The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 19, 1914, Image 6
SUNK IN TEST
OV UNEQUAL STOIC NOTH.
IKNIGSBEKG BOTTLED
rttlah Navy Wins Signal Triumph*
Orer Sea Wolves of German Navy
—Days of Terror to British Ship
ping Brought to an End—Annies
SUU Battle.
if-
Widely different claims of contend
' lag armies In the eastern and west
era theatres of war, especially con
corning the West Flanders sit nation
Tuesday night left but one big un
disputed fact on land or sea. That
eras the destruction of the German
cruiser Bmden and the trapping of
the German cruiser Koenlgsherg, the
latter la a palm-lined East African
river under circumstances which read
as though they were taken from
Stevenson.
The British marine Insurance rate
almost instantly was cut In half—for
never since the days of the Confed
erate States’ cruiser Alabama has
there been such a successful com-
knerce destroyer as the Emden
Cheers broke forth at Lloyds on the
announcement and for the moment
the struggles of the armies In France,
Belgium, Russia and elsewhere were
forgotten.
Yet sll these armies were at each
other’s throats—the Germans and
Russians clashing In cavalry engage
ments along the German frontier;
the Russians still harassing (he Aus
trians in Galicia, and the French,
British and Belgians uniting to hold
' bad: what appears to be a tremen
dous German attempt to break
through the allied line In the vicinity
of Ypres.
Many dispatches speak of the
movement of German troops east
ward from Belgium as indicating the
Bead of reinforcements along the
ghstern frontier, but neither the
French nor German official state-
meats Indicated any slackening In the
violence of German attacks in West
Flaaders. In fact, the French state
ment says that between the sea and
Armen tier as the opposing forces were
both acting on the offensive.
As to the outcome of this double
offensive the rival cententlons are
ooatradictory, the Germans claiming
alow progress near Ypres and the
VTauh’ asserting that the German
attack was beaten back. In view of
.what seems to be a sustained and
qaaosrated German effort In this
ruffian, the reports of the German re-
tlr—nit are hardly borne out, al
though It is said they have moved
their headquarters still farther east,
this Una from Ghent to A lost.
The situation along the battle line
In Ftanee proper, from the stand-
potnt of the Allies, was summed up
la a dispatch from an observer with
the Indtaa corps, who says there has
been ao marked change anywhere,
though he professes to see a gradual
jrtakenlng of German attacks.
Aside from the military aspects of
the war, what stood out boldest Tues
day was Germany’s reported threat
to cut off food the United States Is
sending to Belgium, if the Belgians
did not return to their cities and
make an effort to resume their normal
occupations. The Belgian answer is
1 that It has been impossible to resume
m semblance of normal activity be
cause the German soldiery has com
mandeered all Implements and mate
rials necessary to an Industrial re
vival.
The British government Tuesday
night Issued another so-called white
paper, reviewing the Incidents which
preceded the declaration of war
against Turkey. It deals In the main
With the Goeben and Breslau affair
\ and sets forth that the Grand Vizier
all along was at least ostensibly
against dragging Turkey into the
conflict, but either was powerless to
resist Enver Bey and his associates,
ar while outwardly opposing them,
was winking at the fast approaching
erials while the Turkish and German
preparations went forward.
The British navy got Into the war
picture Tuesday with two successes
%2<he destruction of the German
cruiser Emden in the eastern waters
of the Indian Ocean and thb bottling
up pf the Koenlgsherg, considered
bar sister ship, in the western ex
tremity of the same sea.
These two raiders, especially the
Bmden, have many successes to their
credit, and their skill In evading the
act thrown out for them has been a
■latter of chagrin to British naval
black was Hoad ob her deck cad a
Japanese flag ran up. Thus disguis
ed, she steamed boldly into thh har
bor. passing unchs ,, "«ged under the
British guns of the fort and fired tor
pedoes which sank the Russian cruis
er Jemtchug and a French destroyer.
Then she steanfkd away and escaped
through the, straits.
The vessels destroyed by the Bm
den had a total value of about 94,-
000,000, exclusive of their cargoes.
The Emden’s largest guns are only
4.1'lncb. Of these she had ten. Her
speed of 24.S knots was her greatest
asset, as she was able to run down
merchant ships with ease and then
ecape from larger but slower vessels
that pursued her. British, Russian
F|pnch and Japanese warships in the
&jug. had been attempting for weeks
ito p^it an end to her career.
It hks been more dr less of a mys
tery to naval-
has been able to keep at sea month
after month without running short
of coal and supplies. It Is assumed,
however,, that ahe has obtained suf
ficient food and fuel to meet her
needs from captured ships. In, at
least one Instance this is knowff to
have been done. The captain of the
British steamer Ex ford, captured by
the Emden in the Indian Ocean, re
ported to his owners that the com
mander of the Emden said that bo-
fore he sank the Exford he Intended
to take on board his cruiser the 7,000
tons of steam coal with which the
Exford was laden.
The first report of the activity of
the Emden was received August 6,
when she was said to have been sunk
In action with the Russian cruiser
Askold, off Wei-Had-Wei. This was
contradicted a few days later, when
word was received that the Emden
had sunk the steamer City of Win
chester on August O', and steaming
Into the Bay of Bengal five days later
had sent two more British vessels to
the bottom.
Within three days she had sunk
four vessels there. She was accom
panied by the Hamburg-Amerlcan
steamer Markomannia as a collier.
The Markomannia was sunk on Octo
ber 16 off Sumatra by a British
cruiser.
Leaving the Bay of Bengal the
Emden sank three British steamers
in the Indian Ocean on September 14.
On September 22 she appeared off
Madras and shelled the city, ex
tinguishing her lights and disappear
ing when the fort* replied. Then
she resumed hor activity In tho vicin
ity of Rangoon, where more British
vessels fell prey to her. Again she
disappeared and was not heard from
until ahe turned up at Ponang.
The admiralty statement, which
announces the destruction of the Em-
den in the Indian Ocean, and the bot
tling up of tho Koenlgsherg on the
east coast of Africa, read In part as
follows:
‘After the whereabouts of the Koe-
nlgsberg had been indicated by the
attack on the Pegasus on September
19, a certain fast cruiser wa sarreet-
ed by the admiralty in eastern waters
and a thorough and a prolonged
search by these vessels In combina
tion was made, which resulted. Octo
ber 30, In the Koenigsberg’s being
discovered by H. M. S. Chatham,
Capt. Sidney R R. Drury-Lowe, hid
ing In shoal water about six miles up
the Rufijl River, opposite Mafrta Is
land, German East Africa. Owing to
a greater draught the Chatham could
not reach the Koenlgsherg, which
probably is aground except at high
water. Part of the crew of the Koe-
nigsberg has been landed and is en
trenched on the banks of the river.
’.Both these intrenchments and the
Koenlgsherg herself have been bom
barded by the Chatham, but owing to
the dense palm groves amid which
the ship lies, It is not possible to es
timate the damage done. Pending
operations for her capture or de
struction, in fact, steps have been
taken to block the Koenlgsherg by
sinking colliers in the only navlble
channel to the river and she now is
Imprisoned and uable to do any fur
ther harm.”
TEN MILLION BALMS GINNED TO
NOVEMBER 1. t
Compares With M80.SM Balm Dor.
lag Last Year—Sooth Carolina
Figure* 010,408 Bales.
Important farm {crops of the Unit
ed States this year are worth $5,068,-
742.000 or $104,000,000 more than
the value of the same crops last year,
notwithstanding a loss of $418,000,-
000 sustained by cotton planters tm
lint alone as a result of the European
war. - • V
Preliminary estimates announced
ent of Agri-
culture and statistics of average
prices paid to producers November 1
Indicate that this year’s wheat and
corn crops are the most valuable ever
grown in the United States, that the
wheat and apple crops are record
harvests and that the potato crop Is
the second largest ever raised. - L
The huge wheat crop and the in
creased price of that cereal, the large
corn and apple crops and the In
creased price in oats, barley and rye
more than offset the big loss In cot
ton.
The value of important crops, bas
ed on the average prices paid to pro
ducers November 1 and the values
last year, follow:
COUNTRY'S AGRICULTURE YTBIA)
THIS YEAR isr ENORMOUS.
v# ■ *
Nation Raise* Quarter Billion More
Bushel* of Corn This Year Thaa
la Yea# 1018. ^
Ginning of cotton continued active
despite the low price Southern ter
mers are 1 receiving and the depres
sion In the industry caused by the
war. ,. . 'x
During the period from October 18
to November 1 the ginnlhg amounted
to >,207,114 bales, making the aggre
gate for the season 9,828,695 bales.
The period’s ginning was only 5.170
bales less than ' ginned during tl-.e
same period in the record production
year of 1911 and the aggregate for
the season Is only 142,210 bales less
Compared with last year the ginnings
to November 1 were 855,177 bales
more.
— In Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana
and Oklahoma the ginnings to Nov
ember 1 exceed those for any of the
past eight years.
Ginnings prior to November 1, by
states, with comparisons for the past
three years and the percentage of the
entire crop ginned in those states
prior to that date in the same years,
follow: ,■
ARE LARGEST
Great Bear Will Now flattie Turkish
Qpeetloa to His Satisfaction. ’
The apology of the Turk for the
assault of his fleet on Russian ports
on the Black Sea has not accom
plished its purpose. Both Russia and
Great Britain have undertaken active
military measures against him and
hostilities have begun on the Red
86ft.
A series of Incidents shows that
Turkey’s efforts to hold aloof from
the general warfare came too late.
Constantinople reports officially that
Russian troops have crossed her fron
tier In the Caucasus but were driven
back. A British cruiser has shelled
and occupied the Turkish . fortified
town of Akabah, bn the Red Sea in
Arabia. It is announced in a new
1914.
1913.
000s
000s
omitted.
omitted.
Corn $1,885,867 $1,730,021
Wheat ....
858,056
587,803
Oats .....
484,390
425,150
Barley ....
100,839
97,469
Rye
34,387
26,153
Buckwheat . .
13,297
10,141
Potatoes . . .
219,396
230,741
Sweet potatoes
42,751
44.TOG
Hay
803,353
880,360
Flaxseed . . .
18,960
21.192
Apples ....
144,963
124,471
Details for important crops in prin-
cipal states follow:
Corn.
Acre Production,
Yield. 000s omitted.
Virginia . . .
. 21.0
40,341
North Carolina
20,0
56,700
Tennessee . .
. 23.5
78,725
Tobacco.
Pounds.
Virginia . . .
. . . 650
104,000
North Carolina
. . . 650
146,250
Sonth Carolina
. . . 730
33,580
Florida . . . .
. . 1.000
4,300
Kentucky . .
. . 910
353,535
Tennessee . .
. . 820
63,468
Connecticut .
. . 1,770
35,754
Pennsylvania
. . 1,450
47,995
Ohio
900
78,120
Wisconsin . .
. . 1,180
53,809
Other details
of the department’s
November crop
report are:
Corn—Acre
yield 25.8
bushels;
November 1 term price 69,7 cents a
bushel; corn remaining on farms
FIGHT IN AFRICA.
The Emden’s end came In battle
U befitted her record throughout
history for, according to all accounts,
even those of her victims, she played
dean game strictly In accordance
fltfc {the recognized rule of naval
Warfare.
8 ; ’After a sharp action off Cocos Is-
wlth the Australian cruiser
f, the German ship with heavy
casualties was beached, ablaze. The
German cruiser Koenlgsherg met a
leas glorious fate aa she was bottled
in such a position that she must
be captured or surrendered,
In either case she probably
.wfll be nothing but a useleaa hulk.
The Bmden has contributed to the
history of the war one of Its most
remarkable chapters. For sheer au
dacity and success it has mew paral
lels-—certainly none since the Ala-
the famous old Confederate
was roaming the seas,
f-two ships, mostly British,
been sunk, and one has been
by the German cruiser,
early in August the Emden
at work.. Most of the time
i preying on British shipping
Indian Ocean, bat late last
at Pe-
TSTwaT
the Emden performed her
Victory for Rebel* Follows Loyalist
Win in South Africa.
"Gen. Christian De Wet, the rebel
leader,” says Reuter's Prestorla cor
respondent, "has been In contact with
and dispersed a small government
command under Gen. Conje, a mem
ber of the legislature, near Dronberg.
In the course of the fighting Gen. De-
Wet's son, Daniel, was killed. The
government Is sending strong rein
forcements to Cronje.’’
Reuter’s Cap Town correspondent
under date of Monday gives the fol
lowing official communication con
cerning the fighting in South Africa:
"An engagement between Gen.
Lammer’s forces and Transvaal re
bels under Gen. Christian Beyers oc
curred on the Vet river, southeast of
Bioemhoef, November 8.
"The rebels, well armed and led by
Beyers, were entirely dispersed, los
ing nine men killed, 11 men wound
ed, 864 prisoners, 300 rifles and 300
horses. The loyalists’ casualties were
three killed and nine wounded.
To 8*ek Wireless Plant*.
The government has heard persist
ent rumors of a concealed wireless In
the Maine woods anl has sent numer
ous secret service men to look out
for the machine.
» . ....
Will Fire on Strangers.
The Dutch foifs around Flushing
have announced their intention to
fire on all strange crafts found In
the River Schledt.
• Germany Shifting Troops.
It is reported from various sources
that the Germans are shifting their
eastern troops to the Belgian field of
battle.
To Try for Cotton Money.
Commissioner McLanrfn has stated
tiiat he will make an effort to
a^a^errgy thg-ffireffSttle"
of the farmers.
*' GERMAN SIDE.
Berlin Says Campaigns Are Progress
ing Satisfactorily.
Berlin reports that according to
official Information given to the press
Tuesday by Berlin wireless, the west
ern campaign Is making satisfactory
though slow progress. Interest, how
ever, centres strongly in the east,
where the beginning of actual opera
tions has not yet been annoonchd.
Maj. Moraht, In The Tageblatt, ex
plains that tho operations in Poland
have not yet reached a point where
leaders are justified in setting forth
the situation. At the proper time, he
says, the people will learn what is
really, happening.
Meantime assurances are given
that there is no fear of a Russian in
vasion of German territory inJorce.
The forces patrolling the boundary
are sufficient to prevent any snch
movement, he adds. \
\
\
Election Causes Deficit.
Comptroller General Jones bus an
nounced that only 40 per cen£. of
the election advertisements can be
paid for, as there Is no more money
for that purpose.
+»♦
Fought With Shot Gi
After an argument over their rent
bill P. B. Arnold. 63. of Little Rock,
also wounded. ^
November 1 80,069,000 bushels.
Wheat—Price 96.2 cents; weight
per measured bushel 68.0 pounds.
Oats—Price 42.6; weight 31.6.
Tobacco—Yield 863.8.
FIGHTING STARTS.
Villa and Carranza About to Face
Each Other in Battle,
Generals commanding fifty thou
sand men in Mexico City were reliev
ed of their commands Tuesday by
Gen. Venustiano Carranza because
they refused to nullify their action
In signing an agreement to obey the
Aguas Callentes convention.
It is reported that Gen. Villa’s ad
vance guard of 15,000 men is march
ing south of Encarnacion de Diaz on
Us way to the capital, which it is said
to have been order to take in the
name of Eulalio Guiterrez. Between
these troops and their goal Is Gen.
Pablo Gonzales, loyal to Carranza,
with forty thousand troops, disposed
about Queretaro City. A clash is ex
pected there.
In the capital there are 27,000
men, according to official figures.
Fighting of a severe character con
tinues in the suburbs of the capital.*
Persistent attacks are being made on
Xochimllco and San Angel by Zapata
followers. Shells rushed to the front
from the citadel are said to have been
loaded with sawdust Instead of pow
der. It Is reported, however, that
the Carranza forces have everywhere
been victorious In the suburban fight
ing.
1914
Alabama.
.. .. ..1,068,596
1913
1,015,788"
68.5
1912
. . .. . . 809,662
61.0
1911
1,088,737
64.2
1914
Arkansas.
.. .. .. 574,882
1913
431,522
41.6
1912
440,482
57.1
1911
444,401
48.9
J9M
Florida.
56,645
^
1913
47,315
70.9
1912
35,362
60.1
1911
56,070
59.4
1914-
Georgia.
1913
1,606,506
68.5
1912
1,112,419
61.4
1911
1,908,764
68.3
1914
Lonislaiia.
297,910
1913
222,464
50.9
1912
.. .1 .. 261,701
69.8
1911
232,245
67.0
1914
Mississippi.
668,756
1913
568,005
45.4
1912
511,678
50.9
1911
584,199
50.0
1914
North Carolina.
428,362
1913
384.260
45.9
1912
496,537
54.8
1911
.. .. *. 597,949
53.1
1914
Oklahoma.
._ .. .. 658.211
1913
536,303
63.7
1912
599,199
59.6
1911
554.933
64 6
1914
South Carolina.
910,403
1913
846,468
59.7
1912
730,690
59.7
1911
.. ... .1,022,614
60.4
1914
Tennessee.
172,718
1913
174,379
47.5
1912
118,485
44.3
1911
211,128
48.1
1914
Texas.
3,170.925
1913
2,950,444
78.2
1912
3,709,725
79.9
1911
3,211,572
78.2
1914
All Other States.
1913
46,942
39.1 ,
1912
43,291
48.1
1911
... .. .. 58,302
42.0
Ginnings of Sea Island cotton prior
November 1, by states:
South
1914.
1913
1912
1911
Florida.
.19,270
.10,356
.11.067
.21,038
Georgia.
23,184
24,570
16,276
33,841
MOO HORSES BURNED.
dispatch that Emperor Nocholaa has
ordered his Caucasian army to cross
the frontier and attack the Turks;
the Turkish ambassador has left the
Russian capital; the Russian foreign
minister has replied to the Porte that
negotiations now are Impossible and
an Imperial manifesto Issued in
Petrograd says Russian confidence Is
firm that Intervention of Turkey will
only hasten the fatal issue to that
empire and that Russia will now find
a way to settle the Black Sea prob
lem handed down to her by previous
rulers.
SITUATION SERIOUS.
Warfare Expected Between Carranza
and New President. ^
Administration officials admit that
the Mexican situation again had as
sumed a serious aspect.- Gen. Car
ranza has fulfilled partially Washing
ton’s request for guarantees before
withdrawing American troops from
Verat Cruz, but this decree does not
satisfy the main point asked by the
United States—that Mexicans who
served the American government dur
ing the occupation of the port be not
punished for such service.
At 6 o’olock Tuesday night Gen.
Eulalio Gutierrez, selected by the
Aguas Callentes convention, was
sworn in as provisional president of
Mexico. Carranza ha* been informed
and immediate hostilities against him
as a rebel will begin If he does not
recognize the authority of Gutierrez.
I ***
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
ELECTION 18 ENDOHSStaWT'Or
4 ..
WILSON AND HIS ACTS.
Germans Claim to Have Repulsed in
vader* Near Frontier.
Berlin reports another Russian re
pulse on the blood-drenched and
blood-scarred hills of tho eastern
frontier of East Prussia has been re
ported to Berlin from Gumblnnen
under date of November 8.
Simultaneously with their opera
tions against the main German army
under Gen. Von Hlndenburg, on the
line of the River Warthe, the Rus
sians attempted to break into East
Prussia by the old route south of
Wlrballen, but they were met at thee
frontier by Gen. Von Morgen’s army,
RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
Petrograd Says it is a (kmtinoed and
Irresistible Offensive.
Petrograd reports that what is de
scribed as a continued and Irresist
ible offensive of the Russian army
resulting in the evacuation of Poland
by the Germans, is reported as suc
cessfully establishing Itself In Ger
man territory at Pieschen, 15 miles
west of the Russo-eGrman frontier.
In addition the Germans are said
to be generally relinquishing their
stand along the Warthe river. This
advance was accomplished, It is stat
ed, by tho Russian cavalry movement,
in outflanking the German left.
Carolina.
877
1,878
1,544
1,684
BANKS REFUSE AID.
Intended for Allies Annies They Are
Destroyed by Flames.
Practically all of the eight hun
dred horses on board the British
steamship Rembrapdt were burned
or smothered to death when the ship
caught afire off the Virginia capes
Monday, according to information
reaching Norfolk Tuesday night. The
Rembrandt was bound from Balti
more to St. Nazalre, France, and the
animals are underatood to have been
intended for the armies of the Allies.
It was reported that Capt. Edlin,
of the Rembrandt, had notified offi
cials of the Lamport and Holt line,
owners of the steamship, that vessel
was set on fire by German spies who
were members of the crew. The cap
tain Is said to have claimed that
threats against the ship were made
before it steamed from Baltimore
Saturday. No confirmation of these
reports was available.
Tuesday night the Rembrandt was
steamingjftckwkrd and forward in a
circle teifMiiles off Cape Henry, while
the crew was busy disposing of the
carcases in the sea. Less than a dozen
of the horses are said to be alive. It
was expected that the work would be
completed, after whlqh the Rem
brandt will proceed to' Newport News
for repairs. Forward compartments
of the ship are reported badly dam
aged. ‘ . ’* •
When the firs was discovered the
ship was 200 mtlee off the Capes.
The smoke was so dense that the
crew could not reach the flames. And
the stampeded animals were left to
their fate. The ship’s hold was flood
ed and the hatches closed, these ef
forts finally resulting In the fire hav
ing, been brought under control,
Sheriff Cleared. 4
Hmd Hi Brciar,
rule, has been cleared of the charge
of yontwgpt of court
Boston Financiers Appear to be Re
luctant to Join Cotton Pool.
Nine of the 14 national banks of
Boston took adverse action Thursday
on the advisability of entering the
$135,000,000 cotton pool which is be
ing formed under government aus
pices to finance the Southern cotton
crop. Two others, the Commercial
and the Fourth Atlantic, voted to
enter the pool.
Many of the bankers were said to
favor extending financial help to New
England cotton mills in their pur
chase of cotton rather than to the
growers direct.
PARTIES DIVIDE.
WILL G80W IN FAYOI
Nebraskan Says Huge Shrinkage of
Progressive While Unexpected Waa
Alone Responsible for the Gains of
the Republicans — Convinced of
Righeonsness of Party's Pedicles.
Secretary Bryan, back at the state
department Monday after his cam
paign trip West, issued a formal
statement summarizing election re
sults and declaring they could not be
considered other than as an Indorse
ment of President Wilson and his
policies.
Pointing to the decreased Pro
gressive vote as the outstanding fea
ture of the election returns, Mr.
Bryan said bis had resulted in .no
change In the leadership of the regu
lar Republican ranks; that Senator
Penrose and Former Speaker Can
non would represent their party in
congress and the Progressives return
ing to the Republican party would
have to accept all they had protested
against and more. The statement
reads:
“The 1914 election can not be con-
'sldered other than as an indorse
ment of the president and his policies.
I am so convinced of the merits of
the remedial measures enacted under
the president’s leadership and of the
righteousness of his foreign policy
that I expected the voters to support
the candidates who represented his
views.
"There were a number of causes
which operated against our party,
namely, the efforts of the beneficia
ries of protection who, out of resent
ment, sought to make the tariff law
obnoxious; the disturbed conditions
caused by. the European war, and the
fact that the excellent laws passed
by congress bad not had time to prove
their worth. Then, too, more Pro
gressives returned to the Republican
party than we expected. This alone
accounted for most of the Republican
gains in the House of Representa
tives.
"The victory, however, waa suf
ficiently complete to show that the
people are with the president, and he
Is now able to continue the splendid
program upon which he has entered.
"The gains in the Senate are espec
ially gratifying—not a single Demo
crat defeated for re-e)octloa and
three senator*hip* taken from the
Republicans.
"There Is every reason te believe
the administration will grow la popu
larity as the laws go Into effect, and
as Democratic policies beer fruit.
The new currency law is just begin
ning to operate; before the next elec
tion it will have indicated its claim
to public confidence.
“The new tariff law can not be re
pealed until after the people have had
a chance to try H ont. and now that
the election is over the protected
manufactures ars already resuming
work.
"Some of them suspended opera
tions or cut down their forces before
the election and they did it under
conditions which left little doubt they
hoped to arouse opposition t the new
tariff law. Seeing that the law is
here to stay, they will now proceed
to demonstrate the fallacy of the ar
guments, which they used in oppos
ing reduction.
"The president’s foreign policies
are indorsed and his hands strength
ened.
"The outstanding fact in the late
election returns la the slump of the
Progressive vote. A large percentage
of the Progressive Republicans have
returned to the Republican party and
that, too, without any surrender on
the part of the ‘standpatters’ and ro-
acionaries. The leadership of the
regular Republican party has under
gone no change.
“Senator Penrose and ex-Speaker
Cannon will represent that party In
the Senate and House, and the re
turning Progressives must be prepar
ed to accept all that they protested
against and more, for the standpat-
ers, after having overcome the de
fection, are ever farther from re
forms than they were two years ago.
"The Democratic party deserves
the support of all real Progressives
and in the next two years In will
draw to itself those Progressives who
understand the radical nature of the
issue which separates the Democrat
from the aristocrat and the pluto
crat.”
One
Democrats Unexpectedly Gain
Congressman In Illinois.
Unexpected “scratching” by down-
state voters probably has elected one
Democrat a^d one Republican as con-
gressmen-at-large from Illinois. Pre
vious returns Indicated the success of
both Republican candidates, but
Tuesday with 29 qf the 101 counties
missing-, William E. William#, Demo
crat, was 9,558 votes abend of J. Mc-
Can Davis, Republican. The other
Republican candidate, Burnett M.
Chipefleld had a seemingly safe lead
of- 25,875 over Thomas P. Sullivan,
Democrat.
Tried to Save Wife, Says He.
After confessing the murder of his
wife with her three children and the
burning of their bodies Scott Stone,
of Chicago, says his wife killed the
children and herself while he fired
the house to hide her crime.
Russian Ships In Action.
The Russian cruisers Kagal and
Pamlat bombarded the Eregll Sun
day and escaped.,
Killed Woman and Escaped.
Viola Roper of Greenville was shot
by Frank Howard Tuesday and kill
ed. The slayer, who used a double
barrelled shot gun, Reaped.'
Race Horses In
About twenty special ."race horse*
trains carrying 100 animals each
have arrived }n Charleston In pre
paration tor the coming meet.
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London Reports Airship.
English dispatch tells of seeing an
Offensive Begins Again.
London reported Monday that the
Germans had begun fresh attempts
to break through the allied lines.
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Greek Minister Leaves.
Saying that disagreements with
his government prevented effective
service the Greek minister at Wash
ington has departed for Greece,
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'> High Death Rate In This State.
South Carolina’s death rate from
consumption Is 13.5' per cent, as
against the rate of the entire country
of only 10 per cent. " '• -
The machine was previously sighted
Sumter Chicken Thieves Use Ante.
PS
by chicken thieves who robbed a resi
dence of 3$ gullets and fled In an
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