Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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aw-** • i" 1 / ; J ■' I j t - i rax roan Kcorom mnj£| 4 9445 >V<'; Of unniiniromi CANDIDATES TELL HOW MUCH . THEY HAVE SPENT. K,y fc# \ IIITBI Vtt SECKTUT TELLS IF FIUTDN KLilDI FffilCEtATI F1« AM HmuH g—atorfaj •ad C. A. Smith Top* TboMe for ( TIBePS FOUGHT BIAVEtY That Omt** Troop* Am Meeting Marked Hao comm to Eaateni Prussia, And Are Now Gathering Forces for Battle Which May Expose Berlin. Desperate fighting continues along the Austrian frontier, says an official statement issued at St. Petersburg and telegraphed to London. “In East Purssia,” says the Rus sian war office, “the garrisons and fortress of Thorn and Oraudens (east of the Vistula) are taking part with a large number of siege guns. We hare taken 3,000 prisoners In the operations east of Lemberg (capital of Calicia); near Podgers (Just south of the Vistula) the enemy lost 3,000 men and we captured four guns, number of caissons of ammunition and nine guns abandoned by the Aus trians, when they crossed the Zolo- kla. North of Tomacheff we took 1,000 prisoners and surrounded and defeat ed the Hungarian 15th division of east of Tomacheff, entire regiments surrendering. The enemy is making his principal efforts in the direction of Lublin (Russian Poland, 95 miles ■ southeast of Warsaw), where the fighting is fierce.'' Grand Duke Nicholes, commander in-chief of the Russfmh army, dares that the Polish Sokots, in view of their disloyal conduct and their usd ot explosive and flat nosed bul lets, have no claim to be treated with magnanimity, and, therefore, will be considered not as combatants, but as criminals under the military law. The Russian newspapers announce that the German railways are prepar ing to transport troops from their western front against Russia. A wireless dispatch to the Asso ciated Press from Berlin says: "The latest news from Allenstetn (a town of East Prussia, sixty-five miles south of Kosnigsburg), Indicates that the German army is energetically press ing the Russians. “(Wireless station unable to read the next few words.) "Russian endurance is described as terrific. Corpses lie In heaps on the battlefield. Many prisoners. In cluding one Russian general were captured." Scattered encounters in Eastern Galicia have developed into a general battle, extending one hundred miles from the southern districts of Lublin in Russian Poland, to a point beyond Lemberg, in Galacla, says the St Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Mail. He adds: “In East Prussia the Germans have been driven farther back. Their losses were particularly heavy at Muhlen, and it is only a question of a few days when the Germans will be driven beyond the Vistula. - “Panic reigns In Danrtg. TWe pop ulation Is fleeing to Berlin. The re sult of the general battle now being fought is expected to influepce large ly the whole campaign against Aus trla. The scant reports thus far re ceived indicate that Prussia is on the road to a decisive victory.” Col. Nikolai Golejewski, military attache at the Russian embassy at Washington, made public at New York Saturday night cable messages from the Russian foreign office in St Petersburg regarding Russian war operations. The messages were as follows: , “The Russian troops are approach ing the fortresses of Koenigsburg, driving in the advance posts of the garrison. Reports have come into headquarters that the Russian troops have taken possession of the bridges on the River Alle. “On the Galician border a battle near Tomashoff and Monastyrskaia has been successfully begun. Far ther to the eastward oui" troops are energetically closing in on Lemberg, of which town our advance troops are already in reach. Our cavalary is actively clearing up the country in front of the advance of our columns. “On August 25 our cavalry, hav ing overtaken an Austrian cavalry divlslan west of Tcherkoff, forced the latter to fight, dispersed it and took a battery of horse artillery. “On the eastern Prussian front, on August 25, 26 and >27, a battle was continued near Saldau-AUen- stein-Bischoffburg, where the enemy has concentrated the army corps which retreated from Gumbinnen, re inforced by fresh troops. “Allenstetn has been taken by our,, troops. The Germans suffered espe cially heavy losses in Muhlen, be- 1 tween Austrode and Medenburg, * v wbe«e they am ia fuU-MUea*—I! In accordance with the regulation of the Democratic Stats 'tevutive committee that they be filed'•'be tween concluj'on of campaign and day of first ni’mery of 1914,’' the following expense ac counts of candidates for the I’nite l States legislature and for StU'A of fices have been filed at the office of the Secretary of State. United States Senate. Cole L. Blease $2,498.33 E. D. Smith 1,712.86 L. D. Jennings 1,227.57 Congress. R. S. Whaley ... 371.AS F. A. Dominick 1,023.90 8. J. Nicholls 1,392.10 E. J. Dennis 17.00 J. T. Johnson 319.61 D. B. Finley 594.50 J. F. Byrnes A. F. Lever 99.50 325.70 R. M. Mlxson 129.00 J. E. Ellerbe 523.20 F. S. Evans 465.00 J. A. Horton 448.99 W. F. Stevenson ... . 616.11 Governos. C. A. Smith 1,835.40 J. T. Duncan ... . ... 261.94 J. O. Richards .., . . 338.43 W. C. Irby ... ... .X 242.30 R. A. Cooper 774.24 C. C. Simms 481.10 M. L. Smith 655.72 L. J. Browning 660.90 Lien tenant-Govern or B. F. Kelly . .. . . . ... 395.80 J. A. Hunter ... 357.00 W. M. Hamer 241.01 Secretary of State. R. M. McCown 51.55 Comptroller-General. A. W. Jones 703.30 J. A. Summersett 329.85 State Treasurer. * 8. T. Carter *7.45 Adjutant-General. W. W. Moore 765.05 M. C. Willis 1,218.67 State Superintendent of Education. J. E. Swearingen 54.30 Attorney-tJeneral. T. H. Peeples 415.46 A. O. Brice .... 451.71 Commissioner of Agriculture, Com* merce and Industries. E. J. Watson 61.15 Railroad Commissioner. C. D. Fortner 525.24 J. H. Wharton 348.75 F. J. Shealy 748.90 James Csnsler r ... 85.10 O. W. Falrey 453.50 W. I. Witherspoon 354.12 Solicitor, Twelfth Circuit. L. M. Gasque 50.30 A Conquest of Peace. Milton sang that “Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." The poet was right. While nations of the old world have for year! been arming to the teeth to conquer each other, the United States has been a narrow isthmus might be made one, and the commerce of the world pass through the canal without let or hin drance. That task is now practically ac complished. While nations are fly ing at each other’s throats in the mad lust to conquer, the Isthmus of Pan ama admits that it has been con quered by the peaceful methods em ployed by this country, and it is a conquest, unlike those that follow war, fraught with nothing but bless ing for all mankind. The quiet and successful passage of the canal the other day by a large ship belonging to the country mark ed the beginning of a new era in the commercial history of this land, and also in that of the world generally and that era will be distinguished by constant progress and prosperity that will result in bripging the nations of the world into closer touch with each other. Of course the building of the canal has cost millions upon niiilions of money but it has ail been spent for the welfare of the world.- Far other wise is it with the countless millions spent to arm nations and place them against each other in battle array. After Maintaining Lose of 5,000 In Battle Against Army Which Out numbered it Britons Withdraw In Nuccesful Retreat, Inflicting Heav ier liosses on Advancing Gerpians. Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, Sunday issued an official stateurent, based on reports from Sir John French, commander of the Brit ish expeditionary forces. The state ments tell of a British loss of 5,000 to 6,000 men and describes the part taken by Britiah troops in the battle fought on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday previoua The statement follows: "Although dispatches of Sir John French as to the recent battle have not been received it is possible to state what has been the British share in the recent operations. There has been-rTour days’ battle—on the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th of August. Dur ing the whole of this period the Brit ish, in conformity with a general movement of the French armies, were occupied in resisting and check ing the German advance and in with drawing to new lines of defense. The battle began at Mons Sunday, during which day and part of the night the German attack, stubbornly pressed and repeated, was completely check ed by the British front. On Monday, the 24th, the Germans fnade vigorous efforts in superior numbers to pre vent the safe withdrawal of the Brit ish army and to drive it into the for tress of Maubeuge. "This effort was frustrated by tl»« steadiness and skill with which the British retirement was conducted and. as on the previous day, losses far in excess of anything-suffered by us were inflicted on the enemy, who in dense formation and in enormous masses marched forward again and yet again to storm the British lines. “The British retirement proceeded on the 25th with continuous fighting, though not on the scale of the pre vious two days and by the night of the 25th the British army occupied the line of Cambrail, I.andrecie* and Lecateau. (Cambrai is a fortified town to the Department of the North, 32 miles southeast of Lille on the river Scheldt. Lecauteau is 14 miles cast by southeast of Cambrai). It ihas been Intended to resume the re tirement at daybreak on the 2t6h, but the German attack, in which no less than five army corps were en- grged, was so close and fierce that it was not possible to carry out this in- tent’on until the afternoon. “The battle on this day, the 26th, was severe and desperate. The troops off err d a superb and stubborn re sistance to tremendous odds and at length extricated themselves in good order, though with serious loss and under the heaviest artillery fire. No steadily and successfully conquering nature that two oceans-separatad.hyXguna-sacs^ULken by the enemy, ex miles. ‘At first the battle had the char acter of a bataille du recontre, but later many parts of the Austrian line drere forced to take a defensive posi tion. One of our infantry regiments, in a hand to hand flg>^, took the col ors of hnd.almost completely annihi lated the 11th Gonwed (Hungarian) regiment. An energetic advance is being continued." v , Petrokoff our cavalry defeated three^™ 1 German squadrons and a company of > cyclists. Of the latter 127 were tak- ' en prisoners. , “In OaUcU, on August 26. a series of separate engagements asermed the character of a great battle, whl£h w«$ rekffiBflE *■ the southern districts > of Lublin and HoUn front ef Danger of War Correspondents. It Is said that the Kaiser has or- that war correspondents who JgJ out trial. This shows the danger of being a war correspondent where the Kkiser can get his hands on him. Car Hits Asto. A trolley car proceeding down hill In Colnmbia struck a stalled auto Thursday and seriously injured Mes- dames 'H. C. Randolph nd Paul Mat thews. cept those the horses of which had been killed, or which were shattered by high explosive shells. “Gen. French estimates that dur ing the whole of these operations from the 23rd to the 26th. inclusive, his losses amounted to 5,000 to 6,000. On the other hand, the losses, suf-' fered by the Germans in theif at tacks across the open, and through their dense formation are out of all proportion to those we suffered. “In Landrecies alone on the 23th a German infantry brigade advanced in close order into a narrow street and our machine guns were brought to bear on this target from the end of the town. The head of the col umn was swept away. A frightful panic ensued and,it is estimated that 800 or 900 dead and wounded Ger mans were left in this street alone “Another incident was the charge of the German guard cavalry division upon the British Twelfth cavalry bri gade, when the German cavalry was thrown back with great losses and In absolute disorder. These are notable examples of what has taken place over the front during these engage ments. and the Germans have been made to pay the extreme price for every forward march. “Since the 26th, apart from cav alry fighting, the British army has not been molested. It has rested and refitted after Its glorious achieve ments. “Reinforcements amounting to double the losses' sustained already have joined. Every gun has been re placed and the army has ready to take part in the next great encounter with undiminished strength and un daunted spirits- Today the news again is favor able. The Britfsh have hot been en gaged. but the Frenqh armies, acting for the tlmirBeThg' brought the Ger man attack to a standstill. Sir John French also reports that on the 28th the British Fifth csvslry brigade fought In British fashion #itb Osman cavalry, in. which, the Twelfth Lancers end the Roysl Scot Ornys routed the enemy fund speared ^ targe number in flight. Sj “It must be remembered throt SOUTH CAROLINA FOURTH. State’s Cotton Prodaction in 1013 . Is Large. South Carolina aad •Georgia are credited with a large part of the in crease in production of cotton In re cent years, In the census bulletin on cotton productions in 1913.. The crop of 1913, ns compared with that of 1912, &how8 a gain in each of the states with the exceptions of North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Vir ginia. The production in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennes see was the largest ever reported for these states, except for 1911. Arkansas made its record crop in 1913 and Louisiana showed the larg est amount ginned from a single crop since 1908. While the crop In Texas was nearly 1,000,000 bales short of the record crop of 1912, it was exceeded by that and only two others—those of 1906 and 1911. Great vartetions are shown in the crops of this State in the different years. In 1906 the production was 4,174,206 hales, while the following year it amounted to only 2,300,179 bales. The production then rose to 3, 814,485 bales in 1908, to 4,256,- 427 in 1911, and to 4,880,210 bales in 1912. The State produced 25.2 per cent, of the total crop of the country in 1909, 26.3 per cent, in 1910, 27.1 per cent in 1911, 25.6 per cent> in 1912, and 27.9 per cent. In 1913. The production of cotton in Geor gia in 1913, while showing an in crease of more than 500,000 bales, as compared with the previous year, was still 452,026 bales short of the rec ord crop of 1911. The crop of 1913, however, was, in this State, greater than that of 1906 by 724,020 bales, 0)645.5 per cent., and in South Caro lina by 501,633 bales, or 57.3 per cent. The production*of cotton in Louis iana decreased steadily from 1906 to 1910, though since then there has been some increase. In 1906 the pro duction of the State amounted to 987,779 bales, while in 1910 the gmount was only 245,648 bales. This rapid decline was due largely to the ravages of the boll weevil and to the consequent diversion of cotton lands to the cultivation of sugar cane, rice and other crops. There has been a tendency to return to the cultivation of cotton in some sections of the State, and it is expected that there will be a further increase in the pro duction. * South Carolina ranked fourth among the states in cotton produc tion in 1913, 1912 and 1911; fifth in 1910 and third in 1909. There were 189 counties which reported more than 25,()00 bales each in 1913, as compared with 166 in 1912 and 221 in 1911. There were 38 counties which reported more than 50.000 bales each in 1913, 11 of which— four In Mississippi and seven in Texas —returned more than 75,000 bales each and five—Bolivar county, Miss., and Ellis. Williamson. McLennan and Navarro counties, Texas, in the order named—more than 100,000 bales each. The states which contribute the larger portion of the export cotton are those which put up the heaviest bales. The average weight of the bale for the states of Arkansas. Louisiana. Mississippi, Oklahoma. Tennessee and Texas, which furnish ed much the larger pert of the export cotton, was 518.3 pounds, while that for the states of Alabama. Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina. Him I»MT 1 IB If HUES n KLau uTiu. GERMANS VICTORS RETIRE IN EAST 1 GERMANS WITHDRAW FIERCE RUSSIAN ADVANCE. 1 FALL BACK TO DEFENSES French end English Suffer Serious Reverse When They Take the Of fensive Against Gathering Ger mans—Allies Fall Back Into Strongly Entrenched Positions. The French war office issued the following announcement Monday night: “The French and English, the plan of attack having failed owing to unforeseen circumstances, have retir ed on the covering ^positions.” “West of the Meuse the English artUlery on our left was attacked by the Germans, but behaved admirably, holding its ground with traditional steadfastness. “The French assumed the offensive with two army corps. An African brigade in the front line, carried away by their eagerness, were receiv ed by a murderous fire. They did not give an inch, but counter attacked by the Prusian guard, they were obliged to retire, only, however,, inflicting enormous losses. The Prussian Guard especially suffered heavily. “East of the Meuse our troops ad vanced across an extremely difficult county and made vigorous attack when they emerged from the woods, but were obliged to fall back after a stiff fight south of the River Semois. "On order o/XJen. Joffre our troops and the British troops withdrew to the covering positions. Our troops are intact, our cavalry has in no way suffered and our artillery has affirm ed its superiority. Our officers and soldiers are in the best of condition, morally and physically. ' “As a result of the order which have been issued the aspect of the struggle will change for a few days. The French army will remain for a time on the defensive. bu f at the right moment, to be decided on by the commander-in-chief, it will re sume a vigorous offensive. “Our losses are heavy; it would be premature to enumerate them. It would be equally so to enumerate those of the Germans, who suffered so heavily that they were obliged to abandon their counter attacks and establish themselves in fresh posi tions in Lorraine. “We delivered four attacks yes terday from our positions north of Naey, inflicting very heavy losses on the enemy. “In regard to the general situa tion, we have the full use of our railroads and retain command of the seas. Our operations have enabled the Russians to come into action and penetrate the heart of West Prussia It is to be regretted that the offen sive operations planned * failed to achieve their purpose as a result of difficulties Impossible to foresee. It would have shortened the war. but our defences remain intact in the presence of an already weakened en emy! “Eveiy Frenchman will deplore the temporary abandonment of por- lions of Alsace and Lorraine which which contributed most largely f(T we j, a j occupied, and certain parta of the national territory will suffer from events of which they will be the theatre. “The ordeal is h evitable, but tem porary. Thus detachments of Ger man cavalry belonging to an unat tacked division operating on the ex treme right, have penetrated in Rou- bad (six miles north of Lille) and the Tourcoing district, which are de fended only by territowal reservists. “Our valiant people will know how to find courage to suppert this trial, with unfailing faith in final success, which is not to be doubted. In tell ing to the country the whole truth, the government and military authori ties give it the strongest proof of their absolute confidence,in victory, which depends only on our persever ance and tenacity.” A dlspltch to The Daily Telegraph from Ostend says: “An Englishman who succeeded in getting out of Brus sels to-day' probably Sunday) makes the following statement regarding conditions there: “ ‘German troops are being rushed southward through Brussels as rapid ly as possible. The general estimate was that 200,000 had passed through during the 48 hours following the oc cupation of the city. The German troops are finely equipped and cap able of maktHg-a long and hard day’s march. Some of their officers whom I met in the cafes told me that their companies were making from 30 to 40 miles a day. "‘The equipment,of all the Ger man forces is wonderful. Every de tail is perfect. I noticed that of the thousands of carts which passed not had- been requisitioned, but all were "built for militaj? service and hope the government mark. All their horses were equipped with an extra set of shoes which hang from th stirrups. . n ‘'At. Wsterjoo I saw a part their artillery being, hurried so ward toward Mons.% I count* runa.’ ^ \ ’ the domestic consumption, was 4 91.4 pounds. /' “THE HEATHEN RAGE.” Inteersting Telegrams Exchanged Be tween Tillman nd Blease. Senator Tillman had made public the following telegrams: Tillman to lilease, September. 1910: f “The Hon. Cole! L. Blease, New berry, S: C. Congratulations. Let the heathen rage. "B. R. Tillman." Please to Tillman, August, 1912: “ B. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C., Sentember, 1912: . “Let the heathen rage. They still rage. “Cole L. Blease.” Tillman to Blease, August, 1914: < “The Hon. Uole L. Belase, Colum bia, S. C. “The heathen still rage, but the people rejoice. See Deuteronomy, 32:15. Good-bye. “B. R. Tillman.” out, that the operations in France are vast and that we are only on one wing on the whole field of battle. This strategic position of ourselves and our allies are such whereas a de cisive victory for our armies in France probably would be. Jatal to the enemy, a continuance of resist ance by the Anglo-French armies upon such scale as to keep in the closest grip the enemy's best troops, can, if prolonged, lead only to one conclusion.” . ' r • Czar's Troops. Coetiee* 4© Move F ward le Spite ot Check Sustained. A dispatch to Reuters from Par » gives this war office communlcatloi “After thus victory of the Russia] 1 the German troops la East Pruss , evacuated the district of Masure - land )southern East Prussia). T1 > Ruslans sustained no check and th< r occupied its western outlets. It 1 confirmed that they captured a hu - dred guns from the enemy. “In Galicia the Russian offensi i is being continued normally soup and southwest of Franpol. The St. Petersburg correfcpphdeit of The Post describes the difficult nature has placed in the way of Russian advance in East Prussia says the Germans baYe enormouly multiplied those difficulties by a modern adaptation of age old me 1* ods. Lakelets and marshes were sc n with rifle pits and wherever pra i- cable redoubts of felled timber w re placed. Everywhere there are 1 r- midable wire entanglements. “We have no exact Informatio the correspondent continues, “of 1 iw many army corps Germany left to oppose the Russian advance. 1 sr- haps there were seven and possily only five. Whatever their nu three are retreating under coveiof thq, fortress of Konigsburg and 1 is in full flight on Osterode. / “All four flung away in ret) their arms and ammunition and their food. The Russian arm! forced marches have driven a wei between the German forces. So Ae- moralizing was the Russian c<xn- mander’s strategy that the Geraan forces abandoned their entrended position on the Angefapp without a fight. “The authorities of East Prupla have caught the panicky feeling f: >m Germany’s armies. It is repoi ed that the commandant of Marieni *rg has ordered the inhabitants to e se nate the country, while at Elbing he sluices were opened with the ot set of flooding the country to prevent he Russian advance. These are metl ids of despair and indicate pretty tainly that Germany has no trained troops to oppqfe the slans. “With’ the true eyes for strai which mark the born commande men. Grand Dnke Nicholas has a doned to Its fate everything evi where which did ndt lend Itself the attainment of a single aim locating, attacking and crushing tk enemy's main force. In accordant with this policy quite half of Polaa was left bare of Russian troops all public servants of Russian troo and all public servants of Russia state were warned to quit betim* when the Germans advanced. “Both the Austrians and Ge accepted the invitation to this conquest. There were no sol anywhere to meet the German ers whose cavalry raided as Lodz but they have since been out again A Berlin dispatch sent by t bureau and reaching London of Rotterdam says that Empe liam has directed the follow] gram to his ministry: “Main headquarters, Auij The trials to w hich my royaS of East Prussia ft subject^ 1 invasion of Russians 111^' greatest compassion, courage of my East • well not to know th/ ready to offer themw of the fatherlam^® give their blood < t sake of their cf' bear the har'i “Co n flde/ ro, ' n<L A of our herV belief in tV gether wl we are n Should g/P ur8 “ins livery o “I shall be for thosi' obliged this in v the v&rf^ in the*'* measv to me (STd. ges. I in all W 16, 1914. Artes- Aicted facnl- iision. Piano (Igh. Prices Get t, 8. C. % German Troops Electrocuted. S’rung around the Belgian forts at Liege were high powered wires against which th*> .German front ranks were pressed to their electro cution. says s report from Paris. Two tnen entered the Homestead National Bank at Pittpharg Monday and holding up the cashier with re volvers, too£ all the available cash. 1