Ruman ians. Many military observers look ed for the Rumanians not to attempt a d"feni-e ol' (be capital to the last, expecting an evacuation In time to save the forces defending it by a withdrawal over the raliway route re maining to thom. The taking of Bucharest virtually completes the conquest hy the Teu tonic forces ol the southern section of the Rumanian kingdom, embracing territory of more than 50,000 square miles. A Vent of Strategy. Tho capture of Ruchares! marks the culmination ot au operation ac counted by military commentators ono of tho most soundly conceived and brilliantly executed strategical feats of the great war. From the hour when Field Marshal von Mackensen forced a crossing of tho Danube and on November 24th set foot on Roumanian soil, effecting a Junction shortly afterward with (Jen. von Falken hay n's armies, driv ing through Wallachia from the wesl. there seemed little doubt of Hie ulti mate fate of tho Rumanian capital. The relentless pressure of the Teu tonic invading armies, with their pre ponderance of heavy artillery, proved too much for King Ferdinand's forces once the Rumanian front was broken In Western Wallachia and the Danube crossed behind the line of tho northern Teutonic irruption. Continuously outllanked on the south by von .Mackenscn's advance and on thc north by further Austro German Irruptions through the moun tain passes, tho Rumanians had no choice but to fall back upon the line of their capital and now have been forced to yield even that. Campaign Began in August. The beginning of the Teutonic campaign against Rumania dales back lo the Rumanian entrance into the war on August 27. Perhaps taken by surprise by the speed with which the Rumanians threw their troops acres-, the Transylvania)) Allis into Hungary and took possession of Kronstadt, llermannsladi and a wide sweep of Hungarian territory, the A ustro-Gornian military authorities were awake lo the opportunities in Dobrudja on the Rumanian southeas tern front. Within a few days the Bulgarians were found to be winning signal success along the Danube, cap turing Turlukal on September 7 and Silistria on the Dllh. There remain ed then tin? operation of clearing the remainder of Dobrudja up to the im portant railway line running from tho Black seaport of Constanza Into interior Rum?nin o\er the bridge at Tchernavoda. This von Mackensen accomplished something more than a month later, defeating the Russo Rnmanian army and capturing the railway, thus shutting off Bucharest from direct rail communication with the Black Sea and cutting (he mosl convenient line for sending Russian reinforcements and supplies into Ru mania. Bucharest Welcomed Teutons. London, Dee. 7. . Router's Amster dam correspondent sends thc follow ing Olliclal Merlin dispatch, which de scribes thc fall of Bucharest: "Al IO.?Ul o'clock Tuesday morn ing Capt. Lange, of tho general staff, .was seul as a parlementaire to the commandant at Bucharest, hearing a letter from Field Mar:;!.al von Mack ensen demanding the surrender ol' the foil uss. A second letter noti fied tho commandant that fire would be oponed unless the pnrlomtnalre returned within 21 hours. "Capt. Lange returned before tho expiration of the limit, the com mander-in-chief of tho Rumanian Danube anny having refused to ac cept Flild Marshal von Mackensen s letter on ?ho ground that Bucharest wa? not a fortress, but an open town. Ho declared that thore existed nei ther armed forts nor troops des tined for Its defenso and there was neither a Governor nor a comman dant. Cnid. Lange pointed out the character of Bucharest as a fortress and nnid that such an ovnaion would not hinder tho Gorman operations. "In the , cou ree of Wed ll end av morning portions of Gen. Schmittow'e cavalry corlis took posossslon of a fort on Hie north front and portions of tho Fifty-fourth army corps push ed (,r and took the line of forts from Ch in jun, on tho western front, to SOUTH GAROMNA COTTON CROP. cunning in state Show? Dec reuse on November t i ot IHO.HUH Hale?. Director Sam. I*. Hogers, of the Dureuu of the Census, Department of Commerce, announces the prollmi i nary report Of colton ginned, hy I counties, in South Carolina, prior to 1 November I I, for thc; crops of 1916 am) 11)15. (Quantities are in run ning bales, counting round as half hales. Lintels not included.) County CMC,. Ol ? Abbeville. 20,7:1:1 28,7';!) Aiken.?1,055 :t 1. -17 r, Anderson . 43,070 45,701 j Hamberg.li),48 I 13,790 j liam well. 38,378 :i I ,S 1 7 ! Beaufort . 1,620 2.837 i Berkeley. :'.,x:.!i 7,370 'Calhoun. 18.281 I . rt 7 S ?Charleston . 2.117 5.290 Cherokee. r,.c,ox 10,882 Chester. 14.074 2 1.57:5 I Chestorlleld . . . . 11,101 22.(li.? I Clarendon. 15,292 22.0 lt; ; Colleton. I 1,429 I 0,872 Darlington. I 2,0SX 27,8 I 2 : Dillon. H),0fi0 24,990 Dorchester. 7.208 9,440 Kdgelleld. 24,788 23,192 Fairfield . 10.715 18.040 I Florence. 1 3,573 25,1 f.!) ; Georgetown. 824 1 ,?120 ! Creen vi Ile. 24,563 3 2,08 ti Cieen wood.23,882 22,578 i Hampton. I 5,224 1 0,044 I lorry. 3,234 5,755 Jasper. 4,583 2.?518 Kershaw. S.K?.8 20.199 Lancaster. 9,086 10,688 Laurens . 21,353 31.076 Lee . I 2,S I :! 26,932 Lexington. I !),().SO 18.8 17 Marion . 9,355 I 1.0 S S Marlboro. 20,77:: 42,366 Newberry. 24,302 28,798 Orono?. I2,?il5 12,722 Orangeburg . . . . 19,109 51,104 Plckens. 11,146 12.137 Richland. 13,654 1(1.127 Saluda.2 1.0X8 20, OS I Sparlanburg . . . . :)7.053 5.1,218 Sumter . 20,060 2r>,7r>7 Union. 8,994 12.098 Williamsburg . . . il.218 18,405 York. 15,429 28,449 Totals . 7 10,090 921,528 Florence Man Suicides. I Florence, Dec. 7.-Farly L. Whit i ton, a woll known and popular young business man of Florence, in a flt of j melancholia, brought on by ill ? health for which ho had taken treat I nient that did not seem to givo per ! mnnent relief, shot and killed him . self at bis home this morning. Ho , was in such a stato of mind previous , to the shooting that his wife had be I come alarmed and called for aid, and before the aid could become effective, , he had turned his pistol on himself j and sent a ball through his hoad just . behind the ear. He was thought to have a chance for lifo, but at 4 o'clock he died from the effects of the wound, i Mr. Whitton had been brooding for some time over his physical condi tion as wei) as his inability to make his store support ids family. He leaves a wife and four children, two boys and two jiirls, the eldest 15 years of ago, and the youngest a "noy nf five months. Left Porty-Nine Millions. New York, Dec. 7.-Charles W. Ilarkr.es*. who at the time of his death. May 1 last, was said to he tho third largest holder of Standard Oil Stock, left an estate worth $49,566, 895, according to an appraisal bled with the surrogate here to-day. His ' brother. Edward s. Harkness, is tho chief bon He: a ry under the will, re ceiving approximately $'10.182,000. To his widow. Mrs. Mary Warden Harkness, the deceased loft more (bari $ 1 2,000.uno. Yale University and the Presbyterian Hospital of this city were bequeathed $500,000 and $350,000, respectively. Cash in the bank at tho time of Mr. Harkness' death amounted to $2,322,094. Ills holdings in Stand ard Oil, estimated to bc worth % !>, I 525,908, were part of the bequest, to his brothel. The amount to be paid by ?hr estate to thc state in inherit ance laves will approximate nearly <2 O'Ui.non. - How's This ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be eui cd by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for tho pasl 35 years, and has become known as tho most reliable remedy for ca tarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts through the blood on the mucous .surfaces, expelling the poison from the blood and healing the diseased portions. I After you have taken Hall's Ca tarrh Cure for a short (Imo you will ; see a great Improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh (hire at once and get rid of ?catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c-Adv. OdnHo, on tho north. Tho enemy in fantry offered resistance which was quickly overcome. [ "From tho south portions the Dan ube army pressed Into the city j through the girdlo of forts, mooting , With no resistance. 'The troops entoring tile town were received enthusiastically and decorated with llowors. Field Mar sha', von Mackensen drove In a motor car to tho royal castle, whore ho was greeted with bouquets of flowers." SMITH WANTS COTTONIKftfl ZONK Propose? Hill to Check Advance of Mexican Boll Weevil. Washington, Dee. fi.-Creation of a series of zones in the South in which no cotton could bo grown for a period of one year a? a means f checking and exterminating thc boll weevil in Ibis country will be pro posed in a bill which Senator Smith, of South Carolina, announced to night he soon would offer and urge for passage The Senator proposes that the non growing area shall be started in tho extreme northeastern limit of the cotton section and grad ually work southward and westward 111 a series of zones 100 miles in width each year until the entire cot ton growing section shall have been covered. The Federal government, Senator Smith said, would be given the power to police the zone to see that the law was observed and grower's and gin ners affected would be compensated by the government. Experts pr'ligat ed that it would cost $25,000,'00 a year to maintain the boll weevil zone in 'Alabama, which Senator Smith proposed a year ago. The First Year. ? The ii rsl year Hie cotton prohibit ivo zone would include the extreme eastern portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. The ne^ct year this zone would be released ind tho non-productive area extended 100 miles and this rotation would bo kept up until the entire territory had been covered. Highest entomological authorities have approved the zone system as the only practical means of extermi nating the devastating boll weevil In this country." said Senator , Smith. "The annual cost would he Infinitesi mal as compared to the benefit that would be derived. Six hundred mil lion dollars bas been expetjded to eradicate the boll weevil lp. this country, but he still thr?. moving rapidly toward th North and South Carolin.. "The zone system not on M . inid prove the practicability >t" Iii me lli wc.e iportu thod of exterminating tho vii, but by giving farmers nlty to grow other crops, woufd dom MIC" net? onstrate whether the South cessfully grow other food p Heath of Mrs. Sarah Coi tn. ( Bickens Sentinel. ) Mrs. Sarah Corbin died Ul Hie home of her son-in-law, yVillffN Will son, near Mount Pisgah h uren i la Anderson county, Dccembcu 2d, 'n the 81th year of her age. and was buried at Cross Roads church, In Bickens county, on Sunday nU 'Viiooii, December 3, after funeral tervlces conducted by her pastor, !< . D. W. 11 lott At the time or her eath she was a member of Mount IM f,uh Bap tist church. Mrs. Corbin , I ned tl,'.? Baptist church when quito lng and lived an exemplary Chi lan life. Many kind words were sa about her by those who knew her ..di. He fore ber marriage she wa a Mb* Reeves, and was reared in j lipper pari of Greenville county. i leaves four children-three daughters and one son. Her daughters are Mrs. Will Watson, ol' Anderson county, where she bad lived for the past 20 years; Mrs. T. A. Capps and Mrs. .lames Turner, of Dickens county. Geo. W. Corbin, chief of police nt Seneca, is her only living son. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of many friends. Must Xot Sell Toy Pistols. South Carolina has a law that is intended to stop the sale and use of toy pistols. Merchants, according to the law, are not permitido to sell or to koop for sale paper cap toy pistols or any other kind of a toy pistol. The State law on the subject is as follows: (See Sec. 512, Criminal Code. ) "lt shall be unlawful for any per son, drm or corporation In this State to sell, keep for sale or give away any toy pistol lu which caps or cartridges arc used, or any caps or cartridges for such pistols. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be lined not exceeding one hundred dollars or be Imprisoned, In caso of an individual, for a period not ex ceeding thirty days." Merchants throughout the Sttae who bavo made purchases of thoso goods are being advised to return the same to the wholesalers. Rural policemen are being Instruct ed to assist the town authorities to enforce the law. Sloan's Liniment, for Stiff Joints. Rheumatic pains and aches get Into the joints and muscles, making every inovemont torture, Rollovo your suffering with Sloan's Lini ment; lt cpilckly penetrates without rubbing, and soothes and warms your sore muscles. Tho congested blood ls stimulated to action; a sin gle application will drive out tho pain. Sloan's Liniment ls clean, convenient and quickly off eel Ivo. It does not stain Hie skin or clog the pores. Get a bottle to-day at your druggist, 26c- Adv. 2. \ SOME INTERESTING WAH FACTS. (?en. Scott Not Favorably Impressed With Hevrultlng Efforts. Washington, Dec. 7.-The volun teer military system again has proved itself a failure and should be rele gated to the past, declares Major Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, in bis annual report made public to-night. Masing bis conclu sion o" "o showing of the federal ized national guard when mobilized for border duty, and tho fact that strenuous recruiting campaigns for both the regulars ami guardsmen have produced negligible results, (len. Scott says: ' In my judgment the country will never be prepared for defense until we do as other great nations do that have large Interests to guard, like Gcrmnnyt Japan and France, where everybody is ready and does perform military service hi time ol' peace as he would pay every other tax, and is willing to make sacrifices for the pro tection he gets and the country gets in return. There ls no reason why one woman's son should g<> out and defend or be trained to defend ano ther woman and her son who refuse to take training or give service. The only democratic method ls for every, man in his youth to become trained in order that he may render efficient service if called upon In war." Training Forbid Inadequate. Taking up the question ol' the na tional guard in its Federal status, f.?en. Scott declares the training per rlod of 7T? days in three years, pro vided by the new national defense act, is wholly Inadequate. "In my judgment," he says, "it precludes this force from being made lit for war service until it has receiv ed at least six months additional training in time of war." The report reiterates the opinion that it takes a year of intensive train ing to make a soldier, and adds that the country and Congress appear to have a vital misconception of the facts lu this regard. Unless the fed eralized guard which Congress sub stituted for the citizen volunteer army advocated by the general staff can he given greater training, Gen. Scott says, the country faces a seri ous situation. "And lt Is very doubtful," he con - tinues, "if we will be able to do so and keep the force recruited. The difficulty that is now being experi enced in obtaining recruits for the regular army and for the national guard In service on .the border raises sharply the question of whether we would be able to recruit the troops authorized in the national defense act." Still Below Minimum Strength. In spite of the fact that the pre paredness agitation stimulated inter est while the effort was being made to bring the border forces up to war strength, Cen. Scott asserts, three months of recruiting left many na tional guard units still below mini mum strength. Every effort was made to get the men, he says, a house to bouse canvass being conducted In some sections. "The failure," says the report, "should make the whole people real ize that the volunteer system does not and probabily will not give ns either the men we need for training In peace or for service in war." Cen. Scott gives at length statis tics on the national guard mobiliza tion available when his report was written, September HO. Ho shows that in ll States, with IC,GOO en rolled guardsmen at the time of tho call, more than IO ncr cent failed to respond, and 2!l per cent of the re mainder could not pass required physical tests, making the force 1?. per cent raw recruits when lt went to thc border. Brought up to war strength, be says, the force would have been 7.r> per cent green men and useless for war purposes for many months. "These figures probably hold good for Mic entire body of tlie national guard," the report adds. An aggregate force of 151,000 of flcers and men of tho guard were mustered into the Federal service un der the call and about 1 10,957 were on the border a month and a half af ter the call was issued. The general commends highly the efficiency of the railroads in handling the mobili zation. Turning to recruiting in tho regu lar army, the report says that the service was 20,130 short of its au thorized strength on August 31 last. Between March lf>, when Congress authorized bringing tho army up to war strength by adding 20,000 mon, and August 31 only 8.4G3 additional men were enrolled. "It ls cause for very sober consid eration on tho part of every citizen of tho country when tho fact is fully understood." Con. Scott says, "that tho units of tho national guard and regular army have not been recruited Uli to war strength in tho crisis wo have just passed through." The report shows that the mobil ized national guard forco not only was moro than 07,000 below war FIFTY THOUSAANI) FARMERS Have Mudo Application for Loans Co der Now System. Washington, nee. 7.--Officials of the Karin Loan Hoard announced to- : day that more than 50,000 tanners have applied for mortgage loans ag- i gregatlng approximately $150,nun.-, Out), or more than 17 times the amount of money which will be Im mediately available for loans upon the o iga. ni /.a lion of Hu: twelve farm ? loan banks. ; Most ol' the applications have come from tho South and West. They still j continue to come in by hundreds j every day. Requests for application blanks, contemplating requests for loans to 2,on(i farmers have come from Iowa alone. Although (he location of the banks probably will not be announced he fore December 20, it was said to-day ihal almost immediately after or ganization the banks would lind it necessary to Issue bonds for virtu ally their entire capital stock to meet the demands of borrowers. The rale ol* Interest on bonds is a j subject now engaging the board's at- ' tentlon. lt is thought that it will not. exceed 5 per cent, less than the rate charged for loans. Daily confer ences are being held by board mein- | hers with bankers from various sec- : thins to determine the minimum rate I at which the bonds will be absorbed ? : by Investors, as this will determine J Ibo interest rate to be charged on I loans. The board also is considering whe- ! thor the bonds shall be offered to in- ! dh (dual investors or underwritten by ,! banking bouses in sizable blocks. As the capital stock of each bank ls to : ' be only $750,000, repeated turnovers j 1 of the capital and frequent bond is sues covering loans will be necessary ' If all applications are to be taken ' euro of. Intense rivalry has developed j ' among certain Southern cities which * want to be named as the location of 1 j a farm loan hank. The chief com- 1 Petitors wore said to be New Orleans, La.: Montgomery, Ala.; Jackson, ' Miss.; Raleigh, N. C., and Columbia, 1 S. C. j To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It ntops the 1 Cough ?nd Headache and works oil the Cold. . Druggist* refund money l( it fall* to cure. 1 li. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. ? , Card of Thanks. ; To .tho many friends and loved ones who have comforted re.,i< cheero ' our aged and greatly beloved Ml i r, J. B. Alexander, during his long and sovei e illness, we hereby extend our ; sincere (hanks. May the good Lord ever bless and comfort, them in this world, and in ! the end give to each and all of them eternal life through the merits of our ' Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, i (At this writing ho is Improving in health.) By ills Children. j Salem. S. C., Dec. S, 1916. Defeated Husband for Mayor. UmntUln, Oregon, Dec. 6.- Mrs. R. 13. Sturdier defeated her husband for mayor in the election here yesterday. strength, but was more than 4,000 below the authorized minimum peace strength. Urges Censorship Law. Cen. Scott urges a drastic censor ship law to protect military secrets I in time of war and submits with bis ' approval the draft of a proposed statute drawn by a special board of army and navy officers. It should au thorize the President to prohibit pub lication of facts, rumors or specula tions regarding military matters, ex cept when passed by a censor, the penalty being a hue of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment not to ex ceed three years, or both, where a person or an officer or agent of a cor poration ls involved, or a flue of $20, 000 where a corporation lg involved. The report of Brig. Cen. Weaver, chief of coast artillery, which accom panies that of Cen. Scott, says that with slight additional Increases over the 204 guns proposed to bc added to the coast defenses In the program approved by Congress last year, "the coast*defenses will be able to meet successfully any attack that can rea sonably be expected to be made upon them or upon the cities, harbors or Interests that they guard hy the most powerful warships afloat or nt pres ent projected." Cen. Weaver points out, however, that national guard units of the corps are 166 officers and fi,460 men short of their prescribed complement. The coast States of New Jersey, Dela ware, Florida. Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, he says, have raised no troops for this service. Judge Advocato Gen. Crowder, in his report, also made public, reviews desertion records for olght years ha? I to show Hint the 101 fi figure was tho ( lowest during that time. The truo 1 percentage was 1.81, he says, al though the reported figure was 2.4. Tho lowest previous record .vas 1.93 in 1011. POWDER Absolutely Pure Made from Cream ofTartar NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE POPULATION AM) LA ND. Sont li Carolina Will Soon Have An estimated Copulation of 1,060,000. ( The State.) The population of South Carolina, is estimated hy the Census Bureau, for January I, 1917, is 1,650,000 in increase over the population by the enumeration of 11)10 of 113.910. The estimate is based on the rate of increase for the two preceding dec ides. The number of inhabitants per square mile is now 53.6 as compared willi 10.7 six years ago. The increase is about four persons to the square mile. . Of course these ligures do not. in isolation, indicate a great deal. The increase may be and probably is dis tributed for the most part in tile .Rles, towns and villages. The In crease between 10 00 and 1910 was, In the main, urban. Nevertheless, they should have a bearing on land ..-nines-both in the towns and in the country. The demand is on the lands to provide sustenance for 118,940 persons that they did not support six years ago, South Carolina being an igrieultural State, and these now people must have homes to live in. In short, density of population should be the main factor in fixing land values. The supply of land does not Increase In il: ' way ol tho progress OJ Hie iK'opl? ls a system ol taxation favor' ible to ibo lund speculator-t?? Lb? man > Ito holds land; tor a rise iii price and so withdraws them from development. Other things being equal, Hie most useful citizen ls the man who owns tho lands that he can and does culti vate. The non-resident land owner stands in the way of the country's improvement and development. Sometimes in a much less hurtful degree, so does the owner of great, areas, though he lives In the midst, of them. A large part of tho territory of Sont li Carolina, however, cannot now be developed in small units. The purchaser of 10.000 or 20,000 acres of cheap lands not now in cultivation who converts them into cattle ranges will in time bring about their fertili zation. The day will come when they will be divided into small tracts and sold. Regardless of the boll weevil, lands in South Carolina, despite pe riods of temporary depression, will steadily increase in value. In our opinion, the average acre of land, not the acre that produces a bale of cot ton or two hales and is near to ft town, has not increased in price so much in the last 30 years as it should have increased, even if there had been no other factor in the equation than increase in the numbers of the people. The population of continental United States is now estimated tobe 102.S2fi.300. 100 of Crow ot' Spanish Boat. Lost.. Madrid, Spain, Dec. fi.-One hun dred members of the crew of the Spanish steamer Plo Ix, hound from New Orleans for Barcelona, with a cargo of cotton, were drowned when tho steamer sank 200. miles off the Canary Islands. Twenty-two wore saved. The stonmer carried no pas sengers. Another Way of Killing a Cat. Butte, Mont., Pee 7.-Malt, spirit uous and vinous liquors shall not bo brought onto Indian reservations in Montana by "boat, wagon or sled," the State statutes provide. So Joe Pablo, a wealthy Indian, brought some on an automobile, anti it ig said he stands a good chance to oscape punishment, Whenever You Need a General Toole Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless .hill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propcrtiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on thc Liver, Drives out Malaria, Knriche9 the Blood and Builds up thc Whole System. 50 cents.