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jr.. # "f t # I Established in 1891. BATTLES ON EAST AND WEST FLANKS GERMANS MAKING DESPERATE EFFORTS TO 8QUEEZE OUT OF POCKET. GREAT NUMBER OF PRISONERS There Are 8trong Indications That German Defeat May Result in Disastrous Rout. The German high command apparently 1b making desperate efforts to hold open the base of the salient between Solssons and Rhelms until troops far down the center of the great pocket toward the Marne can be withdrawn. With French and American troops hammering away J D.lli.k ?r/1 ii uiii uir cbsv, miu ricuuu, duubii ?uu Italia*' force* battering at the weet flank of the German position, it wai till far from certain that the enemy would be able to get hit force out of the southern end of the salient witht out terrific losses. Already great numbers of prisoners and guns have been taken by the American and allied forces. The only estimate from official sources covering the aggregate captures by French. American and Italian troops during the first two days of the counter-offensive. gave 20,000 as the probable total. There are indications that the number captured on Sunday night might be greater, although enemy withdrawal from the Marne and Chateau-Thierry sectors probably accounted in some part for the swiftness of the ad vances made during that day. The situation on the flanks of the salient was not so clear, although it was plain that on both sides the effort to pinch the enemy retirement was making progress. Heavy artillery fire und airplane bombs are raining over all his communication lines in the center of the salient over which the retiring divisions must make their escape. Apparanetly, the enemy is fighting hard to hold his position around Oulchy-Le-Chateau, where a railway line from FiBmes, probably his chief advance base and located at the approximate centar of the base line of the salient, between Solssons and Rheims has permitted him to assemble considerable forces to resist the r i auwi'TiiiiTTi u ail auv auir. Should the counter-attack succeed In forcing this position or breaking through either to the north or south of Oulchy, however, it is Indicated that the German defeat might be turned into a disastrous rout. GERMAN CONTROL OF THE METAL INDUSTRY CUT OUT Washington?uerman control of the metal Industry in America lias been wiped out by Alien Property Custodian Palmer in the seizure of several of the largest metal concerns in the United States with ramifications into South America. Mexico and Canada. Mr. Palmer announced that he had taken over the business of L. Vogelsteln ft Co., Inc., of New York City, with assets of more than $9,000,000 and Beer, Sondheimer ft Co.. Inc., also of New York City, with asets of upwards of $6,000,000. In addition the custodian has seized the enemy-owned Interest In tha American Metals Co., controlling some 16 companies in this country and Stellforth ft Co., of New York, dealers In silver bullion, with a capitalization of $1,000,000. It was revealed that the Beer. Sondheimer and Vogelstein companies were closely affiliated with the German Metal Gesselschaft, which, for some years, has dominated the entire ! metal market of the world, and that they, with the American Metals Co., controlled most of the principal metal and smelting companies of this country. These two rnm nil n i na ?rn hollava,) by Mr. Garvan to have supplied Germany with vast quantities of copper, zinc and other necessary war materials after the war began. MANY COMPLIMENTS ARE PAID AMERICAN TROOPS London. ? Many compliments have been showered on the Americans by British liason officers, and reports reaching London from their two sactors praise their fighting ability, discipline and adaptability. One staff officer reported: "The Americans have already earned a great reputa tlon for the thoroughness with which they clenn up the territory they move across. They are Just as good as the Australians In this open offensive." 4 ENEMY CONTINUES BACKWARD . MOVEMENT UNDER PRESSURE With the American Army.?The Franco-American advance continues on the line on the south and to tho west. The Germans gave more ground and are slowly continuing their backward movement to the north of Chateau Thierry. Two additional towns have heen taken by the Americana on the front north of the Marne since daylight. In the region of Sols ona another town was captured by the Americana. I The ALBERTO E. LEE MSu '<*. .w . **< ^B'v,vAs'V.1m^',> / H ^Rk'v. V s O l^li^l H Alberto E. Lee Is the food admlnlo tretor of Porto Rico. MANY PRISONERS AND GUNS BRILLIANT DA8H ALONG 25-MILE FRONT MARK8 EPOCH IN WORLD 8TRUGGLK Four Thousand Prisoners and Many Guns Captured By Americana Alone. From the region west of Solssons to the northwest of Chateau Thierry, American and French armiei have ebgun a strong offensive against the Germans which possfbly may have a marked influence on the future of the world war. In its Initial stage the movement has been rewarded with great success. All along the 25 miles the French and American troops have dashed in brilliant fashion across positions held | by the Germans, killing, wounding or capturing thousands of the enemy and taking towns, villages and large quantities of guns and other war supplies. Nowhere, according to last accounts from the front, has the enemy been able to stay the progress of their assailants, although counter-attacks were resorted to on some important sectors after the first stages of surprise occasioned by the unexpected attack had worn away. To the Americans alone In the region west of Solssons came 4,000 prisoners, 30 guns and much war material. Additional large numbers of captives and further greater stores of guna. ! ammunition and other war necessities ! were taken by the.French. Before all J the positions of the Americans and the French their guns and machine gun? cut to pieces fleeing hordes of the enemy or bands which endeavored to withstand the onrush. Six miles apparently was the deepest point of penetration made by the allied troops in the first day of fighting. This was at Buzancy, south of Soissons, which they captured and passed through eastward. At several other points distances of from four to five miles were reached from the original starting line. At Soissons the Americans and Frenchmen came to within a mile of the city. Altogether more than 20 villages fell into the hands of the Americans and French all along the battlefront. All atong the fronts on both sides of Rheims the entente troops continued to. hold the Germans, wherever they have seen fit to launch attacks. East of Rheims the French have recaptured Prunay. but south of the Marne In local fighting they have lost some further ground. The German official communication asserts that in this region success attended the German efforts. YOUNG ROOSEVELT MAY BE PRISONER New York.?Lieut. Quentln Roosevelt, reported missing after an aerial engagement over the German lines, probably landed unhurt and is now a prisoner in the hands of the Oermnns, according to a cable message received by his father. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. LAUNCH SECOND ATTACK AT NOON After passing the third objectives sei lor me operation 01 trie morning, the Americans, in co-operation with the French south of Soissons. launched a second powerful attack at noon. Showing the effect of splendid training the American troops went forward siwftly and fought with fury. Nothing seemed to stop them, especialy in the region of Soissons and to the south of that city. It was open warfare, with all attending excitement. ENEMY CONSIDERED IN DANGEROUS POSITION With the American Army in France. ?So far has the attack nrotrroased that the enemy In the vicinity of the Chateau-Thierry is considered to be in a somewhat dangerous position?one where he will have to act quickly. The American troops, including those returning bandaged, are in high spirits. The Americans have received warm expressions of thanks from the French commanders. I ' FOR' TORTMD COMPLETE VICTORY SFFMS III (SIGHT uukiviu in uiuill WITH 8TUBBORN PERSISTENCE ALLIED TROOP8 CONTINE TO PRESS ENEMY BACK. GERMAN LINES ARE BROKEN Americana and French Penetrate Enemy Linea, at 8ome Polnta to Depth of Three Mi lee. Victories for the allied arms in France continue to multiply. Over the entire 60-mile front running from Soissone to Rhelms the allied troops are fighting with a determination that 'brooks no denial of their efforts. And the Oermamns are steadily giving ! ground, though stoubborn resistance 1 is being -offered >on some sectors. Further goodly slied indentations have been made in the German line ueiween soissons ana unateau-Thierry by the American and French troops and almost all the gains made by the Germans In their recent drive south of the Marne and toward the vicinity of Rheims have been blotted out under the counter attacks of the Americans, French, British and Italians. Cateau-Thierry, which represents the point In the battle line where the Germans had driven their wedge nearest to Paris, has been recaptured by the French troops and almost simultaneously the vllage of Brasles, two mtles eastward, and the heights to the north of the village fell Into their hands. Acting in harmony with the movement on Chateau-Thierry, American and French troops northwest of the city struck the Germans another hard blow, broke through the German lines and drove through at some points more than three miles. Large numbers of prisoners were taken and the machine guns of the allied troops literally mowed down the Germans who endeavored to stay their progress. To the north, along the Oureq valley, the French are making good progress. The entire southern bank of the Marne having been cleared of enemy forces. French. British and Italian troops now are harassing those southwest of Rhelms and they have been forced to fall back in the Courtooi wood and the Ardre valley and near St. Euphraise. Aviators continue to leand assistance to the troops of General Foch, scouting the back arens and harassing the retreating Germans with their machine guns. Notable work has bbeen done by American Indians for General Perishlng's men, the Aborglnies taking a prominent part in characteristic western fashion. SUBMARINE ATTACK ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST. Orleans. Mass.?An enemy submarine attacked a tow off the eaatermost point of Cape Cod. sank three barges, set a fourth and thsJr tug on Are and dropped four shells on the mainland. The action lasted an hour and was unchallenged except for two hydroplanes from the Chatham aviation station, which circled over the U-boat causing her to submerge, for only a moment, to reappear and resume firing. The crew of the tow numbering 41 and including three women and five children, escaped amid the shellflre in lifeboats. Several were wounded, j kss? Masks aaa uui uuij uiic nruuuaiy. The attack was without warning and I only the poor marksmanship of the J German gunners permitted the escape of the crews. The one-sided fight took place three miles south of the ( Orleans coastguard station, which is located midway between Chatham, at | the elbow, and Highland light at the extreme tip of the cape. The firing was heard for miles and brought housnnds to the beach from which the flashes of the guns and the out- j line of hte U-boat were plainly visible. Possible danger to the onlookers was not thought of until a shell whizzed over their heads and splashed in a pond a mile inland. Three other shells buried themselves in the sand. 1,200,000 UNITED STATES SOLDIERS SENT OVER Washngton. The high water mark ' of the German offensive movement in i France has heen reached and the inl- I tlative now is passing to the allied . and American armies. General March, | chief of staff, told members of the gen- | ate military committee. Later he announced that American troop ship- ' ments had now exceeded 1,200,000 men. insuring the man power to hold the initiative on the western front. WILSON SENDS MESSAGE TO COLONEL ROOSEVELT Washington.?Upon learning that German aviators had confirmed the death of Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt, President Wilson sent this message to Colonel Roosevelt at Oy9ter Bay: "Am greatly distressed that the news of your son's death is confirmed. I had hoped for other news. He died serving his country nnd died with fine gallantry. I am deeply grieved that hia service should have come to this j tragic end." J?,. * J -I^y. ..TT> '. - '- * n It/T-r i mi CLL, S. 0.f THURSDAY, JUL1 BRIG. GEN. R. E. NOBLE " rig. Qcn. Robert E. Noble, chief of the personnel division of the army medioal department, hae paeeed on the qualiflcatlona of and aeelgned to duty all the 16,000 physlclane who have joined the ranke of the governmen* aa medioal offtoere. He l? a loo director of the hoepltalo on thlo aide of ths Atlantic. BATTLE STUBBORN CONTEST GERMANS ATTACKING VICIOU8LY BUT EFFORT8 PRODUCTIVE OF SMALL RESULTS. In No Inetance Have the Americana Been Forced to Withdraw?Germane Bring Up Freah Troopa. London.?Caaualtien sustained by the German troopB in the offensive up to the piecent are estimated to number 100.000, according to news received in London from the battle front in France. Although the Germans still are attacking the alied lines viciously on both sides of the Rheims salient, what gains they are making continue to be small ones on isolated sectors and seemingly are confined to the region ' along the \larne anad Immediately southwest of Rhelma. Eastward from the cathedral city through Champagne, the French re j port that they everywhere are holdI ing the enemy and keeping their line intact notwithstanding the prodigious expenditure of shells by the Germans. Everywhere the battles are being stubbornly contested, and where the French and Italians have been compelled to give ground it has been only after the Infliction of extremely heavy casualties on the invaders. The Americans nowhere have been forced to withdraw. On the contrary near Fossoy, near the bend of the Marne between Chateau-Thierry and Dormans, they have made further imI provemnets in their positions. Like ! their French comrades in arms, the Americans also have been engaged in violent fighting with the enemy. Daily it becomes increasingly apparent that the strategy of the German high command in the present battle has foremost in its consdieration the blotting out of the Rheims salient and the straightening of the line eastward through Champagne toward Verdun to reach the railroad running from Rheims to Epernay and force the evacuation of Rheims. It is reported that French reserves have entered the fighting line along, the Marne and that to the north of LaChappelle-Monthodon they have recaptured lost territory. The Germans also, as was expected, have brought up fresh forces in an endeavor to push forward their project In this region. On the British front in northern France antj Flanders the Germans are keeping up violent bombardments on various sectors, using both gas and high explosive shells. Gas has been used extensively on the Villers-Bretonneux sector, where the British for several days past have been delivering successful patrol attacks. LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT IS KILLED IN ACTION Paris.?Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt, youngest son of the former president, has been kiled in an airplane fight, the semiofficial Havras News agency announces. His machine fell Into the enemy lines. Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen in combat on Sunday morning with two enemy airplanes about 10 miles inside the German lines in the Chateau Thierry sector. He started out with a patrol of 13 American machines. GENERAL GOURAUD IS THE HERO OF THE DARDANELLES With the French Force* In France. ?General Gouraud, the hero of the Dardanelles, was the French commander who barred the advance of the German crown prince In the Champagne. It was he who. to the east of Rheims. in one day brought the host of Germans to u standstill. This was done with only comparatively insignificant losses among his own men In consequence of his admirable defensive preparations. R ' : ' v * LL T ar nr 4 a^a I AO, A??0 ARMOURED CRUISER SUNK OFF COAST TOLL OF LIVE8 TAKEN, IF ANY, HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. OEF'NITE GAUEE OF LOSS Submarine Had Been Operating Off Coaat Which Indicates Slnking by Torpedo. New York.?German submarines appear to have renewed operations off tb^ American coast. The United States armored cruiser San Diego was aunk not far from the entrance of New York harbor. Circumstantial reports reaching here indicate that she was torpedoed. There were also reports though not confirmed, that other ships had been attacked, one being described as a coastwise passenger ship. Whether there had been a toll of lives taken on the San. Diego was not known up to a late hour. No more than 335 had been accounted for out of a crew of 1.144 men aboord the warship of which some 300 reached New York on a tark steamship. Thirty-two men, a lieutenant, an ensign and 30 sailors, were landed in lifeboats on the Long Island shore. Survivors were reported to have been picked up by other ships, however. and to be on their way to New York. The San Diego was sunk at 11:30 a. m., about ten miles southeast of Fire Island, which is off the Long Island shore about 50 miles east of the entrance to New York harbor and on the main highway of trans-Atlantic ships bound in and out of the port. Although the navy department announced that the cause of the loss of the San Diego had not been determined. information received from reliable sources in the afternoon indicate that submarines had been operating off the coast and that she had heen torpedoed. There were rumors that the cruiser had been in collision, also that she had struck a mine, but reports current where survivors landed on the Long Island shore bore out the indications that a German submarine had been responsible. Washington.? (Later.)?The navy department has received information that two steamships which are proceeding to an unnamed port have i aboard 1.156 officers and men of the United Statee cruiser San Diego. AMERICANS FOIL COUNTER ATTACK BY GERMANS Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans have thrown large reinforcements into the new battle line between Soissons and the region of Chateau-Thierry, they nowhere thus far have been able to stem the tide of the onslaughts the American and French troops are making agai-nst them. Friday saw the Americans and French batter their way further east' ward into the deep triangular salient which has Soissons. Rheims and ChaI teau-Thierry as its points, and suc| cessfully withstand a terrific counter attack. The gainH of Friday were carried to their greatest depth in the center ! of the 25-mlle line and on the southern flank northwest of ChateauThierry, where the Americans are holding forth. I . GERMANS BRING UP THEIR RESERVES; BATTLE FIERCER With the French Armies in France. ?The battle along the front of the PrnncD. A mnrloon "" ??* <-*? ~ ? ? * *? , .. ? .......... .... tuuiuDi tjueiiBivt' nu; tweon the Aisne and Marne rivers is becoming fiercer. The Germans are bringing up reservee. Hoover Arrives Safe In Great Britain. Ix>ndon.?Herbert C. Hoover, Amor- 1 loan food controller, arrived at a port from America. SCOTTISH TROOPS CAPTURE PRISONERS AND VILLAGE London.?Scottish troops captured - the village of Meteren. together with more than 300 prisoners and a number of machine guns. In an operation in the Hnilleul sector, according to | the official report from Field Marahal Haig's headquarters. Austrian troops advanced to a short distance south of Meteren and took 80 prisoners and 10 machine guns and a laree nuaniiiu other munitions of war, the report adds. NO. IMMEDIATE NEED FOR NERVOUS UNITS IN CLA8S TWO Washington.?With the calls for increasingly large numbers of draft registrants to fill up training camps and the first quotas of the national army, there is much speculation throughout the country as to how soon class 2 tnen will be called for service. There need be no immediate anxiety on the part of these men or ! their relatives. No call for fighting men will be made upon class 2 mu I in 191$. in all probability - - ' . . ; ,/* * * - J.T ' * \ % TMRS mrnmm* mtmm v mHfli LEAD BURNERS ARE WANTED Government Has Attractive Proposition for Lead Burners and Old Time Plumbers. Horace L. Tilghm&n, state director of the United States public service reserve, ha6 been requested by Washington officials to institute a search for lead burners. Old time plumbers should be able to All these positions which pay $1 an hour with the likelihood of an increase soon. Artisans of this kind are very scarce and about 60 are urgently needed in government plants engaged in the manufacture of explosives. The call to the state directors, which describes the general nature of the work to be performed by those accepted to All the places, reads in part: "We have a call for about 60 lead hnrnnrn and vorv faw man are avail. able. Lead burners are used to build lead tanks (or chemical companies and the like. The edges of a tank are brought together and scraped bright, a strip of brightening lead Is placed back "of this joint and then with a torch the operator melts a little strip of bright lead into the joints about as one would use a strip of soft Bolder. It takes a great deal of practice and experience to burn the edges of the tank and the reinforcing strip together without actually melting the lead so It runs out. The most difficult feature of lead burning is to melt an overhead seam together, for in this case the heat must be just exactly ! sufficient to melt the lead or it will run and drop to the floor. The work that is being done now does not re- ] quire this overhead work and 1 am told a good many old time plumbers can do lead burning." Particulars about these positions can 41-- 1 >? i uc v/uiauiuii uviu nit.' ruiiiiu) mem uu- ; reau, 1222 Washington St.. Columbia. Changes at Clemaon College. Clemson College.?W. W. Long, dl- ! rector of the extension service, announces the following changes in the working force: The extension service Is making arrangements with the United States department of agriculture to add to the extension service an expert in farm management. The work of this agent will be largely determining the cost of producing the state's staple crops. The agent for this new position has not yet been named. L. C. Madison has been appointed agent In animal husbandry, to take the place of D. W. Williams, who leaves shortly to enter the service. J. W. Sheely has ben appointed agent In antmal husbandry, to take ' the place of John O. Williams, who left recently to accept a position in the United States department of agriculture. Mr Sheely was until recently farm products age/it for the Southern Railway and was formerly a teacher of agriculture in Alabama. He Is a Clemson graduate. Meeting Sumter District Conference. Manning.?The 45th session of the Sumter district conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, convened here July 9 and adjourned after a two j day seselon. The sessions were held In the Baptist church, owing to th^ fact that t"he Methodist church has Just been moved and is not In condi- | tion for UBe at this time. The at- ! tendance was encouraging and the reports submitted showed gratifying results. The Rev. D. M. McLeod. Dre Riding elder of the diHtrict, transacted the business of the conference with ease and dispatch. Every interest of the church was thoroughly looked into and the meeting was both inspiring and profitable. Government Aide Road Construction. Greenville.?Greenville county has received approximately $8,000 from the federal highway commission for aid on the National highway, north, Just rompleted, and on the Jones Gap Road between Greenville and Brevard. These are the two roads selected for federal aid and a sum of $37,000 und $38,000 will be apportioned for this improvement. The highway oommis sion plana to build an excellent highway over the Jones Gap road before the county bond issue is expended. Traveling Distilleries. Newberry?Itinerant distillers have given some trouble, but the sheriff is after them now and will llkey break them up. He has lodged four negroes In ja.ll on the charge of distilling. The mode of operation is for the distiller to move from one place to another, the operator furnishing the si ill, the other party the corn meal . f ">d the two dividing the whiskey. The sheriff has in his possession i I' ree of these traveling distilleries that he has captured lately. Students Go to Plattsburg. Spartanburg.?WofTord College is sending 11 of its students and a member of ita fa'-ulty to the Plattsburg students' training camp. This action is In accordance with the decision of the trustees of the college to make this institution a thoroughly military one. The undergraduate students from WofTord will receive two months' intensive training at Plattsburg an 1 return in time to take charge, with the commandant furnished by the government. of the military training at the local college next year. * ' .7? . ' v * * -T1 .t; ;>* ; "i V r '< ' * .$ .y .'.i-/va- *3 > - * V ' $1.25 Per Year. ^ . * INTERESTING iW FROM THE GAMPS ADDITIONS AT CAMP JACKSON TO JEWISH WELFARE BOARD TRIPLES FIELD PERSONEL. > ________ RAYCRQFT TO VISIT CIWS Head of Athletic Division of FosdlcH Commission Soon to Visit South Carolina Camps. Camp Jackson. Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, head of the athletics division of the Fosdlck commission on training camp activities, has left Washington on a tour of the ramps, camonmenis ana avinuuu owr tions af the South and Southeast. Camp Jackson Is to be included in his itinerary. The commission of which Dr. Rayeroft is a member has charge of the non-military activities of the American camps. A special review of the entire One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery brigade has been planned. The review will be led by Brig. Ben. Andrew Moses, commnadlng general of the Ono Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery brigade. Capt. 0. C. Loyd has reported at Camp Jackson and is now the Camp personnel officer. Captain Loyd comes to Jackson from Camp Upton. New York where he has had charge of a government investigation of the embarkation problems for troops preparing to go abroad. The* newly arrived artillerymen have manifested a lively Intereat in the facilities for intellectual development placed at their disposal by the Camp Jackson library. Books which are dowipned to make better soldiers of the men are more in demand than popular fictions or stories and the circulation recordfi show that two books of study go out for every book of entertainment. The greatest demand is still for mathematical texts, which ^ help the men to qualify for officers' f positions. / The Jewish Welfare Board at Camp Jnrkson has had its field personnel practicaly tripled with the arrival of Dr. Jacob Rlsin, former Jewish chaplain at Camp Greene, and Bernard Heller of Philadelphia. Dr. Raisin becomes resident rnbbl at Camp Jackson while Mr. Heller will be detailed as assistant general secretary and will co-operate with the ifresent general secretary. Camp 8evler. Virtually every man of the Eightyfirst division is well protected in the matter of government insurance. It was learned from official sources. New men coming in have been immediately approached by insurance officers, and thero are very few, if any, who have not taken insuranre in substantial amounts. A number of American army officers who have been with the allied forces overseas, have bec-n detailed to the Seventeenth I'nitd States Infantry here to"*act as special instructors for that organization in various phases of modern warfare, such as bomb throwing, grenade worft, bayonet fighting, etc. Private Prod Hands, or tne veterinary corps, this camp, has bec#i found guilty by courtninrtial on the charge of desertion, and sentenced to Imprisonment at hard labor for five years, and to forfeit all pay and allowances during that time. Twenty-four members of the Bightyflrst division, horn in foreign lands, were naturalized with simple but interesting ceremonies in one of the Y. M. C. A. buildings at he camp. Camp Wadsworth. Special trnins are arriving at Camp Pherson, Georgia Wadsworth bringing 10,000 drafted men from the state of Minnesota and 4.000 from South Carolina. One hundred German prisoners arrived at Camp Wadsworth, coming from Fort McPherson, Georgia. The new arrivals are to be employed as laborers at the camp. Borah to Bar Association. Greenville. S C\?United States Senator William K. Borah, of Idaho, will he the annual orator at the meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association at Glenn Springs. August 1 and 2. The program for the meeting has not yet been completed but among other speakers will be Walter Hazard, of Georgetown, and Circuit Judge W. H. Townsend, of Columbia. A notahe assembly is predicted. Senator Borah is one of the most distinguished mem-' hers of the senate and is a lawyer of ripe experience. # I Much Damage by Drought. York. ? Much damage to crops throughout York county has resulted from the never* drought now nrevatl. in*. Corn, particularly, lias been Injured badly, the indications being that * the yield will be but little more than half of last year's production.- Cotton stodo the dry weather better but in plainly showing the bad affects of lack of moisture. Another factor in the deterioration of the cotton crop was cool nights of last week. Taken all in all. the agricultural entlook la not encouraging.