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jiit( Adr MADE 1> CAPITAL oi Riga and Other ions Cause Jswctulation 011 Teuetun Aims ami Hopes By D. M. Edwards Washington, Sept. 4.?Peace developments today presented a new and subtle manifestation of German state-craft. Observers now predict 3hat Germany has these steps in mind for the disruption of the entente through separate peace with the United States and Russia?a Russian ^conquered and an United States plac^ Teutons' Plan It. Pusing home the latest Riga ifcrrvf? and so extending it that Russia will be brought to her knees. 2. Democratization or apparent cemocratization of the German empire and demand that President Wilson thes accept the German guarantee? d make peace. Z. Hesistance of the other allies to 'tie iasl ditch in their demands ror ..German colonies, Alsace-Lorraine, the independence of the Balkans and Hungarian states and the eliminartion of 'the Turk from Europe. Such a program undoubtedly Is in "sihe mind of the German high command, it was admitted by officials here xtraay. uai oiner cons iuerauu lis were pointed out, further defining the posiSjop of the United States and the . 'Opinion of the State Department precluding *uot success for the German scheme. They were: American Yiew i "3. Both factions in Russia?Kerens- I and Korniloff?have pledged ' against separate peace. A separate i peace offer has been turned down ar- i - ready "by the provisional government. | ' The United States does not de"ffliaTKi ihe kaiser's abdication, but ?t tiMMT fPfmfifi&i iiygt85?^?p^l<y (stand a Mr^ For Ail LI :w easy and sj bhikz, ticks. pleas. id ' singwokh. scratches, i h gekhs and dwv ; non-irritatinc. epf! LA e ,oe f BB ??1LIL?" w ?|g 1 mk fo? nuu (GRAIN i ^United States Government juar ."fcufihel o? wheat harvested in 1918. : lit -.ottght not to be a very difficult 'raise wlr&jut at $2.00 a bushel. South C crease their wheat acreage 47 per c ?asy to accomplsh. tt'V* ^r> + twmhc }lf<rh fl A11>V JL WU UUiiai o iicav - and then pay the miller's toll, railroa your flour will cost you a pretty stiff 'to make the kind of flour the most or y ^dealers have ther profit, they won't v selves. The result is you can make y it. , ^ And besides it will pay a man to so at v considerable trouble the last fewy feot there has been no trouble to get a ^planted after stubble. An early stanc' robes the boll weevil strikes you and i idoes the early cotton is all vou will comes it will be July crop or no crop, very heavy on cotton that comes up i that you will pick and stubble might Ton can't sow down all your land at "* "omo-ronfopfl S4? OOT waen juu ?ic Three acres of wheat and three acr* ""well prepared and well fertilized ifor your farm needs and if it is a gooi ."When you sow with a three disc j vsowcsjnd you have about as safe a croi? j ^ three disc grain drills but there are "ETain drills?but we are selling fertii out in sacks; the best byi ">-* J ?r?- best by test of results' - lasft spring nor the spring of 1916.! It must be a pretty good ferti ; " :aci?s the goods, at least we have been ways did not add to the sales to speak virtue of the goods that makes tha We have it now fine and dry. See If you can use it in bulk (unsacked) i bags which is higher this year than *^*3 2abor of bagging it, which is also lis and get the best. When it ^greati many people will use 16 per ' wiirtop dress in the spring, if needed. The '^Virginia farmers use 16 per *" * do not torp flress in tne spxiug, uu 'xra-p 8. (Wte can supply you with acid and ^to see ns. Anderson Phos Com] 1 W. F. FARMI I . . . _ I uofcS reserve tc> itacit lUO rig lis, to ! t.^ss judgment Oil tne genuineness orj J the responsibility oi tile German gor- : j eminent to the German people oe-1 j iorL- taking peace guarantees. 3. President wnsoii s ieyij iu i pope may be interpreted as sustain- ' ing the demands of the allies for ter- i ritory in many respects and in no I wise can be considered to mean the i United States will break from the enI j tente as the Hohenzollerns are "out" j j in Germany. j German Intrigue The State Department took officia-I I cognizance today of a further effort on the part of Germany to stir up ! trouble among her enemies by startj ing a suppositious dispute among' Russia, Japan and the United States , over alleged territorial and commer- j A,ft1 n/\?AA<?<?tArio nr? f li a TV 00 " f\T Ciai LVUbt-OOiVUC UU WilV/ ?i vu V wvrwwi. w? I the north Pacific. In press reports, ] widely circulated in Germany, it was! stated that the United States had pro- j | tested to Russia over the occupation j by the Japanese of coastal provinces j | north of Vladivostok and that the Jap- j T "1 _ X - i J V ? ,7 I I anese ambassador at rtjiri>gi u uau j i protested against far-reaching politl-j j cal and commercial privileges grant- j ' ed to the United States in Siberia and i ! the Island of Saghalien. The secre- j , tary of state characterized both stories as "made out of whole cloth." Further frank discussion of the poi litical requirements which the United ' States will impose upon Germany was permitted at the State Department today. Asked if the United States had determined what guarantees she would nf <-> rofArmo/1' Aarm^riv 3 high official of the State Department ] said: j < "The United States will be the* I: I judge of all guarantees that will 'oe j presented." i ( Further asked if the United States would demand the elimination of the ive Stock ! *FE TO USE. [TBS. CURES MANGE. SCAB* j 5T2 DESTROYS DISEASE ES AWAY FLIES. jctive. inexpensive. | :al, dip B BOOKLETS. 1 mSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^^SS ( SOWING ; antees a miiilmum price of $2.00 a 3 < i matter to induce a patriotic farmer to Carolina farmers are asked to ment this year. This also should he for when you pay $2.00 for wheat d freight and the dealer'6 profit. price. It takes six bushels of wheat -- ou buy?millers and railroads- ana 1 vork for nothing and board them- ? our flour cheaper than you cart buy < fheat for the stubble. There has been ears to get an early stand of cotton, .n early stand of cotton when it is is going to be exceedingly important 1 ; is ?oing to strike you and when it 1 have to pick. When the boll weevil 1 And your July crop will not be n June. It will be the early cotton ' y nearly guarantees a quick stand, once and it is a good year to begin >ushe! for your wheat. is of oats to the plow on land that !s will turn the trick and make enough 1 year will leave some to sell. ?rain drill you can fertilize when you as you can plant. We are not selling people here who do. You can get the izer, and the best that is made; the test of result. And that is what you We could not supply the demand Sold out and swept the floors. zer for there to be such a demand for it. reliably informed that onr 'winning of. It is just the natural inherent crops and that creates the demand, us for prices. Cash December first, we can save you the cost of the we have ever known and the cost of more than it has befcn heretofore. i3 all the same price, get the best. A cent acid by itself when sowing and J cent acid by itself when sowing an! Virginia afrmers make fine grain mixed goods, just as you prefer. Come ff ;* $ \ -Jj.: >phate and Oil pany ER, Secretary i Hohenzeilerns. h;> said Ailh enipiusis: "We have not said so. The president's note does noi make any su:ii demand." The department again mtimaiea that the political unrest in Germany was by no means at an end and that the agitation of the Erzberger party would be continued and might resuir in important development. A man who has been close to the president in several of the great dl ploniatic rises said today Riat while the democratization of Germany was the 3ine qua non or peace discussions, justice to small nations was an equally necessary point to be insisted on by the United States in such discussions - ^ RETREATING RCSS?4l\S LEFT RIGA IX FLAMES German Forces Shell Other Guir Towns With View to Landing* Troops?Russian Fleet is In iruugvivus n.v Berlin, Sept. 4 (via London).?The; city of Riga was on fire at many points; when it was taken by the German forces, today's army headquarters' statement announces. Several thousand Russians wentaken prisoner by the Germans in their advance in the Riga region. More than 150 guns were captured br the German forces in the Jaegel River district. Petrograd, Sept. 4.?The Russian retirement in the Riga region is being continued along the coast in a north+V>q war nffifio d fh CdSlCl UUCtl.VU, (.Ub T>U1 U1UV.V/ ? . nounced today Hostile ships are shelling the Riga coast, the announcement adds. Washington, Sept. 4.?Riga was evacuated by the civilian population and foreign consuls three weeks ago. rhis was the news contained in the official dispatches surrounded with ;so much mystery at the time, and over - - - * 9 RTiiicn so mucn uneasiness was In the Riga and TJxfctfll regions on ;he Russian front the Russians ccninue to retreat before the- Germans, hose from the evacuated' port and ar :enal making their way irortlieafrt-1 rard along the* coast of' the Gulf of | liga and those from Uxkuir and v>- i linffy are endeavoring" to reach trie! Wga-Fskoff-Petnograd railway Tine Behind them the Russians reft Riga jartly aflame as Are result of the Gernorr oTioTTc hnTrlevV ihtn thp tr?wrr i rore they departed, .w hile the smourffirmg ruins of smarIT Tillages mark the )scth over which ?he enemy cairtiiag- | >nts must pass, having been set on ire during the retzsat On the Eastern coast of the Giilt (X j S.iga for a distance of about 80 miles | lorth of the evacuated town;. German,1 farces are shelling -carious towns, pos- | >ibly with the intention of effecting i landing of troops which; would m }?? the retreat of Uie- Russian; army j 3r tarn its flank, thereby entirely clearing the gulf shore region and grving Prince Leopold of Bavaria a basey possibly at Pernau, whence to operate overland in conjunction with the naval forces towards RevaFr Russia's port on :he Gulf of Finland, in an effort to sea! up the Russian- fleet inside tne *ulf. Blew Tp Fortifications While the Germans were knocking at the doors of Riga from the west and southwest, hurling shells and ^ending gas waves against the city, the Russians held them back long enough to blow up the fortifications at the mouth of the Dwina. In the south, where the disaffection in the ranks of the Russians were apparently the greatest, the Germans took some + ?i/Mio!inr?o nf nricnnpre In the Austro-Italian theater the intensive infantry fighting of the past few days has given away for the moment to reciprocal artillery duels. The cessation in the fighting probably ' - i. ? i.V .. Ti. f is due to a realignment uy tuw Italians of their battle line after the rapid advance all along the front from Tolmino to the sea. Meanwhile, however, it is reported that a cry of distress has been sent to the Germans by the Austrians, asking for men to aid in holding back the Italian advance. As a result of this appeal it is said that Field Marshal von Hind en burg has sent two bavarian divisions to uie isonzo rroni ana tnai the Germans also are hastening the manufacture of guns for the protection of the Hermanda Heights, the key to Triest. Airmen Raid Pela Although the infantry activity has come to the panse, the Italians have 11. _ X ? X^. - 1 ^ L - X t ? 9 _ naia uieir respecis to .roiii, .auetna s big naval base on the Adriatic, by air. Nine tons of explosives hare been dropped causing great damage. Field Marshal Haig continuing to pound the German positions in Flanders with a rain of shells and another big push against the German lines seems Imminent. The infantry along this front and also to the south are still being ' kept to their trenches. I'nofRcial anj vices say that behind the German lin ; t? in West Flanders from Coutral tc t Thourout. the civilian population ha! 1 begun an evacuation, releasing the j nearness, of another British onslaught i The Germans at several points alons ! the Aisne front and iz iVerdun sector | have again made ineffectual attempts J to pierce the French line. __ LABOR'S PART IN THE WAR i j President WJIsor Writes Samuel Gom I pers on the Industrial Side of tru* j Conflict i Washington. Sent. 2.?Presides | Wilson tonight made public a restatement of the war aims of the UnStet States. He coupled with it a scathing summary of the offenses of the imperia" | German government. He sounded s ' stirring call to labor in the United 'States, showing in a letter to Samue! Gompers the way in which this wai for democracy is peculiarly labor'j war. j Though the letter given out tonighl was written several days ago. it wa< pointed oat tonight that it answers n a remarKaoie manner jusi me oujer.tions to the president's peace not* ; which today was cabled to Washing | ton from the German press. ! Further it challenges every ag'tatoi : against the war in the United States i The letter was addressed to Mr. Gom { pers on the eve of the meeting of the ' 1 " - ? ? i T Aw A S V* j American Aiiia.nct; iui lmxuui anu 1/0 | mocracy in Minneapolis Tuesday While it is considered to contain i j word for this special gathermg, ft ff i interpreted in Washington tonight as j for a much wider consumption. Speaks to Europe +V10+ fh/ 111 IS 1U JL LX1C1 WUOIUCICU luav VU> president has his shafts across tnc ! water. The Minneapolis .meeting i preparing to communicate with Rm' i&h laboring men. Thence it?j deliberations will undoubtedly filter intc the Stockholm conference The President's Ietterr. to Mr. Gompers follows: "My Dear Mr. Gompers: "" ? ? f h Q t I "i am burt? intic v ^u uauoiotuuu ?,**?*< my inability to accept the fnvitatroa to address the Minneapolis conference of the American Alliance for LaDo* and Democracy is due only to official necessity and not in any degree to lack of appreciation of tfre occur on. TUn c irrart <rt nr? ir/lrtl r 'fifxl TaT T>a.triOt!? 1 lie .VO-U3C J\ru UliU ; VW4 t. 1 uphold is one with the cause we at* defending wiffi arms. While our soldiers and sailors are doing their manful work to hold" bacB; reaction Tor Its most brutal and aggressive form, we must oppose at home the organized and indiviual efforts of those dan! gerous elements who hide disloyalty T-.ohind a c^rpp!T7 ?roettfotr?r and evasive I phrases. "I have read' with rear pride the I names of the men and women who are | to take part in the Minneapolis conference. Not one but has a recorc oi devoted service to fundamental democracy; not one but has fought the long, hard fight for equal justice :braving every 'bitterness that ni<2 humblest life might "know a larger measure of happiness. "With all my heart I want them *0 feel that their devotion to country la | in no wise a betrayal of principle, ana that in serving America today they are serving their cause no less faithfully than in the past. I myself have haa *??-s "X 4 V. ?r fTi A Pftn rtf f rt TTTA^lr i djilipaui> ? icn luc lcaio ui uuc nui a| ers of the lUnited States; for th^ ten| dency of war is towerd reaction an"> j too often military necessities have been made an excuse for the destruction of laboriously erected industrial and social standards. Tfrose fears happily, have proved to be baseress. Suports the Toiler "With quickened sympathies an* appreciaton, with a new sense of tin invasive and insidious dangers or op pression, our people Mve not only helc | every inch of ground that has beer j wo by years of struggle, but hav i won by years of struggle, but hari added to the gains of the twentietl century along every line of humai | betterment. Questions of wages ant hours of labor and industrial read I justment have found a solution whict j gives to the toiler a new dignity anc i a new sense of social and eoonomi< 1 security. I beg you to feo-1 that m] support nas not Deen lactcing and tna the government has not failed at ani point in granting every Just requesadvanced by you and your associates in the name of the Apierioan worker. | "No one who is not 'blind can fai to see that the battle line of democracy for America stretches today frore the fields of Flanders to every fcoust ' and workshop wher^ toil-ins:, upwari" 1 striving men and women are counting ! _ _ _ j the treasures of rieht and justice ant ; liberty which are 'being threatened bj our present enemies. Onr Purposes "It has not been a matter of *,uipriso to me that th*. leaders in certa/e | b^Te soueftt to igaore o"?f rrri(.T-'>T>r'?<z ^esinst the men *wfto >.ave equally misled the American people. i , f - Their .nsistence that a nation who-r ' i lghts have been grossly violate.!, ) whose citi'z ns have been foully mur * tiered under their own flaz. v:r^e ~~ t i neighbors have been invited to jotti . in making conquest of its territory, ; whose patience in pressing the claims " of justice and humanity has been me: j with the most shameful policy of truri ulence and treachery their insistence ; that a nation .;o outraged -'o-s no: J kn?Tv its o-.vn mind, that it has o com prehensible reason for defending :t" J self, or for joining with all its might m I maintaining a free future for itseir j and its ideals, ;3 il a piec* wiir; treir deafness to the of* repeater! statement [ 1 of our national purposes. j! "It is perhaps that thes? forces of ar^sr^nism have nor yet 1 i-arnod to J 'know the voice of tha: America vre love and serve? It may vvrll to that i those among us who statu! redely to ' 1 forward the plans of aggression !?recf i cp-prot rta not understand the Tan- ' [ * v" --- -- - I guage of democracy when it proclaims the purposes of :.n torms of a ; 5 peace for the peoples that shall t)e j untroubled by those to whom me?i j - are but the pawns in their struggle . 5 for power and gain. But true Ameri- ! 1, cans, those who toil here for home' 1 i " and the hope of better things, who3> !, lifted eves have caught the vision or ' i * a liberated world have said that of tne : ' ? V>1 r\r\A iiri/1 Jy/vn ,+ hflfQ cVliiTl j pi/liev U1 U1WU auu 1IVU W161 v, uiiun be an end and that -equal justice which . is the heart of democracy shall rare I in its stead. ! | "May not those who toil and those " who have made common cause of the ' [ larger hope for the masses of man-1 1 kind take renewed heart as they th!nfc ' 5 on those days when America has taken 5 its stgnd for the risrhts of humani:y j ! and the fellowship of social and inter- | I national justice? "Sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON/* j 5 i ANOTHER NEWBERRY CASE. , i ?i It Proves That There's a Way Got Eor Suffering Newberry Folks. , ' - i Just another report of a case in j Newberry. Another typical case. Kia ney ailments relieved in Newberry :! with Doan's Kidney Pills. ,: G. W. Swittenberg, grocer, 110& f; Boyce St., Newberry, says: "Hard 'i work on the farm weakened my kid- J r i ceys. I had rheumatic pains all' j through my body and could hardy 1; bend to put my shoes on. I suffered j j intensely from backache and the kid-! -? e?j i1 ney secreiions passeu wu juem^cixi,!/ j ' and were scanty and painful. The j ": secretions also contained a heavy: ; sediment that looked like brick dustj ; I got a supply of Doan's Kidney Pills ; at >W.. G. Mayes* Drug Store and the : j first box helped me. I continued tak- j , ing them until I was cured." j Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't i simDly ask for a kidney remedy?get j ! Doan'8 Kidney Pills?the same thatj 11 Mr. Swittenberg had. Foster-Milbuni j j Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. ASSWEB FILED BY G1BBES ! ? ! i Another Chapter hi Row Over Game Warden's Offiee ? Columbia, Sept. 3.?Wade Hampton i Gibbes, appointed chief game warden of the State of South Carolina, tocay | filed his answer to the proceedings (: brought in the Supreme Court \>y , ' Thomas H. Peeples, attorney Gener-! , alr testing the legality ol Ms appom--; i ment to the offi.ee. I ; .; In his answer Mr. Giboe3 alleges ' I ,1 that the Senate of South Carolina lias , | not been in session since the office or; . chief game warden became vacant. ,' He alleges that he is informed and , I , believes that he was lawfully nominat. ' ed by the Audubon Society and lawful[ ly commissioned by the Governor. tj Mr. Gibbes alleges on informa;roM ; ; and belief that A A. Richaruson, E. \ I i j C. L. Adams and V. F. FunderDurx, 1 i desiring to prevent the nomination or ; any other than A. A. Richardson ror . j the position of chief game warden so j prevented an expression of the choice t i of the society that for a time no choice j of the society could be arrived at. Ke j ? says that the Governor through r?- i j | peated calls to B. C. L. Adams urged j a selection by the aocietj' and that oa j the 19th of May a meetikg was prop' 1 11 ? J of mAatin rr rna eny c^uicu, vui ^ <<uw r aforesaid persons endeavored to bring j in other persons as members and to ,! disqualify other members of the soct- ! T ety and thereby prevent a choice dy j t' the society. The name of !A. A. Rica-; .! ardson was sent to the Governor an<l j returned to him as unsuitable. , j The answer of Mr. Gibbes then relates the circumstances surrounding ^ 9 ^ V? noma Af Hr TT. P I Lilt? SCUUllig UJ. U1C UUUiV vt _ A_#. v. L. Adams to the Governor. This name j' was returned by the Governor as un-, ; suitable. , "Shortly thereafter the said E. C. L. , Adams, pre8ident of the Audubon I Society, without acting upon the rer quest of the Governor end not regard; ing the -best interest of the State, | left the State as the defendant Is Inj formed and believes, wihouc giving , any indication t> fc&e Governor of tie J . length of his aAeerce, whereupon the ; , Governor re^uesttd Dr. C. "W. Barron, the v-ice president to call a meeting ox* the society." says the answer. The answer says that Dr. Barron advertised in both of the daily papers or Columbia the fact that there would be a meeting of the society held ten nffur fhe notice of the call; that Dr. Adams and Funderburk endeavor- j ed to prevent said meeting by statements given to the newspapers "but nevertheless at the appointed place and time the Audubon Society of Sout^ Carolina met and duly procceeded to make a choice of a person to De nominated to the Governor for :lu position o' chief game warden, and this defend r, f nnminotfll VlV Co'/) Cn^'PfV '"JUL V> <X^ Ll\J LI I U1U t rw u 1 k and received thj a,>;)Gintmen- anfi commission of the Governor for tne said position." The answer asks that the court give th(i matter a speedy hearing. Will Aewpt Bond Columbia. Sept. 3.?Carlton W. Sawyer. Comptroller General, today wrot* Wade Hampton Gibbes, whose appointment as game warden is now fcemg tested in the courts, that ne would accept Mr. Gibbes' offer to furnish tne State a bond and indemnify it against loss by reason of issuing warrants on vouchers approved by the game "warden in the event the courts should decide his appointment was illegal. HARRIS-JOHXSON SfPTCALSS A SURPRISE TO FRIENDS Valdosta Times. Miss Marie Harris and Mr. Jared B. Johnson were married yesterday af- i ternoon at Thomasville. Dr. Harris ij of the Baptist church of that city, officiating. vj The marriage of these young people was a great surprise to their many friends in Valdosta. althouh it was known that they intended to have the marriage performed later rn the fall. Yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Miss Duren and Mr. Wilbur McKey, the young people went to Thomasville and the ceremony was performed and they returned to the city about,.6 o'clock and registered at the Valdee hotel as man and wire. For the present they will be at the Vaide? hotel. < The bride is the daughter of *rr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris and a young lady decidedly popular in social err cV<*. while the groom is a yoang business man of high standing in Valdosta. Eoth have hosts of friends who shower congratulations upcfiz them and wish them every happiness. y _ EMPEROR IS HAPPT j iru-L vtr4 fA "uanaru itiuj w^a; iuuiicr nics w Prince Leopold Berlin, Sept. 4 (via London).?Saaperor William has sent the following telegram to the empress: "Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria reports the capture of Riga by our troops, which is a new milestone of German strength and unerring will to victory. May God help us further." J Th* ftnnprrtr ha* telegraphed Prince I Leopold as follows: " "On the occasion of the capture of Risra T pvDre?1? to vou and the Eighth a^mv my and fH.e fatherland's congrat- I platans t^^. F<n*-sepine leaff ersnip ana sieei-nara win 10 vicioit suarante^ this fine success. Onwarct with God!" 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