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CZAR'S TROOPS WIN $72 AN ACRE ON GRAIN RUSSIANS CLAIM INECISIV’E DE FEAT AGAINST GERMANS. ■ i. CHEROKEE FARMERS SAT COT- A TON NOT AS PROFITABLE. BRAVE CAVALRY CHARGE Dispatches From Petrogad Tell of MaKnificent Charge of Austrians in IHspatches From Petrograd Tell of slan Lines—Hostile Cavalry Hack ed at Each Other for Two Hours. Correspondents of London papers report from Petrograd that a German army has been decisively defeated by the Russians in a battle southeast of Kaliscz and that the great German invasion of Russian Poland has re coiled upon the River Warta. The battle was fought about 110 miles north of Cracow and 100 miles south west of Warsaw. -This indicates that the Kaliscz- Cracow line of German defense has already been attacked by the Russian armies acting independently of the Czar’s forces in East Prussia and in Galicia. If the news of a German re verse near Kaliscz is true the Russian battle line has straightened from East Pruss iato Galicia and Russia is now striking vigorously and simul taneously with left wing, center and right wing. The whole Russian advance is in the shape of a vast crescent, extend ing about 200 miles from its north ern horn, east of Koenigsberg, to its sbutheS horn, east of Dembica. in Galicia." Petrograd correspondents assert that Russia is employing no fewer tharv 3,000,000 troops along this semicircle, and that Germany, with Austrian assistance, is concen trating probably*l,500_,000. The Russians regard the Austrians as a gentlemanly opponent, with whom it is a pleasure to fight. Not that the Austrian does not fight well; we have heard little of the prolonged and terrible struggle in which he has been engaged In Poland and Galicia. Nevertheless that campaign has been as bloody as the campaign on the Meuse and the Austrians, although beaten, have struggled gallantly against overwhelming numbers, bet ter generals and better troops. Gen. Fronbreich. a celebrated Aus trian cavalry commander, killed him self after the battle of Grodek. twenty miles west of Lemberg. In this battle the division of Magyar cavalry led by Gen. Frohreich was cut to pieces by Gelf. Rrousillof's Cos sacks. “A considerable force of Austrians fell upon the advance guard of Gen. Rfousillof, which was composed of Infantry, Cossacks and light artillery. The plan of the enemy was clear. He hoped to shatter our advahce guard and then break through our centre. Our Infantry and artillery had strong ly entrenched themselves and In re serve were several Coccask detach ments. “At first the Austrian Infantry moved out for the attack. It was met with a deadly fire of cannon and ma chine guns and the enemy wavered and fell back. “Then the cavalry was sent out. The flower of the Austro-Hungarian army, the Budapest Guard division, formed of Magyars, bright-jacketed Hungarians, galloped furiously down in close* order. It appeared as if nothing could arrest their impetuous course, not even the awful shrapnel fire of the artillery, which brought death and destruction into their ranks, nor even the rain of bullets from machine guns. “The Magyars did not hesitate for moment, but continued to charge at Our trenches. One more minute and it seemed as it nothingwould be left of our infantry. •-“All at once the thud of hoofs and the clatter of steel were heard and the Magyars were met by a whirlwind of Cossacks. For two hours the Aus trian and Russian infantry watched the scene of terrible carnage. “At the end of this time, of the fine Budapest Guard division not one man was left and the whole field was strewn with the enemy’s corpses, sev ered heads, hands and legs and dead horses. ^ “The commander of the division, Gen. Frohreich, could not stand the disgrace of defeat and shot himself on' the battlefield. As was afterwards explained, he had promised to bring to the Austrian emperor on the lat ter’s birthday new's of the complete destruction of the Russian army. By throwing his division onto the Rus sians the Austrian general was, fully convinced that the next day he would be able to announce to the emperor the promised victory. , “Before the battle the Magyars were ordered to don their parade uni forms.” ITactical Demonstration Proves That Two Acres Planted in Cotton Clears I-ess Than One In Grain. The farmers of this county and the entire South will be called upon next year to give up a large part of their acreage, w.hich has been devoted to cotton to some other crop. Already the agricultural leaders of our state are advising and preaching the sub stitution of grain for cotton, and by doing this the farmers of our section will be better off than if they had planted cotton. We are reprinting an experience of a farmer in Cherokee county, which shows that he made $72"cTeaf oh"an acr& of land, which was sown with oats, then with corn.' He advises all farmers to begin now sowing fall oats. He sows his every September, and farmers can dp the same. The article that follows was taken from The Gaffney Ledger: MUST FREE THEM. United States Should Make Known Its Intention to Phillipines. When debate was resumed in the House Monday on the Jones bill pro viding for more autonomous govern ment and ultimate independence of ' the PJiUlipliififl.Ji£flX£B£iijtativ§. Jones Virginia made a lengthy and vigor- speech, urging that the time was L ^Wpe for a declaration that the Ameri- ; -r.an_peaple.ilaj — nently retain possession of the Phil- | lipiues. Dropped Bomb on Vessel. Japanese aviators assert they' hit a German vessel ft Rtao Chow with bombs dropped 700 yards. The thrtie chines were rjddled with bn Beta but ret urn ad safely. More money can be made by far mers raising oats, corn and hay than by raising cotton. By this state ment real, actual money that may be deposited in a bank or invested in real estate or government bonds is meant. While the above statement, no doubt, appears to be entirely plaus ible to "paher farmers,” of to those who sit in their offices or parlors and do their farming with paper and pen cil, to many others who till the soil in an attempt to secure a comfortable living, probably it appears doubtful. These “doubting Thomases” are the farmers who have been carrying out the plans and ideas handed down to them by their fathers and grand fathers, following the same old rut, and each year producing nothing but cotton, the South's “money crop with the exception of a few bushels of corn and oats produced merely be cause they did not think the land de voted to the grain was good enough for cotton. But as set out in the first sentences of this article there Is more real money In raising oats, corn and hay than in the South’s “money crop.” This means more money to the acre. By devoting the same land that he has been accustomed to planting in cotton to grain crops the farmer will have a larger bank balance than ever before, or will be less In debt than he has ever been. The above statements are not con clusions drawn from reports of rec ord-breaking yields made in the far west or some foreign country where the climate is different from what it is In the Palmetto State, but the facts as set forth above have been proven and demonstrated year after year in Cherokee county as a farm not more than a couples of miles outside of Gaffney. And the proof is furnished by one of the largest land owners and successful farmers in the county. Mr. J. A. Carroll superintends the cultivation of 25 acres of his land located about one mile and a half from Gaffney on route 2. Twelve acres of this farm is bottom lands, while the remainder, 13 acres, is up land. Mr. Carroll personally super vises and directs the cultivation, the worH performed by hired labor. This year Mr. Carroll realized approxi mately a net poflt of. $72 per acre on his bottom lands and $62.50 per acre on his uplands. The entire farm was sown in oats during September last year. This crop matured and was harvested in May of the present year, yielding an average of 50 bushels to the acre for the entire 25 acres. After gathering the oats the bottom lands were plant ed in corn, and the uplands sowed down in peas and cane for a hay crop. Mr. Carroll will secure a yield of 50 bushels to the acre from his corn and an average of two tons of hay to the acre. Considering the situation mathe matically, it will be seen • that he made a clear profit of $72 per acre on his bottom lands and $62.50 clear on his uplands. — A statement of the receipts and costs of one acre follow: Bottom I-and Iteoeipts. 50 bu. oats at 73C“'bu. .. ..$27.50 50 bu. corn at $1 bu 5o!oo Total .$87.50 Bottom Lands Expenses. Total expense producing oats .$ 8.00 Total expense producing corn. 7.50 f Total .. .. Net profit to the acre .. Upland Receipt. aO bu. oats at 75c bu.^.. ..$37.50 Two tons hay at $20 ton .. 40.00 .$15.50 .$72.00 Total ... ... ... ... .$77.50 * Upland Expenses. Total expense producing oats.$ 8.00 Total expense -produeing haw.-—-7.00 Total .$15.00 ooks good, doesn’t it? The above la atatement of facta. Mr. Carroll has been following this plan for a n uni her of years and finds It so far superior to ahy otbpr that he is con templating increasing the acreage cultivated in ths above manner. W1EINTHE MSI RUSSIANS AND GERMANS FIGHT FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK. GUARDS DRIVEN BACK P.^RIS HEARS OF DEFEAT OF ' PRUSSIAN TROOPERS. HOLD m LINES ALLIES REPUUiE ATTACK OF GERMAN RIGHT WING. NEW PI FOR WAR CRISIS IN ALBANIA MAY LEAD \ * - ITALY INtQ WAR. AUSTRIANS LOOSE AUTOS Army Reported in Rome as Fleeing —Russians Claim to Have Captur ed All Food, Ammunition and War Material Wldch I>efeated Army Was Trying to Convey to Austria. On the east Prussian frontier the Russians for a week have been fight ing the Germans along the River Nie- men, between Kovnow and Grodno, and have thus far held them in check, .while reinforcements have been reaching them. .* The battle is described as being a furious one, but no details have been allowed to leak out. The German object in sending a strong force in this direction is to attempt to cut the railway line from Warsaw through Vila and Grodno, to Petrograd. The Petrograd correspondent of Reuter’s Telegram company says Uie Russians have succeeded in extend ing their front along the border about 150 vests (ninety-nine miles), and that this has resulted iu the re pulse of all the German attempts to force a passage of the NTemen. A dispatch from Rome to the Ex change Telegraph Company says: “A Petrograd message states that a fierce battle between the army of Gen. Rennenkampff and that of the German Gen. von Hlndenburg has been raging since Sunday mornin). along a front extending from Grodnu to Druskeniki, on the Niemen river ’Four army corps have been engaged on both sides, and the Russians arc being constantly reinforced from Vilna. The Russians have already repulsed the Germans at several points.” The Russian armies continue to sweep through Galicia, and. accord ing to a report from Rome, that province of the Austrian empire is clear of Austrian troops. What is meant is that the field armies of Austria have either gone into the fortresses of Przemysl and Cracow, or. retreate dto the south and west. The Russians have advanced in great parallel lines, and, masking Przemysl, have swept the country clear as far as a line drawn from Dukla In the south to the neighbor hood of Rzeszow in the north, while other forces have pushed their way through the passes of the Carpa thians Into Hungary. They have onld to go a little further to get possession of the railway that runs from Sandek through the mountains to Lablau and thence through the heart of the country to Budapest. If they accomplish this they will be able to join hands with the army which is approaching Cracow. . Ac cording to Petrograd correspondents they intend to treat Cracow as they did Przemysl and continue their march into Silesia. In a dispatch from Rome the cor- respondent of The Central News says that the Russian ambassador an nounces that the Austrian'army, flee ing before the Russians, which was defeated near Dukla, has been sur rounded. All the food, ammunition, and war material which was being conveyed back to Austria has fallen into Russian hands. The captures include 500 military automobiles. Fifteen Tliousand Attack French Cen ter and Come Very Near Capturing Important Guns. The defeat of 15,000 Prussian Guards, who attacked the French center September 26, is described in the Petit Giornde. As soon as news of the German advance was received French cavalry was Sent to hold the enemy at Auberive, to give* the artil lery and infantry time to come Up from Souain. But while Jhe French dragoons were preparing to defend Auberive a brigade ’of Death’s Head Hussars, avoiding the village, came across the vineyards and fields with the inten tion of surprising the French artil lery on the march. “It was a critical moment. The French dragoons were two miles ahead and the infantry two miles be hind the gunners. I’he Hussars were only_ three-(juaxters of a mile away, galloping furiously. In two minutes the guns were unlimbered and lined was only 500 yards away and the up along the road. 'The enemy then command could be heard to prepare to charge the guns. “In the charge the Prussian cav alry gathered speed with every yard. When they were 200 yards away the French gunners fired. Through the blue smoke the artillerymen could see the enemy’s horses rearing and officers trying vainly to rally the broken lines. “A second time the battery hurled death into the doometL brigade. A great silence ensued. T>o thousand horsemen lay as if struck by light ning. “But the artillerymen did not gaze long on this scene of carnage. They limbered their guns and rattled off to aid the dragoons, who were hard pressed and falling back. This time the struggle was more even. The German quick-firers returned the fire with interest, but the French infantry arrived and. deployed among the vines, a bugle rang out and their bay onet flashed in the sun as they dash ed forward. Without cavalry to aid it the Prus sian Guard was obliged to fall back. A battalion of Zouaves glided behind and occupied the Valley of the Suippes. threatening to place the guard between two fires. A regi ment of Grenadiers sacrificed itself to cover the German retreat on Rheims. Five times the Grenadiers hurled themselves against the French. They were repulsed every time, and after the fifth charge only one section was left, a handful of men surrounding the flag. - Then first one, then two and then ten of the Grenadiers threw down their arms. A hundred men. mostly wounded, were all that were left of a splendid regiment. But their sac rifice had not been useless, for it enabled the column to get safely un der the guns of the forts of Berru and Nogent I’Abbesse. ALMOST OROKE THROUGH he sowed the oats in the fall of the year during the month of September, using a Cole furrow drill and a mod erate quantity of good fertilizer. Upon this crop being gathered in May the bottom land was immediate ly planted in corn, which will make 50 bushels to the acre. The upland was sown down in cow peas and sorg hum for a hay crop. This will pro duce fully two tons to the acre. Mr. Carroll grrfws some cotton, producing a bale to the acre upon the land devoted to tlje staple. He esti mates that this crop costs $35 per than $35, or about one-half the amount realized from the grain crops. The experience of Mr. Corroll will "he of' especial value to farmers of Cherokee county at this time if they will only heed his advice, which Is to reduce the acreage given cotton and increase the grain crops. “The out look now is that grains ttfll be more valuable next year than ever before,” says Mr. Carroll, “while cotton may remain af'a low prlc* for some time to come. It will be unreasonable for farmers to continue planting all of their land in cotton, and I would ad vise them to raise a large crop of grain. Goats planted in the fall of the year are much hardier and have a better growth than when planted in the spring. Another advantage of fall planted oats Is that they mature full/ a month earlier than spring oats In that they mature fully a month earlier than spring oats, al- Ijl^ing two crops to be made on the same land. I shall continue to follow the grain plan of farming.” The next year’s crop of oats Is now being planted on Mr. Carroll’s land. Introduced no Resolutions. A. Stuskaw iw4»Hwihrifv1BP ■ de* nies having introduced a resolution at the conference in •tVatffainglon en dorsing Gov. Btease„a8 was stated in -an article sent out from that place.' Soldiers Urged to Marry. O’ many, Austria and France have .every effort to’encourage the u.. 6 -» r * TURKS MUTINY. Officer in New York Tells How They Tried to Take Ship. A tale of mutiny on the high seas by the Turks who hr.d heard that Turkey had declared war on Great Britain was told In the Tombs court at New York Wednesday by Capt. Stewart, of the British tramp steam er Isle of Mull, which arrived in New York Tuesday. -The vessel left South American ports three weeks ago. At Barbados Turks In the crew received news that thpir country was warring on Eng land after the ship got under way, and again refused to work, according to Capt. Stewart. One night the mas ter frustrated an attempt to murder himself and his family and seize, the ship. He locked his wife and children in the cabin and made for Charleston, S. C. There the immigration author ities would not let him land the bel ligerents. Capt. Stewart testified, so he placed the ringleaders in chains, under guard of ,a Charleston police detective, who accompanied the ship. -As the mutiny alleged was not committed within the three-mile neu trality limit, three Turks arraigned were ordered kept in a court prison until the case should be brought to the attention of the British consul general at New York. The ppnalty for conviction of mutiny under the British naval law Is death. SHOT BY CRAZED NEGRO.I Business Manager of Shreveport Pa lter Killed at His Desk. Robert M. Denholme, business manager of the Shreveport Times, was shot and killed while in his office Wednesday^ night by a negro, Albert Hectar, who is believed to have been insane. The negro was shot and killed by policemen who followed him into the office with the intention of arresting him. • Before visiting the Times office the negro, armed with a revolver, held up tb# clerks in a hardware store while he secured another revolver English Newspaper Correspondent Tells How German Attempt - to Drive Wedge Through lines of French and British Armies Was Narrowly Defeated. . The screen of secrecy erected by the censorship almost entirely across northern France and behind which military craftsmeh for the past three weeks have been figuratively speak ing, fashioning the rough outlines of a new map of the. Eastern hemi sphere stands now almost unimpair ed. From what can be deduced from the fragmentary glimpses, says a London dispatch, there would appear to be justification, in the opinion of British observers for the confident, even seemingly Inspired, optimism on the part of the Allies. This describes the movement as shaping itself for a repetition of history as it was writ ten on the river Marne when the allied forces sent the Germans back on their tracks. All the brilliantly skillful tactics employed by Gen. von Kluck, the commander of the German right wing, to counter or break through the fence of bayonets constantly reaching northward beyond his ex treme right have thus far failed. Tliepe efforts, however, have by no means ceased and the German gen eral staff, it is felt in London, prob ably will risk something elsewhere to reinforce that wing. Heretofore re inforcements there have been met by reinforcements. The Germans nearly got the line to the northeast of Amiens, but after ,two days of fierce struggle for the mastery they failed. Incessant as saults on the part of the Germans have, according to the allied com manders. whose reports are augment ed by statements from independent sources, cost the assailants such ap palling losses In men that, even alt lowing for reinforcements, their ranks must have been materially weakened. Telegraphing from Paris Wednes day the correspondent of The Dally Mail describes the complete destruc tion by the heavy German artillery of the open and unfortified town of Albert, 18 milea from Amiens, which has been the scene during the past few days of a prolonged and murder ous artillery battle. He says: "The struggle on the part of the Germans to prevent their right wing being turned compelled them con tinually to push their front further north and to the west while the Allies continually replied by extending their front to overlap the enemy, both sides bringing, up large reinforce ments. This necessitated long marches of 20 to 25 miles a day and the Germans were repeatedly called upon to make a desperate effort in order to avoid being outflanked, whereby they suffered very heavy losses. “On Saturday they began to realize that their efforts were In vain. Tb«y changed their tactics and tried to drive a wedge Info the Allien' front. The point of that wedge was the town of Albert. “The attempt almost succeeded. They brought up and massed their artillery and the French infantry suf fered considerably. They kept up a fire so rapid In character that at night the whole sky lit up by burst ing shells. On Sunday they gained perceptibly and on Monday they still pressed on, but by that time the French had brought up a large num ber of their famous quick-firing bat teries and their .deadly fire checked the German advance. “Tuesday the enemy kept up his efforts gamely but by late afternoop it had clearly failed of Its aim. There were French batteries at various points around Albert, but none with in a mile of the town. At 10 min utes past five German shells from their heavy guns began to fall. Here is an account of the scene from an eye witness who was on a hill over looking Albert: “ ’We were warned along the road to be careful, and saw a vast column of people -coming pway from the town, but nothing happened until at 10 minutes past five we heard a deep boom, quite unlike the noise made by an ordinary field gun and a shell evi dently of much greater.force and size fell in the town. —“We thought It must be an acci dent of misdirection and then to our indignation the shells began to fall rapidly. They came in bunches. There were several batteries at work and their aim was excellent. I only saw three shells burst outside the town. The police collapsed literally like a pack of cards. “ ‘It reminded me of a scene In a Drury Lane melodrama. One could not believe without an effort that one was seeing a real town shelled.. It was just as If some inventor Had made a new’kind of explosive and had invited his friends to see It de molish a model town. I stayed there an hour fascinated.'. “At half past six. a number of fires. and ammunition. At the newspaper office he held the clerks at bay with ed hi? nubUshed eme PrePar ' were ’ vi8,ble ^klng toward Albert P - they appeared.to be hay racks which —akh ■wiini fo'piwy fBg Denjiolme mov^d toward his private office. 'The negro opened fire, kill ing' Denholme instantly. ’ Policemen who reached the scene at this mb- meqt shot and kille<UHeetar. I .Senate Elects Son of P * lar I leader of Albania, It orite. Starts Rebellion. The pot is boiling over once mt In Albania. The situation in that af ttfleial principality became so serious' several days ago that Intervention by Italy is not unlikely. There Is no doubt that such “intervention would mean a declaration of war by Austria. Necessity for "protecting Italian Interests in Albania” may furnish the pretext Italy openly desires for taking sides in the war of the nations. There is more than vague surmise to justify this conclusion. „ In Durazzo the Senate ef Albania, defying all of' the powers, elected Monday Prince Burhan-Edden, a son of Abdul Hamid, deposed Sultan of Turkey, as Prince of Albania. The Senate appointed a commission to go to Constantinople and deliver the In vitation to the Turkish prince. Si multaneously Essad Pasha, the great popular leader in Albania, prepared to march on Durazzo with an army ef 12,000. He has arrived at Dibra with a force and is collecting au army for the overthrow of the interregnum. There is more than a bint that Essad Is playing Italy's game; that hts new revolt Is not only a develop ment of Italy’s policy of obstructing Albanion nationality but is meant to offer Italy an acceptable pretext for definitely Intervening in Albnlan af fairs. If Austria, as formerly, mus ters strength to crush Essad. will Italy support the Mohammedan lead er? Such action. It Is believed, could pot fail to mean war. Essad is popular In Italy and has enjoyed the favor and protection of the Italian government. When Aus tria dispersed his forces and took him, prisoner, virtually, at the'time Essad was preparing to overthrow Prince William of W’led, Italy Interposed, placed Essad on an Italian warship, guarded him and later welcomed him in Italian territory. The pressure of public opinion In Italy increases. Every day finds the government’s position more delicate. Every day the comments of influen tial citizens and writers Is .bolder, more aggressive. Italy’s army and navy are ready. All that la needed Is a respectable pretext. This Al banian affairs may now furnish. Italy is Informed of Austrian pre parations in the Pols district when 300,000 troops are believed to h assembled ready to meet an Italia f attack. It can be stated, therefore, that the complications are of the ut most importance owing to the possi bility of Italian Intervention. FOUR MEN SHOOT. rne largest of these red glares, however, was Albert on fire. Agai&st the flam ing background the tall spire of a church stood out uninjured up,to 8 o'clock, but H was Impossible to en- ___ ter the toern.” Wants Railway Men. The British, government has iseued Secretary Fyniels la the man who a caiV for J,O«0 experienced railway “ire” la tfca wire lees com men to help operate French railwgya. Combat la Mu 111 ns Resemble a Small Sized Battle—Om Dead. A shooting, participated in by four men of Mullins, occurred late Wed nesday evening on the Henry Cole man place, about three and one-half miles south of Mullins. As a result Coy Rogers Is dangerously wounded and George Waller is dead. * From reports received, it is claim ed that the trouble was started by Ad Waller, when he met Coy and Duncan Rogers on the public road. George Waller, son of Ad Waller, la -said to have appeared on the scene later, coming through a field, and fired with an automatic pistol upon Coy Rogers. It is said that after he shot Coy Rogers to the ground He turned on Duncan Rogers and began firing at him, but the shots went astray. Dun can Rogers, it is claimed, reached for his shot gun, a single-barrelled weapon, which lay In the buggy, and fired upon, young Waller, the load entering the stomach. NO CAUSE FOR WAR. Italy Will Not Interfere In Albania Because of Recent Election. Italy ■will not enter the war on ac count of the situation in Albania. The Trlbuna of Tuesday says: “Italy does not consider the offer of the crown of Albania to a son of Abdul Hamid is sufficiently important to justify Intervention.’' Rumors were circulated that the occupation of Avlona, In Albania, on the Adriatic, by the Italians, was imminent. Some of the repo.-ts even had it that the occupation had al ready occurred as an answer to the abnormal conditions prevailing in Al bania. . - ’ It was officially denied that any expedition was even Imminent be cause it was stated Aylona had not yet been threatened and also because the question of Aylona was now ab sorbed In the greater question Involv ing the whole of the Adriatic. DEVELOPING AIR SERVICE. Use of Aeroplanes in Europeaii War Interest Army Officials. * Sensational use of air craft In the great European war added to steps ordered by the war department to at once carry out the provisions of the act of last July to Increase the effi ciency of the aviation service of the army. A general order Invites un married lieutenants of th« line of the army under 30 years tff age to apply f ?r vice, which win entitle them 16 a $0 pbr cent. Increase In salary. Other orders looking to the immediate en largement of the aviation corps And the acquirement of additional aero planes are expected. Ramsay Greenville, by n trnifi